From left: Michael Udoh and Victor Aniete Solomon One of two Nigerians standing trial for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy, was yesterday handed a five-year jail term in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Victor Anietie Solomon Sunday, a 21-year-old security personnel, pleaded guilty to the charges immediately he entered the dock last week. […]

Naa Oyoe Quartey Charterhouse, a leading event organising company and organisers of Miss Malaika, has announced Saturday, July 12 as the auditions date for this year’s edition of Miss Malaika. The auditions, which is expected to attract a large section of young enterprising ladies, would take place at the studios of GhOne Entertainment TV located […]

Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor Former Minister of Defence in the previous Kufuor administration, Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor has advocated the re-consideration of the composition of the membership of the Vetting Committee of Parliament. In his view, the Vetting Committee should be made up of some selected Members of Parliament (MPs), representatives of the Trade Union Congress […]

The participants in a pose after the ceremony  The British High Commissioner to Ghana, John Benjamin has lauded the Ghana Armed Forces for showing commitment to peace-keeping. He made the disclosure during the opening ceremony of the partnership programme between Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) […]

In the early sixties when I was schooling in my holy village, there was this teacher who once told us that he hated to mention the word “Dangle”.  His reason was that anytime he mentioned the word, it reminded him of the day he saw his father’s body dangling with a noose tied around his neck after committing suicide.  We later nicknamed him […]

DCOP C T Yohuno, ACP Awuni Angwubutoge, and other senior police officers addressing the media The Police Administration has indicated that some major roads in parts of Accra will be closed to traffic to pave way for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Summit which. The two-day conference, which will be attended by […]

Hon Annoh-Dompreh (right) going through the screening with others waiting for their turn in the background The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, on Republic Day, July 1, organised health screening for his constituents at Nsawam with some other people travelling from neighbouring constituencies like Upper West Akim and Ayensuano to undergo the screening […]

The discovery of oil in commercial quantities in Ghana in June 2007 raised the hopes of Ghanaians about what the industry was going to do for them. This was compounded by clear cases of misrepresentations by some individuals with varied backgrounds who presented the oil find as the panacea to the myriad of problems faced […]

John Paintsil Ghana defender John Paintsil has signed a two-year contract with South African club Maritzburg United. The former Fulham man joins the PSL club as a free agent, having completed his one-year contract with lower tier club Santos FC. Paintsil concluded negotiations and signed a two-year contract to become the first off-season signing of […]

Richard Mpong Kumasi Asante Kotoko midfielder Richard Mpong last Monday lost all his belongings after some unidentified men broke into his residence in Kumasi. Mpong, who had been away for some time, received the bad news upon his arrival when he was told robbers had broken into his apartment to pick up items worth thousands of cedis, […]

Commey (L) and opponent Buckland On Saturday July 12 at the York Hall, Bethnal Green in London the best non-televised fight in years will see Richard Commey (17-0,17 KOs) and Gary Buckland (28-4, 9KOs) battle for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title. Put together by Goodwin Promotions, the fight is a sellout and has come under […]

Yahaya Mohammed Controversial midfielder Yahaya Mohammed has confirmed he is in talks with Ghana Premier League giants Hearts of Oak following his contract expiration with rivals Asante Kotoko. The former OG Nice player, 26, is a free agent after failing to renew his contract at Kotoko though the Porcupine Warriors have reported him to FIFA […]

Franklin Cudjoe IMANI Ghana is urging organized labour to resist  a move by government to impose Pension Alliance Trust as managers of the pension funds without due process. Speaking to Citi Business News, President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe said, “I think it is reprehensible to have workers have their employers impose pension fund managers […]

Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari apologized to fans for failing to lead the host to the World Cup final, saying the ”catastrophic” defeat to Germany on Tuesday marked the ”worst day” of his professional life. ”I have to apologize for the negative result, for not being able to reach the final as […]

Rev Albert Okpoti Botwe  The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Board has been directed by the Ministry of Health to revert the acting Chief Executive, Rev Albert Okpoti Botwe to his position as a board member. Subsequently, the board has been asked to appoint the acting Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Samuel Asiamah as the […]

Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer- Buckle Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer- Buckle, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Accra Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, has appealed to the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to cause division. “You must be careful because people are using you to divide the country. You constitute […]

A Fifa partner firm has defended its chief executive after his arrest by Brazilian police investigating the illegal sale of World Cup tickets. Match Hospitality said in a statement that it expected Ray Whelan to be “exonerated”. Mr Whelan, a British national, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. He was released after questioning. […]

An Ebola virus patient being carried on a stretcher The American who was suspected to be carrying the Ebola virus at the Nyaho Clinic in Accra is reported dead after blood testing on him revealed signs of the disease were glaring. The said American, name withheld, died yesterday afternoon while under surveillance at the infirmary. […]

Last Saturday Accra’s sprawling suburb of Maamobi witnessed a destruction of property worth thousands of Ghana Cedis and above all, a near-lynching of a law enforcement officer. The Marwako Restaurant, a local eating joint offering employment for many Ghanaians, lost so much to the marauding youth that we wonder when the place would be restored […]