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Brikama zonal football team on Sunday defeated Lamin by two goals to zero in the on going zonal football championship.
In the on going Busumbala Timtimbato nawettan ,Taaka FC has squandered their best chance to consolidate their participation in the tournament when they drew goalless in their most win game against Humble Youths on Saturday.
After a long break in the Lower Niumi U-20 tournament, actions will resume on Saturday with Barra Youth Football academy facing Bolton F.C in their first encounter of the tournament.
THE Western Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Chemical Sellers (GNACS), the Food and Drugs Board (FDB), the Pharmacy Council and the Ghana Police Service, have given their commitment to collaborate effectively in the fight against drug peddling in the region.
AS a sign of commitment to improve the lives of the poor in communities within Sekondi Takoradi, the Rotaract Club of Takoradi, recently donated assorted medicines and health items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the Sofokrom community, a suburb of Inchaban in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis.
THE Western Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has elected new executives to steer the affairs of the association. Mr. Ebenezer A. Kwaitoo of Just Course Chambers in Takoradi was elected President, with Mr. Samuel Kwesi Agbottah as Vice President.
A SECTION of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Kumasi Metropolis have denied claims by the Audit Service, as contained in annual audit report on the accounts of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) for the financial year which ended on December 2007, that a total of GH¢34,040.58 scholarship payments were not supported by documents.
It is not in doubt that agriculture employs more than 60% of the working population of this country, yet unfortunately, those who are engaged in this sector have not seen much improvement in their standard of living, due to post harvest losses and the primitive method of farming.
Warri chapter of Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has charged female secondary school students across the country to shake off the apathy of having in focus the study of engineering as their future professional career.
The President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dr Simeon Chukwuemeka Okolo has wooed Chinese investors to establish more businesses in the country.
Prices of food stuffs have remained stable in Enugu as Muslims celebrate the Eid el Kabir festival this weekend.
Senate yesterday tackled the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Amina Az-Zubair, on her allegation that members of the National Assembly lack integrity and capacity to legislate for the poor, saying she was turning the barrel of a gun on herself.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has commended the Amnesty programme initiated by President Umaru Yar'Adua to end the militancy in the Niger Delta region.
I have been following closely the case at the Code of Conduct Bureau involving Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
A 15-man Presidential Committee on the review of tariffs and fiscal incentives headed by the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki has been inaugurated in Abuja.
The out-going Director of Police Pension Office, Mr. Esai Dangarba has said that he has in the last one year increased the numbers of retirees on the payroll of the police pension to 33,000.
No Nigerian leader, military or civilian has shown genuine commitment to the development of the country, former Governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said.
Ondo State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Oye Alademehin, died yesterday at a Lagos hospital as a result of an ailment suspected to be linked with leukemia or cancer of the blood.
Irked by activities of land grabbers, the Ayobo community in Lagos State has written a letter of protest to the Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, the State Police Commissioner, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo.
Barely two months after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua flagged off the dredging of the River Niger, a major contract scam has hit the multi-billion naira project as some contractors have petitioned the House of Representatives over alleged installation of substandard navigational aids on the river.
Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has presented cheques totalling over one hundred million naira for rehabilitation of science laboratories in about 40 schools in the state.
Addressing the power supply problem has been described as the panacea to economic development of the country since it is the only stimulus needed to jumpstart the economy and transport it to one of the top 20 economies of the world as encapsulated in the Vision 2020 blueprint.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has put paid to the claim that he would not seek re-election after the expiration of his four-year term in 2011.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been indicted over the execution of the $24.114 million contract for the repairs of an oil storage vessel , MT Tuma, a 136,000 metric tonnes vessel acquired by the Federal Government in 1985.
People of Ijebu North in Ogun State, has kicked against the state government's refusal to re-instate Chairman of the Council, Mr. Telle Ogunjobi, who was removed from office 11 months ago, by Governor Gbenga Daniel .
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