How do you even name five players to form a team among a side that won everything? The CAF Champions League, the Super Cup, local Ghana league titles, domestic cups and all? It can be tough and Ishmael Addo admitted as such when he was required to name a five-a-side team made up of players from the Hearts of Oak ...
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I made Muammar al-Gaddafi weep in 1982 – Michael Mensah discloses
Former Ghana goalkeeper Michael Owusu Mensah has opened up on how he made erstwhile Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi shed tears in the wake of the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations final. On March 19, 1892, the Black Stars defied all odds to beat Libya, the host nation 7-6 on a penalty shootout to win the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations ...
Read More »Confusion in Parliament over MPs’ coronavirus test results
Parliament seems to have shifted its position that no Members of Parliament and staff of the Parliament Service tested positive for COVID-19 during a mass testing exercise. Head of the Public Affairs Department of Parliament, Kate Addo, told journalists on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, that if any of the over 800 people whose samples were taken have tested positive, it ...
Read More »Some MPs opted for private testing for coronavirus – NDC MP
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have opted to undergo private testing for coronavirus instead of what Parliament House is offering for them and other staff. The Member of Parliament for Bia East Constituency in the Western North Region, Richard Acheampong, who revealed this, explained that some of the members fear the leaking of their results to the media should they ...
Read More »EC to compile new voters’ register June
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party has confirmed that the compilation of the new voters’ register is scheduled to take off by June ending to July. He reiterated that the Electoral Commission, other political parties agreed on using passport and Ghana card for registration adding that guarantors will be used for people who do not have the above ...
Read More »We’ll resist NIA’s mop-up exercise – John Boadu
The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party John Boadu says the party will resist any attempt by the National Identification Authority to do a mop-up in areas they had challenges during the initial Ghana Card registration. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting held at the Electoral Commission on Wednesday, John Boadu ...
Read More »George Afriyie gets role in Kurt Okraku’s GFA
GFA President Kurt Okraku has demonstrated a strong commitment to unity and togetherness in the football fraternity by offering a crucial role to his closest rival in last year’s GFA elections. Barely a week after quashing reports of sidelining his opponents in a www.ghanaweb.com interview, Kurt Okraku’s administration has appointed the experienced George Afriyie to serve on the Division One ...
Read More »Don’t be in a hurry to name ‘COVID-19 MPs’ – Speaker warns
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has cautioned members of the House not to be in a hurry to name MPs who have contracted the COVID-19. According to the Speaker, Parliamentarians should allow MPs who have contracted the deadly virus to put their status out themselves. “You cannot unilaterally put into the public realm that a person is positive, ...
Read More »Abedi Pele ranked 4th greatest African player of all-time
Ex-Ghana international Abedi Ayew ‘Pele’ has been ranked as the 4th greatest African player of all-time by France Football magazine. Liberia’s George Weah, Cameroon duo Samuel Eto’o and Roger Milla were the only footballers who were rated above the “Maestro”. While Didier Drogba, Rabah Madjer, Jay Jay Okocha, Mustapha Dahleb, Salif Keita, and Laurent Pokou completed the Top 10. Ayew ...
Read More »Sefwi Juaboso: Forest guard nearly met his untimely death
Two farmers who are yet to be identified have beaten to Pulp, a 32 year old forest guard with the sefwi Juaboso forestry commission in the western north region,this incident occurred at sefwi proso in the Juaboso district when the guard identified as Francis Owusu were confronted by the farmers saying they have been invading their farms at the forest ...
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