Barcelona have con­firmed Deco’s appointment as their new Director of Football. The former Portugal interna­tional returns to the Camp Nou’s corridors of power as Mateu Alemany prepares to leave his position. Deco spent four years with the Blaugrana between 2004 and 2008, during which time he helped win their second Champions League. Now 45, the … The post Deco gets top Barca post appeared

Lionel Messi shrugged off an injury scare to score his ninth goal in six games as Inter Miami beat Philadelphia Union to reach the Leagues Cup final. The Argentine World Cup winner scored Miami’s second goal in a 4-1 victory, a day after rolling his ankle in training. Josef Martinez, Jordi Alba and David Ruiz … The post Messi sends Inter Miami to Leagues Cup final appeared

Silencing a sell-out crowd at Stadium Australia with their 3-1 victory, the Lionesses became the first En­gland football team since 1966 to reach a senior final on the world stage. It caps a sensational two years under manager SarinaW­iegman as England, crowned European champions for the first time last year on home soil, showed their … The post England oust Australia to reach

Brazil forward, Neymar has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal from French champions Paris St-Germain. The deal for the former Bar­celona player, 31, is understood to be worth about 90m euros (£77.6m) plus add-ons. The striker, who joined PSG for a world-record fee of £200m in 2017, was left out of their squad for Saturday’s … The post Neymar completes Al-Hilal from Paris

 Thirty students from Burkina Institute of Tech­nology have undergone a three-day Zongo Business Incuba­tor’s Accelerator Programme aimed  at providing relevant business knowledge base, skills and infor­mation for advancing innovative business solution in Africa. Guided by the Chief Executive Officer and lead trainer of the Zongo Business Incubator, Mr  Mohammed Abdul Hamid Baban­gida, and guest trainer, … The post ZOBI

Ghacem Ltd has donated a total of 9,470 bags of cement to selected health and educational institutions in deprived communities in the southern part of the country. The donation, according to the company, is a support package for the institutions which are current­ly undertaking various infrastruc­tural projects. Through its GHACEM Cement Foundation (GCF), the company … The post GHACEM

Delegation from the Ghana Investment Pro­motion Centre (GIPC) and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has engaged authorities of Trinidad and Tobago about considering double taxation and bilateral investment treaties to further en­hance trade flow between the two nations. The talks were held when the delegation met with representatives of Trinidad and Tobago’s Chamber of … The post Ghana

Gold Fields Ghana Limited last Friday presented a mul­tipurpose tractor valued at $28,000 to the Takoradi Air­force Base to promote aviation safety and flights operations in the Western Region. With a mower attached, the equipment is to assist in keeping the edges, shoulders of the runway of overgrown bushes and other poten­tial impediments that hinder … The post Gold

A private legal practitioner, Nana Obiri Boahen, has filed a writ at the Sunyani High Court in the Bono Region, praying the court to commit the In­spector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and eight other police personnel to prison. The others are the Deputy Commission­er of Police (DCOP) Joseph Gyamerah Oklu, the … The post Lawyer Obiri-Boahen

A secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Regina Abanga, has been granted bail by the Accra Circuit Court, for allegedly stealing GH¢287,775.47 from the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), in Accra. Abanga, 44, is said to have manipu­lated ADB Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and stole the money belonging to the Unit Head of the bank. She … The post Woman allegedly steals ¢287,775

Five people have been confirmed dead and two others injured following the 12-hour rain that hit the entire North East Re­gion, last Wednesday. The victims, who were all swept away by floods, have been identified as Baabot Naadeikpat, 40, Awudu Yaw, 43, Rabia Mubarak,1, Sachinu Huudu, 8, and Aliu Mubashir, 4. The two injured persons, … The post 5 die, 2 injured in North East Region

From platform to platform, through the often tangled speeches and lavish outpouring of promises, all the presidential candidates want to represent us. But who will speak for us? On radio, on TV and across the city, we are bombarded with slogans and faces as we look for the leader who will help build a Ghana … The post NPP Primaries: Who speaks for us? … Evans Manasseh

Benjamin Disraeli once said: ‘‘He that would be superior to external influ­ences must first become superior to his own passions.’’ According to Brian Tracy, you have a wonderful brain with 100 billion cells, more powerful than any supercomputer ever built. Your mind can store libraries of infor­mation throughout your life, which you can access through … The post Stay calm appeared first on

The Co-Chair of the Ghana Ex­tractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Stephen Manteaw, is calling for a legislation to curtail the exportation of Ghana’s critical miner­als like manganese, bauxite, lithium among others in its raw form. According to him, the country’s vision of setting up a steel industry would be in great danger if the … The post Legislate

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Develop­ment (MLGDR), Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, has called for effective collaboration between civil society groups and the district assemblies to ensure accelerated development in the Northern Sector. He said the government’s effort to bridge the development gap between the north and the south would continue to be … The post Civil

 The Head of Department Journalism and Media Studies (DJMS), School of Communication Studies (SCS), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr Gifty Ap­piah-Adjei, has called for greater collaboration between academia and industry in the area of train­ing journalist. She said the disconnect that exist between training and prac­tice made it imperative for such collaboration, stressing that … The post Academia,

The International Labour Organi­sation (ILO) has signed an agree­ment with the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) to promote safety, decent working and living conditions for fishers. The agreement was as a result of recommendations related to the provisions in the ILO Work in Fishing Convention 2007 (C 188), through a tripartite arrange­ment coordinated by the GMA … The post ILO,

Thirty-one staff officers of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Monday begun a three-week capac­ity building course at the Kofi Annan In­ternational Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra. The United Nations Staff Officer Course (UNSOC) seeks to equip pro­spective United Nation (UN) and regional peace operation nominees with the requi­site knowledge, skills and techniques. It … The post 31

New Patriotic Party Presidential hopeful, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says the party requires radical approach in leadership for the 2024 general elections. The immediate past Minister of Food and Agriculture told the Ghanaian Times that his six years’ experience as a minister, eight years’ experience as a ranking Mem­ber of Parliament for Food and Agricul­ture … The post We

Chiefs of De­fence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Accra today and tomorrow to discuss a possible military intervention in coup-hit Niger. The two-day meeting follows an extraordinary summit in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Fri­day, August 11, where the West African regional bloc directed its Committee of … The post Niger