[ads3] Wholly-owned Ghanaian airline company, GoldStar Air, has been recognized for the second time as the most promising airline company of the year at the Gome Awards 2021. The awards which was held on Friday February 25, 2022 at the Accra Metropolitan Snap Hall in Accra was aimed at centralizing the strength and to promote, empower, recognize, and emerge great personalities, corporate bodies, and individuals working together for the development and betterment of Ghana. The award was presented by Mr. Socrate Safo, a Ghanaian director, filmmaker, and Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture in Ghana which…
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[ads2] The Governments of Nigeria and Ghana have assured of hitch-free 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs between both countries later this month. The Sports Minister of Nigeria, Sunday Dare, and the Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Rashid Bawa gave these assurances in Abuja on Wednesday. H.E. Bawa had paid a courtesy visit to the Sports Minister in his office to deliberate on areas of interest as the dates for the crucial playoff games draw closer. Sports Minister Sunday Dare said Nigeria would continue to maintain the long-standing relationship with Ghana and the tension around the playoff games will…
[ads2] The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has expressed grave worry about peoples’ subculture of dumping household solid waste into open drains, which continue to have adverse effect on government’s efforts in improving communities’ resilience to flooding. Asenso-Boakye said the safety of communities especially those in flood-prone areas should be a shared responsibility, adding that citizens owe it a duty to support government’s effort in maintaining drainage capacity and reducing the likelihood of flooding by desisting from indiscriminate disposal of solid waste into drainage channels. The Works and Housing Minister made these appeal when he inspected ongoing dredging…
[ads2] The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has, indefinitely, suspended its administrative manager, Farida Ayishatu Iddriss over gross disrepect to authority. A statement signed by the General -Secretary of the committee, Mohammed Sahnoon, indicate that Farida Ayishatu Iddriss has been handed an indefinite suspended for her numerous indiscipline behaviors as the administrative manager of the committee despite several cautions from her superiors. Farida Iddriss has been accused of traveling to the committee’s meetings on several occasions without the knowledge of the President and the General-Secretary, an act which is considered to be against the regulations of the committee.[ads2] In a statement…
[ads2] The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has been thrown into turmoil less than five months to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the President and Secretary-General battle in a turf war over who has the right to suspend an employee by the name Farida Ayishatu Iddriss. The development gives credence to reports that have emerged about a rift between the top two officers of the GOC which is evidenced by two different communication teams at the NOC, while rumours of a vote-of-no-confidence in the Nunoo Mensah administration continues to abound. It will be recalled that the third vice president of…
[ads3] The Ghana-Barbados Business Roundtable hosted by Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has been held successfully at the Kempinski Hote in Accra, on Monday 7th March, 2022. Prime Minister of Barbados, Her Excellency Mia Amor Mottley was the Guest of Honor for the Roundtable Business forum. The Ambassador of the Barbados High Commission in Ghana, H.E Juliette Babb-Riley, the Commercial and Cultural Attaché, Mr C. Phil Phillips and other government officials from Barbados were present. The Ghana Investment Promotion Center led by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer Mr Yaw Amoateng Afriyie, Mr Charles Opoku Mensah and other GIPC officials were…
[ads3] At an International Women’s Day event Ghana Rugby took the opportunity to inaugurate Women’s Rugby 15s. This is both in response to the growing demand and Rugby Africa’s willingness to consider Ghana Ladies participation at Continental level. The huge response vindicates Ghana Rugby’s application to be considered for World Cup qualification. The 7s side have been hugely successful in winning trophies at Tunisia and more recently at the World Cup pre qualification series in Kumasi. The 7s squad will be departing for Tunisia next month to compete with Africa’s best. The symbolism of so many ladies turning up to…
[ads2] Omankyeame writes Slave Coast! She is 65 years today, Yes, the black star of Africa is celebrating her six and half decades of colonial emancipation. At the second past midnight on 6th march 1957, Ghana in west Africa was born. This is indeed a remarkable feet in the historical antecedent and the future of our great nation state. As a UP student of Nkrumaism I would like to take a deep breath and reflect on few happenings pre and post colonial rule. Hold on a bit, let me wear my nose mask before I proceed. *Turning the Back wheel*…
[ads2] Telecommunication giant, MTN is on track to fulfill its planned spend of USD 1 billion on Network Infrastructure and Information Systems (NIIS) by 2025. This planned expenditure will go a long way to support the Digital Ghana agenda and put the country at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation. The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana Selorm Adadevoh stated, “We successfully implemented our investment plans, with a total CAPEX of GHS1,485million (GHS1.5Billion) last year, supporting infrastructure modernization, expansion of 4G coverage and improvements to quality of service. To achieve this, we rolled out 131 2G, 120 3G and 1,446…
The Supreme Court has struck out the application to quash a ruling of the High Court B Tema, which declined to order the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General to justify the continued detention of #FixTheCountry activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. The court also advised Mr. Barker-Vormawor’s lawyers to immediately apply to the High Court for bail. A Deputy Attorney General, Diana Asonaba-Dapaah who led the charge of the State described the application as a salad. She said the AG was even unable to file a response to the application for the mixed nature of it. “We did not file…