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Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka leaves WTA tournament over Blake shooting

Japanese tennis star, Naomi Osaka, has pulled out of a major tennis tournament in New York in a protest over the police shooting of...
Paul Pogba

Pogba tests positive for Covid-19

Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss France’s upcoming UEFA Nations League matches, while multiple reports say Tanguy Ndombele is absent for the...

Asokore Mampong: Man with 355 duplicate voters ID cards arrested [photo]

Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region have arrested a 36-year- old man with 355 duplicates of the new Voter ID cards in...
Wizkid, Beyoncé cooking ‘Brown Skin Girl’ video

Beyoncé’s special message about ‘Brown Skin Girl’[Video]

Beyoncé is discussing the things she kept in mind while filming the music video for her track, 'Brown Skin Girl.' In a message that aired on...
baby

12-day-old baby girl has tooth removed

A baby girl born with a tooth has had it removed at just 12 days old. Isla-Rose Heasman's mum Jasmin, from Plymouth, Devon, said she...

Checkout Gender Ministry’s message as Ghana celebrates Children’s Day

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, as Ghana celebrates National Children's Day is congratulating all stakeholders who have delivered on their role...
coronavirus

Could fitness gadgets help detect early warnings of COVID-19?

Can your fitness gadget prevent COVID-19 from spreading? It's becoming evidently clear that COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. Even if the infection rate...

Lionel Messi hands in Barcelona transfer request

The Argentina international, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him...
Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi ‘informs Barcelona he wants to terminate contract’

Six-time Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi, has dropped a massive bombshell, reportedly telling Barcelona that he wants to leave the club and terminate his...
GFA

Date scheduled for GFA Congress questioned

Former Western Regional Football Association chairman, Kojo Yankah, has questioned the date scheduled for the 26th Congress of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The GFA...

Ashesi University benefits from 2nd disinfection

Ashesi University, a private university located in Berekuso in the Eastern Region, Monday benefited from the second phase of the on-going national disinfection exercise...
Alfred Kotey

Former WBO Champion Alfred Kotey to be buried on Saturday

The late former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Bantamweight Champion, Alfred Kotey, aka ‘Cobra’ will be buried on Saturday, August 29, 2020, in Bronx, New...
Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months

Former Brazil football star Ronaldinho was released on Monday by a Paraguayan judge after spending five months in detention over a forged passport. Judge Gustavo...
Trump

Trump’s postal-vote tweet misleading, says Twitter

Twitter has hidden a tweet by Donald Trump for containing “misleading claims” that could “dissuade voters” ahead of the November election. The US president tweeted...

NSMQ bounces back

The Management of Primetime, the organisers of Ghana’s most-watched television quiz programme, says the 2020 edition of National Science and Maths Quiz will kick start on September 8,...
Daniel Obeng Crentsil

Covid-19: We can’t risk our lives for football- Elmina Sharks Captain

Daniel Obeng Crentsil, captain of Elmina Sharks FC, has said that footballers can’t risk their lives to play football amidst Coronavirus. According to Captain Crenstil,...
Barcelona

Barcelona player tests positive for Covid-19

Barcelona have announced midfielder Miralem Pjanic has tested positive for coronavirus. Pjanic joined the La Liga club from Juventus at the end of the season...
Ghanaian players departing from India

Indian helps fly stranded Ghanaian footballers back to Ghana

Some Ghanaian football players, who were left stranded in India, are back home safely with the aid of an Indian. Over 30 Ghanaian footballers and...
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Scores arrested as PSG fans riot after defeat

Almost 150 people were arrested as Paris Saint-Germain fans set cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and clashed with police in the French capital after the...
Director-General of the GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa

We will not rush to re-open pre-tertiary schools – GES Director-General

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has said that the service will not rush into re-opening pre-tertiary schools in...

Tertiary Institutions in Ashanti region undergo 2nd disinfection

As part of government’s continuous measures to halt the spread of the malignant novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the ministry of education (MoE) and the...

2nd phase disinfection in tertiary institutions begins

Following the President’s directive for tertiary institutions to be reopened next week for continuing students, the ministry of education (MoE), in collaboration with Zoomlion...
coronavirus

Rwanda records highest single-day covid-19 cases

Rwanda recorded 200 coronavirus cases on Sunday - the highest number in a single day since it reported its first case in March.Most of...
morgue

‘World’s oldest man’ dies aged 116 in South Africa

A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom's identity documents...

Doctors in Kenya’s capital begin strike

More than 300 doctors in public hospitals in Kenya's capital Nairobi have begun a strike. The health workers want better pay and working conditions including...
evacuation or deportation

Ghana gets World Tourism Council Safe Travels Stamp

Ghana has become the latest recipient of the world’s first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp, launched recently by the World Travel & Tourism Council...

Wedding guest shoots groom in chest; bride refuses to talk

A Texas couple’s wedding day ended with a guest shooting the groom in the chest and the bride refusing to cooperate with authorities, according to reports. It happened at...

Second phase of disinfection exercise in tertiary institutions begins

Following the President’s directive for tertiary institutions to be reopened next week for continuing students, the Ministry of Education (MoE), in collaboration with Zoomlion...
Senior High School

WHO, UNICEF urge reopening of schools in Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have urged African governments to promote the safe reopening of schools during the...
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Singing ‘no riskier than talking’ for virus spread

Singing does not produce substantially more respiratory particles than speaking at a similar volume, a study suggests. But it all depends on how loud a...
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Rwanda’s top hospital bans visits as doctors get Covid-19

Rwanda’s top referral hospital has banned visits amid coronavirus cases among doctors and nurses, officials say. Dr Edgar Kalimba, an official at King Faisal hospital,...
Andre Ayew

Andre Ayew wins big awards at Swansea City

Andre Ayew has scooped four top awards at Swansea City at the club’s end-of-season awards for the 2019-20 campaign. The former West Ham forward was...
Pictures of Chaos and destruction in Beirut after blast

In Pictures: Scars from Beirut blast capture moment of horror

The trauma from the huge explosion will run deep, even in a city that has seen decades of war, conflict and instability. Their scars capture...
NPP

NPP to launch 2020 manifesto on this date

The New Patriotic Party is set to launch their manifesto for the 2020 general elections on Saturday, August 22. The event will take place at...

COVID-19: GHS issues guidelines ahead of airport reopening

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued guidelines ahead of the reopening of the country's airport for International air travels amid the coronavirus pandemic. This...
Ransford Koufie

Spanish side CD Leganés to sign Ransford Koufie

Spanish lower division side, CD Leganés are set to sign fast-rising offensive midfielder, Ransford Koufie on loan from Golden Kick. The 17-year-old was brilliant with...
Black Stars

2021 Afcon: Date for Ghana, Sudan doubleheader qualifier announced

Ghana will resume their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in November 2020 in a doubleheader against Sudan. This new development emerges after Caf's...

Apple first US company to be valued at $2tn

Tech giant Apple has become the first United States (US) company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market. It reached the milestone...

NUGS bites WAEC over leakage of 2020 WASSCE questions

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is calling for a comprehensive investigation into the leakage of papers in the ongoing West African Senior...

Trump’s presidency a ‘reality show’ – Obama

Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the United States (US) presidency like "one more reality show", in a withering speech to the Democratic...