Rosalind Amoh, a member of the Local Organisation Committee for the 2023 African Games has stated that the organisers are hopeful of getting the facilities ready for the competition. With the showcase expected to start in August 2023, the needed facilities for all athletes are yet to be ready for use. Speaking on NewDay ahead […]

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh Follow @kwame_amoh

The Executive Director of the Child Rights International, Mr Bright Appiah has said that the apology rendered by Tereo Marghuy, father of Tyron Marghuy, one of the two Rasta students initially denied admission to the Achimota School, is not enough. Tereo had publicly accused his son of being disobedient lately after he displayed a wound on […]

Camidoh’s Sugarcane remix featuring Nigeria’s Mayorkun, British rapper Darkoo and Ghana’s own King Promise is def the flavour of the season. For Camidoh, his remix is a dream come true. He disclosed the plan on TV3 NewDay, where he spoke about his commitment to have an international remix once the original shot off. “I said […]

One of the sponsors of the anti-LGBTQ bill in Parliament, Samuel Nartey George has given the Police 24 hours to pull down a billboard advertising LGBTQ activities in Ghana. The Ningo Prampram lawmaker said the bill board is an affront to the 1992 Constitution there if the Inspector General of Police fails to act , […]

Participants at the just-ended 6th conference of the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFIC) have called for the institution and promotion of stronger collaboration on research and development among association of African countries. They have also agreed that identified challenges should be addressed and given a sustained strategic priority. A communiqué signed by Chief […]

Gennaro Gattuso has been appointed Valencia manager on a two-year deal. The 44-year-old has been without a club since May 2021 when he left Napoli, with whom he won the Coppa Italia the previous year. Former Italy midfielder Gattuso had been named Fiorentina manager last summer but parted company with the club before his official […]

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said false impression is being created in a section of the media that that the National Chairman of the Party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has resorted to some dirty maneuvers to undermine the smooth take-off of the ‘Ahotor project’ being sponsored by Dr. […]

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said false impression is being created in a section of the media that the National Chairman of the Party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has resorted to some dirty maneuvers to undermine the smooth take-off of the ‘Ahotor project’ being sponsored by Dr. Kwabena […]

The inflation for imported goods was 28.2%, which is higher than the 24.7% recorded for April 2022, the Ghana Statisrical Service (GSS) has announced. The GSS further indicated that inflation for locally produced items was 27.3%, up from the 23.0% recorded in April 2022. Focusing on year-on-year food inflation for May 2022, the GSS five […]

Several players have left the Black Stars camp ahead of the Kirin Soccer Cup, which begins on Friday in Japan. Black Stars coach Otto Addo named a 33-man squad for both the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the four-nation tournament, but only 18 players are currently in Japan for the Kirin Cup. According […]

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh Follow @kwame_amoh

Police in Ofoase Ayirebi have arrested the mother of the 15-year-old girl flogged and molested by two young men on the orders of her stepfather. The ‘boys’ stripped the girl half-naked and flogged her while one tried to insert his finger into her vagina. The perpetrators including the stepfather are on the run. But on […]

Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette has re-signed for Lyon on a free transfer – five years after leaving to join the Gunners for a then club record £46.5m. Lacazette returns to the French club on a three-year deal until June 2025. The France forward scored 54 times in 158 Premier League appearances for Arsenal and helped […]

A global deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies is within reach. The World Trade Organization (WTO) said “we could be poised to achieve the single most important milestone for ocean sustainability this year, says Ambassador WillsSantiago, the chair of WTO negotiations.

International negotiators can’t agree on how to phase out coal, in part because of opposition to carbon taxes, and now even countries that had been able to abandon the fuel are reversing that progress as the war in Ukraine raises energy prices. The most common concern about scrapping coal is that replacing it with renewable […]

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh Follow @kwame_amoh

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary Hopeful, Musah Superior, has picked his nomination forms to contest the party General Secretary slot. Mr superior’s Executive Assistant, Christopher Kouyo, led some officials of the Peoples’ Campaign to pick nomination forms Wednesday June 8 at the party’s headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra. Mr superior’s galvanizing support […]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the ‘No Guarantor Student Loan’ policy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, on Wednesday June 8, 2022. The policy, he said, was a promise made by the Akufo-Addo government prior to the 2020 elections, is to make tertiary education accessible to Ghanaian […]

A teacher was killed and 14 schoolchildren were injured after a car hit a crowd on a busy street in the German capital, Berlin. The group was on a school trip to Berlin from the state of Hesse. A second teacher was seriously hurt. Police say the driver, a 29-year-old man, was arrested at the […]