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Kumasi Asante kotoko won their first match in the Ghana premier league second round against Tema Youth at Tema to end their eight match winless streak. Baba Mahama’s strike helped the Porcupine Warriors to record a 1-0 win against a spirited Tema Youth side.  Kotoko new coach Steve Pollack will motivate himself with this win as he seeks to turn the fortunes of  Asante kotoko. Elsewhere at Tarkwa T/A park, Medeama continued their fine form as they walloped debutants Bolga All-stars  by 5-1. Bernard Ofori’s hat trick, with goals from Latif Salifu and Mershak Odoom while Mohammed Naeem got Bolga…

Over the weekend I asked some of my friends what would make them leave the private sector to take up jobs in public service and I was shocked to the marrow with their responses. Ei, our country is in trouble oo! Almost all my five friends who are doing well in their businesses would still love to take up public service appointments with the sole motivation of getting freebies as pecks of their offices. They all, like several Ghanaians do not find jobs in the civil service at lower levels attractive because of poor remunerations and low self-esteem of some…

Some midwives across the country have warned the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) against the continuous ‘illegal deductions’ of their salaries to an unknown body, which they say they are not members of. According to the over 3,500 midwives affected, the CAGD has since 2014 been deducting from their salaries GHC55.93 each into the account of National Association of Registered Midwives (NARM-Ghana) led by a retired midwife, Hajia R. Amoako Agyei. They have described the deductions as illegal and unauthorised, and have consequently threatened to take legal action against the CAGD should it fail to cease the said deductions forthwith.…

The President of the Student Representative Council of the University of Cape Coast, Tony Henry Arthur is urging students to remain calm whilst issues surrounding the purported rustication of 22 students are resolved. Twenty-two students of the University of Cape Coast were rusticated a fortnight ago after investigations cited them for their involvement in a clashes between students of the University, University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in March this year. The clash which occurred during the hall week celebration of the Atlantic Hall left three students seriously injured. Though the students secured injunction to prevent…

MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat. The security service, which was alerted to Abedi’s extremist views three times prior to last Monday’s attack, will examine how it dealt with the warnings. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said it was right for MI5 to review its processes. Early on Monday a man, 23, was arrested in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, on suspicion of terrorism offences. Greater Manchester Police said they had also executed search warrants at addresses in the Whalley Range area…

Despite the abundance of sanitary pads, some adolescent girls in some communities in the Northern Region continue to use rags during their menstrual cycle, whiles others have no or little knowledge on menstrual hygiene. Checks by TV3 has revealed there are no sanitary pads in shops at most rural communities in the region, and in areas where there is availability, affordability has become a challenge to parents and their girl child. Most adolescent girls, including 13-year-old Tibornyaan Yabdow from Nanjuni in the Yendi District have no option than to resort to the use of rags as sanitary pads whenever they are…

  Having an affair is not even on your radar. Never gonna happen. You love your spouse and you’d never be unfaithful to her or him. However, you may be unaware of other ways you are being unfaithful. If these actions continue, you may find yourself on the slippery slope that leads to that never-intended affair and a sorrow you never wanted in your life. Unfaithfulness usually creeps in through the back door, disguising itself as harmless fun or innocent behavior. If you want your marriage to endure and be filled with happiness you may need to check this list…

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central in the Greater Accra Region, Theophilous Tetteh Chaie, has called on the government to put in place adequate compensation package for farmers whose crops have been attacked by fall of army worms. Mr. Tetteh Chaie alleged the Ministry of Food and Agriculture “gave the farmers wrong chemicals to fight the worms when it was first detected in the year 2016 and all that the government is telling them is that they should cut [the affected crops] them”. READ: Armyworms invade farms in Ghana; threaten food security More than 18,000 hectares of maize farms…

Ghana’s first lady, Rebecca Akuffo Addo, has observed the country’s achievement of the goal three of the Sustainable Development Goals is dependent on adequate resources to end the needless child and maternal mortality. The goal three underscores the need to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It talks about the strides that have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. She was speaking at a special fund raising ceremony held at the Manhyia gardens in Kumasi to solicit funds for the construction of a…

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has expressed disappointment over the poor execution of some projects funded with petroleum revenue in the Ashanti Region. Vice Chairman, Kwame Jantuah, has questioned, in particular, the quality of work on an ongoing 3-unit classroom block at Akpenkro, as well as construction of the Bremang UGC road, which has developed potholes just two years after tarring. This came to light during a 4-day verification tour of ABFA sponsored projects in the Ashanti Region by members of PIAC and Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ). PIAC is a statutory institution with the mandate…