Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has been described by Steve McClaren as the “toughest player” he has ever seen – but also a man with “the most beautiful smile in football”. Ex-Magpies boss McClaren paid tribute after the Ivorian, 30, collapsed and died after training on Monday. “At Newcastle if [Papiss] Cisse and Cheick were smiling I knew the [...] The post Tributes
Arsenal have announced left-back Sead Kolasinac will join them this summer from German club Schalke. The Bosnia-Herzegovina international, 23, will join on a free transfer and become an Arsenal player on July 1 when the transfer window opens. “Subject to the completion of all regulatory processes, the defender will start pre-season training in July,” said an Arsenal statement. Schalke confirmed [...] The post Arsenal
Berekum Chelsea is demanding an amount GH¢15,000 from Ghana Premier League (GPL) broadcast holders, Star Times for failing to show their match day 17 game with Aduana Stars at the Berekum Golden City Park. According to officials of Chelsea, they were informed by StarTimes of the live coverage but that did not happen. A director of Berekum Chelsea, Nana Sarfo [...] The post Chelsea
The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has expressed appreciation to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for honouring the invitation to the 42nd MTN SWAG Awards held on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the Banquet Hall in Accra. A statement signed by SWAG president, Mr. Kwabena Yeboah, described President Akufo-Addo’s participation in the programme as historic and momentous, being [...] The post SWAG
Eight players have received mobile phones as prizes after being adjudged Match-of-the-Match in their respective Ghana Premier League (GPL) week 17 matches honoured over the weekend. With the 5-0 demolition of Accra Hearts of Oak by WAFA dominating media space, the Academy side’s sensation, Majeed Ashimeru, headed the list of winners for the week with his display against the Phobians. [...] The post 8
The national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers have reassembled for the final phase of preparation for the Africa Boxing Championship in Congo Brazzaville. Originally scheduled for May 27 to June 24, the organisers have fixed a new date of June 17-24, 2017 for which reason the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) invited the boxers to commence camping under reappointed head [...] The post Black
Ghana gold production last year dropped from 95.1 tonnes in 2015 to 95 tonnes, the President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM), Kwame Addo-Kufuor has said. Mr Addo Kufuor who disclosed this at the 89th annual general meeting of the GCM in Accra attributed the drop to inadequate investment in the sector. It was on the theme, ‘Sustaining business [...] The post Ghana’s gold production
Accra Brewery Limited has commemorated World Environment Day, with a call on Ghanaians to desist from practices that degrade and pollute the environment. The high point of the commemoration was a donation of GH?10,000.00 worth of sanitation equipment to the Adabraka community, prior to joining some residents to clean up portions of the Graphic Road in Accra. The Country Director [...] The post ABL
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) began on Monday in all examination centres across the country. From Sunyani, Daniel Dzirasah, reports that a total of 43,744 candidates are writing this year’s BECE in the Brong-Ahafo Region as compared to 42,659 candidates in 2016. Out of the 43,744 candidates, 23,311 are boys with 20,433 girls while in 2016, 22,716 out of the [...] The post 468,053
Ghana will extend potable water from the Lower Volta Basin to neighbouring Togo by the end of this year, the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has said. He said that the Lome-Sogakope Water Project which will benefit Ghana immensely in foreign exchange will serve the communities along the Lower Volta area as well. The project involves treating the [...] The post Ghana to export water to
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left the country on Monday night to attend meetings of the United Nation’s Advocacy Group of Eminent Personalities on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in Belgium and the United State of America. In Belgium, President Akufo-Addo will meet, in Brussels, with Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, his co-chair of the UN SDGs Advocates Group [...] The post President
This year’s World Environment Day was held here on Monday, in the Ahanta West District, of the Western Region, with the urgent call for better management of the Cape Three Point Forest. The day organised by the Coastal Sustainable Landscape Project (CSLP), was marked with the theme “Our forest our life” to support the efforts by various stakeholders to increase [...] The post Cape
MTN Ghana as part of its 21 days Y’ello Care Programme will refurbish the Street Academy building with a study area, computers and books. The Y’ello Care initiative is an annual staff volunteer programme that involves community services that runs across the MTN Group footprint from June 1 to June 21. It was instituted 10 years ago and has grown [...] The post MTN
The Municipal Chief Executive, of Shai Osudoku Mr. Daniel Akuffo, has urged candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination to eschew all forms of examination malpractices in order not to jeopardise their future careers. He said this yesterday when he toured some examination centres in the area to access the progress of the BECE in the district. He was accompanied [...] The post Eschew
An assessment undertaken by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has revealed that pupils in basic schools in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region perform better in reading than arithmetic. Choice-Ghana in collaboration with IBIS Ghana conducted a study in 20 schools in the district from November 2016 to April 2017 and this was presented at a stakeholders’ forum at Kpandai. [...] The post ‘Kpandai
The Upper West Regional Secretariat of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of government assisted second cycle schools has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to treat the PTAs as independent bodies. It said the GES seemed to have considered the PTAs as a department of the schools operating under the head of the institution thereby issuing directives that violated the [...] The post Treat
Former Vice Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Sani is questioning the integrity of former President Jerry Rawlings regarding corruption. According to Alhaji Sani, the former president, Jerry John Rawlings received a $5 million gift from former Nigerian President Sani Abacha and not $2million as the former Ghanaian President would want the [...] The post …
Mr Clement Dandori, the Kasena Nankana West District Chief Executive, has said he would place emphasis on the development of agriculture, health and education during his term of office. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Paga on Friday, he said the objective was to encourage the youth and women to engage in productive ventures that [...] The post I will
The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described as reasonable a suggestion by former President Jerry John Rawlings for the party to elect new leaders ahead of the 2020 general election. “To the extent that the party has to run fresh election it shall take place,” Koku Anyidoho said, adding that the process for the party’s branch, regional and national [...] The post Jerry
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is “recuperating fast” from his illness, his wife Aisha Buhari has said. She made the comments after a trip to London, where her husband is being treated for an unspecified illness. Mr. Buhari, 74, left for London nearly a month ago – his second trip to the UK for treatment this year. His absence has led [...] The post Nigeria’s leader
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