HARIS Seferovic starred with a hat-trick as Switzerland staged a sensational comeback to thrash Belgium 5-2 in Lucerne on Sunday and qualify for the Nations League finals in dramatic fashion. Thorgan Hazard’s early double left Switzerland needing to win by two goals to qualify from Group A2 but the hosts quickly fought back, with Ricardo Rodriguez’s penalty and Seferovic’s first [...] The post Switzerland
HEAD coach of the Fennecs of Algeria, Radia Fertoul of Algeria, has predicted a tough game against the Indomitable Lionesses this evening. Algeria will kiss go bye to the tournament should they lose this evening and this makes the tie a very Herculean one for the North African side. “We have 11 new players in the side who are learning [...] The post Algeria to bounce back against Cameroon
TROUBLED Ousmane Dembele has been issued with an ultimatum by Barcelona: show greater maturity or be sold. The France international forward, who joined Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund for £96million last year, has set alarm bells ringing with his attitude in recent times. Coach Ernesto Valverde left Dembele out of his squad for their match against Real Betis last weekend after [...] The post Barca
RIYAD Mahrez scored two stunning goals as former winners Algeria qualified for next year’s African Nations Cup finals on Sunday, with Guinea, Mauritania and the Ivory Coast also sealing their places. Mahrez struck twice in the opening half hour as Algeria, who won the continental title in 1990, sped into a three-goal lead away against Togo before eventually winning 4-1 [...] The post Mahrez
TWENTY four hours after being booed for having the audacity to take down a tennis great, Alexander Zverev returned to topple another one as he stunned Novak Djokovic to win the ATP Finals title on Sunday. Zverev, billed as the player most likely to lead the sport into a new golden era once the holy trinity of Roger Federer, Djokovic [...] The post Zverev stuns Djokovic to claim ATP
SOUTH Africa’s Bantwana will take on Brazil in their final group game at Montevideo today, hoping for a great result to put their flagging World Cup back on track. The South Africans will be inspired by the talented twins – Thubelihle and Sphumelele. “You played really badly,” Thubelihle Shamase said through fits of laughter, offering her twin sister Sphumelele a [...] The post Bantwana’s
Bangmarigu Community Bank in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the Northern Region has made gains as its profits jumped from GH¢ 3,157.00 in 2016 to GH¢ 108,550.00 in 2017. The bank’s total assets also increased to GH¢ 9,493,176.00 in 2017 down from GH¢ 7,109,648.00 in 2016 whiles total deposits grew from GH¢ 5,102,600.00 in 2016 to GH¢ 6,659,597.00 in [...] The post Bangmarigu
FIDO Money Lending Limited (FIDO), an innovative financial technology company that provides convenient mobile credit services to under-banked individuals, has organised a two-day financial and digital literacy workshop for market women in Kaneshie, Accra. Through an engaging mobile e-learning platform, the beneficiaries of the programme were enlightened on basic financial literacy concepts including savings, lending, operating bank accounts and mobile [...] The post Financial,
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has denied claims that it is accepting the Voter identification (ID) card as one of the mandatory registration identity documents in the ongoing registration for the Ghana Card at Adentan Municipality in Accra. Addressing delegates at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Congress on Saturday in Accra, General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said residents in the [...] The post NIA
THE Ghana National Scholarship Beneficiaries Association (GNASBA) in collaboration with Fan Milk Limited has marked their 25th anniversary of the School Health Environmental Sanitation Education and Afforestation Campaign at Haatso in the Ga East Municipal of the Greater Accra Region under the theme “Help protect our environment.” A rally was held at the Papao community Presby Basic School in the [...] The post GNASBA
The government has commenced engagements with cocoa farmers across the country as it seeks to strengthen interaction with the cocoa sector. The engagements began on Monday November 19 in Koforidua Tafo in the Eastern Region and will continue in other cocoa growing districts in Bono-Ahafo, Ashanti, Western and Central Regions. The government delegation is made up of the Minister of [...] The post Government
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Supreme Court would tomorrow, Wednesday, November 21, 2018, deliver judgement on whether former President John Dramani Mahama breached the 1992 Constitution of Ghana by granting Presidential pardon to the “Montie 3” who were convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to four months in prison. Mr. Salifu Maase also known as Mugabe, host of a [...] The post Supreme
Ghanaians have been called upon to be open minded and accommodating with foreigners who invest in the country since the country does not have the capital, technology and human resources to develop on her own. “What is necessary is to ensure that we are wise in our negotiations such that at the end of the day such investments could [...] The post WE MUST BE OPEN TO INVESTORS appeared first
A three-day project that seeks to use technology to address sanitation challenges in Ghana has ended today in Accra. Dubbed “Sanitation Hackathon,” the sanitation programme provides an opportunity to innovative people, students, programmers and graduates to leverage information technology (IT) to improve sanitation. The event, which was under the aegis of Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources in collaboration with [...] The post Workshop
In a bid to salvage its dwindling fortunes, Aluworks Limited says it is closing in on a deal to make an investment company, Caitlyn Limited, its strategic investor and majority shareholder. Caitlyn Limited, currently the second largest shareholder of Aluworks, is expected to aid the aluminium business to maximise its potential and put it on the frontline of the industry. [...] The post Aluworks
About 50 internal auditors last Tuesday met in Accra to brainstorm on the proposed restructuring of the public sector internal auditing. This followed finding by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), that the current structure of internal auditing does not provide reasonable assurance for the independence and objectivity of each Internal Audit Unit (IAU). It further stated that the IAU [...] The post Experts
ABOUT 40 media personnel from the southern sector of the country have attended a two-day training workshop on ‘Reporting on trauma and fracture’ in Koforidua. This was jointly organised by the Paediatric Fracture Solutions for Ghana Project, and AO Alliance, a group committed to fracture care in low income countries. The participants were taken through epidemiology of trauma in Ghana, [...] The post Journalists
Israel’s government appears to have survived a possible collapse after a key partner withdrew a threat to leave the coalition and force snap elections. Naftali Bennett, of the Jewish Home party, had signalled he would quit, but announced on Monday he would stay on. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks with ministers in recent days to try to keep [...] The post Netanyahu survives
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they are halting drone and missile strikes on the Saudi-led military coalition after a request from the United Nations. The move comes after the coalition ordered a halt in its offensive on the key Yemeni port of Hudaydah. The UN is attempting to revive talks to end a three-year war which has caused the world’s worst [...] The post Yemen Houthis move closer
Black Queens midfielder, Priscilla Okyere says the team has overcome the pressure of the opening game and has promised the team was relaxed ahead of the Mali game today. Ghana will go into the next game knowing a win will see them through to the next round. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Okyere admitted the team was overawed by [...] The post We’ll overcome Mali – Okyere appeared first
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