Ghana to meet Niger in the 2020 WAFU championship
The Black Satellites of Ghana will meet Niger in the next stage of the Zone B of the 2020 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Tournament in Benin. Despite suffering a lone goal defeat at the hands of Cote D’ Ivoire, the Satellites advanced to the next stage following their victory over Nigeria in the first […]
Kubrat Pulev targets Fury by exposing Joshua’s flaws
Heavyweight title challenger Kubrat Pulev says he will “expose” Anthony Joshua’s flaws and hand the British champion his second loss when they fight in London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday. A bigger fight is at stake for the winner of the WBA, WBO and IBF world titles as reports suggest the current owner Joshua is set […]
Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission call on Africa countries to emulate Ghana for conducting free, fair and transparent elections
The Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has called on African countries to emulate Ghana’s example of conducting free, fair and transparent elections. She made the call at a post-election meeting of Heads of International Election Observation Missions (IEOMs) to Ghana’s 2020 elections on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 in Accra, Ghana. […]
Breakdancing confirmed as new sport for 2024 Olympic Games
Breakdancing has been added as an Olympic sport for the 2024 games being held in Paris. The decision was confirmed by the International Olympic Committee on Monday, as it seeks to attract a younger audience to the historic competition. Other newly added sports include skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, all of which will debut at […]
400,000 seedlings distributed to coconut farmers – GEPA
As part of its commitment to boost Ghana’s non-traditional export sector, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has distributed 400,000 coconut seedlings to farmers across the country under the Government of Ghana Coconut Revitalization Programme. The coconut seedlings distribution exercise which commenced in June 2020 and intended to accelerate the production of the tree crop […]
First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
A 90-year-old woman has become the first person to be given a Covid jab as part of the mass vaccination programme being rolled out across the UK. Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it was the “best early birthday present”. She was given the injection at 06:31 GMT – the first of 800,000 […]
GES posts 18,000 newly trained teachers
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the list of postings of about 18,000 newly trained teachers. Out of the figure, 16,500 are teacher trainees who completed the colleges of education in 2019, while the remaining 1,500 are those who completed in 2017 and 2018 and were also considered in the mop-up exercise. A statement […]
Ibn Chambas urges Ghanaians to ensure peaceful elections
United Nations’ Special Representative of the Secretary General for West Africa and Sahel, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has called on Ghanaians to ensure peaceful elections on December 7. He said: “We must make considerable efforts to desist from the politics of acrimony, bitterness and rancor that undermine peaceful conduct of elections.” Dr Chambas, who was […]
Ghana’s fish landing sites under threat – FoN
About half of Ghana’s fish landing sites across the coast are under threat, Friends of the Nation (FoN), a non-governmental organisation has said. According to them, most of the fishing communities were losing their source of livelihoods to the increasing takeover of the shorelines for residential and commercial facilities to the detriment of fishing. The […]
Parliamentary candidates for Cape Coast North debate
Parliamentary candidates of Cape Coast North displayed experiences, potentials, competence and knowledge during a debate to outline their visions for the constituency. All four candidates namely: the incumbent, Mrs Barbara Asher Ayisi of the New Patriotic Party (NPP); Dr. Kwamena Mintah Nyarku, National Democratic Congress (NDC); Mr Peter Caesar Kwegyir Aggrey, Ghana Union Movement (GUM); […]
