President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for rounded support for the newly elected Ghana Football Association (GFA) boss, Kurt Okraku. The new football chief, according to the President “has earned the confidence and trust of the football fraternity, and his victory is well-deserved.” In a post via his Twitter, Akufo-Addo called on …

Chief Executive Officer of Dreams FC, Kurt E.S Okraku has been sworn in as the new president of the Ghana Football Association. Kurt now fills the vacant GFA Presidential seat previously occupied by Kwesi Nyantakyi who left office in 2018 after he was implicated in the Number 12 corruption exposé. …

Businessman and football administrator Kurt Okraku is likely to emerge new President of the Ghana Football Association. This was after his main contender George Afriyie conceded defeat even before a scheduled third round was commenced. The election committee is however exhausting the voting process by allowing Mr. Okraku to go …

Parliament is set to be briefed on the status of the probe involving the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi who allegedly used the President’s name to peddle influence. The business statement of Parliament for next week indicated the Attorney General Gloria Akufo is expected to do the …

The Divorce and Matrimonial Division of the Accra High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Mrs Justice Hafisata Amaleboba, has ordered Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan to pay his estranged wife Gifty Gyan an amount of GH¢204,392.22 as maintenance fee. The figure covers a period of 15 months – from …

A new Ghana Football Association (GFA) president will be elected today as the Association goes to the polls. The Elective Congress is taking place at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ridge, Accra. The presidential election is the final process of constituting the new GFA administration. The process started last week …

A former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Randy Abbey, has been elected to the new Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council. Two other football administrators were also elected to the council on Thursday, 24 October 2019. They are Samuel Anim Addo and Mark Addo, who will be …

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has rejected the government’s proposal to pay its members extra allowances instead of migrating them onto the public university single spine salary structure. Government officials led by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations reportedly proposed the payment of entertainment and responsibility …

Residents of Kentinkrono in the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti region are angry at the municipal assembly for their inability to open for services, a constructed and equipped Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound that have been left to rot for years. The health facility which was constructed by …

The name Amanda Clinton seems to be the main subject of discussions following what was ultimately an engaging and educative debate amongst five out of the six GFA Presidential candidates. A random and general snap poll taken after the event held at the Physicians and Surgeons College had the 37 …

The Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities in Ghana have given strong indications that the academic calendar of technical universities may be extended by three weeks if the ongoing strike by lecturers and administrators is not called off by the end of this week. The group which has been appealing to the …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to award 100 teachers across the country on 27 November 2019 at the Manhyia Palace. The awardees are basic school teachers teaching in deprive communities across the country for a period of five years. The 7th Otumfuo teachers awards seeks to appreciate hardworking teachers …

The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination, and are completing their National Service are eligible. “Candidates who duly applied online will be shortlisted and postings effected …

A study done by a German scientist, Dr. Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates men’s lifespan. The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has accused the government of not taking their concerns seriously despite their strike. Chairman of the Accra Technical University branch of TUTAG, Dr. Ibrahim Zubairu, told media that government’s posture is disrespectful to both students and teachers. TUTAG went on strike on October …

Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast all failed to qualify for the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Sunday after aggregate defeats in their qualifiers. Ghana failed to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit against Burkina Faso, drawing the second leg 0-0 in Ouagadougou. It means the Black Stars will not …

Members of the Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association will today, Monday, 21 October 2019 picket the Ministry of Health (MoH) to demand their immediate employment. The association is made up of public-trained nurses and midwives who graduated in 2017 and 2018 and have been home unemployed. “We are going …

The 2019 CalBank Beach Soccer Super League has kicked off in the fishing town of Abuesi in the Western region of Ghana. After an elimination preliminary round, four teams representing the top four beach soccer playing districts locked horns on Saturday October 19th as the action produced a total of …

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Health Service Workers Union(HSWU) elections which was scheduled to come of Friday October19, 2019 has been called off. The suspension is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by two aggrieved members of HSWU- Awuni Akyireba and Emmanuel Kusi Sarpong, who are also …

The 2019 Cal Bank Beach Soccer Super League has kicked off in the fishing town of Abuesi in the Western region of Ghana. Four teams representing the top four beach soccer playing districts locked horns on Saturday October 19th as the action produced a total of 36 goals on day …

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has told teachers to stop complaining about the food they receive from caterers implementing the School Feeding Programme. Cynthia Morrison said the caterers are only doing the teachers a favour because the programme covers only school children. “There are a lot of …

A bus conveying students from the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has caught fire. Photos circulating on multiple online platforms show huge flames breaking out through the windows of the white bus. The cause of the fire is yet …

Administrators of Technical Universities have declared an indefinite strike. The administrators, who are members of the Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG) say their decision is premised on the failure of the government to address their concerns. Key among these is their base pay in line with their new …

A school bus conveying students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources from Sunyani to the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has been engulfed by fire. According to Ghpage.com sources, the bus was carrying level 300 Electrical Engineering students of the university to …

Ghana captain, Andre Ayew, says his country needs to improve its organisation if it is to return to the highs that saw it winning the U-20 World Cup in 2009. Ayew, who led the Black Satellites to victory against Brazil in the final in Egypt 10 years ago, reflected on …

The extraordinary evolution of beach soccer in Ghana will take a new dimension from today, Saturday 19th October 2019 when the “Sand to Gold” project is activated. The fishing community of Abuesi in the Western region is expected to host the first leg of the CalBank Super League with newly …

The Ghana News Agency has reported that 80) per cent of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is to enable them get access to quality healthcare. That is not all, an additional 40 medical practitioners have been seconded …

A group calling itself the Concerned Navrongo Citizens for Development in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal is demanding the suspension of plans to rename the now autonomous University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus after C.K. Tedam. The group on Friday marched on the streets of Navrongo in protest to the change. President Nana Akufo-Addo …

Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah has revealed having held successful talks with five players in the Netherlands about pledging their international futures to the Black Stars. Appiah has been on a European scouting mission from last week, with reports speculating planned trips to Germany, England, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium and …

Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …