Ghana’s second string Black Stars team will tomorrow fly out to Ouagadougou where they play as guests of the Stallions of Burkina Faso in the first leg final qualifier for the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) to be hosted by Kenya in 2018. The game is scheduled for the Stade du 4 Août, Stadium on Saturday, August 12. The West [...] The post Local Black Stars off to B’Faso appeared

Former Ghana international, Godwin Attram has confirmed his return to Great Olympics after holding talks with the club’s hierarchy. Attram left the ‘Dade’ Boys unceremoniously following the appointment of Swedish trainer Tom Strand at the end of the first round of the Ghana Premier League. The 37-year-old vowed not to work with the former Medeama trainer but after holding talks [...] The post Attram

Head Coaches of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak have reacted to Sunday’s 1-1 draw encounter in Kumasi, pointing out that the two sides put up displays that sent clear signals about the improvement in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). Frank Nuttal, head coach of Hearts said Sunday’s match marked an improvement upon previous encounters and would advertise [...] The post Kotoko,

UMB Bank and UMB Capital have launched a joint foundation in Accra to create meaningful and sustainable social and civic impact in society. The foundation known as ‘UMB Foundation’ seeks to support developing projects including education, health and initiatives that would promote and preserve the Ghanaian heritage and culture. The board chair of the foundation, Mrs. Grace Amey-Obeng, speaking at [...] The post UMB

Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet), has facilitated a transit data exchange programme between the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and its Ivorian counterpart to boost the business competitiveness, prevention of fraud, eliminate delays and facilitate the movement of goods and people among others between the two countries. The transit data exchange programme, which was piloted in [...] The post GCNet

Block chain based digital currencies based on cryptography have become increasingly popular worldwide, despite their inherent problems. Finally, a new crypto currency that offers both price stability and merchant sales capabilities is arriving in Ghana. Since Digicash, and then PayPal were introduced in the late 1990s digital money has become part of the world’s lexicon. However it was the introduction [...] The post Ghana

The Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo has indicated the need for stringent laws to be made to prevent successive governments from mismanaging the economy. He said it was about time measures were instituted to prevent the instability of the economy as a result of change in governments. Speaking at the 2017 Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) yesterday in Accra, he [...] The post We

The Inspector General of Police, Mr David Asante-Apeatu has urged officers of the Public Affairs Department of the Police Service, to adopt innovative communication strategies to meet international best practices. He said communication played a vital role for the police to enable it to effectively communicate with its stakeholders, hence the need to develop such strategies. The IGP said this [...] The post Police

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday assured the chiefs and people of the Western Region that processes for the creation of the Western –North Region is on course, announcing that the Council of State will meet on the matter next week. “I have received the petitions on the creation of the Western north and other places and has forwarded them [...] The post Western-North

Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DLCM), has ended its 2017 National Campus Congress with a call on the youth to lead righteous lives to attract God’s blessings. The annual programme, which targets students, staff of higher institutions and national service personnel was held on the theme, ‘Raising up unconquerable intellectuals in contemporary times.’ It brought together thousands of youth from selected [...] The post DLCM

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has partnered the Ministry of Education to increase the rate of reading among children under four-year project. The United States Ambassador, Mr. Robert P. Jackson, who launched the partnership with other key stakeholders, in Accra, on Friday, said the USAID was resolute to encourage the culture of reading among children, especially those at the [...] The post New

A retired Director of Education, Mr Eric Obese Amponsah has called on stakeholders in education to work together to reverse the declining trend of academic performance in the country. He said examination malpractices, deterioration of facilities and decline in academic standards were some of the challenges confronting the education sector which stakeholders must address. Mr Amponsah made this call during [...] The post Stakeholders

The Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI) has donated an amount of GH¢10,000 to the Tourism Society of Ghana (TOSOGHA) to promote domestic tourism in first and second cycle institutions across the country. Apostle Joseph Sakyi, Director of Christian Education Unit of the Church presenting the cheque said the church wanted to partner TOSOGHA for their good work across the country [...] The post CACI

Assembly members in the Central Region have called on the government to put in place a mechanism to address their challenges to ensure quality service delivery and administrative efficiency. This, they said would ensure accountability in the local government system. According to them, despite the enormous pressure on assembly members in the country’s democratic dispensation, they are not given enough [...] The post ‘Govt

Mr. William Nyarko, Executive Director of the Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) is cautioning the government to tread cautiously on the Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group (AMERI) deal. His comment is coming on the heels when the majority in parliament is making moves to abrogate the $510m power deal on the basis of fraud on [...] The post Tread cautiously

A new study, suggests that people have more leniency for political lies when they bolster a shared belief that a specific political stance is morally right. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) undertook the study and published online in Social Psychological and Personality Science. Dr Allison Mueller, UIC doctoral candidate in Psychology and lead author of the [...] The post People

Founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana, Kofi Akpaloo, is urging Ghanaians to stop politicising the implementation of the towing levy. He wants the public to fully support the policy since its benefits are enormous. According to Mr Akpaloo,if one analyses the benefits the implementation of the towing levy will bring to Ghana, there is no justification to criticise it, [...] The post ‘Stop politicising tow

Eight fishermen were on Monday dawn arrested by the Tema Fisheries Enforcement Unit (FEU) in the Tema-Ada waters for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing.   The suspects are Samuel Akli, Kabu Nyamedor, Michael T. K, Jabaku Batiafor, Keteke Okitu, Boye Stephen, Tetteh Toku, and Samini Osabutey.   The operation which started from 10pm on Sunday and ended at about 7am [...] The post 8 arrested

One major obstacle facing state institutions is liquidity problems. It is not uncommon for one institution or another to lament over debt owed it as a result of services that it has rendered to other state institutions. Ghanaian Times is not surprised at all that companies such as the Ghana Gas Company is owed more than $534m by the Volta [...] The post LET’S SAVE GHANA GAS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Accra Circuit Court “11” has remanded into police custody a woman for allegedly defrauding a financial institution in Accra, (name withheld) of GH¢100,000.00. Madam Karen Adwoa Prempeh claimed she was the proprietress of Karen Height Ventures, and used the company to access loan in 2015, after which she went into hiding. According to prosecution, checks by the Loans Recovery Officer [...] The post Slippery