A controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile river began generating electricity for the first time on Sunday, according to state TV. The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011. Sudan …
Read More »Liverpool came from behind to beat Norwich
Liverpool staged a second-half comeback against a resilient Norwich side to keep their Premier League title hopes alive with an eighth successive win in all competitions. The Reds had threatened the Norwich goal countless times but they were stunned into emergency action moments after the interval when Milot Rashica’s deflected …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian pleads guilty to laundering $35m from Americans
US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, who was arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, has now pleaded guilty. Fred Asante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and …
Read More »NAGRAT strike looms over deletion of names of teachers from payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will soon go on strike unless names of teachers deleted from the government’s payroll unfairly are restored. This has been hinted by NAGRAT President Angel Carbonou. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, the NAGRAT leader described the reasons given …
Read More »Top gospel musicians join ‘One Man Supporter’ to kick out GFA president from office
Celebrated Ghanaian gospel musicians, Isaiah Kwadwo Ampong and Nicholas Omane Acheampong have joined Ghana’s first official international football supporter, Abraham Boakye, popularly known as “One Man Supporter” to form a movement in pursuit of kicking the GFA President Mr Kurt Okraku out of office before his tenure ends. At a press …
Read More »Nobody can sack me from NDC – Anyidoho
Samuel Koku Anyidoho, founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute has said nobody can sack him from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Anyidoho was reacting to his supposed expulsion from the biggest opposition party in the country. Speaking with Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show Thursday (17 February) he said, the NDC has …
Read More »No amount of Dampare’s populist incarcerations will stop me from speaking – Abronye
The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye DC, has spoken following his release from police custody. Charged with two counts of publication of false news and offensive conduct, Abronye DC, who was arrested on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, was arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on …
Read More »Passengers from Netherlands, UK have started coming to Ghana using GhanaCard – Executive Secretary to Bawumia
Executive Secretary to the Vice President, Mr Augustine Blay has revealed that passengers have started arriving in Ghana from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) using the GhanaCard. Asked whether anybody with the Ghana Card anywhere in the world can come back to Ghana using the card, while speaking …
Read More »The tactical approach Ghanaians should expect from Chris Hughton
Newly-appointed Black Technical advisor, Chris Hughton is an experienced coach whose career started in 1993, when he handled the Tottenham Hotspur under 21 team. He has been a caretaker for the Spurs first team before, then moved to Newcastle where he was handed his first ever first team role in …
Read More »I’m told Afia Akoto was sacked from MASLOC because she married an NDC man – Ken Agyapong
Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has said he has been informed about the dismissal of Afia Akoto. While condemning the development, the legislator mentioned that the basis for Afia Akoto’s dismissal from the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) is unfathomable. “I’m told Afia Akoto has been sacked from MASLOC. …
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