Joe Tex Frimpong made his mark on the continent when helped Nigeria’s Enyimba to two successive Champions League titles between 2003 and 2004. Five years on, another Ghanaian player is attempting to attain success also with a Nigerian club in the continental showpiece. Full-back Aziz Ansah says he is taking a cue from the Ghana [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – The Ghana@50 Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Thursday winded up its public hearings after taking the submissions of 238 witnesses, who were directly or indirectly involved in the 50th Independence anniversary celebration. Commission Chairman; Justice Isaac Duose, said after Thursday’s sitting that the body would retire and compile its report, which would be [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Tema Oil Refinery on Thursday, October, 27, received the first consignment of the 997,000 barrels of crude oil imported from Sahara oil in Nigeria. The MV Wilhelmina Vessel begun discharging the crude oil at 10:48hrs GMT to the excitement and relief of staff of the refinery. This follows TOR’s ability to secure an 80 [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) will early next week present a Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Charter, detailing policy proposals to President John Evans Atta Mills. The President is expected to take action on the document, prepared by the AGI through gathering of inputs from business leaders in all the regions of [...]
Read the rest of this story »Accra, the nation’s capital and main gateway has interesting places to visit. The National Museum at Barnes Road has on show a large collection of pre-historic relics of early Stone Age civilizations which flourished in this part of West Africa. The items consist of stone tools like grinding stones, arrow heads and a large number [...]
Read the rest of this story »Article By: Liezl Thom A Pretoria psychiatrist has told Eyewitness News the commonly held perception that suicides increase toward the end of the year is not necessarily true. Doctor Vasco Ferreira has predicted more people may take their own lives this year as the effects of the global recession are being felt. Ferreira [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – Government has committed $170 million to provide electricity to 800 communities, under the Rural Electrification Programme. Mr. Emmanuel Armah- Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, who announced this on Thursday, said the amount was part of a $350 million loan facility from the Chinese government to extend electricity to more communities to [...]
Read the rest of this story »Barack Obama seriously considered picking former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate last year but rejected her because he was worried about controlling Bill Clinton. In a new book, the US president’s 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe reveals the behind-the-scenes calculations as Obama searched for a vice presidential nominee and finally settled [...]
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