Ghana winger Joseph Paintsil played a dual role of triumph and adversity as KRC Genk faced elimination in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers. In Thursday night’s match, Paintsil scored a goal but also received a red card, contributing to Genk’s elimination from the tournament. In the contest against Olympiacos at the Cegeka Arena, Paintsil, impressed by finding the net with ...

Belgian youngster Romeo Lavia has sealed a move to Chelsea after successful negotiations, the club has announced. The midfielder had a great campaign with Southampton last season appearing in 29 Premier League games which triggered the interest of a number of teams including Liverpool and Chelsea. The 19-year-old however, opted to join Chelsea in a £58m deal which would see ...

The Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Jean Adukwei Mensa, insists that the use of only the national identification (ID) card, popularly known as Ghana Card, for registration is the surest way to ensure the integrity of Ghana’s voter register. According to her, the Commission will not back down on its proposal to have only the Ghana Card as ...

Born Nat Adjetey Larbi but popularly known as Natty Borax, the Ghanaian hiplife artiste has said that he pressured himself to go back to school after deciding to focus on music when his secondary education came to an end. When asked why he went missing in action for some number of years in the music space, the renowned hiplife artiste ...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his disagreement with the decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy a standby force for military intervention in Niger following the recent coup. Speaking to the Youth Bridge Foundation’s Communications and Advocacy Manager, Thomas Adotei Pappoe, during the 15th African Youth and Governance Convergence in Mankessim, Ghana, President ...

A professor at the University of Ghana Ransford Gyampo has been elected President of the University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). He was elected with 93.3 percent of the total valid votes cast. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: “In the driving seat myself, I’ll champion the interest of ...

Rapper OJ Blaq born Andy Nii Akrashie is reportedly dead at age 40. The rapper had been battling kidney disease for years but it is yet to be confirmed if that was the cause of his death. OJ Blaq began his music career in the early 2000s and released his debut album, “The Blaq Mixtape”, in 2006. He went on ...

The Financial Crimes High Court, presided over by Justice Edward Twum, is set to deliver its ruling on Thursday, 31 August 2023 regarding the special prosecutor’s attempt to freeze the assets of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah. The office of the special prosecutor filed the application in a bid to confirm the freezing of two accounts owned by Ms Dapaah. ...

Organised Labour has voiced its rejection of the government’s proposal to implement a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) during next year’s salary negotiations for public sector employees. COLA, an interim measure designed to offer relief when immediate salary adjustments are unfeasible, has been met with scepticism by Organised Labour, which argues that it would not positively impact pension disbursements and ...

The Bank of Ghana has said the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) approved all its processes and documents before the commencement of the construction of its GHS250-million headquarters. According to the Head of Research at the Bank, Dr. Philip Abradu-Otoo, all the necessary approvals were obtained from the PPA. “We broke no procurement law”, Dr Abradu-Otoo insisted. Dr Abradu-Otoo indicated that ...