The Northern regional chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has called off indefinitely a process to confirm the District Chief Executive nominees for Gushegu West Mamprusi and Bunkprugu districts in the Northern Region. The President on Friday nominated new District Chief Executives for Gushegu, West Mamprusi and Bunkprugu districts but since the announcement of the ...
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Florentino Perez has not spoken to Manchester United over Alvaro Morata
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has confirmed that his club has not held talks with Manchester United over the transfer of Alvaro Morata. It has been reported in Spain that Morata’s agent Juanma Lopez has held talks at the Bernabeu to try to negotiate the player’s departure. Lopez also revealed last month that Real had rejected an offer from AC ...
Read More »Gov’t being hypocritical in $19bn Chinese loan – Minority
The Minority has sternly lambasted the Akufo-Addo led government for expressing its willingness to use the country’s natural resources as collateral in securing a $19 billion loan from the Chinese government. Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia revealed after a four-day visit to China that the loan will not be based on the traditional model of borrowing and aid, but will ...
Read More »Facebook hits 2bn users
More than a quarter of the world’s population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people,” founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted. The milestone comes just 13 years after the network was founded by Mr Zuckerberg when he was at Harvard. He famously dropped out ...
Read More »I’m not focused on league table – Nuttal
The head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak Frank Nuttal claims he is not paying attention to the league table, despite closing in on WAFA and Aduana Stars. The Phobians’ 0-2 win on the road in match-day 19 saw them draw closer to the top two teams who recorded a draw and defeat respectively. “I have not looked at the ...
Read More »Attram deserved better at Oly – Pappoe
A board member of Accra Great Olympics, Fred Pappoe, has admitted that the club was unfair to Godwin Attram in the appointment of a new coach, Tom Strand. Attram who doubled as a player coach for the Dade Boys was relegated to the post of an assistant coach role following the appointment of the former Medeama SC trainer as the ...
Read More »Peace Hyde, Dangote tour Africa’s largest oil refinery
Media personality and Forbes Africa correspondent, Peace Hyde, toured Africa’s largest oil refinery with Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote together with some special delegates. The $12 billion Dangote Oil Refinery will be 40% larger than the current largest refinery which only has a capacity of 450, 000 barrels per day. The plant will also house Africa’s largest urea plant with ...
Read More »Ghana Police to recruit 8000 new personnel – Dery
The Interior Ministry will roll out a plan to drastically transform the Ghana Police Service, which is targeting 8000 new recruits this year. According to the Interior Minister, Mr. Ambrose Dery, the move will give the service a holistic facelift which includes the provision of logistics and recruitment of about 8000 new officers. “The Transformation Agenda of the Police is ...
Read More »Eight-member c’ttee to probe BOST ‘dirty’ oil saga
The Energy Ministry has set up an eight-member committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the sale of over 5 million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). The Committee will be chaired by the sector Minister, Boakye Agyarko. The membership of the committee is made up of officials drawn from the National ...
Read More »Techiman: Collapsed storey building kills security man
A three-storey building under construction has collapsed and killed a Security man at Techiman market in the Brong Ahafo region. The building containing about 30 stores under construction at the Techiman market collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday resulting in the death of the security man who was sleeping under the building. Seidu Mumuni, another security man who survived ...
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