• The YEA Job Centre has so far created over a thousand sustainable jobs • Justin Kodua said the jobs were created despite the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic • The centre was first launched in 2019 to address the growing unemployment menace among the youth The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has stated that its Job Centre despite the adverse impact of the coronavirus has created a little over one thousand sustainable jobs.

Defender Jerome Boateng has signed a two-year deal with French giants Lyon.

Some residents at Free Town in Nima, where a young lady, Eunice Kessewaa Yeboah was hit by a stray bullet fired by jubilant friends and family at a marriage ceremony, said the shooting was not deliberate.

GIZ through the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) Programme will continue to support female entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector.

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has said that the current General Secretary of the party Johnson Asiedu Nketia thanked him for not contesting him for the General Secretary position of the party.

Ghanaian actor cum politician John Dumelo has said the security services are fleecing the Ghanaian youth by selling recruitment forms to them at GHS100, describing it as unfair.

Network challenges have marred the ongoing AstraZeneca vaccination exercise against the COVID-19 pandemic at some centres in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, 1 September 2021.

• ASEPA has urged Parliament to critical ensure its oversight in the Aker-AGM deal • The deal by GNPC is expected to increase Ghana’s interest in the oil fields to 47% and 85% respectively • CSOs in the extractive sector have raised concerns over the actual valuation of the deal The Alliance of Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has added its voice to that of civil society organisations calling for strict oversight on the Ghana National Petroleum

It is not surprising that a survey by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) has disclosed that the majority of Ghanaians have expressed doubt in the commitment of President Akufo-Adoo in fighting corruption, Richards Manuribe has opined.

Malian referees have been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take charge of Accra Hearts of Oak’s Champions League preliminary first-leg clash against Guinean side CI Kamsar.

A communication team member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Kofi Wereko, has stated that the survey conducted Center for Democratic Development (CDD), on the issue of corruption cannot represent Ghanaians.

A former Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) during the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) era, Professor Kwame Karikari, has revealed that he was locked up in his office at GBC at the time for three days without bathing due to military inference in the work of media and GBC at the time.

• The GFA President says there is no room for excuses • Kurt wants Ghana to qualify for the World Cup • The Black Stars missed out on the 2018 edition President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku has asked Black Stars players who are not ready to commit their all to the senior national team to up and leave ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Spending on men’s international transfer fees over the last decade increased from $2.

• Ghana is set to take delivery of some oil pipelines from the US after a 12-year delay • The pipelines were first procured back in 2009 for BOST to use • The delay is however as a result of some managerial setbacks at BOST The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) is expected to take delivery of some pipelines from the United States of America by the end of August 2021.

A lot of the perceived corruption against the Akufo-Addo government is social-media influenced, former Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka has said.

• PAC is in Sunyani to investigate portions of the Auditor-General’s report on schools • Two persons who had been scheduled for Friday were called impromptu to respond to some concerns • PAC is sitting for a week on the matter This past Monday, there was drama at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting at Sunyani when a former Headmaster of the Nkoranman Senior High School at Seikwa in the Tain District, Joseph Budu, and a retired accountant, Ransford Boahen,

Police officers had to be called in, to ‘arrest’ the Greater Accra Region Chairman of People’s National Convention (PNC), Bala Salifu Maikankan, who caused disruptions during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, September 1.

The Black Stars of Ghana trained at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Tuesday in preparation for their opening game in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.