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Monthly Archives: January 2020

Sadio Mane named Caf African Player of the Year.

Liverpool’s player Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year. The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award. Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring …

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Guru and Burna Boy’s songs featured on BBC’s dance reality show

Ghanaian Hiplife musician Guru and Grammy-nominated Nigeria singer Burna Boy have had their songs featured on popular BBC dance reality show, “The Greatest Dancer”. A group of two men danced to Burna Boy’s ‘Dangote’ song and then switched to Guru’s ‘Karaoke’ track. Not only were the intricate fast dance moves pleasing to …

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Cars, over 40 kiosks and bar burnt to ashes at Achimota

Over 40 kiosks, some cars and a bar have been burnt to ashes at a slum under the Achimota overhead bridge. Residents at the slum located between Eden Securities and Makey Pub woke up to the Tuesday morning and are counting their loses. Eyewitnesses say the fire started from one of …

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Wiyaala: the Afropop star defying Ghanaian norms

When Noella Wiyaala was eight, her family moved from the relatively large town of Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana to the village of Funsi. It was quite an adjustment. In Wa, there had been electricity and sugar. In Funsi, it was pitch-black at night, and porridge was …

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Kwasi Appiah heading to Sudan?

Former Head coach of the senior national team Black Stars, Kwasi Appiah, could be heading to Sudan to handle their senior national team, few days after his contract with the Black Stars expired. Information gathered by the GNA Sports indicates that Coach Appiah has opened talks with the Sudanese Football …

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Menzgold customers begin fresh push to retrieve locked up cash

Mr Fred Forson, spokesperson of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers, said they were ready to go all lengths to get their investments back from the gold dealership firm. He said customers across the country would converge in Accra next week and march to wherever they would find the Menzgold …

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Depression forced me to leave music industry- MzVee

Former Lynx Entertainment signee, Mzvee has disclosed that her battle with depression has been the reason for her two years absence from the music scene. She said the break was to enable her to engage in “soul searching” at a time where her situation was dire as she was “super depressed”. “I was …

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Know all the Ghanaian holidays in 2020

The Ministry of Interior has published a list of all Ghanaian holidays for the year 2020. The list comprises 13 statutory public holidays and two commemorative days. See the entire list below; STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS New Year’s Day – 1 January – Wednesday Constitution Day – 7th January – Tuesday …

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Gyampo, Butakor exonerated but face disciplinary committee

Two lecturers of the University of Ghana who were accused of soliciting sex in order to extend some advantages to female students in a documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have been cleared of any act of sexual misconduct by the fact-finding committee set up by the university. The …

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Halt commissioning of new ambulances – Ambulance Service pleads with Akufo-Addo

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has pleaded with President Nana Akufo-Addo to halt the scheduled distribution of new ambulances to all the constituencies across the country. According to the Service, postponement of the January 6 commissioning has become necessary as “important technical issues need to be “completely addressed before the ambulances can be commissioned and dispatched to the …

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