A loaded fuel tanker has caught fire on the Accra-Kumasi highway on Monday, March 14, 2022. The unfortunate incident is reported to have occurred at Nsutam near Paradise Rest Stop in the Eastern Region. Personnel of the Accident Prevention Squad (APS) of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) are reportedly working tirelessly to ensure that the Osino to Nsutam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway is free to traffic. Report says the traffic officers have blocked that stretch. The police says a team from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is at the scene to “manage and douse the fire”.…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed teachers and those occupying government schools and bungalows to pay ten percent (10%) of their salaries as rent. A release signed by the Western Regional director of Education, Felicia Agyeibea Okai state that the directive is one from the Ministry of Finance and takes effect from March 1, 2022. “In line with the efforts to streamline the anomalies with regards to the payment of rents for occupying schools or government bungalows, I wish to draw your attention to Ministry of Finance circular No. 133385/05/06NTR CAGD of 15th May, 2006 requires that occupants of…
Ghana coach Otto Addo has handed an invitation to goalkeeper Richard Ofori for 2022 World Cup playoff games against Nigeria. The astounding goalkeeper who has just returned from a long-term injury has been given the invitation for the two crucial games later this month This was confirmed by Orlando Pirates head coach, Mandla Ncikazi, after CAF Confederation Cup game against Royal Leopards last Sunday. “Ofori is a top professional, Ghana selected him without playing a game. I was surprised.” Ncikazi told the South Africa media. “You could just see the confidence he brings and breathes around the defence and I’m…
Executive member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr. Tony Aubyn has provided reason why the Black Stars squad to face Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup playoff has delayed. Ghana is yet to release its squad for the two games with barely eleven days to the first leg at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. Even though reports say the GFA has received the squad from the technical handlers of the Black Stars led by Otto Addo, the list is yet to be out despite Nigeria announcing theirs on March 4. As to why the squad has delayed, Dr Tony…
The Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency, Sylvester Matthew Tetteh, has said the controversial E-levy bill will not be mandatory. According to the lawmaker, the initial stages of implementation, after its approval, will see an attrition in users of electronic transactions but the situation will normalise. “The e-levy is not a mandatory tax,” he said on TV3’s Newday morning show. “That is why I say that even the projections of government could be lower.” The imposition of the e-levy has been one of the contentious issues in the 2022 budget statement. Many Ghanaians have called on the government to…
Ghana defender Philemon Baffour could missed the World Cup playoff games against Nigeria later this month. The astounding right-back is expected to undergo a surgery this week and may missed out the two crucial games. Baffour has been part of the Black Stars squad throughout the qualifiers which culminated to his move to Portuguese side Rio Ave in the January transfer window. He joined Rio Ave after the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon where Ghana couldn’t make it out of a group of Morocco, Gabon and Comoros. The former Dreams FC skipper was part of the Ghana squad in the AFCON…
Asante Kotoko have announced squad for Bibiani GoldStars clash at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday evening. The Porcupine Warriors host the debutant in week 20 of the Ghana Premier League this evening as the quest for the league title continues. Coach Prosper Narteh Ogum has named two goalkeepers Kwame Baah and Black Stars bound Danlad Ibrahim for the epic clash tonight. Former Berekum Chelsea skipper Stephen Amankonah has made a return to the squad after weeks of being sidelined. Asante Kotoko are going into the game without striker Solomon Sarfo Taylor who just returned from Spain…
Ghana defender Abdul Baba Rahman is doubtful for the country’s World Cup playoff games against Nigeria later this month. The left-back who has been a core figure in Ghana’s campaign to book a ticket to the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar has been injured. Rahman has been at the treatment room after sustaining an injury in Reading FC game against Preston North End in the English Championship somewhere in February this year. Confirming the player’s likely absence in Black Stars games against Nigeria in a press conference, Reading FC coach Paul Ince said, “Rahman is two or three weeks…
Former Ghana striker, Prince Tagoe has called for Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng to be invited to the Black Stars for World Cup 2022 playoff against Nigeria. According to the Ex-Hearts of Oak goal poacher, coach Otto Addo will need experienced players in his team who have played at such a crucial stage before and believe the two aforementioned players fit that category. “Every coach has his strategy but I don’t know that of Otto Addo. [But] If I were to be the coach of the Black Stars, I will just keep Sulley Muntari in the team for a certain…
Ghana Premier League side, Accra Lions have transferred defender Jordan Ayimbila to USL championship outfit San Antonio FC. The enterprising left-back has joined first division outfit on a season loan deal. Ayimbila had a successful loan spell with Malaysian outfit Selangor during the 2021 season and returned to his mother club Accra Lions before moving on to the United States.