Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, Transport for London (TfL) has said. The regulator said the taxi app was not “fit and proper” as a licence holder, despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. Uber
The Ministry of Trade and Industry says it will aggressively implement its Strategic Anchor Industries Initiatives next year to propel the country’s industrial transformation. These initiatives, according to Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry, would focus on petrochemical,
Health experts from 24 African Anglophone countries have gathered in Accra to build synergies on disease surveillance and effective response measures to reduce public health epidemics in the region. The Regional Training-of-Trainers on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
National Sports Authority (NSA) Director General, Professor Peter Twumasi, is expected to release his autobiography that recounts the story of his childhood, titled: ‘Rising from the Farmhouse’ on December 10 at the IDL Conference Centre on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus. The
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has named former GFA Chairman, Lepowura MND Jawula, as the chairman of a new seven-member Premier League Management Committee. The vice chairman of the committee is Jesse Agyapong, a marketing consultant. The GFA has discarded the system which all Premier League clubs were represented
MR Charles Osei Asibey, president of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) and the General Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has been honoured in the United States by 3G Media as the Best Sports Administrator for 2019. The Sports Administrator and Senior Broadcast Journalist was on Saturday
A non-governmental organisation, Bozzsikaman PROTOGHA Foundation will embark on a 151.2km walk from Accra to Ho. The six-day journey, which will start from December 13 to 19, is expected among other things to exercise the body, educate the indigenes of various communities along the Accra-Ho stretch on patriotism, sanitation,
The 2019 edition of the Unity Soccer Tournament has been launched in Accra on Sunday and scheduled for December 1 to 18 at the Panama Park in Kokomlemle. Organised by Unity Gh, a non-profit organisation, the event will have 16 teams competing for glory with cash prizes and trophies at stake. According to organisers,
Accra Giants Skate Soccer Team will battle Ashanti Warriors in the grand finals of the maiden MTN Skate Soccer League at the tennis court of the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, November 30. The two clubs won their various regional competition to book a place in the finals which is under the sponsorship of MTN … The
Real Madrid welcome Paris Saint-Germain to the Santiago Bernabeu tonight looking for revenge after a Champions League humbling. A 3-0 loss at Parc des Princes in September saw Zinedine Zidane under huge pressure, especially as the hosts were without their entire first-choice front line of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian
Rafael Nadal put the finishing touches to his extraordinary year by clinching a sixth Davis Cup title for Spain on Sunday, as he beat Denis Shapovalov in Madrid to seal victory over Canada. Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) win over Shapovalov in front of an adoring home crowd at the Caja Magica gave Spain an unassailable
Well, that did not last long. Tuesday, at the opening of one of his new gyms, boxing great Floyd Mayweather said he was hanging up his gloves for good. As of Thursday night? He says he is coming out of retirement next year. Mayweather’s Instagram announcement was as straightforward as it gets: “Coming out of … The post Unpredictable?
It is imperative for Ghana to take advantage of exports of goods and services since it contributes more than 35 per cent of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Deputy Managing Director of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), Thairu Ndungu has said. “Exports contribute more than 35 per cent of
Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante looks set for a long-term stay in London after rejecting Paris Saint-Germain. N’Golo Kante says he rebuffed interest from Paris Saint-Germain because he is happy at Chelsea. He signed a new five-year contract with the club in November 2018 and has no plans to leave. “Sometimes you don’t really know where … The post ?Kante:
The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has asked the international community to interrogate the application of international law in cyberspace. Delivering a keynote speech at the formal opening of the Octopus Conference 2019 in Strasbourg, France, the Minister challenged the international community to test the application of existing international laws in dealing with global … The post ?Interrogate
ARB Apex Bank Limited has secured a US$8 million grant from the World Bank to roll out Agency banking project. The Managing Director of ARP Apex Bank Limited, Mr Kojo Mattah, who announced this here in a speech read for him at the 34th annual
Changing Lives in Innovative Partnership (CLIP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has held its Annual Sustainable Agriculture and Business Forum to help enhance the capacity of farmers in Northern Region. The two-day event was to engage and educate farmers in the Northern Region on issues focusing on food security, climate change, inclusive growth, agropastoralism and nutrition … The post CLIP
The Volta River Authority (VRA) held its safety day celebration last Friday to discuss issues to safeguard the environment. The programme was on the theme, “Ensuring environmental sustainability, a key requirement of our Braise strategy.”
The Petroleum Commission (PC) is to review the local content regulations on upstream oil and gas industry aimed at responding to future changes and trends. It said six years after the implementation of the Local Content Regulations, the time had come for the PC to reflect on its achievements and
Experts from Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) have noted that violence against pregnant women has an alarming effect on unborn babies. They added that babies of women who suffered various forms of violence showed some defects,
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