Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo said Wednesday he believes his side can still overcome runaway leaders Chelsea in the English Premiership title race.
"We know things are very complicated, Chelsea have carried …
Accra Great Olympics have petitioned the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) against the intended relegation of the club to the Division One League.
A three-paged petition signed by Mr Ato Ampiah, chairman of th…
The number of French 15 year-olds unable to spell correctly has doubled in the last four years with more than 56 percent scoring zero out of 20 in an exam-level dictation, according to a group that campaigns for a return to traditional tea…
Mr Emmanuel Darko, the General Manager of Credit Unions Association of Ghana (CUA), has said credit unions held the key to poverty alleviation in the country.
He said the credit union concept was the surest way of increasing people'…
Uganda's export earnings have been growing by 9.2 percent annually for the last four years, an
official with Uganda's Export Promotions Board said on Tuesday.
Ben Natulinda told Xinhua on Tuesday that in the calendar year 2000, Ugand…
The Ghana Stock Exchange All-Share Index, the main market indicator, fell again on Wednesday under losses by British American Tobacco (BAT) and Aluworks.
The Index went down by 27.22 points, the second successive loss after 11.92 poi…
A one-day Judo championship which was organised with the support of the Japanese Ambassador, Mrs. Kazuko Asai, has ended at the Sports Hall of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
The championship, popularly known as the "Ambassad…
The Central Regional Division Two Middle League kicked off on Monday at the Robert Mensah Sports stadium at Cape Coast.
Eight clubs made up of Agona Fankobaa, Swedru Young Rangers, Odupon Heroes and Elmina Coconut Grove Sharks are par…
Norway on Monday issued an invitation to tender to international oil companies for the exploration and production of 192 blocks on the Norwegian continental shelf, amid high oil prices that make exploration more attractive.
The number…
Gunmen shot dead a senior Baghdad judge and his young son on Tuesday and then danced in the street, shouting "This is what will happen to the traitor Shiites", one
of the dead man's colleagues told AFP.
The assailants, driving an O…
Police in Zambia have rounded up around 150 suspected illegal currency dealers, in an operation aimed at wiping out the black market trade.
Police sealed off a main road in the capital's city centre where illegal currency dealers are …
The Chaplain of the Ghana Police Depot, Deputy Superintendent of Police, George Arthur, has stressed the need for the appointment of more chaplains into the security services to offer pastoral care for the personnel and their families to e…
Muslims throughout the country on Thursday celebrated Eid-Ul-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice.
The Muslims dressed in colourful clothes, held prayers at mosques and a number of open spots.
Eid-ul-Adha commemorates the obedience …
The Government has initiated the process to establish a permanent Hajj Board that would work all year long to eliminate the hardships and inconveniences associated with annual pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia.
Vice President Aliu Mahama, …
Police have called on feuding managers Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson to end their war of words ahead of next month's Arsenal-Manchester United match at Highbury, amidst worries the ongoing row could provoke crowd trouble.
Office…
Gary Neville admitted Manchester United had flirted with disaster after the world's richest club finally squeezed past non-league minnows Exeter City in an FA Cup third round replay.
Not until the 87th minute, when Wayne Rooney scored…
President George W. Bush on Thursday is to be sworn in for his second term in office, mindful of a legacy shaped by the war on terrorism and Iraq.
"America has need of idealism and courage, because we have essential work at home, the …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday commended Muslims on the celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha, the Muslim Festival of Sacrifice and urged Ghanaians to promote its lofty ideals.
A statement signed by Mr Harona Esseku, National Chairm…
A petrol tanker driver who was made to cart premix fuel to Afram Plains, and diverted 13,800 litres pre-mix fuel valued at 46.5 million cedis has been remanded into custody by the Tema circuit court.
Kofi Obeng pleaded not guilty and wil…
Three houses and property worth millions of cedis have been destroyed at the weekend when a bush fire engulfed Zuime-Agabadikope, a farming community near Aflao.
Three bans of corn, goats and undisclosed amount of cash were also lost…
Alhaji Abubakar Sumani, Member for Tamale North, on Tuesday called for a an arrangement whereby Hajj Pilgrims up country would fly from Tamale Airport while those down south used the Kotoka International Airport.
"In the General Ache…
"The woman, whose body was found at the Madina Cemetery, was a Prostitute I killed on New Year's Day in self-defence," one David Bruce has confessed to the Police.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) In-Charge of the Madina D…
A 24 year old hotelier, who used the name of the Acting Minister of Food and Agriculture, Major Courage Quashiegah (rtd) to defraud one Mable Chirapanga, unemployed, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody for fraud.
Kofi Quashiega…
A gang of thieves who on Saturday tied up two night watchmen and broke into the offices of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the hope of stealing valuable items and money, left the premis…
Japanese physicians said on Wednesday that they carried out the world's first live transplant of tissue from the pancreas in an attempt to help a severely diabetic woman in her 20s.
They said the operation was successful, with the wom…
Carmella Warren, an American woman, who was extradited from her country to stand trial on drugs charges after escaping from a Police station two years ago, was on Wednesday remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.
Carm…
Personnel of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and the Ghana Immigration Service, at the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao, have arrested one Police Chief Inspector Paul Azaglo for interfering with their work.
Miss Yaa Kesiwaa A…
Any Ghanaian Journalist who wins the prestigious 2005 CNN African Journalist of the Year Award would get a bonus of 5,000 dollars in cash from Global Media Alliance (GMA), the organisers of the awards.
Mr Edward Boateng, the Managing…
Liverpool are likely to go unpunished by the Football Association (FA) for fielding an under-strength side in Tuesday's 1-0 FA Cup defeat by Championship side Burnley.
FA rule 18a states that, "each team participating in a match shall…
The Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency branch of the NPP has held a non-denominational thanksgiving service at Akim Ofoase on Sunday to express their gratitude to the Almighty for the peaceful general elections last December.
Delivering the …
The Department of Meteorological Services,on Sunday says thick harmattan haze will continue to influence the weather over the entire country. The weather will therefore, remain cloudless, chilly, windy and dry with low humidity, poor visib…
The Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana on Saturday reached out to the ordinary people in society, when they feted and entertained about 5,000 people as part of their religious and social responsibility.
Currently, with a national populati…
Some major international airlines operating at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have cancelled their flights for Saturday, whilst others have delayed flights into Accra due to poor visibility over the Accra Flight Information Region.…
Dr Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Kwabre District Director of Health Services, has called on district assemblies to support the health service to combat environmental sanitation problems in the districts.
He said without that clinics, hospita…
Naba Charles Ayamgah, the Zuarungu Naba, has asked citizens of Zuarungu resident in the Kumasi metropolis and elsewhere in the Ashanti Region to be law-abiding and reciprocate the hospitality of their hosts by respecting their customs and …
The Very Reverend Doctor Jacob Welbourne, Dean of the Saint Andrews Anglican Cathedral said the aged in society should be re-integrated into society to reduce boredom.
He said, while the aged are kept indoors others are denied access to …
The Church must be unique by distinguishing itself and speaking against evil, crime, insubordination and disrespect, Evangelist Samuel N. Vandyke of the Methodist Church, has said.
He said, "even though the Church is expected to be t…
Ethiopia spiked the winning run of the Black Starlets when they beat them by two goals to one at the Addis Ababa International Stadium in the first leg final qualifier of the African Under-17 championship.
The home side came from beh…
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club won the maiden CAF Confederation Cup 9-8 after a marathon penalty shoot out in the final match against archrivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday at the Kumasi sports stadium.
Like the result of the …
Supporters of the Accra Hearts of Oak sporting club on Sunday evening took to the streets of the Tamale Metropolis when the team beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko to win the CAF Confederations Cup at the Kumasi Sports Stadium.
Some of the suppo…
Mr Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes, who was elected Speaker of Parliament on Thursday, is a distinguished legal practitioner.
He was born at Cape Coast in the Central Region on September 4, 1939, was educated at Cape Coast Government B…
The Nsein Traditional Council has banned the burial of members of the Nsein Methodist Church in the traditional area with effect from January 6, 2005 until a land dispute between the Council and the Church is resolved.
The ban was announ…
Parents have been urged to co-operate with teachers in the training of their children instead of harassing and in some cases assaulting them.
This would help give their children the sort of training that would be of benefit to t…
A driver's mate who was found with two bags of rice at the Tema Harbour and could not explain how he came by it has been remanded into custody by the Tema circuit court 'B'.
Kwaku Yeboah pleaded not guilty and will reappear on January 14…
Divine Dzani, the Managing Director of D-Cube Limited who issued two dud cheques totalling 115 million cedis to a trader, has been granted 100 million cedis bail with a surety by the Tema circuit court 'B'.
He pleaded not guilty and will…
Nana Arkorful Owese II, the Mfantsemanhen in the Ashanti Region, has appealed to parents to ensure that all children of school-going age were enrolled in schools and their basic needs provided.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in …
A couple based in the US are building a 487-million-cedi orphanage and a livestock project at Akoefe-Avenui in the Ho District.
Mr and Mrs Eric Vormanns are providing 4,000 cement blocks and some sheep and cattle to start the project.
…
Mr Sekyi Hagan, a tutor at the Winneba Secondary School, has appealed to Ghanaians to respect and to support to pupil teachers in view of the good work they were doing in the rural areas where trained teacher sometimes refused to accept tr…
More than 100 commercial drivers operating under the Agona Swedru-Accra Number Four branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), have been given annual awards ranging from 100,000 cedis to 200,000 cedis at a ceremony at Agona-…
Hans Dieter Schmidt, head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting club says his team will approach Sunday's match against Accra Hearts of Oak in the finals of the Confederations Cup with caution in spite of the technical advantage they have…
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