Tag: Ghana
Ghana man joins Islamic State, family says
A 25-year-old Muslim from Ghana has travelled to an Islamic State (IS) training camp, becoming the first known recruit from…
Nigeria, Ghana, others lose 9.6bn dollars annually to corporate tax waivers
Nigeria and three other West African countries lose an average of 9.6 billion dollars as revenues yearly through corporate tax…
Ghana: Nyantakyi re-elected Ghana Football Association president
Kwesi Nyantakyi was on Tuesday re-elected President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a third term in office. He…
Ghanaian doctors set to call off strike
Ghana’s doctors are likely to call off a strike that is seen as an early test of the government’s ability…
Man arrested for taking ‘weapon’ into Ghanaian president’s church
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghanaian authorities on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old man who carried a “weapon” into a church where President…
Ghana, Nigeria rekindle rivalry at GOtv Boxing Night
The fierce sports rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana will again be on view at the Indoor Sports Hall of the…
Ghana destroys hundreds of homes in Accra to prevent floods
ACCRA (Reuters) – Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighbourhood of Ghana’s capital…
Death toll in Accra flood, fire disasters now 152 – Ghana President
Ghanaian President, John Mahama, said on Wednesday, that the official death toll in the 3 June flood and fire disasters…
Buhari condoles Ghana over fire, flood tragedies
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Ghana over the dual tragedy of flooding and fire…
U-20 World Cup: Ghana, New Zealand advance, as Argentina crash out
Ghana, as well as Austria, Ukraine and hosts New Zealand, on Friday advanced to the second round at the ongoing…
Death toll in Ghana gas station blast now 150
An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital and flooding caused by torrential rains killed around 150 people, President…
78 killed, many injured in gas blast in Ghana
Over seventy-five dead bodies have been retrieved at the Goil Filling Station at the Nkrumah Circle in Accra that caught…
U-20 World Cup: Ghana Beat Argentina
Record U-20 World Cup champions Argentina suffered their first defeat in the FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament as Ghana secured…
Education Minister lauds Nigeria/Ghana relations
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, says Nigeria and Ghana have emerged as dependable allies at international,…
Ghana’s Akufo-Addo congratulates Buhari
Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s main opposition presidential candidate has joined millions of people across the globe to congratulate Nigeria’s president-elect, General…
Ghana President promises bold action on electricity crisis
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday promised decisive action to fix the country’s worsening electricity crisis, which has wreaked…
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Ivory Coast defeats Ghana 9-8 to win AFCON 2015
Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive goal as Ivory Coast ended a 23-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought by…
Ghana’s Avram Grant unsure of Gyan’s fitness
Ghana coach Avram Grant is unsure whether injured skipper Asamoah Gyan will be fit for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations…
We Must Win AFCON, Grant Charges Ghana
It has taken Ghana five years to smash their Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, semi-final jinx, and now they want…
2015 AFCON: Ghana Don’t Scare Us, E/Guinea Boast
Equatorial Guinea have the ability to cope with Ghana’s attacking threat in Thursday’s African Nations Cup semi-final; and will not…
Grant hails Ghana ‘great’ Asamoah Gyan
Ghana coach Avram Grant hailed Asamoah Gyan after the Black Stars’ captain struck a last-gasp winner against Algeria on Friday…
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo plane glides off Ghana runway
An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane skidded off the tarmac on landing in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Saturday, the airports authority…
Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Begins
The 2014 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer gets underway at the Eko Atlantic Bar Beach, Victoria Island with teams from Nigeria,…
Knee injury rules Asamoah out of AFCON
Juventus left-back Kwadwo Asamoah has been ruled out for three months with a knee injury meaning the Ghana international will…
Confession of a Ghanaian: I Came To Nigeria To Steal
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Ghanaian citizen resident in Nigeria, Israel Nana has confessed that his mission to Nigeria was to dispose…
Ghana appoints Avram Grant as next coach
Ghana on Friday said they had chosen former Chelsea and West Ham manager Avram Grant to replace Kwesi Appiah who…
Keshi Eyes Ghana Job
Ex-Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has expressed interest in the vacant Ghana coaching job. The Ghana Football Association has already short-listed…
Black Stars ‘counted cash’ before Portugal tie – Appiah
Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has lifted the lid on his side’s torrid World Cup campaign, revealing that players were…
Ghana and Ivory Coast head to court over sea boundary
Ghana and Ivory Coast are heading to a United Nations tribunal to resolve a dispute over the maritime boundary separating…
Ghana youths selling their blood for money
To Ghana’s legions of jobless young men, Eric Bimpong has a money-making proposition: sell your blood. Bimpong spends his days…