MANCHESTER United have received a whopping £3.8 billion takeover bid from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. The Saudi royal family, who are worth a staggering £850bn, are hoping to tempt United’s current owners the Glazers into selling the club before the start of next season. The proposed takeover bid comes after United chiefs have been seen spending an increasing [...] The post United
REAL Madrid was yesterday stunned at home by Girona in a 2-1 win at Santiago Bernabeu in the La Liga as Sergio Ramos was shown a red card for a high kick. A good second half display by Girona ensured they came from behind to snatch the three points. Real Madrid started the game with a high-pressure display as they [...] The post Real lose at home appeared first on Ghanaian
GIANFRANCO Zola says Chelsea must unite to rectify their stuttering season ahead of a crucial run of fixtures. The FA Cup holders host Manchester United in the fifth round on Monday evening, before the second leg of their Europa League tie with Malmo and next Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City. Maurizio Sarri’s men then welcome London rivals Tottenham [...] The post Chelsea
MONACO beat Nantes 1-0 to record their second home win of the season in Ligue 1 on Saturday to move out of the relegation zone for the first time since September. Leonardo Jardim’s return as coach at the end of January has sparked a turnaround in fortunes for the principality, who have now won two and drawn one of their [...] The post Monaco out of relegation zone after win appeared
PHIL Foden was in sparkling form as he inspired Manchester City to a 4-1 win over Newport County in their FA Cup fifth-round clash at Rodney Parade. Manchester City left Sergio Aguero at home for the tie, but otherwise fielded and almost full-strength side. City failed to break through in the first half, and both Leroy Sane and Tyreeq Bakinson [...] The post City dismiss Newport County in FA
MOUNERS have been paying their final respects to Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala in Argentina. Cardiff manager Neil Warnock and club chief executive Ken Choo joined mourners at the funeral of Emiliano Sala in his hometown in Argentina on Saturday. The 28-year-old striker’s body was repatriated last Friday before it was returned to Progreso, about 350 miles from Buenos Aires, for [...] The post Sala’s
JULIEN Wanders and Sifan Hassan won the inaugural 5km Herculis in Monaco yesterday and in doing so claimed the official male and female world records respectively. The distance has only been recognised as a world record event by the governing IAAF since January last year with previous faster times described as “unofficial world bests.” Fresh from taking the European half [...] The post Wanders,
THE development prospects of the newly-created Oti Region are very bright with vast assurances of rapid wealth and job creation from its natural resources, according to the acting Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa. Speaking in an interview with the Ghanaian Times here on Saturday, Dr Letsa mentioned agriculture, agro-processing and water transport among areas which have the potential for [...] The post Devt
New IBF lightweight champion, Richard Commey has commended the organisers of the Bukom ‘Fist of Fury’ Boxing League and advised boxers to grab the chance of fighting regularly to sharpen their skills. Speaking at the forecourt of the Osu Manste’s Palace where the eighth week of the league was held, Commey said, he did not get the opportunity of fighting [...] The post IBF champion Commey
Beneficiary communities of the World Bank funded sanitation project may pay the full cost for toilets and water facilities by May or June 2019, if government does not receive additional funding from the bank. This is because the 150 million dollar funding earmarked for the provision of 19,100 subsidised household toilets and clean drinking water may be exhausted in the [...] The post C’nities
Mr. Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, has been nominated by the Board of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) for the position of President of the continental Rugby continental body, Rugby Africa. Rugby Africa would be electing new Executive Committee members at an Annual General Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, on March 2, 2019. Mr. Mensah took [...] The post Herbert
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German-African Business Association (Afrika-Verein) to co-operate with the objective of fostering bilateral trade and investment between Germany and Ghana. Both sides under the MoU will among other things, agree to regularly identify specific projects to be pushed and supported by both parties on business [...] The post GIPC,
Awake Purified Drinking Water, CIMG Product of the year 2017 through its charity driven project; ‘One4Life’ donated an amount GH¢ 75,000 on Valentine’s Day to support people with various cardiovascular diseases. This donation cumulatively sums up all donations made so far from 2016 to GH¢1 million. Awake Purified Drinking Water has over the years donated to the National Cardiothoracic Centre [...] The post Awake
As part of its commitment to the development of the agricultural sector in Ghana, Yara International ASA has invested over USD 15 million into a new fertiliser terminal and blending facility in Tema. With a storage capacity of over 50,000 tonnes and blending and bagging production rate of over 100 tonnes per hour, it will facilitate the ready supply and [...] The post Yara
The informal sector constitutes 70 per cent of the business arena but just two per cent of them pay their taxes. Mr Richard Hakeem Quainoo, a Chief Revenue Officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority, who announced this, also stated that only 1.5 million of the expected six million tax payers honoured their responsibilities, with 200,000 being from the informal sector. [...] The post Only
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance has said the overall crude oil production from Ghana is expected to more than double over the next four years. “Overall, crude oil production is expected to increase from 196,089 barrels per day in 2019 to 420,020 barrels per day in 2023,” he said, adding that, the first oil from the Aker fields [...] The post Ghana’s oil production
THE general attitude of Ghanaians towards religion and matters of faith is highly unproductive and very unpatriotic, according to the Deputy Volta Regional Director of the National Commission and Civic Education (NCCE), Patrick Cudjoe Asiedu. “Some places of worship operate every day of the week, to the woeful neglect of productivity,” he observed. Mr Asiedu insisted that there must be [...] The post ‘Our
The Police Administration has assured Ghanaians and foreign investors of the police’s readiness to tackle any terror attack in the country. The Director-General of Police Administration, Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, said the police were equipped with personnel and logistics to be able to handle terrorism. He gave the assurance during an exercise at the ‘LION JUNGLE’ at [...] The post ‘Police
The Ministry of Aviation is in discussions with its counterpart in Iran to commence direct flight route between the two countries by the end of this year. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure the realisation of the arrangement is currently under consideration, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has disclosed. He was speaking in Accra yesterday when the Iranian [...] The post Ghana,
The Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Illegal Mining has seized a total of 24 excavators and other equipment from illegal miners also known as “galamseyers”, operating in the virgin forest at Debiso, in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. The task force during their two-day operations in the forest reserve arrested 13 Chinese including a female and their [...] The post ‘Galamseyers’
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