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Methodist Church rejects GES directive to allow Muslims fast

The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to allow Muslim students at the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to fast during Ramadan. The GES directive followed a decision by the Headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School not to allow Muslim students at the …

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Your name does not guarantee visa acquisition – Asamoah Gyan told

Former Asante Kotoko management member, Nana Kwame Dankwa has advised Legon Cities striker Asamoah Gyan to check his public utterances. Asamoah Gyan after being booed by Asante Kotoko fans in their 1-0 defeat at the Accra Sports Stadium on matchday 22 of the ongoing Ghana Premier League branded the fans as hypocrites. The Black Stars striker who …

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Sad News: Real Tettekwao United’s Player Dies In Gory Accident

A player of a lower division side, Real Tettekwao United has died in a gory accident in the Ahafo Region, GhanaXtra.Com has learnt. The player, Fuseinu Mohammed died on the spot following the fatal accident which occurred on Sunday, May 2, 2021. According to multiple media reports, Real Tettekwao United FC were …

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Government to establish Mental Health Fund – Health Minister

  Government is working towards the establishment of a mental health fund to be financed from the mental health levy, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, the Minister of Health, has said. According to him, the fund when established, would help in the successful implementation of the new mental health policy. Mr Agyemang …

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U/W: St. Mary Immaculate JHS in dire need of infrastructure

Saint Mary Immaculate Junior High School at Duotang in the Nandom Municipality of the Upper West Region is in a dire need of infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning. The school currently has no staff common room and an office to keep the certificate of past students as well as …

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Mario Balotelli scores twice in 11 minutes for Monza

Suddenly, Mario Balotelli in the most delicate moment of Monza, in the first of the two games to be won, against Salernitana, the attacker scores a brace in 11 minutes, entering the 80′. An afternoon that the former Rossoneri will not be able to forget. First of all, he was …

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Dreams FC defeats 10-man Hearts of Oak 2-0 in Dawu

s Dreams FC made numerical advantage count as they beat ten-man Hearts of Oak 2-0 at the Theatre of Dreams in Dawu on Sunday, 2 May 2021. The Still Believe Lads punished the visitors minutes after Nuru Sulley collected a second yellow card to take an early shower in opening …

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Allow Muslim students to fast – GES to Wesley Girls

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed management of Wesley Girls’ High School to allow Muslim students at the school to fast in the ongoing Ramadan.  It comes after reports that the headmistress of the school has denied a Muslim student her right to fast during the ongoing Ramadan. The development …

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GPL: Fabio Gama’s free kick pushes Legon Cities into relegation Zone

Kumasi Asante Kotoko has pushed relegation-threatened Legon Cities back into the relegation places after a solitary goal. Kotoko needed a reaction after their home defeat to Medeama at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium last Sunday. The Brazilian midfielder once again showed his importance to the Asante Kotoko set up as he scored from a …

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COVID -19 And Disability: 80% of children failing in their learning

  Most children living with disability in Ghana are particularly vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, and are often segregated. They may not appear in the national statistics, becoming ‘invisible’ to decision makers, service providers and the public.    While data on the estimated 80% children living with disability across the …

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National team schedule of matches from May 2021 – Dec. 2022

The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce the programme line up for the Black Stars from now until the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon. Ghana has qualified for a record ninth Africa Cup of Nations tournament on the spin and are set to battle other African giants in the continental …

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Anger over $25million Black Stars budget

  A declaration by the Minister for Youth and Sports that the country will spend $25million dollars on the 2022 Africa Cup and the World Cup has been met with anger by some Ghanaians on social media. The Minister, at a sports breakfast meeting with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo …

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Maxwell Konadu appointed as Black Starlets coach

Maxwell Konadu has been appointed as coach of the national U-17 team, otherwise known as Black Starlets. The former Ghana striker replaces Ben Fokuo who has been appointed as Black Princesses head trainer. Maxwell Konadu, a Premier League winner with Asante Kotoko in 2012 after stints with the Black Meteors, Fetteh Feyenoord …

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Trainee nurses, midwives complain over unpaid allowances

  Trainee Nurses and Midwives across Ghana have launched a desperate appeal to the government to pay them eight months of their allowances. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (G.N.M.T.A) on Sunday, April 25, 2021. The Akufo-Addo-led adminstration restored allowances for nurses and …

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The five love languages

  A few days ago, I came across a tweet which said “Just because you love me doesn’t mean I feel loved by you.” This really made me realize that a lot of us aren’t being loved the way we want or ought to be loved and vice versa because …

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GPL: Medeama comes from behind to beat Asante Kotoko 2-1

Medeama SC on Saturday afternoon produced a spirited performance after going behind to beat Asante Kotoko 2-1 in a fierce contest at the Len Clay Sports Stadium. The side from Tarkwa today played away to the Porcupine Warriors in Obuasi in a fixture serving as a matchday 21 encounter in the 2020/2021 …

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