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Liverpool’s new £45m signing Diogo Jota grabbed a home debut goal as the champions demonstrated their determination to retain an iron grip on their Premier League crown by coming from behind to record an impressive victory against Arsenal at Anfield. The Gunners, who had won their opening two league games, went ahead after 25 minutes when Alexandre Lacazette took advantage of Andrew Robertson’s error to bundle a close-range finish past Alisson but ended well beaten. Liverpool, who maintained their 100% start to the season and moved second behind Leicester City, responded instantly as man-of-the-match Sadio Mane, who was perhaps fortunate…

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency PC Appiah Ofori has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has abandoned him after he helped him to win the 2016 presidential elections. He said he has attempted to reach the president on phone on several occasions but the calls never went through. The anti-corruption campaigner told TV3’s Johnnie Hughes in an interview on Monday, September 28 that he wrote to President Akufo-Addo pleading with him to make him a board member of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, however, the president did not respond to his letter.…

Ahead of the December 7 elections, the United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador in Ghana, Bishop Dr Sam Owusu, has cautioned all politicians in Ghana intending to instigate the youth of this country to engage in violence to abort such a plan. He indicated that all politicians who instigate violence will account for a single life that would be lost in the elections. Ghanaians are gearing up to go to the polls in December to elect a president and members of Parliament. Stakeholders including the National Peace Council have cautioned the politicians and the youth in Ghana to pass this test…

2016 Weija Gbawe Parliamentary Candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Obuobia Darko has denied reports that she is instigating the constituents to reject the current candidate with series of demonstrations. The camp of the NDC in the constituency has seen agitations from executives and other supporters, calling for the head of the candidate, whom they accuse of being ineffective. But Obuobia Darko, who is also a Deputy Director of Communications of the opposition NDC, says she has no interest in the constituency. The Weija Gbawe branch of the main opposition party in August called on the party to…

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said Ghana is safe, ahead of the elections this year, in spite of the activities of the secessionist group in the Volta Region. He said security assessment with regard to the secessionist group’s attack on Friday, September 25 proves so. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in an interview on TV3’s New Day on Monday, September 28, said Ghana is safe and government cannot lose its concentration on security, which he describes as most important. “Ghana is safe but we cannot take our eye off the ball,” he stressed. He added that if the security will…

Ghanaian rap artiste Amerado Burner has stated that Nigerians do not come close to Ghanaians when it comes to rap music. The rapper was speaking to MzGee on the New Day on TV3  on Monday, September 28. The artiste, when asked who had better rappers between Ghana and Nigeria, said: “Nigerians don’t have rappers, do they? Big respect to MI but all their rappers have turned to singers. When it comes to rap there is not a match. Ghana got it.” The rapper also shared his thoughts on the profitability of the rap music genre. “Our biggest artiste in Ghana…

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency P.C. Appiah Ofori has expressed regrets for rejecting an offer made to him by former President John Dramani Mahama to serve in his government. The anti-corruption campaigner said he rejected the offer on the heels of his unflinching loyalty to the NPP and then opposition leader and now president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. PC Appiah Ofori shot to fame in the political arena in Ghana after he constantly levelling corruption allegation against the John Agyekum Kuffuor administration after the NPP lost the 2008 elections. In 2009, he revealed…

An Accra Circuit court has remanded all 31 suspects in the Friday alleged separatist disturbances into BNI custody for two weeks. They are facing five provisional charges including conspiracy to attend prohibited meeting, unlawful gathering and rioting. The plea of the accused persons was not taken when they appeared before circuit court two on Monday September 28. They were charged with provisional charges of conspiracy to attend meeting of prohibited organization; unlawful gathering, gathering under prohibited name of organization and rioting. The prosecution led by ASP Sylvester Asare asked the court to remand the accused persons to allow for further…

The Ghanaian economy has begun to experience some recovery as price pressures that resulted from the pandemic-related restrictions and lockdown measures in March 2020 are easing, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed. Dr Ernest Addison said headline inflation, after edging up sharply to 11.4 percent in July 2020, has started going down, now at 10.5 percent in August, on the back of declining food prices. Food inflation has steadily declined from 15.1 percent in May to 11.4 percent in August, partly reflecting seasonal effects. Non-food inflation has however, increased from 8.4 percent to 9.9 percent over…