Bank-roller of Attram De’ Visser Soccer Academy, Godwin Attram, has rejected Asante Kotoko transfer fee for Christopher Nettey, according to media report. Nettey, 21, joined the Porcupine Warriors on a loan deal from the lower-tier side last year. He has established himself as the club’s first-choice right-back, playing in all …
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Princella Okyere provides three assists on FC Gintra debut
Midfielder Princella Okyere sparkled on her debut for FC Gintra Universitetas by providing three assists in their 7-0 win over MFK Kauno Žagiris. The Ghana international was playing in the Lithuanian Women’s Winter Tournament. She posted on her Twitter account: “Happy to have assisted 3 goals on my debut for …
Read More »Ghanaian midfielder in trouble over ‘Jesus loves you’ shirt
Sint Truiden midfielder Samuel Asamoah has touched on his sending off during their 5-2 win against KAS Eupen in the Belgian Jupilar Pro Elague over the weekend. Asamoah scored a hat-trick in the game as the Canaries run-riot their opponents 5-2 in front of their supporters at the Stayen Stadium. …
Read More »NAGRAT bares teeth over special classes for promotional exams
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with regional and district directors of education and has asked them to desist from issuing official cover letters to organisations and institutions organising special classes for teachers due to write their promotional examinations. It also called on the management of …
Read More »Two police officers facing interdiction after celebrating Asante Kotoko win against Hearts of Oak
Two police officers who were caught celebrating Asante Kotoko SC’s winning goal against Hearts of Oak at the Accra sports stadium in week 6 of the Ghana Premier League have been interdicted. The action of the two officers on the day is said to be against the ethics of police …
Read More »Ejisuman Senior High expels 7 students from boarding house over viral video
Ejisuman Senior High School has expelled seven students from its boarding facility after they were deemed to have engaged in activities that tarnished the school’s image. The six are all final year students. They are accused of using a mobile phone – which is prohibited in basic and high schools …
Read More »Etoile du Sahel sack head coach Juan Carlos Garrido; set to pay $890,000 as compensation
Tunisian giants Etoile du Sahel have sacked head coach Juan Carlos Garrido with immediate effect following a poor run of results recently. The Coastal Stars have managed to pick just a point from the last five league games leaving them 18 points behind leaders Espérance de Tunis. Etoile du Sahel …
Read More »Andre Ayew shines in Swansea City’s defeat to Derby County
Ghana and Swansea City forward Andre Ayew featured for his side as they lost at home to Derby County in the English Championship on Saturday. The Swans suffered their 10th league defeat at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday as they gradually fell further away from the promotion places. The result …
Read More »Women’s League team involved in accident [Photos]
Northern Ladies, a Women’s Premier League side, were involved in an accident on Saturday on their way to Kumasi. The Northern Ladies are billed to play against Fabulous Ladies this weekend in the ongoing Women’s Premier League. However, there were no casualties as the team has reached its destination, resting …
Read More »WAEC accepts oral response in examination
Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
Read More »WAEC accepts oral response in examination
Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
Read More »UG Medical centre to operate next year after gov’t agrees to ownership formula
The impasse between the management of the University of Ghana and government over the ownership of the UG Medical Centre has been settled. Per an agreement between the two parties, government will take 60 percent shares of the facility with the University reserving 40. The disagreement over who takes control …
Read More »Ridge Hospital dedicates 9 doctors, 26 nurses to coronavirus fight
The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any in the country. Medical Director, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo who took journalists on a tour of some of the wards designated for such cases said the hospital is ready to …
Read More »Sports Ministry wants Kotoko vs Hearts in London cancelled
Credible reports gathered from highly placed sources within the Ghana FA and Sports Ministry indicate that the much anticipated Independence Anniversary clash between Kotoko vs Hearts of Oak in London, UK, is in doubt following an attempt by the Ministry of Youth and Sports to push the match to a …
Read More »A total of 9 suspected cases of coronavirus reported in Ghana – Health Service
The Ghana Health Service has said Ghana has recorded a total of nine suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus infection, but they have all tested negative. These nine cases include the two recent ones reported at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday. The two – a Chinese and an Argentine …
Read More »Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus has died
The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about the Wuhan coronavirus has died, according to several state media reports. Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old doctor working in Wuhan, raised the alarm about thenovel coronavirus on December 30, posting in his medical school alumni group on the Chinese messaging app WeChat that …
Read More »Allotey banned six months for assaulting Kotoko fan
A Ghanaian boxer who assaulted a fan during a football match has been banned from the sports for six months by the Ghana Boxing Authority. Patrick Allotey, a former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa super lightweight champion beat an Asante Kotoko fan, Michael Siaw at the Accra Sports Stadium during …
Read More »Coronavirus: Tests on two suspected cases negative – Noguchi
A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …
Read More »‘Malicious panic’ hits Korle Bu as doctors flee over suspected coronavirus case
The head of the Public Health Department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that a lack of a well-resourced holding bay at the hospital caused pandemonium among doctors on Wednesday. Dr Philip Amoo said there was a situation in which two suspected cases of coronavirus were reported at the facility …
Read More »Buipe SHS closed for one week following fire outbreak
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …
Read More »Getfund Directed To Address Shortage Of Dormitories, Classrooms In SHSs
Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …
Read More »GES Revises Promotion Process
Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …
Read More »5 Reasons to Watch the Ghanaian Premier League
Most people talk about the Premier League of Ghana as a new league season is here again and … And you wonder why you should join your friends or colleagues to watch and follow the League too. Don’t worry, we gotcha! Accra Hearts of Oak present 5 reasons why the …
Read More »Korle Bu records 2 suspected coronavirus cases
Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …
Read More »[VIDEO]: 2014 World Cup: I would have slapped Kwasi Appiah for crying – Malik Jabir
Legendary Ghanaian player Malik Jabir says Kwasi Appiah exhibited emotional immaturity and fragility by breaking down in front of players of the Black Stars at the 2014 World Cup. Appiah is said to have burst into tears after some players hurled expletives at him during the tournament. Despite confirming the …
Read More »Anaesthetists Suspend Strike
The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have suspended their nationwide strike. The suspension of the strike is expected to take effect on Thursday, 6th February 2020. The suspension, according to the Association follows a “fruitful deliberation and goodwill shown by stakeholders and the leadership of the union in a …
Read More »John Mahama’s son Sharaf trains with WAFA
Sharaf, son of ex-Ghana President John Mahama, has started training with Ghana Premier League side WAFA SC, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The 24-year-old striker, who once had a spell with Belgian top-flight side KV Mechelen, is in his final week of training with the Sogakope-based side. It is however not …
Read More »Fire razes two dormitories at Boa-Amponsem SHS
Dunkwa-on-Offin (C/R), Feb. 4, GNA – Fire on Monday afternoon razed two male dormitories; Owusu Bore and Aggrey halls, at Boa-Amponsem Senior High School at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, displacing about 300 students. The inferno, causing extensive damage to property, took the intervention of the Municipal Fire …
Read More »Kotoko counting the cost of playing in empty stadium
Asante Kotoko are counting the cost of their home ban handed to them by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) recently, saying the development had affected their performance in the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League (GPL). “We have missed the support of the teeming Kotoko faithful,” Coach Maxwell Konadu told sports journalists …
Read More »GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school
Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …
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