January 2023 - Page 13 of 81

27 Jan

De-Luxy Boxing League: Renault Ghana Presents Cars To Winners

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Charles Tetteh of Panix Gym and the Charles Quartey Boxing Foundation (CQBF) have been presented with a Renault Kwid saloon car each by Renault Ghana (Premium Motors) as their prizes for emerging Overall Best Boxer and the Best Gym for the maiden De-Luxy Professional Boxing League. Tetteh won the National Featherweight Championship belt with a unanimous points victory against John Quaye on the last fight night last month after which he was named the best boxer for the entire league staged by the Ghana Boxing Authority and Imax Promotions, an affiliate of the Imax Media Group. At the end of…

27 Jan

Antoine Semenyo’s Move To Bournemouth Almost Done – Bristol City Coach

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Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson has disclosed that Black Stars forward Antoine Semenyo has been given the green light to negotiate a potential move from Bristol City to Bournemouth in the English Premier League. The player has been in excellent form for the Championship side this season, scoring seven goals and giving two assists, and has aroused the interest of a number of teams, including Bournemouth, who are apparently leading the race for the 23-year-old. Nigel Pearson confirmed that the player has been permitted to talk with the Premier League team and is permitted to undergo medicals at the club…

27 Jan

Malta Guinness WPL: Ampem Darkoa Up Against Supreme Ladies; Hasaacas Ladies Host LadyStrikers

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After a long break due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2022/23 Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League resumes this weekend across the two zones. Current champions, Ampem Darkoa Ladies are looking to extend their lead at the top of the table in the Southern zone while Hasaacas Ladies are after redemption after losing the title last season. In the Northern zone, Pearlipia Ladies will host AshTown Ladies at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium on Saturday, January 28, as they look to chase Ampem Darkoa. After seven games played, Pearlpia are tied on the same points with the Nana Mma with…

27 Jan

2022/23 BetPawa PL: Hearts Of Oak Head To Tarkwa, Kotoko Host Kotoku Royals

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The 2022/23 betPawa Ghana Premier League gets into matchday 14 with interesting fixtures to look up to across all match centres. Legon Cities gets the gameweek underway with a home game against Bechem United set for Friday, January 27. The Royals have just one win in their last three league games while the Hunters have failed to win any of their last three, drawing two and losing one. Hearts of Oak will look to get back to winning ways after back-to-back draws in their last two games. They take a trip to Tarkwa on Saturday to face Medeama SC, who…

27 Jan

Debt Exchange: Bright Simons Describes Agreement With Insurers As Landmark

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A Vice President of Imani Africa Bright Simons has described the agreement between the government of Ghana and the Ghana Insurers Association regarding the dept exchange participation as landmark. In a tweet, Mr Simons said “In a spectacular breakthrough, the government of Ghana reaches landmark deal with insurance firms, further increasing the debt exchange participation rate and the overall debt and liquidity relief. However, this is on the basis of access to a Fund that so far has limited prospects.” https://twitter.com/BBSimons/status/1618686365667049473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618686365667049473%7Ctwgr%5Ea869120831b42e98f64ada0bdf7e78433fc7b760%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fdebt-exchange-bright-simons-describes-agreement-with-insurers-as-landmark%2F Under the agreement, insurance companies will participate in the exchange on similar terms as the banks, a…

27 Jan

AMA To Roll Out Digital Revenue Collection System In March 2023

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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced plans to introduce a new digitise revenue collection system in March this year to improve on and to rake in more revenue for the Assembly. The new platform which is expected to make payments more convenient is also aimed at checking revenue leakages and reducing alleged corruption while promoting voluntary compliance and a conducive rate-paying environment. The Mayor of Accra, Hon Elizabeth Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey disclosed this on Thursday, January 26th when she led a team of officers from the Assembly to sensitise traders on the roll-out of new receipts for payment of markets and lorry park tolls in…

27 Jan

Commercial Banks Should Not Be Faulted For Selling Cocoa Bills – Alhassan Andani

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Former President of the Ghana Association of Banks, Alhassan Andani, says commercial banks should not be faulted for selling cocoa bills to customers. According to him, the cocoa bills were one of the safest bond instruments on the market and thus a preferred choice for customers who wanted very low risk bonds to buy. He explained that what made the cocoa bills particularly enticing was the fact that COCOBOD the issuer has a better credit risk than the government of Ghana, making it a very credible institution. “First of all, let’s not miss it. What is the credit rating of…

27 Jan

Adjust Fiscal Measures And Save ¢83.5bn; Don’t Touch Our Funds – IBF To Government

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The Individual Bondholders Forum (IBF) has proposed some fiscal measures it say can help government save ¢83.5 billion, insisting the Ministry of Finance must not touch their funds. According to the group, government can save ¢20 billion from privatizing selected State Owned Enterprises to Tier-2 pension funds to drive efficiency and productivity. “The measures proposed, per the estimation of the IBF yield net savings of ¢83.5 billion. The IBF holds the position that the recommendations are competent enough to urgently address the fiscal challenges and enable us to reach the desired 55% debt-to-GDP target proposed to the IMF”, a statement…

27 Jan

Funke Akindele Chased Out Of Lagos Market While Campaigning

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Nollywood actress and PDP deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State Funke Akindele was, on Tuesday, chased out of the Ikosi fruit market by suspected thugs while campaigning. Speaking on the incident, the PDP governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, in an interview with NAN, confirmed that their campaign was cut short following the incident. During a meeting with the chief Imam of Ketu Central Mosque, Jandor confirmed that a security team member was stabbed while others, including journalists, were injured. However, he confirmed that the actress left the campaign train while the team continued to move around the streets in the council.…

27 Jan

‘Onyame Akatua’ Not A Diss To Daddy Lumba – Great Ampong

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Gospel singer Great Ampong has denied rumours that his latest song, Onyame Akatua, released on January 25, is a diss song against legendary Highlife artiste, Daddy Lumba. Perhaps, Great Ampong gave much energy to the perception that Onyame Akatua is a response to Daddy Lumba when he mentioned during an interview on Happy FM that he will be dropping a song for the Yene Wo Sere Kwa hitmaker. According to Great Ampong in the interview, someone from the camp of Daddy Lumba informed him the Aben Wo Ha singer was in the studio cooking a diss song for him. Thereafter,…