Barcelona boss Quique Setien says “at no point” has he considered that the Champions League second leg with Napoli could be his final match in charge. Setien, 61, was appointed in January but his future is in doubt after Real Madrid won La Liga. “We have prepared thinking me and my coaching Read more…
Senegal has reintroduced restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, following a pronounced rise in cases. The Senegalese Minister of the Interior Aly Ngouye Ndiaye told a press conference in Dakar that, since the lifting of the state of emergency, the government had noticed what he called “a certain laxity” Read more…
Italian giants Juventus have sacked Maurizio Sarri as manager after just one season. Sarri guided Juventus to a ninth straight Serie A title but they were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon at the last-16 stage. Juve won 2-1 in Turin on Friday but the French side progressed on Read more…
The Efua T Sutherland Drama Studio at the University of Ghana was designed for research, workshops and performances by the three main academic disciplines of the School: Music, Dance Studies and Theatre Arts Departments and other organizations within the University and outside it. It was built in the year 1991 Read more…
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons into police custody for allegedly robbing a man of his taxi cab valued at ¢25,000. Evans Nuetey, 27, driver and Prince Ayitey, 25, barber pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. The prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Christine Bansah told the court presided Read more…
Two persons have died at Mpatuam Bontefufuo, a farming community in the Amansie West District after a ‘galamsey’ pit collapsed on them last night. The deceased, Yaw Asiedu, 35, and 54-year-old Osei Kwame were mining in the restricted area when the dugout sand came crashing down. Some colleagues, who rushed Read more…
Nana Akontomre Kwame Frimpong, Chief of Yabi, who allegedly instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds on another person has been granted a ¢50,000 bail with a surety by the Nkawie Circuit Court. The chief is said to have instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds Read more…
Cities they say are the mottos of civilisation. In this breadth, books are the melting pots of ideas and continuity of society. More so historical accounts. History, when recounted in a form of memoir, presents to its varied readers the many shades of a rainbow – preferences a reader’s choice. Read more…
The government’s gigabit voucher scheme has £70m available to poorly served communities. Source: BBC
A new project encourages adults to communicate more with their kids and focus less on their devices. Source: BBC
Trump escalates his campaign against Chinese tech companies, Facebook extends work from home until the middle of 2021 and Netflix adds support for Hindi. Here’s your Daily Crunch for August 7, 2020. The big story: Trump signs orders banning US business with TikTok owner ByteDance and Tencent’s WeChat Both orders Read more…
I sent money from abroad to my mother to purchase two stores for me at Makola Market in my quest to resettle in Ghana to start a trading enterprise after my long stay abroad. To my surprise, I arrived in Accra on Friday, May 11th, 2012 to a “no show” Read more…
Prof Kwamena Ahwoi happens to be one of the first of the Ahwoi brothers that Chairman Rawlings invited to join the PNDC in the early 80s. All the while, everything was fine and in Kwamena Ahwoi’s mind, Rawlings was indeed a saviour – Junior Jesus. He enjoyed his working relationship Read more…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace, including an unstoppable long-range goal, to give Juventus a 2-1 win over Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League on Friday but it was not enough as the French side reached the quarter-finals on away goals. Lyon went ahead in the 12th minute from a contentious Read more…
Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were on target as Manchester City kept their cool to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 4-2 aggregate victory over Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola’s side held the advantage having recorded a 2-1 victory at the Bernabeu in the first-leg Read more…
During an Unpacked event that featured the announcement of five key new devices, the Galaxy Tab S7 didn’t get a ton of love. Understandable, perhaps. It doesn’t quite have the star power of the Note line, nor does it have the novelty of a new foldable or Bluetooth earbuds. Tablets Read more…
A Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has reiterated government’s commitment to breaking the barriers and changing the narrative to address the health needs of Ghanaians. This, she said required putting in place adequate measures to ensure the safety and environmentally sound management of health care waste to prevent adverse Read more…
Welcome back to Human Capital (formerly known as Tech at Work), which looks at all things labor in tech. This week presented Uber and Lyft with a fresh labor lawsuit as a judge heard arguments from Uber, Lyft and lawyers on behalf of the people of California in a separate Read more…
Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited (OISL), a leading savings and loans company in Ghana has donated 10,000 pieces of face masks to its clients. The donation was part of OISL’s actions in combatting the spread of the novel coronavirus in various communities it serves. Clients were taken through brief education on the Covid-19 protocols and the need Read more…
A 28-year-old woman who subjected two children under her care to cruel and inhuman treatment has been remanded into police custody by the Awutu Ofaakor District Court in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. Paulina Appiah unemployed, pleaded guilty to the charge and the Court presided over by Mr. Samuel Kwasi Read more…