A late penalty miss from Riyad Mahrez saw Manchester City fail to capitalise on a chance to beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time since 2003. City were marginally on top during a dour game but there were few chances for either side as both teams struggled to find their rhythm. The champions were awarded a penalty in the [...] The post City held as Chelsea crush Southampton appeared
CRISTIANO Ronaldo has been defended by Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa amid allegations of rape, which the forward denies. Portugal’s Prime Minister has defended Cristiano Ronaldo following an accusation that he raped a woman in Las Vegas nine years ago. Ronaldo has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who claims the Juventus forward assaulted her in Las Vegas in [...] The post Portugal
ALEXANDRE Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s doubles, along with Aaron Ramsey’s strikes, handed Arsenal a ninth straight win – as they thrashed Fulham 5-1. Lacazette gave the Gunners the lead in the 29th minute when the Frenchman swivelled and smashed a low shot into the bottom corner. But the effort was cancelled out on the stroke of half time when Andre [...] The post Arsenal
MANCHESTER United battled back from two goals down to beat Newcastle United 3-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday as a 90th-minute winner from Alexis Sanchez completed a spirited comeback to ease the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho. Newcastle took the lead in the seventh minute, opening up United’s defence with ease after Ayoze Perez found Kenedy and the Brazilian [...] The post Comeback
WLADMIRIR Klitschko has warned Anthony Joshua that long-term success is no simple task in the heavyweight division, but he is backing the IBF, WBO and WBA champion to deliver. Joshua defeated Klitschko by knockout in 2017 and has since maintained his perfect winning record, most recently grounding Alexander Povetkin at Wembley last month. The Briton continues to be linked with [...] The post Klitschko
CONOR McGregor vowed to return as king of the octagon but this was a catastrophe for the Irishman rather than a coronation. The biggest fight in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history ended in astonishing circumstances as Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted the ‘Notorious’ before leaping over the cage in T-Mobile Arena, sparking a mass brawl. His target was McGregor’s team-mate Dillon Danis [...] The post Russian
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) at its 29th National Marketing Performance Awards adjudged the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet), the Telecom Company (Allied and Support Services) of the Year, 2017. The company was recognised for playing a leadership role in the provision of e-solutions for trade development and revenue mobilisation as well as being a reliable partner [...] The post GCNet
Banks in Ghana will probably report higher earnings in 2019 after the Bank of Ghana embarked on a clean-up of the industry and economic growth accelerates, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Ghana’s central bank is seeking to bolster lenders by revoking the licenses of poorly governed companies and implementing stricter guidelines on capital buffers. Banks have until the end of [...] The post Moody’s
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Daniel Akuffo, has advised chiefs, elders and land owners against multiple sale of land to unsuspecting clients, without regard to the future generation. He said indiscriminate sale of land has resulted in the engagement of land guards, posing a threat to security in the [...] The post Shai
The Northern Regional Secretary of Ghana Agri-Input Dealers Association (GAIDA), Mohammed Mahmoud, has asked government to establish a fertiliser plant fund, to reduce cost of importation of the product, which is a drain to the economy. He explained that the call was as a result of recent complaints from some farmers in the Northern Region, regarding potency and efficacy of [...] The post Govt
A one-stop centre to provide guidance and counselling and other support services to abused and marginalised women and children across the country has been inaugurated in Accra yesterday. The Hope Centre expected to be run by certified clinical psychologists and pastoral counsellors will complement existing efforts at advancing the course of women and protecting their rights to contribute meaningfully to [...] The post Guidance,
The management of the Ecobank Ghana has expressed its readiness to support government’s agriculture flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) policy. Mr Daniel Sackey, Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana, and Cluster Head Anglophone West Africa, said the bank believe in the opportunities in the agricultural sector, to create jobs for youth. He revealed that the bank [...] The post Ecobank
Out of the 141 rural and community banks (RCBs) in the country, 37 are yet to meet the GH¢1 million minimum capital requirement as at the end of the second quarter of this year, ARB Apex Bank, has announced. The RCBs were required to meet the Bank of Ghana’s minimum capital requirement by the end of December, 2017. Mr Kojo [...] The post 37 rural banks yet to meet GH¢1m
THE use of petroleum revenue to tackle too many national projects at the same time has weakened the potential impact of oil proceeds on the country’s socio-economic development, according to the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC). For instance, Dr Thomas Stephens, Vice Chairman of PIAC, said that only 11 per cent of petroleum revenue has been allocated to the [...] The post We can’t
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the 225 kilovolts Bolgatanga to Ouagadougou Power Interconnection Project to supply100 megawatts of power directly to Burkina Faso from Ghana. At the inaugural ceremony on Friday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, President Akufo-Addo stated that the successful completion of the project had signified the strong bonds of friendship and co-operation between Ghana and [...] The post President
Ghanaians will start consuming Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods from 2020, Dr Richard Ampadu- Ameyaw, Senior Scientist at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has said The GMO foods to be consumed include Bacillus thuringiensi (Bt) cowpea and Nitrogen Use Efficient, Water Use Efficient Salt Tolerant (Newest) rice According to Dr Ameyaw, the GMO foods were being produced [...] The post Ghana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left the country last Friday to attend the 5th edition of the Financial Times Africa Summit in London, England. The summit began yesterday and is scheduled to end tomorrow. It would feature high profile speakers in business, politics and economics, as well as heads of state committed to making business central to their [...] The post …leaves
Synod Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (E. P. Church, Meridian Presbytery) Rev. Dr Lt Col. B.D.K. Agbeko, has urged Christians to give generously to influence the lives of others and the work of God. He said Christians should try as much as possible to imitate Christ and his perfect examples by showing interest in the welfare of [...] The post Sakumono E.P.
The Government has been urged to involve the Sirigu Women’s Organisation for Pottery and Art (SWOPA) located in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region in offering its programmes to students of technical and vocational training in the country. SWOPA which was formed in the area in 1997 had over the years offered training to more than [...] The post “Involve
Brazilians are going to the polls to vote in the most polarised presidential election for many years. Nearly 150 million people are eligible to vote. If no candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the valid ballots, there will be a second round in three weeks. Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is the frontrunner. He has vowed to tackle crime [...] The post Brazilians vote in polarised election
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