Today is highly worried about reports in a section of the media that seven remaining flights secured by the National Hajj Council- NHC for this year’s Hajj, run the risk of being derailed. The reports, as monitored on some media networks in Accra, suggest that the development follows a court order against the current NHC, obtained by one Afa Hakeem, a member of the former Interim Hajj Committee,... 

The Disciplinary and Grievances Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Tuesday ruled that the abortive sixth week Glo Premier League match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Berekum Arsenals should be rescheduled. The Committee therefore directed the Professional League Board to fix a tentative date for the rescheduled match. As usual parties involved in the case and their supporters have... 

Come Sunday, October 31, 2010 Ghana will be having its version of what the Spanish often refer to as the El-Classico; to wit: The Clash of the Titans or the Clash of the Classics. It is often a catch phrase used to refer to matches involving Spain’s top most clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. And in Ghana, our version of that classic clash has always been Accra Hearts of Oak-Asante Kotoko clashes.... 

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has made considerable advances in recent moves to close ranks, unite its people, implement internal democracy and present a positive face to the public. Indeed, if one party is making the right noises and causing positive waves other parties are jealous of, it is the CPP.  The leadership of the party, we are informed, has in 2010 gone to great lengths to practice... 

Although countless parties have been affected by both the government’s inability to fulfill their promised allowances and the strike that resulted, one can easily identify the group most negatively afflicted: the students. For this neglected group, their problems are many. The first and most obvious issue faced regards education; the students have already lost three weeks of lectures, which they... 

Following the goalless draw game between Desert Hawks of The Sudan and our senior national team, the Black Stars, some Ghanaian football pundits and enthusiasts are sending signals to the effect that Mr. Kwasi Appiah should be fired. Last Sunday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Ghanaians had expected the Black Stars to walk over the Desert Hawks. That could not happen! Instead, the vociferous Kumasi... 

When Today reported in its Wednesday, 8th September, 2010 edition with the banner headline “Assembly Elections in Danger,” many were those who thought the news item was just one of those speculative reports that some journalists in Ghana are fond of. Others also believed that the story was one that was meant to undermine the beauty of the assembly elections and send shivers down the spine of candidates... 

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has wallowed in the political doldrums to the extent that students of Ghana’s history wonder if it was the same party that dominated Ghanaian politics in the 60s. A combination of many factors has contributed to the current unattractive state of the CPP. Among them is the obvious crack that has hit the nerve centre of Nkrumaists elements which for parochial interest,... 

The reported insults hurled at striking junior nurses and midwives at the Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital by Deputy Minister of Health, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, in the opinion of Today, shows conspicuously the level of intolerance of some government officials. It also depicts the sort of characters, whose demeanour and composure do not augur well for the government that they serve and the generality of the... 

The news that government, with the assistance of some development partners, will make available a yearly commitment of $200 million to accelerate development in the three northern regions is indeed refreshing. Furthermore, the approval by the African Development Bank (AfDB) of a $100-million package for the tarring of the Sawla-Fufulso roads in the Northern Region cannot also pass without comment. This...