Maradona, Argentina hoping for boost vs. Ghana

  (AP) — Ghana provides coach Diego Maradona with one last chance to get it right before critical qualifiers next month that will determine if Argentina reaches next year’s World Cup. The Albiceleste need a lift, and maybe Ghana — which faces Argentina on Wednesday in a friendly in the central city of Cordoba — [...]

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NDC wins Chereponi bye-election

The party polled 8,239 votes representing 51.25% to win the bye-election he Electoral Commission has declared the ruling party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), the winner of Tuesday’s bye-election held at Chereponi in the Northern Region. After collating results from 55 polling stations, the NDC polled 8,239 votes representing 51.25% to beat its closest contender, the [...]

Why Rwanda wins world prizes

  Andrew M. Mwenda On September 9, the Doing Business Report of the World Bank Group ranked Rwanda as the world’s top reformer in creating a business friendly environment. The report also showed that within one year, Rwanda jumped from number 139 to number 67 out of 186 countries sampled – almost jumping 60 positions. [...]

THE TROUBLE WITH BRIBERY

  By Cameron Duodu No-one who knows how business is conducted in the world will be surprised to hear that a leading manufacturer of bridge-building equipment, Mabey and Johnson Limited of the United Kingdom, has pleaded guilty, at the Southwark Crown Court in London, to charges of bribing government officials in Ghana, Jamaica, Madagascar, Angola [...]

Punish Corrupt Implicated Ministers – CPP

The Convention People’s Party CPP has asked government to investigate bribery allegations, implicating some senior officers of state and take appropriate action against them.

Black Stars away in Argentina

The local Black Stars are in South America where they Argentina in an international friendly, Wednesday in Cordoba. Milovan Rajevac’s side play against Diego Maradona’s local Albicelestes at the Olimpico Stadium. Ghana’s 18-man squad which includes some members who won silver at the maiden CHAN competition early this year. The Black Stars will have to [...]

Kotoko want Appiah, Abeyie

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have launched an audacious bid to sign Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah and winger Quincy Owusu Abeyie after bagging ex striker Baffour Gyan. The Porcupine Warriors say they have agreed a deal to sign Gyan, a former lead striker for the Black Stars on a three-year deal and have now turned their [...]