France-based duo, Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew have announced their retirement from the Black Stars, at least for now. The duo has formally communicated their intentions to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in separate letters sent to the Federation on Tuesday. Ghana News Agency Sports can confirm both players communicated their decisions in separate letters, citing common issues such as their recent relationship with the management team of the Black Stars. The players were due for ... Read More

By Yaw Kyei The Minority Caucus in Parliament has described the state-of-the-nation address delivered by President John Dramani Mahama in Parliament last week as ?a rehash of the NDC 2012 manifesto document with no new initiatives?. The minority, in its version of the state of the nation, said the country?s economy is in severe crises with high cost of living, high unemployment in both the formal and informal sectors, and reckless unbudgeted expenditure by the government. ?Evidence of the ... Read More

The parliamentary candidate of the People?s National Convention (PNC) who allegedly swindled a Member of Parliament of GH¢180,000 under the pretext of selling to him an abandoned filling station has been refused bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Humni Sinari the Parliamentary candidate and her two other accomplices, a 40-year old carpenter, Kojo Opoku and Ernest Kofi, a 50-year old trader have all pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and defrauding by false pretences, and have been ... Read More

THE leader of the Tema Fishing Harbour Police Station jailbreak last Saturday, has been captured by the police while escaping from Accra, after a visit to a spiritualist. Eliasu Mohammed, 20, was arrested together with his girlfriend, at the Okponglo Traffic Light, near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in Accra. The police said at the time of his capture, Mohammed was armed to the teeth but did not offer any resistance. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Deputy ... Read More

The Minister of Transport, Miss. Dzifa Ativor, has given contractors working on the Wharf at the Tema canoe beach a two months ultimatum to complete the project by the end of April, 2013. Miss Ativor, who gave the ultimatum during a working visit to the project site on Tuesday, expressed worry that work had delayed unduly creating a lot of inconvenience for the fisher folks. The contractors are FNB Investment Ghana Limited and Kwiksilver. The purpose of the visit was to assess the ... Read More

The teaching of only theories in the tertiary institutions has been identified as the main cause of graduate unemployment in the country. Bemoaning the situation, the president of the Unity Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Param Gozey, has urged students in the country to take courses in entrepreneurship, to acquire practical skills, with which to enter the world of work. ?You realise that the courses here are basically theories but the real world ... Read More

Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman has said the perception of some Ghanaians that they have been ordained to rule the country do not promote democratic governance.      Mr Quansah who was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Saltpond on Wednesday, said the decision of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs not to have anything to do with President John Dramani Mahama?s programmes was a dangerous recipe and its repercussions would affect their ... Read More

A contender in the presidential race at the upcoming congress of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Mr. Henry Manly-Spain, says he towers above the other candidates and is well positioned to handle the current challenges facing the Authority. ?I am the best candidate for the job because I have shown much passion and commitment to the development of the sport through my investment and management of a number of boxers for the past 30years.? According to him, none of the other contenders have ... Read More

The race for the presidency of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) is gradually becoming hotter since collection of nomination form began on Monday, February 25, 2013 at the GBA Secretariat at the Accra Sports Stadium. Barrister Peter R. Zwennes has vowed to make boxing the number sport in the country when given the nod as GBA president at it congress to be held soon. Sharing his vision with the Times Sports on Tuesday after picking his nomination forms, Mr. Zwennes, who described the ... Read More

The parliamentary candidate of the People?s National Convention (PNC) who allegedly swindled a Member of Parliament of GH¢180,000 under the pretext of selling to him an abandoned filling station has been refused bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Humni Sinari the Parliamentary candidate and her two other accomplices, a 40-year old carpenter, Kojo Opoku and Ernest Kofi, a 50-year old trader have all pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and defrauding by false pretences, and have been ... Read More

The outgoing Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, has admonished journalists not to see themselves as official scribes of politicians in the country but must concentrate their efforts on issues that negatively affect the poor and vulnerable in society. He said the myriads of problems bedeviling the country required a concerted effort of all in finding solutions to them, and journalists have a critical role to play in that direction. Alhaji Sulemani, who is the new ... Read More

Some suspected armed robbers last Wednesday opened fire on Kasoa Police patrol team after being spotted at a drinking spot at Gomoa Buduburam, sharing their booty. The armed robbers took to their heels after several minutes of ensuing gun battle with the police but Terh-Keth, a member of the group was arrested after sustaining gun shots in his leg. He is currently receiving treatment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Briefing The Ghanaian Times, the District Police Commander of Kasoa, ... Read More

Former General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dan Kwaku Botwe has fired back over comments made by founding party member Kwame Pianim over the Parliamentary Minority?s decision to boycott business relating directly to the presidency. Mr Botwe, who is also a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Okere Constituency of the Eastern Region, said ?no serious, logically minded ?member of the party would make a statement like Mr Pianim did. The founding member had told Joy FM ... Read More

The President of the Apostolic Church of Ghana, Apostle Ebenezer N. Abebrese has tasked christians to dedicate their lives towards service to Christ and humanity. Christians, he said, must not only give liberally to support the work of God, but ?give freely and unconditionally to those in need?. Apostle Abebrese was speaking at the official inauguration of the Apostolic Church?s branch at Nii Boi Man at the weekend. Touching on obedience, he said by obeying the lord, christians did ... Read More

The Pentecost University College (PUC) Graduate School has received accreditation to run Master?s programmes in Commerce and Business Administration this academic year. Prof Kwame Boasiako Omane Antwi is the founding Dean of the Graduate School. The Rector, the Reverend Dr. Peter Ohene-Kyei disclosed these at the university?s fourth congregation in Accra last Saturday, at which 660 students were awarded various degrees in Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in ... Read More

A three-storey shopping mall in downtown Ho with 48 shops and offices will be opened to the general public by the middle of the year. Located at what used to be the night market near the State Transport Company (STC) terminal, the GH¢800,000 project was initiated by the Ho Municipal Assembly with funding from the District Development Fund. Mr. Emmanuel Dogbevia, Head of the Works Department of the assembly, said ?internal works are at about 97 per cent through, while the external works are ... Read More

LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in home entertainment, has presented a 55? cinema 3D TV screen and a Blue Ray home theatre system to the third prize winner of the just-ended Ecobank ?Win Big? promotion which began in October 2012. The products, valued at GH¢10,000 was presented to David Sybil and Ivan Asante who placed third in the grand draw. Addressing the gathering, Daniel Aidoo, Human Resource Manager of the Mohinani Group, pledged continuous support for ... Read More

THE erratic power supply being experienced by the country is having adverse effect on the operations and planning of businesses, especially small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Most SMEs which still want to remain in business have no option but to purchase generators to power their machines to efficiently and effectively run their businesses. ?The situation is compelling us to re-adjust the company?s budget since we have to buy more fuel to power their generators,? James Awuni, ... Read More

A day?s talk on the state of money laundering and terrorist financing in Ghana and the West African Sub-Region, will be held at the campus of the University of Ghana in Accra today.   The lecture, which has  Stanbic Bank Ghana as one of the key sponsors is being hosted by the Department of Finance of the University of Ghana Business School, in collaboration with the Financial Intelligence Centre, as part of activities marking the school?s 50th anniversary. The symposium has the theme, ... Read More

Mr Bernard Otabil was on Wednesday appointed the new General Manager for the Ghana News Agency (GNA)for a four-year term, effective Friday March 1, 2013. The National Media Commission (NMC) made the appointment in consultation with the President in fulfilment of its constitutional mandate. Article 168 of the 1992 Constitution states: "The Commission shall appoint the chairmen and other members of the governing bodies of public corporations managing the state-owned media in consultation ... Read More