Isaac Sesi, the founder of Sesi Technologies Ghana Limited, and the founder of Maungo Craft in Botswana, Bonolo Monthe have emerged winners of the 2019 GoGettaz Agriprenuer Prize. They each receive a cash prize of $50,000 to expand their businesses. The ultimate winners

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has said his mother was in tears after he received racist abuse on social media following the UEFA Super Cup final. Abraham, 21, missed the decisive penalty in the shootout to see Liverpool win the trophy and the striker was racially abused online. “I remember speaking to my mum, she was emotional, she was in tears,” Abraham … The post Abraham:

The NBA won’t allow players to wear “ninja-style headwear” this season.Several players — including the Miami Heat‘s Jimmy Butler, the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Jrue Holiday, the LA Clippers‘ Montrezl Harrell, the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ Karl-Anthony Towns and the Brooklyn Nets‘ Jarrett Allen — regularly wore the headgear a season ago. The NBA never had a formal process to approve

Ghana international Majeed Waris is ‘looking ahead’ following the dramatic collapse of his move to Spanish club Alaves, according to the striker’s agent. The Black Star, 27, completed a medical at Vitoria-Gasteiz before Alaves pulled out of a deal in the closing minutes of the European

Angry fans of Sierra Leone’s national football team have attacked a player’s house after he missed a decisive penalty. Captain Umaru Bangura failed to convert a stoppage-time spot kick in front of a huge crowd on Sunday. It meant Sierra Leone failed to get through to the next stage of the 2022 World

Weeds and reptiles have taken over the abandoned 80-bed capacity Kasoa Polyclinic at CP, in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region. The facility, which still remains locked despite several appeals by residents for it to be opened, was completed about two years ago. The constant plea and outcry from the public have … The post Weeds and reptiles take over abandoned

The chiefs and people of Ziope have released 200 acres of land for the cultivation of tomatoes to feed the proposed tomatoes processing factory. The Chief Executive of Agortime Ziope District, David Dickson Dzokpe, disclosed this to the ‘Ghanaian Times’ at Kpetoe last Friday.

SENIOR Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has reminded technical universities to stick to their mandate to produce graduates with the needed hands-on skills to transform the country’s economy and build the needed human capital base for set national development programmes. “Over the years,

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, has called on academia and think tanks not to sit on the fence when laws are being made by Parliament only to turn round and criticise same. He said the academia and think tanks were critical partners in development, and their impact must be felt on

Yesterday marked the first day of school for kids across the country. Many children took their first major step in the academic journey as basic schools re-open for the 2019/2020 academic year. The new entrants, many of who joined the mainstream school system at class one, were welcomed under the annual “My First Day of … The post Welcome to all the kids to the first day

An Accra circuit court yesterday remanded into police custody two suspects, who were arrested by the police at Kaneshie in Accra for attempting to transport 125 quantities of compressed cannabis to Tarkoradi in the Western Region. Agya Kwamena Dadzie, 25, and Rubeng Danis, 19, would appear again in court on September 19. The Kaneshie District … The post 2 remanded for attempting to

Six suspected drug peddlers were arrested by the police in two separate operations at dawn on Saturday in the Techiman municipality of the Bono Region.  Samuel Peperah, 27, a teacher,  and Kofi Agyeman, also known as (aka) Agyingo, 47, a farmer, were arrested for  transporting 294 compressed parcels suspected to be ‘Indian hemp’ from Badu … The post Techiman

The motor courts have imposed GH¢1,671,712.00 fines on 3,142 drivers, arrested by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service for various road and traffic offences, from January to August, this year. The drivers were arrested for speeding, overloading, drunk driving, failure to wear helmet, seat belts, using expired licences and … The post Court

A total of 1,430 people died and 8,325 were injured in 7,993 road accidents, across the country from January to August, this year, as against 1,546 deaths and 8,674 injuries in the same period last year. The accidents involved 4,852 commercial vehicles, 5,627 private and 2,645