Private legal practitioner Martin Luther Kpebu has expressed anger and frustration at the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, questioning his recent comments about not being bothered by the vote threats by some disappointed Ghanaians in the Ashanti Region. Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supported in Kwabre and Manso threatened to …
Read More »Burkina Faso Coup Leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore Sworn In As Interim President [video]
Captain Ibrahim Traore has been sworn in as interim president of Burkina Faso, several weeks after Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was removed in a coup. At a ceremony on Friday, Traore pledged support for a transition leading to elections in July 2024 as he took the oath of office in the …
Read More »Staff-level Agreement Betwixt Ghana And IMF To Be Reached By End Of 2022 – Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance says the Government of Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a clear path towards the final details of a programme with the goal of reaching a Staff-Level Agreement by the end of the year. This follows meetings between the Government and the IMF …
Read More »Woman Arrested For ‘Faking Her Own Kidnap’
A 19-year-old Zambian woman has been arrested on charges of faking her own abduction. The woman, whose identity has been withheld by police, is alleged to have told her uncle that she had been abducted by unknown people as she was going to church. Zambia police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga …
Read More »FUSSAG Joins Strike By UTAG, Other Tertiary Worker Unions
The Federation of Universities Senior Staff Associations (FUSSAG) has joined the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for better service conditions. FUSSAG in a statement said, “our members are also actively involved in the strike in whatever form, shape or direction it takes”. The strike by …
Read More »NDC’s FEC Issues Directives On Upcoming Constituency Elections
The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has directed all elections of its constituency executives to be conducted in a day. The party has set aside Saturday, October 22 to Sunday 23, 2022 to hold its internal elections at the Constituency level. This means constituency election …
Read More »Confirmed: Asante Kotoko Trip To Central America To Play Belize National Team Canceled
The Football Federation of Belize have announced with great regret that, their friendly against Ghanaian champions Asante Kotoko has been cancelled. The Belize FA initially invited the Porcupine Warriors for a double header friendlies in November in their capital, Belmopan as part of measures to improve football in their country …
Read More »OWASS Ends Volta Schools Campaign In NSMQ2022 As KETASCO Goes Home
Opoku Ware School (OWASS) has ended the campaign of Volta Region schools in the 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) after defeating Keta Senior High and Technical School (KETASCO). The two giants fought for supremacy in the Friday evening contest from the first minute to the dying moments. At …
Read More »Kuami Eugene: Empire Africa Is My Family
Eugene Kwame Marfo, who goes by the stage name Kuami Eugene, a Ghanaian High-life and Afrobeat singer-songwriter has made a statement suggesting he has joined a major music label, Empire Africa. In a tweet on Wednesday, he said Empire Africa is his new family without explaining further what that meant. …
Read More »Hudson-Odoi, Schlupp And Salis, Included In 55-man Black Stars Provisional World Cup Squad
Jeffery Schlupp, Salis Abdul Samed, Samuel Owusu and Majeed Asimeru have all been included in the Black Stars provisional 55-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The quartet are among a host of other players including Bayer Leverkusen forward Callum Hudson-Odoi, who are part of the technical team’s pre-tournament …
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