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Spanish side Celta Vigo cut ties with Ghanaian forward Yaw Yeboah

Former Ghana youth midfielder Yaw Yeboah has been released by Spanish La Liga outfit Celta Vigo. Yeboah joined the Sky Blue lads on loan with the option to purchase from Segunda Division side Numancia last summer. The 23-year-old failed to break into the side’s first team despite being touted a bright talent …

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Relief fund: Osei Palmer called out over ‘lies’ on Ghana’s national team

Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Committee member Albert Commey has expressed disgust by ‘false’ remarks concerning the sport governing body’s disbursement plan for a Covid-19 relief fund. Upon publication of the intended allocations last week, there have been questions over some beneficiaries, especially the national teams who are believed …

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Ken Ofori-Atta speaks on Osafo-Maafo & A-G’s $1m Kroll saga

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has waded into Attorney General’s fight with Senior Minister, Osafo-Maafo over the Kroll contract. Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo is in a court battle with the office of the Attorney General over a $1million Kroll contract. Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo and four other officials from the Ministry of Finance …

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$1bn wind power farms in Ghana stalled – IES

On March 2, 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government to Parliament and secured approval. Page 102, paragraph 468 of the document highlighted the need to shift Ghana’s energy sources to renewables. Captured in the document, Mr Ofori-Atta stated: “In 2017, the Ministry will assist Bui …

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AY Poyoo shares first YouTube pay with orphanage

AY Poyoo has donated his first revenue to an orphanage to celebrate 1 million views on his ‘GOAT’ song. The ‘rap-god’ said the move is in appreciation to all for supporting his career since he began. He explained that it is a way of showing his little kindness to the …

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Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo replies Wiyaala

Ghanaian writer and entertainment critic, Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has reacted to Wiyaala’s warning to him and others not discuss her. The Ghanaian singer became furious after Arnold said in a discussion on GhanaWeb TV’s ‘Bloggers Forum’ that she [Wiyaala] and her handler’s attention has been on the international market and not …

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I miss going to church – Akufo-Addo

Ghanaian leader, president Akufo-Addo has said he has missed the normal worship at church after placing a ban on places of worship due to the coronavirus pandemic. In his 14th address to the nation on Sunday, July 26, 2020, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the restrictions on places of worship have been …

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VIDEO: How Funny Face proposed love to new girlfriend on live TV

Who said Ghanaian male celebrities are not romantic? Our women should better erase that perception after reading this story which seems to have been taken straight from those fable books of our own Funny Face. Ghanaian comedian and actor, Funny Face, has displayed his new found love on live television. …

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Free electricity till end of the year – Akufo-Addo

Government has announced the extension of free electricity supply to lifeline tariff customers until the end of the year. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made this known during his 14th live televised address to the nation on Sunday, July 26, 2020. He stated that government will review the early announcement …

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South Africa jailbreak: Malmesbury prison inmates rearrested

All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa’s Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for “restoring stability” following a two-day manhunt. The break-out happened after inmates at Malmesbury Prison “overpowered” staff during an exercise session. They then locked three …

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Government okays Kantanka Group’s automobile operations

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that the government has “formally granted the Kantanka Group a licence to continue its auto assembly operations in Ghana.” The Kantanka Group, an indigenous automobile assembling company in Ghana, Mr Ofori-Atta intimated, will also be a beneficiary of the Ghana Automotive Manufacturing Development Policy, which, …

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Rawlings calls for probe into lynching of 90-year-old woman

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for a serious investigation and arrest of all who were involved in the “cruel and barbaric lynching of a 90-year-old woman accused of being a witch, in Kafaba, near Salaga”. The former President said he was appalled by the violence meted out to …

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Kabila submits CPP’s audited accounts to EC

Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, popularly known as Kabila, has submitted the party’s audited accounts for the year ending December 31, 2019. He wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, announcing the submission of the audited accounts. According to the …

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Second evacuation of stranded Ghanaians from US set for July 29

The Government of Ghana is expected to undertake the second evacuation of stranded Ghanaians from the United States. This was made known in a statement by the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Consulate General to New York. According to the statement which contained instructions to potential evacuees, …

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FIFA bans Guinea-Bissau FA president over ‘mob justice incident’

FIFA has slapped Guinea-Bissau Football Association President Manuel Nascimento with a 10-year ban from all football-related activities for “his involvement and participation in an incident of mob justice.” A fiery critic of CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, Nascimento was also ordered to pay 100,000 Swiss francs …

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