Author Archives: larryehu

Michael Essien fears Chelsea will lose big players due to lack of playing time

Chelsea legend Michael Essien fears some top players at the club could leave due to limited playing time.Centre-back Andreas Christensen, striker Alvaro Morata, Cesc Fabregas, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Gary Cahill, Danny Drinkwater, Victor Moses, and teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi are all said to be reconsidering their future at Stamford Bridge due to limited opportunities.Essien believes this situation could force the players out.“Every ...

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Iraq makes Christmas Day an official nationwide holiday

Iraq has made Christmas Day a national holiday, its government confirmed this morning. Previously, Christmas Day had been designated as a religious break only for the Iraqi Christian community, but the amendment extends the holiday to everyone. ‘Happy Christmas to our Christian citizens, all Iraqis and to all who are celebrating around the world,’ the Iraqi government wrote on Twitter. ...

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Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele defies prophecy, welcomes twins

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has welcomed set of twins with her husband, JJC Skillz. She disclosed this on her Instagram story. Funke wrote on her Insta-story: “Thank you Lord. Oluwa e tobi (God is great), I am now being called a new name.” This is coming few years after Lagos-based pastor, Olagorioye Faleyimu, said that Funke Akindele, may not have ...

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Journalists barred from covering Oti referendum

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned moves to prevent media personnel from covering the referendum in the proposed Oti region. Local journalists said the police and locals asked them to vacate polling centres or risk being attacked. In a statement, the Volta regional branch of the umbrella body for journalists said: “GJA-Volta however finds the development unfortunate in view ...

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“We’re ready to perform Ya-Na Yakubu Andani’s funeral” – Family tells President

The Head of the Andani Royal Family, Yoo-Naa Abukari VII, and the Kampakuya-Naa, Yakubu Abdulai Andani, have indicated their readiness and preparedness to hold the funeral of the late Ya-Naa, Yakubu Andani II, from Friday,  January 4, 2019. This was after the Vo-Naa, Mahamadu Bawa, conveyed the message, on behalf of the Andani Royal family, to the President of the ...

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Ghanaian soldier sues British army for ‘failing to protect him’ from winter

A Ghanaian soldier based in the United Kingdom has sued the military for £150,000 after accusing them of failing to protect him from the British winter. Michael Asiamah, 36, says he suffered from a ‘cold-related’ condition after officers failed to supply him warm clothing during an 18-hour exercise in the freezing wind. According to him, the army exposed him to ...

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The problem is Ken Agyapong’s big mouth and selfishness

But for his incessant self-preening and shameless appropriation of the political establishment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the obsessive enhancement of his morbid acquisitiveness, the awarding of the GH? 100 Million streetlight supplying contract to a company called Imperial World Ventures, reportedly owned by one of the several known wives of Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the NPP’s Member ...

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Referendum: NDC, NPP unite for North East region

Political parties from all sides of the political divide, former Ministers and DCEs of both the NDC and NPP, as well as the 6 Members of Parliament in the proposed North East Region have joined the Overlord of Mamprugu, Naa Bohigu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga to call for an overwhelming ‘Yes’ vote in the Thursday 27th December, 2018 special referendum. Supported ...

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Gov’t declares Jan 7 public holiday

The government has, through the Ministry of Interior, declared Monday, January 7, 2019, as a public holiday. In a statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, he said the day “has been declared a Public Holiday as “Constitution Day”. The statement further urged the public to observe the day as such throughout the country. Readers would recall that ...

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