Kenya’s football federation has suspended 14 players and two coaches for match-fixing allegations after receiving a tip-off about cheating in the national league. Among those suspended on Friday were six players from Zoo Kericho FC, which was found guilty of match-fixing by FIFA’s integrity unit in 2021 and expelled from …
Read More »UG suspends four Commonwealth Hall students
The Management of the University of Ghana has suspended four former Junior Common Room (JCR) Executives of the Commonwealth Hall, for disobeying the Vice Chancellor and the Dean of Student Affairs. A press statement signed by the Registrar said the executives held a meeting which provided a platform for the …
Read More »Taliban suspends university education for women in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run education ministry has suspended university education for female students until further notice. A letter published Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the higher education ministry instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance with a Cabinet decision. This comes after girls …
Read More »Gov’t suspends payment of external debts
The government has announced suspension of all debt service payments under certain categories of the country’s external debt, pending an orderly restructuring of the affected obligations. This suspension will include the payments on the country’s Eurobonds; commercial term loans; and on most of the country’s bilateral debt. This suspension, according …
Read More »Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence over offensive tweets
Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter after being accused of “inciting violence” over offensive tweets – just two months after his last ban. The US rapper, who now goes by the name Ye, posted a series of erratic tweets – one of which appeared to show a symbol combining …
Read More »Medical and Dental Council suspends licences of 9 practitioners
The Medical and Dental Council, has announced the suspension of the licence of some of its practitioners across the country. The nine practitioners were suspended for various reasons. The reasons include: “Failure to appear before an assessment panel, “practitioner failed to go for treatment as recommended” and “Practitioner on treatment, …
Read More »NPP allegedly suspends ‘Mahama forgive me’ Manhyia North Polling Station organiser
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reportedly suspended its polling station organizer in the Manhyia North Constituency of the Ashanti Region, named Andy, who begged former President John Dramani Mahama’s forgiveness for voting against him. In a viral video sighted by GhanaWeb on October 20, Andy berated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his poor …
Read More »Akufo-Addo suspends Yaw Danso over galamsey allegation
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso has been suspended by the Akufo-Addo for his alleged involvement in galamsey. The decision follows a leaked audio that implicates the District Chief Executive encouraging illegal mining activities in his district. In a letter communicating the …
Read More »Tanzania: Catholic Church suspends priest accused of raping three children
Two days after Father Sostenes Bahati Soka of Moshi, in Kilimanjaro region, was arraigned for allegedly raping three children, the Catholic Church has suspended him from providing spiritual services until the allegations against him are cleared. Father Soka who was the parish priest of St. Deonis Aropagita’s Parish, was brought …
Read More »GFA suspends 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League
Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that the 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League has been put on hold. According to a statement released on the FA’s website on Thursday, September 29, 2022, the decision was made in response to an injunction sought by Ashantigold from the Human Rights High Court. “This …
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