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06/07/2022

05/07/2022

Asante Kotoko midfielder, Fabio Gama Dos Santos Tue, 5 Jul 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.com Asante Kotoko sign Fabio Gama on a two-year contract Asante Kotoko wins Ghana Premier League Fabio Gama leaves Ghana with wife and son Brazilian midfielder, Fabio Gama, left the shores of Ghana with his wife and son after the 2021/2022 Ghaha football season without extending his contract with…...

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/05/fabio-gama-makes-huge-demands-before-renewing-contract-with-asante-kotoko/

05/07/2022

Michael Mensah, Assembly member for Korletsom Electoral Area The Assembly member for Korletsom Electoral Area in the Lower Manya Krobo constituency of the Eastern Region, Michael Mensah, has compelled the Member of Parliament of the area to raise the issue of military detachment in the rolling out of prepaid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana in Parliament. The Krobos had suffered over-billing in their electricity supply since 2014, and the power distributor had resolved to transit their clients in the Krobo District of the Tema region to prepaid meters....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/05/mp-forced-to-speak-in-parliament-for-the-first-time/

04/07/2022

HIGHLIFE act Kofi Kinaata is entreating his colleagues to be mindful of using TIkTok influencers in promoting their songs because of possible abuse by these personalities to set their own agenda. Although he supports the use of TikTok as an ideal medium to promote songs, Kofi Kinaata says he believes its relevance might be threatened by the influencers who use the songs to make themselves popular instead of promoting them....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/tiktok-influencers-abuse-songs-kofi-kinaata/

HIGHLIFE act Kofi Kinaata is entreating his colleagues to be mindful of using TIkTok influencers in promoting their songs because of possible

04/07/2022

A Premier League and international footballer has been arrested in north London on suspicion of r**e. The 29-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken into custody on Monday morning where he remains, as reported by the Telegraph. The Metropolitan Police told BBC Sport: "On 4 July, an allegation of r**e of a woman in her 20s was reported to police....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/premier-league-player-arrested-on-suspicion-of-r**e-in-north-london/

A Premier League and international footballer has been arrested in north London on suspicion of r**e. The 29-year-old,

04/07/2022

PRESIDENT Akufo-Addo is expected to cut sod to mark the commencement of the Manso to Huni Valley part of the Western Rail Line, on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. The Manso to Huni Valley line is approximately 78 kilometers. The project will be executed by Amandi Investment Limited with funds from a Deustche Bank Credit Facility secured by the Government of Ghana....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/nana-cuts-sod-for-huni-valley-rail-line/

04/07/2022

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has said the development of the private sector would continue to be the focal point of the government’s economic policy direction despite the economic crisis that currently confronts the country. President Akufo-Addo said the private sector in the country needed to become the lead agency and vehicle for the socio-economic transformation of the country. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on Monday with some distinguished captains of industry in the country at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, President Akufo-Addo said the development of the private sector over the years had been a difficult one....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/government-remains-committed-to-supporting-private-sector-development/

04/07/2022

Mr Christian Nti (L), the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Highways Authority and Toru Watabiki (R), Managing Director of JFE Engineering Ghana has signed a ¥3.359 billion grant facility with the Japanese Government to complete Phase II of the Tema Motorway Roundabout. Mr Christian Nti, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Highways Authority, who signed on behalf of the government, said the construction of Phase II of the project is expected to commence in September this year....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/phase-two-tema-motorway-roundabout-to-commence-in-september-2022/

Mr Christian Nti (L), the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Highways Authority and Toru Watabiki (R), Managing Director of JFE Engineering Ghana has signed a ¥3.359 billion grant facility with the Japanese Government to complete Phase II of the Tema Motorway Roundabout. Mr Christian Nti, the Chi...

04/07/2022

Ghana Black Maidens have been banned from competing in the next two editions of the FIFA U17 Women’s AFCON Qualifiers and fined $100,000 for age cheating. FIFA’s rule comes after Morocco protested that Nancy Amoh and Rasheeda Shahadu falsified their birthdate info and are above U17. Black Maiden’s Nancy Amoh and Rasheeda Shahadu, who have been above age 17, have been discovered responsible for age dishonest within the qualifiers in opposition to…...

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/fifa-bans-ghana-black-maidens-for-two-years-over-age-cheating/

04/07/2022

The Ghana Police Service provided health services to members of the Islamic community who were in transit at the Hajj Village, as part of the police strategy to take policing closer to the public and win the hearts and minds of the people in a bid to strengthen partnerships for effective policing. Two Police Mobile Clinic vehicles were deployed and stationed at the Village to support the Hajj Village clinic to provide health care services for the people....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/police-support-hajj-village-with-two-police-mobile-clinics/

04/07/2022

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association has resolved to split Zone One of the National Division One League into two zones. The Council arrived at this decision at a meeting in Accra on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The decision means the sixteen competing clubs would be split into two Zones of eight clubs each after which the two top teams will engage in a playoff to determine the winner of the Zone and the club that qualifies for the Premier League....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/executive-council-splits-division-one-league-zone-one-beginning-2022-23-season/

04/07/2022

Dr. Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe, Board Member of Hearts of Oak has accused the head coach of the side, Samuel Boadu of losing the dressing room. The 37-year-old trainer has come under pressure after failing to defend the Premier League despite beating Bechem United to win the FA Cup back to back. Last week, Dr. Tamakloe speaking to Accra-based Angel FM insisted Boadu is not the right man to lead the side for their CAF Confederations Cup next season after finishing the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League on the 6th position with 48 points....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/samuel-boadu-has-lost-hearts-of-oaks-dressing-room-dr-nyaho-tamakloe/

Dr. Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe, Board Member of Hearts of Oak has accused the head coach of the side, Samuel Boadu of losing the dressing room. The 37-year-old trainer has come under pressure after failing to defend the Premier League despite beating Bechem United to win the FA Cup back to back. Last week...

04/07/2022

The President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe on Sunday, July 3, announced that the Executive Committee has resolved that the African Super League will kick off in August 2023 and will be launched in Tanzania in August 2022. Details, including the official name, will be unveiled at the launch event. The competition will breathe new life into the African club competition....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/african-super-league-kicks-off-in-august-2023/

04/07/2022

The fact and data always support the narrative that former President John Mahama actually went to the IMF because of Fiscal Indiscipline anchored on Pure Incompetence and Not because of lack of Resources. According to the International Monetary Fund, the NDC government under John Mahama came to the IMF for economic bailout because of: Fiscal Indiscipline due to the mismanagement of the economy....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/mahama-went-to-the-imf-because-of-misuse-or-waste-of-resources-and-not-because-of-lack-of-resources-razak-kojo-opoku-writes-to-ndc/

04/07/2022

Data from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has shown that a quarter of its contributors are on a basic salary of GH¢500 or less – a situation that will negatively impact how much they earn as pensioners upon their retirement. According to SSNIT, about 434,655 workers who form a cumulative 25.35% of their contributors are paid a basic monthly salary of GH¢500 or less....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/25-of-ssnit-contributors-earn-up-to-gh%c2%a2500/

04/07/2022

Dr. Ernest Addison, BoG Governor The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Ernest Addison, says the African continent must strategically position itself to take advantage of the opportunities the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents. In response to the opportunities that the AfCFTA presents, he noted that commercial banks are required to strengthen all risk management systems and scale-up capacity in trade finance to support the private sector....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/04/bog-boss-takes-african-countries-to-task-over-afcfta/

03/07/2022

July 3, 2022 Reading Time: 2 mins read ECOWAS leaders are meeting in Accra to, among other things, elect a new Chairman. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, after serving two consecutive terms, will bring his tenure to an end after today’s meeting. Opening the ongoing summit, Nana Akufo-Addo said he did his best to serve the region during the period amidst difficult times....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/ecowas-to-elect-new-chairman-to-take-over-from-akufo-addo-today/

03/07/2022

Twitter Email This Prof. Steve Hanke, renowned international economist at the Johns Hopkins University-USA Ghana has turned to the IMF 17 times Ghana facing economic distress Ghana cedi is a central bank junk currency, Steven Hanke A renowned international economist at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA, Professor Steve Hanke, has stated Ghana’s decision to enter an economic programme with the IMF will not salvage the economy....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/imf-loan-wont-save-ghanas-economy-renowned-us-economist/

03/07/2022

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), in the exercise of its powers under Article 31(2) of the GFA Statutes 2019, has fixed Thursday, August 18, 2022 for the Ordinary Session of Congress. Article 31(2) of the GFA Statutes 2019 states that "the Executive Council shall fix the date and venue for a meeting of Congress. The Members shall be notified in writing at least ten (10) days in advance"....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/executive-council-set-date-for-28th-ordinary-congress/

03/07/2022

Sand, Frauenfußball / SC Sand - MSV Duisburg,Nora HäuptleAdvertisement The Ghana Football Association has appointed Nora Häuptle as the Technical Advisor of the female U-20 team – otherwise known as Black Princesses. The former Swiss International who comes in to complement the work of Ben Fokuo is a product of the University of Bern where she attained her Masters in Sports Sciences – also a Bachelor of Philosophy and Minor in Theatre Sciences....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/nora-hauptle-appointed-as-technical-advisor-of-black-princesses-for-fifa-womens-u-20-world-cup/

03/07/2022

Kouassi Frederic Francois Biro from Côte D'Ivoire has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football as the Centre referee for the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) Algeria 2022 first round qualifier between Ghana and Benin. The 37- year old will be assisted by compatriots Ashumu Hermann Arthur Melaine Aguie (Assistant I), Kalilou Bamba (Assistant II) and Patrick Tanguy Jean Philippe Vlei (Fourth Referee) while Joseph Zangreyanogho from Burkina Faso works as Match Commissioner....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/cote-divoire-referee-frederic-francois-takes-charge-of-ghanas-chan-qualifier-against-benin/

03/07/2022

Gabby Otchere-Darko is a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government begins engagement with IMF Gabby claims IMF decision not to tie the hands of next government Government IMF decision divides public opinion A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has stated that any government that takes over from the Akufo-Addo-led administration will be elated to inherit a stabilized economy....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/after-imf-any-government-will-inherit-a-stabilized-economy-gabby-otchere-darko/

03/07/2022

Nigeria: Police rescue 77 people kept in church basement for rapture Police in Nigeria have freed at least 77 people who were kept in a church basement by pastors who preached to them about Christian believers ascending to heaven with the second coming of Jesus Christ, authorities said Sunday. The people rescued Friday night from the church in Ondo state included 23 children, some as young as 8 years old....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/nigeria-police-rescue-77-people-kept-in-church-basement-for-rapture/

03/07/2022

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper says Ghana is going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a little too late, especially when, from all indications, it was clear that the economy was headed for more difficult times. He said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s adamancy must be blamed for Ghana’s unnecessary delay to engage the IMF for a bailout. Speaking in a…...

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/ken-ofori-attas-adamancy-cause-of-ghanas-late-imf-talks-seth-terkper/

03/07/2022

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has stated government’s plan to ensure smooth re-entry of current cohort of workers who lost their employment or were under-employed because of the COVID-19 pandemic into the labour market. He said that, for the workers to gain the higher levels of productivity and performance, they needed to go through vocational, technical, and professional training and retraining....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/government-is-focused-on-enhancing-workers-prospects-for-re-entry-into-the-labour-market-ken-ofori-atta/

03/07/2022

Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on the Governments of West and Central Africa to scale up investment in the education of its youth to ensure economic prosperity. Mr. Ofori-Atta said that despite the current pressing fiscal pressures, governments of these two regions must raise more funding for education and continue to prioritize education by giving funds more fairly and efficiently....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/finance-minister-calls-for-more-education-investment-in-central-and-western-africa/

03/07/2022

Lasmid On a Friday, it’s only fitting that we scoop ‘Friday Night’ hitmaker, Lasmid, as he gives an exclusive into his musical journey and his genre – Afrorave. Lasmid is the latest and only Ghanaian musician to have claimed the new genre, Afrorave, after Rema of Nigerian and Toya Delazy from South Africa. Per what we deciphered, Afrorave is a subset of Afrobeat, a term used to describe sounds from West Africa....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/03/what-is-afrorave-is-lasmid-inventing-a-new-afrobeat-genre/

On a Friday, it’s only fitting that we scoop ‘Friday Night’ hitmaker, Lasmid, as he gives an exclusive into his musical journey and his genre

02/07/2022

Yes, it has not been an easy decision to take Ghana to the IMF, however, it is completely false for anyone to conclude that people in charge of NPP Government taking Ghana to IMF cannot break the 8 in 2024. The decision of NPP Government to seek IMF support does not automatically mean that we have handed over power to NDC and John Mahama without a contest....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/02/people-leading-ghana-to-imf-can-still-break-the-8-razak-kojo-opoku-writes/

02/07/2022

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, paid an official courtesy call to the KGL Group as part of his familiarization visit to the Ghana National Lottery Authority – NLA - on the First of July 2022. Mr. Gbajabiamila, accompanied by Mr. Samuel Awuku, the Director General of Ghana’s National Lottery Authority was warmly received by Global Business Mogul and Executive Chairman of the KGL Group, Mr....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/07/02/kgl-group-hosts-nigeria-lottery-regulatory-commission-ceo-mr-lanre-gbajabiamila/

30/06/2022

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita have been nominated for the 2022 African Men’s Player of the Year award. The Reds duo were included on the 30-man list of contenders announced by the Confederation of African Football on Thursday. Salah made 51 appearances for Liverpool last season, scoring 31 goals while providing 16 assists, and inspired Egypt to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in February....

https://ghnewsexpress.com/2022/06/30/salah-and-keita-nominated-for-african-mens-player-of-the-year-award/