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Arteta declares Partey fit to start against Newcastle

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, says they have the assurance that Thomas Partey can compete in the club’s next game against Newcastle in the Premier League after recovering from a thigh strain. The 27-year-old picked up the injury on December 6, 2020, against Tottenham in the Premier League just after returning …

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Schools remain closed despite reopening across the country

Some Junior High School (JHS) students in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have said despite the reopening of schools across the country, their schools remain closed. The students who reported to school on Friday, 15 January, 2020, were unable to access their classrooms as the doors and windows …

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Goal scoring is King Faisal’s problem – Alhaji Grunsah

Bank roller and owner of King Faisal FC, Alhaji Karim Grunsah, has attributed his team’s difficult start to the ongoing 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League to goal scoring. King Faisal struggled to win games in the truncated 2019/2020 season and is still facing the same challenge in the ongoing 2020/2021 Ghana …

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Pay us or we hit the streets – NUGS to SLTF

The National Union of Ghana Students has sent a stern warning to the Students Loan Trust Fund to immediately pay students their loans or they will hit the streets very soon across the country. According to the union Managers of the SLTF seem to be taking the students of the …

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COVID infections in Ghana alarming, dire – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described the rate of COVID-19 infections in Ghana as “alarming and dire”. According to the GMA, there is the need for increased public awareness campaign and strict adherence to prevention protocols in order to stem the tide of infections in the country. “This increasing …

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Ghana winger Patrick Twumasi to make injury return

Hannover 96 midfielder Patrick Twumasi resumed training on Tuesday and is expected to make full recovery ahead of the weekend’s game against St Pauli. The former Deportivo Alaves man got injured in training a week ago in a duel with Niklas Hut. He missed the game against Darmstadt due to …

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Man Utd defender Fosu-Mensah seals £1.5m move to Bayer Leverkusen

Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah has completed his move to Bayer Leverkusen on a three-and-a-half-year deal, the Bundesliga club have confirmed. The 23-year-old becomes the Red Devils’ third exit of the January transfer window and their most senior by some margin as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues to shape his squad …

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Black Starlets lack real strikers – GFA Technical Director

Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association, Bernhard Lippert says the current national U17 team, the Black Starlets lack real strikers to score goals for the team. Speaking to the media on his assessment on the team after losing 3-1 to the Les petit Éléphants of the Ivory Coast. “I’m …

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37 Military Hospital Emergency Unit closed Down

The 37 Military Hospital will close down it’s Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) to the general public from Thursday, January 14th, to Thursday, February 4th 2021 to conduct a fumigation exercise. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, Director Public Relations, Ghana Armed …

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Full list of candidates vying for the UG Vice-Chancellor office

Some seven persons have been announced as those vying for the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University but his tenure ends on 31st July 2021. The seven vying for the office include the two Pro-Vice-Chancellors of …

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Ghana Knocked Out Of WAFU U17 Cup

The Black Starlets’ hopes of reaching the last four have been dashed by the Young Elephants. Ghana are out of the ongoing Wafu Zone B Cup of Nations in Togo following a 3-1 loss to Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday. John Batigi was on target for the Black Starlets but goals from …

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TEWU to begin nationwide strike today

Members of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will today, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, begin a nationwide strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service. TEWU says the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on the demands by its members for …

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Asante Kotoko unveil moniker for Brazil star Fabio Gama

Asante Kotoko has unveiled a new nickname for their Brazilian star Fabio Dos Santos Gama. This latest development comes following his swashbuckling display in their 2-0 win over Liberty Professionals on Matchday 8 of the ongoing Ghana Premier League season. Kotoko posted a new artwork on their social media captioned, …

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Once again, Ghanaian basic schools resume without textbooks

Relevant stakeholders in the education sector— Ministry of Education(MoE), Ghana Education Service(GES), National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA)— jointly discarded the old curriculum for  Primary schools and subsequently implemented a new curriculum. The new curriculum took effect from the 2019/2020 academic year with no textbooks to aid in effective teaching …

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TEWU begins nationwide strike tomorrow over conditions of service

From Wednesday, 13th January 2020, all members of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will lay down their tools over the government’s failure to finalise their conditions of service. According to TEWU their strike is due to the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to conclude …

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