Ghanaian youngster Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan has completed a move to the youth side of Italian Serie A outfit AS Roma. The young forward joins from EurAfrica Football Club based in Accra. The AS Roma Primivara team which is their U-19 have produced the likes of Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi and Lorenzo Pellegrini […]
A National Security and Foreign Policy Analyst Joana Lee Blank has said that additional bilateral relations in trade policies are needed to serve both Africa and the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Since its enactment in 2000, AGOA has been at the core of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa. […]
Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen has commended Leader of Government Business in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for the excellent manner that he read the 2021 budget statement on behalf of the Finance Minister in parliament on Friday March 12. Earlier reports in the media suggested that Mr Kyerematen was tipped to read the budget in the absence of the […]
The start of the second round of the Ghana Premier League has been rescheduled from Friday, March 19, 2021 to Friday, April 2, 2021. The decision is to give handlers of the Black Stars ample time to prepare for the two remaining Africa Cup of National qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe. […]
Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen has said that the 2021 budget statement presented by Leader of Government Business Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu gives clear strategy that is designed to lift this nation out of the various challenges imposed on us by the COVID-19. In a brief statement Mr Kyerematen said “Yesterday in Parliament, we witnessed the […]
Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has become the first Premier League player not to take a knee before kick-off. Zaha stood before Saturday’s win over West Brom, an action he hopes will highlight that more needs to be done to fight racism. In a statement, the 28-year-old said he “will continue to stand tall”. Zaha said in […]
The newly elected CAF Executive Committee have appointed Comoros Football Federation normalisation committee president Kanizat Ibrahim as the fifth Vice President of CAF at their first meeting since elected. The new EXCO met on Saturday morning in Rabat, Morocco. Several decisions were taken at the meeting which was chaired by newly elected CAF President Patrice […]
FIFA confirms that Véron Mosengo-Omba will leave his role as Chief Officer of the FIFA member associations (MAs) division with immediate effect to take on the position of CAF General Secretary. Mr Mosengo-Omba initially joined FIFA in 2016 as Chief Member Associations Officer with responsibility for Africa and the Caribbean, and subsequently spent the past […]
Police at Kaneshie on Friday night gunned down a suspected robber at the Awudome Cemetery after he had stabbed and robbed a passer-by. It was on his second attempt to rob another commuter when he was shot dead, according to police. A situational report made available by the police said the robber, part of a […]
Management of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has allayed fears of affected traders who will be relocated to make way for the redevelopment of the Kejetia Market Phase II, assuring them that they will not lose their shops when the project is completed. KMA Chief Executive Osei Assibey Antwi, speaking on Akoma FM‘s weekend political […]
The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has cautioned traders whose shops will be affected by the Kejetia Phase 2 Project that they will have themselves to blame if their goods are destroyed before Monday, March 15. REGSEC had earlier given a five-day ultimatum for all affected traders to evacuate the areas earmarked for demolition by […]
Member of Parliament for Sekondi Andrew Egyapa Mercer has said the new taxes introduced in the 20201 budget are targeted at solving specific problems. He said the problems facing the country at the moment does not permit the government to borrow rather introduced taxes to deal with the specific challenges. His comments come after Lawmaker […]
Veteran gospel musician Agnes Opoku Agyemang is not convinced Highlife musician Kofi Kinaata’s award-winning song Things Fall Apart can be immediately described as a gospel song. She said it might have been an inspiration Kofi Kinaata got while he was a little boy in Sunday School. In an interview with Tony Best on Akoma FM’s […]
Lawmaker for Tamale North, Alhasan Suhuyini has said the 2021 budget statement presented by leader of government business Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu will worsen the condition of businesses in the country. He said at a time Ghanaians and businesses are dealing with the negative impact of the coronavirus, the government has introduced taxes to, in […]
The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m (£19m) settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed US black man whose death last May sparked protests worldwide. Mr Floyd’s death after being trapped under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin was captured on camera. Lawyers for the family said the footage created “undeniable […]
A financial analyst with the Dalex Finance, Mr Joe Jackson, has said the 2021 budget statement presented by the Leader of Government business Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu was not bold enough. He said given the situation the local economy is faced with following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the government should have been bold […]
A financial analyst, Mr Joe Jackson, has revealed that he was heavily criticized by a section of the Ghanaian public for going public on his Covid-19 status after testing positive. He also said some friends and relatives chastised him for going public on the matter. Others, he said, also accused him of seeking public sympathy […]
The 2021 budget full of revised austerity notes with bully taxes and levies, an economist Professor John Gatsi has said. The budget statement was presented on the floor of the House by Leader of Government Business in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on Friday March 12. The budget statement has pegged Ghana’s fiscal deficit at […]
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