Hon. Isaac Kwame Asiamah,The minister for youth and sports and also the member of parliament of atwima mponua Constituency will be hosted on UTV a subsidiary of Despite Media by award winning journalist David Ofori Osafo also known as Bongo Depharaa. Hon. Asiamah’s achievements as the sector Minister for …
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Ghana Football will be ready and prepared for a return – Kurt Okraku
GFA President, Kurt Okraku has stated that all safety measures would be taken to ensure the safety and welfare of footballers, officials, media and spectators before the resumption of the game at the end of October. A full timetable and schedule for 2020/21 GPL season would also be released …
Read More »Kotoko pledge GHS5,000 to Offinso accident victims
The Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has pledged GHS5,000 to the Offinso accident victims. Mr Amponsah made the announcement on Tuesday, 22 September 2020, at the maiden press conference on his new management. The accident, involving about 34 young footballers of Africa Vision …
Read More »Court places another injunction on striking health workers
An Accra High Court has for the second time in four days, ordered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) through a substituted service to halt its ongoing strike action. This comes on the back of an initial interlocutory injunction secured by the National Labour Commission on Friday to …
Read More »Adam Kwarasey regrets playing for Ghana – Odartey Lamptey reveals
Former Ghana goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey regrets playing for Ghana, Odartey Lamptey, a former Ghana forward has disclosed. Odartey Lamptey claims that Kwarasey rues the day he opted to play for Ghana instead of Norway. He told Ahomka FM that Kwarasey is harbouring pains over the treatment Ghana handed him in his short …
Read More »FIFA consoles Offinso accident victims
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has expressed his condolences to the victims of last Saturday’s tragic car accident involving some young footballers on the Offinso road. In a letter to the Ghana Football Association (GFA), President of the World football governing body, underlined his support to families of the eight footballers …
Read More »GES recruits 16,500 trained teachers
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year. Earlier this year, the GES recruited 1,500 teachers in a special mop-up exercise for trained teachers who completed their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year but could not …
Read More »Asante Kotoko sacks striker Richard Arthur
Management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko SC have terminated the contract of striker Richard Arthur, My News Ghana can confirm. According to reports from the camp of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, the management of the club has not convinced about the player’s contribution and performance at the club since signing on in July 2019. …
Read More »Striking nurses may suffer salary deductions, appointment termination – NLC warns
The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, Mr Ofosu Asamoah, has warned that striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) stand losing their salaries for the month of September as their strike is illegal. Mr Asamoah told Citi News that the GRNMA would be breaking …
Read More »GFA Exco to donate monthly allowance to accident victims
The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken a decision to donate their monthly allowance for the month of September 2020 to the Offinso accident victims. All the members of the Council collectively decided on Monday, September 21, 2020 to support the victims. This follows an accident …
Read More »Offinso crash: GFA officials visit families of deceased, injured footballers
Officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), made up of Executive Council member Frederick Acheampong; Ashanti Regional Football Association Chairman, Osei Tutu Agyemang; members of the Offinso District Football Association, officials of the clubs in the affected District, members of the Juvenile Football Association, have visited families of the deceased …
Read More »No nurses at major hospitals in Accra
There are no Nurses at major hospitals in the Greater Accra Metropolis, the Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) investigation at the facilities on Monday has revealed. At the time of the visit, the GNA observed that only doctors were attending to patients, at facilities including; Accra Ridge hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching hospital …
Read More »About 50% of Ghanaian men are impotent- Dr. Samuel Amanamah
Executive Director of Sexual Health Foundation, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has revealed that about 50 per cent of men between the ages of 40 and 70 in Ghana are suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED). The causes, according to the consultant Urologist, attributed to people having diseases like diabetes and hypertension unknowingly. …
Read More »Striking nurses could suffer salary deductions – NLC warns
Striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives association may face salary deductions for the month of September, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has warned. The Commission says this may become necessary because the group has defied a court injunction against the ongoing industrial action. Patients and relatives who …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Shatta Wale Featured In GES Creative Art Test Book
Africa’s dancehall artiste Shatta Wale appears in Ghana Education Service creative art test book The book published by Alpha and Omega series for Primary 4 pupils features the “Melissa” hitmaker in it. Shatta Wale’s works which were captured under Lesson 4 of the book talk about a brief biography of …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Sexual assault case against Sawla-Tuna-Kalba NHIA Manager takes new twist
The sexual assault case against the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has taken a new twist. According to Doreen Smith, the nurse in the Savannah region who alleged that Mr Sakara visited her duty post on July 8, at about 9:00 am under the guise of ‘Monitoring’ …
Read More »Two more footballers die in River Offin tragedy
Two more deaths have been recorded in an accident involving young players of a colts club at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The two casualties were on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital but died on Sunday afternoon, Dailymailgh.com can report. This brings the death toll to eight as health officials …
Read More »African Beach Soccer Union Inaugurates Standing Committees
The African Beach Soccer Union, a young body focused on the promotion and development of Beach Soccer has successfully inaugurated its five Standing Committees on Saturday. The historic event held virtually, featured over 40 participants from various member countries across Africa, with all appointees sworn in after concurrently taking …
Read More »Coronavirus: WHO sets rules for testing African herbal remedies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies that are judged effective could be fast-tracked for large-scale manufacturing. Madagascar’s …
Read More »Afriyie Acquah appointed deputy captain at Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor
Ghana international midfielder Afriyie Acquah has been appointed deputy captain at Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. The 28-year-old joined last season on a free transfer after seeing out his contract with Serie A side Empoli and has been a firm staple of the side. His mastery in midfield has …
Read More »GPL, Division One League to resume with 25% spectators
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that domestic competitive football will resume on Friday, October 30. In his 17th televised broadcast to the nation, the president said, this is after due consultations with the Ghana Football Association (GFA). “With respect to football, after due consultations with the Ghana Football Association, it has been decided …
Read More »43 pregnant girls write WASSCE, BECE in Kassena-Nankana West
The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …
Read More »Black Saturday: Coach Akonnor and Ghanaians react to tragic youth team crash
Many have taken to social media to express their sadness after Saturday’s fatal accident Ghana mourns the loss of six players when a bus carrying a youth team travelling from a league registration exercise crashed into a river on Saturday evening. The Africa Vision Soccer Academy were travelling back to …
Read More »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 …
Read More »VIDEO: 8 footballers perish, 28 others injured as vehicle enters River Offin
De Kay abrantie of Angel 102.9fm has yet again Disclose to Reportghana.com That the members of The youth football academy in the Offinso Municipality of the Ashanti Region who engaged in an Accident after a KIA Pregio vehicle veered off the road and fell into River Offin has recorded two death attached to …
Read More »7 ways to deal with sexual urges in a celibate relationship
As a [young] adult, your body is wired to crave sexual release and the fact that your mind becomes tuned to celibacy does not mean your body will be. There will be times when it will be nearly impossible to keep the sexual urges under control. So when you find …
Read More »Asante Kotoko mourn death of young footballers in Offinso tragedy
Asante Kotoko have sent a condolence message to mourn the death of eight young footballers in Offinso, Ashanti Region on Saturday evening. According to eyewitness reports, the front tire of the mini bus carrying the over 30 kids of a colts team blasted on the Offin Bridge and as such …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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