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Fixing the Country Movement, a new pressure group, says it is going to embark on a nationwide campaign across the 16 regions to propagate the good works of Akufo-Addo’s administration. The move, according to the group, followed the demonstration by the #FixTheCountry Campaigners, calling on government to address the many socio-economic challenges facing the country. Addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Convener of the Movement, Mr Ernest Owusu Bempah described the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo “as one with a resounding success.”  “The movement is very much aware of the considerable gains that the country…

Ghanaian athlete, Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe Ghanaian athlete Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe has said that the decision by the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana to drop him from the Tokyo Paralympic Games is not in the best interest of the country.The NPC overlooked Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe and selected Yusif Amadu to represent Ghana at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.The NPC-Ghana boss, Sampson Dean explained that the IPC letter specifically stated that the opportunity should be given to a male athlete, the board decided to choose between Botsyo and Yusif, both of whom made good qualifications times during the qualifiers in 2019.According to…

– Advertisement – Actress Beverly Afaglo who lost her properties after a fire razed down her house has closed down the Gofundme account that was created by her colleagues to help her stand her feet. Yvonne Nelson and former musician Chase created that GoFundMe account and set the target to $20k with the intention of getting people to donate to help Beverly and her family. In a new video we have come across on social media, Beverly Afaglo Baah has asked that Yvonne Nelson close and pull down the campaign. According to her, she thanks all those who donated adding…

Sports News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2021-08-17 Ghana Football Association The era of queuing at various sales point to purchase tickets to watch football matches in the country is coming to an end with the Ghana Football Association set to roll out a digital ticketing system next season.The GFA, as per its marketing manager is in the process of coming up with an e-ticketing system that will make it convenient for football fans to purchase match tickets.Making the disclosure on Joy FM, Jamil Maraby, the marketing manager of the GFA explained the process the new ticketing format…

A 24-hour torrential rain in the Upper West Region has left some parts of the region submerged in flood water with about 45 kilometres of asphalted road at different sections of the region washed away and replaced with deep pits containing large volumes of water. The rain started onThursday evening and persisted till Friday evening and continued on Saturday afternoon, after taking a breather in the morning. The water washed away major culverts along the Wa-Nadowli and Nadowli -Jirapa/Lawra highways respectively as well as the Tumu-Bolgatanga stretch and some other feeder roads that connected some communities and districts. About 80…

Screengrab of the priest kissing the students • A video of a priest kissing female students on a pulpit has attracted massive engagement on Twitter• According to the original source of the video, it was shot at a training college in Kumasi• It has received massive backlash from tweepsA video showing a priest giving mouth to mouth kisses to three female students hit social media platform, Twitter, late Monday evening.According to a tweep who posted the 24-second video, it was shot during a church service at the St. Monica College of Education. PL Blackah Music (with the handle @LordListoHQ) captioned…

– Advertisement – A married couple have been met with the shock of their lives after discovering that they are siblings after 10 years of marriage. According to them, they discovered that they are brother and sister after 10 years of marriage and 13 years of knowing each other. The troubled couple made this profound information known to the world through a video shared online. The husband revealed in the viral footage obtained that he first met the wife now sister in 2008 got married in 2011. They had their first child in 2011 and second in 2015. Watch the…

Sports News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021 Source: angelonline.com.gh 2021-08-17 Former Hearts of Oak midfielder, Benjamin Afutu Manager of ex-Hearts of Oak midfielder, Benjamin Afutu, Daniel William Takyi has revealed to Angel Floodlight Sports that his player is clubless after Hearts of Oak failed to send draft of an agreed contract to them.The defensive midfielder was a fan favourite in the 2020/2021 season where he scored 7 goals in all competitions to help the Phobians ended their over a decade long trophy drought.After a splendid performance, it came as a shock to the the rainbow family when Afutu’s name was…

India yesterday paid glowing tribute to the world for standing by it when the country was hit with the third wave of the Delta variant of COVID-19.  “In our time of desperate need, you provided us with emergency medical supplies including oxygen to save the lives of Indians who were dying in their hundreds when health facilities were limited,” Mr Sugandh Rajaram, India’s High Commissioner in Accra said at the 75th independent anniversary celebration in Accra yesterday. “We are exceedingly grateful to the scientific community, the frontline health workers, the doctors and all those who came to our aid with all…

The Afenyo-Markin Committee that probed the procurement contracts for the supply of Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccines, observed that even in an emergency, the Health Minister should have engaged Parliament on the contracts.Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu had admitted before the probe that the contract between the Ministry and Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, and one other, for the supply of Sputnik V vaccines was without parliamentary approval.The Minister had explained that the Ministry was desperate to get the vaccines and frustrated because the regular vaccine supply sources had failed during the heat of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.“I was in…