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Pope Francis has showed his displeasure towards a visitor in St Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. He had been greeting pilgrims when he admonished a woman and slapped her hand after she grabbed his hand and yanked him towards her. On 1 January the Pope admitted he had “lost patience”, saying: “We lose patience many times. It happens to me too. I apologise for the bad example given yesterday.”  BBC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says 2020 will be a good year for Ghanaians. According to the President, “there is growing sense of confidence that with hard work and determination, Ghana will make it, and collectively, we will secure our futures”. In a New Year post on social media, Nana Akufo-Addo said “2020 promises to be a good one”. Nana Akufo-Addo said next year is an important year in the history of the country’s democratic journey, and expressed optimism that Ghanaians “will rise to the occasion and reinforce the status of Ghana as the beacon of democracy on the continent”.…

More than 6,000 Ghanaian junior police officers across have been promoted by the Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, to officers of various ranks. Police inspectors, sergeants, corporals, lance corporals and constables have effective January 1, 2020 been moved to their respective higher ranks within the Police Service, a statement from the Ghana Police said. It however explained that some 390 Inspectors whose promotion to the rank of Chief Inspectors has been backdated to take retrospective effect from July 1, 2019 “due to administrative adjustments”. “The Police Administration wishes the newly promoted officers heartiest congratulations!”, the statement added. These…

Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored with a spectacular overhead kick to stun Chelsea and earn Brighton an unlikely point at the Amex Stadium. The Seagulls were poor for most of the match and looked set for defeat before the Iranian substitute, who scored his first goal for the club on Saturday, brought the home support to their feet in the 84th minute with an early contender for goal of the month. Cesar Azpilicueta gave Chelsea the lead with his third of the season when he fired in from close range after Tammy Abraham’s shot was blocked by Aaron Mooy. Brighton’s attacking threat…

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has appealed to government to complete abandoned projects in the Kusaug area started by the John Mahama administration. He mentioned the Tamne irrigation dam in the Tempane district, rural electrification, health facilities, community senior high at Sapelliga in Bawku West, Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom road among others as the projects abandoned halfway. Mr Ayariga made the appeal while speaking at a durbar to mark the 32nd Samanpiid festival of the chiefs and people of  Kusaug on behalf of the six MPs within the Kusaug Traditional area. He said the completion of the Tamne irrigation dam…

The Annual Ghana Sports Excellence Awards is set to return on January 02, 2020, at the British Council, in Accra, Ghana. The event would also feature diverse & celebrated Ghanaian music & dance that across the globe.  The event is held each year to honour outstanding sporting personalities who ensure that sports, in all various and myriad forms, happen successfully – administrators, media, athletes, volunteers, and other stakeholders of Ghanaian parentage. Winners of the various categories will be announced live at the event after being selected through an independent judging process under the direction of a Chief reviewer. The event…

Just days to the four-day Afro Nation event, organisers were hit with series of legal suits. The suits hit hard at the eleventh hour after months of huge investments and preparations. As if that was not enough, the concert had its fair share of competition as December 2019 was packed with events. Arguably the most event-packed month in the history of the country, these were no small events too. There had been a huge influx of foreign nationals into Ghana as the country rounded up the hugely successful Year of Return activities. For those who still don’t know or are just returning…

The Airport District Police Command in the Ashanti Region is investigating a case of three missing laptops which were being used for the ongoing Ghana Card registration exercise. Officials of the National Identification Authority at one of the centres at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality could not trace the laptops when they returned from the Christmas break. Police confirmed the incident and say they have been able to retrieve two of the laptops. Although police officers will not speak on record, they have given assurances of working to retrieve the other laptop. The police also said they have also…

Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has restored power to the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCo) after disconnecting electricity supply to the Tema-based aluminum smelting firm on Monday, December 30, over a US$30 million debt. Nana Oppong Damoah, the Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Energy Ministry, confirmed the restoration of power to VALCO on Tuesday. He said the Ministry was working to resolve the impasse that necessitated the action. Nana Damoah said power was restored to VALCo few hours after GRIDCo announced the disconnection, while negotiations were ongoing with VALCO to settle their indebtedness. “The Ministry is mediating…

Stock markets overcame US-China trade tensions and Brexit uncertainty to post healthy gains in 2019. In London, the FTSE 100’s traditional early New Year’s Eve close saw it end the year up 12% at 7,542.44 points. Some big European and Asian markets saw even larger rises in 2019, while the main US indexes were all on track to end sharply higher on the year. It was a welcome return to form after 2018, in which many global markets suffered their worst year in a decade. FTSE 100 As the year ended, there were signs that the tit-for-tat trade battle between…