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Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been suspended by Paris St-Germain for two weeks after travelling to Saudi Arabia without the club's permission this week. The trip followed the French club's home defeat by Lorient on Sunday, in which Messi played the full 90 minutes. Messi will not train or play for PSG during the period of his suspension. It is understood the...
Liberia President George Weah has sacked Cooper Kruah a few days after the telecommunications minister attended an opposition event. Mr Kruah is said to have gone to the opposition Unity Party political rally last Friday where it named its presidential running-mate ahead of October's general elections. The move angered senior members of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) party, who...
School feeding caterers in the Northern Region are divided over an industrial action they have been directed to obey. While others are complying with the directive to suspend cooking, others have also ignored it and gone ahead to cook for pupils. A visit to the Jisonayili E/A Basic School in the Northern Region saw caterers at work and served the pupils...
The High Court in Accra has ordered for a retrial of Gregory Afoko who has been on trial for eight years over the death of late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Alhaji Adams Mahama. The second accused person, Asabke Alangde has also been sentenced to death by hanging. This follows the decision of the Jury in the...
Nhyiraba Kojo, a popular Hip Life Musician and owner of the NK City Nightclub at Fijai-Takoradi has been sentenced to 30 days imprisonment by a Sekondi Commercial High Court for contempt in a case filed by three residents of Fijai over noise from his nightclub The court presided over by Justice Sedina Agbemava sentenced him to imprisonment following Nhyiraba Kojo’s...
Ghanaians, especially those in flood-prone areas have been advised to stay safe following heavy rains in Accra and other parts of the country. This advice was given by the Ghana Meteorological Agency following a downpour which started around 6pm on Thursday, April 27. The Agency also warned of flash floods in parts of the country depending on the intensity of the...
The government is targeting to plant some 10 million trees this year. The number represents a reduction in last year’s target of 20 million. Launching this year’s Green Ghana Project, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor said several factors accounted for the government’s failure to meet last year’s target. “On the maiden edition of the Green Ghana Day, we...
Despite a significant redemption reprofiling and a substantial reduction in interest rates, Ghana’s public debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has decreased by only one percentage point to just above 100% of GDP, according to rating agency Fitch. This assessment was made using the standard 5% discount rates that apply in the International Monetary Fund/World Bank debt sustainability framework for low-income countries. Fitch...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that over 11 million unregistered SIM cards will be deactivated on May 31, 2023. The 11 million SIMs include subscribers who were exempted from the current exercise. These include diplomats, refugees, and Ghanaians on official duties outside the country. Others include subscribers who have registered some of their SIMs, people with Ghana Cards who...
An aspiring presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has slammed persons claiming he is not worthy to be the presidential candidate of the party for the 2024 polls. The vociferous Assin Central Member of Parliament said his critics say he is not “presidential material” because he does not speak impeccable English like some of...

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