The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has kicked against the inten­tion of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOW­AS) to deploy military forces to Niger to restore constitutional democracy. According to the conference, they are equally concerned about the situa­tion in Niger as it had the potential to fuel even further anarchy and insecurity in … The post Catholic

 Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 win at Sheffield United on yesterday after Rodri scored a late winner to secure their third win of the season. Erling Haaland, who missed a first-half penalty, opened the scoring for City just past the hour mark with a close-range header … The post Late Rodri winner for City, Arsenal held appeared first

 Individual world champi­ons, Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson, anchored the United States to a 4×100 metres relay double on a busy penulti­mate night of the World Athletics Championships. For Lyles, it completed a hat-trick of gold medals in Budapest following on from his 100m and 200m success. Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley and Brandon Carnes set … The post Lyles,

The aptly-named Victor Kiplangat of Uganda, Common­wealth marathon champion last year, became World Athletics Championships men’s marathon champion on Saturday – and set his sights on an Olympic gold in Paris next year. The 23-year-old, who won his title in Birmingham last summer despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course … The post Uganda’s

The Social Security and Na­tional Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched a campaign to help educate the public on pensions and enrol more self-employed on the scheme. Dubbed ‘Ye Wo Abonten’, an internal initiative mooted by the Ladies Club of SSNIT, the cam­paign is under the Self-Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED), which was launched by SSNIT in … The post SSNIT launches

Wagner Chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday’s plane crash. The Investigative Committee (SK) said the identities of all 10 victims had been established and corresponded to those on the flight’s passenger list. Prigozhin’s private jet came down north-west of Moscow on 23 August, killing all those … The post Wagner

The Taliban government has banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan province. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women had not been observing hijab inside the park. He called on religious clerics and security agencies to forbid women from entering until a solution was found. Band-e-Amir is … The post Afghanistan:

Donald Trump’s election campaign says it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his police mug­shot was released, on Thursday. Much of the money comes from merchandise such as mugs, T-shirts and drink coolers bearing the former president’s scowling face. Mr Trump was released on bail, charged with plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 elec­tion results. He … The post Trump

Oleksandr Usyk clam­bered off the canvas in the fifth round and to stop Daniel Dubois in the ninth round on a highly controversial night in Wroclaw, Poland. The Ukrainian retained his WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavy­weight titles as a result of the fight, but he had to climb off the floor after he was … The post Usyk drops Dubois twice, knocks him 9th round appeared first on

FIFA has launched an investigation against Spanish soccer feder­ation president, Luis Rubiales, after he kissed Spain women’s national team midfielder, Jennifer Heromoso, following the 1-0 win over England in the Women’s World Cup final. This move by FIFA is not sur­prising at all given what happened during Spain’s trophy celebration after winning the World Cup. … The post Women’s

Two persons are before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly embezzling GH¢864,000, belonging to Mas­satorn Capital, a financial firm, in Accra. Eugene Boadi, a 42-year-old General and Operations Manager of the firm, is alleged to have sto­len GH¢844,000, while Ebenezer Kankam-Boadu, an unemployed man, is accused of stealing GH¢20,000. Boadi, who is also a student … The post 2

The Accra Circuit Court has remand­ed in police custo­dy Michael Ansah, a 32-year-old painter, on charges of defrauding by false pretence and resisting arrest. Ansah is alleged to have collect­ed $40,000 (GH¢410,000) under the pretext of shipping and selling a Mercedes Benz to Quacy Free­man, but went into hiding. Ansah indicated to the police during … The post Painter

 Ghana’s CAF Confederation Cup campaign­ers, Dreams FC booked quali­fication to the second round preliminary stage of the competition after defeating Milo FC de Kankan 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Dreams qualified on a 3-2 aggre­gate victory, having drawn 1-1 with the same side last week in Guinea. A midfield action in the Dreams FC … The post Dreams FC progress

Medeama SC survived a Remo Stars scare to qualify to the next stage of the CAF Champions League preliminary stage despite losing 1-0 in their second leg tie played yesterday in Nigeria. Having won the first leg in Ghana 1-0, Coach Evans Adotey and his charges were aware of the enormity of the task that … The post Medeama edge out Remo Stars on shoot-outs appeared first on

Government has been urged to explore alternative revenue sources of its annual budget funding, instead of relying heavily on money from the extractive sectors. Revenue from the extractive sectors should rather be invested in strategic sectors, such as tourism and agribusiness to generate dividends beyond the lifespan of the country’s non-renew­able resources. The Co-Chair of … The post Explore

 The Global Evangelical Church has commended the government for its outstanding efforts and remarkable achievements in maintaining the peace in these difficult times. Right Reverend Prosper Samuel Dzome­ku, Moderator of GEC said “we do not take for granted, the government’s ability to maintain the peace and tranquillity of the nation in an era of political … The post Global

The 6th BRICS Media Forum has ended in Johannesburg South Africa, after about 200 representatives from about 100 media outlets, think tanks and international organisations from about 30 countries held discussions on the path to take in the face of emerging global challenges. The forum which was held ahead of the BRICS Summit is a … The post 6th BRICS Media Forum pushes for

The election of Dr William Ruto as President of Kenya must have taken a lot of political scien­tists by surprise having beaten a veteran politician with decades of experience doing politics in Africa. However, the youth of Kenya were vindicated in less than a year into Dr William Ruto’s administration as the latter’s policies which … The post A glimpse of hope is setting in

The Ghana Revenue Au­thority (GRA) has com­menced a late night Value Added Tax (VAT) enforce­ment exercise to enhance VAT compliance. “We have commenced night market compliant checks. Most of the businesses that operate within that period do not report sales, hence the state is losing out on the taxes to be collected. The taskforce is … The post VAT

 Since next year, 2024, is a general election year, all the vibrant political parties in the country are pre­paring for it by first electing their presidential candidates, commonly described in the country as flag bearer. As part of the process to elect a flag bearer, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held a Super Delegates’ Conference … The post Congratulations but address acrimony!