Sports News of Sunday, 30 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Kotoko drew 0-0 with Aduana Stars in the Ghana Premier League on Saturday, May 29• Coach Barreto in a post-match interview said he was not happy with the performance of his players• He lamented how his players missed a number of chancesAsante Kotoko SC head coach, Mariano Barreto is disappointed in his players after their goalless draw with Aduana Stars in their Matchday 27 away game in the Ghana Premier League on Saturday. The Porcupine Warriors were poised for victory but failed to break their curse of never winning a game at Dormaa. Speaking after the game, Barreto noted that there was something wrong with his team’s attempts at goal. “We came to win and we didn’t get the win and I’m disappointed for that,” Barreto stated. Asante Kotoko are currently top of the table with 47 points after 27 league games.

Entertainment of Sunday, 30 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFrom ‘Money’ to ‘Ankonam’ to ‘1st Sermon’, Black Sherif has detailed life struggles including loneliness and the challenges people go through for daily bread. “‘1st Sermon’ was written based on what I was going through. I’ve been releasing songs since last year but as a creative, at some point in time, you feel like they’re not giving you attention so I just put in a song.”Asked how tough life has been, Black Sherif who has relocated from Kumasi to Accra to further his education said “Life is hard but Accra is harder”. In the last couple of days, Black Sherif has been in the news following the release of his ‘1st Sermon’. Watch the conversation with Black Sherif from the 24th minute of the video below.

Black Sherif’s desire to record songs was birthed after he completed school but that journey came with its own challenges, including being depressed for three months. It went viral but I didn’t know how I could manage it because I was new to the game,” he told host Abrantepa. I wanted to do music, I release a song and it goes viral… I didn’t know how to follow it. That got me depressed for three months.”Drawing inspiration from his Maker, Black Sherif recovered and subsequently released other songs including ‘1st Sermon’ which has become a monster hit. Watch the conversation with Black Sherif from the 24th minute of the video below.

Sports News of Sunday, 30 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAside the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League (UCL) is by far the most prestigious football competition across the world - by virtue of its popularity and reach. Th pool of players participating means that an there is always a medley of playesr from across all continents represented on the field. This adds to the UCL vibe as people across the world support nationals from their country who play in the league. On May 29, 2021, the final of the 2020 / 2021 edition of the UCL took place in Porto with Manchester City facing Chelsea. The African interests were squarely in Algeria (Riyad Mahrez of City) and Senegal and Morocco (Edouard Mendy and Hakim Ziyech respectively of Chelsea).

General News of Sunday, 30 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe victims of a demolition exercise in April at East Legon Mempeasem have petitioned the Office of the President over what they say is the use and abuse of state power by some individuals which has seen them suffer a collective colossal loss of GH¢3,000,000. Dated May 21, 2021, the petition is signed by a total of 26 individuals and institutions of Land and Property owners at the East Legon Mempehuasem catchment area (spanning from in between Trinity Theology College to Ideal College). Indeed, it is for this reason that institutions are established, and or built and to be encouraged to be functional. We urge your high office to look into our matter which by virtue of the actions of the persons involved seeks to create contrary impressions about your Government,” they added. Read the full petition below:

“It is five cases involving 45 persons, 10 of whom are Chinese. Revealing further details of the cases, the Attorney General said the five cases included that of 32 alleged National Security Operatives who were arrested for illegal mining near Osinease in the Eastern Region. But according to the Attorney General, such impressions by the public are erroneous. Just as stated by the President, the Attorney General argued that rights cannot be accrued from illegal acts. He further argued that as feared by some people, the burning of the seized illegal mining equipment holds no tendency to cause a judgment debt against the state.

According to him, he was under the impression that the Free SHS was accepted by everyone including the political parties until he heard of a discussion on a radio station. The Free SHS report on Accra based Joy FM discusses the challenges bedevilling the implementation of the pro-poor policy. But speaking at a ceremony at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on Saturday, May 29, where an Honorary Doctorate degree was conferred on him, President Akufo-Addo said, “a radio station is currently running a campaign against Free SHS. During the last election, I got the impression that Free SHS was endorsed by all political parties and all that was needed to do was keep improving it. Would a spirited defence of Free SHS constitute an attack on press freedom?

General News of Sunday, 30 May 2021Source: 3news.comWesley Girls High School pulled the magic over the Blue Magicians – Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School – in the final of Season IV of the Sharks Quiz on Saturday to emerge winners. But the all-girls school made sure that history was not made as they rather wrote their own history. But at the end of Round 2, it was Wesley Girls’ SHS 35, Presec-Legon 5. For their prize, Wesley Girls SHS walk away with the Golden Book of Knowledge trophy, a cash prize and souvenirs from sponsors. Media Partners include; TV3 Ghana, 3FM, 3news.com, AfricaSchoolsOnline, GhanaWeb, Ameyawdebrah.com, Kwadwo Sheldon, High School Trendz(shstrendz.com), Blue Vision Multimedia, Edutainers Topia, and High School Society.

A Judicial service branded saloon vehicle with the registration number GV 629-14 has been involved in an accident with a trailer loaded with bags of cement whose registration is AS 5051-T on the Taifa Junction in Accra. According to reports, a middle-aged man with his 10-year-old son were in the saloon car when the accident occurred at about 3:30 pm on May 29, 2021. “It all started when the trailer lost its control, I can’t tell if it was the driver's fault but he said he lost his control due to a brake failure and before we realised the accident occurred. But the man and his son did not get hurt they were rescued through the help of the people around. Meanwhile, the driver of the saloon car has reported the case to the Mile 7 police station.

Business News of Saturday, 29 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comDirector of the Ghana Insurance College, Richard Okyere, has said that the establishment of its new campus will foster and facilitate the training of insurance practitioners in the country. According to him, the training edifice when completed will address the challenges of the College which currently occupies a few rooms in the National Insurance Commission building, which is woefully inadequate. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony on May 28, 2021 the GIC Director said the campus which will also serve as a training centre will be off critical importance to the economy and insurance industry. “With the absence of a fitting training edifice worthy of an important sector of our economy, being the most worrying. The Municipal Chief Executive For Akuapim South Municipality, Frank Aidoo, in his remarks lauded the establishment of the new training edifice as a contribution to the development of insurance education and ensuring professionalism in the insurance space.

The call was made during a National Stakeholder meeting held via Zoom on May 28, 2021, in Accra. According to stakeholders, children could suffer from various diseases when they are not breastfed properly, especially when they are newborn babies. A child could die if they are not breastfed in the first hour of their lives. A report by the WHO indicates that most babies are born in low- and middle-income countries. The report notes that newborns who breastfeed in the first hour of life are more likely to survive.

This comes on the back of questions asked by the Member of Parliament for Akatsi North Peter Nortsu-Kotoe on the steps being adopted by the Energy Ministry to restore communities in his constituency onto the agreement after they got deleted in 2017. The Ministry of Energy has requested the contractor, thus China International Water and Electric Corporation to carry out all the behind survey in the communities of the Akatsi North District as evidence. Meanwhile, the China Water Electrification Agreement was signed in 2016 to help the country generate enough power to find a solution to the erratic power cuts. The China International Water and Electric Corp. is a multinational company with businesses in over 40 countries around the world. The Corporation has completed quite a number of projects in Ghana, most of which are rural electrification projects for more than 2000 communities.

Sports News of Saturday, 29 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhanaweb.com brings you LIVE UPDATES of matchday 27 of the Ghana Premier League game between Aduana Stars and Asante Kotoko at the Nana Agyeman Badu Park at 3:00 pm. Aduana Stars suffered a 2-0 loss to Legon Cities last weekend and are looking forward to bouncing back from that defeat. The two sides have met 21 times with both Aduana and Kotoko earning 6 wins each with the remaining 9 ending in stalemates. Following that stalemate last weekend, Kotoko dropped to the 2nd spot whiles Aduana Stars also dropped to the 7th position. Follow the LIVE UPDATES below

According to the Vice-Chancellor of the school, despite the economic hardship, President Akufo-Addo still made the Free SHS vision a dream come true. Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong in an address stated that "The occasion of Doctor of Philosophy in educational leadership on the first gentleman of the land... However, his resilience in inspiring leadership has contributed largely to the realization and continuous success in the Free Senior High School policy.”The conferment of the Doctor of Philosophy degree on President Akufo-Addo, he added automatically makes him (Akufo-Addo) an alumnus of the institute. “It is instructive to know that over the last 4 years, more than a million graduates from the Junior High School have benefitted from this policy. "I assure all of you that I will do my very best to uphold the highest standards associated with this award," President Akufo-Addo said.

The likes of Hammer of The Last Two Music Group, Reggie Rockstone and Sarkodie, among other prominent showbiz personalities, have endorsed his craft. His encounter with Sarkodie at Moni 3 Studios is one that could best be described as ‘orgasmic’. Black Sherif told Abrantepa, host of GhanaWeb TV’s Bloggers’ Forum that he was highly elated when he met Sarkodie. “Sark had a video shoot at Moni 3 Studios and Abongo asked me to pass through. The video I dropped on Twitter that went viral was a simple clip we took from the main video.”Watch the conversation with Black Sherif from the 24th minute of the video below.