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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says it is “a crime” that some Premier League teams have to play two games in three days over the festive period. The Reds travel to Leicester on Thursday, before hosting Wolves on Sunday but most other sides only have one day off between games. After winning the Club World Cup in Qatar and defeat in the Carabao Cup, Liverpool will have played nine games in a packed December. “It’s absolutely not OK,” Klopp said. “And we still have it. None of the managers have a problem with matches on Boxing Day, but playing the 26th…

Separate beds aren’t a sign of marital strife — they’re the key to better health and a happier relationship. Or so suggests a survey, which showed that one in six couples has resorted to sleeping apart not because they can’t stand each other, but because they’re desperate for a decent night’s sleep. One party’s snoring, fidgeting, or simply the fact that they crawl in at midnight when the other person bedded down hours before, can leave couples craving what’s been emotively dubbed a ‘sleep divorce’. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the report was conducted by a mattress company — but some experts agree…

As the 2020 electioneering shifts into full gear ahead of the general elections in December, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is urging Ghanaians to avoid conducts that could threaten the country’s democratic gains. He said as Ghanaians “we have a duty to conduct ourselves in such a manner that we have a free, fair and transparent election” next year. That, Nana Akufo-Addo explained in his Christmas message, will give the people “peace and serenity” to choose the person and persons they deem fit to manage the affairs of the nation and theirs on their behalf. Nana Akufo-Addo said next year…

More details of the lethal attack on the country home of former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday have continued to emerge as Nigerians express shock over the motive behind such brazen invasion. A family source confirmed to Vanguard in Abuja that the former president was not at the Otueke home (Bayelsa state) when the gunmen struck around 3am on Tuesday. The family member told Vanguard that Jonathan left Otueke for his Yenagoa home just before midnight, having visited the village three times on Monday. “The gunmen assumed that he was in the…

The Ghana Police Service has declared wanted one Hope Mortey and Charles Kwami Kudzordzi, a member and leader respectively of the HomeLand Study Group Foundation, a secessionist group. The Group, based in Ho, with branches in other parts of the country, declared a purported independence for Western Togoland in Ho on November 2019. Kudzordzi, the leader, who declared the independence, had been on the run since then and is being pursued by the security agencies. Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), who addressed the media in Accra on Tuesday, asked Mortey and Kudzordzi to report to the…

Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso, officials say. They say seven soldiers and 80 militants were also killed as the army repelled Tuesday’s attack in Arbinda, in northern Soum province. President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré declared two days of national mourning. Jihadist groups have stepped up attacks in Burkina Faso and other West African countries, in recent years. The violence has continued despite Western efforts to help regional governments combat the insurgents. In November, 13 French troops died in a helicopter collision…

Mr Anthony Dekagbe, the Head Ho Small Tax Office (STO) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has said refusal by entities to honour their tax obligations is a threat to national security and must be considered a criminal act. He said the key national services, including security, would not function effectively in the absence of tax revenue, which were also the lifeline to developmental projects. Mr Dekagbe said this at a tax forum on Voluntary Compliance in Ho, which brought together sections of the tax paying public and officers of the GRA. “You are a threat to national security if…

The Club Licensing Board of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has approved venues of 16 Premier League Clubs with WA All Stars and Ebusua Dwarfs asked to choose alternative venues for their home matches. WA All Stars and Ebusua Dwarfs proposed the newly constructed astro turf at Madina and the Robert Mensah Stadium in Cape Coast respectively but were denied. According to the GFA, the mandatory basis for the rejection have been discussed with clubs and the deadline for clubs to propose alternative venues has been discussed. The Competitions Department shall select an approved venue for the clubs to honour…

At least 120 houses have been destroyed by fast moving forest fires in the Chilean city of Valparaíso, prompting a mass evacuation, officials say. The fires affected the Rocuant and San Roque hills and spread to two poor residential areas. All the city’s firefighters have been deployed. Mayor Jorge Sharp said the fires had been started “intentionally”. There have been no reports of any casualties. Strong winds and high temperatures were exacerbating the situation. Power was cut to about 90,000 customers in the area as a precautionary measure. Two schools were turned into shelters for the affected residents, who were…

The Electoral Commission (EC), has trained over 160 newly appointed electoral officers in Ghana, to build their capacity on elections administration and on the electoral process. Funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the training aimed at ensuring understanding of their roles, basic principles, and management of stakeholders for the conduct of free and fair elections in Ghana. The Electoral Officers training was undertaken concurrently in Koforidua, Kumasi and Tamale over a three-day period. It aimed to build the capacity of the EC’s staff to increase knowledge and ensure consensus on emerging electoral challenges to ensure peaceful and credible…