The founder of Bishop Boxing Promotions, Mr Dave Bishop, has declared his intention to contest for the position of First Vice President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) in the elections scheduled for June 2. According to a press statement issued by the Promotions and copied to the Times Sports, the boxing promoter is prepared … The post June 2 GBA election:

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will embark on a three-nation trip to Kenya, Rwanda, and France. President Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said Tinubu will first stop in France. Onanuga said President Tinubu will later leave France for Nairobi, Kenya, […] The post Tinubu leaves Abuja for France on state

Five-time Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, aims to have ‘fun’ after confirming she will defend her Commonwealth 100m and 200m titles at Glasgow 2026. The Jamaican sprint star became the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic sprint doubles when she earned 100m and 200m gold medals at Rio 2016 and five years later in Tokyo. Thompson-Herah … The post Thompson-Herah sets Glasgow

Ghana Athletics accepts responsibility for relay team’s travel setbacks ahead of World Relays.

Iranian soccer officials are set to meet soon with FIFA in Zurich about their World Cup games in the United States in June. Iran’s top soccer official, Mehdi Taj, said on Friday that, “we have many issues to discuss” on his return home from Canada where he failed to attend FIFA’s annual congress held on … The post Iran officials to meet FIFA over World Cup plans appeared

Viktor Gyökeres scored twice as Arsenal sent out an emphatic Premier League title warning to Manchester City with a 3-0 victory against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Bukayo Saka, making his first start since Arsenal lost to City in the Carabao Cup final on March 22, was the architect, laying on Gyökeres’ ninth-minute … The post Gyökeres’ brace boosts Arsenal title race

It is strategic that a nation that wants a 24-hour economy must first build a 24-hour resilient power system

He makes the point that a fragile power system is therefore not merely an energy-sector problem.

…we have a development challenge that is rooted not in a lack of ideas, but in an institutional architecture that separates planning from power, execution, and money… There is a certain kind of frustration that repeats itself in Ghana’s development story. It is the frustration of watching intelligent plans dissolve into institutional fog. The country […] The post RE-IMAGINE

On April 28, 2026 the international gold price stood at around US$4,600 an ounce, having peaked above US$5,500 earlier in the year. A single ounce today fetches more than the annual income of many young people in our mining districts. While bullion analysts in London and New York raise their full-year forecasts, our rivers turn … The post Is the Galamsey fight winnable? appeared first on Ghanaian

He made the point that the central bank can no longer finance its core monetary operations from its own income.

The Pan African Parliament is the legislative arm of the African Union, tasked with representing the peoples of Africa

The President reported a reduction in the debt-to-GDP ratio from 67% to 45%

The appreciation of about 41% in 2025 was a correction, not overvaluation.

By Peter Martey AGBEKO In the quiet, disciplined halls of St. Augustine’s College (Augusco), generations of young men have been shaped by the enduring motto Omnia Vincit Labor—perseverance conquers all. For Vincent Kwesi Parker, a proud member of the Class of 1975, that motto was not merely a school creed; it became a lifelong compass guiding […] The post From Cape Coast to the

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By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE The Association of Ghana Rice Producers and Processors has expressed worry over an estimated one million metric tonnes of unsold paddy rice on the local market. The glut, which is valued at GH¢5billion according to the association, is due to a severe shortage of buyers for the commodity. Speaking to B&FT at […] The post Local producers anxious over

A growing number of men across the continent say they are being promised jobs in Russia, only to be forced into the war. Some go as mercenaries, but many more are drawn unwittingly.

Some see a clear explanation: Russia needs more troops, and young men in Africa desperately need jobs.

Plans to raise long-term funding from the diaspora are increasingly focusing on more structured financial instruments rather than simple retail bonds. This comes as policymakers are looking at ways to package remittance inflows and back them with guarantees, in an effort to turn rising overseas transfers into a more reliable source of investment capital while […] The post Securitisation,