Author Archives: larryehu

Sex for grades: Don’t needlessly ‘skapegoat’ Gyampo – ASEPA boss to UG

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has urged authorities of the University of Ghana not unfairly punish Professor Ransford Gyampo over the BBC’s sex for grade documentary. According to him, the Committee that probed the allegations against the poliical science lecturer by the BBC could not establish his guilt. “My investigations reveal that the Committee could not ...

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Ghana heading for doom if EC is not sanitized – Pratt

Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt, has expressed fear that the 2020 general election is likely to be characterized by violence, if stringent steps are not taken to ‘sanitize the Electoral Commission”. He says the conduct of the 2020 elections could have significant consequences for the democratic trajectory of the country if characters like Dr Eric Bossman Asare remain in office. The ...

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Why hold referendum when there’re roads to fix? – Dan Botwe queries

The Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development Dan Kwaku Botwe has called for the cancellation of the December 17 referendum which is to decide whether political parties should sponsor candidates in district level elections. “Why should we spend money on referendum when there is rains and roads and we cannot make roads. Why should we waste so much money on ...

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Court fines pitch invader GHC2,400

The Cape Coast Circuit Court ‘B’ has fined the pitch invader who disrupted the AFCON qualifier between Ghana and South Africa GhC2,400. Awal Suleman has also been asked to sign a bond of good behaviour or in default serve 3 months in prison. He was charged on two counts. Disturbing public peace and resisting arrest. Awal stormed the pitch in ...

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Ghana Premier League to start Dec. 21

The Ghana Premier League is set for a return on December 21, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced. On hold since a bribery and match-fixing scandal truncated the 2017-18 season halfway in June last year, the return of the domestic top-flight is welcome news to the Ghanaian football fraternity. It marks the end of months of uncertainty concerning the ...

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Mayweather finally retires

Floyd Mayweather has retired from boxing at least three times, but this time it just might stick. The 42-year-old boxing great recently told Reuters that he’s officially done for good. “I’ve got calls to get back into the ring, but my health is my wealth,” Mayweather said to Reuters. “Boxing is a very, very brutal sport. In the last few ...

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Leaked tape: Ofosu Ampofo’s trial to begin Dec.18

The trial of the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, and a Communications officer of the NDC, Anthony Kwaku Boahen, has been set for the 18th of December 2019. The two NDC officials have been charged in respect of the infamous leaked tape and are being tried at a Commercial Court in Accra presided over by ...

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Shatta Wale plans massive celebration if Beyoncé wins Grammys

Award-winning Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has expressed excitement at the nomination of Beyoncé’s ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ album for the 2020 Grammy Awards. Shatta Wale featured on the album in his collaboration with the American songstress on the 12th track ‘Already’. The album gained nomination in Best Pop Vocal Album. The nominees list for the 62nd was released ...

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