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PHOTOS: Students beg for water as shortage hits Damango

Students of Damango Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region are calling on the authorities to help with water supply after an acute water shortage hit the community. The students now have to pay GHS1.50 to get a jerrycan of water or spend about two days searching for water …

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CK Akonnor selects 32 local players for AFCON qualifiers

Black Stars coach C.K Akonnor has named a 32-man home-based squad to begin preparation for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations double header qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe. Ghana are scheduled to take on the Bafana Bafana in round five of the qualifiers before tackling Sao …

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COVID-19: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the back of about 80 positive cases recorded in the school after three weeks of reopening. The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced the development in a press statement …

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KNUST Student arrested Over Threat To Burn Down Supreme Court

The Police have reportedly arrested An Emergency Nursing student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Simon Awini Ayamga. Simon Awini’s arrest comes after he reportedly threatened to burn down the Supreme Court of Ghana. According to a report by GhanaXtra, Simon while commenting on WhatsApp group warned …

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Legon Cities FC snap up highly-rated Richmond Antwi

Legon Cities FC have captured highly-rated forward Richmond Antwi in the ongoing Ghana Premier transfer window. Antwi has joined the Accra Sports Stadium outfit on a three-year contract but waiting to make it official when the second round transfer window opens on February 12. The 20-year-old had been unattached before …

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Ex-wife of Jerome Boateng found dead a week after divorce

Kasia Lenhardt, the ex-wife of Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng has been found dead barely seven days after they divorced. The 25-year-old model was according to reports in the English and German press found lifeless in an apartment in Berlin. Boateng, the elder brother of Black Stars midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng …

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Kotoko not playing better than hearts – Papic

Accra Hearts of Oak head coach Kosta Papic has said despite his side’s struggles in recent games they are a better side than Kumasi Asante Kotoko. According to the Serbian tactician, his outfit is playing better but have just lacked goals. “I don’t think Kotoko is playing better than Hearts of Oak …

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KP Boateng unhappy with AC Monza’s draw against Empoli

AC Monza poster boy, Kevin-Prince Boateng has expressed his disappointment at the draw against Empoli in the Italian Serie B last weekend. The Ghana international was in action for his team and converted a penalty kick in the second half to earn a draw for the side. Speaking to Dazn after the …

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Universities’ Senior Staff suspend strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has suspended its industrial action. Members of the association have been on strike for close to three weeks in protest of delay by the government to pay outstanding Tier-2 contributions of their retired members. The suspension follows an interlocutory injunction secured …

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Hearts of Oak Coach resigns – Reports

Hearts of Oak assistant Coach Joseph Asare Bediako is said to have resigned from his post. The former Berekum Chelsea head Coach has reportedly written to the management of the Club about his decision to relinquish his position. Bediako leaves the Rainbow Club just months after joining. He previously worked …

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Ghanaian referee Daniel Laryea gets CAF Champions League appointment

Ghana’s Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea has been appointed as the centre referee for the CAF Champions League fixture between Teungueth FC from Senegal and Egyptian giants Zamalek SC. He will be assisted by Paul Kodzo Atimaka (Assistant referee I), Patrick Papala (Assistant referee II), and Adaari Abdul Latif (Fourth Official). …

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2020 FRANCOPHONIE French Quiz Competition Held In Accra

The final results of the 2020 edition of the Francophonie French Quiz Competition have been released. The quiz is organized annually to enrich and revive the spirit of the study of the French language among Ghanaians.   Announcing the results during the last program for the Primary School category, which …

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GFA seals partnership deal with Kasapreko Company Limited

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has agreed on a two-year partnership deal with Kasapreko Company Limited as an official partner of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The relationship commenced on February 1, 2021, and will see the ‘Awake’ brand of the company as the “Official Water Partner of …

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Asante Kotoko confirms Abdul Gazale as head coach

Asante Kotoko have today, February 8, 2021 notified the Ghana Football Association of the confirmation of the appointment of Coach Abdul Gazale, a CAF License “A” holder as the substantive head coach of the club. Following the mutual termination of the agreement between Asante Kotoko SC and former Head Coach Maxwell Konadu, the …

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COVID-19: Close schools now – GMA to gov’t

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says schools in the country must be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has reached 464 …

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Kotoko’s Anabila wins MOTM after win against Karela United

Asante Kotoko midfielder Abdul Latif Anabila was named man of the match after the Porcupine Warriors secured a famous win at Karela United on Sunday. Anabila was rewarded for his impressive performance in the 2-0 victory which ended Karela’s 100 per cent home record in the Ghana Premier League this season. …

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Kotoko beat Karela United to end 5 year unbeaten home record

Coach Johnson Smith on Sunday afternoon led Asante Kotoko to defeat Karela United 2-0 in the Ghana Premier League as he returned to Anyinase to torment his former club. The Porcupine Warriors club today played as a guest to the side from Anyinase at the CAM Park in a game that served …

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Black Starlets safely arrive in Morocco for training program

Ghana’s U17 side, the Black Starlets have safely landed in Morocco on Saturday for a 6-day training program which starts on Monday. The 36-man contingent landed at the Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca at exactly 9:35 am. The team finally settled at the Annakhil Hotel after a 120km drive from …

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Arteta confirms Partey injury in Arsenal loss to Aston Villa

Mikel Arteta has confirmed Thomas Partey suffered a muscle injury in Arsenal’s loss to Aston Villa, but is unsure of the severity of the problem. Partey has been plagued by injuries since his move to Arsenal from Atletico Madrid last year, and a problem flared up again on Saturday. With Arsenal chasing …

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Recruitment of doctors, dentists to begin 9 Feb

Recruitment of medical doctors and dentists who have completed their house jobs into the Ministry of Health, will commence on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. This was announced by the Ministry in a statement issued by its Acting Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari on behalf of the Minister. The statement informed …

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Government gives Ave SHS a new bus

Ave Senior High School (AVESCO) in the Akatsi North District has received a donation of a new bus from the government. The 5×23-seater bus with registration number, GV 2196-20 was one of the 100 buses donated to second cycle institutions across the country. Until the donation, the School had just …

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