The Founder of Entrepreneurship and Leadership Education Foundation (ELEF) and Technical Director of Morgan International Community School (MICS), Mr. Obed Danquah Morgan, has inaugurated the Board of Trustees for the Foundation in Accra on Wednesday March 28, 2018. As part of efforts to tackle issues of youth unemployment in the country and beyond, Morgan International … Read more
The Executive Chairman of Premier League campaigners Dreams FC, Kurt Okraku, has been named the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Black Stars B by the Executive Committee of the Ghana FA. The decision which was taken on Friday afternoon will see former Black Stars captain and Asante Kotoko legend Samuel Opoku Nti as … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Techiman City FC Kofi Manu ‘Blue Boy’ has blasted the Vice President of the Ghana Football Association for publicly announcing his intentions of contesting for the presidential seat of the FA insisting it was premature. With about nineteen month to go for the presidential election of the Ghana Football Association, … Read more
The Ghana League clubs association, a welfare body of clubs in the premier, Division one, and Division two of Ghana, which was once a formidable body that could oust a chairman of the Ghana Football Association has suddenly become a “sleeping giant” and nearly lost its relevance to exist, the welfare body which should have … Read more
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country’s ex-president. An appeals court upheld parts of the conviction, but used its discretion to release the executive. South Korea’s supreme court is expected to appeal against the decision. The case gripped … Read more
The recent increment in petroleum prices in the country will not affect transport fares, according to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU). The National Vice Chairman of the transport union, Robert Sarbah says the 3% increment has not reached the threshold for them to increase, insisting the fares will remain the same. Many panicked … Read more
The changes proposed by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the Founder’s Day Holiday observed every 21st of September is being greeted with massive criticisms. Although some political stakeholders have seen nothing wrong with the adjustments, others, especially of the opposition New Patriotic Party have seen everything wrong with the changes. Akufo-Addo, in a presidential statement dated … Read more
The President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, has been elected as the first President of the General Assembly of the ECOWAS Federation of Chambers of Mines (EFEDCOM). His election took place at the 2nd General Assembly meeting of the EFEDCOM held in Abuja, Nigeria. The two-day event was attended by Chief … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Ocquaye, has accepted an invitation from the Ghana @ 60 Planning Committee to deliver a lecture at the Ghana @ 60 Independence Anniversary Lectures billed for 4th August, 2017. Chairman of the anniversary Planning Committee, Mr. Ken Amankwah, on July 17, 2017 led a delegation to officially invite … Read more
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-Hye on Wednesday again refused to testify in the corruption trial of the heir to the Samsung business empire, citing poor health. For the second time in a fortnight Park rejected a court order to give evidence in the case of Lee Jae-Yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics. Lee … Read more
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Randal Quarles, a former Treasury Department official, to a role as the country’s top banks regulator, the White House said Monday. Quarles, who is founder and managing director of The Cynosure Group, a private investment firm in Salt Lake City, would be the latest financier to join the … Read more
Both Kenya’s leading presidential contenders have pulled out of two planned televised debates ahead of the August 8 election, their parties said Wednesday. President Uhuru Kenyatta withdrew first, followed by his main rival Raila Odinga. The first of the debates organised by a consortium of Kenyan media was scheduled for Monday and the second on … Read more
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it would start selling a refurbished version of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone this week after an embarrassing recall over exploding batteries rocked the tech giant last year. The recall of millions of Galaxy Note 7 devices cost the world’s largest smartphone maker billions of dollars in lost profits and hammered … Read more
Chinese banks have frozen the accounts of more than 100 commodities traders in northeast Myanmar in a bid to clamp down on smuggling and illegal gambling, state media reported Tuesday. Myanmar’s government has been negotiating with Chinese officials since the accounts were suspended last week by three banks based in China’s Yunnan province, according to … Read more
An Executive Committee member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Winfred Osei Parma, has said the GFA will not hesitate to abide by any God-given directives disclosed to Prophet Reindolph Oduro Gyebi to stop a supposed Black Stars fatal plane crash. According to him, the revelation was causing ‘fear and panic.’ The General Overseer of … Read more
Chinese and US experts from think tanks and political circles stressed the importance of more investment in each other while discussing the approaches to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation at a dialogue held in Manhattan on Wednesday. The High-level Dialogue on US-China Economic Relations, hosted by the New York City-based Asia Society Policy Institute and the … Read more
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has warned that the troubles confronting Ghana’s energy sector may deepen soon if the huge debts in the sector are not settled. PIAC argues that the debt owed particularly by the Volta River Authority (VRA), greatly affected operations for 2016 considering the declining global oil prices. In the … Read more
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has denied during a Congress hearing having undisclosed meetings with Russian officials at a Washington DC hotel. America’s top law official also told the Senate Intelligence Committee any suggestion he colluded with the Kremlin was “an appalling and detestable lie”. Mr Sessions also repeatedly refused to answer questions about his … Read more
After just weeks of stepping down as the Chairman of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee in London, Dr. Kofi Mbiah, has gracefully bowed out as the Chief Executive of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority after 35 years of service to the Authority and to mother Ghana. Dr. Mbiah first announced his retirement when he … Read more
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has agreed to testify in connection with the probe into Russian election meddling in an open hearing Tuesday of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the committee said. Sessions, among the earliest high-profile backers of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, will appear days after explosive testimony by ousted FBI director James Comey suggested … Read more