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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) have been crowned champions in the final of the men’s football competition, after beating arch rivals University of Ghana (UG), on Friday to climax the 27th edition of the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) games. In what was described as a successful competition, GUSA held a closing ceremony on Friday to draw the curtain on the 27th GUSA games. University of education Winneba (UEW) were crowned the overall GUSA champions while UCC came 2nd. KNUST were 3rd with UG picking the 4th spot. But on the day of the closing ceremony, the men soccer team of…

Dr. Donald Senanu Agumenu, a Special Assistant to Former President, Flt.Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has described the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, as courageous and a politically witty individual. He has, therefore, urged the Party to elect persons with such qualities to lead from the front and stair its affairs into the 2024 general election. “General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia from the lenses of my former Boss, the late Chairman Rawlings, I see nothing less than a resolute figure of patriotism, and resilience with absolute loyalty , political wit and dedication to the ideals of…

The Komenda College of Education has been declared winners of the maiden tertiary national insurance debate, beating St. Don Bosco College of Education in the finals. For the effort, Komenda College received a gold trophy and cash awards, totalling 3,500 cedis for emerging winners from the Insurance Awareness Cordinators Group and the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana while Don Bosco also took home 2,000 cedis and souvenirs. Speaking at the ceremony, Head of Reinsurance and Anti-Money Laundering at the National Insurance Commission, Esther Armah, said increasing the insurance penetration rate and coverage was a key mandate of the regulator. She…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has dismissed assertions that he’s been reckless in the fiscal management of the economy. According to him, he has complied with laid down regulations in his role as the Finance Minister. The country’s economy has been hit by rising interest payments and elevated debt levels, increasing inflation and fast depreciation of the cedi. This has triggered calls for his resignation by both the Minority and Majority caucus in Parliament. But addressing the Adhoc Committee of Parliament hearing the censure motion brought against him, Mr. Ofori-Atta said his efforts despite the global pressures on the economy has…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says he will present the 2023 Budget in Parliament next week. The Minister’s comment is coming at a time when some Majority MPs have threatened to boycott the 2023 budget statement if he (Finance Minister) is not sacked. In an interview with JoyNews’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Kwaku Asante shortly after he had testified before the Adhoc Committee hearing the censure motion, Ken Ofori-Atta said “yeah, expect so. That seems to be a weird question.” The Journalist asked whether he will be the one to present the 2023 budget. According to Ken Ofori-Atta, although the hearing so far…

Ghana’s rap goddess, Ruth Eno Adjoa Amankwa Nyame Adom, popularly known as “Eno Barony,” has opened up about how she had to hide her career from her parents until she could not anymore. Speaking in an interview with Asieduwaa Akumia on Prime Morning, on Friday, she indicated that it was difficult disclosing her career breakthrough to her parents, as they never wanted her to involve herself in secular activities. Born into a Christian home, she indicated that listening to gospel songs was the only alternative, as her father did not condone secular activities. According to her, the circumstances in which she…

Kwesi Botchwey, who served as a finance minister first during the military era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1991 and then in the constitutional period of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1995, is dead. Dr Botchwey is said to have died today 19 November 2022, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he has been the last few days seeking medical care. Born on 3 September 1944, Dr Botchwey was 78 at the time of his death. He will go down in Ghana’s history books as the country’s longest-serving finance minister. He served in office…

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. “Basically, I rent myself out. My job is to be wherever my clients want me to be and to do nothing in particular,” Morimoto told Reuters, adding that he had handled some 4,000 sessions in the past four years. With a lanky build and average looks, Morimoto now boasts nearly a quarter of a million followers on Twitter, where he finds most…

A Massachusetts woman stands accused of using a swarm of bees as a dangerous weapon, according to a county sheriff, after she allegedly unleashed a hive of angry insects on deputies trying to serve an eviction notice last week. The incident unfolded when Rorie Woods, a 55-year-old professional beekeeper, drove up to the home in Longmeadow while deputies were in the process of enforcing the eviction notice, the sheriff’s department said in a statement on Wednesday. The residence, outside Springfield in the south-central part of the state, belonged to a man who had been litigating against his removal for years,…

Organised Labour has proposed a 60 percent increment in base pay for the year 2023 as they begin negotiations with the government. In a letter signed by TUC General Secretary, Dr. Yaw Baah and Isaac Bampoe Addo, Chairman of the forum of Public Sector Workers, Organised Labour cited the rising inflation and the 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) granted on the National Daily Minimum Wage as grounds for their proposal. “Due to the inflationary trends and the fact that 15% COLA has been granted on the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMw). We humbly propose that a 60% increase on…