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[ads1] The Executives of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) have lauded the efforts of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) for its pivotal role in complimenting Ghana’s developmental agenda through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Leading a delegation from the students’ body on a courtesy call on the Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation in his office, the President of NUGS, Isaac Jay Hyde, commended the Foundation’s sterling impact on Ghanaian students both home and abroad through its scholarship support as well the investments made in developing infrastructure in several educational institutions across the country.[ads2] “I’d like…

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[ads1] Ghanaian striker William Opoku Mensah is elated after making his unofficial debut for Rwandan top-flight side Mukura Victory. Opoku who was signed in midweek featured for the second team of the Southern Province based club in a friendly game at the Kigali Stadium on Wednesday against APR.[ads2] Despite Mukura Victory being annihilated by four goals to nothing, Opoku was one of the brightest spots as he tormented the APR FC back four throughout the game. ” It was a good exercise for us and I am particularly happy to make my debut. I had a good game and the…

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[ads3] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana), the leading telecoms company in Ghana has once again extended their long sponsorship relationship for the FA Cup for Three (3) more seasons with a total sponsorship package worth over Four Million Ghana Cedis (GHC 4,000,000.00). The package includes an annual sponsorship amount of One Million Ghana Cedis (GHC1000.000.00), Twenty Thousand Cedis (GHC 20,000.00) for the ‘Man of the Match’ prize and MTN products worth Three Hundred And Ninety Ghana Cedis (GHC390,000.00). The new agreement is for a period of three (3) seasons commencing from the current…

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[ads1] The Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with National Sports Authority (NSA) have secured travel tickets and released USD$10,000 for the 14-member national men and women 4*100m Relay teams who are expected to depart on Wednesday for the World Athletics Relay in Silesia, Poland. The national men and women 4*100m Relay teams will be eyeing qualification to the upcoming Tokyo Games when they partake in the World Athletics Relay scheduled for May 1-2, 2021.[ads2] Ghana’s men quartet team is made up of Joseph Paul Amoah, Benjamin Azamati, Sean Safo-Antwi, Martin Owusu-Antwi, and would be facing the challenge from…

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[ads2] As part of the vision to improve the livelihood of members of the football fraternity and the community at large in the Western Region, FC Cape Town Consulting under the “My Africa” initiative in partnership with Sekondi Hasaacas and the Western Region Ministers’ Office have begun training for the first batch of students on the much talked about Social Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership Coaching Programme. The programme is to train and produce ten thousand (10,000) social entrepreneurs in the Western Region using the football platform as a catalyst.[ads1] The programme dubbed vision “West Is Best” Social Entrepreneurship which has…

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[ads1] France has announced that starting Saturday, travellers from South Africa will be quarantined for 10 days. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said there will be strict guidelines for people arriving from South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and India.[ads2] He said those were the countries where the pandemic was still raging. The travellers will quarantine at their residence while closely being monitored by the police.[ads3] South Africa has the most cases in Africa with more than 1.5m virus infections including 53,940 deaths.   – BBC [ads5]

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[ads1] Mr.Frank Davies, Counsel for Mr. Joe Ghartey, MP for Essikado-Ketan has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeal at Cape Coast to reverse the decision of the High Court, which ignored the fact that the parliamentary election petition was signed by the lawyer instead of the petitioner. Prof. Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, the petitioner, had gone to the High Court in Sekondi, to order the 2nd Respondent, the Electoral Commission of Ghana, to annul the results and produce the original pink sheets for a recount of the votes cast in the December 2020 parliamentary polls.[ads2] However the petition filed by…

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[ads1] The People’s National Convention (PNC) on Thursday commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for giving 26 per cent of representation to women in his newly Deputy Ministerial appointments as against 16 per cent of same, in his first term. The PNC said the decision was a major step forward for gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ghana with direct implications for women’s broader engagement in national decision-making.[ads2] A statement signed by Ms Janet Asana Nabla, PNC General Secretary and copied to the Ghana News Agency at Tema said: “It is also a strong message to all women in Ghana-young…

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[ads3] Wholly owned Ghanaian airline, Goldstar Air, generously donated assorted items to Royal Seed Orphanage, Kasao Ofaakor Bawjiase papaase number two in the Central Region on Saturday 17th April 2021. The Executive Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the airline Mr Eric Bannerman presented the items on behalf of himself and the entire staff of the airline to Madam Naomi Amoah the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Seed orphanage. Madam Naomi Amoah started the orphanage in 1997 and did the registration in the year 2002 with four children and now she has over two hundred and fifty children from eight (8) months…

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[ads1] The Ministry of Trade and Industry and ‘Invest for Jobs’ – an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have signed an agreement to promote the automotive sector and support the development of industrial parks in Ghana. A ceremony co-hosted by the German Ambassador to Ghana and the Minister of Trade and Industry in Accra, marked the cooperation between the two parties. [ads2] ‘Invest for Jobs’ is the brand for the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation; it is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH among other partners. The cooperation will…

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