December 2, 2020 - Ghana News Express

Asante Kotoko, Nouadhibou game to be played behind closed doors

2Dec

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Sports

Asante Kotoko, Nouadhibou game to be played behind closed doors

Kumasi Asante Kotoko's CAF Champions League preliminary round 2nd leg fixture against FC Nouadhibou would be played behind closed doors. Kotoko's letter to the Government through the GFA requesting fans at the stadium for the encounter has been rejected outright. The Reds will welcome the Mauritanian champions at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, December 5, 2020 following their 1-1 stalemate in the first leg. The Porcupine Warriors had petitioned the government to relax the Coronavirus restrictions which prevents fans from attending football matches. The government remains resolute on the stance that there won’t be compromises towards the imposed restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. The Communications Director of Asante Kotoko, Moses Antwi Benefo has confi...

Newly appointed Hearts coach Kosta Papic meets players

2Dec

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Sports

Newly appointed Hearts coach Kosta Papic meets players

Newly appointed Hearts of Oak coach, Kosta Papic has met the playing body and the rest of the technical team members. The Serbian visited the team's training grounds on Wednesday morning to to meet with the players and technical handlers for the first time since his appointment. Papic was named as the head coach on Tuesday following the demotion of Edward Nii Odoom to the youth. He arrived in Ghana over the weekend and was at the stadium to watch Phobians defeat to Inter Allies on Sunday. The 60-year-old Serbian was in charge of the Phobians when they last won the league in the 2008/09 season. The former eSwatini coach will be assisted by Asare Bediako, who was appointed as the assistant coach in November. And will be in charge when the Phobians take on Karela United...

China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks

2Dec

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World

China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks

China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported. China launched its Chang'e-5 probe on Nov. 24. The uncrewed mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, aims to collect lunar material to help scientists learn more about the moon's origins. The mission will attempt to collect 2 kg (4-1/2 lbs) of samples in a previously unvisited area in a massive lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum, or "Ocean of Storms". If the mission is completed as planned, it would make China the third nation to have retrieved lunar samples after the United States and the Soviet Union. The lander vehicle that touched down on the moon's surface was one of several spacecraft...

2Dec

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Sports

Injured Kane to miss LASK trip

Harry Kane will miss the Europa League trip to LASK because of injury but the Tottenham striker is tipped to be fit for Sunday's derby against Arsenal. Forward Carlos Vinicius, midfielder Erik Lamela and left-back Sergio Regulion are also doubts for Thursday's match in Austria (17:55 GMT kick-off). Kane, 27, has seven goals and nine assists in 10 Premier League games. "I'm not going to tell you the nature of his injury," said Spurs manager Jose Mourinho. "He has a good chance [against Arsenal]. I don't want to lie, I don't want to hide anything in relation to is he going to play or not. I think he's going to play. My feeling is that he's going to play." The Premier League leaders are tied on nine points at the top of Group J but second to Antwerp because of an inferior ...

2Dec

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Business

Audit Service to surcharge banks

The Audit Service on Tuesday indicated its readiness to surcharge any participating commercial bank, that defaults in transferring tax receipts collected from the various transit accounts into the respective Bank of Ghana Holding Accounts. It said the action was in accordance with Article 187 of the 1992 Constitution. A statement issued in Accra by Mr George Swanzy Winful, Deputy Auditor General said “Our attention has been drawn to a publication in the social media in connection with our letter No. EID/B.Line/AUD/20/7 issued on the October 5, 2020 concerning our audit observation on transfer of tax receipts by GCB to unknown sources amounting to GHC52.5 billion. It said the record that the audit in reference, was a special audit exercise, which was requested by the Minister ...

President Akufo-Addo deserves another term to protect policies

2Dec

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Politics

President Akufo-Addo deserves another term to protect policies

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has within the first term in Government performed creditably better. The performance of the NPP proved beyond reasonable doubt to Ghanaians that President Akufo-Addo deserved another four more years to protect, preserve and continue the good works of his government. A statement signed by Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, Founder and President of the Concern Voters Movement said, it would be unfair for Ghanaians to fail to vote for President Akufo-Addo and NPP Parliamentary Candidates in the 7th December 2020 elections. It said a vote against President Akufo-Addo and NPP Parliamentary Candidates was against the Free SHS Policy, Planting for Food and Jobs, NABCO, Free Water, Free Electricity, 307 A...

President calls for interdiction of security agent for assaulting a soldier

2Dec

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News

President calls for interdiction of security agent for assaulting a soldier

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday instructed the Ministry of National Security to interdict, with immediate effect, Gerard Osei-Tutu, an officer with the Bureau of National Communications, National Security Secretariat. Mr Osei-Tutu is said to have assaulted WO1 Mashud Salia of the Ghana Armed Forces on Wednesday, November 25,2020 on the Tema-Akosombo highway. A statement signed and issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Tuesday, said a full-scale investigation had begun into the matter. The statement said, "The military constitutes a key player in the country's security architecture. Any infringement on the institution and its officers will not be tolerated." It said President Akufo-Addo expressed dismay over the attack on the soldier and urged ...

NDC not interested in churning out fake news-Asiedu Nketiah

2Dec

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Politics

NDC not interested in churning out fake news-Asiedu Nketiah

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims that it is scheming to create bad image of the government through false allegations and fabricated videos ahead of the December 7 Polls. The party said it was not interested in churning out fake news as it did not need such fabrications to win the 2020 elections. Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, NDC General Secretary emphasised that the party would not resort to false allegations and fabricated videos as being speculated in a section of the media. The NDC General Secretary addressing party supporters at a "Probity and Accountability March" in Accra emphatically debunked the assertion and called on Ghanaians to treat the speculation with the contempt it deserved. “We don’t need any such fake news. Already, Ghanaians and th...

NPP challenges former President Mahama to disclose mistakes

2Dec

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Politics

NPP challenges former President Mahama to disclose mistakes

Nana Akomea, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communication Team, has called on former President John Dramani Mahama, to tell Ghanaians how he intends to correct his mistakes when re-elected into power. In a news conference organised by the NPP in Accra to sensitize Ghanaians not to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which was seeking for a comeback in the upcoming December 7, General Elections, Mr Akomea said the Former President Mahama had admitted that he made mistakes during his tenure in office that led to his loss of power, and would correct them, if re-elected into office. But According to Nana Akomea, former President Mahama failed to clearly tell Ghanaians the mistakes he made, and how he intended to correct them when given another mandate. Na...

Residents of Sefwi-Anhwiaso demonstrate against Chinese illegal Mining activities

2Dec

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News

Residents of Sefwi-Anhwiaso demonstrate against Chinese illegal Mining activities

The residents of Sefwi-Anhwiaso a farming community in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have demonstrated against illegal mining activities in the Sefwi -Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve. Illegal miners have invaded the Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve which shares boundaries with Sefwi-Anhwiaso, Ntakamu, Sefwi-Manse and it surrounding communities to mine gold without any proper documentation. The demonstrators, numbering more than a hundred, clad in red and black, holding placards marched through the principle streets of the town to register their displeasure about the lukewarm attitude of the Forestry Commission, Minerals Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Municipal Security Council and Government towards the illegal mining acti...