Lionel Messi Barcelona Star Lionel Messi put up an uninspiring performance yesterday, as his side Argentina were beaten 1-0 by Germany in the grand finale of the 2014 World Cup at the Estádio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. It was Mario Gotze’s goal in extra time that separated the two sides at the end of […]

Metro Mass Transit Ltd. has announced that it transport fares across the country would remain unchanged despite the 15% increment in transport fares. Transport operators on Saturday announced that effective Monday July 14, transport fares would go up by 15%. The increment was reached after consultations between the Transport Ministry and the transport operators represented […]

Mahama Ayariga The Minister for Youth and Sports, hon. Mahama Ayariga, on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana extends a goodwill message to Richard Azonto Commey, ahead of the boxer’s Commonwealth Championship bout against Paul Truscott in London, tomorrow. In his message to the boxer, Hon. Ayariga wished Mr. Commey success and threw […]

ABOUT 1,000 members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Agona West Constituency of the Central region, have defected to the New patriotic party (NPP). Mr. Seidu Mohammed Mutaba, a leading member of the NDC at Agona Nyakrom and spokesperson for the purported defectors, made this known when the Agona West Executives […]

Zakkour (L) being restrained by Deen with other officials calming down Nyantakyi GHANA FOOTBALL Association (GFA) president Kwesi nyantakyi and ex-hearts of oak chairman harry Zakkour yesterday engaged in a heated argument that nearly resulted in a fight. But for the timely intervention of Lepowura MND Jawula, former GFA chairman, Mr Samson Deen, Executive Director of […]

“MONEY IS a very sensitive subject. Many criticisms leveled against ministers are about finances. We cannot avoid criticism but we must minimise the opportunities that people have to speak against us. We, therefore, need to adopt certain standards and ethics in the area of finances,” Bishop Dag Heward-Mills. The renowned Lighthouse Chapel International founder wrote […]

Naa Oyoe Quartey, Miss Malaika 2013 AUDITIONS HAVE been opened for beautiful and intelligent young Ghanaian women to take part in the most prestigious beauty pageant, Miss Malaika Ghana 2014. The auditioning process is simple enough. All one needs to do is to be a beautiful, intelligent and ambitious young lady between the ages of […]

Mayweather defeated Maidana on majority decision last May Undefeated welterweight champion floyd Mayweather is to have a rematch with argentina’s Marcos Maidana. American Mayweather, 37, will defend his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association titles against Maidana, whom he beat by a majority decision on May 3, 2014. The two will again meet in […]

Luis Suarez Liverpool have agreed to sell striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona for a fee thought to be about £75m. The Uruguayan, 27, who is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup, will sign a five-year deal. Suarez, who scored 31 league goals last season, will travel to the […]

Herbert Addo HEARTS OF OAK have secured the services of Herbert Addo as their new coach ahead of the soccer season, happy Fm has reported. Addo has signed a long-term deal with the club which will see him take over from Mohammed Polo. The former Aduana Stars trainer makes a return to the club after […]

Mas-Ud Dramani The Asante Kotoko board will meet head coach Mas-Ud Dramani on 18 July to finalize details of a contract extension. Dramani’s future has been speculated with his initial two-year deal expected to run out on 27 August. The former Ghana U17 girls’ team coach has had a successful spell with the Porcupine Warriors […]

WHEN ALL the heads of State of the 15 ECOWAS member states met in Accra for their 45th Ordinary Session in Accra on July 10, 2014, the outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa was conspicuously topping the list of their agenda. After extensive deliberations, the West African leaders admitted that indeed the […]

Residents of Azizanya and Kewunor fishing communities near Ada-Foah in the Greater Accra region where Theophilus Tagoe, popularly known as Castro in the entertainment industry, and Janet Bandu, his purported girlfriend, were believed to have gotten drowned at the Volta estuary, are not happy about their exclusion in the search party. According to them, as […]

Three pestle traders have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for an alleged robbery. The accused persons are Prince Ogyiri, aka Nana Yaw, Mawuli Sedzro and Ebenezer Awuku. They are said to have on June 28, 2014, at the Kokomba Market in Accra, had in their possession one locally manufactured double- barrel gun and a […]

Shama Adobo A Malian and an ivorian national have been arrested by the Teshie District police in Accra for attempting to steal 50 bags of cement from a trader. The accused, Shama Adobo and Ibrahim Sanago Ndia, were apprehended when they attempted to daze the shop attendant with some whitish substance believed to be cocaine. […]

The deceased The Owner of a mobile phone has identified the body of a man who snatched his device. The man’s stolen phone was used to break the news about his death to his relations, but it turned out that he was alive and that he lost his device to the thief who died later […]

Things are gradually changing for the better in ghana – at least where an understanding of political issues are concerned. For on 1 July 2014, a group of ‘concerned citizens’ gathered at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra to protest against what they see as the economic mess into which the Government has led […]

Castro and Janet Tomorrow marks one week since Theophilus Tagoe aka Castro, went missing on the Volta river at ada in the Greater Accra region. we can imagine the grief of his family, especially as his whereabouts is still unknown. Unfortunately, however, the grieving family is not receiving the necessary support from the rest of […]

Sofo Azorka – NDC Chairman DISGRUNTLED YOUTH of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region have vowed to burn down the regional secretariat of the party if by the close of Monday the national leadership fails to meet their demands. The youth further warned that the current regional executives headed by Chief Sofo […]