The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Ussif Mustapha, has launched the National Invitational School Association Championship (NISAC) athletics festival in a bid to revive athletics at the basic level of education. The event is a brainchild of Ghana Athletics (GA) and Citi TV in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), and will be …
Black Princesses coach, Yusif Basigi, has named his final 23-players for the first leg of the final round qualifier in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup against Senegal. Maafia Nyame, Persis Martha Oteng, Salamatu Abdulai and Faiza Seidu will travel with the team for the first time after impressing the coach in training. The Black …
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Black Stars to strive to win the 34th edition of African Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy slated for Cote d’Ivoire 2023. Addressing players and officials of the team at a dinner in Kumasi on Tuesday ahead of departure, President Akufo-Addo tasked the players to believe in …
The Government has expressed its commitment to continue implementing measures to narrow the gender digital divide in the country. “We want to ensure that no one is left out in this era of digitalisation that is why we have programmes specially designed to ensure young girls take up courses in ICT and making access to …
Dozens of people converged on the Modern City hotel in Tamale yesterday to applaud the Guinness World Record (GWR) contender, Failatu Abdul-Razak, as she ended her 227 hours cooking marathon. She turned off her stove at 10:00 a.m. having prepared 156 local and continental dishes which were distributed to spectators, street children and homeless people …
The New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and THE Spectator, held a church service to thank God and also seek His protections through the year. In attendance were the Managing Director (MD), Mr Martin Adu-Owusu, Editor of Ghanaian Times, Mr David Agbenu; the Acting Editor of Spectator, Mrs Georgina Naa-Maku Quaittoo; the …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that his government will achieve its goal of creating a progressive and prosperous Ghana for all over the next one year. To this end, he has therefore appealed to all Ghanaians to come together and work towards the attainment of these goals. “Indeed, Ghana has come this …
AS the year 2023 ended successfully, there was a huge anticipation of what the ensuing year 2024 is going to offer. For both those who did well and those who were not satisfied with their own aspirations and achievements, more could have been made to meet heart desires. A New Year is the time or …
George Washington once said: “Nothing is more harmful to the service than the neglect of discipline; for it is discipline more than numbers that gives one army superiority over another.” Brian Tracy believes that leadership and self-discipline go hand in hand. It is not possible to imagine an effective leader who lacks self-discipline, willpower, self-control, …
E-zevis, an online marketplace, has been launched in Accra as part of efforts to make the purchase of goods and services simpler and convenient. Launched by Shanaza Technologies, Inc., the marketplace mobile application is designed to serve the needs of customers globally with options to sell, buy and swap items at the comfort of their …
The country’s year-on-year inflation rate fell to 23.2 per cent in December 2023 from 26.4 per cent in November 2023, the lowest in thirteen months, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. After hitting 54.1 per cent in December 2022, the country’s inflation rate had been falling to the current rate of 23.2 per cent. …
The Member of Parliament for the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Benjamin Ayiku Narteh, has paid the medical bills of some detained mothers at LEKMA Hospital. The gesture is to help to alleviate the financial burden on the women who had given birth but were unable to settle their medical bills. The payment …
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated the need for the 1992 Constitution to be amended to improve the governance system of the country. After 30 years of the promulgation of the 1992 Constitution, the party said a review of some aspects, which did not advance the course of democracy in the country must be …
A 53-year-old gardener, who sexually abused his daughter at Teiman, near Madina, Accra, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by the Adentan Circuit Court. Adotey Kpakpo Moffart, who defiled his daughter when she was 12 years until she attained the age of 15, pleaded guilty to a charge of incest. The court heard that …
The Accra High Court yesterday awarded costs of GH¢3,000 against the convener of #FixThe Country Movement, Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, for failing to file his defence in the GH¢10 million defamation case against him. The court subsequently granted him additional one week to file his defence and adjourned hearing to January 24. The Minister of National …
Parliament has recommended further investigation and possible prosecution of three top police officers for perjury and professional misconduct. They are Commissioner of Police (rtd) George Alex Mensah, Supt.George Asare and Supt. Eric Gyebi, who were heard plotting the removal of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, in a leaked tape. The …
The Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, Zug-Raan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has made a clarion call to the youth, religious leaders and other stakeholders within and outside the Bawku enclave to make a sustained commitment to bringing peace to the area, as the community has since been …
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has expressed concern over illegal miners making it difficult for roads contractors to speed up their work on the Osino and Anyinam bypasses, as part of the Accra-Kumasi highway dualisation project to decongest traffic. He has therefore, expressed the government’s commitment to fighting the menace and also …
Reverend Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, a seasoned environmentalist, has charged Ghanaians to collectively and seriously take lessons from the international climate change summit (COP28) recently held in Dubai to implement its outcomes to curb the disturbing menace of environmental degradation to address climate change. The number of times Ghana has participated in COP meetings and the …
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s commitment to the development of sports in the country. He said the construction of sports facilities across the country was a testament of the delivery of promises made by government. Vice President Dr Bawumia (second from left),and other dignitaries at the inauguration of the GreeTurf Dr …
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