Goalkeeper Tim Krul came off the bench late in extra time and saved two penalties as Netherlands beat Costa Rica in a shootout to set up a World Cup semi-final against Argentina. Newcastle’s Krul saved from Bryan Ruiz and Michael Umana to send the Dutch through after the game finished 0-0. Wesley Sneijder had hit ...

A grant of $48.1 million from the International Development Association (IDA) would be made available to the Government of Ghana to improve the water supply situation in Accra and its environs. This follows a parliamentary ratification of a lending agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to finance parts ...

The National Women’s Organizer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afrisah Djabah has described as a threat to fathers government’s decision to borrow money to buy among other things sanitary pads for female students. According to her the decision will offend fathers who cannot provide sanitary pads for their daughters. “Which father will ...

Gonzalo Higuain’s stunning strike sent Argentina into the semi-finals of the World Cup at the expense of Belgium, as Alejandro Sabella’s men ran out 1-0 winners in Brasilia. Much has been made of Argentina’s reliance on mercurial captain Lionel Messi during the tournament in Brazil, but they proved they are no one-man team with an ...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana has criticized government for airlifting three million dollars in cash to Brazil, describing the move as a violation of the nation’s laws. “In furtherance to ICAG’s mandate to ensuring the application of consistent global standards and best practices in the implementation of sound economic and public financial management, the ...

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The Institute of Economic Affairs’ Winner-Takes-All Advisory Committee has recommended that government slows down the pace for the Constitution Review process to enable proposals for dealing with the current winner-takes-all political system to be factored into the review process. IEA’s Winner-Takes-All Committee, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, also recommended the review of ...

The World Bank has released the full details of the loan $156 million loan facility it is granting to the government of Ghana to develop the nation’s educational sector with emphasis on secondary education. Parliament on Wednesday approved the loan for the commencement of work to begin. Below are the full details of the agreement ...

A Civil Society organization called the Youth for Peace and Development Africa, is expressing optimism that the protracted Alavanyo and Nkonya dispute will be settled soon. The neighbouring towns have been locked in a dispute over land for years and have had curfews imposed on them in the past. Tensions were heightened in June after ...

The Micro Finance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) has dismissed claims by some fishermen that it is illegally diverting fishing equipment allocated to them. The fishermen in the Western and Central regions on Thursday stormed MASLOC offices to protest what they describe as connivance of some MASLOC officials to illegally divert fishing input allocated to ...

The Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of Commerce has broken away from the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry effective June 30th 2014. The Chamber cited among others, alleged misappropriation of funds by the mother union, hence their decision. Mr. Cadman Dadie, the vice chairman of the Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of commerce and Industry said to ...

Three women have been arrested in Nigeria for recruiting female members for the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, the country’s military says. The women are said to have targeted widows and young girls, promising them marriage to Boko Haram members. The militant group now has a female wing, the military says. Boko Haram seems to ...