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It is interesting and rare to get a player with three World Cups and several Africa Cup of Nations under his belt lacking maturity and not being focused. But that seemed to be the situation Asamoah Gyan found himself or at least that is how Coach James Kwesi Appiah saw him when …

The leadership of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) has made an appeal to the government to convert their placements in various institutions into permanent engagements at the end of the three-year contract period. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Dennis Opoku Katakyie and Ms Jacklin Okyere …

Conferences and programmes that have been earmarked to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement finally takes off may be unfeasible as a result of the poor state of the facility. The AICC, the country’s flagship event venue that …

Government, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has topped-up grants of beneficiaries under its Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to enable them to purchase basic COVID-19 personal protective equipment. The top-up was due to the change in the mode of payment of the beneficiaries as …

The tight security apparatus that President Akufo-Addo has set up at the country’s ports continue to prove very robust, as the hawkish eyes of the Tema Port security nip a vessel carrying people infected with coronavirus before it would dock. The Formula 1 vessel was intercepted after intelligence confirmed that …

Owner of King Faisal Football Club (FC), Alhaji Grusah has taken a swipe at Asante Kotoko after insisting that they were the first club to involve themselves in a match-fixing in the country. Several bribery allegations have been leveled against the Porcupine Warriors in the past years but it is still not …

France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north of the country on Wednesday. French forces had also captured a senior …

One Corner’ hitmaker, Patapaa, seems to have not gotten over his long time beef with highlife singer Kuami Eugene. A year ago, Kuami Eugene in an interview on an Accra based TV station said that he will never do a song with Patapaa and went on to describe the latter’s songs as characterized by noise. Patapaa has …

Parliament has frozen approval of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee’s report on the Electoral Commission’s controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI). The CI was to give backing to the Electoral Commission’s quest to compile a new voters’ register but after the Chairman of the Committee accused the ranking member of doctoring the report, …

The Eastern Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Yussif Amudani Sulemana, has said congregational prayers would not resume until the full ban on religious activities is lifted. He explained that the directives by the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs which followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement on Sunday would be …

More than four years after six gangsters at Ehi, in the Volta Region, allegedly dragged a teenage girl into a classroom where all but one took turns to rape her for hours and also filmed the sex acts, four members of the gang were put before a Ho High Court …

An amalgamation of political parties, civil society groups in the Savannah region with the identity “Savannah First” will storm the Yagbonwura’s Palace today 5th June 2020 to request for the Gonja Traditional Council to halt the new voter’s registration process in the Savannah region as many will stand disenfranchised. Speaking …

Ghanaian Reggae Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has warned bloggers in Ghana and Africa as a whole against putting songs enlisted on his new international project on their websites for free download. Shatta Wale who, arguably owns one of the biggest fan bases and catalogue of songs in the country, is …

Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is yet to accept a new deal at Atletico Madrid despite the club’s eagerness to keep him. The Ghana international has a release clause of €50 million that the Rojiblanco are aiming to double and also improve his wages, but the midfielder is determined to …

The Aburihene, Nana Otubuo Djan Kwasi II, has petitioned the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government to re-name the Accra Sports Stadium after Ohene Djan. Ohene Djan who was the first Director of Sports of Ghana and the Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football was named after the Accra Sports Stadium …

Conferences and programmes that have been earmarked to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement finally takes off may be unfeasible as a result of the poor state of the facility. The AICC, the country’s flagship event venue that …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has shot down an invitation by the Parliament of Ghana to appear before the house on June 9 to brief the legislature on its plans for the upcoming December polls. The minority in parliament has since April 30 been mounting pressure to have the EC summoned before the …

Some members of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region have threatened to take legal action against the municipal assembly and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Benjamin Kesse. According to the counsel for the plaintiffs, Stephen Kwesi Kesse, on May 22 his clients were physically prevented from performing their …

A Toyota Camry carrying some goats which were allegedly stolen have been involved in an accident at Ofankor Barrier in the Greater Accra Region. The vehicle with registration number GE 4533 -15 crushed into crush barriers on the main highway when the alleged thieves tried to get to their destination …

An amount of Ghc31, 038 and Ghc11,209 was donated by the UK & Ireland Chapter and the Germany Chapter respectively to the NDC Party at the Party Headquarters to assist in the fight against COVID19.    The donation was presented by the Director of International Relations, Mr. Alexander Segbefia on …

A 10-year-old girl who suffered third-degree burns at Munamunaso, a farming community near Nsawkaw in the Tain district of the Bono Region, requires GHS10,000 to undergo skin graft surgery and other therapies. On Monday, 17 February 2020, the victim, Prosera Buenaa, was entrapped by fire she set up to cook …

Four people have died from Coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest in a single day as Ghana’s case count rises to 9,168. According to a Ghana Health Service (GHS) update the total number of deaths is now 42 after the last update on June 4. The new figures mean that 283 more …

The Member of Parliament for Kumbung, Ras Mubarak says no job entices him except marijuana cultivation. The lawmaker says he will go into marijuana farming after exiting Parliament in December. “I’m going to cultivate cannabis but not for smoking rather for industrial use. Marijuana cultivation is a multimillion job opportunity …

Some drivers’ unions in the country have been calling on the government to reduce fuel prices or face the possible increment in transport fares. These actions were stemmed from the report that consumers of petroleum products should be prepared to pay more for fuel at the pumps following an increment …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given the green light to some disqualified aspirants to contest its parliamentary primaries slated for June 20, 2020. Most of the candidates in Greater Accra, Western North and Ashanti regions seeking to contest their incumbent Members of Parliament …