Over 20 awards will be given to award-winning companies and personalities who have contributed to the promotion of quality in the region at the first edition of the ECOWAS Quality Award to be held in Abidjan. The awards ceremony of the first edition of the ECOWAS Quality Award will take place on June 30, 2017 under the patronage of the [...] The post ECOWAS Quality Award slated for June 30
The increasing levels of e-commerce and cross border trade among countries highlights the crucial need for data-driven decision making in border management, Mrs Aba Lokko, Communications Manager of GCNet, has said. Mrs Lokko shared this thought on big data and border management after her participation in the 2017 World Customs Organisation (WCO) IT Conference and Exhibition held in Tbilisi, Georgia. [...] The post ‘Data-driven
Manny Pacquiao believes Conor McGregor is not ‘compatible’ with boxing and expects the UFC star to be beaten in his much-anticipated fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor and Mayweather are scheduled to do battle in Las Vegas on August 26, with the undefeated American coming out of retirement in search of a 50th win from as many professional bouts. Mayweather [...] The post Pacquiao
Ghana midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu could be playing in China next season, after revealing having received offers from the Asian country. After seven years with Italian outfit Udinese, the Ghanaian is considering a new challenge, amid rumours that he could be heading to England. “I have been there [with Udinese] for some time,” Badu said on GTV. “I think for seven [...] The post Badu
Referee Awal Mohammed has been selected as referee for the Ghana Premier League (GPL) week 20 top fixtures between Accra Hearts of Oak and Ashantigold at the Accra Sports Stadium today. As one of the experienced referees in the countries, Awal will be assisted by Badiu Ibrahim on the first line with Samuel Asiedu as the assistant referee on the [...] The post Ref. Awal for Hearts, Ashgold game
Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) president, Yeboah Evans has congratulated Team Ghana for winning seven medals at the just ended Cote d’Ivoire Junior International Open championship. National team players were selected for the tournament based on their previous points aggregate accumulated at the last national badminton championships in 2016. In their first major competition under the new BAG administration, the [...] The post BAG
Bepong Methodist Primary School from Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region has emerged winners of the Milo U-13 Champions League which ended at the Nduom Stadium in Elmina. It was their second in three years. They defeated Redeem Methodist Primary 4-1 in the final game of the competition to win the ultimate cash prize of GH¢15,000 and a trophy. In addition, [...] The post Bepong Meth.
Ghana’s Black Stars will get busy against El Tri of Mexico today at the NRG Stadium in Houston, USA in the first of two friendlies lined up for the team ahead of their next AFCON qualifier. It will be the third time the two countries are facing off after the Mexicans defeated the Stars 1-0 in 2006 and 2-1 in [...] The post Ghana clashes with Mexico today appeared first on The
Obuasi AshantiGold’s resolve to avoid relegation in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) will be tested today when they come up against Accra Hearts of Oak in an epic week 20 mid-week clash at the Accra Sports Stadium. Having forced their way off the drop zone with a 3-0 thrashing of Inter Allies at home over the weekend, the Miners will [...] The post Akunnor out to upset Hearts appeared first on
The Eastern Regional Office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has appointed a six member Executive Committee to spearhead the Girls Education Network (GEN), a body aimed at enhancing girl-child education in the region. Among other objectives, the Committee has the task of mobilising resources and facilitating the development and progress of girls’ education in the region. Chaired by Stephen [...] The post GES
The grand finale of the 2017 National Science and Math Quiz will be held on Thursday at the National Theatre in Accra. The event will have three schools; St. Thomas Aquinas, Adisadel College and Prempeh College, battle for supremacy in the prestigious brainy competition. The three competitors successfully triumphed over other schools throughout the contest to make it to the [...] The post 3 schools
The Student’s Representative Council (SRC) of the Community Health Nurses’ Training College at Tanoso in the Tano North District of Brong-Ahafo Region, has refuted media reports that the school authorities are charging unapproved fees. The student body said it was untrue that they were “bracing up for a demonstration”, as reported in the story which was circulating in the social [...] The post Tanoso
Former Chief of Staff, Nana Ato Dadzie has stated that the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) lost the 2016 elections because appointees of former President John Mahama failed him. The NDC, then led by incumbent John Mahama unexpectedly lost the presidential and parliamentary elections held on December 7, 2016 after polling just 44.40 per cent. Then opposition leader of the New [...] The post Mahama
Sampson Ahi, a former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing has taken a swipe at the current administration for failing to complete an official bungalow for the Vice President. He expressed shock by government’s seeming neglect of the project and has challenged it to complete the project. “If there are issues, they should raise the issues and address them for [...] The post ‘Don’t abandon
Former Convention People’s Party (CPP) Chairperson Samia Nkrumah has rejected claims that her father, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence, was a dictator. According to her, “it is easier for people to make sweeping statements but whatever he [Dr Nkrumah] did was done through Parliament or a referendum”. Ms Nkrumah, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro [...] The post Nkrumah
Former Deputy Minister of Finance Cassiel Ato Forson has raised doubts that recent loans of up to US$15 billion from the Chinese government to Ghana is coming with no underlying condition. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shortly after arrival on Sunday June 26 from a working visit to China, announced that government had reached an agreement with the Chinese government [...] The post MP questions $15b
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks by Boko Haram Islamist militants. On Sunday three suicide bombers attacked the university killing themselves and a security guard. There has been a dramatic upsurge in violence in Maiduguri in recent months. Boko Haram, who want an Islamic state, loosely [...] The post Varsity
Two people died in a fatal crash at Dansukrom, near Sefwi Bekwai, in the Western Region, yesterday morning, when a passenger vehicle travelling to Kumasi in Ashanti Region, veered off the road and hit an electric pole. According to the police, the Mercedes Sprinter bus, with registration number AS 4373-15, veered off the road, and hit an electrical pole, resulting [...] The post Two die in accident
The 12 suspects, who were remanded into police custody, for allegedly vandalising the Somanya Police Station, in the Eastern Region, have been granted bail in the sum of Gh¢70,000 each with two sureties by the Koforidua Circuit Court. The court ordered Ebenezer Jones Adamtey,Tei Israel, Micheal Adjei Nortey, Theophilus Narh, Kosivi Amana,Wisdom Tetteh, Jerry George, Wisdom Sackitey, Senyo George, Felix [...] The post Somanya
The Minority in Parliament has called for a full-scale investigation into what it called “blatant corruption” at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited (BOST). The Minority’s call comes on the heels of revelations that five million litres of contaminated oil has been sold to a company associated with the managing director of the BOST under “dubious and bizarre circumstances.” [...] The post Minority
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