The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) sincerely seems to believe its Cinderella days could be drawing to an end. A decision on its long-delayed transition from talking-shop to continental legislature is finally on the agenda at an African summit. African leaders meeting …

The Executive Council, the Foreign Ministers, of the African Union, opened its 21st Ordinary Session on Thursday. The two day summit which ends today, is being held at the AU Headquarters and it will consider the draft decisions and declarations …

Ghanaian business mogul Dr. Sir Sam Jonah has been named in a 13-member Global Advisory Council of the Bank of America (BoA). The BoA today January 25, 2013 announced the formation of the Council with the appointment of the 13 …

Three illegal miners on Tuesday died in the Prestea/Huni Valley district when a pit in which they were searching for gold nuggets got flooded and collapsed on them. The deceased have been identified as Akins, 38, Tawiah, 39, and Andrews …

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama arrived home from his four day state visit to Turkey on Thursday night. The visit was at the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul and was to further strengthen relations between Ghana and …

The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has been spending GHc2,500,000 annually on sanitation since 2009, Alhaji Abdul Haruna Friday, the Tamale Metro Chief Executive, has said He said the city generates an average of 250 tons of refuse per day out …

Superintendent of Police Rebecca Nyamah, the Tema Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), has appealed to the government and other stakeholders to consider constructing shelter homes for the Unit in all the regions. She told the …

There were 297 pirate attacks on ships around the world during 2012, despite piracy reaching a five-year low, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported January 16, 2013. West and East Africa were the world’s worst hit areas with 150 attacks …

The Effutu Municipal Directorate of the National Fire Service recorded 31 fire outbreaks between January and December 2012 as against 11 cases in 2011 in the municipality and its environs. Mr Alfred A. Acheampong, Effutu Municipal Fire Officer, told the …

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Ghana), has expressed worry that the political rivalry between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) especially in the aftermath of  last December’s elections, is creating tension in the country.…

Afriyie Acquah German side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim confirmed the signing on of Ghana player Afriyie Acquah from Italian side Palermo. Acquah, 21, will stay at Hoffenheim until June 30, 2017, the German club announced on its website January 24, 2013.…

The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has stated its protest over the inclusion of Pensions Alliance Trust as a Corporate Trustee in the management of their pension affairs. HSWU said it would not allow government to impose on it any …

Adamu Daramani Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Adamu Daramani Sakande, has been flown abroad for medical treatment. Consequently, he could not appear in court Thursday when the civil case against his dual nationality came up at the …

Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan insist he harbours no plans of rescinding his decision not to take responsibilities of the team’s penalty kicks during an open play. Gyan has endured a love-hate relationship with many Ghanaian soccer fans in the …

Customers with banks that are connected to the gh-link platform can now access their funds from about 1,000 ATMs across the country with their local cards. This is because 17 banks now have their ATMS connected to gh-link and therefore …

Mubarak Wakaso Ghana will seek to wrap up qualification to the next stage of the Africa Cup of Nations without Wakaso Mubarak for card accumulation. Mubarak, who scored Ghana’s only goal in their second Group B game picked a yellow …

French President Francois Hollande France has proposed a visit of a high powered business delegation to Ghana in May, to promote French business. Mr Frederic Clavier, the French Ambassador, who made this known when he paid a courtesy call on …

A survey conducted by the Physical Planning Department (PPD) of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has revealed that 36 percent of buildings in the metropolis did not have building permits. The Head of the PPD of the Town and Country …

Mr Otuo Acheampong, Managing Director Ghana Post on Thursday expressed surprise at the number of people that rushed to the office, early Monday morning to purchase forms for enlistment in the Ghana National Fire Service. “We witnessed a massive crowd …

A total of GH¢3,425 was realized in the registration of 287 marriages in the Cape Coast High court last year as against GH¢3,715 received for 319 marriages in 2011. Mr Lawrence Quansah, a registrar at the Cape Coast district court …