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The Dubai high court hearing the case involving Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah and his Arabian debtors, Royal Horison, has upheld its earlier ruling ordering the United Arab Emirates-based company to pay up $39 million owed the Ghanaian. The court at its sitting on Tuesday over an appeal filed by Royal Horison also ordered the company to pay NAM1 compensation for the period he has been incarcerated in Dubai. Royal Horison, feeling hard done by when the court ruled in April in favour of NAM and Menzgold, filed an appeal to overturn the ruling but the court says the appeal…

Each member of the senior national team, the Black Stars will take home $30,000 as qualification bonus, after topping Group F, at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The Stars, defeated Guinea Bissau 2-0 to amass five points in three matches and topped the table with a superior goal advantage over Cameroon, who also drew with Benin but had five points. Information gathered by the GNA Sport indicates that, the said amount was agreed on before the start of the competition. However, official sources were yet to confirm the bonus for the team, but deep throat sources…

Some residents of Atima within the La-Nkwatan Madina municipality of Accra have complained of high toilet charges, claiming it has become expensive for them to use public toilets in the area. Within this year alone, they claim the charge for public toilet use in the area has gone up from 50 pesewas to 80 pesewas and now one cedi. Though they admitted the public toilet facilities are cleaned, the one cedi being charged them is not something most of them can afford. The residents made the complaint on Accra-based local radio station, Onua FM, as part of Media General’s sanitation…

Ghana reached the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations and knocked out Guinea-Bissau with a 2-0 win in Suez. Jordan Ayew raced on to a through ball seconds after half-time to put them ahead, and Thomas Partey slotted home Abdul Baba’s cross to seal the victory. That second goal ensured Ghana finished top of Group F, with Cameroon drawing 0-0 with Benin in Ismailia. Guinea Bissau, who could have gone through with a victory, hit the woodwork three times. Piqueti had a 25-yard shot tipped onto the bar by keeper Richard Ofori, Joseph Mendes hit the…

EU leaders have picked German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen for the top post of European Commission chief, after a marathon three-day summit. The nomination of Ms Von der Leyen, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, came as a surprise after the main front-runners were rejected. If approved by the European Parliament she will become the first female Commission president. IMF head Christine Lagarde has been nominated for the head of the ECB. The European Central Bank role is currently filled by Mario Draghi, who was widely credited with saving the euro during the eurozone debt crisis. In…

The Jackson College of Education (JCE), Ghana’s leading private college of education, is making giant strides in the area of rural education in line with its vision to create equal opportunities for children in rural communities.  Since its establishment in 2009, the college has successfully produced thousands of professional teachers most of whom are currently teaching in the remotest parts of the country. Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the college in a communiqué noted that products of JCE have been trained purposely to fill vacancies in rural communities to ensure children in those communities are not left behind due to…

Herbert Mensah[/caption] Ghana Rugby announced a groundbreaking initiative on the development of the game of Rugby Union in the sub-region of West Africa with the first series of international men’s fifteens and women’s sevens matches. According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, these series of matches is the first step towards the realisation of a vision he has been sharing with Rugby Africa and other rugby nations in the region. “WARS (West African Rugby Series) was born out of the need of Ghana Rugby to get more international match exposure as far back as 2015. With the…

Strategic Communications Africa (Stratcomm Africa), a communications and reputation management agency in Ghana, last Friday marked its 25th anniversary celebration in Accra with an event that attracted players from the corporate world and clients of the agency. For its 25 years, the agency has successfully provided professional communication support to hundreds of individuals, organizations, public and private firms in and beyond Ghana. Founded by Ms. Esther A. N. Cobbah, the company began operations in May 1994 as a social enterprise with the aim of demonstrating the value of communications to individual livelihood enhancement, business growth and national development, and to…

An alleged sale of one of the digital channels of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has triggered a simmering tension among some staff of the state broadcaster.   GBC announced weeks ago that it was merging two of its channels – GBC Govern and GBC 24 – to create what it now calls GBC News channel. It explained the merger was done to ensure “efficiency”. But highly-placed sources within the Corporation have revealed the state broadcaster has entered into a contract with KBL, a privately-owned company by the JOSPONG Group of Companies. The 400,000-dollar contract will see the private company…