Sulley Ali Muntari has been engaged in an angry exchange of words with the Minister of Sport of the country in the full view of the rest of the playing body of the Black Stars. Alhaji Muntaka Mubabrak Mohammed, the new government appointee, has confirmed that the incident took place at the Black Stars team last week Wednesday before the weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Benin. The... 

Kumasi, March 31, GNA – The Asante United Front (ANUF), a pressure group, has asked the Osu Traditional Council and the Ga-Adangbe Youth to retract their threats to eject former President John Agyekum Kufuor from a private office accommodation at Ridge in Accra and to apologize to the nation. This, it said, was necessary for unity and cohesion in the country. The Front, in a statement... 

Ghanaian Vice-President John Dramani Mahama has attributed the increasing exodus of Nigerian businessmen and other investors into the country to what he called a safe, secure, politically stable democratic environment in place in Ghana. He said it was reassuring that in this period of global economic meltdown, Ghana continued to see an increase in interest in foreign investors willing to... 

Mampong (Ash), March 30, GNA – Prof Richard Tuyee Awuah, Principal of the College of Agriculture Education, University of Education Winneba, Mampong Campus, has suggested incentives for teachers working in deprived areas. “Rural areas are generally not attractive to workers so teachers who opt to work in such places must receive special incentives to motive them,” he said. Prof Awuah... 

Scorer: Prince Tagoe (1′) 56min Kwadjo Asamoah for Amoah 73min Asamoah Gyan for Appiah 82′ Vorsah for Muntari Starting Lineup: Richard Kingston John Paintsil, Jonathan Quartey, Eric Addo, Samuel Inkoom Stephen Appiah/A. Gyan, Michael Essien, Anthony Annan, Sulley Muntari/Vorsah Mathew Amoah/K. Asamoah, Prince Tagoe. Kick-off: Sunday, March 29 2009, 17:00(GMT) Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi. Source: GHP... 

Aburi (E/R), March 29, GNA – The First Lady, Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, has called on Ghanaians to rise up to the challenge of making Ghana a better place for all to live in. She said Ghana has great potentials to becoming a great nation and that this could be achieved if all hands are on deck to build it. She was speaking at the 60th Speech and Prize-Giving Day of Aburi Girls Senior High School... 

Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper has accused some elements in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) of repeating mistakes of the previous government just three months into Atta Mills’ administration. “I am beginning to see what happened in the past, and if they think they can get away with it like the NPP, they lie bad, because the good people of Ghana... 

Kumasi, March 29, GNA – Former President John Agyekum Kufuor and 17 others were on Saturday honoured by the Sports Union of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi for their immense contribution to sports development in the country. A citation accompanying a shield which read, “Your tenure of office saw Ghana achieve a breakthrough in most sporting disciplines... 

Kumasi, March 29, GNA – Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, at the week-end defied heavy rains to give moral and spiritual support to the senior national team, the Black Stars during their training session at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The Stars play their Benin counterparts in a FIFA World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday. The Asantehene was accompanied by the Minister... 

Sekondi, March 29, GNA – An Interim Management Committee (IMC) would soon be formed to replace the Management Committee of Sekondi Hasaacas Football Club headed by Nanabanyin Eyeson. The proposed nine-member IMC would comprise of three representatives each from the Patrons and Supporters Union, while the present Management of the club would have two representatives and the Old Players Association...