The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Curtis Perry Okudzeto has called on the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) to ensure that athletes selected to represent Ghana in international sports competitions are of the best quality. Interacting with a section of the media on Friday, the Deputy Minister said it was important for Ghanaian sports administrators to strategise well and [...] The post Select

Côte d’Ivoire has been announced host of the second edition of the Union of West African Football Union (WAFU) B Women’s Cup of Nations in the country’s capital city of Abidjan in May. Hosts Cote d’Ivoire is scheduled to play in Group A alongside Benin and Senegal. Holders, Ghana have been drawn in Group B, together with Mali, Nigeria, and [...] The post WAFU Zone B women’s draw appeared

The courts in the Western Region last year imposed fines totalling GHc135, 974 on drivers convicted for various traffic offences. This was as a result of 311 cases out of a total of 363 cases sent to courts. The 2018 annual Western Regional motor traffic offences reports released to the Ghanaian Times showed that, expired documents topped the statistics with [...] The post WR

Afienya District has topped the list of illegal connections in the Tema Regional Office of the Electricity of Ghana (ECG). The district takes over from Tema New Town which was in the lead until recently. The Revenue Protection Manager, Mrs Zita Kyei-Gyamfi who disclosed this to reporters described the area as a developing one with lots of communities and so [...] The post Afienya

The National Planning Development Commission (NDPC) has planned to hold series of national development fora. It would aim at soliciting views, ideas, suggestions and proposals from experts on all sectors of national development, to serve as blue print for the transformation of the country. Participants of the fora will include but not limited to economic and financial experts, industry heads, [...] The post NDPC

Women farmers in the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba District are faced with the challenge of accessing fertile land for cultivation.   A research conducted by, a Non-Governmental Organisation, (NGO), Tuna Women Development Programme (TUWODEP), has revealed that about 75 per cent of women in the district were farmers, but many of them did not have access to fertile land.   With emphasis on [...] The post ‘Sawla-Tuna-Kalba

The supreme leader of World Tijanya, Sidi Ali bin Arabi Al-Tijani, has conferred on the President of Tijaniya Muslim Council of Ghana the supremacy status of the leadership of Tijaniya in Ghana. By this Sheikh Abul-Faidi Ahmed Abdulai Maikano (RTA) indisputably becomes the supreme leader of Tijaniya in Ghana. He also ascribed him as the sole representative of the supreme [...] The post Sheikh

Muslim youth in the country were on Saturday urged to demonstrate leadership skills to be relevant in the global community. Sheikh Abubakar Ahmed Kamalu Deen, the National Imam for Shia community in Ghana, who made the call at a symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Accra, said the time was rife for youth in the country [...] The post Muslim youth urged to show

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called on stakeholders to prioritise public safety when awarding permits for the establishment of structures in order to prevent huge losses from fire outbreak. The Upper East Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Mrs Heroine Boakye, expressed worry that most of the buildings in the region did not meet the standards of [...] The post Prioritise

The Overseer of the Mataheko Branch of Christ Empire Church, Prophet Charles Kwabena Boateng, has advised couples struggling with issues of childbirth to consider adoption to improve their chances of a breakthrough and to reduce stress.   Prophet Boateng gave the advice when the church presented provisions worth GH¢3,500.00 to the Nectar Foundation, an orphanage at Nuaso near Dodowa.   [...] The post Childless

The United Nations (UN) Women has urged all companies to sign and implement the Women’s Empowerment Principles to promote gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.   UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and creating an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full [...] The post UN

THE management of Volta Serene Hotel in Ho has procured a GH¢25,000 double-decker photo-therapy unit for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Volta Regional Hospital, Ho. The facility is used to cater for babies born with neonatal jaundice which may lead to cerebral palsy and can cause damage to the brain. Presenting the machine to the unit, Mr [...] The post Volta Serene Hotel

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the commencement of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade should be an opportunity for Africans to work together to restore the pride and dignity of the continent. As the continent commemorated the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first West African slaves in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in [...] The post At

Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama II has commended the Seventh Day-Adventist (S.D.A) Church for their development projects in education and health in Dagbon and the Northern Region as a whole.   The Yaa Naa, who made the commendation when a delegation of the church called on him at the Gbewaa Palace at Yendi said their contribution to the socio-economic development of the area [...] The post Yaa-Naa praises

Citizens Platform, a forum to promote active citizens participation in local governance, for four zonal communities in the New Juaben South Municipality (NJSM) in the Eastern Region, has been inaugurated. The platform, made up of traditional authorities, assembly members, persons with disability, opinion leaders, among others, would promote active citizens participation and inclusiveness in the delivery of services in the [...] The post Citizens

Government will construct an Olympic size sports complex for the 2023 All African Games competition to be held in Ghana, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Perry Okudzeto has hinted. Speaking at the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC’s) meeting with the press in Accra on Friday, the Deputy Minister said, discussions are currently ongoing for the 60,000 capacity Olympic complex to [...] The post Govt

The Accra Technical University (ATU), emerged overall winners of this year’s Ghana Technical Universities Sports Association (GHATUSA), Games which ended at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. They bagged 36 medals comprising 15 gold, 13 silver and eight bronze to win the ultimate trophy. They were followed by Takoradi Technical University (TTU), with 33 medals comprising of 14 gold, 10 [...] The post ATU

The Japanese government is set to establish a Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) office in Ghana as a way of building close collaboration with Ghana and other African countries. This was announced by the new Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tsutomu Himeno, on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, at his office. JETRO [...] The post Japan to

Dr Isaac Nyame, a consultant with the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), has called on government to implement a simple tax system to help improve the country’s tax revenue. He said currently, about 8.10 per cent of Ghanaians do appreciate the extent of laws governing taxation in the country. Dr Nyame made the call during a stakeholders’ validation meeting on tax [...] The post We

Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has assured the financial markets that customers and investors, individual and institutional, are being paid promptly when their deposits and investments mature. Daniel Addo, Managing Director of the bank, in a media interview said the task the bank took on was huge but management and staff  have been able to surmount the challenges and have regained [...] The post CBG