Women have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran sparked by the death of a woman in custody who was detained for breaking hijab laws. Crowds cheered when women burned their hijabs on a bonfire in Sari on Tuesday, the fifth successive day of unrest. Activists said a woman was among three protesters … The post Women burn headscarves at Iran anti-hijab protests

Floods have destroyed more than 1,500 graves at a cemetery in the central Nigerian town of Mariga in Niger state. More than 500 graves have been swept away by the floods in the past week alone. The Chief Imam of the town, Alhassan Musa Na’ibi, told the BBC about 1,000 decomposed bodies had been reburied. … The post Floods wash hundreds of bodies from Nigerian cemetery

Ghana will receive the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup today, as one of the countries selected for the historic tour. The trophy tour team would be welcomed by the President of the Ghana Cricket Association (GCA), Mr Emmanuel Asare, the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President, Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah and others. The trophy … The post Cricket: ICC Men’s T20

The Ghana Football Association (GFA), in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), has launched the ‘Football4Girls’ project to give young girls the opportunity to develop their interest in football at a young age. ? The project would start from the various primary schools as an extra-curricular activity. Madam Ama Brobbey Williams, the Head of … The post FA, GES

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr George Yaw Boakye, has said the region is one of the three regions in the country that was benefitting from the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (GIDC). Others were located in the Eastern and the Greater-Accra regions to provide quality healthcare to residents in those areas and beyond. Mr Boakye stated … The post Ahafo Region gets Infectious disease

Felix Afena Gyan and Richard Ofori trained with the Black Stars on Tuesday at the Stade du Commandant Herbert-Deauville ahead of tomorrow’s international friendly match against Brazil. Afena Gyan arrived on Monday evening while Richard Ofori joined the team earlier the same day. That brought the total number of players in camp to 28 for … The post Afena Gyan, Ofori train with Stars appeared

Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng (Rtd.), a respected businessman and former Military officer will be speaking at the 8th edition of the ‘What I Wish I Knew’ (WIWIK) Conference slated for Friday, September 23, 2022, at the University of Cape Coast Auditorium 900. Under the theme, ‘Re-Envisioning: Looking Ahead to Emerging Opportunities’, participants are expected to […]

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) will establish a sports fund which will among other determine how funds are disbursed to national teams as bonuses and appearance fees. This, according to the Head of Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at MoYS, Alhaji Sani Mohammed Adams, would curb the uncertainties associated with appearance fees and bonuses … The post MoYS

Roger Federer said yesterday that he decided to retire because he ‘stopped believing’ he could continue playing after a series of injuries. The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced last Thursday he would be retiring from competitive tennis after a final appearance at the Laver Cup in London this week. Federer last played on tour more … The post Federer: I stopped dreaming about

Former International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Director Ho Kim has admitted bribing officials to help get C K Wu elected as President, who he alleges was helped into the position by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Wu is now accused of allowing corruption to flourish at the IBA, which has led to boxing’s position … The post IOC must take responsibility

The Ghana National Council for Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on the government to abolish the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

Atletico Madrid have condemned ‘unacceptable’ chants by a minority of fans towards Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior outside their stadium before Sunday’s La Liga derby. Some fans sang racist songs when entering Wanda Metropolitano before Real’s 2-1 win. Atletico say they will co-operate in an investigation by the authorities. “These chants provoke enormous repulsion and indignation,” … The post Atletico

About 2500 underprivileged youth in the rural communities across the country have been equipped with Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills under the Digital Skills and Entrepreneurship for Rural Development Project. Out of the beneficiaries of the one-week ICT training, 1500 constituting 60 per cent were women and the remaining were men. The project, implemented by … The post 2,500

Finland and Ghana have signed a framework agreement on projects to be funded under Finland’s Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF) Scheme. The agreement was signed on Monday on the margins of a trade and investment mission to Finland and two other Scandinavian countries namely Denmark and Sweden by a business delegation from Ghana. Finland’s Public … The post Ghana, Finland signed

Seventy six (76)alleged illegal forex operators known as ‘black market’ operators were on Tuesday apprehended in Accra and across the country. The exercise dubbed ‘Special Operation on Foreign Exchange Parallel (Black Market Operators’ was carried out by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in conjunction with the police. The exercise in Accra took place around Rawlings … The post BoG

Africa can break the World Cup 'semi-final barrier' if faith is shown in home-grown coaches, says Pitso Mosimane.

The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council in partnership with Torchbearer International Agricultural Science and Technology (TIAST) group has organised the Eastern Regional Agribusiness Investors Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday at Koforidua. The event which was organised for two days, was intended to ensure the progress of the Eastern Commodity Satellite Market Agenda started in 2019, an … The post Eastern

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the effect of the ongoing Russia and Ukraine war on the economies of Africa.

Scores of commuters were Tuesday morning stranded on the Ewusiejoe section of the Agona-Takoradi highway, in the Ahanta West municipality of the Western Region due to heavy rains that rendered the road impassable. The situation, caused by early morning rains which began at about 7am, rendered the road impassable about three hundred meters from the … The post Commuters

More than 200 pregnant women in the Anyaa Sowutoum Constituency yesterday benefited from a free pregnancy scan organised by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Dr Dickson Adomako-Kissi. In addition, the women also received free blood supplements and education on caesarian section from some specialists of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Speaking in interview … The post 200