Новости за 20.09.2018

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2018 Fewer people are living in extreme poverty around the world, but the decline in poverty rates has slowed, raising concerns about achieving the goal of ending poverty by 2030 and pointing to the need for increased pro-poor investments, the World Bank finds. The percentage of people living in extreme poverty globa ...

The Birth and Death Registry in the country has urged the General Public especially Parents and Care-takers to prioritize registering new born babies to be given birth certificates as well as making it a point to report death of relatives. According to them, Ghanaians have neglected acquiring birth certificates but what they do is wait un ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commissioned various planning committees in preparation towards its upcoming national congress. The congress slated for November 3, will see the election of various national executive officers to take over administration of the party into the 2020 elections. In an interview w ...

International non-governmental organisation (NGO) Oxfam has taken swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for neglecting victims of the spillage of the Bagre Dam that has caused floods in many local communities and destroys lives and properties. According to the Inequality Programmes and Campaigns Manager of Oxfam, Zakaria Sulemana, the P ...

The collaboration between the Education Ministry and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has advanced early grade reading for school children through the Ministry rsquo;s ldquo;Dagbani Language Prototype rdquo; program. Education is one of the key partnerships between the two government and they are focused on promoting a quality ...

A senior matron of the Ghana Senior High School in Koforidua and a driver with the Ghana Education Service, have been fined cent;17,600 for stealing food items meant for the school. The fine was handed down by a Koforidua Circuit Court presided over by Janet Anima Marfo who found them guilty of the offenses. Comfort Oduro Bruce is expected t ...

A Milan judge on Thursday sentenced two men to four years in prison in the first ruling of a corruption case involving oil giants Eni and Shell in Nigeria, a judicial source said. The judge also ordered the seizure of millions of dollars and Swiss francs from the pair, who acted as go-betweens in the attribution of Nigerian oil exploration right ...

Former Hearts of Oak coach, Frank Nuttall insists he is available to work if Kumasi Asante Kotoko comes calling for his services. The Scotsman has been linked with the vacant Kotoko job following the resignation of Paa Kwesi Fabin as head coach of the Porcupine Warriors after seven months in charge. Nuttal, who had a good spell with ...

Ugandan pop star turned opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi returned from medical treatment abroad on Thursday to be met by police who forcibly escorted him to his home in the capital Kampala. Since entering parliament last year, Kyagulanyi, 36, and better known as pop star Bobi Wine, has emerged as a leading critic of President Yoweri Museveni, a 7 ...

Amaju Pinick has become the first person to win a second consecutive four-year term as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The 44-year-old beat off challenges from former president Aminu Maigari, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Chinedu Okoye. Pinnick, the first vice president of the Confederation of African Football, secured 34 vote ...

The Local Organizing Committee of the 2018 Africa Women 39;s Cup of Nations have announced the training venues for the forthcoming AWCON competition. Chairperson of the committee, Freda Prempeh, during the inauguration of the LOC in Accra, disclosed that the El Wak Sports Stadium, Ndoum Sports Stadium, Robert Mensah Stadium and Presec Pa ...

Former Asante Kotoko coach Samuel Kwesi Fabian has hinted he may take legal action against the club 39;s chief executive George Amoako over claims he took a signing on fee of $50,000 from an unnamed South African club - leading to his premature exit from the Ghanaian powerhouse. Amoako told Accra-based Asempa FM on Thursday that the for ...

The senior national female team, the Black Queens paid a courtesy call on the Northern Regional Minister Hon. Salifu Sa-eed following their arrival in Tamale. The team arrived in Tamale on Wednesday after spending three days in the Brong Ahafo Region, where they engaged in a friendly with National Women 39;s League Champions Ampem Darko ...

The Venue Organizing Committee (VOC) for Accra has been inaugurated with a call to ensure a successful hosting of the upcoming women rsquo;s Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana which kicks off in November. The LOC last week inaugurated the VOC for Cape Coast before following that up with the inauguration of the Accra committee. The Venue Or ...

Mauricio Pochettino accused journalists of ldquo;disrespect rdquo; after Tottenham began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Inter Milan. Christian Eriksen put Spurs on course to win in Italy but a late collapse saw Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino goals give the hosts all three points. And the Argentine manager took is ...

Asante Kotoko chief executive George Amoako has joined a tall list of personalities advocating for an autonomous body to run the Ghana Premier League for improvement. He believes this is the only way to make the Ghana top-flight wrestle with other advanced leagues on the continent. The league should be run by an independent, autonomou ...

Sadio Mane has said he urged Roberto Firmino to play against Paris Saint-Germain, and told the Brazilian he ldquo;doesn rsquo;t need his eye rdquo; to star for Liverpool. Firmino overcame an abrasion of the eye to come off the substitutes rsquo; bench and score a dramatic stoppage-time winner in Liverpool rsquo;s 3-2 victory in their Cha ...

Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is the intriguing name that was mentioned as a possible next chairman of the Premier League during informal discussions at the last clubs 39; meeting. Football has never seemed one of Blair 39;s great passions despite his claims to be a Newcastle fan. And even that was subject to ridicule when it was m ...

This year 39;s Ghana Open is expected to tee-off at the Tema Country Golf Club tomorrow, this writer has gathered. Ghana Golf Association (GGA) president, Mr Mike Aggrey, has indicated that preparation for the two-day stroke event has reached root level. The 85th edition of the country 39;s flagship golf competition scheduled for tom ...

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) is on the heels of former heads of some state institutions over massive rots leading to financial loss to the state. Over US$44,306,262.51 have so far been uncovered as misappropriated funds from the previous managers of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASCLOC), Ghana Free Zones Board and ...

Everybody needs a little help. Like jumping onto a truck. And that includes even well-trained military officers. Story by Ghana myjoyonline.com David Andoh david.andoh@myjoyonline.com ...

Peter Ayamga Ayinbisi, Bongo District Chief Executive, has provided 508 pieces of dual desks to primary schools in critical need of furniture in the area. He said the provision of the pieces of furniture from the District Development Facility (DDF) to the beneficiary schools formed part of the government rsquo;s efforts towards eliminating situa ...

A former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor says claims by the Energy Minister that fuel prices would have been higher if government had not intervened smacks of incompetence. Mr Jinapor said not only is John Peter Amewu 39;s comment disappointing, it also shows his lack of knowledge of the sector he is supposed to be heading. Peter Amewu a ...

At least three children were defiled daily in Ghana in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. That is over 1,000 children each year. The figures were contained in the 2017 Criminal Investigations Department Annual Crime Statistics report. Gender Minister-designate, Cynthia Morrison is attributing the menace to fear, poverty and lack of education. She ...

Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has commended the MTN Ghana Foundation for supporting 100 brilliant and needy students in public tertiary institutions to assist them in achieving their dreams in life. According to him, government alone cannot support education thus need to support of corporate organizat ...