Tamale Assembly gets Presiding Member

The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, on Tuesday voted Prince Mohammed, a retired Agriculturalist, as the Presiding Member (PM) of the Assembly, after polling 81 votes from the 110 votes cast. The over 60-year-old Assemblyman from the Fooshegu…

Ghana, partners sign $60m grant agreement

Ghana and four development partners on Wednesday signed a memorandum of Understanding to provide the nation’s public financial management system with a $60 million grant over the next four years towards improved management of public…

Japan stocks fall

Japanese stocks fell on Thursday and domestic investors said they were poised to keep selling on rising yen volatility and a nuclear power plant crisis. Foreign buyers, drawn to valuations a cheap as Lebanon's, steadied the market after an…

Twitter users get extra security

Twitter users are being given the option of logging on to the site through a secure connection. The "always use HTTPS" setting has been introduced to help stop hackers who target people as they connect over public wi-fi. The same type of…

UK universities face big funding cuts

Almost every university in England will see its funding slashed for the next academic year. New data shows all but five of 130 universities will experience a cash reduction in their grant for the academic year 2011/12. Although £6.5bn has…