April 2011

Avrant Grant, coach of Carlton Cole’s West Ham United has criticized the decision taken by the England Football Association (FA) to charge the player over his recent tweet comment on Ghanaians during the England-Ghana match on March 29,…

The Board of Directors of Ghana News Agency has the power to ask Nana Appau Duah, the General Manager, to proceed on leave, the Acting Chairman of the Board, Mr Kodwo Ahlijah has said. Mr Ahlijah, who signed the letter that asked Nana…

An eight-member parliamentary delegation from Australia has paid a day’s working visit to the Adamus Resource Limited, operators of Nzema Gold in the Nzema East District. The Adamus Gold Resource is managed by an Australian company. The…

Following the directive of the Board of Directors of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the General Manager, Nana Appau Duah to proceed on an indefinite leave from Friday, April 15 2011, the National Media Commission (NMC) has issued the…

Hundreds of Muslims under the banner Coalition Against Violence and Western Domination (CAVWED) on Thursday went on a demonstration through the main streets of Tamale to protest against NATO’s bombing of Libya. They presented a petition…

Hepatitis B, a type of communicable diseases, is said to have contributed to about 16% of ante-natal cases recorded at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital. The women who tested positive are therefore undergoing counselling and treatment as…

Ghana’s Midfielder and Chelsea star Michael Essien will be organizing an African peace football match on Monday May 25, 2011 at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana. The charity game will see some of the best players in Africa…

Iamgold Corporation says it has decided to sell its 18.9% stake in Ghana’s Tarkwa and Damang gold mines to Gold Fields Limited for $667 million in cash. According to Iamgold, which is a mid-tier gold mining company based in Toronto,…

A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says Ghanaian universities have been left out of the country’s emerging oil and gas industry. Dr. Stephen Kudom Donyinah, who is a lecturer at the Department of…

It might be almost a year ago since Brazil used Soweto’s Dobsonville Stadium as a training venue for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but the eight teams participating in the upcoming African Youth Championships will be hoping there…