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Local News🇬🇭
❇️Bawumia to headline maiden townhall meeting in Kumasi.
Vice President Bawumia will provide the empirical data of government’s achievements at a Town Hall Meeting at exactly 1000 hours, at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
It will be on the theme: “Accounting to the People, Achievements of Government from 2017 to Date,” under the auspices of the Ministry of Information. (Source: GNA)
❇️Sanction Lawyers who cause unnecessary delays – AWLA
The Africa Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) of Ghana has called on the Judicial Council to sanction lawyers who cause unnecessary delays in court proceedings.
According to AWLA, the procedure for filing cases in court was cumbersome and should be simplified. (Source: GNA)
❇️Bribery, use of public office for private profit will be subjects of my investigation – Martin Amidu
The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu who is probing the Airbus scandal has released a statement on the issue.
In a press statement, Mr. Amidu said there is a reasonable suspicion of corruption in the Airbus scandal.
He further said that offences such as bribery of public officials and the use of public office for private profit will be subjects of his investigation. (Source: primenewsghana.com)
❇️Back your prayer of words with actions – Rawlings advises Christians
Former President, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (Retired), on Sunday, advised Christians to back their prayer of thoughts and words with actions to achieve desired responses and results, as prayer alone was insufficient to solve their problems.
“We often fail to engage the prayer of action, but without it, we cannot give life to the prayer of words or thoughts.”
He gave the advice at the St. Paul Catholic Church in Kpehe, a suburb of Accra when the Church was climaxing the celebration for its 75th anniversary. (Source:GNA)
❇️Missing excavators: Kwesi Pratt backs Prof Frimpong-Boateng
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has asked critics of Prof Frimpong-Boateng to back off until he’s proven guilty.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been asking for the head of the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng after some excavators got missing and subsequently a leaked video. (Source: peacefmonline.com)
Africa🌍
❇️African leaders reject Trump’s peace plan
African leaders on Sunday condemned US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan as illegitimate, taking advantage of an African Union summit to voice solidarity with “the Palestinian cause”.
AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told assembled heads of state that the plan unveiled in late January represented the “umpteenth violation of multiple United Nations and African Union resolutions”. (Source: africanews.com)
Business⚖️
❇️Barclays officially becomes Absa from today
Barclays Ghana has today, Monday, 10 February 2020 officially rebranded to Absa Bank Ghana Limited.
This follows the take over of the bank by Absa group in 2018.
Absa Bank Ghana has already unveiled hip hop artiste M.anifest as its brand ambassador. (Source: classfmonline.com)
❇️Why Ghana is Africa’s top candidate for an economic leap – Bloomberg Opinion
Every time a region of the world goes from being poor to being rich one country tends to be responsible for getting the process started. In Europe that was the U.K., which was the first to industrialize. In East Asia it was Japan. In West Africa it could be Ghana. (Source: Bloomberg)
Entertainment🎬
🎤D Jay set to launch EP
Dennis Johnson popularly known as D Jay is set to launch his EP titled ‘Mixed Feeling’ on the 13th of February, 2020 at the BBNZ Live
The ‘Bo norr’ Hit maker’s EP features the likes of Susan Augustt, Playaz and Spacely.
Tracklist🎧
- Sweetie ft Susan Augustt
- Yawa (Playaz)
- Space
- Circles ft Spacely
- Talk Talk
- Nobody perfect
Sports🏋🏽♂️
Football⚽
EPL🏴
Everton 3-1 Crystal Palace
Brighton 1-1 Watford
Sheffield 2-1 Bournemouth
Man City 🆚 West Ham (Postponed)
La Liga🇪🇸
Alavés 2-1 Eibar
Levante 2-0 Leganés
Getafe 3-0 Valencia
Valladolid 1-1 Villarreal
A Madrid 1-0 Granada
Espanyol 1-0 Mallorca
R Sociedad 2-1 A Bilbao
Osasuna 1-4 R Madrid
Celta Vigo 2-1 Sevilla
R Betis 2-3 Barcelona
Bundesliga🇩🇪
Frankfurt 5-0 Augsburg
Freiburg 1-0 Hoffenheim
Schalke 1-1 Paderborn
Hertha BSC 1-3 Mainz 05
Wolfsburg 1-1 Düsseldorf
Werder Bremen 0-2 Union Berlin
Leverkusen 4-3 Dortmund
M’gladbach 🆚 Koln (Postponed)
Bayern 0-0 Leipzig
Serie A🇮🇹
Roma 2-3 Bologna
Fiorentina 1-2 Atlanta
Torino 1-3 Sampdoria
Hellas Verona 2-1 Juventus
SPAL 1-2 Sassuolo
Napoli 2-3 Leece
Brescia 1-1 Udinese
Genoa 1-0 Cagliari
Parma 0-1 Lazio
Inter 4-2 AC Milan
Ligue 1🇫🇷
Angers 0-2 Lille
Marseille 1-0 Toulouse
Metz 1-2 Bordeaux
Nice 1-3 Nimes
Amiens 1-2 Monaco
Dijon 3-3 Nantes
Rennais 0-0 Brestois
Strasbourg 3-0 Stade de Reims
PSG 4-2 Lyon
GPL🇬🇭
King Faisal 1-1 WAFA
Inter Allies 1-1 Legon Cities
Bechem 0-0 Dwarfs
Karela 1-1 Medeama
Aduana 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Dreams 0-1 Kotoko
Sharks 3-1 Chelsea
Ashgold 1-0 Liberty
Great Olympics 1-2 Eleven Wonders
Basketball🏀
⛹🏽♂️NBA ALL-STAR GAME
We are 7 days away from the NBA ALL-STAR GAME which features Team Giannis taking on Team LeBron. The United Center in Chicago will be the venue for the game. The game starts at 1:00am on the 17th of February, 2020
Last year, Team Giannis lost to Team LeBron by 164-178 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC
Oliver Queen💚🏹
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