The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said the Mahama administration’s cancellation of trainee allowances for nurses and midwives was a senseless and irrational decision. The allowance regime was just restored by the Akufo-Addo government. It will see over 58,000 trainee nurses and midwives in various public nursing and midwifery training colleges (NMTC’s) and a little over 45,000 ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have made an offer to bring Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford, according to reports in Spain. The Portugal international came close to leaving the Bernabeu in the summer after being accused of defrauding the authorities of (£12.9m) in unpaid taxes between 2011 and 2014. Cristiano Ronaldo was disappointed with the lack of support he ...

LIVERPOOL chiefs have promised Philippe Coutinho he will be allowed to join Barcelona in January, providing the Catalan club make a respectable offer. The Brazil international made all the headlines in the summer as he looked to secure a move to the Nou Camp. However, Liverpool were reluctant to part with their star man and rebuffed all of Barca’s attempts, ...

The United States will miss out on next summer’s World Cup in Russia as an abject defeat to Trinidad & Tobago coupled with Panama’s late win at home to Costa Rica saw them knocked out. Bruce Arena’s side started the night in the third qualifying place but Roman Torres’ 88th-minute winner sent Panama to their first ever finals. The US ...

The Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah says Ghana is only good at making laws but lacks the zeal at effectively implementing them . Speaking on Hello FMm in Kumasi on Monday, the minister accused most leaders and law enforcement agencies of not firmly implementing laws of the land that will ensure that the system and structures work. According to ...

European champions Portugal beat Switzerland in Lisbon to finish top of European Qualifying Group B and reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia. A draw or a loss would have left Portugal in the play-offs but an own goal from Johan Djourou and a goal from Andre Silva took Portugal through. France beat Belarus 2-1 to win Group A, with ...

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Mfantseman, Kenneth Kelly Essuman has ordered the closure of some fuel stations in his municipality. The stations were closed for failing to produce certificates authenticating their operations within the area. Some could not produce, on demand, their fire certificates, certificate to operate and certificates from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The affected stations include ...

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is proposing the setting-up of “Akwaaba Hotels,” through a partnership with the private sector at various tourist sites in the country to boost domestic tourism. Tours Facility Manager of the Ghana Tourist Development Company (GTDC), George Adje Kwei Mensah, who disclosed this said the hotels which would be set-up between two to three ...

After a number of threats, the embattled mining company, Exton Cubic Group Limited, has sued the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources over the Ministry’s revocation of their mining permits. The Minister, John Peter Amewu, revoked the company’s leases and licenses to prospect in the Nyinahini bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest Reserve, describing the company’s operations there as ...

To a Ghanaian King, handing someone a holdall stuffed with more than £350,000 to deposit in a bank might seem nothing out of the ordinary. Indeed, when Osei Tutu II, traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Ashanti, summoned Mark Arthur to his multimillion-pound residence in Henley-on-Thames and handed him a bag containing almost £200,000 in sterling as well as $200,000 ...