Dwyane Wade will stay with the Miami Heat to aid the club he helped to three NBA titles in rebuilding after the loss of superstar LeBron James, he said on Tuesday. Wade, who opted out of his contract last month just as James did, sent a Twitter message ending any speculation he might leave the ...
The Athletes Village for the Commonwealth Games has been hit by an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting. Organiser Glasgow 2014 said it had been made aware of a “small number” of cases among the workforce at the site in Dalmarnock and was investigating. Residents reporting symptoms have been advised to stay in their room and ...
The spokesperson for the Ghana Cycling Federation, Dennis Moore, has told Citi Sports that the nation’s contingent for the Commonwealth games are progressing well as they continue with preparations ahead of the games which begin later this month. He disclosed that the cyclists have already spent a month in Glasgow to enable them habituate properly ...
Royal Philips Electronics unveiled its new ultra-mobile ultrasound system VISIQ to the Ghanaian market during the Accra leg of its annual pan-African Cairo to Cape Town Roadshow. Currently in its fifth consecutive year, the roadshow enables Philips to engage in dialogue with customers, governments, NGOs and media to ascertain a better understanding of each country’s ...
Labelling people as having pre-diabetes is “unhelpful and unnecessary”, researchers claim. The definition, given to people on the “cusp” of type 2 diabetes, has no clinical worth, a joint UK-US team argues. There is no proven benefit of prescribing drugs as many will not develop diabetes, the researchers write in the British Medical Journal. But a ...
Apple and IBM have announced a business partnership that will see the two firms co-develop business-centric apps for iPhones and iPads. In addition, IBM will start selling business clients Apple’s mobile devices pre-installed with the new software. The two firms were one-time rivals, with Apple’s 1984 advert depicting itself as an upstart challenging what was a dominant ...
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), is asking government to urgently introduce interventions to cushion the poor who will be adversely affected by the fuel price increment. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) announced a 23 percent increase in the prices of petroleum products which took effect from Monday. The public was outraged by the huge increment ...
Antonio Conte has quit as coach of Juventus just a day after the squad reconvened for pre-season training. Conte, who had a year remaining on his contract, led the Turin club to the Serie A in each of the past three years. But the 44-year-old said he felt it “may be more difficult to keep ...
Liverpool have completed the £20m signing of winger Lazar Markovic from Benfica on a “long-term deal”. The 20-year-old helped Benfica win the Portuguese title last season after joining the club from Partizan Belgrade in the summer of 2013. “I hope that I will fulfil the expectations of the supporters, coaches, players and all connected to ...
Portuguese side FC Porto have completed the signing of Feyenoord centre-back Bruno Martins Indi on a four-year deal. The fee for the 22-year-old was not disclosed. Martins Indi was an integral part of the Netherlands’ excellent World Cup campaign, playing six games as Louis van Gaal’s side secured third place. “It feels the right moment ...
Louis van Gaal finally starts work as new Manchester United manager on Wednesday morning and will put his players through their paces as he gets to know the club’s Carrington training ground. The 62-year-old declined the opportunity to take a holiday after the Netherlands’s World Cup campaign and has instead decided to get straight down ...
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, will today present to Parliament a mid-year review of the budget statement and economic policy of government for consideration and adoption. The mid-year review is expected to review targets set out by the ministry in the 2014 budget statement and propose new policies on how the ministry intends to meet ...
Mali’s government and Tuareg rebels have exchanged prisoners in a goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks. The army said 45 Malian soldiers held by the rebels in the north of the country arrived at Bamako airport. They were replaced on the plane by 41 Tuaregs, who had been held prisoner in the capital. ...
Japan has been a late adopter when it comes to smartphones, but it’s catching up quickly – already more than half the population owns one. But Tokyo is a crowded city, and warnings are being issued about the risk of mass collisions among phone-using pedestrians at one busy crossing. It’s 5pm on a Friday and ...
The Western Regional Security Council has dismissed claims by traders in the Central Business District of Takoradi that they are being sabotaged by the Regional Coordinating Council’s task force. Traders of the Central Business District of Takoradi had asked the Regional Minister, Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo to intervene in their dispute with the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan ...
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Haruna Idrissu, says there is the need to diversify Ghana’s export in order to improve the country’s trade deficit, which he says, currently stands at $20 billion. Mr Idrissu said even though Ghana’s export is encouraging, it only holds promise into the future. He said this Tuesday when ...
President John Dramani Mahama has scrapped the Ministry of Information and nominated Ekwow Spio Garbrah to join his executive team as part of a realignment of his government. The President has nominated a former Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, as Minister for Trade and Industry. He will be taking over from Haruna ...
The Head Pastor of the Christian Faith Vineyard, Pastor Kwame Wura Bempah, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding six persons under the pretext of securing jobs for them in the United States of America (USA). Two accomplices whose names were given by the police as Kwabena Owusu and Juliet Maabena Peprah are currently on the ...
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