Managing Director for ACE Power Promotions, Mr. Isaac Amankwah has promised fireworks when his outfit stages an action-packed fight night on July 10 dubbed the ‘War Zone’ fistic show. The night would be headlined  by a World Boxing Organisation (WBO) junior lightweight championship between unbeaten Ghana based Nigerian boxer, Joshua ‘The Sensation’ Oluwaseun Wahab (20-0, 13 KOs) … The post Ace

The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof. Peter Twumasi, has asked the various sports federations to embrace scientific methods in their bid to develop talents that can win laurels at major international platforms. According to the NSA boss, sports administrators must delve into research to discover the strength and weaknesses of athlete … The post ‘Embrace science,

Head Coach of Hearts of Oak Samuel Boadu is still adamant over the club’s ability to win the Ghana Premier League (GPL) despite a hard fought 2-0 victory over Medeama on Sunday in Accra. Hearts maintained their position on top of the league table with the win as the league enters the final stretch with … The post There’s still a long way to go …Boadu states

The Captain One Golf Society on Friday launched the Kids Project at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. Focused on nurturing golf talents in the country while ensuring golf was introduced to everyone across, the project attracted 20 girls below 16 years. The beneficiaries were selected from Safe-Child Advocacy, a non-governmental organisation concerned about the plight of … The post Golf:

SWASH-buckling lifter Christian Amoah will represent Ghana at the Tokyo Olympics which begins on July 23, next month. This was confirmed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Sunday. Amoah put up a spectacular performance to clinch three silver medals at last month’s African Seniors Weightlifting Championship Olympics qualifier in Kenya. Participating in the 96kg … The post Amoah

The Rotary Club of Accra-Legon East has refurbished the dilapidated Comfort Dzokoto Children’s Ward of the University of Ghana (UG) Hospital, Legon at a cost of GH¢300, 000. The renovation of the facility followed a needs assessment conducted by the club and hospital authorities in 2018, which revealed that the roof of the ward had … The post Rotary club refurbishes UG

Kumasi Asante Kotoko yesterday exhibited an unwavering fighting spirit to keep their title chase alive when they beat Inter Allies 3-2 in a pulsating week 29 league game at the Theatre of Dreams at Dawu.The nervy encounter which was preceded by Kotoko’s arch-rivals, Hearts winning 2-0 against Medeama in Accra on Sunday, compelled the ‘Porcupine Warriors’ … The post Kotoko’s

The Akosombo International School (AIS) has emerged national and regional winners of this year’s ‘Your World Competition’, instituted six years ago by the British Council for its Partner Schools Global Network (PSGN).By this the AIS has emerged three time national winners in a row having won the climate change-based video competition since it made its … The post AIS

Mr Emmanuel Okyere, the Western Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority, has commended the initiators of the Greening Ghana project to help rejuvenate the environment and increase the level of good air.He said aside from oxygen, trees gave food, served as windbreaks, shelter and stopped erosions and thus the need to have them … The post Renew your expired NHIS cards appeared

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has stated that the violence that occurred at Techiman South Constituency during Election 2020 is regrettable and must not be allowed to recur. “What happened was an unfortunate incident that characterised our election in Techiman South because we … The post Techiman

Rachel Appoh, the former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has expressed gratitude to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for seeing to the birth of her political career. She stated that due to the efforts of the political party, the Gomoa Central Constituency in the Central Region had its first legislator being a … The post ‘NDC made me first female

A report by the Auditor General has indicted former Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, in its report. Mr Kankam, who was a former accountant with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has been asked by the report to immediately take steps to recover an amount of GH¢500, 000 granted as a loan to … The post Kennedy Kankam indicted in AG’s report appeared first

Stakeholders at a roundtable on ‘the need for Ghana to consider non-custodial sentences in cases of misdemeanour’ have urged Parliament to pass the Community Service Bill (non-custodial law) to help decongest the prisons and make them more effective and efficient. In furtherance of this, they also appealed to the Ministry for the Interior to exert … The post Pass c’nity

Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted to hospital, his office said Monday. In a terse statement, it said Kaunda, 97, “has been unwell and was admitted to… Maina Soko Medical Centre,” a military hospital in the capital Lusaka. It gave no further details. Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years, taking …

The head of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has urged members to respond to China’s rise at a summit designed to shore up US support for the Western alliance. The summit is expected to issue a statement describing China’s behaviour as a “systemic challenge” after the meeting in Belgium. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the meeting …

Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practised polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren. The news was confirmed by Mizoram’s chief minister, Zoramthanga, who offered his condolences on Twitter “with a heavy heart”. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors told PTI news agency that …

A Deputy Minister of Health-designate, Mahama Asei Seini, says government will focus on promoting preventive health service to reduce the disease burden in the country. Among other things, he said, exercises and dieting, which were natural ways of wellbeing would be promoted through policies and programmes. Mr Seini explained that the Ministry of Health would …

ProofedThe whole world marked World Blood Donor Day yesterday, June 14. The World Health Organisation (WHO) initiated and declared this day on June 14, 2004 using the birthday anniversary of Karl Landsteiner. Landsteiner, born June 14, 1868, in Vienna, Austria and died June 26, 1943 in New York, was an immunologist and pathologist who discovered …

A DAF articulated truck carrying two 20-foot containers of engine oil on Friday night crashed onto guardrails on the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange flyover, in Accra. The vehicle with registration number GT 8337 X   was coming from Tema enroute to the Kasoa, in the Central Region, and at the old Obra Spot while climbing the flyover, …

The Accra High Court yesterday adjourned to June 21, the case in which the Ghana Police Service is seeking to stop the planned #FixTheCountry protest, in Accra. The Supreme Court, earlier last week, quashed an order of the High Court barring the protest, but there was another motion against the protest, pending at the High …