Former Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has refuted media speculations that he has set his eyes on the position of the Vice President of Ghana. Afriyie-Ankrah, who is currently a Minister of State at the Presidency, insists media reports suggesting that he is planning to vie for the Vice President role are baseless and untrue. He said: “These speculations are unhealthy and inappropriate for the body politic of the party. As a committed party member, who has played various roles in {....}

The fate of 90 remand prisoners, locked up for years at the Sunyani Central Prisons will soon be known under the “Justice for All” programme. The suspects have spent between three and 16 years on remand for various crimes including murder, manslaughter, armed robbery and fraud. The Justice for All is a programme initiated by the Attorney General and the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) which is aimed at ensuring legal justice is provided for every citizen, irrespective of one’s social {....}

An audit of GH¢1.8 billion claims submitted by the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) has stalled because the local banks that finance the BDCs are not co-operating. Ernst and Young, an audit firm, was contracted by the Ministry of Finance in the second week of June 2014 to audit the claims of the BDCs before payment. The government, on June 27, 2014, released GH¢450 million to cover part of its indebtedness to the BDCs, while it awaited the final audit report to settle the balance. {....}

A Greek Oil vessel, MT Fair Artemis, hijacked by pirates off Ghana’s waters in June this year has finally berthed at the Takoradi Port to offload oil. This is according to the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Mr. Richard Anamoo. The pirates are said to have siphoned 3,500 metric tonnes of crude oil from the vessel into another vessel and voyaged to Benin for sale but luck run out on them and were arrested by the security agencies in that country. Mr. Anamoo {....}

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced it has received a formal request from Ghana to initiate discussions on an economic programme that could be supported by the IMF. The Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, Min Zhu in a statement said: “The Fund stands ready to help Ghana address the current economic challenges it is facing.” “An IMF team will be sent to Ghana in early September to initiate discussions on a programme,” he added. Last week, the government announced {....}

Ghana may now have recorded her first Ebola case. A Burkinabe man, who had fever and bled from his nose and ears “was brought in dead,” at the Bawku Presby Hospital in Ghana’s Upper East region Friday afternoon. The Medical Director at the Hospital, Dr Joseph Yaw Manu, confirmed to StarrFMonline.com that the man had died at the time he was brought in, saying: “…What scared me most as a Medical Doctor is that he was bleeding from his ears and nose–symptoms of Ebola {....}

South Sudan refugees residing in a UN camp are living in knee-deep, sewage-contaminated floodwater, forcing some families to sleep standing up so they can hold their children out of the water, an international aid group has said. Doctors Without Borders said on Friday the conditions in the camp in Bentiu are “an affront to human dignity”, and demanded that dry land within the camp be immediately made available for living space. The residents, most of whom fled fighting between rebels who {....}

The Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed optimism that the impasse between the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) over their book and research allowance will be resolved soon. He said the ministry had held a meeting with vice chancellors, and expressed the hope that the engagement would yield good results. He has meanwhile appealed to the lecturers to call off their strike in order not to disrupt the academic {....}

A 22-year-old national of Gabon has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing an Ivorian to death at Weiman in Accra. John Maviane, a student of the Ambassador University College at Lapaz, is believed to have struggled with the 24-year-old Ivorian, Madeleine Josian E. Souaduo, before stabbing her in the abdomen several times. The police also discovered that the Ivorian was stabbed in the neck and right hand. Relating the incident, the Accra Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent of {....}

With this message from Juliet Ibrahim one can say with no fear that the actress is upset with on air personalities who have been joking about Ebola on air. You know what, Juliet Ibrahim is right. We Africans are lazy, selfish, stupid and fools sometimes. just not long ago, a white man and woman were infected with the virus and within some few hours, a cure for Ebola was given to the infected ones and now they are fit as feeble. Instead of we Africans to take things seriously and stop joking with {....}

Ghanaian Hiplife artiste Eduwoji has been arrested by the Ada Police on the Accra-Aflao highway yesterday 7th August 2014 for illegally possessing a substance suspected to be marijuana. The Yenko Nkoa Hit maker who was in a group of other three young men were said to be on their way to ‘Mepe’ in the Volta region to perform at the annual Asafotu festival. According to sources, other artistes including Stay Jay, Gallaxy and Tema based music promoter Mc Coaches were also spotted being {....}

Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend a 72-hour truce in the month-long war. As rocket-warning sirens sounded in southern Israel, the military said Hamas had fired at least 18 rockets from Gaza and Israel’s “Iron Dome” interceptor system brought down two. Gaza militants said they had fired 10 rockets on Friday. In the first casualties since hostilities resumed on Friday, Palestinian {....}

Dark and Lovely announced the launch of Dark and Lovely Crème 6 Oils body lotion, the first multi-active formula which combines six natural oils to help combat the six most common imperfections affecting African skin on the Ghanaian market. African skin is more prone to certain conditions of which the most common is dullness, dryness, roughness, unevenness, tightness and an “ashy”look. As a result, many African women usually add extra oils to traditional body lotions to retain {....}

President John Dramani Mahama has described as timely, the signing of the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The signing will see the release of $498 million to Ghana which government says will be channeled into the country’s power sector. The $498.2 million will support the transformation of Ghana’s electricity sector and stimulate private investment. The five-year compact is designed to create a self-sustaining energy sector in Ghana by reforming laws and {....}

THE DEPUTY Brong-Ahafo Regional Chief Iman, Alhaji Baaba Seidu, has suggested that if it is permissible for a religious body to govern a country, then the Catholic Church should be allowed to govern Ghana to ensure rapid socio-economic development, unity and peace. According to Alhaji Baaba Seidu, it is an undeniable fact that the Catholic Church is far beyond any other religious sect in the country, per its enormous contribution towards the socio-economic development, unity and peace {....}

Award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician Sonnie Badu is busily finalizing arrangements to get married to the love of his life. Close friends and family sources have confirmed the news to Citifmonline. The ceremony, which would be officiated by Rev. Dr. Victor Osei of Family Chapel – Kumasi and Pastor Kingsley Appiagyei of the Trinity Baptist Church, is scheduled to take place in the United Kingdom on August 23. Even though Sonnie has personally not announced it publicly, close friends {....}

The chief of Tamale, Naa-Dakpema Dawuni Alhassan is asking for the banishment all the women who were filmed on the leaked sex tape recorded in Tamale. A recently leaked nude pictures and videos in circulation reprotedly revealed that about 50 women had been filmed perfoming various sexual acts with a Tamale-born Ghanaian based in Canada. In some of the pictures and videos cited by Citi News, the act was done on different occasions with some of them voluntarily posing naked for {....}

Two soldiers who are alleged to have been arresting people falsely and taking money from them have been apprehended by the Kwabenya Police in Accra. At the time of their arrest, Lance Corporal Mark Gwura Forkes, 25, and Lance Corporal Dickson Ruben, 26, who claimed to be officers of the Tema Eastern Naval Command, were said to have collected GH¢2,508, €2,200, mobile phones and some personal belongings from their victims. Their accomplice, who has been identified only {....}