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Nigeria’s government has condemned Thursday’s attack on its embassy in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, by its citizens living in the country. The Nigerian nationals stormed the embassy and vandalised vehicles in the compound. They accused embassy officials of not offering help when they are allegedly harassed by Indonesian immigration officials. They said a Nigerian national reportedly fell from a storey building while escaping from immigration officials. Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said those who destroyed property in the embassy’s premises would be tracked down and punished. “Absolutely deplorable and disgraceful criminal behaviour by Nigerian hooligans,” he said.. A video of Nigerians…

Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Fifa has announced. The joint bid got the nod ahead of Colombia, which was the only other rival in the running after Brazil and Japan dropped out of the race earlier in June. The 2023 version will be the first in the women’s game to feature 32 sides – up from the current 24. The competition is scheduled to take place from July to August 2023. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said: “The bidding process was highly competitive. We would like to thank both of the bidders for their remarkable…

Liverpool were crowned champions of England for the first time in 30 years after Manchester City lost to Chelsea. Only a win for City at Stamford Bridge would have allowed them to hold on to the Premier League trophy for a little longer and their two-season reign is now officially over. Pep Guardiola’s side lost a total of six league games in those two seasons combined, but their eighth defeat of this campaign leaves them 23 points behind the leaders, with seven games left. Kevin de Bruyne’s brilliant second-half free-kick cancelled out Christian Pulisic’s breakaway goal for the hosts but…

The Church of Pentecost Youth Ministry has launched its first ever mobile application. It was launched on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The colourful ceremony, which was held at the studios of PENT TV, was part of the National Youth Week Celebrations held from Monday, June 15-21 under the theme, ‘Grounded in Christ, Possess the Nations’. Delivering the welcome address, Pastor Ebenezer Hagan, the National Youth Director, indicated that the app was developed as a strategy to help produce a mighty workforce for Christ out of young people, who will champion the ‘Possessing the Nations’ agenda of The Church of Pentecost,…

Prince Tagoe has said he was played out of position during the 2010 World Cup. During the qualifiers for that World Cup, Prince Tagoe was playing as a striker and he felt comfortable with that position. However, at the main tournament, coach of the Black Stars at the time Milovan Rajevac played him in a different position that he couldn’t come to terms with. “The coach, Milovan, told me, ‘Prince, Asamoah is at the top’ when you get the ball at the wings, make sure he gets it, and when you lose the ball, come back to the center or…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) will compile a new voter register without accepting the existing ID cards, 3news.com can confirm. This was contained in the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 25. There was confusion following the judgement as the plaintiff, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), claimed that its relief to stop the EC from rejecting the existing voter ID cards has been granted. Its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, told journalists at the forecourt of the Supreme Court that his party feels “vindicated” by the judgement. https://youtu.be/m6EhllDMdDE But same document sighted by 3news.com indicated that the…

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed its first female Vice-Chancellor. Professor (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson will take over from Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso for a four-year term, starting August 1, 2020. Until her appointment, the Professor of Pharmacognosy was Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University, the first female to have held that position. Prof. Rita Dickson graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the university in 1994. She pursued graduate studies leading to the award of MPharm in Pharmacognosy in 1999 and was appointed a lecturer the following year in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of…

The Supreme Court has given the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) the go-ahead to compile a new voter register for the December 7 elections. In its judgment, the Court ordered that any case filed or would be filed against the compilation of the register is nulled. There was confusion, however, among lawyers and journalists as to whether the Commission has been ordered to include the existing voter’s ID cards as identification for registration or not. The apex court reiterated that the EC has the mandate to carried out its duty as by law. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) went to court,…

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to accept the existing voter identification cards as one of the basic documents for the upcoming registration, counsel for the plaintiff has claimed. General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia also told journalists after judgement on Thursday that the existing voter IDs will now be accepted by the EC for the exercise, which starts on Tuesday, June 30. “We feel vindicated because the court itself in an earlier ruling had clearly stated that the possession of an existing voter’s ID card means the holder is a…

Heavy security from the Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service supervised the demolition of two warehouses situated on a 2.59-acre land at Flower Port on the Spintex Road in Accra. The land, which is said to belong to Yehans International Ghana Limited, has been under litigation with Martey Tsuru Family since 2006, until the Supreme Court on October 24, 2018 ruled in favour of the company. Accompanied by the police to enforce the ruling of the Court, the taskforce ejected occupants of the two warehouses and pulled down the building. Counsel for Yehans International Ghana Limited, Kofi…