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Former Kotoko Player Eric Bekoe Slams Club For Superstitious Conduct

The 2007-08 Ghana Premier League topscorer shares his thoughts on Wednesday’s spectacle when his former club faced Aduana Stars. Former Ghana international and one-time Ghana Premier League top scorer Eric Bekoe reveals he is ashamed by the superstitious conduct of his former club Asante Kotoko during their league clash with Aduana Stars on Wednesday. It was …

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Ghana move up in 1st FIFA ranking this year

Ghana have moved one place up in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday. In a largely unchanged Top 50, Ghana are the only side that made the move up the ranking. But the 2010 World Cup quarter-finalists are tied with Costa Rica on the 46th position. Ghana’s gains …

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Why Tamimu Issah resigned as GFA ‘acting spokesperson’

Tamimu Issah, acting spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association has resigned from his position on Wednesday. The PR personnel announced his resignation via his social media handle stating no reason. Tamimu has been one of the longest-serving staffs at the Ghana Football Association serving in the Communication department. Having worked …

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Kotoko to play home games at Adako Jachie

Executive Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Kwame Kyei has revealed that the club wants to honor its home league matches at their Adako Jachie facility. In the wake of the Sports Ministry closing down the Kumasi Sports stadium temporarily to allow for preparations towards the 63rd Independence Day celebrations, Kotoko …

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Liverpool closing in on Ghana’s Doku

Anderlecht youngster Jeremy Doku was close to joining Liverpool in 2018 as a successor to Sadio Mane, his parents have claimed. The Belgian-born Ghanaian forward is enjoying a fabolous campaign in the Jupiler Pro League where he has netted six goals so far. The 17-year-old was targeted by runaway English …

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Over 800 Takoradi Technical University students deferred

Over 800 students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have been deferred for failing to register with the school during the 2019/2020 academic year. During a press conference on Monday, the University’s Registrar, Moses Maclean Abnory, noted that students were given ample time to register from September 2019 to January …

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7 out of 21 coronavirus tests at Noguchi showed symptoms

The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the …

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Very sad news from Legon

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the core function of every university is to solve problems and advance the frontiers of knowledge. They do not just award degrees, but they carry out research regularly to suggest solutions to the problems of the people. Right now as I write, the …

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CK Akonnor holds talks with Netherlands youth defender Luckassen

Ghana coach CK Akonnor has held a meeting with Dutch-born defender Derrick Luckassen concerning a possible international future with the Black Stars. Born to Ghanaian parents in Amsterdam, the 24-year-old centre-back, who currently plays for Belgian giants Anderlecht, is open to representing the West Africans at senior level after time …

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Thomas Partey linked with Real Madrid again

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has been highly impressed with the performances of Thomas Partey and seeks to bring him to his star studded side according to reports. The Ghanaian midfielder has been one of the best midfielders in La Liga this season and Zidane sees him as the perfect …

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NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals

It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …

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Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor

First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …

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Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into the country. Veterinary officials said they were able to impound one of the containers but three others which can feed millions of people have …

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Volta barracks sewage poisons river in Ho Dome

Untreated sewage from a non-functioning sewer treatment plant that serves the Volta barracks of the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, is flowing into a river in the Ho Dome community. The treatment plant, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) was told, had stopped working since 2016, causing overflowing …

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Thomas Partey scores in Atletico Madrid draw with Valencia

Thomas Partey registered his second La Liga goal of the season as Atletico Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw by Valencia. Los Rojiblancos were 1-0 victors over Granada in their last outing and coming up against Los Che was going to be difficult. Marcos Llorente gave the away team …

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