August 2023 - Page 20 of 83

25 Aug

Joseph Paintsil Rejects Move To Southampton – Reports

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Black Stars forward, Joseph Paintsil, has turned down a move to English Football League Championship side Southampton. Southampton offered striker Paul Onuachu in a direct swap deal which would have seen Paintsil join the Saints. According to The Athletic, both clubs reached an agreement for the transfer valued at €10 million including add-ons. However, the deal collapsed after the Ghanaian as well as Onuachu rejected the move. "Southampton direct swap with KRC Genk between #SaintsFC striker Paul Onuachu + #Genk winger Joseph Painstil now off. Clubs reached agreement & aimed to complete deal valuing both at €8m + €2m add-ons…

25 Aug

Ernest Nuamah Is A Mix Of Doku And Davies – French Scout

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French scout, Mickaël Marques has drawn comparisons between Ghana winger Ernest Nuamah and Manchester City-bound Jeremy Doku as well as Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies. The talented 19-year-old is set to be unveiled as Olympique Lyonnais new signing after agreeing to join the French giants from FC Nordsjaelland. Marques, who has been scouting the player for sometime now, believes Lyon are getting a player with the potential of becoming one of the best in the world. "In fact, it's a mix between Doku and Davies if we had to compare him," said Marques, as quoted by Eurosport. "He is a player…

25 Aug

AshGold Move To Secure Injunction Against Start Of 2023/24 GPL Season

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Relegated Ashantigold SC has moved to secure an injunction from the High Court to halt the commencement of the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season on Thursday, August 23, 2023. The Obuasi-based side was suspended at the end of the 2020/21 season for engaging in alleged match-manipulation which violates Article 17(1) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Statutes. However, this led to the GFA placing a ban on the club together with Chairman Kwaku Frimpong and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Frimpong, serving 10 and 8-year bans respectively. Despite the ban, the club continued to engage with banned officials, leading to the…

25 Aug

Adabraka Hit By Two Motorbike-Aided Robberies In Two Days – Report

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Adabraka is one of the most populous areas in the capital Accra, but it has witnessed two robbery incidents in the space of two days. The state-owned Daily Graphic reports about a daring attack by two robbers on a motorbike on August 23, 2023; with the duo escaping with substantial sum in a daylight robbery operation. The newspaper reported that a day after the robbery, another person lost their mobile phone to another incident. The motorbike robbers The armed assailants swiftly made off with a significant amount of money in a span of less than two minutes. The incident unfolded…

25 Aug

Youth Of Osino Threaten Demonstration Against Chief For Unaccounted GH¢667K, Disregarding Okyehene

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The youth of Akyem Osino in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region have threatened to embark on a demonstration against their chief, Nana Otu Darko IV, over what they say is his abuse of authority. The youth, led by a pressure group, is also threatening this demonstration over what they allege are instances of financial impropriety, sale of lands, and a total neglect of the people of Osino, a report by Daily Democrat has said. The report also added that this planned action has been informed by the disrespect and disregard of the Osino chief to the directives…

25 Aug

Search Party Discovers Decomposing Body Of Five-Year Old Boy In Sunyani

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Bystanders wept uncontrollably when a search party discovered the nearly decomposed body of the five-year old boy washed away by a downpour in the Sunyani Municipality. The heartbreaking incident happened on Saturday, August 19, 2023, about 18: 30 hours around the Atronie lorry station at the Sunyani Newtown area. Only known as Kwaku, the deceased, had accompanied his elder sibling on an errand, but they were trapped on their way back home in the torrential rain that hit the municipality. The boy slipped into a flooded gutter and drowned just around the local Methodist School area. Stephen Kwabena Agyekum, a…

25 Aug

Prestigious 27th GJA Awards Launched

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The Ghana Journalists Association, GJA, has launched the 27th GJA Media Awards in Accra to reward deserving journalists. 34 awards are for grabs. The awards are open to members of the Association working in the print, broadcast and online media. Speaking at the launch, GJA President, Albert Dwumfour, urged all journalists in good standing and have met the criteria set out by the Awards Committee to file their entries. He gave the assurance that the process would be fair and transparent. The prestigious Ghana Journalist Association is organized annually to promote professional excellence and high journalistic standards. Entries for the…

24 Aug

I Would Create Jobs, Increase Betting Tax To 60% If I Were President – Lilwin

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Popular Kumawood actor and musician Kwadwo Nkansah, professionally known as LilWin, has said he would have created jobs and increased the betting tax from 10% to 60% if he were president. The Government of Ghana on August 8, 2023, introduced a new measure that will see a 10% tax applied to betting and lottery winnings. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) outlined that this withholding tax will be automatically deducted at the point of payout for all betting, games, and lottery wins. The new directive, however, faced a lot of backlash from the general public, especially the youth who accused the government…

24 Aug

‘Shame On You Burna Boy, It’s Always One Of Us That Sells Us Out’ – Bullgod Fumes

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Popular Ghanaian artiste manager, Bullgod, has joined the list of netizens who have condemned Burna Boy’s assertion that the Afrobeats genre lacks substance. Earlier, during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Burna Boy claimed that the fast-rising African music genre is mostly characterized by vague lyrics. “90% of them, have almost no real-life experiences that they can understand, which is why you hear most of Nigerian music, or I’ll say African… I don’t even know what to say, Afrobeats, as people call it, it’s mostly about nothing, literally nothing. There’s no substance to it. Nobody’s talking about anything. It’s just a great time,…

24 Aug

We Are All Voting For The Choice Of The Grassroots – Ashanti Regional Constituency Chairmen Declare

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We the Association of Constituency Chairmen acting on the thunderous widespread demand by the grassroots and polling station executives in our various constituencies to vote for their choice in the upcoming Super Delegates Conference, are making this public statement that we are indeed to this call from our party people. Dr. Bawumia is clearly the choice of the grassroots. No one can deny that fact. As Constituency Chairmen, we have met on this particular issue, and have arrived at a firm resolution that, our grassroots and polling station executives are right. We are therefore seizing this moment to unanimously express…