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The Ghana government's proposal of 1.75% e_levy on all Mobile money transactions has spark public uproar and the mobile money association has decided to embark on strike on the 23rd December to register their displeasure against this directive from government. They envisage that mobile money services will not be available to customers on the said date.

Ghana and South Africa could clash again soon despite the perceived bad blood between the two countries football associations after the 2022 World Cup qualifier in November. South Africa have written to Ghana requesting a friendly match before the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations next year, sources have told Ghanasoccernet.com. Bafana Bafana didn’t qualify for the continental showpiece and are won’t be present in Qatar due to the controversial Black Stars defeat, but have requested the match to prepare their relatively young squad for future assignments. Head coach Hugo Broos appreciates the competitiveness of the Black Stars and wants his side to once again test themselves against the four-time African champions. The friendly match would also benefit Ghana who need fantastic preparation that could result in them winning the AFCON for the first time since 1982. Black Stars are drawn in the same group as Morocco, Gabon and debutants Comoros. This news is quite surprising because in recent wee

The Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) has suspended its membership from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) with immediate effect following accusations that its recent reduction in fuel prices was due to government influence. Government had urged Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to reduce prices of petroleum products to cushion the motoring public, following a sit-down strike by some Driver Unions. GOIL complied with the appeal and reduced its prices by 15 pesewas per liter at the pumps. But the AOMCs, wrote to the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, asking the government to stay clear of price deregulation as is being implemented by the OMCs. This appears not to have gone down well with GOIL as captured in a statement dated December 8, 2021. In the statement signed by the Managing Director, Kwame Osei-Prempeh, Goil said categorically that at no point did the government ‘direct’ the company to reduce its fuel prices as is being alleged and circulated. It said GOIL is a l

Accra Hearts of Oak SC under the tutelage of coach Samuel Boadu's CAF campaign has ended in fiasco. Hearts of Oak won the first leg of their caf confederation cup contest against JS Saoura back here in Accra last weekend to 2 goals to nil. The return leg played yesterday in Algiers resulted in favour of the Algerian side JS Saoura to a 4_0 against the Ghanaian champions. An aggregate of 10-1 loss in their two away trips to North Africa means Accra hearts of Oak are out of the African contest for the 2021_2022 season. Boadu and his Hearts of Oak SC side are without a league win in the first four league matches of the season In the Ghana premier league.

The former head of sports for Obuasi-based radio station OFM's funeral is scheduled for Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th November 2021 at  Kokoteasua in the Obuasi municipality. Steve Crouch (Pokado Mendoza) was the sports head at OFM in Obuasi. He worked at radio stations like Dom Peace radio, Sikapa FM and OFM all in Obuasi. He was a major influence in the sports industry. His sudden demise occurred on the 18th of October 2021 at his residence in Kokoteasua. An autopsy report conducted into his demise indicated inconclusive evidence and thus needed further investigation and examination to unravel the real cause of death.  He was thirty years of age and is survived by no wife or child. All sports-loving fans, friends, and comrades are all invited to mourn with the family and pay their last respect.

Death has laid its icy hands on Stephen Gyekye Boadu_Pokado Mendoza (Steve Crouch)-the sports head of Obuasi O'FM on Monday dawn.  He, Steve crouch, sat in and took commentary of the Accra hearts of Oak match versus WAC of Tunisia in the Accra sports stadium which ended in one nil in favour of the Ghanaian champions.  Steve crouch started the program by playing Hearts of oak's theme song and sat through the whole of the program and closed around 5.30pm and returned home. Unfortunately, Monday morning he was reported dead in his room at Kokoteasua, a suburb of the Obuasi municipal. The cause of his death is unknown at the moment.  His untimely demise reaches everyone with shock, pain and weeping especially the family. 

World Colour Day is scheduled and celebrated worldwide on March 21st each year. It is celebrated to create awareness of the the existence and importance of colours in our everyday lives. Also it is done to care for the eye which is the visual perception of reality. "Colour day is celebrated on the said date because it “is the “equinox”. Around the equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long, symbolically relating to the complementary nature of light and darkness, light and shadow expressed in all human cultures.” According to some scientists, human beings are capable of seeing about ten million different colours. In that regard, Binsere municipal authority Junior High School in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti region of Ghana organised to reminisced the celebration of the colour day on 1st October 2021. Pupils wore their favourite colours to mark the day. We had groups like the white, yellow, red, pink, black, lemon_green, blue, orange, cyan groups. Amidst the

The game of football has been knitted to the very fabric of our homes, workplaces, and the whole world and its fans at large. It has multiple and genuine interests from people and the world over. This interesting game has carved a niche market for persons who inform others about its results. One such personnel is a veteran and famous indigene of Ghana_George Akwasi Amankwah Marfo also known in the sports fraternity as Spanky Tee who lost the battle to ailment this noon. The real cause of his demise is unknown at the moment and it was reported that he took I'll three weeks ago. He has worked as a sports journalist at Kapital radio, Luv FM, Nhyira FM, Peace FM, Time FM, Safoa TV, and many others. Our warmest condolences to the wife, children, and the bereaved family.

Daniel Afriyie Barnieh  born on 26th June, 2001, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a attacking forward for Ghanaian Premier league side Accra Hearts of Oak . He is an Akan born in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a former student of Aduman Senior High School in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He played Galaxy United a division two club in 2016/2017. He also joined Rahimo FC, a top-flight Burkinabe club in January 2018 where he helped the club to win the Burkinabe premier league in the 2018/2019 season. He returned to Ghana and joined Thunder Bolt FC in the division two league and later moved to Madina Republicans. In December 2019, Afriyie was given a four-week trial at Kumasi Asante Kotoko. He failed to impress during the trials after being played out of position as an out-and-out striker but found it difficult to communicate it to the coach with fear of being dropped. The following month after being dropped by Kotoko, Afriyie was given another chance to play for a Gh

Former President John Mahama is fighting off claims that his recent comments may be a prediction of violence in the next general elections. Mr. Mahama says his utterance regarding a ‘do or die’ affair at polls in 2024 has been misconceived by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). During his ‘Thank You tour', John Mahama regurgitated this suspicion on Tuesday, September 7, that; “we were robbed, but we accepted the verdict for the sake of peace''. “But I want to state here that the next elections would be won or lost at the polling station So, at the polling station, it will be a do or die affair. I am not saying all die dies. I’m saying it will be ‘do or die’ because the right thing must be done,” he told a Techiman-based Akina FM. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) petitioned the Supreme Court over the outcome of the 2020 elections, which saw President Akufo-Addo emerge the victor. But the court ruled in favor of the NPP, dismissing the allegations of fraud by the p

  2021 Ghana premier league champions, Accra Hearts of Oak SC is scheduled to play Club Industriel de Kamsar of Guinea in a single match encounter on September 19 at the Accra Sports Stadium with the winner of the tie set to progress to the successive stage of the 2021/22 Total Energies CAF Champions League. The Organising Committee of the Competition decided that the match which was slated to be played in Guinea this weekend will not take place given the political chaos in the nation. In a correspondence sent to the General Secretary of the GFA, Prosper Harrison Addo (Esq) on the situation, CAF cited the provisions of Articles 1 & 2.1 of Chapter XIII of the Regulations governing the competition which designate that the following shall apply: “1. In case of troubles, wars, for Majeureeure, or internal situations in a country that may affect the security conditions during the planning of a match, the Organizing Committee may take the following measures:  2. In two-leg matches (home

●-There Are Two Types Of        Thieves In Every        Society:- 1. The Ordinary Thief (OT). 2. The Political Thief (PT). ●-The Ordinary Thief Steals        Your:-        •-Money,          •-Bag.        •-Watch.        •-Gold Chain.        •-etc. ●-But, The Political Thief         Steals Your:-        •-Future.        •-Career.        •-Education.        •-Health.        •-Business. ●-The Most Hilarious Part        Is That The Ordinary        Thief Will Choose Whom        To Rob. But, You Yourself        Choose The Political        Thief To Rob You. ●-The Most Ironic Part Is        That The Police Will        Chase And Nab The        Ordinary Thief. But, The        Same Police Will Look        After And Protect The        Political Thief. NOTE:-That Is The Travesty               And Irony Of Our               Current Society. And,               We Blindly Say That               We Are Not Blind. ●-The Most Stupid Part Of        The Whole Issue Is That        We Insult And Fight The  

TIGER NUTS MILK (makes approx. 750ml) RECIPE 2 cups tiger nuts, 4 cups filtered water (plus extra for blending), ¼ tsp sea salt, 2 Tablespoon vanilla extract, honey or maple syrup for sweetness cinnamon or nutmeg for spice (optional) METHOD 1. Place the tiger nuts in a bowl or a jar with a lid and add the sea salt. 2. Pour the water over the tiger nuts, cover, and let them soak in the fridge for 24-48 hours. The longer they soak, the softer they will be and the easier they will be to wiz into silkily, smooth milk. 3. Once soaked, pour the tiger nuts and liquid through a sieve and rinse well. 4. Place the tiger nuts in a blender and add two cups of filtered water, a little at a time. Too much water can dilute the flavour of the tiger nuts. 5. If you are adding any flavourings, now’s the time. 6. Blend on high until smooth and creamy. This usually takes around three minutes. 7. Pour through a fine sieve, nut bag, cheese cloth, etc. to separate the milk from the tigernut pulp. 8. Place th

The Origin of Ghana's Hearts of Oak Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is a football club based in Accra, Ghana. The club was officially formed on 11th November, 1911 and was the second team to be founded in Accra after The Invincibles. It is the oldest existing club in Ghana today, and among the oldest clubs in the whole of the African continent. Hearts, who are affectionately nicknamed Phobia, have been among Ghana's preeminent clubs since their founding and have been very successful since the formation of the Ghanaian football league in 1956, having collected the league title 21 times. The club's main rival is Asante Kotoko of Kumasi. The club also have a long-standing rivalry with the Accra-based club Great Olympics. Early Years When some young men from Ussher Town in Accra came together sometime in the middle of 1910, little did they know that they were sowing the seed which would one day blossom into the mighty oak

Special Forces in Guinea led by the President's own bodyguard Colonel Mamady Doumbouya have seized power in a coup, arresting the President Alpha Condé and promising to change the political makeup of the West African country. Amidst the coup d'etat in Guinea, one interesting thing that surprised the world was the fact that, the man who led military to take over government was the President' s right hand man. Information from local news reporters in Guinea indicates that, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya who personally recruited by the President from France and made him his trusted bodyguard. The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies and The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. Moreover, the special forces that did the damage was President Alpha Condé's personally trained military. President Alpha Condé created the special forces from elite military men and appointed Colonel Mamady Doumbouya to head the squad. Col

Former France footballer, Jean-Pierre Adams, who had been in a coma for 39 years, has died at the age of 73. Adams was admitted to the hospital for knee surgery in March 1982 but never regained consciousness after an error with his supply of anaesthetic. Born in Senegal, the defender made more than 140 appearances for Nice and also played for Paris St-Germain. In a statement, PSG said Adams’ “joie de vivre, charisma and experience commanded respect.’ Nice said the club would pay tribute to Adams – who won 22 caps for France between 1972-1976 – before their next home game against Monaco on 19 September. On the day of Adams’ operation to repair a damaged tendon in his knee – suffered while on a coaching training camp – many staff at the hospital in Lyon were on strike. His operation still went ahead, with the anaesthetist looking after eight patients, including Adams, at the same time. Adams was supervised by a trainee, who later said: “I was not up to the task I was entrusted with.” Bet

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has postponed the implementation of the Common Core Programme (CCP), the new curriculum developed for the Junior High School (JHS).  Giving updates on pre-tertiary education in the country at a press briefing, Prof Opoku-Amankwa said, the new curriculum would rather be implemented next academic year, after enough sensitisation, the GES stated, and therefore requested teachers to continue to use the old curriculum to teach. Training The Director-General of the service, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, who announced this, said the junior high schools would therefore continue to use the old curriculum and the textbooks since that was still available in the schools. He attributed the decision to continue with the old curriculum to the outbreak of the COVID-19 at the time the teachers were to have gone through training on the new curriculum. “Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the necessary preparations for the introduction of the programme have stalled and training

The Kumasi Central Market also called the Kejetia market is an open-air market in the city of Greater Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti of Ghana. Kumasi Central Market is in the rain forest bioregion of Ashanti on the Ashantiland Peninsula. Kumasi is approximately 300 miles north of the Equator and 100 miles north of the Gulf of Guinea. The market is one of the largest Markets on the African Continent in the heart of the centre of greater Kumasi of Ghana. It has over 10,000 stores and stalls. On July 28, 2018, Parliament of Ghana approved a loan facilities for the redevelopment and modernisation of the Kumasi Central Market. The President, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, May 2, 2019, cut sod for the construction and redevelopment of the Kumasi Central market. The project is progressing steadily. Upon completion, the redeveloped market will have six thousand, five hundred (6,500) leasable commercial spaces; five thousand, four hundred (5,400) closed stores; eight hundred (80

The photos of a seemingly ageless 59-year-old woman have put social media abuzz with many left in awe over how the age of the woman doesn’t compliment her looks. Inferring by the photos, the woman looks relatively younger than her age and this has led a lot of netizens to believe that 59 probably isn’t her real age. There have since been mixed reactions to her birthday photoshoot with some doubting her age while others show optimism that it’s indeed her real age and praising her makeover artist for doing such a great job on her looks.

Ghana Premier League giants, Asante Kotoko have released their 2021/22 home jersey for the forthcoming Ghana football season. The kits are manufactured by the club’s kit supplier, Errea. The Porcupine Warriors continue their partnership with the Italian-based kit-manufacturing company for their 2021/22 jerseys as they enter the second year of their collaboration. In October 2020, Asante Kotoko announced a three-year partnership deal with Italian firm, Errea, in which special home and away jerseys were designed to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the club. Asante Kotoko’s new kits for the upcoming season are designed to inspire the culture and tradition of the Ashanti Kingdom ruled by the club’s owner, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Asante Kotoko finished second in the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season, losing the title to their sworn-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak who had been without a major trophy in the last eleven years. The 2021/22 Ghana football season will commence next month 🔥🔥🔥