African nations would support Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president, the head of the continental football federation Ahmad Ahmad said on Sunday, AFP reports. “I feel it is my duty… to announce this support from Africa,” Ahmad said at a special meeting of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, which Infantino attended, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Infantino, a ...

Former communications minister Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Agricultural Economist Goosie Tanoh, former National Health Insurance boss Sylvester Mensah and 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, and former Deputy Minister of Finance Kweku Ricketts-Hagan are among individuals who have began moves to work in concert to ensure that former president John Mahama is not elected flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress ...

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has announced that government has pledged a minimum of one percent of Gross Domestic product (GDP) towards the promotion of research and development expenditure of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country. He said in many advanced countries, conservative estimates have it that the direct and ...

Ghana’s Second Lady and Global Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Cleancookstoves, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has been honoured as the African Woman of Excellence for her contribution to the cause of humanity. This follows the passionate drive she is undertaking through the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP). The Samira Empowerment & Humanitarian Projects (SEHP) is a not-for-profit organisation established ...

A huge durbar was held by chiefs and people of Gbambaya in Tamale to mark the commissioning of a furnished CHPs facility fully funded by their Member of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu. A legion of residents of other beneficiary communities also left their homes overjoyed and raced to the ceremony ground near the Business Senior High School to witness the handing ...

“We as a nation are facing a national crisis, with lots of difficulties and hardships and in these times we must proclaim a fast,” Archbishop Duncan Williams said on Sunday. The General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry proclaimed the 72-hour fasting and prayer for the country because, according to him, that is what some leaders have done in ...

An 18-member joint delegation of officers from the Liberia National Police and Swedish Police Authority are in Ghana for a four-day visit to acquaint themselves with measures the Ghana Police Service has put in place to fight crime. The delegation comprises four senior officers and 14 other ranks, led by the Sheriff of the Liberia National Police, Assistant Commissioner of ...

A few days ago Joy News’ Israel Laryea took a walk around the London location of Menzgold’s office, filmed a couple of shots and called it a report. The entire ‘report’ was more of a ‘hit piece’ than an objective news story and to no one’s shock Ghanaians widely derided the video and Laryea became the butt of jokes online. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that Ghana’s “growth prospects remain strong” following its seventh review of the country’s economic programme. The IMF team which visited Ghana between September 17 to 27 to conduct the seventh review of Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility has published its preliminary findings on Ghana’s economic prospects. In a statement, the IMF team observed that ...

The beleaguered gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, says the shape and projection of its business have been dislodged following the suspension of its operations over regulatory issues. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month ordered the gold trading firm, to suspend its operations with the public with immediate effect. In a September 7 letter, SEC said after ...