Ghana will host the draw for the 2018 Total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, October 21, the Confederation of Africa Football has announced. The announcement was made on Monday to set minds at ease of Ghana’s readiness to stage the women football showpiece. It also confirms CAF’s conviction over Ghana’s readiness to host the event ahead of its [...] The post Ghana to host AWCON
THE WBC has ruled to support an ‘ultimate heavyweight fight’ between Anthony Joshua and the winner of Deontay Wilder’s WBC title clash with Tyson Fury. WBC champion Wilder opted to fight Fury in Los Angeles on December 1 after he was unable to agree a blockbuster bout against Joshua, the WBA ‘super’, IBF and WBO title holder. A Wilder-Fury rematch [...] The post WBC
THE IOC has picked its first African host of any Olympics, formally awarding the 2022 Youth Games to Senegal. Senegal President Macky Sall was present on Monday to see International Olympic Committee members confirm the executive board’s preference from four candidates. Senegal will host the youth games in three places: Dakar; a new city of Diamniadio, close to the capital; [...] The post Senegal
THE agent of former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has cast doubt over any potential move to Manchester United for his client. Zidane, 46, has been out of work since leaving Real at the end of last season, having taken the Spanish club to three consecutive Champions League titles. The former World Cup winner has been heavily linked with a [...] The post Zidane agent casts doubt over
JOSE Mourinho’s comments to a television camera after Manchester United’s 3-2 comeback win over Newcastle are being investigated by the Football Association. Mourinho allegedly shouted “sons of b*****s” in Portuguese as he made his way down the touchline. The FA will seek an official translation before deciding whether to take action. Alexis Sanchez’s late header rescued a crucial three points [...] The post Mourinho’s
HE ran a marathon, won a sprint, smashed a European record and proved, rather forcefully and ominously, that there might well be another Olympic medal in those ageing legs. Indeed, if previously there were doubts over how Mo Farah’s show might look on the road, then this trip around the damp streets of Chicago took them away. He quite simply [...] The post Farah’s
TECHNICALITIES enhance the development of football. It is therefore surprising that, some technical managers of the game are kicking against that important and decisive away-goal rule. There is nothing wrong at all with that rule. If that fair rule is scraped off, there would instead be more extra times and the cruel penalty shoot-out which are waste of time [...] The post Away goal rule fair,
The Ghana Employer’s Association (GEA) has called for rigorous enforcement of banking regulations to restore confidence and sanity to the sector. Mr Daniel Acheampong, its new President, asked that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) – the regulator, did everything to make sure that there was strict adherence to good corporate governance guidelines. This required regular, timely and robust supervision – [...] The post Ensure
Wilmar Africa Limited, a global leader in cooking oil production, has re-launched its flagship cooking oil Frytol onto the Ghanaian market. The new Frytol endorsed by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), which comes with a new package, is cholesterol free and fortified with vitamin A. Speaking at the re-launch, the General Manager of Wilmar Africa Limited, Kwame Wiafe said the [...] The post Frytol
thyssenkrupp, in partnership with its local distributor ARG1 Africa Ltd., says it is bringing its superior airport mobility expertise to Kotoka International Airport’s brand-new Terminal 3, including seven passenger boarding bridges, three escalators, 16 elevators, and over 40 auxiliary equipment units. The company has previously supplied solutions at airports across Africa, including Algeria, Cameroon, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, [...] The post thyssenkrupp
Authorities of University for Development Studies (UDS) in the Wa Campus have warned students against practising occultism on campus and taking tramadol or face the full rigors of the law. Vice Chancellor of UDS Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye gave the warning during the 26th matriculation of Wa Campus of the University for the 2018/2019 academic year. The University admitted 1,224 [...] The post UDS
The Holy Ghost Temple of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Adenta, has constructed educational facilities costing thousands of Ghana cedis for the Chiranda L/A Primary and Junior High School in the Kintampo Municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The facilities are made up of a six-unit classroom block, Teacher bungalow and a mechanised borehole. In addition, the church presented several [...] The post ICGC
Students selected for Senior High Schools (SHS) under the second track system have been advised against wasting time, idling at home without doing any productive academic work. They are expected to see themselves as students and study their books as they prepare for their turn in November under the new SHS education system. The first group, the greens are in [...] The post Second
The Keta Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Godwin Agbenyo, has urged the citizenry especially the youth to desist from acts of lawlessness and indiscipline in order to remain focus in contributing meaningful to nation building. He explained that acts of lawlessness and indiscipline posed a threat to the country’s democratic stability, social security, investor [...] The post NCCE
A FLAGBEARER aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), David Dotsey Kwame Kuwadah, is promising to lead a crusade to restore the ideals of probity and accountability in the party and Ghana if elected the presidential candidate of the party and eventually the president of the country. “When you look at the country today, the looting of our God-given resources [...] The post I’ll
The Amansie West District Assembly is on course to achieve its revenue target for 2018. The Assembly has mobilised GH¢5,462,633.89 as at the end of August out of the expected revenue target of GH¢7,705,479.96, representing 70.06 per cent. The performance is encouraging but innovative strategies are being adopted to rake in more revenue. The Assembly will engage additional commission collectors [...] The post Amansie
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a presidential candidate aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will officially outdoor his campaign as a flagbearer on October 16. He is one of the front-runners for the flagbearer slot of the NDC who has formally submitted his letter of intent to contest the position to the party executive at its National Headquarters. Speaking in an [...] The post Spio-Garbrah hit
Governance expert, Daniel Batidam has expressed worry over the inability of the government to crack the whip on vigilante activities. He explained that the modus operandi of the vigilante groups was gradually destabilising the county’s democracy and they must be stopped. Mr Batidam, the former Ghana and West Africa’s representative on African Union (AU) Advisory Board on Corruption [...] The post Batidam
The former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development under the Kufuor-led administration, Kwadwo Adjei-Darko has blamed the recent attack on Dr Akoto Osei, Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation by angry members of vigilante group, Delta force in the Ashanti Region on what he calls ‘weak systems’. He explained that it would be proper if Parliament would enact laws that [...] The post Enact
YouthConnekt Africa Summit kicked off in Rwanda’s capital city Kigali, where African policymakers were urged to place youth at the center of rapid social and economic transformation on the continent. Rwanda hosts the October 8-10 event that seeks to promote innovation among youth in jobs and technology. “Youth empowerment and capacity development are central to Africa’s social and [...] The post Place
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