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FIFA Makes Changes To Ghana Vs Nigeria World Cup Qualifiers

23Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Ghana, News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup, Youths

FIFA Makes Changes To Ghana Vs Nigeria World Cup Qualifiers

The Black Stars are set to face the Super Eagles on new dates in their bid to secure a place at the showpiece event. World football governing body Fifa has changed the dates for next month’s 2022 World Cup qualifying two-legged showdown between Nigeria and Ghana, the latter’s Football Association has announced. The West African sides are billed to rekindle their rivalry in the final round of qualifiers for the global showpiece set for Qatar later this year, with the winners joining four other teams from the continent for the final tournament. The matches had been originally set for March 24 and 27 in Accra and Abuja respectively. “Fifa has revised the dates for next month’s World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off matches between Ghana and Nigeria,” the GFA published on its offic...

5Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Africa, Ghana, News, Nigeria, Sports, Uncategorized, World Cup, Youths

CAF Approves Abuja Stadium For Nigeria Vs Ghana 2022 World Cup Playoff

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has approved the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja for the second leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Black Stars of Ghana. Raul Chipenda, CAF’s Director of Development made this known on Thursday in a letter addressed to Mr. Mohammed Sanusi, General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).The letter titled “FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers Playoff rounds-Nigeria-Venue decision” reads: “Dear General Secretary, Reference to the participation of the national team of Nigeria in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers playoff rounds which will take place from March 21 to March 29, 2022, following the stadium assessment and inspection process conducted by CAF, kindly find...

Ghana FA Appoints Rajevac As New Black Stars Coach

25Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, News, Sports

Ghana FA Appoints Rajevac As New Black Stars Coach

The Ghana Football Association has named 67-year-old Serbian Milovan Rajevac as the new coach for the Black Stars, its senior men’s national team. Rajevac replaced former coach Charles Kwabena Akonnor who was sacked with his two assistants early this month. He has signed a one-year contract with Ghana and will have Maxwell Konadu and former Ghanaian international Otto Addo as his assistants. This is the second time the Serbian will be coaching Ghana’s senior national team, after guiding the Black Stars to the quarter-finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Read also: Ilechukwu Unveiled as Plateau Uniteds’ New Technical Adviser He also led Ghana to the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2010 where they were beaten by Egypt with a late goal. Rajevac’s immedia...

Respect the Sovereignty of Ghana, Ghana Traders Tell Buhari

14May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, News, Nigeria, Trade

Respect the Sovereignty of Ghana, Ghana Traders Tell Buhari

The Ghana Union of Traders Association has reacted to the ministerial delegation sent by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to Ghana in a bid to resolve the rift between Ghana and Nigeria traders, describing it as needless. Dr Joseph Obeng, the President of the Association said the country is only ensuring enforcement of its laws and would not soft pedal. Obeng disclosed this in an interview with GhanaWeb. He said, "Their coming here is needless. Their speaker came to Ghana and understood that Ghana is not doing anything badly against their citizens and only enforcing its laws. We will not relent on the pressure we are giving to the government to enforce the laws that are made for the people of Ghana." Obeng further accused the Nigerian government of not respecting the trade...

FG Sends Ministerial Delegation to Ghana to Address Nigeria/Ghanaian Traders Rift

11May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, News, Nigeria, Trade

FG Sends Ministerial Delegation to Ghana to Address Nigeria/Ghanaian Traders Rift

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a ministerial delegation to Ghana to tackle the persistent rift between Nigerian traders and the Ghanaian authorities. Mr Ifedayo Sayo, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, in a statement said issued on Monday said the minister will lead the delegation to Ghana. The statement said the delegation which compromised of eminent stakeholders would also engage in further dialogue with Ghanaian authorities to find a sustainable solution to the lingering clash, NAN reports. Sayo in the statement said the delegation would undertake the visit between May 31 and June 1, 2021. Recall that the Nigerian traders in Ghana had been having issues with Ghanaian Authorities for several years with record...

Why Nigerian Traders Must Go – Ghanaian Traders

7May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, News, Nigeria

Why Nigerian Traders Must Go – Ghanaian Traders

The Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA, at Kasao in the Central region has warned it would shut down shops of foreigners, especially Nigerians, involved in retail business in the area. The group cited the inimical impact of foreigners engaged in retail business on local sellers as the rationale for the threat. According to the General Secretary of GUTA at Kasoa, Bright Agyemang, in his interaction with journalists expressed worry over the government's inability to enforce the laws on foreign businesses in Ghana. In a report by local medium, Ghanaweb, he said members of the association are furious and becoming impatient towards the continuous invasion of foreigners in the retail business. He beckoned on the government to address the issue to avoid it from degenerating. ...

Ghana Traders Union Oppose Call to Reopen Nigerians’ Shops

30Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, Labour, Life, Nigeria

Ghana Traders Union Oppose Call to Reopen Nigerians’ Shops

Following calls by some Nigerian traders for their shops to be reopened after months of lockdown, the Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA, has urged President Akufo-Addo to disregard such clamour. Recall that there has been friction between Ghanaian traders and their counterparts from other countries, especially Nigerians. The indigenous traders opined that based on local laws, the foreign traders had no legal backing to engage in retail trade as their activities portend negative impact on local traders. To this effect, the government inaugurated a presidential committee to scrutinize all foreigners engaged in trading activities. Consequently, many shops owned by foreigners were shutdown, Modernghana reports The former President for All Ni...

Ghana Border Control on Alert to Nab Fleeing Nigerian Jailbreakers

12Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, News, Security

Ghana Border Control on Alert to Nab Fleeing Nigerian Jailbreakers

The Ghana Immigration Service, GIS, has expressed readiness to prevent Nigerian jailbreakers from entering the country. To this effect, Kwame Asuah Takyi, the Comptroller-General of Immigration, has directed all Border Control Commanders to be on high-security alert to prevent them from entering Ghana. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of Operations and Command Post, Mr Laud Affrifah. It read, "Information gathered by the Service indicates that more than 1,800 prisoners escaped from the Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State – Nigeria on Monday, 5th April 2021. "I am directed to bring the incident to the attention of all controls. You are to inform officers and men under your command to take note and be on high-security alert to pr...

Ghana Cedi Ranked Best Currency in Africa

5Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, Finance, Ghana, News

Ghana Cedi Ranked Best Currency in Africa

Ghana’s legal tender has been ranked the best performing currency in Africa for the first quarter of 2021. It appreciated at 0.6 per cent to the US dollar, bettering some other prevalent 15 currencies in Africa. Among the currencies are the Egyptian pound, Nigerian naira and the South African rand, Ghanaweb reports. A report by Joy Business monitored by GhanaWeb showed that the cedi's performance is almost similar to that of 2020. Also, the currency has benefitted from growth-related efforts such as diversified exports of cocoa, gold among others. Courage Martey, a Senior Economic Analyst at Databank Research, while adducing the rationale for the growth of cedi said, "the Ghana cedi ended the first quarter of 2021 with yet another impressive performance, similar to what it did ...

Egypt, Gabon, Ghana Qualify for AFCON 2021

26Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

AFCON, Africa, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, News, Sports, Youths

Egypt, Gabon, Ghana Qualify for AFCON 2021

Egypt and Ghana have both qualified for the African Cup of Nations on Thursday and were joined by Comoros and Gambia, who will make surprising debuts at next year’s tournament. Egypt drew 1-1 in Kenya, enough to see the record seven-time champion clinch one of the two qualifying places in Group G. That result also helped Comoros take the other spot. Comoros had earlier drawn 0-0 at home against Togo but Kenya needed to win in order to maintain its hopes of qualifying in the last round of matches next week. Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands off the east coast of Africa, is one of the continent’s smallest countries and has a population of less than a million. But it had some memorable results in the qualifying campaign, including victories over Togo and Kenya and a 1-1 dra...