Arsenal have agreed ‘in principle’ to a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder, Sami Khedira, in the January transfer window with the Bernabeu side keen to cash in on the 27 year old. Khedira has turned down the offer of a new contract and with his current deal set to expire next summer the Spanish giants wish to sell the [...] The post Arsenal Agree Khedira Deal appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Juan Mata has apologised for Manchester United’s abysmal performance at Leicester City, saying he shared the pain of the fans, after they twice surrendered a two-goal lead. United led 2-0 and 3-1 at the King Power Stadium, before capitulating to lose 5-3 in a performance the Spaniard described as ‘disappointing.’ Mata vowed to the fans that United would bounce back [...] The post We’re Sorry …Mata Apologises To United Fans, After Leicester Massacre appeared first on The Ghanaian Ti
A three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been declared a success by the authorities. The wide-ranging curfew ended at midnight on Sunday (GMT) and will not be extended, authorities said. Sierra Leone has been one of the countries worst affected by the outbreaks, with more than 550 victims among the 2,600 deaths so far [...] The post S. Leone Hails Lockdown ‘Success’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria after about 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the past two days. On Sunday, Turkish security forces clashed with Kurds protesting in solidarity with the refugees. Some protesters were reportedly trying to go to Syria to fight Islamic State (IS). Most refugees are from Kobane, a town [...] The post Turkey Clamps Down On Syria Border appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Fatherless and abandoned by his mother at tender age, Yao grew up in an orphanage, but when he turned 12, he escaped from the facility, and joined the company of young destitute and drug addicts. Yao and his gang found a new home on the streets of Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Accra, where they undertook menial jobs for a living. [...] The post Protecting Our Youth Against Illicit Drugs appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Minister of Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga said the growth and development of sports in the country would depend on the existence of academies and private and corporate partnership. He was speaking at the trophy presentation ceremony by the U-17 squad of RtD, to the MoYS and sponsors, Tullow Ghana Limited. The RtD team won this year’s Gothia Cup held [...] The post Ayariga Salutes Rtd, Tullow appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
A member of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) sanctioning committee, Alhaji Murtala Tofiq is calling for sanctions for two of its members for making the medical record of Braimah Kamoko’s October 3 opponent, John Napari public. Napari was billed to fight the local boxing maverick but it hit a snag when the experienced GBA medical practitioner, Samuel Armah Acquaye reportedly [...] The post Sanction Neequaye, Dr. Acquaye â€â€GBA Members appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
FORMER chairman of the Division One League Board (DOLB), Mr. Douglas Djarbeng, says the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), must be surcharged for causing financial loss to the association. This followed the termination of the contract of Black Stars’ coach Kwesi Appiah – and its pecuniary implications. According to him, the FA acted without discreet for renewing [...] The post Surcharge Fa’s Exe. Councilâ€â€Douglas Djarbeng appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) would soon review its students handbook to make it explicitly prohibitive for students to pursue any issue of political interest in court. Vice Chancellor Professor Domwini Dabire Kuupole , who made this known, observed that student politics in the university had reached an alarming situation whereby, some students flout the school’s regulations and place [...] The post UCC Students To Be Banned From Politics appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
In compliance with President John Mahama’s directive on street naming and property numbering, the Talensi District Assembly in the Upper East Region has completed the exercise within the scheduled time. Speaking in a telephone interview with The Ghanaian Times from Tongo, the capital of Talensi yesterday, the District Chief Executive, Edward Awunnore said a durbar of the chiefs and people [...] The post Talensi District Assembly Completes Street Naming appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Mr George Ayisi Boateng, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has cautioned members of his party against pitting the candidates in the flagbearership primary against one another. He said such a behaviour could have serious repercussions not only on the party’s chances of winning the 2016 general elections but also undermine relationships among [...] The post ‘Stop Creating Unhealthy Rivalry Among Candiates’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, Minister of Education on Wednesday inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council for the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho. The Council replaces the university’s Implementation Committee, which acted as interim council. The council to be chaired by Professor Kofi Anyidoho of the University of Ghana-Legon, has a-three-year tenure to be renewed once. Other members [...] The post UHAS Gets Governing Council appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has told students not to ruin their academic careers through acts of indiscipline and other social evils. He said they need to stay focused and work hard on their books in order to assure themselves of a fulfilling future. He spoke against absenteeism, truancy, drug addiction, physical assaults of teachers and other bad [...] The post Do Away With Indiscipline  Minister appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Ghanaians celebrated the 105th birthday of the country’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, on Sunday. The day, September 21, was instituted as a public holiday in 2010, by the late President John Atta Mills to celebrate and honour the memory of Dr Nkrumah. Designated the Founder’s Day, it is to immortalise the vision and ideals of the first President. [...] The post Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah Lives On appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Judgement Debts Commission resumes sitting today, after a week-long break as a result of the 2014/2015 Annual National Conference of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), which began on Monday, September 15. About 26 people and institutions have been subpoenaed to provide evidence on various issues, bordering on compensation and judgement debt payments by the government from 1992 to date. [...] The post 26 Subpoenaed By Judgement Debts C’ssion appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Until last June, 74 foreign trained doctors who had been practicing in various health institutions in the country for 19 months, were not being paid their salaries. A source close to the Ministry of Health told The Ghanaian Times that the affected doctors had started receiving their salaries in June, which Dr. Fidelis Gligui, one of them, confirmed to the [...] The post MoH Begins Paying Foreign-Trained Docs appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has decided to cut back on power generation from October, due to the low water level of the Akosombo Dam. The decision, according to the Chief Executive Officer of VRA, Kirk Koffi, is to help safeguard the dam. In spite of news from Nigeria that gas production has resumed for onward delivery to Ghana, the [...] The post VRA To Cut Down On Akosombo Power appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has opened its new branch in the Labone residential area in Accra, bringing to existing and potential customers a rich assortment of financial products and services. Located opposite the Labone Senior High School, the Labone branch is the first of several new branches that UMB will be launching before the end of this year. Outfitted with [...] The post Universal Merchant Bank Opens Ultra-Modern Labone Branch appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) says the implementation of the Ghana Conformity Assessment Programme (GCAP) will have economic implications for small and medium scale traders who buy from the open market and not directly from manufacturers. It has therefore, called on the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to allocate more time for consultation between stakeholders before implementation to resolve [...] The post ‘Implementation Of GCAP Will Affect Businesses’ appeared first on The
Ghana expects inflation to ease to 9.5 per cent, plus or minus two percentage points, by the second half of 2015, central bank governor Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah has predicted on Friday The country’s inflation reached a four-year high of 15.9 per cent in August according to Statistical Service. Dr. Wampah told Reuters the inflation rate would fall as the [...] The post Ghana Targets 9.5% Inflation In 2015 appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
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