Mr Speaker, I am glad to be here with you again in this august House, the Parliament of our Republic, to perform, for the third time, the pleasant duty of fulfilling my constitutional obligation, by giving Honourable Members and the Ghanaian people a message on the state of the nation. In accordance with protocol and convention, it is good to ...

The 2019/20 English Premier League season will begin on Saturday, August 10, officials announced Thursday, with the transfer window closing two days earlier. The transfer window will shut at 5:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) on Thursday, August 8 — the second successive year where the summer window will close before a new season starts. The 2019/20 English Premier League ...

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has confirmed Wednesday, 27th February 2019 as the date for the official takeover of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by the Power Distribution Services Ltd (PDS). A planned takeover of ECG by PDS Ghana was postponed last month. Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana was expected to take over the operations of ECG effective February ...

Minority Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has slammed President Akufo-Addo for detaching himself from disturbing phenomenon of vigilantism in the country. President Akufo-Addo served notice during Thursday’s State of the Nation Address he would initiate a legislation to deal with the growing vigilantism menace in the country if the two main political parties —NPP and ...

Paris St Germain forward Neymar will continue treatment on his foot injury in Brazil under the supervision of the club’s medical team, the French Ligue 1 side have said. Brazilian international Neymar was ruled out for 10 weeks in January after he injured a metatarsal in his right foot during a 2-0 French Cup win over Strasbourg on January 23. ...

The Accra Chapter of the Yoruba Community in Ghana has condemned the verbal attack by some Nigerians resident at Kasoa, on some personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) who were in the area to carry out their duty. Due to this, the Accra Yoruba Community has called on the Ghana Police Service to arrest the law-breakers and punish them ...

President Akufo-Addo says sports infrastructure will be upgraded ahead of the 2023 All Africa Games. The Sporting industry will receive a hike in terms of facilities as the country prepares to host the rest of Africa for the first time in the competition. Ghana was given the rights to host the next edition of the multi-sports competition after winning a ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2019 State of the Nation’s address was “disarming.” In a tweet reacting to the address, Mr Rawlings expressed the hope that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will join forces to disband political vigilantism which was on the increase. “I do hope ...

Former president Jerry John Rawlings has lauded Nana Akufo-Addo for his call on political party leaders to disband militias within their setup. Delivering his State of the Nation Address Thursday in Parliament, President Akufo-Addo gave the leadership of the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress up to next week to dialogue over the issue else he will initiate ...

Five mourners are reported dead while over 40 have been hospitalised after an accident at Asuokwao near Asamankese, on the Adeiso-Nsawam road in the Eastern Region. Confirming the accident on Thursday, 21 February 2019, to Valentina Ofori-Afriyie on Class91.3FM’s 505 news programme, Administrator at the Asamankese Hospital, Mr Clement Marfo said: “I can confirm a minimum of five [deaths]”. Mr ...