Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians who are under the impression that global investment firm Franklin Templeton, is a person. The correction came on the floor of parliament Wednesday, where he explained the raising of $2.5bn on the international market last April. The Finance Minister said, contrary to accusations by some NDC MPs that “government ...

The late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who was slain in the line of duty, will be given a state burial with full military honours on Friday, State Protocol Office has said. The burial service is to come off at the Forecourt of State House in Accra, after which he will be buried at the Osu Military Cemetery. According to the ...

Your body needs 7 to 8 hours to function normally. So when you get less, it assumes something must be wrong and starts to go into panic mode. “Your fight-or-flight hormones start to kick in, resulting in an increased heart rate, higher blood pressure, and stress,” says Salvatore Napoli, M.D., of the New England Center of Neurology. And all of ...

Asamoah Gyan has backed Kwesi Appiah for success in his second spell as Ghana coach after a few days of training under the returning coach. Gyan, who was made captain of the team in Appiah’s first tenure, joined the team for their training in Kumasi after missing out the opening week due to club commitment. In his first few outings, ...

I have already condemned the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama. It hurts. My former school mate, Joseph Arhinsah, a fully fledged Winneba boy, has been in the army in the last several years. I am sure I would have thrown tantrums if he was the one killed in the manner that we have seen in the case of Captain Mahama. ...

Thirty-one Chinese nationals, held for illegal mining in Zambia, have been deported. China said Zambia had provided insufficient evidence to justify the arrests. It said one of those detained in the copper mining town of Chingola was a pregnant woman. Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu visited China in 2015 to strengthen ties between the two countries Zambian media said the Chinese ...

Five people have been killed by a storm in Cape Town that South African media dubbed “the mother of all storms”. Schools and universities have had to shut, roofs were blown off and shelters have been opened for those left destitute. The storm comes at the end of the region’s worst drought in a century. The BBC’s Mo Allie in ...

Dominic Thiem produced a sensational performance to down 2016 French Open champion Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-3 6-0. The 23-year-old’s tennis was sublime but Djokovic’s dismal showing in the third set was as uncharacteristic as it was unexpected, especially considering Thiem had won only one set against Djokovic in their previous five meetings. The 30-year-old hit 35 unforced errors – and ...

Actor John Dumelo has visited the family of Major Maxwell Mahama to express his condolences in person and also sympathize with the family for the loss. Major Maxwell Mahama met his untimely death after he was mistaken for an armed robber and was lynched by some youth of Denkyira-Obuasi. Actor John Dumelo after hearing the death of Major Maxwell Mahama ...

Tweet The President of Groupe Ideal Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani has stated that Ghana’s economic transformation is more certain now than before. “Our economic transformation as a country is more certain than before. That’s why it is important, that wherever you find yourself as a Ghanaian, you have to contribute your quota in the Economic transformation of our country,” Dr. ...