Abedi Pele appointed Coach of World XI

Abedi Pele has been named as the coach of the star studded World XI team that will take on Kumasi Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars in the Vodafone Unity Match (VUM) 2016. The former thee time African footballer of the year and a…

Rates for World XI and Black Stars game released

Rates for the Vodafone Unity Match involving Stephen Appiah World XI and the Ghana Black Stars at the Accra sports stadium has been released. The Vodafone Unity Match 2016, which is aimed at promoting peace and unity before, during and…

Trader remanded for transporting illegal ammo

A trader caught with large quantity of illegal ammunition has been remanded into prison custody by a Sunyani Circuit Court. The trader by name of Soobin was transporting boxes of ‘AAA’ cartridges from Kumasi to the Northern Region, when…

CSIR-SARI launches maize hybrids project

The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) has launched a project to enhance farmers’ access to quality maize hybrid seed. The two-year project entitled: “Production and…

Ho West begins commercial cassava farming

The Ho-West District Assembly has acquired 6,000 hectares of farmland for commercial cassava farming. The project, being implemented under a block farming scheme, is in partnership with some technical partners from Agritop Company…

Ghana to institute national sugar policy

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the Ministry of and Trade and Industry would institute a national sugar policy to enhance the production and export of sugar. The President announced this when he inaugurated the…