Sierra Leone has nixed plans to build a controversial, $318 million airport outside the capital of Freetown with a Chinese company and funded by Chinese loans.
The Amasaman Divisional Police yesterday arrested 21 suspected criminals, believed to be Nigerians, in a swoop on identified criminal hideouts within Pokuase District. The Police retrieved 29 laptop computers, 30 mobile phones, 17 pen drives and 95 SIM cards for different networks. They were arrested in a three-bedroom apartment around Pokuase ACP area. Two other suspects were [...] The post Amasaman
The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Ron Strikker, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, on Tuesday, in Accra. The visit was to afford Mr Strikker the opportunity to interact with the minister, and discuss pertinent issues bothering on sanitation, including progress made in the implementation of the Water, [...] The post Netherlands
Asante Kotoko ace Michael Yeboah was sacked from the club's Adako Jachie training ground for reporting late.According a report by Footballmadeinghana.com, new coach C K Akunnor turned the player away for not being punctual.Yeboah's excuse for being late was deemed implausible and had to be sent home.Akunnor wants to stamp his authority in the team as he takes over training.
Majeed Hassan remembers the exact day — February 8, 2017 — that he officially, and legally, gained entry into the United States.That concluded a harrowing, nearly year-long voyage that began in his native Ghana when one of his soccer coaches bought him a plane ticket to Lima, Peru.Hassan’s journey to Chicago’s northwest suburbs took him through jungle, desert lowlands and parts of the Andes.Through it all, there was a singular belief that convinced the current Hersey senior
Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over what he says are claims by the Akufo-Addo government that the promised one million dollars per constituency allocation for 2017 expired with the 2017 budget.
Turkish media outlets have published CCTV footage which they say shows evidence of a plot linked to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It shows purported Saudi intelligence officers entering and leaving Turkey via Istanbul airport. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi monarchy, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 and has not been seen since. Turkish authorities [...] The post Turkish
The feud and impasse between two factions in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asuogyaman Constituency of the Eastern Region have been resolved.
A man has been arrested in Germany in connection with the rape and murder of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova. Bulgarian officials say a man named Severin Krasimirov has been detained at their request. The country’s Interior Minister, Mladen Marinov, said the suspect was a DNA match for evidence recovered at the crime scene. Current evidence does not suggest the attack [...] The post TV
The Indonesian government is planning to build a mass grave monument in western Palu’s devastated village of Balaroa as chances to retrieve more bodies from muds mixed with debris of houses are running slim. The Balaroa village was sucked down into the earth due to liquefaction following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the Central Sulawesi’s provincial capital of Palu [...] The post Indonesia
The National House of Chiefs has described as worrying, the use of insulting language among political leaders in the country.
Victor Wanyama has downplayed his absence for Kenya when they beat Ghanain a Afcon qualifying match on Setpember 8.The Kenyan captain did not feature in the Group F match played at Kasarani as Michael Olunga scored the all-important goal that revived their hopes of gracing the 2019 Afcon finals to be held in Cameroon.Speaking in Bahir, Ethiopia, after a training session, Wanyama, who turns out for Tottenham in the English Premier League, told reporters that his absence during
West Ham defender Issa Diop confirms his senior international future lies with France and not Senegal or Morocco.
Tenants at the premises of the Ghana Trade Fair Development Company (GTDC) have kicked against moves by authorities to evacuate them by December this year. According to them authorities should find “better means of engaging them” in the redevelopment of the site instead of bullying them out “of a place where we have traded and stayed for the larger part [...] The post GTDC tenants kick against
Dr. John Yaw Akparep, a lecturer of the School of Business and Law, University for Development Studies (UDS), has advocated a serious national campaign to fight the menace of illegal felling of trees which remains a major threat to the country’s forest cover. He explained that such a campaign should be similar to the current fight against illegal mining (galamsey), [...] The post Illegal
Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), lawyer John Kumah has called for a change in the pattern of creating jobs in Ghana.
Leicester City manager Claud Puel has opened up on Daniel Amartey's best role as the Ghanaian struggles to lock down regular place in the team.The 23-year-old arrived at the King Power Stadium as one of the most highly-rated midfielders in the Danish league.The former Inter Allies defender then became a centre-back for his country Ghana. But City boss Claude Puel has decided Daniel Amartey is now a right-back.Amrtey’s versatility has been valuable to the club but a hindrance
Former president John Mahama has expressed shock over a claim by the Akufo-Addo government that the 2017 allocation of the one million dollars per constituency per year expired with the budget of December 2017.
Ghana will have a busy schedule today at the Summer Youth Olympics as four athletes will be competing in three different events.
Ghana will have a busy schedule today at the Summer Youth Olympics as four athletes will be competing in three different events.
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