Former coach of Elmina Sharks Football Club, Kobina Amissah, has expressed regrets for rejecting to take up a new role as the technical director for the Elmina Football Academy. Coach Amissah agreed to take up the new position after satisfying himself with what was said to be a juicy remuneration offered him by the owner […]

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that its third weekly engagement with journalists will be dedicated to the 2016 winning manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). A statement issued by the National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, said the forum, which will take place at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Monday, will […]

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has tested positive for coronavirus, multiple sources are reporting. The Minister is said to have been admitted at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) on Tuesday, June 9. UGMC is a major treatment centre in Ghana’s fight against coronavirus with six out of 16 patients with severe conditions […]

Erling Braut Haaland’s remarkable season continued as he came off the bench to score a 95th-minute winner for Borussia Dortmund at Dusseldorf. Dortmund looked to be losing ground at the top of the Bundesliga after a frustrating display which saw a goal ruled out by VAR for handball. But Haaland, 19, came up with his […]

The National Sports College (NSC) at Winneba in the Central Region has set up an isolation centre to manage any suspected coronavirus case. Acting Director of the College, Mr Noah Bukari, explained it forms part of measures to prevent spread of the virus should any case be recorded. “Any suspected case of Covid-19 will be […]

Management of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region has put in place a standby medical team to attend and manage any positive case of the deadly novel coronavirus on its campus at Ajumako. “We have medical personnel on standby who will attend to any student who may test positive for the […]

The Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Jean Adukwei Mensa, has dismissed claims that the Commission has not compiled a new register in an election year before. She says that has been done on a number of occasions, precisely in 2004 and 2012. “Indeed in 2012, that was when the biometric technology was introduced […]

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has passed a resolution to start impeachment proceedings against National President Professor Charles Ofosu Marfo. According to UG-UTAG, the demeanour and public utterances of Prof Ofosu Marfo on the Public Universities Bill (PUB) 2020 is contrary to the stance agreed on by […]

Parliament has approved a request to waive Domestic VAT totaling US$3.1 million on local purchases and services in the rehabilitation and upgrading of equipment in Technical Universities, Polytechnics and Technical and Vocational Training Centres. The request for the VAT exemption complies with the Concessional Loan Agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Export-Import Bank […]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini says former President John Dramani Mahama’s comments on the upcoming elections as regards not accepting the results if flawed are more “refined” and more “responsible” if compared to comments by other opposition leaders in the past. He said the comments by […]

The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Professor Fred Newton Binka, has advocated a strict compliance to the ‘No Mask, No Entry’ policy, particularly in the Greater Accra Region, to slow the increasing spread of coronavirus in the country. He said since there is no known vaccine to stop […]

Thirteen-time winners Juventus reached the Coppa Italia final on the away goals rule at AC Milan’s expense as Italy’s football season restarted. After drawing 1-1 in Milan on 13 February, Juve could not find the net in a semi-final second leg played behind closed doors in Turin. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty awarded for handball […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his first public appearance in weeks of coronavirus lockdown to celebrate the country’s national day. He used the Russia Day holiday to promote a controversial reform of the constitution which could keep him in office until 2036. Mr Putin, 67, has dominated Russia for the past 20 years whether […]

Exactly three months after confirming the first two index cases, Ghana’s total case count as regards the novel coronavirus disease is now 11,118. Though there are no deaths, which still stand at 48, the recoveries have slowed over the past few days. This has seen a rise in the number of active cases. From the […]