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Hosts Gabon were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, January 22 after drawing goalless with Cameroon at the Stade de l’Amitie. The draw was the third for the Black Panthers in the tournament, having recorded 1-1 draws in the opening group games against Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso. The Indomitable Lions needed at least a draw from the game to progress, and that is what they got. Not even a last-gasp danger from the Gabonese will cow the Lions into conceding, with goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa coming up with a spectacular rescuing effort. Surprisingly, Burkina Faso topped Group A…

The solo recordings, solo photoshoots, guest appearances as a solo artist and more…it appears 4×4 group leader, Captain Planet is set to pursue a new career path, and an inside source has been spilling the juice! According to the source Captain Planet is heading out of the group, citing a lack of  seriousness by his colleagues Coded and Fresh Prince as reasons for his decision. According to the source it has been over a year since the trio went to a studio and recorded together as a group. Break-up speculations began when Captain Planet started releasing solo projects mostly in…

The burial and final funeral rites of a Ghanaian woman and her three children who perished in a fire outbreak in Finland, will be held February 4 2017. The woman Nana Ago Prah and her three children all perished in the early hours of Friday December 9, when their home was razed down by fire in Helsinki, Finland. The father and husband of the victims, John Owusu, who is also a board member of the Ghana Union Finland, was at work at the time of the incident. It is believed that the fire started from the sauna in their…

Attorney General-designate Gloria Afua Akuffo says she will maintain the team of experts set up by the previous government to resolve the maritime boarder dispute between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Asked during her vetting in Accra Saturday whether she will change the current team of experts if her appointment is approved, Ms Akuffo stated she is satisfied with the composition of the team and impressed with the work done so far. “I have met with the team before the immediate past Attorney General left office in consultation with the president. I took the principled position that what is at stake…

The Paramount Chief of Tongo Traditional Area, Tong-Raana Kugbilsong Nalebegtang, and other 12 persons across the Upper East Region have so far picked up nomination forms from the Electoral Commission to contest this year’s Council of State elections to be held on February 9. Filing of nomination is by the close of work January 26. So far, 13 persons have picked forms for the election. The youngest is 34 years old and the oldest is 71 years old. A former legislator and the current paramount of tongo, His Royal Highness Tong-Raana Kugbilsong Nalebegtang with experience in local governance, oil, gas…

Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in Equatorial Guinea, regional group Ecowas says. Mr Jammeh was defeated in December’s election by Adama Barrow but went on to challenge the results. Mr Barrow has been in Senegal but says he will return to The Gambia soon. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Barrow said he wanted to create a truth and reconciliation committee to investigate allegations of human rights abuses…

The Australian High Commissioner, Andrew Barnes, has cut sod for a $60,000 modern therapy centre of excellence at Begoro in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region. The facility is expected to provide services to some 10,000 persons with disability in the District. Over the past 35 years, the Salvation Army Community Rehabilitation Center has been providing out-patient services to children and adults with disability and deals with on-site integrated school for children with disability in the District. Space, resources and funding have been a major challenge. The Australian ambassador said a modern therapy centre for the health facility will be…

A last-minute goal by Abdallah El Said ensured that Egypt pick their first win in an Africa Cup of Nations after seven years. The last came in 2010, when they beat Ghana 1-0 in Luanda, Angola to win the 2010 edition. They beat Uganda 1-0 on Saturday in their second Group D game played at Port-Gentil, Gabon. With the Cranes the hungrier of the two sides going into the match following their 1-0 loss to Ghana on the opening day, Egypt had to do more defensive work in the incipient stages of the game. But it ended all square in…

Ghana’s Black Stars booked a place in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations with a game in Group D to spare after beating Mali 1-0 on Saturday. An Asamoah Gyan goal in the 20th minute ensured that Ghana sail through after their second group game at the tournament. The Stars dominated the early exchanges with Christian Atsu’s incursion on the right side of attack a mouthful for the Malian defenders. One of such incursions in the 16th minute presented West Ham United’s Andre Ayew a begging chance to put the 2015 finalists ahead. But Ayew’s left foot…

Attorney General-designate Gloria Akuffo says she will take a second look at the file of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome as regards the GH¢52.1 million judgement debt case of 2012 if her nomination is approved. “When I get there, I will study the file and see how quickly we can get the money,” Ms Akuffo said. She was answering a question posed by Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency during her vetting on Saturday, January 21. The former Aviation Minister acknowledged the stage of the case so far and says she will do her best in the interest of Ghanaians.…