Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldoand Barcelona team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at Monday’s ceremony in Zurich. Messi received 41.33 per cent of the votes, with Ronaldo (27.76%) in second place and Neymar (7.86%) third. It is the Argentina international’s fifth World Player of […]
Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) – an Israeli company – handling the biometric data of the Electoral Commission of Ghana has sacked eight of its staff.Unconfirmed reports have it that the company which came under severe attack in the last quarter of 2015 laid off the eight over their alleged links with the main opposition New
General Manager, Opoku Nti had two happy moments on Sunday evening in Libya.The first was with the news that, the team they left in the care of Operations Manager, George Kennedy and Assistant Coach Michael Osei have beaten Aduana Stars 1-0 to win the maiden FirsTrust G-6 tournament in Sekondi.The second had to do with
President John Mahama, has decided to reward the taxi driver, who knocked down two robbers and, thus, thwarted their broad daylight heist on Saturday January 9, 2016, with a house.Vice President Amissah-Arthur made the announcement when he hosted the taxi driver, Nana Yaw, at the Flagstaff House this afternoon.Mr. Amissah-Arthur commended the driver for his
Popular Kumawood actor, Abraham Kofi Davies aka Salinko has picked his forms to contest for the Progressive People Party (PPP) Parliamentary Primaries at Atwima Kwawonma Constituency in Ashanti Region. He confirmed his candidacy after his campaign posters went viral on social media. Some influential personalities in the PPP and supporters reportedly convinced the Comedian cum
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has revealed sometimes she regrets accepting the job as the first woman chairperson of the election management body.Speaking on Starr Fm, Mrs Osei said although she “can take the stone”, she gets worried about her family who are always bothered about the flak which comes
Victims of last night’s fire outbreak at Afful Nkwanta a suburb of the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region are counting their losses. A raging fire on Saturday night January 9, 2016 at area destroyed goods and domestic items rendering more than 2,000 head porters and metal scrap dealers homeless. The fire according to eyewitnesses
Eight magistrates and five circuit court judges were yesterday sworn into office by the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood. The event, which took place at the premises of the Supreme Court in Accra, was the first swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed judges and magistrates by the Judicial Service after ace investigator, Anas Aremeyaw
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has served notice to political parties that it will not budge to incessant demands to go into the 2016 elections with a new voters’ register.The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is unsatisfied by the report of a five-member panel of eminent persons who looked at the merit and demerit of a
President John Mahama is assessing his Ministers and appointees one-by-one at a closed door retreat in the Volta Region.The performance review by the President of his appointees, according to sources, will culminate in a ministerial reshuffle.Mr Mahama and his appointees are also using the meeting to take stock of the administration’s performance in the last
