Super Clash: No ticket sales at Stadium on Sunday
The Ghana Football Association (GFA), has said tickets for the game between Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Asante Kotoko SC will go on sale on Friday, June 25, 2021, and Saturday, June 26 at selected outlets. According to the GFA there “SHALL BE NO” selling of tickets at the stadium gates on Sunday and […]
Ghana, Ivory Coast to name and shame chocolate brands for poor pay
Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s top two cocoa producers, have threatened to name and shame chocolate brands they say are undermining a scheme to pay cocoa farmers a decent income. They introduced a premium scheme last year to help lift cocoa farmers out of poverty. But a drop in demand for chocolate because of […]
Two jailed 25 years each for robbery
The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced two friends to 25 years imprisonment each for conspiring to rob a couple at gunpoint at Abena Ntiriwaa near Adiembra in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. Kwame Agyei, alias Pizaro, 36, and Adamu Abu, alias Rasta, 23, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and robbery. […]
Kenyan MP commends Ghana’s COVID testing speed
Mr. Charles Kilonzo, a Member of the National Assembly of Kenya has praised the speed of Ghana’s covid-19 tests at the airport. He said that the country’s response to the fight against the pandemic was among the most commendable in the African sub region and the world at large, and was proof of a strong […]
Eastern Region Volleyball clubs to benefit Betway training
Twenty volleyball clubs in the Eastern Region are set to undergo a training workshop to be organised by online betting company Betway ahead of the Eastern Regional Volleyball League. The clubs consist of 13 male and seven female teams and would be taken through several sessions by resource personnel who would attend the training workshop […]
Bediako residents appeal to GWCL to resolve water crisis
Residents of Bediako, in Kpone-Katamanso Municipality, have appealed to Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to resolve the water crisis in the community. They claimed that for about a month now, there had not been any flow of water through their pipes, adding that, the situation had forced most of them to buy water from people […]
Hearts coach stresses focus on Legon Cities clash
Head Coach of Accra Hearts of Oak, Samuel Boadu, says their focus is now on their midweek encounter against Legon Cities and not the Super Clash against Asante Kotoko. The Phobians once again demonstrated their ruthlessness when they thumped division two side, Windy Professionals 4-1 in the round of 32 of this year’s MTN FA […]
Child marriage, teenage pregnancies cause of high school dropout
The Nadowli-Kaleo District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Umar Yakubu Yaarun, has observed that child marriage and teenage pregnancies were the leading cause of high school dropout in the district. According to him, if the situation is not brought under control, the future of many teenage girls in […]
Agriculture Minister elected Chairman Of Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa Initiative
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has been elected the first Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Initiative at its first meeting in Abidjan on Monday. The two countries unanimously elected Dr Afriyie Akoto to chair the Committee for the next fifteen (15) months. His Chairmanship will span […]
Tokyo 2020: Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be permitted at Olympic venues
Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be permitted at Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues, despite warnings from health bosses. Overseas spectators are already banned but organisers said domestic fans could attend providing crowds did not exceed 50% of a venue’s capacity. Fans will not be allowed to shout or speak loudly, and must wear face masks […]
Two suspected Fulani armed robbers arrested at Fumbisi
Two Fulani men suspected to be highway armed robbers have been arrested at Fumbisi in the Builsa South District by the Upper East Regional Police Command. A statement signed in Bolgatanga by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr David Fianko-Okyere, Public Relations Officer, Regional Police Command, said the two, Mumuni Bukari and Sediki Gomburi had […]
Hearts cruise into round of 16 after thumping Windy Professionals
Four second-half goals from Accra Hearts of Oak ensured they edged division two side Windy Professionals to move into the Round of 16 of this year’s MTN FA Cup. Goals from Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, Emmanuel Nettey, Benjamin Afutu and Abdul Manaf ensured an emphatic victory for the Phobians while Vicent Mobilla grabbed the consolation goal […]
CARD-Ghana advocates harmonising legal age for marriage
Community Aid for Rural Development (CARD-Ghana) has advocated the need for government to harmonise the legal ages for marriage and consent to sex to help promote the holistic development of children. It said the disparities in the legal ages for marriage and consent to sex was stifling efforts of advocates and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) […]
Technology is key for attaining AU Agenda 2063 – Prof Alabi
Technology is key for attaining the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, Professor Goski Alabi, the President of Lawer Open University, has said. The AU Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming the continent into the global powerhouse of the future, She said technology was the language and the tool Africa needed for […]
