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Accra has been voted by WAFU Zone B as the host city for the 2024 U-17 Boys Cup of Nations in May.
The tournament will feature host, Ghana, defending Champions Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, and Niger.
The WAFU Zone B Championship will also serve as qualifiers for the TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations, a statement from the FA said.
The Black Starlets would aim for a ticket to the 2024 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations after crashing out at the Group stages in the previous edition hosted in Cape Coast.
Coach Laryea Kingston’s side has been in camp preparing for the competit ..read more
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The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an okada rider, Kofi Sumaila, to 10 years imprisonment for robbing a commercial tricycle rider, at Bompieso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
The 22-year-old convict, also known as Blackman, pleaded guilty and prayed the court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu, for forgiveness.
The judge passing judgement, said: “Sumaila is a first-time offender, he has been truthful and did not waste the court’s time.”
Prosecuting, Superintendent Juliana Essel-Dadzie, said the complainant, Francis Wuri, 22, lives at Abukofi, while Sumaila resides at Aposo, n ..read more
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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it paid GH¢180 million to various categories of healthcare providers last Friday across the country mainly for claims submitted and vetted up to December 2023.
This is in fulfillment of its mandate as a payer of healthcare services in Ghana for disease conditions as prescribed in the NHIS Benefit Package which covers over 95 per cent of disease conditions, a press statement from the authority has said.
Signed by the Acting Chief Executive, NHIA, Dr Dacosta Aboagye, it said the package was supported by over 550 formulations on the NHIS Med ..read more
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Negotiations between the three teacher unions and the government to resolve the ongoing strike by teachers has hit a snag again.
The meeting which lasted about an hour at the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations in Accra yesterday did not achieve the desired result as the teachers stormed out tight-lipped about what transpired at the closed-door meeting.
It was attended by the leadership of the three unions – the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) – the Ministers of Empl ..read more
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Some Christian religious leaders have implored Ghanaians to eschew tendencies and statements that had the potential to disturb the peace of the country.
Rt Rev Daniel Sylvanus Mensah Torto
According to them, Ghanaians should avoid talking and doing things that would bring about religious intolerance and conflict in the country.
The clergy gave the advice in separate interviews with the Ghanaian Times ahead of the Easter festivities.
The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Most Rev. Matthew Gyamfi, said Christians must pray for and work towards the realisation of peace in all s ..read more
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Ghana is a place where certain public projects stall and can remain so forever or until who knows when.
If you do not believe this, take an inventory of state projects from the time of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the country, and you would drop all your doubts.
Some of the projects have stalled for diabolical political reasons, while others are so because of lack of funds.
Whatever the case, in one instance, stalled state projects represent one of the ways through which state funds go to waste, especially when they are not continued at all.
In another instance as where they are c ..read more
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A man, who defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old student, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in hard labour, by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.
The convict, Kingsley Acquah, 24, pleaded not guilty to the charge, but he was found guilty at the end of the trial.
Prosecuting, Superintendent of Police Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu, that the complainant is a seamstress and mother to the victim.
The court heard that Acquah used to teach at a private school, located in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, which the girl attended.
Sup Essel-Dadzie said c ..read more
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Two men, who attempted to escape from Bawdie police cells, in the Western Region, have each been sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.
Evans Sarpong, 24, and Desmond Ampong, 23, both unemployed, who conspired and broke part of the wall of the cells in an attempt to escape from lawful custody, pleaded guilty.
Superintendent of Police Juliana Essel-Dadzie, prosecuting, told the court that the complainants are police menstationed at Bawdie.
She said Sarpong was arrested at Bawdie for stealing a goat, while Ampong was grabbed over motorcycle theft, at Fahia Korb ..read more
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A security man has been fined GH¢3,600 by the Adentan Circuit Court for stealing electrical appliances and two water pump machines belonging to his uncle, a senior lecturer, at the University of Ghana, Legon.
He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal and not guilty on the second count of stealing.
The presiding judge, Mrs Angela Attachie, said in default, James Bamwina, 27, would go to prison for one year in hard labour.
Bamawina, pleaded to the court to tamper justice with mercy and give him a lesser punishment.
Two lawyers, who were also in court on a different mission, entered a ..read more
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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced a new date for the Accra Lions versus Medeama SC outstanding Ghana Premier League (GPL) scheduled for the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Match day 18 game was postponed due to Medeama’s participation in the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF champions League.
According to the FA, the match has been fixed for Tuesday, April 2 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Accra Lions, who are unbeaten at home in the second round of the League, will aim to continue their fine form as they host the champions in Accra.
Lions suffered their first loss in the second ..read more