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The dates for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have been officially confirmed by CAF, with the opening match scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 23, 2024. The opening ceremony and match will take place at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan. The four-week tournament, pitting Africa’s best 24 nations, will officially conclude on February 11, 2024. This will be the 34th edition of the tournament and returns to Cote d’Ivoire for the second time after first being held there in 1984, where Cameroon emerged as winners for the first time. Following this past weekend’s thrilling round of…
Nottingham Forest Manager, Steve Cooper, in his press conference yesterday confirmed that Black Stars captain André Ayew (Dede) picked an injury during the international break with the national team. But the coach didn’t give a definite response on the availability of the Ghanaian captain for the Reds. “Serge Aurier, André Ayew and Gustavo Scarpa have picked up some injuries over the break as well. We’re not sure how long they will be out for or what their availability will be for the next few games,” he disclosed. Ayew was ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against…
Arsenal Fans across the globe are eyeing for their 14th EPL silverware as the 2022/23 season nears completion. The Gunners, with 69 points on the league log are ten matches away from realizing their title dream, depending on the outcome of the rest of the games between them and second-placed Manchester City. And with the title in sight, the team currently looks well composed and promising for the crown. In Ghana, an avid fan and an executive member of the North London-based club Ray Quarcoo, Goodwill Sports Ambassador is leading the campaign for the club to finish the competition tops.…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Mohammed Hardi Tufeiru was involved in a gory accident on his way to the House on Friday evening, March 31, 2023.Photos shared on social media platforms showed a badly mangled saloon car he was purportedly riding in at the time of the accident.The Nanton MP was, however, taken to Parliament to help the NPP successfully approve three new taxes before he was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.Even though he was not physically available in the Chamber at the time of voting, Speaker Alban Bagbin justified the reason for allowing his vote…
Members of Parliament (MPs) are perceived to be fairly rich by many Ghanaians and in most cases, citizens have questioned the source of their wealth tracing it to corruption.But former Ashanti Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Hon Eric Opoku says the situation is not always as people think.According to him, most MPs go home poor because they end up investing huge sums of money in their constituencies in an attempt to retain their seats in the next election.Narrating a story of one of his colleague MPs, who died shortly after losing an election, Hon Eric…
What can cause a grown woman drenched in tears to dive into the grave of a Parish Priest being laid to rest at the cemetery?A viral clip of a female sympathizer falling face flat on a coffin inside a grave pit with a scream “eiii Father Bernard” has made her an internet sensation.Days after the clip went viral, content creators on TikTok created hundreds of funny videos from the unfortunate dive at the burial of late Reverend Father Bernard Kofi Ackon who was laid to rest on March 21, 2023.The late Father Bernard was a Parish Priest of St. John…
The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu Constituency, Hon. Philip Basoah has barred the District Chief Executive (DCE) from the area of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Executives from attending the funeral rites.The ban according to the family, targets the District Chief Executive Officer (DCE) of the area in particular Mr. Samuel Addae Agyekum who has been accused severally of engineering evil against the late MP.“The NPP executives must count themselves out of all funeral arrangements and everything concerning my late brother’s funeral”, the brother of the late MP Mr. Solomon Basoah warned on live radioGiving…
Alistair Mathias, the man who smuggles $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana every month Al Jazeera, last week, released the first episode of a four-part investigative series on the smuggling of gold in Africa.The episode exposes the men and women behind the crime in various parts of Africa and among them is one who admitted to smuggling $480million worth of gold from Ghana annually. His name is Alistair Mathias.Alistair Mathias, a Canadian national based in Dubai, is reported to help people launder money all over the world, using a web of companies and refineries to ensure his operation…
One can only stand in awe at how much Ghana has transformed into a beautiful country with many wonderful sites to behold. A brief tour around Ghana, especially the major cities, will certainly prove to you that Ghana is developing at a very fast rate. Though there is still a whole lot of infrastructural work to be done in the country, these pictures speak a lot about our past and where we are headed. As part of the Ghana Month Diary, here are some photos of Ghana before and after independence compiled by The Ghana Report This sparsely populated, residential area…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern about the continuous adjournment of the Assin North trial. The NDC Flagbearer hopeful questioned why the Supreme Court has injuncted James Gyakye Quayson for such a long time and refused to determine the case. He was addressing delegates of the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region. “In Ghana, our motto is freedom and justice but unfortunately sometimes, the justice system does not work for everybody, the people of Assin North and for Joe Quayson. “For such a long time, the Assin North people have been deprived of their MP representing them…
