Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Ghana’s Berekum Chelsea defied all odds to pick a place in the league stage of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Champions League, when they defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon 2-1 in the second leg of their tie in Cameroon on Sunday. Chelsea who were held to a pulsating goalless draw game in the first […]
Asante Kotoko overcame a spirited performance from relegation-threatened side, Bechem to win 4-3 in the Glo Premier League on Sunday. The visitors drew first blood when hat-trick hero, Reginald Asante stunned the sparse Kotoko support at the Baba Yara Stadium after six minutes. But six minutes later Ahmed Toure pulled Kotoko level before Augustine Okrah […]
The Old Black Stars football team on Sunday won the 2012 Political Tolerance Soccer Gala competition when they out played and beat the Political Stars team 2-0 to climax an entertaining football competition. The gala, which was organized by Pro-Image Communications in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, National Sports Authority […]
By Orkula Shaagee For the third time in three consecutive months, Nigeria yesterday slumped in the official world football ranking, the worst by the country in the monthly FIFA ranking, as the country dropped three places to occupy number 63 in the world and 12 in Africa. The country was ranked 60 in last […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday urged Nigerian players to begin to invest in their future while still playing active football, saying it is not the duty of the NFF to take care of ex-internationals. NFF Executive Committee member, Chief Emeka Inyama, while conveying the message at the public presentation and launch of a book […]
By Kofi Ayim A collaborative effort of a three-man team has unearthed what they believed to be a Ghanaian who came to New Jersey in the early periods of the slave trade. The tombstone of Naphy Accoo was discovered in a predominantly black church cemetery in Southern New Jersey by the leader of the team, […]
George Ayittey Police should NOT have arrested Kennedy Agyepong, MP or gotten involved in this case. This is police over-reach. The independence of parliament as an institution needs to be respected by the Police. Parliament has its own rules, regulations and protocol. If an MP misbehaves and spits incendiary rhetoric, the Parliamentary ETHICS or DISPLNARY […]
Pan-Africanism evokes the names and memories of such great Africans as Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere, alongside others in Africa. On the other side of the Atlantic in the Americas, such names as W.E.B. du Bois in the U.S. and George Padmore, Marcus Garvey and Dudley Thompson among several others are […]
By Kwabena Opong The City of Newark and its African Commission joined the Sierra Leonean community to host a flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the independence of Sierra Leone from the United Kingdom. The event also celebrated the contributions of the Sierra Leonean community to Newark at a ceremony held in the […]
By Kwabena Opong Bronx, NY, Sunday, April 22: Alhaji Ibrahim Adams was on this day installed as the King (chief) of Busanga People or Bisa in the State of New Jersey/USA in a simple but elaborate ceremony steeped in the Islamic religion and Busanga tradition. According to Alhaji Mohammed Mardah, former Executive Secretary General of […]