CHELSEA have offered Eden Hazard a £300,000-a-week contract, boss Maurizio Sarri revealed on Tuesday. That would make him the highest-paid player in Chelsea’s history but Hazard wants to know Real Madrid’s stance before committing his future to the club. His contract expires at the end of next season. “It’s up to him,” Sarri said in the build-up to Wednesday’s Premier [...] The post Chelsea
SERENA Williams will make her return to the Australian Open for the first time since winning in 2017 when eight-weeks pregnant, it was confirmed yesterday, with virtually all the world’s top 100 players due at Melbourne Park. That includes injury-prone Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Williams returned from giving birth to her first child to reach the 2018 Wimbledon and [...] The post Serena,
MANCHESTER City were forced to defend deep in the final stages at Watford on Tuesday but ensured their title-chasing juggernaut kept rolling on with a 2-1 victory that extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points. But that lead could be whittled down to two with a Liverpool win over Burnley which was being played [...] The post City edge Watford to extend lead appeared
Mr Tony Kwame Mintah, president for the Ghana Professional Golfers Association (PGA), has said, his outfit will soon roll out a programme to educate sports journalists to be abreast with the terms and jargons in the sport. According to him, it was long overdue for the PGA to have a support system that would position the sports media to report [...] The post PGA to train sports journalists
Braimah Kamoko, also known as “Bukom Banku” will return to the ring on the next Azumah Nelson Fight Night scheduled to take place on Boxing Day, Wednesday, December 26, in Abetifi, Kwahu, in the Eastern region. Bukom Banku would face Kabiru Towolawi in an international cruiserweight contest, in a bout that would serve as a platform to revive his career, [...] The post Bukom Banku
Sports, health and fitness organisation, Afriyie Fitness Centre (AFC) has been presented with a citation by the Ghana Police Service for supporting the service’s health walk held recently to mark the Police Week celebrations. The citation was received by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Centre, Bernard Afriyie Amankwah. It was in acknowledgement for his collaboration and support towards efforts [...] The post Afriyie
ALL is set for the much-heralded Tema Open Draughts Championship which roars off at the Community 5 playing grounds today at exactly 9.am. The two-day potentially explosive contest will feature a crack assemblage from Nigeria including top stars like Doubra, Dafa, Toyin and Reuben – all of whom are highly venerable names in the sport. Ghana’s neighbours have promised to [...] The post Tema Open Draughts
The 2018 National Chess Championship kicked off on Saturday in Accra with Ghana’s top 10 rated players featuring in the 9-round tournament in an all-play-all format. The championship started on Saturday, December 1 and will end on Sunday, December 9 and scheduled for the Dreamfort Chess Hall at Spintex, Accra, as players battled for the ultimate title. After four rounds [...] The post Top 10 chess
Tang Palace Hotel has hosted media practitioners in the country to a dinner aimed at acknowledging their support in the hospitality industry. Addressing guests, General Manager-Tang Palace Hotel, Mr Sajid Khan said purpose of the gathering was to acknowledge efforts of Ghana’s seasoned journalists and to familiarise themselves with the Tang Palace brand as the two bodies forge ahead to [...] The post Tang
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giants, MTN have re-affirmed their stance to commit more resources to the fight against internet bullying and various forms of cyber crime. Pursuant to that, the company will sustain the cyber training programmes it initiated recently for selected police officers and staff of the Judicial Service, and also extend the programme to various stakeholder institutions as well, said Mrs Charity Darko, [...] The post MTN
FORTY one diplomats and public servants have graduated from the Colombian Spanish Language Course in Accra yesterday. The course which is the fifth edition, had participants drawn from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Agriculture, Gender, Children and Social Protection, Interior, Defence and Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. Participants were also drawn from other governmental institutions like the [...] The post 41
The manager of Echoing Hills Village, an orphanage in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipality, Reverend Lawrence Laming has appealed to the government to protect the home from further encroachment. According to him, the over 20 acre land of the home has been encroached upon by private developers and if care is not taken the remaining two acres would be sold [...] The post Echoing
The non-enforcement of bye-laws on stray animals in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has been identified as one of the major threats to vegetable production in the area. Majority of the indigenes in the area particularly the youth and women depend on the production of agricultural vegetables as their primary source of livelihood. For instance 75 [...] The post Stray
An online software aimed at processing the complaint of court victims in the country has been launched in Accra on Tuesday. It will enable the public and the court staff to streamline complaints in a transparent and effective way through the use of phones and computers. Christened, “Online Compliant Management Platform” the portal was developed by the Accountability, Rule of [...] The post Online
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ghana has advised the government against outsourcing the public sector payroll management to a third party in its bid to create a robust and ‘ghost free’ system. According to the union, although the Controller and Accountant General’s Department had limited competence in the area hence the current challenge, privatisation was not the way to go. [...] The post Don’t
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has cautioned members of the public to stop paying monies to individuals for enlistment into the Service. In a statement issued in Accra and copied the Ghanaian Times, management reminded the general public that the recruitment for the year 2018 has ended. “Management wishes to state categorically that recruitment into the Ghana National Fire Service [...] The post GNFS
Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), has called off its one-month-old strike following another intervention by the National Labour Commission (NLC). The resumption of work is to pave the way “for the commencement of negotiations as directed by the NLC,” a brief statement from CETAG said. CETAG had been on strike over the failure of the government to pay them their [...] The post CETAG
Government has secured $4.5million to support the Accelerated Oil and Gas Capacity (AOGC) programme launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in November last year, the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced. According to him, the funds secured from Aker Energy was to help facilitate the training of about 200 Ghanaians to equip them with the necessary skills [...] The post Govt
The six footbridges currently under construction on the Adenta-Madina highway are expected to be completed within the next six months. The bridges, when completed, would facilitate pedestrian crossing on the busy highway to end the frequent incidents of vehicular knockdown on the stretch. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inspected the progress of work on the projects as [...] The post Adenta-Madina
Work on the reconstruction of the old Gbewaa Palace in Yendi, the traditional capital of Dagbon traditional area began yesterday in preparation for the performance of the funerals of Ya-Na Mahamudu Abdulai and Ya-Na Yakubu Andani later in the month. A bulldozer was seen pulling down the dilapidated structures and clearing land at the old palace in readiness for the [...] The post Work
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