The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has dissociated itself from a statement alleging the pronouncement of the Ebola disease at a discourse held by the association on the management of the disease in the event of an incident. In a statement issued in Accra and signed by the president of the PSGH, James Ohemeng Kyei, the group said “The PSGH wishes to state categorically and emphatically that no such assertion was made at the one week Annual General Meeting (AGM) in {....}

Nigeria on Saturday recorded her first Ebola survivor, as Ameyo Adadevoh, a medical doctor and senior consultant in Lagos. She was discharged from quarantine and declared fit and Ebola-free. The doctor who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who brought Ebola into the country, at First Consultant Hospital, and was subsequently infected with the virus, has recovered and has since been discharged from the Isolation centre in Lagos. Ameyo Adadevoh, a {....}

Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag-bearer aspirant says the party has competent human resource capable of providing first class government for the country. He said Ghana was now looking for people with experience, expertise and skills, who could work to resolve the current socio-economic problems, created by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government and would put it back on the path of growth and development. According to him {....}

A recent monitoring report by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has revealed a further decline in women’s participation in public policy discourse on radio. A statement issed by the foundation said it is extremely worrying considering the the acknowledged agenda setting power of the media and the influential role of radio in Ghana’s governance processes. It also said Gahna cannot afford to have women on the periphery of development conversations at a {....}

Dr Kyei Faried, Deputy Director, Disease Control and Prevention Department, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called for effective leadership assistance as a pragmatic measure in preventing a possible outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in the country. This, he said, would be a collective preventive measure of dealing extensively with the EVD from hitting Ghana as it had already done in some West African countries. “Effective measures have been put in place to for the treatment of a possible {....}

The Attorney General’s (AG) Department on Wednesday failed to produce a file on 34 billion old Ghana Cedis (GHC 3.4m) judgment debt paid to one Nana Emmanuel Duke Woode for the confiscation of his companies. The state confiscated Holex Ghana Limited and Priorities Ghana Limited, timber companies belonging to Nana Woode who sued the A-G leading to the award of judgment debt to Woode in 2006. Briefing the media after the sitting, Counsel to the Judgement Debt {.....}

Residents of Atwomanso near Oppong Valley in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region witnessed a horrifying scene last Sunday when a mentally challenged man beheaded and chopped his sister into pieces. The man, Yaw Annor, 65 has since been over powered and handed over to the police. According to the Western Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ms Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, the suspect, is {....}

The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will take at least six months to bring under control, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Speaking in Geneva, MSF President Joanne Lui called for strengthened international co-ordination led by the World Health Organization (WHO). Earlier, WHO said the scale of the outbreak appeared to be “vastly underestimated”. It said that “extraordinary measures” were needed. The epidemic began in Guinea in February and has since {....}

Over 300 workers of the various publishing companies in Ghana will lose their jobs by close of August, 2014. This is due to government’s huge indebtedness to the publishing companies. The Managements of the affected companies have written to dismiss some of their workers due to government’s indebtdness to them. The letters seen by Citi News said the payment of salaries had become difficult due to the non-payments of arrears owed them by government hence, the decision to terminate {....}

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has attributed the current shortage of diesel across the country to a hold on stocks by banks providing lines of credit to Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs). The hold on the products stems from government’s indebtedness of a disputed amount of 1.35billion cedis to the BDCs. Public Relations Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Yaro Kasambata speaking to citi Business News said “the BDCs and the banks still have liquidity challenges {....}

The financial capability of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is hanging in the balance, as the expenditure of the country’s premier health facility far outweighed its revenue between January and July this year. If it is not resolved immediately, the looming financial crisis will make it difficult for the hospital to pay the salaries of some members of staff for this month, replace its worn out equipment, as well as pay its contractors and suppliers. The situation is also likely to undermine healthcare {....}

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has resigned, in a move observers hope will end a political crisis in Baghdad. Haider al-Abadi, a deputy speaker of parliament, has been asked by Iraq’s president to form a government. Mr Maliki’s earlier refusal to resign after eight years in power had been blamed for deepening the crisis. The UN and US have welcomed his resignation. The government has been unable to stop Islamist fighters from seizing vast areas in northern Iraq. The offensive {....}

The scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be “vastly underestimated”, the UN’s health agency says, as the death toll from the disease reaches 1,069. The World Health Organization said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis. It said in a statement that “extraordinary measures” were needed. The outbreak began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. However, the WHO said the risk of {.....}

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked President Mahama show a clear commitment to the fight against corruption by addressing the unprecedented levels of corruption within his government. ”… . People with conscience are sometimes appalled by the extreme insensitivity displayed by some political appointees. The unprecedented levels of corruption, offensive show of power and opulence by some at a time when our country requires prudence and frugality is {....}

If there is anything that Ghanaian actress Kyeiwaa and Patience Ozokwor from Nigeria have in common, it is that both of them are known for their movie bad roles. In a new movie Mama Africa produced by Paul Gee, it seemed as if they were competing against each other to determine who was “badder”. Kyeiwaa who had always wanted to act alongside Patience Ozokwor believes she did better than Patience in the movie. “I have always wanted to meet Patience Ozokwor and prove to her {....}

A 32-year-old Corporal, Emmanuel Owusu-Yeboah, of the Ghana Air Force and other alleged accomplices, are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in a series of robberies in the Tarkwa area of the Western Region. The other suspects are Ahmed Edusah, 28 years old; Michael Tetteh, 32; Christian Obina Anomu, 32; Joseph Boafo, 25; Nana Yaw Tuffuor and Mark Lawrence Madugba Chison, 36. DCOP Alex Quainoo, Western Regional Police Commander who disclosed this {....}

Oil firms were last night withdrawing staff from Nigeria and Liberia after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak to be an international public health emergency. Leading medical experts said the virus – which has a death rate of 50% and has already killed nearly 1,000 people – required an “extraordinary response” to halt its spread. The disease began in the forests of eastern Guinea in February, but its epicentre has spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria – home {....}

More than 500,000 people die annually from Hepatitis B related diseases around the world. This is according to Dr Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, a Doctor at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. He said more than 2 billion people were infected with the disease globally, which needs a holistic approach to address the phenomenon. Dr Abdul-Mumin disclosed this during a workshop in Tamale on World Hepatitis Day, which was organised by the Comfort Foundation, Ghana. The event which was on the theme {....}