Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather says he is “giving the people what they want” by coming out of retirement to fight Irish UFC champion Conor McGregor. The former five-weight world champion, 40, retired unbeaten in 2015 after 49 bouts, but will face McGregor, 28, in Las Vegas on August 26. The light-middleweight bout could earn both men as much as $100m [...] The post Floyd: ‘Fans
The third edition of the Accra Technical University (ATU) Sports Awards ceremony to celebrate successful sportsmen and women and officials of the institution was held on Friday with female athlete, Rabiatu Ofoli and Abdul Mutalib Alhassan winning the topmost Sports Personality Award in their respective categories. The duo stood tall among their peers following their respective roles in the overall [...] The post ATU
Ghanaian boxing fans witnessed one of the shocking nights in the history of the sport when Obodai ‘The Miracle’ Sai suffered a fifth round knockout to Namibian WBO Africa middleweight champion, Walter Kautondokwa in a WBO middleweight world title eliminator on Friday at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra. The entire arena was plunged into petrified silence when a left [...] The post Sai
The Minister of Business Development, Ibrahim Awal has reiterated the government’s commitment in making Ghana a business hub through a number of strategies that will also improve the country’s economy. He stated that the government had started work on improving local businesses as a priority and would need the support of Ghanaians to make it a reality. “It is our [...] The post Government
A ground breaking ceremony has been held by GHACEM Limited to construct a modern truck terminal in Takoradi at the old slaughter house premises. The Truck terminal estimated to cost about 1.2 million Euros will be used by GHACEM bound cement trucks to and from Takoradi in a bid to enhance operations of the foremost cement manufacturer. At a ceremony [...] The post GHACEM Invests
The UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) in partnership with Developing Markets Association will be hosting the first UK-Ghana Trade & Investment Forum of 2017 as part of activities to further strengthen the business bond between Ghana and the UK. The two-day event will be held from June 27-28, 2017 in London, and will provide a platform for UKGCC and its [...] The post Maiden
A legislative amendment is needed to current mining laws to seal the inadequacy and address illegal mining Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has said. He said due to the unregulated nature of the operations of such miners, government kept losing a vital avenue for accruing tax revenues. “The idea of artisanal mining solution would [...] The post Legislative
Ghana’s crude oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that the country’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) Field came on stream. The TEN Field came on stream in August 2016 and actually contributed 16 per cent to the annual production, but it dropped from 37.41 million barrels (mmbbls) in 2015 [...] The post Crude Oil production
Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa has bemoaned the increasing lawlessness that has characterised President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, almost six months after being sworn into office. In a post on his Facebook page, Sulemana Braimah, who has in the past expressed frustration at the spate of lawlessness by some youths of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), especially [...] The post Spate
The Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Oquaye has entreated Ghanaians to shun acts of stealing and dishonesty and work diligently to improve productivity at their workplaces. He said people who engaged in those acts sometimes were not mindful of the harm they were causing the citizenry. The Speaker made the call when a delegation from the Community Hospital Group (CHG) [...] The post Speaker
The Professor Kwesi Botchwey led committee investigating the woeful performance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 general election will present its report to the party hierarchy today. The presentation would be done at the NDC head office at Adabraka in Accra at 10am, the Ghanaian Times can authoritatively disclose. The 13-member committee which was set up after [...] The post Kwesi
A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt’s top public prosecutor. Hisham Barakat was assassinated in a car bomb attack in June 2015. He was the most senior state official to be killed by militants in recent years. Mr Barakat had sent thousands of Islamists to trial since [...] The post Egypt sentences 30 to death
The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives has disbursed US$1 million each to all the 275 constituencies in the country to be invested into government and development initiatives under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, the sector minister, has revealed. According to the minister, the government was poised to eradicate poverty and minimise inequality among socio-economic groups [...] The post Govt
A partnership between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and the Ghana Police Service, which seeks to create jobs for 15,000 youth, was launched in Accra on Friday. Under the partnership, Community Protection Officers (CPOs) are expected to be trained and deployed between August and November this year. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of YEA, Bashiri Ibrahim disclosed this during the [...] The post YEA
The Times, on Friday, July 16, carried on Page 28, a story headlined “Illegal miners ignore government’s ban” which we cannot allow to pass without comments. According to the story, illegal miners at Patriensa near Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality, have largely ignored the government’s order to stop the illegal mining activities and continue to mine and destroy the [...] The post LET’S
The Adjen Kotoko Police in the Ga West Municipal Assembly on Friday arrested two persons for an alleged robbery. Isaac Ago, 30, a commercial driver, and Ebenezer Nii Sowah,22, a bus conductor, who allegedly robbed a driver (yet to be identified) of a vehicle, were currently in the custody of the police, assisting in investigations. Two other accomplices, only identified [...] The post Two
Some residents of Abesim, near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, tried their luck on registration numbers of two vehicles involved in an accident, as they used them as lotto numbers. The horrific crash occurred on Saturday afternoon, involving an Opel Astra taxi-cab and Toyota Camry, resulting in the death of one person, and injuring others. Some members of Abesim, who [...] The post Abesim
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy, on Friday drowned in flood waters in Ho, in the Volta Region, following a heavy downpour. Nicholas Atta, a kindergarten boy of the Ho-Bankoe E.P. Primary School, was walking home from school during a downpour when a landslide caused him to fall into a gutter at a spot near Ho-17. Efforts by a joint team of personnel [...] The post Boy drowns in floods appeared first on
Police last Friday smoked out a suspected accomplice in the killing of Constable Michael Kporyie from his hideout at Ashaiman Valco Flats. Razak Salifu, also known as Baba, nearly escaped by scaling the fence wall of his house, but the police shot at his leg, and was sent to the Tema General Hospital. Briefing journalists about the incident on Friday, [...] The post Another cop killer grabbed appeared
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