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Augustine Boakye has been named the Ghana Premier League (GPL) Player of the Month for June. The West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) midfielder emerged as best player for the month ahead of Asante Kotoko midfielder Fabio Gama, Ebusua Dwarfs’ Emmanuel Anaful and Elmina Sharks midfielder Benjamin Boateng. Boakye was impressive for the Academy boys after winning the MVP award twice in June. The mercurial midfielder was also on target for the Academy boys in their game against Dreams and against Aduana Stars both at the WAFA Park in Sogakope. He featured in the club’s matches in the month of June in their quest to finish in the top four. For his award he will receive a NASCO television set and a personalized trophy. Source: ghanafa.org Adblock test (Why?)

Samuel Boadu of Hearts of Oak has been adjudged as Ghana Premier League Coach of the Month for June. Coach Boadu has won the award for the second consecutive month after masterminding Hearts of Oak’s three wins and one draw  recorded  last month. He beat off competition from Asante Kotoko’s Mariano Baretto and Ebusua Dwarfs’ James Kuuku Dadzie who both won three matches with one defeat each in June. The Head Coach of Hearts of Oak is expected to receive a NASCO Television set. Source: ghanafa.org Adblock test (Why?)

Radio and Television personality Captain Godsbrain Blessed Smart has named some 5 prominent pastors in Ghana who have engaged in voodoo otherwise known as Juju to expand their ministries in recent times. Though he will not mention names, he suggested the location of the churches these pastors operate from and their stature warning that the powers they are operating with is not from God as Ghanaians are made to believe. Captain Smart also warned Gospel Musicians in Ghana to be wary of the platforms they mount to launch their albums or perform their songs. According to him, some five Pastors have gone for juju to destroy the careers of music artistes and so they should be careful of where they perform. The radio personality marked September, October and November as the month in which the juju will be potent so artistes should be careful which platforms they mount to launch their albums. “Some nine Pastors have gone for juju and will be using it. In the month of September, October,...

Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, momentarily became an ambassador of Ghana’s rich culture and tradition during the opening ceremony of the Delocalised Meeting of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ongoing in Winneba, the capital town of his constituency yesterday morning. Dressed in traditional kente, Afenyo-Markin thrilled his colleague Parliamentarians to several performances of various traditional Ghanaian music and dance during the ceremony and at a point he even took over the drums of one of the indigenous Effutu traditional music groups, OMPE, to show his skills on the traditional drums. He drummed, sang, danced and told his guests of the rich traditions and culture of the Effutu people. His Excellency Sidie Mohamed Tunis; Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, third Deputy Speaker; Memounatou Ibrahima, and the President of the ECOWAS Court; Justice Edward Amo...

Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has broken his silence on yesterday’s Cape Coast High Court ruling on his eligibility as a lawmaker indicating that the momentary travesty will make him and his followers emerge stronger. After several backs and forth, a High Court in the Central Region, Cape Coast has declared the 2020 parliamentary election held in the Assin North Constituency as null and void and ordered a fresh re-run. The ruling was given on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, by the court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye. The Electoral Commission is expected to initiate proceedings to meet the court order. In his judgement, Justice Boakye upheld that, the National Democratic Congress’ 2020 parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Joe Gyaakye Quayson breached the provisions of the constitution with regard to dual citizenship. In a statement, James Gyakye Quayson indicated that his victory was “a pure and legitimate one-handed over to us by the dis...

A motor rider has been crashed to death after he was pursued by a policeman when he failed to stop at a check point after being signaled. Reports say the rider who was on an unregistered motorbike ended up under a  JAC truck on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Police preliminary investigation indicates that the rider was chased from Achimota Neoplan station by the Police who had told him to stop. After the motor rider had fallen and entered under the truck, the driver stopped and the Policeman who had been chasing him came in to check on his body. The Youth of the area are said to have mobbed up and subjected the Police to mob action but he was rescued and sent to the Achimota Hospital together with the motor rider. Meanwhile, a statement from the Police said “some aggrieved youth numbering about 150 later besieged the Achimota Hospital in an attempt to attack both the hospital staff and the policemen.” “They pelted stones and other implements, damaging the back screens of two poli...

Abeku Jackson has won the men’s 100 meters butterfly swimming heat 2 by a time of 53.39 seconds at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. However, the Ghanaian swimmer has fallen short of semifinals qualification in the event by 2 seconds on Thursday with a new national record time. Meanwhile, Egyptian swimmer Youssef Ramadan advanced to the semifinals after placing 14th overall with a time of 51.67 out of the preliminary heats. Ramadan finished second in his respective heat. The top 16 swimmers who qualify for the semifinals Source: MyNewsGh.com/Sports/2021 The post Tokyo Olympics: Abeku Jackson fails to qualify for swimming semifinals despite winning heat appeared first on MyNewsGh . source: https://ift.tt/2VgAe0L https://ift.tt/3j1tiwL