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Kumasi Asante Kotoko and visiting Kpando Heart of Lions shared honours with a goal apiece in their Glo Premier League match played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Wednesday. It was Kotoko who came close to scoring in the ninth…

The National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday said it had opened nominations for presidential aspirants from Wednesday, March 31 to Friday, May 7. A statement issued in Accra by Mr Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie,…

National Insurance Commissioner, Mrs. Nyamekah Kyiamah on Wednesday said life insurance was one of the best ways to mobilise long term funds for economic development. She said although some strides had been made over the years, it was…

The Nkwanta South District Assembly is fashioning out strategies to correct why it failed to achieve its revenue targets for 2008 and 2009. At a meeting on Wednesday, Mr Joseph Ninkab, the District Chief Executive, said the Assembly only…

Foreign investors in agricultural land in developing regions such as Africa must respect local human rights, livelihoods and resources, the European Union said in a policy paper released on Wednesday. Sharp rises in global food prices in…

Though pranksters and joke-lovers in many countries now gleefully prepare to dupe friends and loved ones on April Fool's Day, no one knows exactly when or why, or even where, this tradition began. A giddy spurt of practical joking seems to…

Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is set to pave the way for cheaper phone bills by forcing mobile phone firms to cut call charges. The regulator is likely to rule that phone companies should lower the cost of connecting calls from one network to…

Asian stocks rose to an 11-week high on Thursday as China's manufacturing industry picked up and foreign buying boosted the technology-heavy markets of Taiwan and South Korea. The Nikkei average rose to a new 18-month closing high half…

Factories in China and India cranked up production in March and Japanese business morale rose to its highest in more than a year on signs of improving global demand, boosting hopes for a sustainable economic recovery. Similar manufacturing…

Petrol prices have edged closer to a record high after a 1p-a-litre fuel duty increase came into force. The rise will take prices from an average of 117.8p a litre to just under 119p - almost up to the record of 119.7p reached in 2008.…