Daniel Agyekum was nominated for the Best Photographer of the Year at the Ghana Merit Awards, and also secured a nomination at the Social Media Entertainment Awards as the Social Media Photographer of the Year. Sensational and hardworking Ghanaian Creative Artist, Daniel Agyekum Amapdu have been nominated in three separate awards scheme for his sterling … The post My

It wasn’t just Gyasi who won BIG on betPawa but his whole community after he used an extra prize from the betting company to drill a borehole. The Central Region resident bet GH¢3 and won GH¢16,052.62, helped by a 20% betPawa Win Bonus. betPawa’s new Win BIG, Give Back initiative saw them hand him another … The post betPawa BIG winner Gyasi brings clean water

Three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed in an explosion in the southern city of Karachi, police say. The blast ripped through their van, injuring at least four others near the university’s Confucius Institute. Police have yet to determine the cause of the blast – but the separatist Baloch Liberation Army said the … The post Blast kills Chinese

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, made a defiant speech at a military parade on Monday night, vowing to ramp up the country’s nuclear arsenal. The parade, to mark the armed forces’ founding anniversary, also displayed banned intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). In March, North Korea tested its largest-known ICBM for the first time since 2017. It … The post Defiant

A second Ebola patient has died in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo days after a fresh outbreak emerged in the city of Mbandaka in Equateur province. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the second fatality was a female relative of the first case. “It was difficult for the response team to trace her because … The post Second Ebola death confirmed in DR Congo appeared

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana says the industrial action will still be observed by all civil and local government workers, as the National Executive Council (NEC) of CLOGSAG continues to engage in negotiation with the government. The association said they were still in negotiations with the government to help resolve it, adding … The post We‘ll

A total of 867 officers, constituting the first batch of the City Response Team (CRT) under the ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ campaign yesterday passed out in Accra. With help from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), these officers underwent a four-week intensive training in basic knowledge drills, crowd control, VIP protection,  personal security, sanitation bye-laws, check … The post First

Coach Prosper Nartey Ogum has called on Asante Kotoko fans to keep faith with the team despite the recent downward spiral. Kotoko have gone through some difficult paths including Sunday’s second successive defeat; a 3-1 loss to Legon Cities at the Baba Yara Stadium in a match week 26 fixture.That came right after a 2-1 … The post Kotoko eye 8-game winning streak appeared first on

US Open champion Emma Raducanu has split with German coach Torben Beltz after working with him for five months, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Raducanu appointed Beltz as her coach in November after she had parted ways with Andrew Richardson following her surprise triumph at Flushing Meadows, where she became the first qualifier to win … The post US Open champion splits with

Liverpool will face Crystal Palace in Singapore as part of their pre-season tour of Asia in July, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Liverpool will meet Palace at the Singapore National Stadium on July 15, three days after facing Manchester United in Thailand. “The Reds previously visited Singapore for two hugely successful games in … The post Palace face Liverpool in

Giorgio Chiellini will retire from international football after Italy’s friendly against Argentina at Wembley in June. The veteran defender, 37, has made 116 appearances for the Azzurri and was a key player in their European Championship win last summer. He sits alongside Andrea Pirlo in joint-fifth place on the list of Italy’s most-capped players. Only … The post Chiellini

The long-delayed and highly-anticipated trial of the men accused of murdering South Africa’s former football captain Senzo Meyiwa finally got under way last Friday, eight years after he was slain. The 27-year-old goalkeeper was gunned down at the Vosloorus home of his pop-star girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, in the southeastern outskirts of Johannesburg during the evening … The post Trial

Anita Asante, the Aston Villa defender who has won 71 caps for England and represented Team Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, will retire at the end of the season. Asante – who turns 37 today – has been a regular for Villa this season, playing 21 times to help them to ninth place … The post Villa defender Asante to retire at end of season appeared first

Wi-flix, an online streaming and live television platform that provides indigenous African and foreign content has announced a partnership agreement with Ayoba, to offer streaming experience to customers. The partnership forms part of Wi-flix’s content strategy to allow global access to diverse and premium African entertainment on-demand. The partnership would enable Ayoba customers to access … The post Wi-flix

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is warning that prices of final goods will continue to rise if the high Producer Price Inflation rate in the country is not checked. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service shows that the year-on-year producer inflation for all industries was 29.3 per cent in March 2022. The 29.3 percent … The post Continuous

Ethiopian Airlines, UTD Aviation Solutions and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services in pursuance to the Brown Condor Initiative (BCI). The signing ceremony took place at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI) … The post Ethiopian

Tough reforms anchored on effective revenue mobilisation will be needed to support Africa’s economic recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war, Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs Elsie AddoAwadzi, has said. She also said prudent and effective spending as well as measures to promote competitive investments … The post Tough

The negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine war will continue to reverberate throughout Africa and will affect the continent’s growth this year, the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), has said. “Coupled with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is adding to higher oil and food prices,” RMB said in its report on the effect of … The post Ghana’s

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that seeks to promote the welfare of its members across the country, The Comrades Club (TCC), has been launched at Asasetre in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. Speaking at the launch which was held on Saturday, April 9, the founder of TCC, Mr Mathias Bonzo Ewereko, said the living … The post Comrades Club launched at Asasetre appeared

The Sekondi Diocese of the Anglican Church has inaugurated an Episcopal Clinic at Tikobo Number 2 to provide enhanced health care delivery to the community. The clinic constructed at the cost of GH¢539,000.00 has four wards, a consulting room, a laboratory, Out Patient Department (OPD), a pharmacy and accommodation for three nurses. The Episcopal Clinic … The post Sekondi