SPRINT legend Usain Bolt says he is stunned after being handed a drug testing notice despite retiring from athletics and having no professional contract as he bids to launch a football career in Australia. The 100m world record-holder quit athletics last year and is yet to be offered a deal by Australia’s Central Coast Mariners, where he is currently on [...] The post Bolt fumes over drug test
ROMELU Lukaku has admitted he would be open to leaving Manchester United to play in Italy, and claimed current Serie A champions Juventus have a “great project” in place. The Belgian striker has started 10 of United’s 11 games so far this season, scoring four times, and moved onto 45 goals for his country with a double in last Friday’s [...] The post Lukaku eyes Serie A football
Some women groups in 19 communities in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region have heaped praises on ActionAid, a non-governmental organisation, for promoting their well-being through its Promoting Opportunities for Women Empowerment Right (POWER) Project in the area. The POWER Project, a five-year programme being implemented in Tain and Asutifi districts of the Brong Ahafo Region, and the [...] The post Action
The Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda has requested airlines operating in the country to publish accepted standards and types of luggage allowed for travels to inform passengers of their choices. Reacting to reports of some passengers having their luggages rejected for various reasons, he said it was unfair that people were “punished for offences they were not aware [...] The post Minister
Three days of heavy rains, caused the Ezazo stream, a tributary of River Ankobra, at Aiyinase, in Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, to overflow its banks. This resulted in flooding that cut-off the Bamianko also in the area, from other parts of the municipality. When the Ghanaian Times visited Bamianko at about 9.30a.m, on Friday, the Ezazo stream, [...] The post Bamianko isolated
Zonda Tec Ghana Limited, a heavy-duty vehicle trading company, has opened a new service centre at Agona Nkwanta in the Ahanta West District to provide sale and after-sale services to customers in the Western Region. The opening of the centre is the company’s latest move to expand operations in Ghana following its partnership with Sinotruk, China’s first heavy-duty truck manufacturer, [...] The post Zonda
Investor interest in the ongoing Initial Public Offer of Energy Commercial Bank has gone up following roadshows embarked upon by the Bank in Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale. At the investor fora in these parts of the country last week, many investors-both retail and institutional expressed willingness to acquire shares in the Bank following it consistent performance over the years. Energy [...] The post Investor
The Deputy Minister of Aviation, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is leading Ghana’s delegation to the 13th Air Navigation International Civil Aviation Conference (ICAO) currently ongoing in Montreal, Canada. They include aviation experts from the Ministry of Aviation and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority as well as the Ghana Meteorological Agency. Held every ten years, this year’s event which is on the [...] The post Ghana
Vodafone Ghana in partnership with Kwese TV has launched the Kwese Playstore to enable customers of Vodafone to watch Kwese TV live channels for free. Under the partnership, fixed broadband customers of Vodafone Ghana could buy Kwese digital box and watch more local and international channels at their area of location. Speaking at the launch in Accra, Head of Fixed [...] The post Vodafone,
Professor George K.T. Oduro, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, has stressed the need for the government to engage more with universities on how they could absorb the expected huge numbers of free SHS graduates in 2020. Again, he said the government must prioritise recruitment clearance for universities and ensure prompt release of budgetary allocations to the [...] The post Let’s
The Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), a non-governmental organisation, has distributed 100 bicycles to pupils in the Northern Region to facilitate their access to education. The bicycles are to help the beneficiary pupils, who were from Bidma, Sang, Kpachilo and Zosali communities in the West Gonja, and Mion Districts, and Savelugu Municipality, get to school on time as [...] The post RAINS
The Vice-Dean of the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Kankam Boadu has called on the government and stakeholders in education not to scrap or replace social studies education in the nation’s educational system. Social studies education, he explained, was relevant as it provides an avenue in offering citizenship education. “It teaches people on [...] The post Do
Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey-Korley Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has challenged the youth to strive to chart a new path of sincere dedication towards the country’s progress. “Be brave enough, stand as a group and say we are not going down this path but going to do the right thing to change the [...] The post Youth
Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Goosie Tanoh has stated that breaking away from the party ahead of the 2000 general election was necessary because the NDC had lost its way. He explained that the Reform Party was a sacrificial lamb for the empowerment of the party’s grassroots and the atonement of their sins. Addressing delegates in Hohoe [...] The post I
A Political Science Lecturer of the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has downplayed the weight of an alliance of five presidential aspirants in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the chances of former President John Mahama. He noted that the former President’s chances to lead the party in the 2020 general election would not be scathed by the alliance [...] The post Don
Former President John Dramani Mahama, a presidential aspirant in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) race has called for campaigns devoid of insults among colleague aspirants who are seeking to lead the party in the 2020 general election. He acknowledged the competitive nature of the race and said “we are all brothers in this competition.” Former President Mahama noted that the [...] The post Mahama
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawra in the Upper West Region, Anthony Abayifaa Karbo has urged for more investment in people as it is ‘brains and not brawns which build a nation.’ While praising the President for introducing flagship programmes to ameliorate the plight of constituents, he urged them to also, within their own might and means, invest in [...] The post Constituents
The National Chairman and leader of the Convention People’s Party, (CPP), Professor Edmund Delle, has no intentions to contest for the presidency in the 2020 general elections. His aide, Selasi Koffi Ackon has confirmed. Some publications had indicated that Prof. Delle had plans to run for presidency on the ticket of the CPP. But in an interview, the [...] The post Delle
US President Donald Trump has suggested “rogue killers” could be behind the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. Speaking to reporters after a phone call with King Salman, he said the Saudi leader had firmly denied knowing what had happened to Mr Khashoggi. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flying to Saudi Arabia immediately. Saudi and Turkish investigators [...] The post Trump
At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in the Aude region of south-western France. Local authorities say several months’ worth of rain fell in just a few hours overnight, leaving roads blocked in some areas. A nun was swept away by the River Aude, local broadcaster BFMTV reports. Separately, a policewoman attending to a weather-related traffic accident [...] The post Nun among
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