The Ghana Football Association has been drawn into the five-year-old player transfer tussle between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Tunisian giants Esperance. FIFA on April 9 announced its final judgment on Kotoko’s wrongful signing of striker Emmanuel Clottey, imposing a $240,000 fine on the club. Media reports on the verdict suggested …
Read More »Coronavirus: The vulnerable need cash not rice, they’re not birds – Odike tells Akufo-Addo
Founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider doling out money to individuals identified as “vulnerable” in lockdown areas instead of dry food packages and cooked meals, which are mostly rice. According to him, the strategy employed by the …
Read More »Call Adom-Otchere to order – Minority to NMC, GJA
The Minority has said it intends to petition the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to call Mr Paul Adom-Otchere to order for “attacking” Dr Zenator Agyeman-Rawlings, the MP for Klottey-Korle on his show Good Evening Ghana on Thursday evening. Mr Adom-Otchere told the lawmaker to …
Read More »$240,000 fine causes division in Kotoko, exposes administrative mishaps
A $240,000 fine imposed on Kumasi Asante Kotoko by FIFA has exposed deep cracks and administrative inefficiencies in the club. Kotoko have been ordered to pay the amount to Tunisian club Esperance after they were found guilty of breaching transfer rules in their signing of Emmanuel Clottey five years ago. …
Read More »Nigerian coronavirus patient who escaped from quarantine arrested
The 46-year-old Nigerian Coronavirus patient who disappeared from self-isolation in his Wapaani residence in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, after he was diagnosed with the deadly virus has been arrested. It is not immediately known where Simon Okafor Chukudi was picked up as the media is yet to be briefed on the issue. …
Read More »Efia Odo blast NPP over abandoned Mahama project
Ghanaian actress and social media influencer, Efia Odo has blasted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for abandoning the Mahama housing project. In a tweet Efia Odo complained about the abandoning of projests just because they were undertaken by a previous government. The Ghana government under the Mahama administration constructed 1,500 housing units, …
Read More »Police Hospital morgue to be decongested
The Ghana Police Hospital has announced a mass burial of unclaimed and unidentified bodies within the next two weeks in a move to decongest its morgue. A statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs of the Hospital, DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, on Friday, April 17, 2020 has therefore called on …
Read More »No amount of threats, attacks can stop me – Afia Pokuaa warns NPP
Longstanding journalist and widely respected critic Afia Pokuaa has declared that no amount of attacks or threats will stop the Ghanaian media from playing its watchdog role of ensuring accountability of the government, emphasizing the point that the media’s role is not to sing the praises of any government. Ms …
Read More »Coronavirus: Africa could be next epicentre, WHO warns
Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections across Africa so far, although these rates are far lower than …
Read More »Threatened SA journalist missing since last week
South African journalist Oliver Meth, who received online death treats last year, has been missing since 8 April and his family has appealed to anyone who might know his whereabouts to come forward. According to a missing person’s report filed at the Florida police station, Meth was last seen on …
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