TRIBUTES have been paid to Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after it was confirmed he died in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday. The 60-year-old Thai businessman was one of five people killed when his helicopter lost control and crashed in a car park following Saturday’s 1-1 draw against West Ham. Under Srivaddhanaprabha’s ownership, Leicester secured [...] The post Players
ROGER Federer won his 99th career ATP Tour title on Sunday, beating qualifier Marius Copil 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final. A ninth title at Federer’s hometown event in Basle, where he was once a ball boy, matched the nine he won at the Halle grass-court event in Germany. He closed the gap on the all-time singles titles [...] The post Federer lifts 99th ATP Tour title appeared first
PAUL Pogba admits he may have to change his approach to penalties after his missed spot kick against Everton. The Frenchman admits he got ‘lucky’ after Jordan Pickford saved his spot kick before slotting home the rebound. It is the second time this season that the questionable run-up has cost United and himself after he was thwarted by Joe Hart [...] The post Pogba: I may have to change
The ‘Charlie Company’ emerged winners of the Inter-Company novices boxing competition for the Basic Infantry Training Course (BITC) 1-2018 held last Friday at the Army Recruits Training School (ARTS) at Shai Hills in Accra. A total of 399 army recruits participated in the week-long boxing competition as part of the training regimen to equip the young soldiers with physical [...] The post ‘Charlie’
Top Ghanaian goalkeeper with Nigerian Premier League outfit, Enugu Rangers, is hoping to be handed an invitation to the national senior male football team, the Black Stars, ahead of their next African Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifier next month. Nana Bonsu has been a regular member of the Enugu Rangers team and believes he deserves a call-up to Ghana’s squad ahead [...] The post Enugu Rangers
Sunyani is set to host the biggest arm wrestling event in the Brong Ahafo region on Saturday, November 3, at the Sunyani Technical University Campus. The championship dubbed “The B.A Challenge”, is open to the general public (men and women of all ages) and would serve as a platform for crowning the best arm-wrestler in the region. The ‘B.A Challenge’ [...] The post Arm wrestling: B/A
The Ministry of Communication (MOC) has organised a day’s training workshop for the judiciary on cybercrime and the use of electronic evidence for court proceedings. The workshop was part of activities to mark this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra last Tuesday. Held in collaboration with the Council [...] The post Judiciary
THLD Group, a UK-based autogas systems company, has introduced a new auto fueling technology, which will help reduce the cost of fuel a vehicle consumes by more than twenty-five per cent. Known as the STAG, the new auto fueling technology involves the conversion of petrol and diesel cars into gas, and promotes Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as an alternative form [...] The post New auto
The ARK Development Organisation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has trained more than 40 persons from the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality in revenue mobilisation and utilisation at a workshop at Nsawam. The entrepreneurs, traders, traditional rulers, assembly members, the media, women groups and unit committee members were trained on how to promote citizens’ participation in local governance to improve accountability of the [...] The post 40
The Accra East ‘District One’ Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Saint John International has presented assorted items to the Great Mission International Children’s Home at Nungua in Accra. The items included bags of maize, rice, gari and beans, and tubers of yam, vegetables, gallons of cooking oil, clothing, and an undisclosed value of cheque. The donation, estimated at GH?10,000, [...] The post Knights
A five-member National Planning Committee (NPC) was inaugurated last Friday in Accra to spearhead activities of the 2019 Africa Security and Safety (ASAS) Awards. Chaired by Mr Osei Bonsu Dickson, a Chief Legal Advisor at the National Security, the event will be hosted by Ghana in March 2019. Other members include Madam Akosua Adjei Ameyaw, events coordinator for Centre for [...] The post Africa
A colourful ceremony was held yesterday to climax the fifth anniversary celebrations of the Gbawe District of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG). About 16 congregations comprising adults, children and youth gathered at the District Head, Calvary Congregation, amidst music and dance to express gratitude to God for obviously seeing them through five years of being an independent District. Prior [...] The post 5th
The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has directed investigation into allegations of impropriety at the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA). A statement signed and issued in Accra by the sector minister, and copied the Ghanaian Times, said the board of directors of the GMA was to undertake the investigations and report the outcomes to him for the necessary action. [...] The post Minister
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged petroleum companies operating in the Western Region to partner the government to develop the communities where they operate. He said companies like ENI Ghana, Ghana Gas, AKKER Petroleum and Tullow Oil among others, must help improve the quality of life in the Nzema communities in the region. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said [...] The post Partner
The Kwame Nkrumah of Science and Technology (KNUST) is to be re-opened on November 8 following a meeting between government, University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and all other relevant stakeholders. A new Governing Council was also to be reconstituted by Friday, November 2, to take over the management of the University from the Interim Council set-up by government [...] The post Update
THE Minority in Parliament is blaming President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the disruption of academic activities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), accusing him of attempting to use the Vice Chancellor of the university as a scapegoat. In the view of the opposition lawmakers, President Akufo-Addo cannot absolve himself from the ongoing impasse which [...] The post Minority
Government is to invest and increase rice production in Ahafo Ano North and Adansi districts in the Ashanti region, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has hinted. According to him, rice farmers in these areas and other parts of the country had the potential of producing rice for domestic consumption and export, but would need harvesters [...] The post Gov’t
About 51 Ghanaian students are currently in Israel for an 11-month intensive practical agricultural training. The programme dubbed: “Agro Studies”, wound give the students the opportunity to focus on agriculture capacity building, and help promote food security in Ghana. The students included 4000 students from other Africa countries pursuing agriculture studies. The students have been dispatched to different farms in Israel, where they would learn about [...] The post
GOVERNMENT of Ghana and the United Nations (UN) yesterday jointly launched the five year UN Sustainable Development Partnership (UNSDP) framework, on Monday in Accra. The partnership, which was signed in June this year, outlines the UN’s support for national development efforts and sets out a collective support of the 24 UN agencies working Ghana. The UNSDP, which begins from 2018 [...] The post Ghana,
The Confucius Institute has on Friday, conducted free medical screening for students of the University of Ghana, Legon. Supported by the Chinese Medical Team, the exercise formed part of efforts to ensure that students were medically fit to carry out their academic activities. Hundreds of students trooped to the Confucius Institute to check their blood pressure, blood sugar, electrocardiogram, vision [...] The post Confucius
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