Author Archives: larryehu

Junior Agogo is dead

Ex-Ghana striker and 2008 Africa Cup of Nations poster boy Junior Agogo is reported dead at age 40, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. The leading football website can confirm that the former Zamalek player passed in London on Thursday morning. Agogo was hospitalized in 2015 after suffering stroke which debilitated him. He was remembered for his eye-catching performances for the Black ...

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Wendy Shay doesn’t live a fake life – Mark Okraku Mantey

Entertainment critic and President of the Creative Arts Council, Mark Okraku Mantey has defended Wendy Shay over comments she made about her net worth. According to Mark Okraku Mantey, the “Astalavista” hitmaker is not trying to live a fake lifestyle to impress social media. He further stated that Wendy Shay is a very modest and young girl who has just ...

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Ghana’s Asekem FC’s talents hit UAE for trials

One of Ghana’s professionally managed division two side, Asekem Football Club, have two of their young talents currently in the UAE for trials in the person of Samuel Asiedu and Abraham Owusu. The Kumasi based club formed this year are making progressive strides after just eight months on the Ghana Football scene. With extraordinary talents in their domain, the young ...

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Year of Return: We need to talk about Africa not only where we are citizens – Danny Glover

American actor, film director, and political activist, Danny Glover, has urged African-Americans visiting Africa, especially Ghana for the ‘Year of Return’ initiative marking 400 years after the transatlantic slave trade, to pay mind to ideas that will uplift the continent. He asked them to remember “we are not just citizens of our respective countries, we have to talk about the ...

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Twitter agree to meet with Manchester United over Pogba abuse

Twitter has reacted to calls for more to be done in preventing racist abuse of footballers on social media platforms by agreeing to meet with representatives of Manchester United they announced on Wednesday. United executives were keen for a meeting with Twitter after their French World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba was the victim of abuse following his penalty miss in ...

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FIFA appoint normalisation committee for Egypt

The Bureau of the FIFA Council have appointed a five-member normalisation committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) on Tuesday. The decision comes after the resignation of former EFA President Hany Abou-Rida and the entire EFA board following Egypt’s disappointing 2019 AFCON campaign. The normalisation committee will be composed of five members, with former Zamalek board member Amr Youssef Hassan ...

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Elmina plans demo to save Nduom’s GN Savings & Loans

Residents of Elmina are up in arms against the government for revoking the license of GN Savings and Loans. They claim President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheming to render the Chairman and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, poor. The residents say they consider Dr Nduom their father, son, helper, caretaker of the jobless and father of ...

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Akufo-Addo appoints second female Brigadier General of the Ghana Armed Forces

For the second time, the Ghana Armed Forces has had a female Brigadier General in the person of Felicia Twum-Barima. Having served in the army for 29-years, Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima was promoted by President Akufo-Addo on recommendations of the Armed Forces Council. Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima has had a successful career in the Ghana Armed Forces. She occupied 22 ...

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NDC polls : Ben Ephson’s forecast on Sam George, Dumelo, others

Pollster Ben Ephson says he will be surprised if Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament Sam George retains the ticket of the party in the upcoming primaries. According to him, the old feud between the MP and his predecessor ET Mensah will still influence the outcome of the Saturday polls. “For Ningo-Prampram if he wins, I’ll congratulate him because he’s struggling ...

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