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Italian giants Juventus have sacked Maurizio Sarri as manager after just one season. Sarri guided Juventus to a ninth straight Serie A title but they were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon at the last-16 stage. Juve won 2-1 in Turin on Friday but the French side progressed on away goals. Italian Sarri, 61, was appointed on a three-year contract last summer after one year at Premier League club Chelsea. Source: BBC

Alex Segbefia, a member of the 2020 Campaign Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has charged the media and to name and shame politicians who engaged in electoral violence, irrespective of the parties they belong to. He said this action will ensure that the violence that characterize electoral processes in Ghana is reduced drastically. He was commenting on the just-ended voter registration exercise undertaken by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). During the registration, there were accusations and counter-accusations among officials of the NDC and also the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) regarding alleged bussing of people to various areas…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has served notice that all persons who vouched for people who were not qualified to register for a voter’s identity card in the just-ended registration exercise, will be arrested because they have engaged in illegality. Director of Electoral Services at the EC Dr. Serebour Quaicoe told Abena Tabi on The Key Point on TV3 Saturday, August 8 that both the unqualified persons who managed to register and those who vouched for them will all be arrested and be made to face the law for their actions. He revealed that the data and other information on…

China, Russia and Iran are among countries seeking to influence the US presidential election this year, a top US intelligence chief has warned. A statement issued by the director of US counterintelligence said foreign states were using “covert and overt influence measures” to sway the vote. It said China did not want President Donald Trump’s re-election while Russia wanted to hurt Democrat Joe Biden. Intelligence chiefs accuse Russia of interfering in the 2016 election. They say Russia wanted to help boost Mr Trump’s campaign, including by spreading disinformation online. Russia has denied the allegations. Asked at a press conference on…

Until the 2016 elections, he was an ardent fan of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). But in 2016, Alex Mensah crossed carpets from the NDC to join the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Known in the showbiz circles as Lucky Mensah, the ace highlife musician composed a song ‘Ye Sesa Mu’ for the then flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Ghanaian highlife musician explained he willingly composed the song for the NPP and was not contracted by the party to do so. He did a remix of his ‘Nana Y3ny3 wo D3n Ni’ song (campaign song) in 2016. The ‘Come…

The newly appointed CEO of Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has said he is delighted to be given the position. In an interview with Kumasi-based Opemsuo Radio, he said he is happy to lead the club. “I was delighted when they gave me the nod because it’s a big club,” he noted “I always say Kotoko is bigger than the NDC and NPP and even the GFA. It transcends a lot of borders so I was delighted but at the same time I felt relaxed because I know it is my time and I was chosen…

The Central Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Takyir-Mensah, has called for the arrest of Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency, Cassiel Ato Forson, for his involvement in violent attacks at the Ajumanko-Besease Registration Center. In a press conference, held at Ajumako-Besease on Friday, August 7, Mr Takyir Mensah called for the arrest of the sitting MP as against accusations by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Dr. Rashid Kwesi Etuaful, and his supporters rather caused the violence “We are calling the general public to treat the said publication as false,” the…

The Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, Elijah Adansi-Bonah, on behalf of the government presented start-up kits to over 200 people who have undergone apprenticeship training in Obuasi. The items included soap processing machine, cassava processing Machine, baking and confectioneries machine and industrial sowing machine. Presenting the items, MCE Elijah Adansi-Bonah praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the plethora of programmes his government has successfully implemented since assuming office in 2017. These programmes, he said, have given hope to those in the ‘Small and Medium Enterprises’ sector. On the role of the Assembly in the area of skills development and…

Executive Director of Child Rights International Bright Appiah has noted that the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana has presented parents and guardians with an opportunity to be innovative in caring for the needs of their children. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Friday, August 7 that parents are now learning new ways of combining work and caring for their children. Covid-19, he said, has forced parents to also spend quality time with their children at home, a situation that has helped them to know their children better. “We have done some interactions with…

Executive Director of the Childs Right International Bright Appiah has said exams body, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has over the years not prevented examination malpractices from happening. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Friday, August 7 that WAEC should be blamed for issues regarding examination malpractices in the country because they have failed to institute prudent measures to prevent such practices from occurring. His comments follow the total disregard for the rule of law and the wanton destruction of school properties by some Senior High School (SHS) students across the country in reference to…