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The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has inaugurated a new Board and Officers in Accra on Monday 25 September 2017 following the adoption of a new Constitution on 17 July 2017 at its Annual General Meeting held in Accra. The new Constitution was adopted to bring the governance structures of the GRFU in line with best practice governance whereby the role of the Board as strategic management organ is divorced from the operational administration of the Union. Mr Herbert Mensah, was re-elected as President of the GRFU unopposed and was also elected as a Board Member. The newly elected Board…

The Chief of Fatigi-To, Fatigi-To Wura Sakibu Issaka Takora I, has finalised talks with the Ambassador of Sudan to Ghana to provide scholarships to qualified students from the Wasipe area to study in Sudan. Fatigi-To is a community in the Wasipe Traditional Area of the Northern Region The Chief recently visited the Sudanese Ambassador, Babikir Elsiddig Mohammaed Elamin, in Accra to receive the full assurance that qualified students from his traditional area, aggregate 15 or better, would be eligible to study at the International University of Africa (IUA) in Sudan for free. The scholarship award, organized annually by Munazama Al…

The Member of Parliament for Mion Constituency in the Northern Region, Abdul-Aziz Mohammed has rejected government’s claims that it has no control over increasing fuel prices, saying that position “is unforgivable”. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP said “today, we are being told that government can do very little about the price of fuel in the country and that the world market decides the prices”. Fuel prices were increased recently by 3%, a situation the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers blames on petroleum taxes. Contributing to discussions on TV3’s New Day hosted by Bright Nana Amfoh on Tuesday, the Mion legislator said…

Ghana is considering a bid for the 2018 Championship of Africa Nations after Kenya were stripped of the hosting rights for the event. Deputy Sports Minister Pious Hadzide told TV3 Sports that they are looking into the possibility of putting in a bid before the deadline of October 1st. Ghanaian sports authorities are confident the country can put up a real show after hosting the 16 team West Africa Football Union Championship in Cape Coast and Elmina. CHAN, another 16-team competition for home based players will require more stadiums, training pitches and hotels and basically more infrastructure. Ghana is already…

Boobs. Breasts. Jugs. Bazoomas. Whatever you call yours, when puberty hits – you get them. And for most of us, we have them for life. So ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the BreastCare specialists at St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport put together 13 boob-related dimes of information to help us all get to know our breasts that little bit better 1. Most women have one breast larger than the other And for some reason it’s usually the left one. Boobs will be at their most symmetrical between the 14th and 16th day of a woman’s cycle. 2.…

Boobs. Breasts. Jugs. Bazoomas. Whatever you call yours, when puberty hits – you get them. And for most of us, we have them for life. So ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the BreastCare specialists at St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport put together 13 boob-related dimes of information to help us all get to know our breasts that little bit better 1. Most women have one breast larger than the other And for some reason it’s usually the left one. Boobs will be at their most symmetrical between the 14th and 16th day of a woman’s cycle. 2.…

Most parts of the country will be variably cloudy this morning with slight rains in some areas in the middle and coastal sectors. According to the forecast by the Ghana Meteorological Agency, sunny breaks with varying intensities will be experienced. “Convective activities are expected to develop by the afternoon to give thunderstorms with rain in the Middle and Coastal sectors from midafternoon going into late afternoon whiles places in the Northern sector are expected to have similar conditions from late afternoon going into the evening,” it said in its Tuesday weather forecast. Below is the full weather forecast issued by…

Government says it has little control over the rising fuel prices in the country that has caused public outcry, particularly among transport operators. While the prices of petroleum products are largely influenced by the world market price of crude oil, the tax element at the pump constitutes more than half of the ex-refinery price. Though the rising prices have been attributed to the current 11 taxes on petroleum products, Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko told the Daily Graphic that it would not be prudent to isolate one variable in the fuel build-up without a comprehensive analysis of the price. “The international…

Born in New York and raised between Atlanta and Accra, 23-year-old Ghanaian, Amaarae, is arguably the potential game changer set to rejuvenate Ghanaian music on the international market. Having had a diverse musical influences growing up in Ghana and the US, Amaarae has found her rhythm with which she soothes the soul. She describes herself and her sound as “an eclectic blend of bold, yet sexy lyricism and longing vulnerable melodies”. Her small but alluring vocals are what make the young artist a delight to listen to.  Listening to her, one cannot help but fall prey to the fierce expression…

Three Israelis have been shot and killed by a Palestinian gunman at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police say. The gunman was also shot and died later but has not yet been identified, the authorities said. The attacker had “arrived at the rear gate of Har Adar along with Palestinian labourers entering the settlement” before opening fire on Israeli police guards, police said. Four people were seriously injured. The victims suffered gunshot and stab wounds, the Israeli ambulance service said. The identities of the Israelis shot dead are being withheld by the authorities,…