The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has announced June 30 as the date for the start of the 2018 Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) Sevens tournament. The tournament which runs through to the end of August will be played in a format similar to the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series with 12 men’s and six women’s sevens teams competing in [...] The post Rugby Sevens tourney starts June 30

REDEEM D/A Primary School has emerged winners of this year’s Milo Under 13 Champions League which ended at the Paa Joe Stadium, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday. The Volta region lads crowned their impressive run in the competition by beating Sepe Tinpom M/A Primary 2-1 in the national finals to lift the ultimate trophy, medals [...] The post Redeem lift Milo

A massively improved Police man last Friday thrashed Reformers of Prisons 5-0 in the week five fixture of the on-going Sapholda Hockey League played at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium. The men from the Police Service were heavily tipped to beat their opponents to end the first round on top, but the score line was what shocked many on the [...] The post GAHA League: Police thrash Reformers

Ms Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for AirtelTigo, starting Monday June 25, 2018.   On her first day at work, Ms Ng’ambi addressed staff during a town hall meeting at the company’s headquarters.   “Colleagues, I’m extremely excited to be joining AirtelTigo. For me, it’s an honour and a privilege to be named to [...] The post AirtelTigo’s

Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Minister, has expressed worry about undue delays by some public officials in processing project documents and payment of projects executed by contractors.   He said delays cost the nation huge sums of money through cost overruns and payment of high interest rate on projects.   ‘‘Mr Minister of Finance, if you were to think through [...] The post Delays

MINORITY Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has appeared before Parliament’s Privileges Committee to make a case of contempt against Assin Central member, Kennedy Agyapong. Alhaji Muntaka, Asawase MP, has hauled the tough-talking Assin Central MP before the 31-member committee for what he said were contemptuous statement the latter had made against the legislature. Calling the attention of the House [...] The post Alhaji

Livestock production in the country is to receive a major boost next year as the government plans to provide more support to the sub-sector through a new agricultural campaign. Dubbed “Rearing for Food and Jobs”, and modelled after the ongoing “Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)”, the campaign would aid the reviving of the ailing sector and create more job [...] The post Govt launches

The accusations by the BXC Consortium that they have been unfairly treated by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) in the ECG private sector participation transaction dominated discussions when Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway accompanied by Deputy Head of the delegation, the CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr Yofi Grant and Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Mr Edward [...] The post BXC,

Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has completed a tour of all the 11 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper West Region to assess their performance in relation to the implementation of government policies and programmes. The tour forms part of the sector ministry’s programme of constantly monitoring and assessing the performance of [...] The post Deputy

The Takoradi Technical University (TTU), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kay Furniture Industries, to enhance technology and practical learning at the educational institution. Professor Frank John Eshun, Vice Chancellor of the Technical University, who signed the MoU on behalf of his outfit, said the agreement would take effect from next academic year. He said it was a [...] The post TTU

Former President John Mahama has called on all newly-elected constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to work in unity to ensure that the party comes back to power in 2020. He urged unsuccessful constituency aspirants to maintain their support for the party saying that, “Your contributions are still very much needed by the party.” While urging all the [...] The post Mahama:

The violent conflicts between farmers and semi-nomadic herders in Nigeria that left dozens of people dead over the weekend illustrate the intensifying pressure and competition for arable land in Africa, experts said on Monday. Fertile land that is dwindling due to climate change combined with a population boom are fueling conflicts across the continent, they said. The weekend deaths of [...] The post Nigeria

A High court in Kumasi has jailed three armed dealers, who were arrested in December, 2015, 14 years six months. Umaru Sata, 73, a Burkinabe, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and Sulemana Alhassan, 27, and Frank Badu, 25, both Ghanaians, would serve six months and four years’ respectively, all in hard labour. They pleaded not guilty, but were found [...] The post 3 armed dealers get 14 years

The Police at Kukuom is hunting for Godfred Amponsah and an accomplice, for robbing a farmer of GH¢609.00 at Atekyem, near Sankore, in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region.   The robbers inflicted cutlass wounds on the farmer, Seidu Ali, 42, and raped his 17-year-old daughter, a second year Senior High School student.   Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley [...] The post Kukuom