The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has congratulated new World Boxing Organisation (WBO) International super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe, for his latest feat. Dogboe improved his career record to 16-0 after recording a seventh round stoppage over Argentine opponent, Julian Evaristo Aristule in New Zealand on Saturday in a bout the Ghanaian dominated. Alhaji Tofiq Murtala, an Executive Member of the [...] The post GBA congratulates Dogboe on victory appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Former national team trainer, Sellas Tetteh, has lauded Ghanaian players leaving to ply their trade in less competitive football leagues in Africa, describing the move as healthy. A number of local players have now found home in East African football, leaving droves to Tanzania and the Sudan, in recent times. The issue appears to be a major concern for experts [...] The post Sellas Tetteh backs Ghanaian player exodus to East Africa appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
A section of Ghanaian soccer fans are calling on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to initiate moves aimed at recalling sacked Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Ali Muntari to the team. This, the group insists, would go a long to improve the fortunes of the team which appears to be struggling for form, with their fate uncertain as far as qualification [...] The post Supporters plead for Muntari appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG) has presented its oil and gas governance poll outcome for public scrutiny. The People’s National Convention (PNC) came first with full complement of oil and gas policies and programmes, translating into 65 percentage points while the Convention People’s Party (CPP) came second with 64 per cent. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) [...] The post CSPOG organises Oil and Gas governance poll appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Africa’s biggest grocery retailer Shoprite is in talks with Steinhoff about buying its African assets in an all-share deal that would create a group with $15 billion in annual sales, the pair said yesterday. The deal, whose value was not disclosed, would form a no-frills retailer spanning food, furniture and clothes and underline the determination of tycoon Christo Wiese to [...] The post Shoprite in merger talks with Steinhoff appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) is estimated to produce four million ounces of gold annually from its proposed underground mining, the acting General Manager, Joshua Mortoti, has announced. It has currently been doing 322,000 ounces through surface mining. He said the underground operation would additionally extend the lifespan of the mine to year 2033 and create [...] The post Newmont to increase gold production at Ahafo Mine appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
THIS year’s prestigious Premier League Board (PLB) 2015/2016 Awards will be held under the patronage of two of Ghana’s illustrious and highly-respected citizens – Maj. (Rtd) Amarkai Amartefio, ex-PNDC Secretary of Youth and Sports as Chairperson, and His Lordship Justice Anim Yeboah of the Supreme Court as the Guest of Honour. According to the PLB chairman, Mr. Ashford Tettey Oku, [...] The post All set for PLB Awards appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Project Officer of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Erasmus Kwaw, has debunked rumours making the rounds on social media that suggested the GOC president would not stand for re-election. “I’m urging the media to ignore the piece of falsehood making rounds on social media about the GOC president, Professor Francis Dodoo’s apparent lack of interest in the GOC elections,” [...] The post GOC president undecided … Debunks rumours about disinterest in GOC seat appeared first on The
ASHLEY Williams’s 86th-minute header ended Arsenal’s 14-game unbeaten run and kept Arsene Wenger’s side from the Premier League summit as Everton claimed a much-needed 2-1 win on Tuesday. Arsenal would have provisionally supplanted leaders Chelsea on goals scored with victory and took a 20th-minute lead when Alexis Sanchez’s free-kick deflected in off Williams. But Seamus Coleman equalised with a 44th-minute [...] The post Everton stuns Arsenal … As Leicester brought
Chelsea have got the bottle to go all the way this season — by drinking beer after every game. Boss Antonio Conte reckons a swift bevvy is perfect for rehydration from 90 minutes of punishing Premier League football. English football has finally taught the foreigners something, with thousands of pub players up and down the land in heartfelt agreement with [...] The post Drink beer after match … Chelsea coach urges players appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The annual consumer price inflation (CPI) fell to 15.5 per cent in November from 15.8 per cent the previous month, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) announced yesterday. This means that, the November figure recorded a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the October figure. The monthly change rate for November was 0.8 per cent compared to the 1.4 per cent [...] The post Consumer inflation fell to 15.5% in November appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
A two-year forestry project to stamp out illegal logging of timber in the country has been launched in Accra. Funded by the European Union, British and Swedish governments, the project aims at developing a web-interface for Ghana Wood Tracking System (GWTS) to monitor activities of timber operators and processes for exporting the resource abroad. It is being implemented by Civic [...] The post Forestry C’ssion, CSO move to prevent illegal logging appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
As part of efforts to enhance female interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the country, the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) has established a directory of female senior members. Professor Rose Emma Mamaa Entsua-Mensah, Deputy Director General, CSIR, said this would facilitate proposition of policies to enable women to build a career in the field [...] The post CSIR assists women to embrace science appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), a research think-tank for democratic advancement, has said there was the need to address the “shallow current state of fiscal decentralisation”, to enhance development at the grassroots. The CDD has observed that though structures exist, the level of implementation of fiscal decentralisation was low. This came to light at a media briefing on the [...] The post CDD-Ghana wants fiscal decentralisation improved appeared first on The Ghanaian
The use of a pain relieving drug known as tramadol among residents of European Town, in the Sekondi Metropolis of the Western Region, for non-medical purposes keep increasing by the day. The abuse of the drug, which is also a narcotic pain medication has spread widely among the youth of European Town, including some fishermen. Investigations conducted by The Ghanaian [...] The post Some Sekondi residents abuse ‘tramadol’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Ghana has planted about 190,449.92 hectares of trees under the national plantation development programme, as at December 1, 2016. Dr. Gloria Djaney Djagbletey, Head of Forest and Climate Change Division of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), who disclosed this, said that the only specie being planted was Teak. At [...] The post National Plantation Dev. Programme yields result appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Central Region has once again demonstrated that its political alignment is not on “autopilot”, but swings to whichever party’s policies it falls in love with during any election period. Both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have tasted victory and defeat depending on the voting pattern in the region. The 2016 swing From the [...] The post Central Region, the ‘kingmaker’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The process of transitioning from the out-going National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to the in-coming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government began yesterday, with a closed-door meeting of the transition team, made up of both parties. The joint transition team, which was inaugurated on Sunday December 11 to ensure a smooth transfer of power, held its first meeting in Accra, with [...] The post Allegations of sale of state assets …as joint transition team meets appeared first on The Ghanaian
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and all political actors and their supporters to “fully respect the outcome of the election and to resolve all disputes” through established legal procedures. In a statement issued here by his spokesman, the Secretary-General said that he “is dismayed” by Jammeh’s statement on Friday in which he rejected [...] The post Respect election result—Ban Ki-moon tells Jammeh appeared
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, arrived in Kumasi yesterday, to a tumultuous welcome, after his overwhelming victory in last Wednesday’s poll. He was accompanied by Dr. Mahamadu Buwumia, the incoming Vice President and a large entourage of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members. Hundreds of residents of Kumasi lined the streets from the Kumasi International Airport to the Manhyia Palace [...] The post Nana Addo receives tumultuous welcome in Kumasi appeared first on The Ghanaian T
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