Some private schools will collapse after September 5

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Spokesperson for the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Kyei Baffour, has revealed that some private schools will collapse after Saturday 5th September 2020. 

That, he said, is as a result of the lack of students in these private schools.

This comes after the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo speaking during the 16th Covid-19 update address noted that the Ghana Education Service, after further consultations, has decided to postpone the remainder of the academic year for all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS 1 and SHS 1 students.

He added that the next academic year will resume in January 2021, with appropriate adjustments made to the curriculum, to ensure that nothing is lost from the previous year.

“The relevant dispositions will also be made so that the presence, at the same time, in school of all streams of students, can occur in safety”, the Akufo-Addo said.

Prior to the postponement of the remainder of the academic year for students for all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS 1 and SHS 1 students, some private schools only had students in the 3rd year who reopened to prepare for their final exams.

Speaking on Atinka FM’s AM Drive with host Ekourba Gyasi, Spokesperson for Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Kyei Baffour stated that even if government allows private schools to re-open for second years, some private schools cannot re-open since they do not have students.

“The last batch for most of these private schools are in the 3rd year and are completing on Saturday 5th September 2020. After Saturday, some of these private schools will collapse and I repeat some of these private schools will collapse after Saturday 5th September 2020”, he noted. 

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Transfer: Donny van de Beek ,Kai Havertz ,Jadon Sancho etc.

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Donny van de Beek completes Man Utd medical ahead of £40m transfer

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Donny van de Beek has completed his Manchester United medical ahead of his £40m move to Old Trafford. The Ajax star will become United’s first signing of the transfer window.

The Red Devils will fork out around £40m for the Dutch star, who was also wanted by Tottenham, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, Van de Beek’s dad, Andre, says the midfielder dreamed of heading to Old Trafford.

Source: The Sun

Chelsea agree Kai Havertz transfer as Frank Lampard closes in on sixth signing

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Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz. The Blues have been busy in the transfer window, with Frank Lampard making five signings. Chelsea have already signed Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr.

The Blues have spent £135m so far, however, Lampard is still keen to make more additions.

Leverkusen star Havertz emerged as a top target for the Blues this summer and the Guardian say Chelsea have now agreed a deal for the Germany international, 21.

Chelsea will pay an initial £72m for the playmaker, which will see Lampard’s summer spending surpass £200m.

The Blues have agreed the club-record deal, which could see them pay up to £82m for Havertz including add-ons.

source: the Guardian

Man Utd in £53m transfer talks over winger with Jadon Sancho proving elusive

Manchester United 'in love' with Jadon Sancho, claims reliable journalist

Manchester United are in talks with Juventus over a deal for Douglas Costa but the winger’s £53million price tag could be a stumbling block, according to reports.
The Brazil international is being eyed as an alternative to Jadon Sancho.
While Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to sign the Borussia Dortmund star, striking a deal has been tricky so far. Manchester United have spent most of their transfer window chasing Sancho, only to find Borussia Dortmund stubborn negotiators.
The Bundesliga giants will only let the England international go if their £108million asking price is met – a fee the Red Devils are unwilling to pay because of the coronavirus crisis.
As a result, United have been linked with alternatives.
Bayern Munich star Kingsley Coman has been tipped to move to Old Trafford but, in the wake of their 1-0 Champions League final win over PSG, a move away from the Allianz Arena is unlikely.
And Barcelona duo Ansu Fati and Ousmane Dembele, as well as Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish, have all been linked as well.

source: Calcio Mercato

Lingard and Pereira can leave

Man Utd stars Lingard and Pereira's futures hang in balance as Solskjaer begins to plan for next season

Manchester United are looking to sell Jesse Lingard and Andreas Pereira, according to the Daily Mirror.

Both players have struggled for action since Bruno Fernandes joined the club and the imminent arrival of Donny Van de Beek will push them further down the pecking order.

source: skysports

£80M for Kante?

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Chelsea have placed an £80m price tag on N’Golo Kante – with former boss Antonio Conte of Inter Milan determined to do a deal, according to reports in the Daily Express.

However, boss Frank Lampard doesn’t want to sell the midfielder.

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Dec 7: NPP, Ursula unveil campaign team "ahead for a resounding victory"

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The campaign team for the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has been unveiled ahead of the 2020 parliamentary and presidential elections this December.

The makeup of the campaign team was announced at the governing New Patriotic Party Office (NPP) in Dansoman, Accra.Unveiling members of the team tasked with ensuring a resounding victory for the NPP in both the parliamentary and presidential polls, Chairman of the team, Samuel Bright Osei-Puni extolled the competence of the members drafted into the team.

He thus urged them to work assiduously and remain focused in retaining the Ablekuma West seat as well as giving President Akufo-Addo four more years to continue his good work.Gracing the event was the Director of Operations at the Jubilee House, Lord Oblitey Commey.

In his address to the members of the team he urged them to adopt a mixed approach including; door-to-door and social media campaign to contain the spread of COVID-19.“We have an election to win and power to retain.

The task is challenging, especially, those of us in Greater Accra, so we need to put our house in order, campaign vigorously by convincing the electorates of our success story as well as our planned programmes when given the mandate,” Commey said.

Also in attendance were Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the National Security Advisor, the MCE for Ablekuma West, George Cyril Bray, Some Npp Greater Accra regional executives among others.

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Saudi king sacks defence officials

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A number of Saudi officials, including two members of the royal family, have been sacked.

A royal decree said Saudi King Salman had relieved Prince Fahad bin Turki of his role as commander of joint forces in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

His son, Abdulaziz bin Fahad, was also removed as a deputy governor.

The men, along with four other officials, face an investigation into “suspicious financial dealings” at the Ministry of Defence, the decree said.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is the king’s son and is considered Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler, has spearheaded a campaign against alleged corruption in the government.
However, critics say the high-profile arrests have been aimed at removing obstacles to the prince’s hold on power.

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Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that three senior royals had been arrested, including the king’s younger brother Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz and former crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef.

The most high-profile incident, in 2017, saw dozens of Saudi royal figures, ministers and businessmen detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.

Most of them were later released, but only after reaching settlements worth a total of $106.7bn (£75.6bn) with the Saudi state.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 35, won international praise when he promised a series of economic and social reforms to the deeply-conservative country after coming to power in 2016.

However he has been embroiled in a series of scandals, including the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul in 2018 and an alleged murder plot against a former Saudi intelligence agent in Canada.

He has also been criticised over the continuing conflict in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia backs pro-government forces, and the harsh treatment of women’s rights activists. despite the lifting of some restrictions including the right to drive.

Source: BBC

Akufo- Addo lays foundation stone for ultra-modern foundry

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-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday laid the foundation stone for Ghana’s first ultra-modern foundry and machine tooling Centre at Kwabenya, near Accra.
The facility, in line with Government’s agenda to use science technology and innovation as a pivotal element in the country’s growth and development, would enable cutting-edge research in foundry technology to provide new materials and processes to make Ghanaian industries more competitive.

It would produce metal cast, especially from aluminium, essential to industries such as agriculture, transportation, construction, automobile, municipal and water infrastructure and railroad among others for the local and international market.

At a short ceremony at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) where the facility would be built, the President said the establishment of the Centre was a key component of a much broader strategic framework designed to ensure that Ghana’s socio-economic development was driven by Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).

He noted that developing the country’s capacity to design and build basic tools and equipment was essential to the government’s industrialisation drive for a Ghana Beyond Aid.

President Akufo-Addo said Ghana’s economy, like many African countries, had generally remained structurally rigid, depending largely on exports of primary commodities such as gold, cocoa, bauxite and timber.

He said Ghana imported almost all of the equipment, machinery, and parts that support industry, especially in the manufacturing sector.

“This has not allowed the manufacturing base of our country to grow and expand, and has, thus, rendered our economy incapable of creating the thousands and thousands of jobs that our young people yearn for, and that will raise their living standards,” he said.

The President said the setting up of the facility fed into government’s strategy
to pursue value addition of the country’s resources, through an accelerated industrialisation strategy that exploited the resources of our nation.

He said with Ghana replete with natural and human resources, it was in the position to become a business and industrial hub, producing and exporting manufactured goods and modern services to the rest of Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and beyond.

“This is the basis and the foundation for our National Strategy for Industrialisation, and the foundation stone we are laying today is a cornerstone of this industrialisation strategy,” he said.

The facility is expected to be completed in 9 months.

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Kenya's Victoria Rubadiri wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award

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Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.

Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows.

She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in politics and current affairs.

The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.

Rubadiri is the sixth winner of the award, following in the footsteps of Solomon Serwanjja, Waihiga Mwaura, Amina Yuguda, Didi Akinyelure and Nancy Kacungira.

She is the second Kenyan to win the award.Rubadiri will begin her three-month placement at the BBC by attending a training course with the BBC Academy before joining BBC News teams – across TV, radio and online – which will provide her with the opportunity to gain skills and experience across BBC News platforms.

“Komla was a well-rounded journalist whose style, though authoritative, was also compassionate, empathetic and uplifting. His ability to give the facts comprehensively, and yet still be attuned to his audience, was something I admired and a skill I seek to emulate,” said Rubadiri.

The BBC’s Komla Dumor had a charismatic presenting style”I am excited at the prospect of learning new skills at the BBC to be able to connect with audiences locally, regionally and internationally, no matter on which platform the story is being told,” she added.

She impressed judges with her eloquence and passion for telling African stories on both traditional media platforms and social media.

“We’re delighted to have Victoria on board to bring her insights and passion to the BBC,” said Jamie Angus, Director of BBC World Service Group.

“Komla had the incredible ability to give stories from the continent global resonance, and also deliver it with familiarity and understanding.

We’re looking forward to seeing Victoria embody that by bringing her perspectives to life,” he added.

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Kotoka International Airport to welcome flights today

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The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will today, September 1, 2020 welcome flights from other countries.

This comes after the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the opening of the airport to international flights from today after closing it for about five months due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Reports reaching Atinkaonline.com is that one passenger who was supposed to travel to Canada from Ghana had to stay back because as at the time he reported at the Airport, there were no other passengers going to Canada and therefore his flight was cancelled.

Meanwhile, it has also been reported that the first international flight will land at the KIA by 2p.m.

The airport has been disinfected and ready to welcome the passengers.

All travelers who intend to come to Ghana after the opening of the KIA would have to pay $150 or equivalent of GHS 865 for covid-19 instant test.

The test, according to government will last for about 30 minutes and therefore passengers will receive the results before they will be allowed to enter the country.

Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori

Ghana to receive first flight from Ajax, Netherlands after reopening

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Ghana is expected to receive its first flight from Ajax, Netherlands.

The KLM flight according to authorities at the Kotoka International Airport is expected to land in Ghana at 2:25 pm.


Reporting from the Kotoka International Airport this morning on the Atinka Morning Drive, Atinka Media Villages’ reporter, Ebenezer Madugu,reported that, as at 8:00am, only one passenger had arrived at the Airport en route to Canada.

He said, the said traveler had this flight canceled for an unknown reasons.

President Akufo -Addo on Sunday in his 16th COVID-19 update address announced the re-opening of the Kotoka International Airport to international passenger traffic, after five months of closure.

The airport was closed to international passenger traffic a as part of restrictions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Our reporter added that, Tap Airlines from Lisbon is the second Flight to touch Ghana’s airport at exactly 2:35pm.

He added the third and final Chartered flight from London will get to Ghana at exactly 2:50pm.

Below is list of flight expected in Ghana today.

First flight

KLM: From Ajax, Netherlands @2:25 PM

Second flight

Tap Airlines from Lisbo @2:35 PM

Third flight

Chartered flight from London @2:50

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com |Vincent Kwofie

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang tours Western North Region

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The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, will from today Tuesday, September 1st 2020, embark on a 4-day campaign tour of the Western North Region.

Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang will first, in accordance with tradition, call on traditional authorities and opinion leaders in the region and then engage with communities, including youth groups, women’s groups and the physically challenged, among others.

The NDC Vice Presidential Candidate will also meet with Regional Executives of the NDC. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang’s interactions are expected to cover a wide range of issues, including peace, stability, development, inclusivity, education and economic prosperity.

Her main objective will be to deepen even more her appreciation of their realities.

According to a press statement by the NDC, in keeping with her desire to reach and engage as many citizens as possible, she will also employ radio to interact with a wide range of community members.

The NDC Running Mate will be accompanied by National Executives of the NDC, National Campaign Team Members, Members of Parliament, Regional and Constituency Executives.

Ghana| Atinkaonline.com

Our manifesto hit NDC so hard-NPP

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The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims the launch of its manifesto hit its main opponent, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) so hard that, it had no option than to postpone the launch of its (NDC) manifesto.

Addressing the media on Monday, the party’s Director of Commuivation, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said the NDC’s flagbearer, John Mahama lacks vision hence the frequent postponements of the launch of his party’s manifesto, which was  submitted to him, as far back as July 1,2020.   

“On July 1st 2020, the whole world was told that candidate Mahama has received the people’s manifesto and he said he was going to launch in August but when the NPP announced August 22 to launch its manifesto, the whole world was told theirs will follow on the August 29 and then came the bomb. Our manifesto hit them so hard making them postpone to 31st August and as we speak we are not sure it will come on as announced again on the 7th September,” the party said.

“Months before COVID-19 hit the world, John Mahama’s NDC set up a manifesto committee on a perilous journey to go and find out what Ghanaians want. After 16 years of NDC in the 28-year-old fourth Republic which he [Mahama] has ruled in 6 years of those years and the final decision maker in Ghana, he is still struggling to find out what Ghanaians governance priorities are,” it added.

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