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  West Ham are confident Andre Ayew would be back in action in December after revealing he would not need surgery on his damaged thigh. The West Ham star limped off on his debut against Chelsea and there were fears he could be out for as many as four months. But it has emerged he would need no surgery and could be back in Slavan Billic’s plans in November with a definite return set for December. “Andre Ayew suffered a rare but very serious thigh injury at Chelsea, which will take time to recover from,” head of medical and sports science Stijn Vandenbroucke told the club’s official website . “Andre will not have surgery and we have started the rehab straight away, working two times a day. Andre is a highly professional athlete with a positive attitude that no doubt will affect the return to play date. He added: “It is early to put a time-line on the rehab, but we are positive to reintroduce him in December.” That would be music to the ears of Ghana coach Avram Gran

President John Mahama has assured students in health training institutions of more job opportunities as his government continues to expand infrastructure in the sector. Mahama, who was addressing separate durbars in the Salaga district as part of his campaign tour of the Northern region, urged trainees and the public in general to ignore false claims by political opponents that there is a freeze on employment. He emphasized that there is no exemption for the health and education sectors when it comes to employment. “So if anybody tells you this, it’s a lie. As many as must be put on the pay roll, we will continue drafting then onto the pay roll. We have had problems with ghost names that is why we go through a verification process, a system that delays the recruitments,” he explained further. He added: “We are training health professionals across the length and breadth of the country. The University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho is training doctors, biomedica

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, educated the people of Kpandai on the proper way to thumb print a ballot paper. He expressed concern over the number of rejected voters in the 2012 election and asked the people to do it well this time around and retain him in power. He said he has already built the foundation for rapid economic development and appealed to the people to retain in as president to enable him complete his objectives for the nation. The President reiterated his commitment towards improving the quality of education in the country. He said government has so far completed one hundred and twenty three community senior high schools, whilst similar projects are ongoing to expand access to education across the country. He also announced plans to construct modern district hospitals in Kpandai and Wulensi to improve access to health care in the area. President Mahama also revealed that government is awaiting parliamentary approval to extend electricity to twen

The police in Kumasi in collaboration with their counterparts in the Upper East region have arrested one Robert Atiah, the CEO of Power Grounds Micro Finance company based in Navrongo for allegedly duping his clients. He is said to have swindled his clients running into several millions of Ghana cedis. A source at the Ashanti Regional Police command who confirmed the arrest of  Atiah to Graphic Online said the suspect has since January been on the run. He said acting upon a tip off, Atiah was arrested from his hideout at Atasemanso in Kumasi on Tuesday night. He is currently in police custody at the Kumasi Central Police and would soon be transferred to Navrongo to face prosecution. The distraught customers of the suspect had earlier this year petitioned the former Minister of Interior, Mr Mark Woyongo to help them retrieve their investments. Reaction Meanwhile information picked up by radioxyzonline in Navrongo indicated that the residents received the news about his a

Founder and leader of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has been arrested by the Tema Regional Police for allegedly defrauding a man of GH¢11.6 million. Obinim was said to have taken the money to help the complainant retrieve an amount of GH¢780,000 from a fetish priest. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joseph Darkwa, a complainant came to the Tema Police some weeks ago to lodge a complaint against Obinim. According to him, the complainant said on November 28, 2015, he gave an amount of GH¢780,000 to one Okomfo Gyapata of Mampong Nkwanta near Koforidua in the Eastern Region to do a spiritual ritual to bless the money. According to the complainant, after some time, he realised that the Okomfo was not able to help him neither was he able to give him back his money, so he went to Bishop Obinim to report the matter and help him retrieve the money, th

Bucking against conservative Christian tradition advising against extra-marital sex, the Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan, a married mother of three and associate pastor for ministry with families at Union Church of Hinsdale in Illinois, says single Christians can have sex as long as it's "mutually pleasurable and affirming." Citing 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, many Mainline Protestant and evangelical churches like the  Assemblies of God Church , advise against sexual relations among single Christians. "Today within our society singles exist for one of two reasons — by choice, or by circumstance. In either case the Bible's mandate is clear for all unmarried individuals: they are to remain sexually pure (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)," the Assemblies of God church warned. For McCleneghan, however, whose views are comprehensively captured in her new book,  Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option — And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex ,  singl