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The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr. Richard Ahiagbah has chastised the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to halt going to court and filing cases without concrete evidence. He made this comment following the dismissal of the NDC Techiman South parliamentary election petition by the court. The Wenchi High court in its judgment on Wednesday, November 30, fined the opposition Party NDC GHS100,000. The said election petition was filed by the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the party, Christopher Beyere Baasongti against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) and Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, the winner of the parliamentary…

The President of the Republic of Ghana HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the free Senior High School (SHS) flagship policy is giving positive results. Nana Addo retorted that “the Free SHS is working.” His comments come against the backdrop of the results of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said:“The 2022 results are the best of the last 8 years. Surely there can be no longer any controversy about the validity of the free SHS policy and its consequential measures, it is working and working well,” Mr Akufo-Addo said in a Facebook post…

Ghana Gold Expo, an organization that focuses on promoting Zero Mercury (Responsible Gold Production) in local mining and provides the platform to advance against the application of deadly chemicals in mining has announced a commemorative gold coin medal for Ghana’s latest football Talent, Mohammed Kudus.  Mohammed Kudus in the 2022 World Cup showed exceptional performance as he became the first player in Ghana’s history to score two Goals in a Match on the World Cup stage.  The youngster is looking like a player with a huge ceiling – and it seems many clubs are already on his tail. 90Mins is…

Black Stars Captain, Andrew Ayew has finally broken his silence after Ghana’s dramatic defeat to Uruguay yesterday in the final Group H Match in the Qatar 2022 WorldCup. The skipper missed a penalty in the first half of the game which according to many football fans was the basis for Ghana’s defeat to her longtime football rival, Uruguay. Dede Ayew, in a social media post this afternoon has revealed some tragic events he was faced with during the tournament. He also said even though the final results of the match was not what he expected, he’s very proud of his…

After twelve years, a repetition of the 2010 quarter final between four-time African champions Ghana and two-time world champions Uruguay arrives again at the biggest stage in football history. The final group games of Group H come into the fore today when the Blackstars take on Uruguay and South Korea face Portugal in a quest to book a place in the round of 16 at the Mondial. The 2010 quarter finalists sit in second place in Group C and need a draw or win against Uruguay to book a place in the knockout phase. Finishing second means this young Ghana…

The final group games of Group D finished with France and Australia qualifying ahead of Tunisia and Denmark to make the knockout phase, despite Tunisia edging France by a goal to nil in their must-win third group stage game. After an opening 45 minutes that saw Tunisia dominate a relatively weaker French side fielded by Dedier Deschamps, it was Tunisia’s Wahbi Khazri’s calm finish in the 58th minute that gave the Carthage Eagle’s the opener which turned out to be the eventual game winner for the Africans. Tunisia finished third above Denmark with four points but their loss against Australia…

The head coach of the Ghana Black stars, Otto Addo, has praised Ghanaian goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi for his great performances in Ghana’s first two games at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Last minute injuries to Ghana’s first and second choice goalkeepers, Jojo Wollacott and Richard Ofori respectively meant Ati-Zigi was given the responsibility of being the safest pair of hands for the Black Stars at the World Cup. “I think it’s been a great tournament up to this point for him, he really did well especially in the last game, he had some great saves”, Otto Addo said in an…

The final group games of Group C at the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be the spotlight of events in Qatar tonight when Poland take on two-time winners Argentina while Mexico take on the ever-impressive Saudi Arabia side in a quest to qualify to the knockout phase. The Albiceleste lost their opening group game to Saudi Arabia in what was the tournament’s shocker even though Argentina had three goals ruled out for Offside in the first half. A defeat in their second game would have meant elimination but Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez were at their very best to gain…

Ismail Elfath, the referee who ruled over the football game between Ghana and Portugal, has apologized for giving Christiano Ronaldo a contentious penalty. In a football match between the Ghana Black Stars and Portugal on November 24, 2022, during the current 2022 FIFA World Cup, a contentious penalty was given to Portugal’s captain Ronaldo. The referee received harsh criticism from many Ghanaians for not using the VAR before issuing the penalty. Sports journalist Saddick Adams, who called Ismail Elfath an excuse for a referee and urged FIFA to punish the referee, was one of those who dragged the official about.…

The Ghanaian highlife artist and songwriter, Kwaisey Pee has said that he fused afrobeats in his latest track dubbed “Ayele”. In an interview session with Abeiku Santana on the Showbiz show telecasted on UTV, the artist made it known publicly that, with his new song, he didn’t switch totally from his highlife genre to afrobeats, because highlife is lost in the industry but rather it’s a plan of his. “My fathers used to sing indigenous highlife and then after that, a group of artists began to change that to borga highlife. It was later that my brothers such as Kofi…