As part of efforts towards restoring and sustaining patriotic interest, nationalism and integrity among the youth, the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana has announced a series of lectures to take place in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. Dubbed the National Youth Patriotism Lecture series (2014), this would be the maiden edition and is slated […]
Officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) including the President Kwesi Nyantakyi have reportedly been exposed for agreeing to partake in a deal which would have seen the Ghana Black Stars playing a series of fixed matches. Other officials fingered in the abortive deal include one Christopher Forsythe and Obed Nketiah who is also
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is set to swear in seven newly-appointed Judges for the ECOWAS Court in his capital Accra. According to Ms Elohor Ovadje, Information Officer at the ECOWAS Court the 7 will be replacing 6 retiring Members of the bloc’s Community Court of Justice at the Seat of the Court in Abuja, Nigeria.
By Isaac Kojo Bediako Subriso Fante – Ghana – Six people have died after a mining pit collapsed on them at Subrisu Fante in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti region in Ghana. Several others sustained various degrees of injuries and were sent to Tepa government hospital for treatement. The illegal miners were
As our political party journeys to elect a flagbearer to lead the party to win us political power in 2016, the current internal bickering and outplay of ugly bitterness that have seriously plagued our party, putting us in moral defeat, has literally left many of us abroad worried. The New Patriotic Party is dear to
Lilongwe, MALAWI — Following Friday’s declaration by the Malawi Electoral Commission, Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as the country’s president after the High Court rejected a request for a recount. Outgoing president Joyce Banda had earlier called for an annulment of the vote citing rigging and computer hacking, but the courts threw out the
It is now confirmed that tough-tackling Ghanaian defender Jerry Akaminko will miss the World Cup. Just days before the tournament is due to kick off in Brazil, the Turkey-based player who plies his trade with Eskişehirspor hurt his ankle in a warm up game against The Netherlands in Rotterdam. Social media pictures show the player in
Ghanaian opposition New Patriotic Party presidential hopeful Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen was in New York recently. While in the city, he took the opportunity to pay a visit to the New York chapter of the party. His visit however has been skewed by some and seemingly misreported in some media quarters with some suggesting that he
Accra-GHANA Leaders of countries comprising the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are due to converge in Accra, Ghana today to discuss the Boko Haram menace confronting Nigeria as well as other flash points in the subregion. The leaders have been summoned by Ghanaian President and ECOWAS Chairman President John Mahama. Presidential Spokesperson, Ben
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. USA — Author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. Allen Joines Mayor of Winston-Salem North Carolina, confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning. Born Marguerite Ann Johnson, the revered icon who was hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature had been
