Sports News of Sunday, 5 September 2021Source: ghanasoccernet.comSouth Africa made a slow start to their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and head coach Huo Broos is expected to make changes against the Black Stars. Broos may be tempted to change things slightly for the visit of the Black Stars on Monday evening. Broos wasn't in charge when South Africa last played Ghana earlier this year. The match ended 1-1 with Ghana qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. But the Belgian knows how to beat Ghana when the stakes are high having done it in 2017 when his Cameroon conquered Black Stars 2-0 in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Sports News of Sunday, 5 September 2021Source: ghanasoccernet.comA football fan, who travelled from Kumasi to Accra to see the Black Stars off ahead of their trip to South Africa, has blasted the players describing them as stingy. The fan, who goes by the name Mohammed, says players like Afriyie Acquah and Richmond Boakye-Yiadom should be recalled into the team because they always give money to fans. "But these crop of players they won't even laugh with you," he added with a stern face. "My name is Mohammed and I am a football fan. The Black Stars have arrived in Johannesburg for Monday's game against South Africa in the 2022 World Cup qualifier.

Business News of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: GNARice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG) is calling for a reversal of the benchmark value reduction policy, which enables the customs to determine values of imports for duties at the country’s ports. The statement bemoaned that farmers in the countries of origin of imported rice enjoyed support and subsidies in their production whereas farmers in Ghana had little or no subsidies for rice production. “We believe that this policy is only beneficial to a select few traders particularly big importers of rice and other commodities, while the entire rice value chain in Ghana suffers. “Whereas the government has set a target of making Ghana self-sufficient in rice production by 2022, major rice mills are shut down. The RMAG as a key player in helping the government achieve this target remains skeptical about Ghana’s prospects of achieving self-sufficiency in rice production.

Ten candidates are contesting for the five executive positions– w Captain, Vice-Captain, Tournament Director, Vice-tournament Director and Treasurer. John Mawuli Nyarko from the Centre of the World Golf Club and Stephen Kwame Klah of the Achimota Golf Club are contesting for the Captaincy position. Lucky Annan Ayisah of the Achimota Golf Club and Kojo Barnni of the Tarkwa Golf Club are jostling for the Vice-Captain position. The Deputy Tournament Director position will be contested by Prince Quaning Amponsah of the Obuasi Golf Club and Anthony Gbenyo of the Achimota Golf Club. Dauda Mahama will face it off with Godwin Sai all from the Achimota Golf Club for the Treasurer position.

Though he couldn’t succeed with most of his projects, he did earn a number of contacts from various government departments. It was during this period, in 2010, that Airbus came to his team for assistance for the sale of their C-295 aircraft to Ghana. A number of Airbus employees made or promised success-based commission payments of approximately £5 million to the intermediary. False documentation was created by or with the agreement of Airbus employees in order to support and disguise these payments. The payments were intended to induce or reward improper favour by the Government Official 1 towards Airbus,” parts of the prosecution case relating to Ghana read.

Entertainment of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: ghbase.comControversial comedienne, Afia Schwarzenegger has alleged that Zionfelix's girlfriend, Minalyn forced the blogger to propose to her. It can be recalled that in a video making rounds on social media, Zionfelix was captured proposing to Mina on his knees. But reacting to this, Afia Schwarzenegger who appears not to be on good terms with Zionfelix took to social media with some wild claims. She has among other things alleged that Mina, Zionfelix's girlfriend was the brain behind the proposal. It can be recalled that Afia Schwarzenegger in a bid to tease the blogger posted a picture of his other Italian baby mama and congratulated her.

Regional News of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Officers of the KMA have arrested two individuals for engaging in the trade of unwholesome chicken• The suspects are a trader and a cold store operator• The suspects were arrested after 25 cartons of the unwholesome chicken was seized by KMA officersA cold store operator, Kwadwo Asare, and a trader identified as Abiba are in the grips of police in the Ashanti Region for engaging in the trade of unwholesome frozen chicken. Officers of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on Friday, September 3, 2021, reportedly caused the arrest of Madam Abiba after seizing some 15 cartons of unwholesome frozen chicken she was transporting through the Adakwame lorry Station at Mbrom. The female suspect, following her arrest, led KMA Environmental Health officers to Kwadwo Asare as the individual who gave out the chicken to her. The KMA say Madam Abiba had intended on smoking or roasting the unwholesome chicken for sale within Asuofua, Adakwame, and Kejetia. The suspects according to the KMA have been sent to the Ridge Police Station in Kumasi for further investigation and possible prosecutionThe Assembly in a post on its social media has cautioned the general public to be mindful of the things it consumes while singling out one of its Metro Guards, Madam Abena Adutwumaa through whose diligence the suspects were arrested.

General News of Sunday, 5 September 2021Source: gbcghanaonline.comThe spillage of the Bagre and Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso which was supposed to have been spilled between August 27 and August 30, 2021, has been put on hold. This is because the water levels of the two dams have been stable since the alert was issued a week ago. According to SONABEL, the agency managing the two dams, as of Wednesday, September 1, 2021, the upstream level of the Kompienga dam was 174.95 metres with level rising while filling rate was 55.71 per cent as against 47.86 per cent on the same date in 2020. For the Bagre Dam, the upstream level was 234.41 metres with the level being stable while the filling was 92.11 per cent as against 100.33 per cent on the same date in 2020. SONABEL said the water level of the Bagre dam was stable and opening of the valves would be done when the height is 234.75 metres.

Regional News of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Upper West:The enforcement of land border closure by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Upper West Region continues in full force with yet another arrest of some 21 illegal migrants by the outfit at the Ga Inland Checkpoint on the Wa-Accra highway in the region. Onboard a Yutong bus with registration number GE 852 Z, the migrants were journeying to Kumasi and Accra," the statement read in part. Meanwhile, the Service reiterated its commitment to ensuring its continuous fight against illegal migration particularly in this Covid-19 era drawing motivation from the vision and mission of the Comptroller General in combating the menace of illegal migration. The Ghana Immigration Service while commending the people in the region for their collaboration in the fight also cautioned the unscrupulous ones who facilitate the activities of illegal migration in the region. "The Ghana Immigration Service is focussed, better positioned and determined to fight the menace of irregular migration, particularly, in this era of covid-19.

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General News of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana has received 1.2 million doses of Moderna vaccines from the USA• The consignment touched down on Saturday September 4, 2021• Ghana plans to inoculate 20 million of its adult population by the end of 2021Ghana has on Saturday September 4, 2021 taken delivery of 1,229,620 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States government. The consignment which arrived at the Kotoka International Airport will be the largest yet ever received by Government of Ghana. It said that the damaged vaccines from the accident were however replaced and restocked. The latest consignment was, on the other hand, received by officials of the Health Ministry after it landed in Ghana aboard an extra-large United Airlines Dreamliner aircraft. Gov’t today received the largest shipment of COVID-19 vaccines yet – 1.2 million doses!

The two powerhouses in Africa football will clash in Johannesburg as the aim to top Group G, to qualify for the final playoffs remains the end goal. The Black Stars won their first game in the qualifiers by beating Ethiopia by a lone goal in Cape Coast while the Bafana Bafana's drew goalless with Zimbabwe at the Harare National Sports Stadium. Ghana and South Africa have faced themselves 14 times in all competitions since their first meeting on November 26, 1994. Ahead of the big game, GhanaWeb looks at the number of times these two powerful countries in African football have met. The photo below depicts the number of games played between the two countries in detail:

Regional News of Saturday, 4 September 2021Source: GNAThe Ghana National School Feeding Caterers Association (GNSFCA) has appealed to the Government to increase the feeding fees of school children by 50 percent, from GH¢1.00 to GH¢1.50 pesewas. The PRO said the association was concerned about the welfare of their members, hence, the need for the government to make prompt payment of the second term feeding fee. She said the challenges included the mismatch of Ezwich card numbers, faulty and expired Ezwich cards, and non-payment of the Western and Western North regions, which they were hopeful would be resolved soon. Mrs. Aboagye said, their association was the only caterers’ association registered at the Registrar General's Department and recognized by the Ministry and the National Secretariat of GNSFP. She cautioned members across the country to be wary of people carrying themselves as an association and extorting monies from them.

Speaking on Citi News, Dr. Apaak said “We have been hearing about this proposal which was made by teacher unions. It is indeed very strange that the government today claims to have rolled out a policy where they are offering laptops to teachers at a 30% rebate. Isn’t it strange that the Vice President and Ministry of Education [can’t provide answers to some of the lingering questions?]. “This is a very poor attempt to plagiarize NDC’s manifesto promise to provide laptops to children from basic school to SHS all the way to tertiary schools. So this knee-jerk reaction to plagiarize a policy that we have proposed is only informing the government of its inability to properly plagiarize a well-thought policy we would have implemented if we had won.”

Obofour, the event which was held at their East Legon residence was characterized by some exclusive, yet interesting moments. Not forgetting the fact that, the event was meant to celebrate a pastor’s wife and as such, it was expected that attendees should be well scrutinized. Obofour’s wife and Bishop Daniel Obinim’s wife took to the dance floor was a moment to behold. Scores of prominent pastors storm the eventThe all-white-themed event was witnessed by several Ghanaian pastors, including the International Godsway Chapel founder, Rev. Perhaps, the love wasn’t strong enough as she could have hopped on the next available flight to grace her ‘godmother's' birthday party.