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After many failed love relationships, outspoken actress Efia Odo painstakingly took a decision to be celibate. And it appears the choice is positively paying off for the beautiful video vixen. In a tweet today, November 14, she said, “Being celibate has been the best decision of my life.” Efia Odo’s admission of being a celibate may come as a shock to people considering that she is popular for her sexually suggestive way of dressing. Efia’s love life has been on the quiet since 2018 when the actress got public and cuddly with her now-ex lover, Kweku Reveloe. The actress whose…

The teaching and non-teaching staff of Colleges of Education have embarked on an industrial strike over the Government’s failure to implement their agreed 2022 conditions of service. The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) and the Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) issued a communiqué on November 4, 2022, warning the Government of their intended strike action if the Government failed to implement the agreed conditions by Friday, November 11. Checks at some Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region indicate the strike is in full force, as Citi News met empty lecture halls with loitering students.…

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo announced his final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be staged in Qatar. The Black Stars is in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea. The team’s first group game of the tournament would be against Portugal on November 24. Only two players from Ghana’s final list have played at the previous editions of the World Cup – Andre Ayew (2010 and 2014) and Jordan Ayew (2014). Inaki Williams and Mohammed Salisu make the list for the World Cup. There is also a place for Abdul Salis Samed who has been…

The embattled Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen has been sacked. President Nana Akufo-Addo terminated the appointment of the minister on Monday with immediate effect. Mr. Adu Boahen was appointed in 2017. “After being made aware of the allegations levelled against the Minister in the exposé, ‘Galamsey Economy’, the President spoke to Mr Adu Boahen, after which he took the decision to terminate his appointment, and also to refer the matter to the Special Prosecutor for further investigations,” the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin said in a statement. The President thanked Mr Adu Boahen…

He is a Harvard-trained don, deified and deemed devout, dependable, dynamic, down-to-earth, decisive, and the very definition of dexterity in economics and development. Indeed, as the doyen, he directs, dictates, decides and does any deed he desires at his Ministry. A darling proudly displayed as a devoted and distinguished disciple of our dear President. Meticulous about deliverables, he digs and delves deep into deeds, dockets, and other documents on his desk from dawn to dusk. It is said he drinks debenture and devours depreciation daily. The don dislikes disproportionate debts with deadly dissatisfaction. He demands devotion, dedication, diligence from all…

Ghanaian boxing legend Azumah Nelson says reversing decisions from past bouts is a dangerous precedent in professional boxing. His assertion comes after the World Boxing Council (WBC) retroactively adjudged Jeff Fenech the winner of his first bout with Azumah Nelson in 1991. The Australian boxing legend was retroactively awarded the WBC Super Featherweight title at a WBC convention in Acapulco, Mexico, last Tuesday. Azumah, in his response, was disappointed with the verdict by the WBC, which was happening for the first time in professional boxing. “Reviewing results and awarding titles to boxers many decades after a fight is a dangerous…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as unfortunate the decision by Twitter to fold up its operations in Africa. “We had looked forward to its presence,” he said to journalists in the US. “It was not too long ago that it was up, but I understand it is part and parcel of a global restructuring of a company that is taking place under the new owner.” “I think that is very unfortunate that, that should take place. The more organisations like that have local outlets, the better for all of us,” the President added. Twitter laid off almost all…

South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor has said the plan by the government to sell the Saglemi Housing Project to a private person is the most economically depressing piece of policy he has seen from this government. He questioned whether the Attorney-General aware that the Saglemi Housing Scheme, which is a subject of Criminal Prosecution of the Hon Collins Dauda & others in court is being sold to a private person? The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso Boakye has announced the government’s intention to explore the sale of the Saglemi Housing project to private sector investors for completion. This…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has, once, again called for the reform of the Security Council of the United Nations, describing the current structure as an injustice against African countries. Speaking at an event organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, on Wednesday, 10th November 2022, in New York, President Akufo-Addo noted that the Security Council is constrained by its anachronistic structure and methods, which undermine efforts to tackle contemporary challenges in the most effective manner. “The conversations around reforms, which have been going on for three decades without an end in sight, must, therefore, yield real…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged the United Nartions’ Security Council, which is the central mechanism of the United Nations for maintaining international peace and security, to support “adequate, predictable and sustainable financing of African-led operations”, in the global fight against terrorism. Chairing a debate of the UN Security Council, as part of Ghana’s Presidency of the Council for the month of November, on Thursday, 11th November 2022, President Akufo-Addo stated that terrorism has always posed a danger to international peace and security, and continues to threaten peaceful co-existence between and within nations. In Africa, the…