LIVERPOOL will face Bayern Munich in the last-16 of the Champions League after the draw at UEFA’s Swiss headquarters in Nyon, yesterday. Schalke were first out of the hat and they drew Premier League champions Manchester City, while City rivals Manchester United were drawn against PSG. Tottenham Hotspur will face off against Bundesliga pacesetters Borussia Dortmund, while Barcelona, who topped [...] The post Liverpool
MANCHESTER United had not lost to Liverpool in the Premier League for eight games and over four years prior to Sunday’s 3-1 defeat, but the current chasm between the two sides was exposed as Jose Mourinho’s men fell 19 points behind the league leaders at Anfield. Match-going United fans have been reluctant to turn on Mourinho, instead often pointing fingers [...] The post Mourinho
LIONEL Messi bagged a brilliant hat-trick as Barcelona put five past Levante to re-establish their three-point advantage at the top of La Liga. Victories for Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Sevilla over the weekend had put the pressure on Ernesto Valverde’s side to keep up their pace at the top of the table, and they did so in style as [...] The post Another hat-trick for Messi appeared first
Ghana made history, as the first West African country to host the Africa Schools Badminton Championships following a successful opening ceremony for the event on Friday, December 15. This year’s championship dubbed; “ADB 2018 Africa Schools Badminton Championships,” and held at the Tema International School (TIS), is an eight-day event from Friday December 14 to Thursday, December 20. Over [...] The post Badminton:
Broadcast and Print Journalists will be joined by celebrities in the country to battle it out in the maiden edition of the ‘Eagle Extra Stout Arm wrestling Media &Celebrity Challenge.’ It is scheduled to take place at the DG Hathramani Sports Hall at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, January 18, 2019. According to the Ghana Arm wrestling Federation (GAF), [...] The post Arm
THE Street Academy held its annual dinner for the less privileged at the National Theatre in Accra on Saturday to promote the activities of the academy. The event which was on the theme, “The importance of Education in the Child’s Future” saw over 500 children including the needy and street children within and outside the Academy. The Street Academy gathers [...] The post Street Academy holds
The management of Bond Savings and Loans says the company’s achievements and growth is as a result of effective corporate governance structure. “At Bond Savings and Loans, all directors have signed to the institution’s code of conduct which specify what constitute to conflict of interest and bad contract, ensuring that anybody that flouts the code is sanctioned according to their [...] The post Good
Ashfoam Company Limited has opened a new showroom at Ntsin in the Cape Coast South Constituency of the Central Region. It brings to two the number of showrooms to be opened by the company in the Cape Coast metropolis with the other one located in the Cape Coast North Constituency. Construction of the two-storey facility commenced about a year [...] The post Ashfoam opens new
Ghanaians have been asked to keep their surroundings clean if the country is to make headway in its quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Overseas Commerce Ghana Limited, a logistics company, Mr Boaz Amiel, who made the call in Accra, said Ghana could not attain the SDG goals if insanitary [...] The post Ghanaians
A 77-year-old former employee of the Cocoa Marketing Board, Mr Anansaaya Aseebiko, was on Saturday outdoored as the new leader of the Sumbrungu Maatigse Association, in the Greater Accra Region. He replaces the late Mr Peter Agobiko, who died two years ago. The Sumbrungu Maatigse Association is made up of Frafras, who hail from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. [...] The post Sumbrungu
Mourners from all walks of life, including family, well-wishers, friends and loved ones last Friday bade farewell to Robert Bentil, a former Deputy Editor of the Ghanaian Times, as his body was laid to rest at the Gbawe Public Cemetery, Accra, last Accra. The late Bob Bentil as he was affectionately called died at the age of 71years after a [...] The post Robert Bentil laid to rest appeared first on
The Association of Spouses of Heads of Missions (ASOHOM) and International Organisations in Accra, has presented quantity of drugs and wheel chairs to the Princess Marie Louise (children) Hospital in Accra. The items were presented when members of the group visited the hospital to interact with children on admission. Ms Richa Rao, president of the association, presenting the items said [...] The post Princess
Miss Pearl Essuman, a philanthropist, in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, has paid the premium for 200 children and the aged, to enable them to access health care under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), at Adaklu Tsrefe in the Adaklu District. She was supported by Meaningful Life International, a Christian non-governmental organisation (NGO), based in Tema. According to Miss [...] The post Philanthropist,
The Volta Region recorded a total of 182 fire outbreaks between January and October 2018 as against 199 the same period last year. This represents a nine per cent reduction in fire outbreaks in the region. The Volta Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) ACFO Janet Agyeiwaa Duah announced this here in Ho at the weekend. According [...] The post Fire outbreaks in Volta Region
A GH¢ 2.1 million three storey court complex is being constructed by the Adentan Municipal Assembly to bring justice delivery closer to the people. The project, which is about 90 per cent complete, would house the magistrate, circuit and high courts as well as cells and offices for the police. Mr Daniel Nii-Noi Adumuah, Municipal Chief Executive of Adentan, announced [...] The post Adentan
Within the last two years, the Adentan Municipal Assembly has trained 2,000 farmers in mushroom production to improve their income levels. Under the programme, which is a collaboration between the assembly and the European Union (EU), a mushroom processing centre has been constructed and farmers trained in various techniques of mushroom production as part of efforts to diversify farming as [...] The post Adentan
The eminent chiefs’ mediation committee has imposed a ban on both regents of Dagbon, Kampakuya-Na Abdulai Yakubu Andani and the Bolin-Lana Abdulai Mahammudu from enskining chiefs. A delegation, led by Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, Minister of National Security, conveyed this to the regents on Sunday, emphasising that “henceforth none of you should enskin anyone as a chief until the [...] The post Abudus,
A group calling itself the ‘true Andani family’ has distanced itself from the pull-out of the Andanis from the road map towards the resolution to the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis. On Saturday, chiefs from the Andani Royal Gate held a press conference and resolved to pull out of the road map. They accused the government and the eminent chiefs of being [...] The post We’re not part of
Ghana has been selected as one of the countries in West Africa to be beneficiaries of another Compact Programme from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Acting Vice President of MCC, Ms Kyeh Kim, announced this when he called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday. The Regional Compact Programme, according to [...] The post Ghana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo met the Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagard, at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday and indicated that Ghana, under his watch, would not need an IMF intervention to survive. He said the previous administration that requested for the IMF programme left an economy that was in disequilibrium, with balance of [...] The post Ghana
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