President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo believes his government is on course in developing sports by pursing the passing of the Legislative Instrument for the Sports Act as well as constructing pitches and also to create the long awaited Sports Fund. Mr. Akufo-Addo in his second State of the Nation Address to parliament on Thursday, February … Read more
Ghana marked the 16th anniversary of the May 9 Accra Sports Stadium disaster that took many lives The Premier League Board (PLB) has directed all Premier League Clubs to observe a minute silence ahead of match-day 15 Premier League fixtures in memory of the departed souls who perished in the May 9 Accra Stadium Disaster. … Read more
The name ‘Flagstaff House,’ Ghana’s seat of government, appears to have been changed to ‘Jubilee House’ by the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Recent correspondences personally signed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo indicated ‘Jubilee House’ instead of ‘Flagstaff House.’ There has always been a tussle between the current NPP administration and the former … Read more
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore him. Some people say he is obsessed with power. Others think he’s just overzealous. No matter the lens through which you view him, Accra’s metropolitan Chief Executive, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, is the talk of the town. His notoriety as Mayor since 2009 is unmatched, at least since Ghana … Read more
With a couple of days to the general elections on December 7, Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has yet again brought up the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 170 questions put forth by its Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Running Mate said to his counterpart in the NPP, during his party’s … Read more
With a couple of days to the General Elections, Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has yet again brought up the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 170 questions put forth by its Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Running Mate said to his counterpart in the NPP, during his party’s Greater Accra Regional … Read more
With a couple of days to the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has yet again brought up the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 170 questions put forth by its Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Running Mate said to his counterpart in the NPP, during his party’s Greater Accra Regional rally, that … Read more
The public exhibition of ignorance by Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye (Nii Lante) is beyond pardon and gives the definition of inferiority complex a new low. It is very disturbing to see an individual of Nii Lante’s stature, somersaulted and catapulted into a position of national reverence, sink so low by … Read more
Power supply to the Accra Sports Stadium has been cut by the Electricity Company of Ghana over unpaid bills. The Accra Sports Stadium in 2015 owed the ECG bills worth GH¢240,000 and were placed on a payment plan of GH¢24,000 per month to enable them to clear the debt but reports indicate that managers of … Read more
Commissioned in 1960 to host football matches in the Greater Accra region, the famous Accra Sports Stadium, which is located between the former seat of the Government of Ghana and house of the legislature, the Christiansburg Castle, and Parliament House respectively, has gone through a lot in its five decades of existence. It has been … Read more