Former Ghana international Michael Essien insists the Black Stars need “a bit of luck” in order to win their fifth AFCON. The Black Stars have come close in the past nine years losing the 2010 final by a lone goal to Egypt and the 2015 final to Cote D’Ivoire after …
Read More »AFCON history: How much longer must Black Stars wait for another title?
Ghana are one of the most successful teams at the Africa Cup of Nations, having won the trophy on four occasions. Those victories, though, were achieved long ago and most of the current football generation didn’t see the celebrations that followed. The first title was won in 1963, when the …
Read More »Kotoko, Hearts record victories, as Karela ends unbeaten run
Fatawu Safiu scored in a second consecutive game to cement Asante Kotoko’s lead on top of Zone A in the ongoing GFA Normalisation Special Cup after match day four. Fatawu’s brace in the regional derby against Ashgold at the Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium, was all the goals recorded in a …
Read More »Ghana records highest rabies cases in 2017
Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …
Read More »Stop telling stories – NDC to NPP
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised government to focus on improving the lives of Ghanaians as it promised and desist from “storytelling” to cover its failures. According to the NDC, the Akufo-Addo-led administration has worsened the state of the economy and collapsed businesses through its ill policies and poor …
Read More »Police foil attempted bank robbery in Tema
The Tema Community One Police is investigating the circumstances under which armed robbers allegedly broke into the National Investment Bank branch at the Meridian enclave on Sunday dawn. They, however, did not steal anything. The robbers numbering six, armed with knives and other implements entered the banking hall at about …
Read More »NDC Shooting: Produce Hawks in 14 days or face our wrath – Family to Yamin
There is mounting pressure on NDC’s Joseph Yamin to produce other accomplices, including the prime suspect, involved in the gruesome murder of a party member at the Ashanti Regional office. Family of Wasiu on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, accusing him of planned …
Read More »Sinohydro projects take off, as President cuts sod for construction of Tamale interchange
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of an interchange here in Tamale in the Northern Region. The interchange, which is a dual carriage way is the first of its kind to be constructed in the Northern part of the country. The …
Read More »Police arrest 50 illegal courier, postal services operators in Accra
More than 50 illegal operators in the postal and courier services industry were yesterday arrested by a joint taskforce team in an exercise to sanitise the sector. The exercise, embarked on by officials of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Motor Traffic …
Read More »I was sacked from a bidding session because I defended NAM 1 – Nii Armah
The Director of Communications of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nii Armah Amartefio has revealed that he was recently given marching orders from a bidding event after the organizer accused him of defending the embattled CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1. According to him, he was told …
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