The ongoing renovation works at the Accra Sports Stadium, seem to have been derailed by the current weather conditions in the capital. A source at the Accra Sports Stadium, told the GNA Sports on conditions of anonymity that, though work was progressing, they had slowed down due to the continuous rains in the capital. A visit to the stadium on [...] The post Bad weather derails work

ALBERTO “Explosivo” Machado (19-0, 16 KOs) would put his World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight World Title on the line, as he faces undefeated number one contender Rafael “Sweet Pea” Mensah of Ghana  (31-0, 23 KOs) in a 12-round battle. Machado, a 27-year-old of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is one of the best boxers in the division with power in [...] The post Rafael

MULTICHOICE Ghana, operators of DStv and GOtv and agents of SuperSport International, has secured an injunction barring Nour Vision, operators of Fly TV from airing the FIFA World Cup in Ghana. This is because, they have not acquired the broadcast rights to the global soccer fiesta in Ghana neither on Pay-Tv nor Free to Air. Checks from the official list [...] The post Injunction on World Cup broadcast

GHANA’S Deputy Attorney General Godfred Dame has claimed FIFA does not recognise the current FA administration. According to Godfred Dame, the highest football governing body FIFA is very unhappy with the current crisis in Ghana football that it could not afford audience to the embattled FA at the meeting with government last Friday. Responding to comments made by former spokesperson [...] The post ‘FIFA

About four million coffee seedlings have been raised and distributed to farmers across the country. Further to this, nine million cashew seedlings are ready and undergoing grafting to be supplied to Ghanaian farmers.   Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Collins Ntim, who announced this, said the distribution of seedlings forms part of government’s Planting for Export and [...] The post Four

Ghana has been hailed for its consistency in improving its economic indicators to attract more foreign investment. The Director of International Banking of Africa, Mediterranean Basin and Overseas (AFMO) of the Societe Generale Group, Alexandre Maymat who made the observation noted that indicators such as inflation and interest rates that had gone down in recent times gave impetus for investment [...] The post We

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, announced the seventh batch of persons appointed to represent Ghana as ambassadors in foreign countries.   They are Mrs Gloria Opoku, Ghana Ambassador to Senegal and Mrs Jane Gasu-Aheto, Ghana’s Ambassador to Guinea.   President Akufo-Addo presented the new appointees with their Letters of Credentials at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in [...] The post Pres

President  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government has no interest in preventing genuine Ghanaians from securing the Ghana Card but will block every avenue that will create the opportunity for non-Ghanaians to get access into the National Identification System.   “I certainly have no interest, and no intention to prevent genuine citizens from being issued with identity cards. But, [...] The post Govt

One of the government’s top priority projects, ‘One Village, One Dam’ has kick started earnestly in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region. The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga and the Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area, Naba Baba Salifu Leemyarum, performed the ground-breaking ceremony on Friday at Kuyelingu, one of the beneficiary [...] The post ‘One

Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has threatened to embark on industrial action over non-payment of arrears and review of salaries of lower court judges and magistrates. The Association said although reviews of salaries of lower court judges had been constitutionally provided for by the 1992 Constitution, past and present governments had failed to implement the law. Addressing the [...] The post Judges

Stakeholders at this year’s International Widows Day (IWD), organised on Friday   in Bolgatanga, in the Upper East Region, have expressed worry about past and present government’s failure to pay attention to the plight of widows and their children. The stakeholders included widows from the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions, Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM), Action Aid Ghana, Ghana [...] The post Widows

Ethiopian officials say two people have died and dozens more are injured, after an explosion at a huge political rally for the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Mr Abiy described it as an “unsuccessful attempt by forces who do not want to see Ethiopia united”. He was whisked away immediately after the blast, thought to be from a grenade thrown [...] The post Lethal grenade attack at

African governments must step up efforts to mobilise resources locally to finance their development programmes, President of the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Dr K.Y Amoako has said. That, he stressed, would reduce Africa’s dependence on aid to finance their budgets and other developmental projects. Dr Amoako disclosed this in an interview with reporters on the sidelines of the [...] The post Step

The Policy Advisor to the Minister of Energy, William Amuna, has been decorated with a ‘Special Recognition Award’ for his dedication, passion and success in the creation of power sector opportunity through the delivery of regional transmission infrastructure. The special recognition awards are conferred on individuals and private sector institutions that have laid the foundation for the growth of the [...] The post William

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has called on financial institutions to employ sound governance practices to safeguard customers’ deposits. He noted that the BoG would continue to strengthen its supervisory frameworks in achieving financial stability to support and contribute positively to sustainable growth. “The Bank of Ghana remains committed to ensuring that financial institutions [...] The post Employ

Headmistress of Okushibri Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) Basic School in the Greater Accra Region, Ms Lydia Ayi Adam has appealed to the municipal assembly to complete stalled school projects to help decongest the pupils.   She mentioned the school’s abandoned kindergarten (KG) and junior high school (JHS) blocks as projects that have stalled.   Apart from the stalled projects she [...] The post KKMA

Lily Fati Soale, Director of Social Accountability Unit (SAU) of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLRD) has charged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to design innovative strategies to increase citizens’ involvement and active participation in local governance. “The district assemblies should also exhibit professionalism, be ethical in the discharge of their duties in order to win [...] The post MMDAs

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), will this weekend go to the polls to elect constituency executives in all but 16 constituencies across the country. This is because the constituencies have filed various petitions against the electoral process. The party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia in an interview said the Anlo constituency, which is among the constituencies where the polls will [...] The post NDC

Parliament, has unanimously rejected the formula by the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Administrator’s formula on how the Common Fund should be disbursed.   Both Minority and Majority insisted the formula by the Administrator, Irene Naa Torshie Addo was contrary to what Parliament had approved. The new formula, as announced by the administrator allocated 40 per cent of the fund [...] The post Parliament

Member of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC), Daniel Batidam has resigned citing persistent corruption in the organisation. Mr. Batidam in a resignation letter dated June 8, said, “After witnessing several instances and degrees of bad governance, including the abuse of entrusted power (or corruption), lack of probity, accountability, transparency and integrity at the Secretariat of the AUABC [...] The post Batidam