Jordan escapes red in Palace defeat
Ghana international and Crystal Place forward, Jordan Ayew escaped red card on Monday when Palace lost 1-0 at home to Burnley in their Premier League clash. Burnley’s victory came from captain Ben Mee, who threw himself in to meet an Ashley Westwood free-kick and steer an effort past Vicente Guaita. It was reward for a […]
Ole: No guarantees for Rashford, Martial
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial they will have to continue improving to keep their places at Old Trafford. Rashford and Martial have both scored 19 times this season — the best individual tallies of their careers — but Solskjaer insists their form will not stop United, linked […]
Nathaniel Attoh and Naa Ashorkor to host 2020 EMY Africa Awards
Media personalities Nathaniel Attoh and Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku have been announced as the hosts of this year’s edition of the Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY) Africa Awards which will come off on Saturday, July 4. The event, organised by Carbon AV with production support from Rhythms Africa, celebrates its fifth anniversary this year and […]
Ghana Medical Association decries inadequate PPE for health personnel
Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Titus Beyuo, has called for urgent implementation of E1 164 that fines and imprisons defaulters of face mask wearing. He said the country would soon be flooded with activities that would witness large gatherings, which must be of concern to all. Speaking on GBC’s ‘Behind […]
Radio: Media Foundation Report On Election 2020 Indecent Language Campaign
Three Members of Parliament (MPs) and some officials of the two main political parties, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been cited as having engaged in the use of indecent and abusive language on radio. This was among several findings in the maiden report of the Media Foundation for West Africa’s […]
FDA seizes fake herbal cure for COVID-19 after anas’ expose
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized 431 bottles of two unregistered herbal drugs purported to cure coronavirus. This follows an exposé by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger eye PI team. Anas released his latest investigative piece on Monday, June 29, 2020, dubbed “Corona Quacks which exposed persons swindling others in […]
Delayed CHAN slated for January 2021
The African Nations Championship (CHAN) will now take place in January 2021. The tournament, which is restricted to footballers who play in their country of birth, was supposed to have been played back in April this year but the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, announced the postponement of the African Nations Championship […]
Lebanon’s international airport reopens after three months
Lebanon’s only international airport has reopened after being closed for more than three months. For now, Beirut’s airport is operating at 10% of its normal capacity. Passengers will be tested for Covid-19 upon arrival and be required to quarantine at home if they have the disease. While Lebanon has largely avoided the worst of the […]
Ghana marks Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa
As Africans mark the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa (DSRA) June 30, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has said science and technology is vital for national development. He said the nation, therefore, needed to recommit to the application of science and technology for it socio-economic development. June 30 every […]
Google stops storing photos from WhatsApp and Instagram
Google will no longer automatically back up images and videos from social media platforms in its photo app. Previously, the Google Photos app created a folder to store any media received through apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. Google said the changes were to save internet resources as “people are sharing more photos and […]
2020 Presidential Pitch today
Ten young entrepreneurs will today pitch their innovative business ideas before a panel of judges in a competitive bid to access part of the GH¢1 million to establish their start-up businesses. The ceremony will be the final stage of this year’s Presidential Pitch Programme (PPP), which is designed to provide the opportunity, including funding for […]
Lagos schoolchildren to get radios for homeschooling
The state government for Lagos in Nigeria is planning to distribute 10,000 radio sets to pupils for homeschooling. The state education commissioner Folasade Adefisayo said the state would partner with telecommunication firms to provide free data to schools for online teaching. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the re-opening of schools for final year students […]
Mohamed Salah says he wants to stay at Liverpool for a ‘long time’
Mohamed Salah says he wants to stay at Liverpool for “a long time” and thinks the club can still “achieve more”. The forward, 28, is the Reds’ leading goal scorer this season, playing a key role in the club sealing a first league title for 30 years last week. The Egyptian joined Liverpool in 2017 […]
Deliberation on the Nationwide Voter Registration
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NATIONWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION. The nationwide voters’ registration kicks off Tuesday, June 30. The about one-month exercise is geared towards getting eligible Ghanaians onto a new electoral roll that will be superior to the old register. The new voter registration exercise is scheduled to end on Thursday, August 6. […]
