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05 Jan

Sarkodie: ‘We’re Outside’ In 2023, ‘Banging Singles’ Only

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Africa's most celebrated rap star Sarkodie has indicated that he will be spending a lot of his fan engagement time on the international scene in 2023. Born Michael Owusu Addo, he was speaking to Accra-based Metro TV's Dessy Fayden on Sunday, January 1, 2023. Nicknamed the Landlord, he assessed his time in 2022, saying: "It's been great." He released his 10-tracker 'Jamz' on Friday, November 11, 2022, "and the people received it the way I wanted them to." "It's [Jamz has] beautiful melodies but in 2023, we're going to focus on the singles," he revealed and stressed: "It's been a…

05 Jan

Firmino Receives Offers To Join Ronaldo In Saudi Arabia Amid Liverpool Contract Uncertainty

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Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino has reportedly received offers from Saudi Arabia that could see him follow Cristiano Ronaldo to the Middle East. Brazilian into final year of contract Free to speak with clubs outside of England Extended stay at Anfield still possible WHAT'S HAPPENING? The Brazil international forward is into the final year of his current contract at Anfield and will hit free agency in the summer of 2023 if no extension is agreed on Merseyside. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Firmino is said to favour fresh terms with Premier League heavyweights, with Liverpool prepared to put a two-year deal in place,…

05 Jan

Man Utd On Course To Sign Jack Butland From Crystal Palace

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Manchester United are on course to sign Crystal Palace goalkeeper Jack Butland on an initial loan until the end of the season, 90min understands. 90min reported on Wednesday that talks for Butland were ongoing, with United seeking additional cover for David de Gea following the premature end of Martin Dubravka’s loan from Newcastle. Enquiries were made to Palace about both Butland and Sam Johnstone, the latter a former United academy graduate. But the Eagles responded that only Butland, who was previously a Premier League number one for Stoke and a member of England’s 2018 World Cup squad, is available. Butland…

05 Jan

Messi & Neymar Both Ruled Out Of PSG’s French Cup Clash With Chateauroux As Galtier Reveals Stance On World Cup Ovation For Argentina Star

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Lionel Messi and Neymar have been ruled out of Paris Saint-Germain’s Coupe de France clash with Chateauroux on Friday. Coupe de France clash on Friday Brazilian forward being rested Argentine icon only just back in training WHAT HAPPENED? The superstar forwards will not be risked in domestic cup competition against third tier opposition, with both men easing their way back into club action at PSG following 2022 World Cup duty. Neymar has taken in one outing since returning from Qatar, and picked up a red card in said contest, while Messi has only recently been welcomed back into training by…

05 Jan

Prioritize Welfare Of Children In Your Communities – Traditional Rulers Urged

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Traditional rulers and community leaders have been urged to prioritize the welfare and holistic development of children in their communities. They should work to put up basic child playing infrastructure and promote activities that would make children comfortable and meant to bond and project the luxuries of childhood in their communities. Nana Apinkra Akwasi Awua, Chief of Kontomponiafere in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality of Ashanti Region, who made the call, said it was important for traditional and community leaders to show keen interest in the holistic development and growth of children, who would lead the communities in the future. Speaking at…

05 Jan

Cape Verde To Name National Stadium After Pele

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Cape Verde’s national stadium is to be renamed after Pele, the country’s prime minister has said. The Pele Stadium will be the 15,000-seat Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde, which is situated just outside the nation’s capital Praia. The announcement follows Gianna Infantino, the president of Fifa, who suggested that each nation name a stadium in honor of the late football great Pele while speaking at his memorial service in Brazil on December 29. Pele, 82, passed away on that day. “As a tribute and recognition to this figure that makes us all great, I manifest the intention of naming our…

05 Jan

GFA finally Secures Legal Ownership Of Ghanaman Soccer Centre Of Excellence Lands

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The Ghana Football Association has finally secured 65.20acres of the Prampram lands on which the GFA Technical Centre (Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, GSCE) is situated. This follows successful negotiations with the allodial title holder (landowner), the Numo Awuley Kwao Family of Miotso in Prampram for the legal ownership of the land by the Ghana Football Association. It would be recalled that President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, in his first address to the GFA Congress indicated that he has initiated the process to enable the Association to legally own the land because unknown to many in the football fraternity the land…

05 Jan

Stripping Asamoah Gyan Off Black Stars Captaincy For Dede Was The Right Decision – Kwesi Appiah

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Former Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has stated that stripping Asamoah Gyan off Black Stars captaincy for Andre Ayew was the right decision. Kwesi Appiah, prior to the 2019 AFCON, named Asamoah Gyan as the general captain, handing the official captain role to Andre Dede Ayew. Explaining his decision that many blamed Ghana's early exit on, Kwesi Appiah said he did the right thing. "It is about doing the right thing. I couldn't have stripped Gyan of the captaincy and given it to Christian Atsu(or any junior player). Whoever deserves to take over, you give it to him," he told Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV on YouTube.…

05 Jan

Youth Urged To Venture Into Coconut Farming

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Dr. Samuel Hodor Mensah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sahmen Coconut Farm Resort Center, has called on the youth to venture into coconut plantation as a business to make them self-reliant. He said coconut farming was a very lucrative venture that could turn the fortunes of the youth around, urging them not to migrate to the urban centres to struggle for greener pastures which were not there. Dr Mensah who is an Optometrist by profession and a farmer by passion, made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at the Centre in Mepom, a community near…

05 Jan

BoG Promotes Innovation In Financial Services Sector

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The Head of Fintech and Innovation at Bank of Ghana, Kwame Oppong, has said the central bank has implemented a regulatory reform to enable innovation in the financial services industry without compromising financial stability. He said, for instance, that the BoG in 2020, established a Fintech Innovation Office, one of the few of such outfits among central banks globally, to regulate, supervise and nurture Fintech in line with its commitment to innovation. “So far, a total of 47 payment service providers and mobile money operators have been given approval - both Ghanaian and foreign across various license categories to provide…