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Ghana move up in 1st FIFA ranking this year

Ghana have moved one place up in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday. In a largely unchanged Top 50, Ghana are the only side that made the move up the ranking. But the 2010 World Cup quarter-finalists are tied with Costa Rica on the 46th position. Ghana’s gains …

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Why Tamimu Issah resigned as GFA ‘acting spokesperson’

Tamimu Issah, acting spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association has resigned from his position on Wednesday. The PR personnel announced his resignation via his social media handle stating no reason. Tamimu has been one of the longest-serving staffs at the Ghana Football Association serving in the Communication department. Having worked …

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Malema and wife to sue MP over domestic abuse claim

South Africa’s firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema and his wife Mantoa Matlala have threatened to sue a governing party MP for defamation if he fails to retract allegations that Mr Malema abused his wife. African National Congress (ANC) MP Boy Mamabolo responded to the threat by tweeting: “Bring it on …

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Kenyan man jailed for 8 years for killing friend over woman

A 25-year-old man who killed his friend during a drinking spree after they differed over a woman has been sentenced to serve eight years imprisonment by a Narok High Court. Robert Kipkoroi Langat had appeared before Narok Resident Judge Justice Justus Bwonwong’a on Tuesday charged with the murder of Josphat …

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Minority boycotts 2020 State of the Nation Address

Members of the minority side of parliament on Thursday boycotted the State of the Nation Address as they staged a walkout. The side which earlier announced they will be boycotting the sitting made their way out just as the national anthem ended. They moved out repeating a part of the …

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Kotoko to play home games at Adako Jachie

Executive Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Kwame Kyei has revealed that the club wants to honor its home league matches at their Adako Jachie facility. In the wake of the Sports Ministry closing down the Kumasi Sports stadium temporarily to allow for preparations towards the 63rd Independence Day celebrations, Kotoko …

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Akufo-Addo is an oppressor – Asiedu Nketiah

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has described President Akofo Addo as an oppressor who has thrown democracy into tatters. According to him, there’s so much insecurity in the country and Ghanaians are unhappy. Explaining the reasons for the Minority in Parliament’s walkout …

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Police to get choppers – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told Parliament on Thursday, February 20, 2020 that the government is procuring helicopters for the Ghana Police Service. He said this forms part of efforts to resource the police service well enough to fight crime. Delivering his fourth state of the nation address to …

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SOTN2020: We have overcome dumsor – Akufo-Addo declares

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an end to the erratic power supply the country has been experiencing over the past years. According to the president, his government has taken necessary steps in making sure the deals and agreements have been signed to ensure that Ghanaians enjoy stable power …

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[VIDEO]: Minority boycotts 2020 State of the Nation Address

Members of the minority side of parliament on Thursday boycotted the State of the Nation Address as they staged a walkout. The side which earlier announced they will be boycotting the sitting made their way out just as the national anthem ended. They moved out repeating a part of the …

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American Rapper, Pop Smoke, Murdered In Cold Blood

Twenty year old popular American songwriter and rapper, Bashar Barakah Jackson, professionally known as Pop Smoke, was murdered in his home. The fast rising star was shot and killed on Wednesday morning in a robbery. TMZ reports that, the rapper was at his rented apartment in the Hollywood Hills at …

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Angry taxi drivers fight UCC Vice Chancellor

Taxi drivers in University of Cape Coast (UCC) campus on Wednesday blocked part of the road that links the University’s main campus to Kowpoh community to protest the university’s management decision to introduce stickers for taxis. The drivers blocked the Kowpoh junction to the university road for over three hours, …

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Drama in court over Mahama video

There was controversy over the tendering of the video detailing the gruesome murder of Major Maxwell Adams Mahama by a mob in May 2017. In court on Tuesday, the investigator in the matter, Chief Inspector Samuel Agyarkwa, who is the 14th prosecution witness in the case in which 14 persons …

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