A junior navy officer named by The Gambia’s government as the mastermind of a foiled coup plot in December last year has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 12 years in prison. A high court on Tuesday ruled that Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera planned and attempted to unlawfully overthrow the democratically elected government … The post Mastermind of foiled Gambia

 Multiple sports award winner, Elizabeth Opoku, has been named captain of the senior na­tional women hockey team, Black Sticks Ladies. The three-time Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) award winner will lead the team for her first assignment in South Africa as they seek qualifica­tion to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Opoku, who plays for … The post Elizabeth Opoku

 The maiden Otumfuo Smash table tennis tour­nament organised by the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the Stanbic Bank and Opemsuoradio, ended in a grand style with Felix Lartey of the Ghana Immigra­tion Service (GIS) winning the maleevent. A 15-year old Juanita Borteye of Tema Senior High School  (SHS) won the female category. … The post Lartey,

 Ghana’s Juliet Appiah has been appointed as referee for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifier between Mali and Ethiopia  The 38 year old, who is also a Police Officer, will be assisted by Essuman Darko Doris (Assistant I), Patricia Kyeraa (Assistant II) and Barikisu Chisu Salifu (Fourth Official) while Aissatou  Françoise Seck from … The post Juliet

Medeama SC Head Coach, Au­gustine Evans Adotey, has called on fans of the ‘Mauve and Yellow’ to expect a win in the team’s next betPawa Premier League game. The Tarkwa based side is scheduled to play at the Accra Sports Stadium against the Pho­bians today in a top clash of the competition. Coach Adotey made … The post Fans can trust Medeama to beat Hearts – Coach

US Open champion, Coco Gauff, needed just 57 minutes to beat Ons Jabeur in her opening match at the WTA Finals. Gauff, 19, who is seeded third, won the first seven games before an hour-long rain delay in Cancun, Mexico. When play resumed, the American quickly wrapped up a 6-0 6-1 victory for her 50th … The post Coco Gauff faces ?wi?tek in WTA finals appeared first on

South Africa’s rugby union team are back home from France after winning the World Cup for a record fourth time. The players were met at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg by a huge, rapturous crowd on yesterday. South Africa is the most successful team at the World Cup after winning four titles in eight appearances. … The post South Africa’s rugby World Cup

Argentina for­ward, Lionel Messi, and Spain mid­fielder,Aitana­Bonmatí, won football’s 2023 Ballon d’Or titles. The annual award ceremony, organised by theFrance magazine Football, recognises the best men’s and women’s international footballers. Messi, who currently plays his club football for Inter Miami in the United States, won the prestigious award for a record eighth time. The accolade … The post Messi,

 Twelve insurance inno­vation companies in the country have been support­ed to raise a grant of $7.2 million to develop products to drive insurance penetration and coverage. Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSDAfrica), a development organisationfunded by UKaid and the National Insurance Commis­sion ((NIC), helped the companies to raise the money under the Inno­lab Insuretech Programme. Some … The post 12

African Trade and Investment Promotion Authorities must collaborate to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the region, the Minister of Trade and Industry, K.T Hammond, has stated. Mr Hammond stated this on Monday in his opening remarks at the African Investment Promo­tion Authorities (IPAs) capacity building conference in Accra, and said countries in Africa needed … The post Collaborate

A private security man was shot dead, while another person suffered gunshot wounds after armed robbers attacked a fuel station in Koforidua, the capital town of Eastern Region, on Monday. The armed robbers were said to have attempted to rob workers of the Total ‘5’ Fuel Station, opposite the All Nations University campus on the … The post Armed robbers kill

Five persons have been con­firmed dead and 20 others injured following a down­pour and windstorm that hit Badu, a community in the Tain District of Bono Region, yesterday. The deceased were among people, who were said to be taking shelter at a nearby school, when the roof of the building ripped off, killing the five … The post 5 die, 20 others injured at Badu …following

Kingsley Ofosu, the sole survivor of the ‘Deadly Voy­age’ stowaway fame, accused of €130,000 fraud, is still in police custody, after failing to meet the bail conditions. The Takoradi Circuit Court ‘B’ presided over by Ms Henrietta Charway on Monday, granted him GH¢2,000,000 bail in addition to two sureties, of which one should be justified … The post Sole

 Two Tanzanian students taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza have been named by the Israe­li government. Joshua Loitu Mollel and Clemence Felix Mtenga were in Israel as part of an agricultural internship programme, Israel’s foreign ministry said on X. “They were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and are being held hostage in Gaza,” the statement read. … The post Tanzanian

French count­er-terrorism police have shot and wounded an unarmed woman in a full veil after she threatened train passengers, Paris authorities say. Officers opened fire eight times when the woman refused to com­ply with police orders, a source told the BBC. The alarm was raised by passengers on an RER suburban train in the 13th … The post Paris police shoot woman at station

Last weekend, my youngest son, Kwabena, led a group of Ghana­ians to climb to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro. He’s so modest that he won’t be happy to see me write about this feat (which took his group one whole week to accomplish). The amount of physical and psycho­logical pain they underwent … The post Extolling people’s achievements

The holy Quran taught us that one is free to rejoice on the blessings of Al­lah but it must be done in conformity with Islamic ways such as merry making without alcoholic drinks or serving pork and any related by-products of alcohol and pig. The Quran says in chapter 10:58 ?O Prophet, “In Allah’s grace … The post Mawlid: Commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammed

 The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, yesterday com­menced his two-day official visit to Ghana at the Jubliee House. He was welcomed on arrival by President Akufo-Addo at the fore­court of the Jubilee House where he was ushered in to inspect a guard of honour mounted by the Ghana Armed Forces. The two leaders subsequently retired to … The post Global community

A total of 19,743 school children in the Eastern, Volta and Greater Ac­cra Regions have been affected by the recent Ako­sombo and Kpong Dam spillage, a study conducted by Child Rights International (CRI) has revealed. They are from 71 schools com­prising Kindergarten, Primary and Junior High. More than 9,000 of them could not retrieve their … The post Akosombo

Accra Hearts of Oak will chase revenge when they host defending betPawa Premier League champions Medeama SC at the Accra Sports Stadium today in their match day eight clash. Hearts were badly bruised by the same side at the same venue last season with a 5-1 defeat that sum­marised the Phobian season. But into a … The post Hearts chase revenge over Medeama SC appeared first on