How Samuel Bio’s strike denied Kotoko top spot
Asante Kotoko succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Aduana Stars in a match-day ten played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. A second-half strike by substitute Samuel Bio was enough to secure the spoils for the “Ogyaa” Boys which lifted them into the fifth position with 16 points, whilst Kotoko was […]
CAF grants amnesty to clubs and associations due to COVID 19
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rescinded its decision to suspend clubs and Associations that pulled out of competitions in 2020 over COVID-19 related issues. The decision follows a meeting held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, during the Championship of African Nations (CHAN). In a letter addressed to member Associations, CAF said […]
Japan denies it is looking for ‘face-saving’ way to cancel Olympics
Japan on Friday denied a news report that its government had privately concluded the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. British newspaper The Times reported that Japan’s government has agreed the Games are doomed and that Tokyo is now seeking to host them in 2032, the next available […]
EC to hold Council of State Regional Elections Feb. 12
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will conduct elections for new Regional Representatives to the Council of State on February 12, 2021. Accordingly, it has asked all qualified and interested persons to submit their nomination forms between February 1 and 4, 2021 to the respective Regional Directors of the EC. The statement said: “In accordance with Paragraph (C) […]
US to seek 5-year extension of nuclear arms treaty with Russia
The United States will seek a five-year extension of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki confirmed on Thursday. “The President has long been clear that the New START Treaty is in the national security interest of the United States. This extension makes even more sense when […]
Google threatens to pull search engine from Australia over news code
Google threatened to pull its search engine from Australia on Friday over a proposed media code that would require the tech firm to pay for news content. Managing Director for Google’s Australian operations, Mel Silva told a Senate enquiry the code was unworkable and the company was unable to calculate the financial risk, news agency […]
EU borders to stay open but pre-travel virus testing to be amped up
EU leaders resolved to keep the bloc’s internal borders open on Thursday evening but said new restrictions such as pre-departure Covid-19 tests are needed to keep fast-spreading new coronavirus variants in check. “Across Europe, the health situation remains very serious. There is reason for hope because of the vaccines, but there’s also strong reason for […]
Lack of safe water affecting effective academic work
The Education Management Information System (EMIS), put together by a consortium of non-governmental organisations in education, says that about 58 per cent of basic schools — public and private do not have access to safe drinking water which is affecting effective teaching and learning. Corroborating the assertion, a student of the St John Junior High […]
GPRTU to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols at terminals
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has served notice that it will take strong punitive action against its member organisations at the various lorry parks across the country who fail to impress on their drivers to observe and enforce the COVID-19 preventive protocols. The union said it had, among other preventive practices to help […]
MPs divided on call for gov’t to absorb fees of tertiary students
Parliament is divided over the competence of a motion filed by Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga asking the house to resolve to ask the president to take urgent steps to suspend the payment of admission fees by fresh public tertiary education and continuing students. Members on the majority side including Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh […]
Policeman killed in highway robbery, ¢500,000 stolen
Some unidentified men numbering about 10, on Tuesday reportedly shot and killed a policeman who was on escort duties on the Adansi Fomena road in the Ashanti Region. Lance Corporal Martin Babah reportedly died on the spot. The robbers reportedly made away with an amount of GH¢500,000 which was in a bullion Van, plus one AK 47 […]
Scrap dealer in court for stealing heavy duty equipment
A scrap dealer has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly dismantling and stealing an automatic sieving and aggregate machine valued ¢1,175,000.00. Isaah Zimmaleh aka Alex has been charged with conspiracy, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing. His accomplices whose names were given as Red and one Haruna are on the run. […]
Rawlings’ family demand for body to be interred in Anlo
The family of the late President Jerry John Rawlings has demanded his mortal remains to be interred in Anlo in the Volta Region. According to the Agbotui, Tamakloe and Allied families, in a letter co-signed by Mr. Napoleon Kwame Agbotui and Mr. Godson Agbotui, the views expressed by Rawlings’s family members on the central funeral […]
Some basic schools in Suame receive educational materials
Some government basic schools in the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti Region have received some educational materials to enhance academic work as schools reopen. The items included, school uniforms, exercise books, mathematical sets, pencils, erasers, pens, biscuits and soft drinks. The beneficiary schools were, Suame M/A, Adadiem M/A as well as Anomangye M/A. Suame Municipal […]
