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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the boxing ring for an exhibition fight against ex-four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr. The bout is scheduled to take place on 12 September in Los Angeles. Tyson, 54, last fought professionally in 2005 when he was beaten by Irishman Kevin McBride in what was his sixth loss in 58 career contests. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon launch  a GHS100-billion economic recovery programme to rebuild the local economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Ofori-Atta has said. He told Parliament on Thursday July 23 that “Mr Speaker, we wish to take this opportunity to announce to the people of Ghana that the President and his team have done a lot ...

Government is making arrangements for more Ghanaians stranded abroad as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to return home. So far, a total of 2,250 have been aided back home safely. The evacuees would go through the mandated 14-day quarantine before being allowed to go to their individual homes. Presenting the mid-year budget review on Thursday, July 23, Minister of ...

The authorities in Niger have announced that the country’s airspace will reopen for international flights in the coming days. Like most countries around the world, Niger closed its airports and land borders in March as part of efforts to contain coronavirus. In a statement, the government says after assessing the situation, international passenger flights will now resume on 1 August. ...

Following the discovery and the subsequent production of oil and gas in commercial quantities in Ghana in 2007 and 2010 respectively, majority of Ghanaians anticipated that the development of an oil and gas sector would be a foundation for poverty reduction and general prosperity to the citizens. The pursuit to take full advantage of benefits in the Oil and Gas ...

The beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region are asking for an increase in the grant they receive to help improve their livelihoods, especially in this era of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the beneficiaries, who received double payment as part of the government’s efforts to mitigate their ...

In view of the up coming Eidul-Adha 2020 festivity and the challenge of the covid-19 pandemic, a consultative meeting of representatives of the various Islamic denominational groupings was held at the behest of the Eminent National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr. Usmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. The groups that were represented include, the Ahmadiyya, the Shia, the Tijaniyyah and the Ahlu Sunna Muslim ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has requested Parliament’s approval to spend an extra ¢11.8billion for the 2020 fiscal year. This is in addition to the ¢85.9billion approved at the end of 2019 for government’s expenditure for 2020. The additional expenditure has become necessary as a result of the impact and revenue shortfalls the economy has suffered due to the novel coronavirus ...

Ghanaians will enjoy another three months of free water and electricity supply as government further reduces the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic on the citizenry. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta who announced this during his Mid-year Budget review said it is because government puts the concerns and aspirations of the ordinary Ghanaian first. “That is also why we further reduced ...

Juliana Amato Lumumba, the daughter of the DR Congo’s first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, is demanding the return of her father’s “relics”, in a letter to Belgium’s monarch, Philippe. The letter, cited by AFP, was written on June 30, which was the 60th anniversary of the independence of the DR Congo from Belgium. “We, Lumumba’s children, call for the just return ...