National Weightlifter Richmond Osarfo would be Ghana’s sole representative at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Junior Championship in Tokyo, Japan. The competition would be staged at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo from June 15-23 this year. The competition would also serve as a preparatory exercise for the young athlete as the 2018 Gold […]

      The Management of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club Limited has debunked media reports that the team was prevented from training at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. A press statement signed by Kwame Opare Addo, the Communications Manager of the club, said the report was “absolutely false and a sign of irresponsible […]

More than 600 people are scheduled to gather in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 June, the Day of the African Child, with the goal of speaking out for ending the AIDS epidemic among children, adolescents and young women by 2020. The event commemorating the Day of the African Child will call for support by religious leaders, […]

England signed off for the summer with a disappointing 3-2 defeat to France in a friendly on Tuesday despite the hosts playing the last 45 minutes with 10 men. France had Raphael Varane sent off three minutes into the second half but Didier Deschamps’ side were the better team with 10 and deservedly won it though Ousmane Dembele […]

Importers have threatened to increase prices of goods if government implements a proposed 0.02 per cent import tax. Mr Samson Awingobit Asaki, Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association, told the Ghana News Agency that the implementation of the tax would increase the cost of operation for importers. Mr Asaki added that when it […]

A ten-member Board of Trustees for the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) have been inaugurated and tasked to consider new areas of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). The new Board is also mandated to explore Software Development, Projects Incubation and innovation to expand the scope of the operations of GIFEC. The […]

Parents have been asked to make child’s education, growth and protection become their topmost priority. Madam Aba Oppong, Board Chairman of the Rights and Responsibilities Initiatives Ghana (RRIG), an NGO dedicated to the welfare of children, said they should not be pushed into doing anything hazardous. She was speaking at a forum held at Sanso […]

Salafest, an annual feast and musical festival aimed at bringing together Muslims communities in Accra was launched on Wednesday at the Chapter O street at Nima, a suburb of Accra. The event is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 26 on the streets of Nima. The festival in its sixth year is organised by […]

The African Development Bank has approved a US $100- million facility to finance Export Trading Group (ETG’s) soft commodity value chain operations in sub-Saharan Africa. This Soft Commodity Finance Facility (SCFF) is one of the core Trade Finance instruments in the Bank, innovatively structured to provide pre- and post-shipment finance along various stages of ETG’s […]

The U.S. Embassy in South Africa’s office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) donated border enforcement equipment and tools to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) at their K-9 facility in Kempton Park today. The equipment will be utilized in support SARS’ efforts to safeguard the borders in South Africa. The donation, valuing more than […]

African scientist on Tuesday called for predictable political commitment towards supporting biotechnology research to boost uptake of the technology in the continent. Margaret Karembu, Africa’s Director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) said lack of political support is making it difficult for the continent’s scientists to form working partnerships with […]

The Authorities of the Nyakrom SIDDIQ Senior High School (SHS) have expressed concern about the inadequate infrastructure and other logistics, a situation that was negatively affecting effective teaching and learning. Mr Zakaru Zunrain, Assistant Headmaster of the school expressed the concern when Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the MP for Agona west visited the school to acquaint […]

The youth in Amansie West District are up in arms against Asanko Gold Mining Company Limited, which has been operating the area, accusing it of not being a good corporate citizen. They said the company had failed to live up to its corporate social responsibility to the people with its promises to build schools, health […]

Ghana will begin issuing its proposed national identity cards from September 15 this year, the presidency announced here on Tuesday. Ken Agyeman Attafuah, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), said the NIA was working with key stakeholders such as the National Information Technology Agency and the technical committee for that purpose. Experts say […]

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to creating space for the private sector to grow and generate jobs that Ghanaian youth need. “Our industrial regeneration, through our policy of one-district-one-factory, our agricultural revival, through the program for Planting for Food and Jobs, targeted infrastructural development, especially of our roads and […]

Ladies and gentlemen, we take the opportunity to appreciate you all for coming, especially our friends from the media houses and all interested groups. On behalf of the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS), University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS), National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and Graduate […]

Ghanaian children on Tuesday called on the government to appropriately implement policies designed to protect children from being forced into acts that deprive them of their livelihoods and interfere with their ability to attend regular school. As part of events to mark this year’s Day of the African Child, the UN Information Center (UNIC), in […]

A Tarkwa circuit court has fined two men 2,400 Ghana cedis each, for stealing a Hyundai Sonata saloon car worth 35,000 Ghana cedis. The convicts, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and stealing in default would serve 36 months imprisonment each. They are Ebenezer Fosu, a 28 year-old vulcanizer and Abdul Raham Abdul […]

 Kwame Kizito has been named as the Fero Mobile Phone man-of-the-match (MOTM) winner after Hearts of Oak thrashed Bolga All Stars by 4-0 in match day 18 of the Ghana Premier League. Vincent Atinga also of Hearts of Oak’s was adjudged player of the month of May. Kwame Kizito grabbed his first brace of the […]

Bright Addae 11 on Sunday beat Assin Fosu 11 by three goals to two in a football match to lift the silver Cup at stake. The match was played as part of activities lined up for the Bright Addae foundation and drew many spectators to the Fosu Training College Park, despite a heavy downpour before […]