A five-year research and learning project aimed at equipping state institutions and service providers towards the provision of sustainable water and sanitation services in the country has been launched in Accra. Dubbed, ‘Urban Resilience by Building and Applying New Evidence in WASH (UR­BAN-WASH)’, the initiative was being undertaken by the Ghana Water Limited, formerly Ghana … The post Five-year

Ghana’s U-23 national football team, the Black Meteors find themselves in a dicey situation as far as qualification to the next Olympic Games is concerned. The Black Meteors last appear­ance at the multi-sport event was at the 2004 Games held in Athens. The ongoing TotalEnergies CAF U-23 championships offers a fine platform to stage the … The post Ghana,

 Dynamically Made Camp 2023, a basket­ball talent development initiative, was held at the University of Ghana, Legon on Saturday with over 200 participants taking part in the exercise. The project was founded by US-based female basketball sensation, Danea Mackey, with support from Titans of Africa, a youth and sports development group. It was aimed at … The post ‘Dynamically

 Ghanaian bodybuild­er, Martinson Ampadu, popularly known as the “Rock of Africa,” emerged winner of the Walikota 2023 Bodybuilding Championship in Indonesia. The highly-rated bodybuilder upset over 45 competing body­builders from around the world to win gold at the competition in Asia. The ‘Rock of Africa’ who is also a musician, expressed gratitude to people that … The post Ampadu

 The maiden Obuasi Cricket Festival ended successfully at the KNUST Obuasi campus over the week­end with over 100 participants in attendance. The day’s event was to revamp and re-energise active cricket in the area with a total of 54 boys and 46 girls. The children, between the ages of six and 17 were taken through … The post Impressive turnout at maiden Obuasi Cricket

The Accra Circuit has issued a warrant for the arrest of a businessman for allegedly issuing a dud cheque of GH¢3 million. Alhaji Fareed Yakubu, 40, is alleged to have issued the dud cheque to the complainant for the payment of a debt. According to a statement signed and issued in Accra by Chief Inspector … The post Court issues arrest warrant for businessman

The Accra High Court has sentenced six members of the Western Togoland Res­toration Front (WTRF), belonging to secessionist group in Ghana, to various years of imprisonment. Kwame Tornyeveadzi was sentenced to six years imprison­ment on the charge of stealing an AK47 rifle belonging to the Gha­na Police, at Aveyime in the Volta region, on September … The post 6 secessionists jailed 26 years

Mr James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for Assin North, has filed a motion on notice at the High Court for stay of proceedings, pending an appeal. The applicant is praying the court for an order staying the pro­ceedings in the court pending the determination of the appeal filed in the court on … The post Gyakye Quayson seeks stay of proceedings at

About 90 per cent of the Osagyefo Power Barge at Effasu in the Jomoro­ Constituency of the Western Region has been dismantled without authorisation, a Deputy Minister of Energy, William Owuraku Aidoo, has told Parliament. According to him, it is suspect­ed that a private company which is in negotiation with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation … The post Osagyefo

Power has come to be associated with the modern economy due to its importance for do­mestic, industrial and other commercial purposes. Therefore, unavailability of power anywhere has the potential to bring economic activities to a halt. This is why we are con­cerned with the directive of the Chamber of Indepen­dent Power Producers (IPPs) to its … The post Avert looming dumsor appeared first on

 The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) will hold its end-of-second-quarter meeting at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium today. The meeting would deliberate on gen­eral issues pertaining to Sports Journal­ism ahead of the commemoration of the International Day of the Sports Journal­ist which falls on Sunday, July 2. The association entreats all … The post SWAG meets today appeared

The National Amputee Football Association of Ghana (NAFAG), managers of Ghana’s Amputee football team will hold trials at the Wembley Park, Kotobabi tomorrow. This follows the success of the Kumasi edition last Saturday. The Technical Director for NAF­AG, Mr Ali Jarra, said the Kumasi edition was successful, and were able to hunt for some great … The post Amputee football trials tomorrow

Michael Naba of the Ac­cra-based FCG Cycling Club emerged winner of the 2023 Na­tional Cycling Championship which ended on Sunday at Ho in the Volta region. The two-day event organised by the Gha­na Cycling Federation (GCF) saw the young lad beat some established cyclists to win the ultimate Ghana Jersey and gold medal. Naba crossed … The post Naba wins 2023 National Cycling

The Executive Council (ExCo) of the Ghana Foot­ball Association (GFA) has tabled a proposal for adoption at its upcoming congress to increase nomination fees for its elections. The move, as explained by an FA statement signed by General Secretary, Mr Prosper Harrison Addo, was to enable the FA to raise enough revenue to meet the … The post GFA ExCo proposes new nomination

The 2000 year group of the Aburi Girls’ Senior High School, AOGA 2000, has launched a project dubbed “Vision 2025,” which is aimed at raising funds towards the school’s 79th Speech and Prize Giving Day cele­bration in 2025. The AOGA 2000 will be hosting the event in two years as well as funding projects of … The post AOGA 2000 launches Vision 2025 project appeared first on

The Ameer and Mission­ary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Alhaj Maulvi Mo­hammed Bin Salih, has urged the country’s leaders not to indulge in acts that will abuse the emotions of the citizenry. He said no nation has been successful without a leadership clothed in humility, sincerity and determined to address the needs of the people … The post Ghana

After a marathon meeting between the Ghana Na­tional Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, the Ministry of Roads and Highways and the Min­istry of Transport yesterday, the union has come to an agreement to suspend their sit down industrial action. The suspension of the four-day strike took immediate effect after midnight this morning. The government delegation to … The post Tanker drivers union

The Deputy Min­ister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ste­phen Amoah, has stressed the need for the dominant political parties to come to con­sensus on a common development agenda for the country. He said the unnecessary parti­sanship on government policies had thwarted the development of the country. Dr Amoah who stated this at an economic seminar … The post NPP,

The interim agree­ment between the Ga State and protestors about the usual ban for a period before the start, is only pyrrhic triumph for both together with the culture Ministry which brokered that. For want of anonymity, I shall use religious groups to represent the protest. Their case is the embargo would block audibility reaching … The post Wither stands culture – kusum? appeared first

Espanyol Said Yesterday A Two-Game Stadium Closure Was A “Disproportionate And Unjust” Punishment After Their Fans Invaded The Pitch And Chased Barcelona Players Down To The Tunnel. Barca Clinched The Spanish Title At Espanyol’s Stadium On May 14 And Celebrated At Fulltime, Provoking Anger Among Espanyol Supporters, Who Stormed The Field. “Espanyol Wants To Show … The post Espanyol: