Former Ningo-Prampram MP E.T. Mensah passes on
Council of State member and former Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, E.T. Mensah has died aged 77. He reportedly died in South Africa on Sunday night after battling ill-health for some time. Reports indicate the former MP has been battling with an unknown illness for some time but could no longer hold on to the pain. His death comes a few hours...
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool: PGMOL admit ‘significant human error’ with disallowed goal
Referees' body PGMOL has admitted the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in nine-man Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur was "a significant human error". At 0-0 and with the Reds a man down Diaz's goal was ruled out by an unusually quick VAR decision in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown. "PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error...
Spurs beat nine-man Liverpool with late own goal
Joel Matip's own goal deep into stoppage time gave Tottenham Hotspur victory over nine-man Liverpool in an eventful and contentious Premier League encounter. The Reds were compromised by two controversial red cards, the first given to Curtis Jones for a foul on Yves Bissouma after just 26 minutes following a VAR intervention, before half-time substitute Diogo Jota followed him down...
Kai Havertz scores as Arsenal thrash winless Bournemouth
Kai Havertz scored his first goal for Arsenal with a penalty as they comfortably beat winless Bournemouth in the Premier League at Vitality Stadium. Havertz, who has struggled since arriving from Chelsea in the summer, converted the second of two Gunners penalties to ensure their third consecutive away victory. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring, heading in the rebound from Gabriel Jesus'...
Crystal Palace claim impressive victory at Man Utd
Manchester United suffered a second successive defeat at home in the Premier League as Joachim Andersen's superb strike gave Crystal Palace an impressive victory at Old Trafford. The teams were meeting for the second time in five days, with Erik ten Hag's side comfortably winning 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. But Palace rested a number of first-team players for that...
Wolves shock Man City to end perfect league start
Manchester City's 100% Premier League record came to an end at Molineux as Hwang Hee-chan scored a second-half winner to give Wolves a shock victory against the champions. City manager Pep Guardiola, forced to watch from the stands as he served a one-match touchline ban, was unable to intervene as his side failed to take control in their usual manner...
Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk: Undisputed fight signed and to take place in Saudi Arabia
An historic undisputed heavyweight fight between champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has been signed and will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Additional details, including the fight date, are yet to be announced. Briton Fury, 35, is the WBC champion and Ukraine's Usyk, 36, holds the WBA, WBO and IBF titles. "Delighted to finally get this fight signed," said Queensbury promoter...
Inmates of alleged witches camp suffer chronic arthritis
Reports from a health screening exercise carried out on the inmates of the Kukuo alleged witches camp in the Nanumba South District indicate that many of them suffer chronic arthritis among other ailments. Mr. Justice Pakmaa, Nanumba South District Public Health Nurse, said the health screening exercise revealed that most inmates of the camp lived with chronic illnesses but did...
NPP, NDC reject EC claims that political parties are bussing minors for voter registration
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have distanced themselves from claims by the Electoral Commission (EC) that political parties are encouraging minors and foreigners to partake in the limited voters’ registration exercise. The EC, in a press conference on Thursday, said that they had noticed that the minors and foreigners have taken advantage of the...
The All Africa Festival (AAF) Returns to Abu Dhabi
The award-winning All Africa Festival (AAF), the UAE’s largest celebration of Africa’s rich and diverse cultures in all their vibrant expressions and representations, is set to make its return for this year’s edition, debuting in the nation’s capital Abu Dhabi. The festival will take place from 17-19 November 2023, and will see the UAE Africa Connect (UAEAC) platform operate as...
