The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced venues and dates for the semifinals and final of the MTN sponsored FA Cup. According to the GFA, the semifinal games will be played on May 14 and 15 with El Wak Sports Stadium and Golden City Park in Berekum as the two venues for the two games. Defending Champions Hearts of Oak will face Dreams FC on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the El Wak Sports Stadium before Bechem United will take on Aduana Stars at the Golden City Park on the following day. The final game has been slated for Sunday,…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
The Supreme Court has on Tuesday, April 26 dismissed application to review the voting rights of the Deputy Speaker of parliament. The application was filed by a private legal practitioner Justice Abdulai who was asking the apex court to review its March 9 judgement concerning whether the deputy speaker should vote during parliamentary proceedings. The apex court ruled that a Deputy Speaker when presiding over parliamentary proceedings has the rights to vote and can be counted as part of a quorum for decision making. He urged the court to set aside its decision insisting it had occasioned a miscarriage of…
Whoscored has named Ghana defender, Andy Yiadom to the English Championship team of the season. The 30-year old has made the squad following his exceptional form for Reading this season. Yiadom had a rating of 6.9 and was the second Reading player to make the squad after John Swift. The outstanding right-back is also vying for Reading FC player of the season after a scintillating performance for the team. He has played 38 league matches for Reading this season, with two goals and two assists to his credit. Andy Yiadom was part of the Black Stars squad that secured a…
Ghana midfielder, Edmund Addo will be leaving Moldovan giant Sheriff Tiraspol at the end of the season. According to reports gathering, the 21-year old will not continue playing for the Tiraspol-based club at the end of the league season. Addo has been a mainstay in Sheriff Tiraspol since joining in 2021 from FK Senica. His phenomenal performance for the Moldovan giant earned him his debut Black Stars call-up, and played for the national team for the very first time in a world cup qualifier against Ethiopia in South Africa. on November 11, 2021. Addo has since been part of the…
The government of Ghana through the Interior Ministry has declared Tuesday, May 3, 2022 as a statutory public holiday. This is to mark the Eid-ul-Fitr which falls on the day. The government has also declared May 2, 2022 as a public holiday to celebrate the Worker’s Day. The Worker’s Day will fall on Sunday, May 1, 2022 but President Akufo-Addo has by Executive Instrument (E.I), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601) declared Monday, May 2, 2021, as an additional Public Holiday and “However, in view of the fact that May 1,…
The government of Ghana has declared May 2, 2022 as a public holiday. This was contained in a statement from the Interior Ministry issued to Ghanaians dated April 25, 2022. The statement says the May 2 has been declared a public holiday to celebrate the Workers’ Day which falls on Sunday, May 1, 2022. “However, in view of the fact that May 1, 2022 falls on a Sunday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive Instrument (E.I), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601) declared Monday, May…
Former Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah has advised prospective coaches to be wary of the pressure associated in coaching the Ghana senior male national team. According to the 61-year old, the pressure associated with the Black Stars coaching job is unbearable and very severe that he won’t advise any coach to occupy the position. Kwasi Appiah had two spell with the Black Stars as the head coach, with the recent ending after an abysmal display at the AFCON 2019 where Ghana was eliminated in the knockout stage. “When I used to be up there, as I am sitting with you…
A Congolese pastor is making the trends on social media after getting married to four ladies who are all virgins at the same time. The pastor, identified as Zagabe Chiluza, is said to have married the four ladies in a colorful ceremony somewhere in the Eastern part of Congo. AfriMax English says the pastor always share scriptures from the Holy Bible to defend that polygamy isn’t a sin. “I have one wife already and today I’m going to marry these four. They will join the first wife,” he said on his wedding day. He claimed the idea of marrying more…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has confirmed the date for its much anticipated constituency elections. According to a statement from the party, its annual Constituency Delegates Conference will kickstart from April 28 , 2022, to May 4, 2022. The statement says the congress will be held despite the statutory holidays of May Day and Eid-Ul-Fitr. The affirmation of the dates was made by the party’s National Steering Committee at an emergency meeting held on Sunday 24th April 2022 pursuant to Article 10 (10)(1) of the party’s constitution. The statement therefore urges the Constituency Elections Committee to “determine the appropriate…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not worried and surprised about the EIU report tipping the opposition NDC to win the 2024 elections, says former Director of Communications Nana Akomea. According to Nana Akomea, the NPP is fully aware that it will lose the presidential seat should an election be held “in the present circumstances.” He was optimistic that the NPP will regain the trust of Ghanaians before the 2024 elections considering the policies that the party will be rolling out. “Everyone in this country, including the NPP is well aware that if an election is held now, with…