Minister for Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture, Catherine Afeku has advised Ghanaian celebrities to make prudential savings before dying as a pauper. According to the Minister, it’s a good step that the industry players, like in any other profession, make a judicious saving at the peak of their apex of their careers. The Member of Parliament for Evalue Gwira Constituency believes this would make them self-sufficient and not depend on others including government for support in times of need. In an interview with the media during the funeral rites of the legendary musician C.K. Mann in Takoradi, the former DeVry…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Catherine Ablema Afeku (born June 27, 1967) is a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Evalue Gwira Constituency in the Western Region. She is currently a cabinet minister in the Nana Akuffo-Addo administration and serves as the Minister of Tourism of Ghana. She was born at Axim in the Western Region. She obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Atlanta, Georgia in the year 2000. Afeku has worked with the World Bank and Stico Petroleum in Kenya, where…
Udinese Calcio gaffer Julio Velazquez has praised Ghanaian international Nicholas Opoku after his debut game for the team against FVG Representative. Opoku was introduced in the encounter in the second and had a scintillating partnership at the back with Bram Nuytinck. Udinese thrashed FVG Representative by 10:0 in their first preseason game. ”He’s a fine talent and a very good addition to the team and am happy for him in his debut game” The former Berekum Chelsea dependable defender inked four years contractual terms with the Italian Seria A side from Tunisian giant Club Africain. READ: Ex- Hearts of Oak…
Ghanaian youngster Yaw Yeboah has completed a move to Spanish side CD Numancia from Manchester United according to sources. The budding winger inked a three year deal for the Spanish Segunda B side after four years stints with coach Pep Guardiola side in the English Premier League. The 21-year-old went to LOSC Lille, FC Twente and Real Oviedo on loan and had finally joined the Segunda B outfit. Yaw Yeboah was instrumental for Ghana during the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2015 which was hosted in India. READ: Newcastle United closing in on Andre Ayew
English Premier League giant Liverpool have shown interest in securing the services of Ghanaian born Canadian youngster, Alphonso Davies. Reports from some web portals abroad divulges that the 2004-05 Champions League winners are leading the race to secure the services of the budding winger. However, the Reds are facing tough competition from German giant Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and even Manchester United who are all rivaling for the services of the young Vancour Whitecaps winger. The promising winger has been phenomenal for coach Carl Robinson side and had been on the wanted list of big European clubs. The 17-year -old…
Former Hearts of Oak sensational goal poacher Kwame Kizito has won the Libyan Cup with his side Al-Ittihad after beating counterpart Al Helal 2-0 in the grand finale. The Ghanaian international was instrumental for the Libyan side after joining the Red and White lads in the off-season as a free agent from Hearts of Oak after failing to extend his contract. He managed to score four solid goals with two assists for the Libyan giant in his debut season. Kwame Kizito was part of the Black Stars ‘B’ squad that won the last edition of the WAFU Cup hosted in…
In a funny video circulating on Facebook, which was a football game where the center referee whistled for a penalty and later decided to consult the VAR, to a surprise, the VAR was a fetish priest, he told the outcome and the referee went by it. It tells us that Africans believe in the gods more than technology, the video might be a funny video but it sends a message across about football on the continent. Watch the said video below;
Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has expressed pleasure at the fact that it’s the NPP and not the party her husband founded that’s in power. According to Nana Konadu, the NDC are nasty and filled with dirty games and a lack of decency, not to mention lying to Ghanaians and destroying the nation’s economy over the last four years. Speaking on Joy Fm, Nana Konadu said the party lost its values to the point there wasn’t even any respect accorded her husband and herself and she’s truly glad they are now out of power. “We reached that level…
Member of Parliament for Assin South in the Central Region, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour has threatened to drag colleague MP, Murtala Mohammed to court. Murtala Mohammed allegedly accused Rev.Fordjour has a fraudster on a live television program. The two were panelists on TV3 ‘s New Day Morning Show discussing the upcoming midyear budget review when they wandered off to attack each other. Rev.Fordjour first punched Murtala who was found of using unpalatable words on people with higher rank in the country. The former deputy Trade Minister had labelled the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo as…
Member of Parliament for Adaklu in the Volta Region, Kwame Agbodza, has lambasted the ruling NPP government for not consulting experts and stakeholders within the education sector before rolling out the free senior high school policy. According to Mr.Agboza, the government did not properly plan the free senior high school policy before it was rolled out, something that he said has raised the issue of sustainability. “When you want to do something like a fundamental change to education and health, you need to subject this to some understanding of the people who matter,” he said. “When we were trying to…