Asante Kotoko have announced signing a three-year contract extension with telecommunication giants MTN. The club’s head of Legal Affairs Yaw Boafo confirmed to the club’s official website, www.asantekotokosc.com on Tuesday. ”Yes, we’ve signed it and it’s for three years,” lawyer Boafo said. But details of new deal are yet to be revealed but the club ”understands that, the new sponsorship ...

Government, will from the beginning of the next academic year –2017/2018, increase the amount of loans that tertiary students are eligible to take for a period of two semesters, by 50 percent. Currently, students are eligible to take a loan amount of a minimum of GH¢650 to GH¢1,000, and a maximum of GH¢ 1,600 to GH¢2000, payable over two Semesters. ...

A former Minister of Trade Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah believes former president John Mahama performed creditably and would be on the good side of history. Although Mahama lost miserably in the 2016 elections as the first sitting president under the Fourth Republic to have been defeated in an election, Dr. Spio-Garbrah believes Mahama can still walk with his head held high. ...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has been appointed the President of the Organizing Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, a position previously occupied by ex-Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou. The appointment was announced on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the new CAF Executive Committee in Manama, Bahrain, where the 67th FIFA Congress begins ...

Forbes Africa has released its list of Richest African musicians. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others. Nigerian artistes, Don Jazzy, Wizkid and Davido, are among the top ten richest African musicians. The top 10 are; 1. AKON 2. ...

The Akufo-Addo government has assured, it will revive the Komenda Sugar factory after it was shut down last year for reasons blamed on the former government’s poor economic judgment. Deputy Trade Minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah told Joy News, government is ‘working frantically’ to get operational, a $24m factory which worked for barely 4 weeks after it was commissioned. Tema West ...

The Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has promised to sponsor Assembly members in the Assin North municipality to study abroad to improve the local governance system in the municipality regardless of members political affiliation. According to him, the assemblymen would be selected at random with respect to their qualities but not faces or by partisan favors. He made ...

She said she will be gone for a moment Only for a moment So here I am waiting Waiting on her return Her laughter so loud and infectious Her cheerful spirit compared to none Yet her heart bled I sat as I watch her drink her pain away Yet did or said nothing She walked right pass me and said ...

Scores of people have been fatally injured in a gas explosion at Takoradi in the Western region. It is unclear what caused the explosion at the Ghonco Chinese company located on the Sekondi road Tuesday morning. According to Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Djan, the over 30 victims of the explosion have been rushed to the hospital for treatment . Personnel ...

Heavily pierced Ghanaian actor, Emil Nana Wood popularly known as Tornado has revealed that he intends to settle down in marriage someday should he find the right woman. The twice married but divorced actor revealed that for now he is single and still searching for the ideal woman preferably a skinny woman. On Joy Prime Premiers on Saturday, Tornado said ...