The Army Officers Tennis Club (AMTEC) from Accra beat defending champions and hosts, Ho Tennis Club (HTC) at the weekend to lift this year’s Stanbic Bank-sponsored Asogli Yam Festival Tennis tournament. The one-day event involved four tennis clubs – Nungua Maritime Tennis Club, TOR Tennis Club, AMTEC and the Ho Tennis Club. In all, 12 games were played by each [...] The post Accra

The 1999 Year Group Of Accra Academy (Bleoo ’99), led by Mr Joseph Nkoo, has expressed gratitude to captain Of the Black stars, Asamoah Gyan, for constructing an astro turf for the Academy. Gyan, an old student of Accra Academy, handed over the pitch to the school last month to help promote and develop more talents for the nation as [...] The post Accra Aca ’99 Group grateful to Gyan

President of the Ghana League Club’s Association (GHALCA) Mr Kudjoe Fianoo, has expressed indignation at the incessant breaks of the Ghana Premier League, indicating it makes the top-flight “unattractive.” Speaking on Tuesday on Accra-based Asempa FM’s flagship sports show, Ultimate Sports, the GHALCA boss fumed at the manner the Ghana Premier League (GPL) proceeded on another break to make way [...] The post GHALCA

It was earlier billed to be a Ghana-Nigeria clash – and many had looked forward rather fretfully to that potential cracker as the clock ticked away.  But hours later on Tuesday evening, the fixtures were ‘crudely’ altered. The Stars will now meet the Super Eagles next Monday in the third Group A game. Maybe, the drama may have done little [...] The post Stiff test for Ghana

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on Mali’s Les Aigles (The Eagles) in the opening Group A  game of the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, this afternoon. Kick-off is at 3pm. Mali beat Nigeria 2-1 in the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and the Super Eagles would relish the opportunity of avenging that [...] The post Nigeria, Mali clash in game of Eagles

One Hundred and Twenty Five students from different Junior High Schools and other institutions have become beneficiaries of HESS Ghana Exploration (HESS)-Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Scholarship Programme. The beneficiaries will further their education in nursing, senior high school and vocational education. The scholarships were part of HESS-GNPC corporate social responsibility towards the communities very close to the oil and [...] The post HESS-GNPC

A researcher at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Isaac Owusu has charged the appointed assembly members to work hard and make the government popular since they are accountable to the government and not anybody. In an exclusive interview shortly after the orientation programme for the appointed assembly members within the Central Region jointly organised by the Ministry of Local [...] The post Govt

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lower Manya Constituency in the Eastern Region, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has expressed worry regarding the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) free Senior High School [SHS] even though he describes the policy as an excellent one to the state. “How can we organise such a national programme without any documented policy to strengthen its effectiveness on [...] The post NPP

An anti-corruption coalition is proposing incentives for citizens who report corrupt officials in the public sector to reduce corruption. They are the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD). According to the coalition, the incentives for whistleblowers whose information lead to a successful prosecution will encourage more of such whistleblowing. Making inputs [...] The post Give

The Chairman of the Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda has admitted the yet to be created Office of the Special Prosecutor will not be independent after all.   He explained that there is no one independent person or institution in Ghana, not even the president.   Mr Abdallah was contributing to the controversial Special Prosecutor Office [...] The post ‘Independent

Government has warned that it will ruthlessly deal with head teachers of public Senior High Schools who would charge monies from students who have been admitted into form one in their various schools. Students who gained admission to any of the government’s public SHS are expected to enjoy the free senior high school policy which kicked off this term. Under [...] The post Govt

The National Identification Authority (NIA), on Tuesday, announced that from tomorrow, Friday, it would roll out a new National Identification project that would issue new ID cards to all citizens. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, will launch the project, which is expected to start with the security services, after which it would be undertaken on regional basis. According [...] The post NATIONAL