The death toll in two separate crashes in Ghana has risen to 23 in the last 24 hours. Officials said that three more persons have now been confirmed dead after a truck crashed into two passenger buses on Tuesday — bringing the toll to 17. Twenty-one others who got injured …
Read More »Ampofo Ankrah Calls For Less Talk And More Investment In Beach Soccer Industry
The Chairman of Ghana Beach Soccer, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah has boldly predicted that any administration to take Beach soccer in Ghana seriously, will create jobs, offer opportunities and establish a completely new industry in the country. He was responding to media commentary surrounding the manifesto promise of Ghana’s NDC …
Read More »Letter from Africa: Behind Ghana and Nigeria’s love-hate affair
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene looks at the fraught relationship between Ghana and Nigeria, which underlies the current tensions over the closure of some Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana. We see them as too loud, and abrasive and chaotic and we believe they think …
Read More »Drunkards Association condemns beer party after motorway accident
The Ghana Drunkards Association has expressed disappointment in some members who turned a fatal accident into a beer party on the Tema Motorway. The collision between a Ghana brewery delivery van and some cars occurred on the Tema Motorway Thursday morning. One person was confirmed dead with another responding to …
Read More »3 in 10 Police officers have suicidal thoughts – Psychological Association
A research paper by the Ghana Psychological Association has shown that nearly three in 10 police officers in urban Ghana report having had thoughts about taking their own lives during the previous 12 months. Also, ongoing research indicates that some displaced staff and survivors of the recent banking sector clean-up …
Read More »20k new HIV infections recorded in Ghana in 2019 – Aids Commission
The assumption by many Ghanaians that there are no more or very few new HIV/AIDS infections in the country is far from the truth. This is because information from the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) has indicated that, 20,068 new infections were recorded across the country, with 13,616 HIV/AIDS related deaths …
Read More »GUTA warns govt on Ghana-Nigeria Friendship Act proposal
President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Obeng has raised concerns on the need for government to be circumspect with the proposed Friendship Act with Nigeria so Ghanaians are not disadvantaged. The GUTA boss is however, questioning the rationale behind Ghana relaxing its trade laws to …
Read More »Ghana’s hopes for Jeremy Doku dashed by Belgium
Ghana are losing out on Anderlecht starlet Jeremy Doku after the attacker made his first competitive senior appearance for the Red Devils on Saturday. The winger’s 88th-minute substitute appearance in the European Nations League clash with Belgium has rendered the teenager cap-tied, thereby becoming attached to Roberto Martinez’s side. Currently, …
Read More »Ahead of reopening airports Aviation Ministry Partners Zoomlion To Disinfect Kotoka
In line with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement for the reopening of Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to international traffic September 1, the Aviation Ministry, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has disinfected the KIA and its open spaces. The exercise, which came off Monday (August 31, …
Read More »FIFA orders Ghana FA to stop large amendments to statutes, congress expansion halted
Members of the Ghana FA congress seeking to make large amendments to the statutes of the federation have suffered a huge blow after FIFA told the members that the current laws of the GFA are adequately balanced to cater for all interests in the game. The world governing body said …
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