The Coalition of Volta Youth, a youth group based in the Volta Region, has criticised the government’s handling of attempts by the Homeland Study Group Foundation to secede from Ghana. The group of secessionists is campaigning for the creation of an independent state called Western Togoland. An Accra High Court on Wednesday remanded into police custody seven members of the ...

AngloGold Ashanti is looking at options to dispose of its remaining assets in SA, arguing that investments needed to extend their lives would secure better returns elsewhere in the portfolio. AngloGold, the world’s third-largest gold mine, has extensively restructured its SA portfolio, selling mines to Harmony Gold and others, leaving it with a single underground mine at Mponeng and two ...

Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura is the latest high-profile personality to endorse the upcoming Africa Women’s Sports Summit. Samoura posted on her official Twitter handle Tuesday: “[Glad] to [hear] about Africa Women’s Sports Summit in Accra [Ghana] on May 15. This year’s focus on sports journalism & theme of ‘Take Your Place’ is [correct] for so many reasons. Best of ...

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries must begin to invest loans contracted in high yielding infrastructural projects which can pay for themselves, the Deputy Director of the African Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), David O. Robinson has said. That, he said, had become necessary in view of the growing public debt being incurred by SSA countries. Dr Robinson gave the ...

In one of Tonto Dikeh’s recent interviews, she alleged that her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, doesn’t last in bed more than 40 seconds. According to the controversial Nigerian actress, the only time Mr Olakunle lasted up to one minute in bed, was the time they conceived her son. Churchill has not entirely remained mute ever since Tonto’s explosive interview. He has ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alex Mould, has blamed the number of dormant contracts Ghana has with some oil exploration companies on the protracted maritime dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast. The Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond had earlier called on government to cancel some oil exploration contracts signed under the ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the disbursement plan for Senior High/Technical Schools’ incentive package had been revised. It said 80 per cent of the total amount would be allocated to teaching, while the 20 per cent goes to the non-teaching staff. These were contained in a release signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, the Head of the ...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Bechem United played out a 1-1 drawn encounter at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a week 10 Normalisation Committee special competition game yesterday at the Baba Yara Stadium, yesterday. Bechem United scored the fastest goal of the tournament when Yaw Wadie Darkwa fired in the opener just 50 seconds into the game. But just three ...

The founder and leader of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), Bishop Daniel Obinim, has come under criticisms on social media once again. This follows recent comments he made concerning the much-preached Christian doctrine about second coming of Jesus Christ. As earlier reported by YEN.com.gh, Obinim in a recent video said Jesus will not come back to the earth for ...

The staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA),Timothy Wuni who was arrested for attempting to register two Nigeriens to obtain Ghana cards in the ongoing registration exercise was yesterday granted police enquiry bail to a sum of GH¢10,000 with two sureties. The Kaneshie Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Edward Faakyi-Kumi told the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday. ...