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31 Oct

Paris 2024Q: Evelyn Badu Stars As Ghana Beat Benin, Get Closer To Olympic Qualification

Wontumi1Sports2024 Olympic Games qualifiers, Benin, Black Queens, Evelyn Badu, Paris 2024

The Black Queens of Ghana advanced to the next round of qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games following their second leg win over Benin. A second half strike from Evelyn Badu and an own goal minutes later sealed a 5-0 aggregate win for Nora Hauptle’s side at the Accra Sports Stadium. The first real chance of the game fell to Saudi Arabia-based Alice Kusi whose effort from close range went just above the crossbar. Grace Asantewaa and Kusi were once again close to opening the scoring for the senior female national team but failed with their attempts. Much to the…

Video: Were Your Brains Tied When You Signed IMF Loans? Mahama Challenged

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsAbronye, Benin, IMF, John Mahama, juju, World Bank

The Bono Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party has challenged former President John Mahama to reveal what influenced his decision to borrow unnecessary from the IMF and World Bank when he personally knew the negative impact it would have on Ghanaians. Kwame Baffoe also known as Abronye wondered whether Mr. Mahama as President, made the NPP his personal consultants before arriving at his decision to take the loans. "When you (Mahama) was signing the loans at IMF and World Bank, did you have the NPP standing by your left or right?" he asked. The 2020 defeated flagbearer of the…

Nana Addo, NPP Came To Rescue Ghanaian Farmers- Agogo Market Women

Kakra NunuBusiness, NewsAgogo Plantain Producers and Exporters Association, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ivory CoastHon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, farmers, Niger, Togo, traders, West Africa

Market Queens and traders operating in Agogo and its surrounding communities have hailed the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and his government for the massive interventions in the agricultural sector. The women, who are mostly into trading and export of foodstuffs to neighbouring countries such as Togo, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, say the advent of the NPP administration has seen tremendously improvement in the once dormant agric sector, resulting in improvement of their business. The Founder and Leader of the Agogo Plantain Producers and Exporters Association, Nana Akosua Tawiah, who made these remarks during official inauguration…