Ghanaian striker Samuel Afum will join Swiss Super League side Young Boys in January, next year. Afum?s Egyptian side FC Smouha have accepted a US$ 1.5 million offer from the Berne-based to sign the 23-year-old when the transfer re-opens in the New Year. Young Boys boss Martin Rueda has been in search for a goal-poacher to replace the Zambia striker Emmanuel Mayuka who joined English side Southampton in August. The club?s scouts had been following the exploits of the former Hearts of ... Read More
A former Ghanaian boxer, Mr. Everness Nortey, has advised young and upcoming boxers to learn a trade aside boxing so that they could be responsible when they retire from the sport. He said, ?most boxers become useless and have nothing to live on when they retire which could cause them a whole lot of frustration and subsequently affect their families as a whole.? Mr. Nortey has therefore cautioned that, for this to be avoided and enable a retired boxer have a comfortable life at old age, ... Read More
Ghana's friendly against Cape Verde in Portugal has been moved to Wednesday, November 14. No official reason was given. The Black Stars were originally scheduled to play the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations warm-up match in Lisbon today. But organisers of the game have informed the Ghana Football Association that the game will now be played tomorrow. The venue remains the University of Lisbon Stadium in Lisbon. Ghana are preparing for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations where they have been ... Read More
President John Dramani Mahama said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Government had provided unprecedented access to education for the last four years and that many parts of the country have had their equal share. He said the government had provided almost 1,700 schools to eliminate schools under trees, built dormitories, science laboratories, administrative blocks and fence walls of many schools across the country to ensure access to quality education. ?It is for this reason that we ... Read More
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana will tomorrow announce its decision on what the policy rate should be for the next three months. The policy rate is usually indicative the rate commercial banks can borrow from the central bank. The MPC will base its decision on its review of developments in the economy for the past three months. Meanwhile Analysts are of the view the Bank of Ghana may maintain the policy rate or possibly reduce it marginally. Derrick Mensah, analyst ... Read More
AngloGold Ashanti has donated a cyber café? and e-learning centre to the Obuasi community to help students in the area to further their studies and also establish networks with others, around the world. It is located in the Obuasi Municipal Library compound and is part of AngloGold Ashanti?s social responsibility to the communities within its catchment area. Inaugurating the centre, the Managing Director of Obuasi Mine, Kwesi Eyan, revealed that a research conducted by the company ... Read More
Members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for the review of labour laws to grant mothers six months of maternity leave and a mandatory establishment of nurseries in all public and private institutions. They said exclusive breastfeeding among all working nursing mothers be encouraged and health facilities in the country be made to ensure that they are baby friendly. These were contained in communiqué issued and signed by the GMA President Dr Kwabena Opoku-Adusei and General ... Read More
The Ghana Catholic Bishops? Conference has reiterated its appeal to the government to maintain the four-year Senior High School (SHS) duration for some time to ascertain its full benefits and disadvantages, before deciding to switch to another system. ?There is no denying fact that students can complete the academic syllabus within three years, given greater commitment on the part of teachers and cooperation from students. ?But basing ourselves on the testimony of teachers and the ... Read More
The Oforikrom Office of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in Kumasi has been temporarily closed down for security reasons. Mr Evans Ablordeppey, NYEP Coordinator, said the decision which was taken on the advice of the police, was to ensure the safety of the workers. The office would, therefore, commence operation as soon as they are given the go ahead by the police. The development comes as a stray bullet hit the office at about 1400 hours on Friday. None of ... Read More
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says the New Patriotic Party?s (NPP) free Senior High School education promise is the sure way to bring social justice and equality of opportunity to Ghanaians. President Kufuor was speaking at a prayer conference organized by the party on the theme: Jericho Must Fall in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi on Sunday. The former president, who was given a rousing welcome by the teeming NPP supporters said, the party is one that loves peace and will do ... Read More
The National Executives and members of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) on Saturday declared their support for Dr Abu Foster Sakara the Flag bearer of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP). Addressing a press conference at the CPP flag bearer?s campaign office in Accra, Mr Randy Sarfo, Communications Director said: ?As you all know by now, GFP was disqualified by the Electoral Commission? to contest this year?s Presidential election and subsequently our flag bearer, Madam Akua Donkor came out ... Read More
Mr Rojo Mettle- Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health said on Saturday that the departure of the Israeli rescue team was an indication that their Ghanaian counterpart had the needed requirement to continue with the mission. Briefing the media, he said the return of the team to Israel should not be interpreted as their abandonment of the mission as the Ghanaian team made up of the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces, National Disaster Management Organisation, and the rest are working ... Read More
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second has dismissed claims that chiefs and traditional rulers are idol worshipers. But rather he says traditional rulers are true Christians who believe in God and Jesus Christ. Asamponhene (grandfather of Asantehene), Nana Asampong Boakye the third delivered Asantehene?s words at a special service organized at the Baba Yara Stadium in honour of the visiting World head of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pastor Ted Neil Wilson. He says it is wrong ... Read More
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