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Richard Commey lost his IBF Lightweight title in crushing and humiliating fashion, suffering a comprehensive second round beating at the hands of Teofimo Lopez at the Madison Square Garden in New York.  The Ghanaian was floored a minute into the second round, before stumbling and regaining his composure but was then subjected to a flurry of punches that forced the referee to stop the fight and call time on his short reign as a world champion. https://twitter.com/OtiAdjei/status/1206061797339521025?s=20 Commey had spoken about how he just could not fail and how much he was going to give everything to retain his title.…

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has received a unanimous endorsement to go unopposed in the 2020 parliamentary election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. A constituency delegates’ conference in Kumasi last Saturday concluded that the Education Minister will have no competition in the NPP parliamentary primaries. The conference discussed educational infrastructure, roads, water, sanitation, scholarship and other projects initiated in the Manhyia South constituency. Ashanti Regional first vice-chairman of NPP, Kwabena Senkyire , joined delegates and constituency executives to openly announce Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh will go to the primary unopposed. He…

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has received a unanimous endorsement to go unopposed in the 2020 parliamentary election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. A constituency delegates’ conference in Kumasi last Saturday concluded that the Education Minister will have no competition in the NPP parliamentary primaries. The conference discussed educational infrastructure, roads, water, sanitation, scholarship and other projects initiated in the Manhyia South constituency. Ashanti Regional first vice-chairman of NPP, Kwabena Senkyire , joined delegates and constituency executives to openly announce Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh will go to the primary unopposed. He…

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Premier League leaders Liverpool battled to victory over strugglers Watford in Nigel Pearson’s first game in charge. Salah curled the ball into the far corner for the opener before flicking in a late second in the final minute of normal time at Anfield. Watford missed chances in both halves, while Liverpool’s Sadio Mane had a header ruled out for offside following a review by the video assistant referee (VAR). Liverpool remain unbeaten in the league this season while Watford sit six points from safety at the bottom of the table. The Reds were made to…

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Premier League leaders Liverpool battled to victory over strugglers Watford in Nigel Pearson’s first game in charge. Salah curled the ball into the far corner for the opener before flicking in a late second in the final minute of normal time at Anfield. Watford missed chances in both halves, while Liverpool’s Sadio Mane had a header ruled out for offside following a review by the video assistant referee (VAR). Liverpool remain unbeaten in the league this season while Watford sit six points from safety at the bottom of the table. The Reds were made to…

Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption. The judge told the court that, under Sudanese law, people over the age of 70 cannot serve jail terms. Bashir is 75. Bashir also faces charges related to the 1989 coup that brought him to power, genocide, and the killing of protesters before his ousting in April. During the sentencing, his supporters started chanting that the trial was “political” and were ordered to leave. They continued their protest outside the court, chanting: “There is no god but God.” It is unclear whether Bashir…

Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption. The judge told the court that, under Sudanese law, people over the age of 70 cannot serve jail terms. Bashir is 75. Bashir also faces charges related to the 1989 coup that brought him to power, genocide, and the killing of protesters before his ousting in April. During the sentencing, his supporters started chanting that the trial was “political” and were ordered to leave. They continued their protest outside the court, chanting: “There is no god but God.” It is unclear whether Bashir…

A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman at Tijo in the Mion District of the Northern Region. Lukeman Sanche, according to the Northern Regional Police Command, forcibly had sex with the victim in a bush on December 9 while she was taking domestic animals for grazing. Husband of the victim reported the matter to the Police after his wife had narrated to him what Sanche did to her. “Victim was issued with police medical form to attend hospital and has since been returned having been endorsed by a gynaecologist at the Tamale Teaching Hospital,” a police…

A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman at Tijo in the Mion District of the Northern Region. Lukeman Sanche, according to the Northern Regional Police Command, forcibly had sex with the victim in a bush on December 9 while she was taking domestic animals for grazing. Husband of the victim reported the matter to the Police after his wife had narrated to him what Sanche did to her. “Victim was issued with police medical form to attend hospital and has since been returned having been endorsed by a gynaecologist at the Tamale Teaching Hospital,” a police…

A Ghanaian delegation from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Judicial Service and the Office of the Attorney General has participated in a five-day exchange of experience programme in Madrid. They met with their peer institutions and analysed the similarities and differences between Ghana and Spain best practices, systems and experiences that contribute to improving the work processes for each country. The mission organised through the European Union-funded Accountability Rule of law and Anti-corruption Programme (ARAP) and implemented by the Spanish public foundation FIIAPP, allowed the six Ghanaian high-level officials to explore the different systems developed…