Day: February 23, 2024

Sports

GPL returns with Hearts back in Accra, Kotoko dares to tame Heart of Lions

The first round of the 2023-24 Ghana Premier League (GPL) produced 297 goals, which is the least among the three previous editions, and the second phase of the league is expected to be intense, with teams battling for glory and survival.

Accra Heart…

Sports

Olympic Games qualifiers: Zambia dents Black Queens’ qualification hopes

The Black Queens of Ghana had their chances of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics dented after suffering a 1-0 defeat at the hands of African women’s football powerhouse, Zambia.

Racheal Kundananhi’s first-half strike was enough to secure a win …

Sports

Mexico Basic School wins Sherbrah Cup Football Tournament

The Mexico Basic School has emerged as the winner of the Sherbrah Cup Football Tournament, out of 10 participating schools in the Tema West Municipality.

The tournament, which was organised by James Clifford Sherbrah Sporting Limited (JC Sherbrah) i…

Education

Professor Abagale urges Parliament to pass National Research Fund before rising

Professor Felix Kofi Abagale, the Director of West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has called on Parliament to pass the much-awaited National Research Fund bef…

Education

Accra Technical University to run masters programmes next academic year- Prof Acakpovi

Professor Amevi Acakpovi, the acting vice chancellor of Accra Technical University, says the institution has received accreditation to run masters programmes to broaden the frontiers of education.

He said out of the 25 masters programmes the Univers…

Education

Fiapre Training: Technical universities trained to attract foreign students

A training for technical universities and other higher educational institutions has opened at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region to empower the universities to streamline their operations to attract foreign students.

Dubbed: …

Education

Ghanaians’ lack of maintenance culture is a hindrance to development – Ada MP

Madam Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, says Ghanaians’ inability to maintain infrastructure, facilities and equipment procured with the taxpayers’ money is a bane to the country’s developme…

Education

Rotary Club donates to the Complementary Education Agency, Kpone-Katamanso Office

The Tema Community 25 Zone of the Rotary Club has donated assorted items to the Kpone-Katamanso municipal office of the Complementary Education Agency (CEA).

The items that were to aid in the agency’s education activities included assorted reading m…

Education

‘Come back home and lead your countries’ – Emily Fertik urges Ghanaian students abroad

Ms Emily Fertik, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Ghana, has encouraged Ghanaian students abroad to return home and contribute positively to national development.

She said the United States was happy to receive students…

Education

TTU admits 7,244 new junior members of faculty

Some 7, 244 students have reported to the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) out of the 9, 436 admitted for the 2023/2024 academic year to pursue various programmes.

The university received a total of 10,061 applications for the Masters, Bachelor, …