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
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