Mr. Annan is said to have died in Switzerland, Saturday morning after a short illness. He was 80 years old. Kofi Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. He was founder and Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation.

The full statement is published below. Re: Capital Bank And Related Matters Greetings! 1. I have observed with concern, the ongoing media discussions regarding developments in the Banking Sector and my role either directly or indirectly. 2. I accepted to be Board Chairman of Capital Bank in a bid to help strengthen a promising Ghanaian enterprise that had potential but also challenges. I was excited about the prospects of a young man from a disadvantaged background who was daring to create opportunities and employment. 3. My position was a non-executive role. I was therefore not involved in the day-to-day management and operations of the Bank. 4. In the course of time, some decisions made turned out well while some did not turn out as well as had been anticipated. As far as I can tell, everything was done with the best of intentions and the interest of various stakeholders in mind. 5. My foremost concern, as has been the case over the past year, is for the well-being of those who l...

The University of Ghana, Legon  has released the 2017/2018 list of admitted undergraduate applicants. The programs include Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Please click on the link below to view (the page is not well displayed in internet explorer, please try Mozilla or Google Chrome) CLICK HERE TO CHECK YOUR NAME IN THE LIST (UNDERGRADUATE/WASSCE) NB: Update of the list is ongoing therefore be assured this is not the complete/finalized list.

Five persons have been arrested for helping prospective National Service personnel for changing their original postings as given them by the National Service Secretariat (NSS). This was disclosed to Joy News by the Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat, Mustapha Yussif. He said the NSS has issued a press release to warn prospective Service persons not to fall victims to people who promise to change their places of posting for them. “Nobody should pay any money to anyone for posting…we have taken notice of reports of what people are doing in our name and we have written to National Security about it,” he said. According to the MP for Yagaba-Kabori, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is currently investigating some cases. NSS Director, Mustapha Yussif An investigation by Joy News has revealed middlemen are cashing in on re-posting of service personnel to enable them to serve in offices or institutions of their choices. In a recorded interview with one of such ...