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Brazil’s women’s national players will be paid the same as male players for representing their country, Brazil’s football association (CBF) has said. All players will be granted the same daily and prize amounts for taking part in preparation periods and games. CBF president Rogerio Caboclo says the measures were put …

Husband of the woman who buried her newborn baby alive in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase, a suburb of Ekwamase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam in the Central Region has attributed his wife’s act to poverty. A newly born baby girl was found buried in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase …

Kenya has frozen the assets of nine people it accuses of funding Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab. The interior ministry said the move was part of its renewed counter-terrorism efforts aimed at tackling “ domestic terrorists”. In a statement, Internal Security Minister Fred Matiang’i said the freezing of assets of the …

Deputy Information Minister Pius Enam Hadzide has denied claims that the Agyapa Royalties deal has been suspended. Mark Agyemang, the Technical Manager for PIAC, told the media after a meeting with Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta on the controversial deal that the government had agreed to suspend the arrangement for …

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, announced on Monday that Barbados has established an embassy in Ghana and the opening is scheduled for October. The announcement came at a luncheon hosted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to welcome 49 Ghanaian nurses, who have been assigned to the …

Government says it may consider a possible review of the $150 (¢868) cost for Covid-19 testing for travelers coming into Ghana if the need be. According to the Deputy Minister for Aviation, Yaw Maama Afful, options including government subsidizing the testing fees or a review are on the table for …

An 18-year-old girl believed to be mentally challenged has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Subrisu, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased was stabbed in the right side of her ribs and stomach repeatedly, according to the police. The body had been deposited …

A newborn baby girl who was buried by her mother in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase, a suburb of Ekwamase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region has been found alive. According to eyewitnesses, they went to the bush and heard the cry of the baby and …

An unarmed black man died in New York state after he was hooded by police and held face down to the road for two minutes, body camera footage shows. Daniel Prude, 41, was suffering from mental health issues when police restrained him in March and put a “spit hood” on …

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged charges against police who shot two black Americans, Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor. Speaking in Delaware, Mr Biden did not specify what counts should be brought in the cases, which have fuelled racial justice protests nationwide. The Democrat spoke after notching up a …

The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV has called on the public to disregard publications purported to have emanated from the House of Chiefs condemning comments made by the National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer John Dramani Mahama on the Agyapa Royalties controversy. According to the Agbogbomefia of …

The main operator of the electricity grid, Ghana Grid Company, has attributed recent intermittent power outages to challenges with some of its key transmission lines in the Western and Eastern parts of the country. Brief outages have hit certain parts of the country in recent days; particularly last week and …

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced an electronic payment platform for beneficiaries on the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP). Addressing journalists at the Information Ministry during the “MEET THE PRESS” series on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, the sector Minister, Hon. Cynthia Mamle Morrison stated that all …

A resident of Agosa near Techiman in the Bono East region, Samuel Oduro, has been arrested by the Police in Techiman for destroying six bill-boards of the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Techiman South, Christopher Beyere. Reports say, Mr. Oduro, who is believed to be a sympathizer of the New Patriotic …

A woman in her early thirties is battling for her life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after she was stabbed by an assailant whose identity is unknown. The incident happened on Wednesday dawn at Ejisu Krapa where the victim DIANA AFFRIEYIE lives. Narrating the bizarre incident, a close friend …

There is a trending photo of the Member of Parliament for the Ledzorkuku Constituency, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye for a strange reason. The legislator who doubles as the Deputy Minister of Health has been sighted at a lotto kiosk. It is unclear what the legislator was doing there but it has …

The National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region has sacked a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area Hon Kwadwo Nyame Datiakwa. This comes on the back of attempts by the former DCE to contest in the Parliamentary race as an independent candidate after …

A 130-year-old woman, Obaapanyin Mary has died after she angrily went to collect her GHC34 owed her by a neighbour. According to reports, her debtor refused to pay her the money which got her so angry that she couldn’t;t control herself and this caused her to have a rise in …

The Anloga District Directorate of the NCCE has organized a social auditing programme at Genui, an Island community in the Anloga District, as part of the Commission’s efforts to engage the citizenry on the need to initiate, nurture, participate, own and take charge of their communities’ development.   Addressing the …

The National Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress, Joshua Hamidu Akamba has called on the president to stop running the country as a sole proprietorship business.   Akamba over the Weekend, has tagged the president of being corrupt, inept and incompetent. Mr. Akamba who admitted that the president is …

The Minority in Parliament, has dropped more missiles on the scandalous Agyapa royalties deal, including revelations that members of the Majority side in Parliament, had condoned an illegality by approving a transaction on behalf of Ghanaians, under a law which President Akufo-Addo, has not assented. Haruna Iddrisu, faulted his colleague on the …

A group calling itself Suame Youth Forum has in a release to the media displayed the massive achievement of their Member of Parliament, Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu to all Constituents  and Ghanaians at large.     The achievements of the majority Leader were centered on infrastructure, ongoing and completed …

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the Asunafo North Constituency in the Ahafo Region, has officially inaugurated their campaign team. The team has been tasked to hit the ground running by campaigning vigorously to get more votes for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the parliamentary candidate, Hon. Evans …

Veteran Ghanaian journalist and politician, Elizabeth Ohene, has taken a swipe at Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana for their inability to take criticisms. According to the respected journalist and member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), while CSOs consider criticising governments as a democratic duty, they fail to accept that …

The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has disclosed that over 2,980,000 pupils in 8,683 public basic schools are currently benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Programme, with one hot and nutritious meal for each school-going day. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, 2 September …