The nominees for the 3rd edition of the Ghana Music Awards-USA have been announced at the Grand Roosevelt Ballroom in Yonkers New York. The main event, slated for August 20, 2022, at the plush Lincoln Theater, Columbus Ohio, is dubbed ‘The Music Matters’. Below is the full list of nominees. …
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It is a no-brainer that Ghanaians are engulfed in an economic quagmire. The hardship is glaring, so perceptible that the president of the country, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo while commissioning the constituency office of the New Patriotic Party in Juaben in 2021, had no choice but to admit “Ghanaians are going through …
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The Ghana Football Association President, Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku, has admitted the Black Stars were close to hosting the Super Eagles in the first leg of the World Cup playoff outside the country. Kurt Okraku sadly disclosed that the country cannot host an international game without the approval of FIFA/CAF …
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is set to roll out an irrigation programme for farmers in cocoa-growing areas to ensure an all-year round water supply for their farmlands in a bid to increase yield. The move has become necessary following drought in those areas, resulting in the withering of most …
Read More »Ghana’s law on dual citizenship has outlived, repeal it – Dr. Stephen Takyi
A Planning lecturer at the Department of Planning at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Stephen Takyi, has opined that Ghana’s law on dual citizenship has outlived its purpose adding that the law must be repealed. He said the law, if not reviewed, it will affect the …
Read More »Manufacturing electric vehicles in Ghana
Recent news items about Electric-Vehicles (EVs) being brought into Ghana is reassuring for EV enthusiasts in the country. In the first instance, the Chief Executive Officer of Mana Mobility, a private company, has revealed plans to produce electric vehicles in Ghana. Speaking in an interview with the Graphic Business at …
Read More »Ghana have turned us into training horses – Nigerians slam Super Eagles over Mexico friendly
Nigeria fans have clearly not got over the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the World Cup, following their elimination by Ghana in the playoff last month, and have voiced their displeasure after the West Africans announced a friendly date with Mexico. “Nigeria’s @NGSuperEagles will face the El Tri of …
Read More »Ghana Meteo issues rainstorm alert for parts of Volta, Oti and Accra regions
The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of a pending thunderstorm likely to be hit parts of the Volta and Oti regions between 6OM and 11PM on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. This according to the agency this is a result of a rainstorm which is propagating from southern Benin towards Ghana. …
Read More »University of Ghana owes GH¢33m in power debts, ECG threatens to cut supply
The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …
Read More »Team owners shouldn’t be part of the Ghana Football Association – Kennedy Agyapong
Outspoken Ghanaian politician, Kennedy Agyapong, has stated that Ghana Football can thrive only when there is an independent governing body. According to him, management of football in Ghana by club owners and administrators was a major problem for the development of the game. The Member of Parliament for Assin Central indicated …
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