In a stunning display of distance running, Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge yesterday broke the world record at the BMW Berlin Marathon winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39. From the early stages of the race, the 33-year-old Kenyan had just a handful of pacemakers for company as they passed through five kilometres in 14:24 and 10 kilometres in ...

Assistant Coach Akakpo Patron has temporary taken charge of Kotoko following the departure of head Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin. Paa Kwesi Fabin resigned from his duties as Kotoko Coach with claims indicating he is on his way to an unknown South African Club. Kotoko on Monday accepted the resignation letter of the Coach on the condition that he pays off ...

The Bank of Ghana has approved merger talks between OmniBank Ghana Ltd and the Sahel Sahara Bank. The two banks wrote to the Central Bank on August 14 about their intention to begin merger talks in order to meet the GhC400 million minimum capital requirement before the close of 2018. In a response, the BoG said: “The Bank of Ghana ...

British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, says he has been following closely the banter between Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy and describes it as fun. According to him, it is entertaining to watch the two dancehall artistes argue as arch-rivals. “I like the fact that Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy keep having their little arguments. That makes me laugh…It is entertaining,” ...

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has advised the government and the Bank of Ghana to eschew partisan politics in its bid to cleanse the financial sector. According to him, politicizing the exercise will defeat its purpose hence the need to purge the sector of politics to boost depositor and investor confidence. “It is also important to put partisan politics when it ...

South African Union Solidarity said it will sign a three-year gold sector wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti on Monday along with Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), without providing further details of the agreement. Gold producers have argued that above-inflation wage hikes have been adding to the cost burden in the bullion industry, which has been hit by depressed ...

Renowned lawyer Professor Raymond Atuguba has accused the management and Council of the University of Education-Winneba of tribalism in the removal of the former Vice Chancellor and some top officials of the school. According to him, some individuals who do not like the ethnicity of the VC and people of his kind trumped up charges to get them out of ...

One Mr kwame Asante has expressed bitterly about how the Assin Fosu Police service and the District Magistrate Court are dealing with him. In an interview with the Media, he explained that, during the world cup match between France and Argentina, he said there was a Prediction/debate between one police officer by name Officer Owusu Ansah in assin fosu and ...

A member of the pressure group, Occupy Ghana, has written to the Council of State to resolve the impasse between music icons, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy. The two artistes who are signed on to the same record label (Zylofon Media) have not been on good terms for some time now. They have been fighting for supremacy in dancehall music. Casely-Hayford ...

The country’s fiscal deficit will improve to 4.5 percent for the full year 2018 –a situation that is expected to continue to end year 2020, Ridle Markus, Africa Strategist, ABSA, South Africa, has predicted. The country’s fiscal position has shown some improvement, as fiscal balance, including grants, as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) improved from -9.3 percent in ...