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Shatta Wale, Burna Boy headline acts for Ghana Meets Naija UK

Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and Nigeria’s Burna Boy have been named headline acts for the UK edition of Ghana Meets Naija Concert. These names have been proven to significantly turn up energy levels both individually, and as a pair, patrons can expect a historic time as Shatta and Burna (who have often collaborated on music) treat them to several ...

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Frank Acheampong joins Chinese side Tianjin Teda Source: Joy Sports

Ghana international Frank Acheampong has joined Chinese super league side Tianjin Teda on a 6-month loan deal from Belgian giants Anderlecht. The Black Stars winger snubbed interest from several European Clubs to secure a move to China. The deal gives Tianjin Teda the option to purchase Acheampong outright. Acheampong who has been with the Belgian club for four seasons, becomes ...

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Delta 13 case adjourned again

The case involving 13 members of the dreaded vigilante group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been adjourned to August 8, 2017. A Kumasi Circuit Court presided by her Honour Mary Nsenkyire adjourned the case Thursday July 13, 2017 on the plea of a representative of the prosecutor in the case, C/Inspt. Hannah Acheampong. The 13 suspects ...

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‘Kotoko crash saddening’ – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he is “saddened” by news of the accident involving players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko. “Saddened by the news of the accident involving players & officials of Kotoko. My heart goes out to the team; speedy recovery to the injured,” Mr Akufo-Addo said in a tweet. The assistant equipment officer of the ...

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Kotoko team robbed after gory accident

Players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club suffered double agony Wednesday night when their properties were stolen by some heartless persons after their bus was involved in a gory accident at Nantia, about 300 meters to the main Nkawkaw bypass road. They were robbed off their belongings including laptops, mobile phones and undiclosed amount of money by persons ...

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Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri suffers severe brain damage

Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri has suffered severe and permanent brain damage after collapsing on Saturday, the Dutch club have reported. The 20-year-old was taken to hospital by helicopter after collapsing during the pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria. The match was abandoned. “Ajax are deeply saddened by the news that Appie Nouri has been diagnosed with serious and permanent ...

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2,160 service personnel to push ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’

The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has deployed a total of 2,000 service personnel for the 2017/18 service year to the agriculture and agro-business sector to support the government’s “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme. “In accordance with the scheme’s commitment to meeting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision, we have deployed 2,160 service personnel to the agricultural sector for the ...

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Injured Kotoko players discharged from hospital

All the injured Asante Kotoko players, but one have been discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after the team bus crashed into a stationary truck at Nkawkaw. The assistant equipment officer of the club Kofi Asare died on the spot. The discharged players are Evans Kwaw, Eric Donkor, Saddick Adams, Frank Sarfo Gyamfi, Baba Mahama, Osei Agyeman, ...

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Gyan, others sympathise with grief-stricken Asante Kotoko

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan and a host of sports personalities are commiserating with Ghana giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko after losing an official in a team bus crash Wednesday. Ghana was thrown into a state of shock when news broke that the team is involved in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway at Nkawkaw in the late hours of ...

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