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Coronavirus pushes 12-year-old Walewale girl into Kayaye

A 12-year-old head Potter, Ms Sumaiya Ibrahim, has appealed to individuals and organisations for assistance when schools re-open in January 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced her into Kayaye. The teenager, who is being raised by a single mother comes from Walewale in the North East region, but was obliged to migrate …

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Eight young Ghanaian footballers killed in ghastly bus accident

Eight young Ghanaian footballers died while four others are fighting for their lives hospital after the driver of the bus carrying the juvenile team lost control and the vehicle plunged into a the Offinso river on Saturday. Six players died instantly following the accident in the Ashanti Region and two …

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A/R: 107 BECE candidates failed to sit for the exam

Director of Education for the Ghana Education Service in the Ahafo Region, Yaw Frimpong, has revealed that this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has seen the highest rate of examination absenteeism in the region. He noted that, out of 11,054 candidates who registered for the 2020 BECE, 107 pupils …

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S.African rights groups join Semenya’s battle against ban

South African rights groups have vowed to petition the United Nations and African Union over the latest ruling that the country’s Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya cannot compete unless she takes hormone-suppressing drugs. Switzerland’s Supreme Court last week dismissed Semenya’s appeal against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for …

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Techiman City suspended by GFA Executive Council

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), in the exercise of its powers under Article 39(n) of the GFA Statutes 2019, has suspended Techiman City Football Club provisionally until the next Congress of the GFA for violating the Statutes of the Association. Article 39(n) of the GFA Statutes 2019 states as follows: “The Executive Council shall …

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Ghana FA charge persons captured in Number 12

The GFA Prosecutor has began charging some individuals who were implicated in the Investigative Documentary titled “Number 12” by Tiger Eye PI. Former Greater Accra RFA Chairman Nii Komiete Doku and Mr. Kofi Manu have both been charged for Abuse of position contrary to Article 25(1) of the GFA Code …

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How teachers took monies from BECE candidates to help them cheat

Some teachers helping in the conduct of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been sanctioned by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC ) for taking either a Cedi or two Cedis from candidates sitting the exam and helping them to engage in multiple exam malpractices in the examination …

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Individuals implicated in Number 12 exposé charged by GFA

The Ghana Football Association has charged some individuals who were implicated in the Investigative Documentary titled “Number 12” by Tiger Eye PI. Former Greater Accra RFA Chairman Nii Komiete Doku and Mr. Kofi Manu have both been charged for Abuse of position contrary to Article 25(1) of the GFA Code …

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57-year-old mother-of-four completes BECE sets eyes on Free SHS

Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, a mother-of-four, was among the hundreds of thousands of candidates who completed the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) today, 18 September 2020. The 57-year-old woman, who said she was mocked at and ridiculed for attempting to get some education at her age, was …

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FIFA Ranks Senegal #1 in African Football

Senegal is #1 The Teranga Lions remain the kings of African football. The Senegalese national team starts the new season in 20th place in the FIFA world ranking list published this week. Far from Belgium in first place but ahead of all other nations on the African continent. Senegal, whose …

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Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah officially announces management team

Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has proclaimed his eight-member management team that will help him in his three-year mandate at the Kumasi-based club. The Kotoko board appointed the former Phar Rangers President Chief Executive Officer in August and has been working around the clock to put his …

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BECE maths paper leakage: Eleven arrested

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said eleven persons have been arrested over the leakage of the Mathematics paper of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The paper leaked on Thursday, 17 September 2020. Pictures of the Mathematics paper which was scheduled to be have been written on Thursday …

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KP Boateng to return to Black Stars

Former management committee member of the Black Stars Yaw Boateng Gyan has revealed that Ghanaian prodigal footballer, Kevin-Prince Boateng is ready to return to the Black Stars if he is invited by Coach C.K Akunnor. Kevin-Prince Boateng was thrown out of the senior national team after a brawl with the …

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Nurses declare strike over conditions of service

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has directed its members to withdraw their services from Monday, September 21. According to the Association, government has failed to improve their conditions of service for the over 82,000 members. President of the Association Perpetual Ofori Ampofo on Thursday, September 17 told …

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WATCH VIDEO: BECE candidate escapes death

A pupil of Kpandai SDA Junior High School, Ebenezer Waki, could not complete his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after he was involved in an accident Wednesday. The pupil, who is currently on admission at the Kpandai District Hospital, was injured after a motorbike collided with theirs and another bicycle. …

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Bawumia holds talks with Bill Gates on polio immunisation

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday, September 14, 2020 held discussions via zoom with Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Ghana’s progress on immunisation against the new circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). The discussion according to Dr Bawumia also centred around the lessons from Ghana’s policy response to COVID-19 and the country’s digitisation …

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GES Announces Recruitment For Qualified Teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced applications for qualified trained teachers who completed the Colleges of Education in 2019. This was contained in a press statement released by the Ghana Education Service on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. According to a statement signed by the Director, Human Resource, Adjoa Van …

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Sad! BECE candidate dies after writing four papers

Sad news reaching the desk of My News Ghana has it that a Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate, Richard Mensah, writing this year’s exam,  has died at Apremdo in the Western Region. Reports say that he died on Wednesday, September 16 2020 after writing his papers on Monday and …

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Atletico Madrid to replace Thomas Partey with Elisha Owusu

Spanish top-flight club, Atletico Madrid is planning to replace key player, Thomas Partey with French-born Ghanaian, Elisha Owusu as EPL side, Arsenal continue the chase for his signature. Owusu, who joined KAA Gent from Lyon and has been in tremendous form is being courted by the Spanish team as a …

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BECE candidates sleep in classrooms over inadequate exam centers

The woefully inadequate examination centers in Kwahu Afram Plains South District of Eastern Region has forced hundreds of candidates in the ongoing BECE to spend nights in shabby classrooms in the district capital Tease. The Kwahu Afram Plains South District has only one WAEC approved Examination center -the  St.Fidelis Senior …

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1FDK – Falaa Feat Hellomenz (Official Video)

1FDK has been climbing all the top hills in the industry which is recently bringing his name to the stay. The singer has put out a number of hot songs out there and it doesn’t seize as the vibes keep coming so unexpectedly. Releasing his last project ‘We Go Win’ …

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Chinese government hands over medical supplies to Ghana

The Chinese Government on Wednesday, presented its second batch of medical supplies, to the Ministry of Health, to support Ghana in the fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The supplies were made up of 20,000 N-95 protective face masks, 350,000 surgical masks, 10,000 disposable coverall, 15,000 each of medical googles, and disposable gloves and …

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