A team of US doctors has successfully carried out the world’s first total transplant of a penis and scrotum. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, performed the operation on a soldier who had been wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan. They used a penis, scrotum and partial abdominal wall transplanted from a deceased donor. They say the soldier ...

The Central Bank has said apart from effort to ensure a smooth transition into the new capital requirement of GH¢400 million, commercial banks will be charged to significantly reduce Non-Performing loans. It is believed the aim of raising the capital requirement will not yield the needed result if the monies are invested in unproductive ventures. Speaking at Fidelity Banks’ Customers ...

A VAN has ploughed through a crowd of people in Toronto, Canada, leaving nine people dead and sixteen injured. One man is in police custody. Toronto police have confirmed nine people have died and 16 were injured after a van ploughed through a crowd in the Canadian city. The driver was arrested after the incident and a huge investigation is ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 23rd April, 2018, commissioned the refurbished Sekondi Fishing Harbour, at a ceremony in Sekondi, in the Western Region. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the completion of this harbour is critical, because the fishing industry is an important mainstay not only of many of the residents of Sekondi, but also of some two million Ghanaians ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has recalled Members of Parliament from recess to enable the House consider some urgent parliamentary business. The lawmakers are expected to appear on the floor on Thursday, 26 April 2018. A statement signed by the Speaker of Parliament, stated that “In Exercise of the Power conferred on the Speaker by order 42(3) ...

Italian club and Champions League semi-finalists Roma announced Monday their new shirt sponsors will be Qatar Airways in a three-year deal, described as the largest the club has ever signed. The deal was made public just a day before one of Roma’s biggest games for decades, the first leg of a Champions League semi-final against Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday. ...

The leadership of government hospitals have debunked claims by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo that his administration has revived the struggling National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by clearing the debt which plagued it under the previous government. Delivering the keynote speech at the London School of Economics’ Africa Summit, on the theme ‘Africa at Work; Educated, Employed and Empowered’ Saturday April ...

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has warned that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) risk collapsing unless government comes up with other innovative ways to fund the programme. His comments come after President Akufo-Addo in a keynote address on Saturday April 21, 2018 at the London School of Economics’ Africa Summit on the theme ‘Africa at Work; Educated, Employed and ...

The Paramount Chief of Cape Coast Traditional Area, Osaabarima Kwesi Atta IV was full of praise and smiles, when rapper Teephlow paid a courtesy call on him during the weekend. Osaabarima, on behalf of Oguaman and Central Region congratulated the rapper on his award at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. “Because of the respect you’ve brought to the Oguaman ...

The Land and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said the Ministry expects the investigatory report into the circumstances leading to the collapse of the reclaim tunnel roof at Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo Mill expansion project to be ready by the end of this week. At least six persons lost their lives in the collapse which occurred Saturday April 7, ...