The new chairperson of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Board, Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, has met with MiDA’s management team a few days after the inauguration of the reconstituted MiDA Board on Monday March 13, 2017.

The World Bank has disbursed another $1 billion in financial assistance to Egypt out of its $3 billion loan programme with the country, the bank said in a statement on Monday. Egypt has been negotiating billions of dollars in aid from various lenders to help revive an economy hit by political upheaval since a 2011 …

A Pastor, Richmond Nana Danso, was on Monday remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for dishonestly appropriating an amount of $10,080 and GHc 2,000.

An Accra High Court has convicted former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, Akrasi Sarpong of contempt. He was found guilty over his comments after a High Court granted bail to one Chief Sunny Ikechukwu Benjy Eke, a 53- year-old businessman, and his alleged accomplice, James Eleke Chukwu, 47, a second-hand clothes dealer in …

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy says he has received death threats and his family have been targeted since Claudio Ranieri was sacked as manager. The 30-year-old blamed “hurtful” and “false” accusations he influenced the club’s decision to sack the Italian. Ranieri left in February, nine months after winning the Premier League, with the club 17th in ...

Celebrated Ghanaian hiphop/hiplife artiste; Guru has expressed his disenchantment in prophets who normally prophecy about wrong happenings but fail to prevent them from happening.

Under-fire referee Samuel Sukah is adamant that his penalty call against Asante Kotoko in the Super Clash league game on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium was a right decision. The trained teacher has been under enormous pressure in the last two days following a late controversial penalty awarded to Hearts of Oak in Sundays much anticipated clash after he adjudged defender Ahmed Adams to have handled to the ball in the box, which was aptly converted by Vincent Atinga. What is a dubious penalty,

Ghana goalkeeper Daniel Agyei continued to weave magic for Simba FC as he wheeled a long ball to set-up the only goal for his side in their 1-0 win over Madini Sports in the Tanzanian FA Cup over the weekend....

The Former President is said to soon name some members of the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the NDC who prior to the December 2016 elections collected huge sums of monies from him (Mahama) on several occasions on behalf of the party for campaign purposes.

Reports of President Mahama’s decision to release the names of party faithfuls and executives who took funds from him with an aim to executing the party’s 2016 agenda abounds in both social and mainstream media.

I write this article with a heavy heart and in reaction to a stony event that took place at old site on the campus of UCC.

The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said extremists were seeking “innovative methods” to bring down jets. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets, cameras, DVD players and electronic games, it said. The measure will ...

Kotoko supporters chief Obeng Sekyere has accused Aduana Stars owner Nana Agyemang Badu II for masterminding his side's painful 1-0 defeat to rivals Hearts of Oak in the Super Clash on Sunday. Sekyere has fingered the traditional ruler for influencing referee Samuel Sukahafter his controversial penalty decision ruffled feathers in the West African nation. The Porcupine Warriors suffered defeat in Accra for the first time in eight years after Vincent Atinga stepped up to convert what has

  Contrary to popular belief, your sex drive doesn’t just go south once you hit the big 4-0. If you’re losing your libido in your 40s, 50s, or even 60s, your medicine...

Ghanaian Afro-pop and Dancehall artiste, Vera Hamenoo Kpeda popularly referred to as MzVee has backed actress Tonto Dikeh for opening up about her marital abuse. Tonto Dikeh in an interview few weeks ago spoke about her failed marriage to her estranged husband, Oladunni Churchill and the ordeal she had to endure during the marriage. During …

Ghanaians mourn waterfall dead. At least 18 people, mainly high school students, have died after a large tree fell on them at a popular waterfall spot in Kintampo, Ghana, police say.The students were swimming during a storm when the freak accident happened, local police chief OwusuBoampong told the media.Twenty-two others were injured and are being treated at local hospitals.Rescue teams used chainsaws to cut through the fallen tree and free those trapped underneath, local media report.President

Africa can be proud of many remarkable achievements in recent decades. Giving 427 million more people access to improved drinking water since 1990 – an average of 47,000 people every day across sub-Saharan Africa – ranks among the most impressive and most important. Safe drinking water and good sanitation bring huge benefits. They cut the death toll from disease, lift the long-term burden of ill-health and release many hours spent fetching water

The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards race is heating up and it seems issues that dirtied that reputation of the scheme are back to haunt it.

State-owned ambulance conveying victims of the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster to Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, was involved in car crash, killing the driver in the process.

The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said extremists were...