Political pundit Ben Ephson has wondered whether the vetting and prior approval of the Electoral Commission Chair by parliament, as proposed by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), as one of its plethora of electoral reform recommendations, will be the thing that ensures the EC Chair is not biased or partisan. The proposals were compiled by a team of ...

Premier League sides are among leading European clubs set to prevent players from going to red-list countries for September’s international break. Unless quarantine exemptions are made, players would be forced to miss several domestic league matches because of the 10-day isolation period required on return to the UK. The Football Association and Premier League are in talks with the Department ...

Former President of the Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP) Alfred Kwasi Opoku, has called on the government to come out in a transparent manner to inform the country about the source of funds for the completion of the Agenda 111 initiative outdoored by the government. He said every Ghanaian would wish that the Agenda 111 succeed before the end of ...

Coach Kobina Amissah is the new coach of Division One League club Samatex two weeks after he left Bibiani GoldStars. In a shocking decision, Amissah quit GoldStars just three weeks after guiding the club to secure Ghana Premier League promotion for the first time. Amissah said that he was tired and needed a break from the game to enable him ...

President of Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Kwabena Yeboah has urged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to include Asamoah Gyan in Ghana’s team for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The seasoned football commentator acknowledges Gyan, who plays his in Ghana for Legon Cities, is not in great form but believes his presence can inspire the ...

Ghanaian artistes seem to be shifting away from the era of low quality and low budget music videos and are now producing music videos that meet international standards and can indeed grab awards on both local and international platforms. Several Ghanaian artistes such as Kuami Eugene, KiDi, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Adina, Keche and a host of others have over the ...

Private legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini, has said it was not surprising that the impeachment petition filed against the Chief Justice by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) was dismissed by the president. He wondered why the petition got this much attention from the key stakeholders. President Akufo-Addo on Monday August 23 dismissed a petition was filed ...

Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson has signed a new deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2026. The 27-year-old Scotland captain joined the Reds from Hull in July 2017 for an initial fee of £8m and has made 177 appearances for the Anfield club. Robertson follows Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk in extending his ...

Popular female Ghanaian gospel musician, Diana Antwi Hamilton, has won the Artiste of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards USA (GMA-USA) held last Saturday in New Jersey in the United States of America (USA). She beat competition from acts such as Fameye, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Mr Drew and Medikal to win the award. In addition to the ...

Two female Members of Parliament (MPs) whose constituencies stretch to Ghana’s borders with neighbouring Togo and Ivory Coast are billed to stage demonstrations against the closure of Ghana’s land borders due to COVID-19. MPs for Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, Abla Dzifa Gomashie and that of Jomoro in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Teffey will be protesting. While the ...