The first 100 kilometres of the 1000-kilometre Ghana-Burkina Faso rail network is scheduled to be completed by August next year, Minister of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey has assured. According to him, construction works on the stretch, which starts from Tema in the
Parliament yesterday approved the long term loan facility agreement between the government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) for an amount of US$600,000,000 for Cocoa Productivity Enhancement Programmes (CPEPs) by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). The approval was in pursuant to the provisions of Article
Black Meteors Captain, Yaw Yeboah has assured that the team will work hard to secure qualification to the football tournament of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. He gave the assurance on Tuesday when the team visited Ghana’s Ambassador to Egypt, Winfred Nii Okai Hammond. The national U-23 team
After months of believing it would be a year to forget, Duke Micah is poised to end 2019 with a bang. The 2012 Ghana Olympian and current unbeaten junior bantamweight contender will enjoy his second fight under the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) banner in a span of just more than three months when he returns … The
The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has appointed a five-member committee tasked with reviewing the constitution of the sports journalists welfare body. The members include lawyers Prosper Harrison Addo and Eva Okyere with SWAG General Secretary Charles Osei Asibey, Mathias Tibu and Akosua Addai Amoo. As part of their mandate, the committee will structure … The post 5 Member
Ghana’s Richard Commey believes his experience will come to bear in his IBF lightweight title defense against Teofimo Lopez in December. Commey, who captured the title back in February, will face off against the American-Honduran at the Madison Square Garden on December 14, with the winner set to face Ukrainian multiple belt holder Vasyl Lomachenko. … The post Commey to count on
The Ghana Air Force women handball team triumphed over the Ghana Police to lift the maiden Ghana Gas Greater Accra handball knockout competition played at the Burma Camp courts. The court, filled with fans of both teams, saw the experienced law enforcers who participated in the 2019
Mr Peter Annan, Coordinator of the 17th Accra Seniors Open tennis championship, has announced that registration for the competition would end on November 24. Consequently, he has urged interested players to purchase registration forms at the Accra Lawn Tennis Club (ALTC), organisers of the
Thousands of South Africans screamed with joy, danced and sang at OR Tambo Airport, near Johannesburg, on Tuesday as the World Cup-winning Springboks returned home. A big chunk of the 31 players that did duty in Japan in the last two months arrived on three different flights after close to 40 hours of travel time … The
Forward Sontje Hansen netted a hat-trick to propel the Netherlands past Nigeria 3-1 and into the quarter-finals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 tournament. The Ajax product produced two goals in the opening 15 minutes to put his side in front, then placed the match out of reach for the Nigerians with his … The
The Ghana Commodity Exchange has added sorghum and sesame seed contracts to its electronic trading platform. This brings the total number of contracts to five – white maize, yellow maize, soybean, sorghum, and sesame. A statement issued by the GCX said the move was in keeping with the exchange’s mission to promote standardisation of agricultural … The post ?Sorghum,
United Bank for Africa Plc has recorded significant growth in gross earnings, which increased to US$1.18 billion, representing a 14.2 per cent increase when compared to US$1.04 billion recorded in September 2018. The bank in its unaudited 2019 third quarter financial results also saw UBA’s profit before tax grew by 24.2 per cent to US$271.2 … The post UBA
As part of its ongoing £6.5 billion investment for customers, British Airways (BA) is trialling autonomous, emissions-free baggage vehicles at its home at Heathrow, to help the airline further improve punctuality and depart every flight on time. British Airways currently operates up to 800 flights a day to and from Heathrow, transporting around 75,000 bags … The post ?BA
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has taken delivery of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and document checking equipment, to detect fake documents at the Kotoka International Airport. It was presented by the German Federal Police through
The 80th anniversary celebration of the Church of the Apostles Revelation Society (ARS) was launched last Saturday at Tadzewu in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region. The event which would begin from December 20 to 27, this year, has
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr George Oduro, has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to be vigilant and report fertiliser smugglers to the security agencies for arrest and prosecution. He stated that government was ready to develop the agricultural sector and to improve upon the living standards of people in the country, but … The post ?Report
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency is asking the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to take appropriate action on the report that exonerated Professor Mawutor Avoke, a former Vice Chancellor (VC) of
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has predicted a surplus trade balance for the country by the end of the 2019 financial year. Ghana recorded higher exports than imports for the first time in a decade in 2017 and maintained the feat in 2018.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzor, charged with abetment to commit treason, yesterday said that nobody can gag him for expressing his opinions on any issue. The senior police officer who was detained in
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has cautioned government against any pressure whatsoever to overspend on vote winning projects as the country enters into an election year. In a 13-page document it described as its inputs for the 2020 budget expected to be read in Parliament next
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS