Dede Ayew suffers thigh injury ahead of Togo clash Update: 16 - Nov - 2014

Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew is doubtful for Wednesday’s crucial 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo after suffering a thigh injury on Saturday. The Marseille playmaker was taken off in the second half of the match against Uganda in
Kampala as the Black Stars went down 1-0. Ayew says he suffered the injury at the start of the game but managed to play through the
pain barrier. “I had felt a tear in my thigh at the beginning of the game and managed to hold on for a
while even though I was not a 100 per cent,” Ayew told the media.
Ghana doctors will monitor his progress in the coming hours to determine if he will play against Togo in Tamale on Wednesday.
The Black Stars must get at least a draw in the match to secure qualification for the tournament in Equatorial Guinea.
Ayew will be key if the Black Stars are to achieve that dream of sealing the qualification

Ex - Prez Rawlings Loses Only Brother Updated: 16 -Nov -2014

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has lost his only brother , Mr . Isaac Newton Nii Lante Addy , a former chief scout who passed away on Friday , November 7 , 2014 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after a short illness .
He was 76 and until his death was the Vice Chairman of the Africa Scout Foundation , the Board Chairman of Prestmecom Limited and a consultant to the Happy Kids School , having helped organise activities and the growth of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Family sources say he will be buried at the Gethsemane Memorial Garden , Shiashie , Accra,
on Friday , November 21, 2014 after Burial Service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence Avenue, Accra at
9 am . “ The body will however lie in state at the church from 6 am to 8 . 30am , to be followed after interment with final funeral rites at the forecourt of the State House .”
Born on June 4 , 1938 in Keta in the Volta Region to the late Thomas Alton Addy and
Madam Victoria Betty Agboutui, Isaac Newton Addy was baptized a Catholic with his brother Jerry John Rawlings at the Holy Spirit Cathedral .
Family sources fondly describe him as a thorough teacher, an all- round and disciplined scout, and a diligent manager and faithful worker who rose through the ranks from a Patrol leader to a Group leader in the Scout Movement, becoming a Deputy Chief
Commissioner and then a Chief Commissioner. For over 10 years Isaac Newton Nii Addy served as Chief Commissioner and also served two terms of four years as the President of the West Africa Scout Zone and was awarded the
prestigious African Elephant award, the highest award in Scouting in Africa with the late South African president and global peace icon,
Nelson Mandela as one of the few to have been honoured with the award .

Mahama, NDC “stealing” from the state – Agyepong. Update: 16 - Nov - 2014.

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong has accused President John Mahama and members of his government of
stealing from the state. According to him, the only agenda of the
government is to plunder the state of every resource. “The situation in Ghana is so disgusting and appalling, you ask yourself if really there are leaders in the country.”
“President Mahama and the NDC, their idea of governance is stealing; everybody is stealing.
They are embezzling state funds as if there is no tomorrow,” the outspoken MP told the US-based Sahara TV in an interview.
In his view, the Mahama administration has run out of ideas and strategies to govern the country. He said Ghanaians must view the current economic conditions in the country as a
punishment for voting for the NDC
government.