Twenty Ghanaian referees have received their FIFA badges to officiate in matches for the 2019/20 football season. The number, according to reports, falls short of the 22 badges Ghana received in the previous season. The referees received the badges at the end of a five-day integrity training for match officials held in collaboration with the Normalisation Committee of [...] The post 20
Gabriel Jesus continued his red-hot form, scoring the opening goal as Manchester City breezed into the fifth round of the FA Cup courtesy of a 5-0 thumping of Burnley at Etihad Stadium. The Brazilian broke the deadlock after 23 minutes – his eighth goal in five games – as City converted their dominance into a one-goal lead at the break. [...] The post City smash five past Burnley
The search is set to resume for Emiliano Sala after the target of £260,000 was met on a ‘gofundme’ page to fund the operation. Sala disappeared last Monday night, along with pilot Dave Ibbotson, while travelling back from Nantes in western France to Cardiff, where he had just sealed a £15million club-record transfer. Following an extensive search which saw rescue [...] The post Search
Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has handed in a transfer request in a bid to secure move to Bayern Munich. With less than a week left of the January transfer window, the 18-year old has refused to sign a new contract at Stamford Bridge, said to be worth £85,000 a week, and believes his future lies with the Bundesliga team. Sky [...] The post Hudson-Odoi handsin transfer request
Managerless Monaco crashed to another defeat on Saturday, going down 2-0 away to Dijon the day before their former coach returns to the club to try and save them from relegation. Leonardo Jardim will take charge again on Sunday, just three months after he was replaced by Thierry Henry who was himself sacked on Friday. The club from the principality [...] The post Monaco beaten again appeared first on
Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has had her doping ban doubled to eight years after being found guilty by the IAAF of providing false information while defending herself against her initial sanction, the Athletics Integrity Unit have said. Sumgong was initially banned for four years by Kenya’s anti-doping agency (ADAK) in 2017 after testing positive for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin [...] The post Kenyan
A platform to provide financial literacy for young and upcoming entrepreneurs has been re-launched in Accra. Dubbed, ‘The Billionaires Network or TBN’, it is a network of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs with a common goal to create jobs and wealth by acquiring the right kind of knowledge, mindset and habits to achieve financial freedom. It is an initiative of Kingdom Billionaires [...] The post Platform
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appointed Felix E. Addo as Advisor to National Investment Bank (NIB) pursuant to section 101 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act of 2016 (Act 930). This follows the Central Bank’s communication during the announcement of the completion of its banking clean-up that an Advisor had been appointed for NIB. The appointee [...] The post Bank
An invincible Novak Djokovic landed a historic record seventh men’s title at the Australian Open and third successive Grand Slam with a tennis masterclass to crush his great rival Rafael Nadal. The world No 1 obliterated Nadal in one of the great Grand Slam final performances, winning 6-3 6-2 6-3, finishing with 34 winners and only nine unforced errors on [...] The post Djokovic
Herbalife Nutrition Ghana, a global nutrition company has appointed Clarence Amenyah as its new country director. He will focus on building a strong relationship with our distributors/members by working closely with the distributor leadership team to support them in understanding their business metrics. A statement issued by the company in Accra said Mr. Amenyah would also be reaching out to [...] The post New
The World Bank has committed US$46 million to support the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to about 600,000 people across six regions of the country. The “Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation project” is being implemented across the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo regions. The Board Chairman of the Community Water and Sanitation [...] The post World
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) has come to stay and Ghanaian accountants must embrace and practise it or be left out of the profession, Mr Eugene Asante Ofosuhene, the Controller and Accountant General has hinted. According to him, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards is a global set of standards issued by the IPSAS Board of the International [...] The post IPSAS
Our Lady of Mercy (OLAM) Catholic Church has held a memorial mass to commemorate one week of the passing of Mrs. Josephine Tandoh Asante, the slain Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of Tema Port. The final funeral rites would be held on the March 16, 2019 at the OLAM Catholic Church, Community One, Tema. The one week funeral [...] The post Memorial mass held for slain Tema
Six presidential aspirants seeking to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress have once again petitioned the party, raising some issues ahead of the upcoming flagbearer primary slated for February 23, 2019. Some of the concerns they raised had to do with the company to print the ballot papers, as well as the voters’ register which they claimed came without photographs. [...] The post 6 NDC
The Electoral Commission has been petitioned to conduct a limited registration of voters in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency ahead of the January 31 by-elections. This, the Youth Bridge Foundation believed would prevent disenfranchisement of persons who turned 18 between 2016 and January 2019. In a press statement dated January 24, 2019, the organisation said it is unable to [...] The post ‘Conduct
The Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) of the Ghana Police Service, Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, on Saturday visited the parents of the girls kidnapped in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis and assured them of police’s efforts at rescuing the victims. She further stated that the President had instructed the Inspector General of Police [...] The post CID
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, Head of Local Government Service has urged Ghanaians to support the processes leading to the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) by the year 2021. He said the election of MMDCEs would promote local democracy by affording local people the opportunity to choose their own leaders. He said it would also give them [...] The post Ato
Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is not enthused about the North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s decision to go public with his request for updates on the Gitmo 2 ex-detainees in the country. According to the minister, Mr. Ablakwa sidestepped due processes in putting out an open letter to demand updates on the two persons: Mahmud [...] The post Info
A programme to transform the Kakum Cocoa Forest landscape into a more sustainable agroforestry area has been launched with a call on cocoa farmers to adopt climate-smart agroforestry practices to increase productivity. Dubbed: “Kakum Cocoa Agroforestry Landscape Programme,” with the motto; “Our Forest, Our Cocoa, Our Future,” the programme is being implemented in two fringe communities of the Kakum [...] The post Programme
Over a dozen people have been killed in two bomb blasts at a Roman Catholic cathedral on the southern Philippine island of Jolo, where the Abu Sayyaf group and other armed fighters are active. Sunday’s incident claimed the lives of at least 15 civilians and five soldiers, police said, adding that 77 others were injured. The number of fatalities was revised [...] The post Philippine church
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