The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has pointed out that the unavailability of the critical competencies to deal with cyber security issues, is a primary cause of increased global challenges in the fight against cyber security. She cited a 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study – Benchmarking Workforce Capacity and Response to Cyber Risk conducted by Frost & Sullivan early ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings during a public lecture at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) was described as a gentle giant after delivering his speech but the former President immediately interrupted the MC saying he isn’t a gentle giant so shouldn’t be called so. He claimed former President John Agyekum Kufuor should rather be referred to ...

Kevin-Prince Boateng has explained his decision to terminate his contract with Las Palmas. The suspended Black Stars midfielder reached an agreement on Wednesday to end abruptly his relationship with the Spanish club only just four months after signing a new three year deal. The deal signed in April would have kept Boateng at the club until 2020. He was rewarded ...

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has said Ghanaians are worried over President Akufo-Addo’s inability to act decisively on cases of corruption that hit his government since assuming office. “…There is considerable public frustration,” said Prof Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, the Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Wednesday when the Coalition paid a courtesy call on the president. “I ...

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Saanie Daara is of the view that the local contingent of the Black Stars can provide an ideal back up for the Black Stars. The Black Stars “B” are currently preparing for a CHAN qualifier against Burkina Faso after holding the Stallions 2-2 in Ouagadougou. New faces, Ahmed Adams and Vincent Atingah have ...

Tullow Ghana has reiterated it intends to develop additional oil wells progressively and maintain production at the optimum. Speaking at a media briefing in Takoradi, the managing director of Tullow, Charles Darku, revealed that Tullow intends to develop more wells after the International tribunal for the law of sea ruling in the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast ...

Government has been urged to properly cater for female teachers posted to rural communities in the country to avert the situation where they are compelled to trade sex in exchange for food as the only means of survival. First National Trustee of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Madam Victoria Affram who revealed this on Accra-based Adom Fm on ...

Former president Jerry John Rawlings has called for the revision of the processes leading to the composition of the membership of the Council of State. “We must ensure that the processes for pre-qualifying, electing and appointing these members are tightened-up,” he said. “In the traditional system, an elder who misbehaved was expected in the past to commit suicide but honorably. ...

Former Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Michael Nsowa Agyei has attacked freedom of speech of teachers asking them to shut up on the introduction of the new licensing examination for teachers. “If anybody says the minister is not following proper communication channels that person is just being untruthful”, the current chairman of the Education Council took ...

Ghana’s First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on African scientists attending the Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity Conference in Accra to deal with the challenge of emerging infectious diseases on the continent. She said she believes the continent has “enough brilliant minds to deal with our own challenges” through innovative solutions. She further noted that the 2013 Ebola outbreak ...