THE maiden edition of the Afriyie Hill Challenge came off at Aburi on Saturday. The 10-kilometre hill walk, organised by Afriyie Fitness Club with support from Age Premium Salon and More, was aimed at encouraging individuals to stay fit and healthy by climbing. “It was very challenging and exciting but ultimately participants endured as they were optimistic about staying healthy [...] The post Afriyie

The Commonwealth Hall (Vandals) and their female counterparts Volta Hall, emerged overall winners at the 55th inter-halls athletics of the University of Ghana (UG) at the Legon Stadium last Friday. The Vandals and Volta Hall scored a combined 309 points to emerge winners followed by Akuafo Hall, and Mensah Sarbah Hall with 170 and 115 points standing in 2nd and [...] The post Vandals, Volta win

THE Jaraah Stable from Korle-Gonno on the last day of the Ga Homowo Festival meeting carried the day with three victories and a third placement out of the four races for the day. Thus, Mohammed Jaraah,(a brother of Ali  Jaraah of Accra Heart of Oak fame) ended up carrying three of the cups at stakes with a bragging right over [...] The post Jaraah stable excels in Homowo final race

Ghana must shift its focus from exporting oil and other raw materials to China and rather initiate measures to attract more Chinese tourist to the country to attract more foreign exchange, Managing Director of Stanbic Ghana, Alhassan Andani has said. He said last year 129 million Chinese people left the shores of the country as tourist to the other parts [...] The post Stanbic Bank,

A Banking Consultant, Nana Otuo Acheampong has stated that reforms being embarked on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) will help restore confidence in the banking industry. He said averred that the recent banking crisis had dented the confidence Ghanaians had in the banking industry, and said efforts must be made to restore the confidence people have in the banking industry. [...] The post Banking

A former Supreme Court (SC) Judge, Justice William Atuguba, has commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission and other faith-based organisations for their contribution towards peace building in the country. According to him, the contributions of various religious organisations in the maintenance of the country’s fragile peace could not be down-played. “I thank God that the Islamic community in Ghana has always [...] The post Ahmadiyaa

THE Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), Rt. Rev. Dr. S. S. Agidi, has entreated Christians to initiate urgent and vigorous crusade to promote simple lifestyles among Ghanaians, for the country to move forward. He said Ghana was now stagnant as the citizenry, especially politicians, were more concerned about the acquisition of individual material wealth, to the neglect [...] The post Christians

The surest way to create job opportunities for the large number of unemployed youth in the country is to formalise the informal sector of the economy, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has said. According to the Employment Minister, the public sector and the formalised private sector combined could only employ about two million people, and this was [...] The post Ghana

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has between January and September this year, retrieved a total of GH¢ 4,032,855.00 from 777 customers illegally connected to power without payment. The amount represents the cost of 3,801.726 kilowatts hour (kwh) of electricity. The illegal connections included meter by-pass, direct connections, meter tampering and unauthorised service connections. The Accra West Regional General Manager, [...] The post ECG

THE Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has said it remains dissatisfied with the explanation given by the Finance Ministry about the whereabouts of an amount of GH¢403.7 million meant to support the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) for 2017 from the country’s petroleum revenue. The Ghanaian Times on Monday, October 8, 2018  reported the PIAC Vice Chairman, Dr Thomas [...] The post GH¢403.7

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured businesses from the United Kingdom that the outcome of the ongoing BREXIT negotiations will not affect trade and investment relations between Ghana and Britain.   “Even though we are, understandably, anxious about the nature of the consequences of BREXIT, we are expectant that the outcome of the negotiations, contrary to the negative opinions [...] The post ‘BREXIT

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Ministry of Energy to review petroleum agreements that are dormant and, possibly, terminate those contacts.   He said petroleum companies that were unable to commence any activity, after winning government contracts, should consider inviting stronger partners to join them or risk termination of their contracts.   “I have charged the Ministry of [...] The post Terminate

The Kaneshie Market Complex in Accra yesterday marked its 39th anniversary with a grand durbar for market women. The event also saw the installation of a new market queen, Madam Lydia Koowa Quaye to oversee the affairs of traders and to ensure the market lived up to its image as one of Ghana’s well structured markets. Items including foodstuffs, cosmetics, [...] The post Kaneshie Market

A total of 3,000, representing five per cent of importers in the country, are to be covered under the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) policy being implemented by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the ports.   This is because their imports records exceed the 36 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) per year threshold agreed by stakeholders for the roll out [...] The post Cargo tracking

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecelia Abena Dapaah has directed the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to take sanitation issues seriously or be shown the exit. In a no holds barred statement following a tour of the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra yesterday, the minister who was displeased about the state of the infamous market chided the [...] The post Ghana

BOXING fans defied the rains last Friday night to witness the week one of the “Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League and Championship Fight Nights.” The first week of the revived competition, witnessed an early downpour which nearly marred plans for the day, but after the rains, fans were presented with action and fun as juvenile, amateur and rising professional [...] The post Fans

GHANA will host a CAF Elite ‘A’ Women’s Course from Tuesday, October 17-21, 2018 in Winneba. Participants will undergo technical tests, theory and Physical practice during the course. All the referees will undertake a medical checkup as the first session of the course. GHANASoccernet.com understands the course is mandatory for match officials who will be officiating at the 2018 Africa [...] The post CAF

HEAD coach of Black Maidens, Evans Adotey, says his charges need three high-profile international games to be fully ready for the upcoming FIFA U17 World Cup to be staged in Uruguay from November 13 to December 1. The team has been in camp at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram over the last two months with coach Adotey [...] The post ‘Maidens need

FORMER Ghana international Dan Quaye has reiterated his desire to re-join Hearts of Oak should the club offer him an opportunity. Quaye, 37, worn the Phobian colours between 1999 and 2009 winning the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup but Quaye believes he still has a lot of good football in him, despite his age. “The club has to change [...] The post Dan Quaye eyes Hearts appeared first on

DEONTAY Wilder has apologised if a punch he landed on a mascot on a television show led to an injury to the person inside the costume. The WBC heavyweight champion floored the mascot, wearing a sombrero and a moustache, with one punch after apparently being invited to show off his power on the Spanish language Nacion ESPN. Reports circulated that [...] The post Wilder