England’s World Cup campaign ended in disappointment as they went out despite a fine performance in the quarter-finals against France at Al Bayt Stadium. Harry Kane’s late penalty miss proved decisive after he had earlier equalled Wayne Rooney’s England record of 53 goals from the spot. France took a 17th-minute lead when Aurelien Tchouameni’s 25-yard […]

All persons in the auditorium where voting was scheduled to be held for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth and Women Conference have been driven out. They were driven out following confusion over the album for the Conference. The confusion stalled the process for hours. Chairman of the party’s elections committee Alex Segbefia asked all […]

Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the first half, leaping highest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to spark pandemonium at Al Thumama Stadium. The north African side’s […]

Proceedings have halted at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) where some 1,972 delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have gathered to elect National Youth Organiser and National Women’s Organiser for the party. The 10th Youth and Women Conference is being held ahead of the national delegates’ congress in Accra on Saturday, December 17. […]

AGA Obuasi Community Trust Fund (AGA- OCTF) has set sight on improving educational standards as well as sanitation in Obuasi and its surrounding areas. In addition to the plethora of projects it has already executed, the Trust Fund on Friday, December 9 commissioned fully furnished 2-unit KG blocks at Dokyiwaa and Binsere in the Obuasi […]

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker has predicted the stability of the local currency against the major international trading currencies, especially the Dollar. The Member of Parliament (MP) of Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency, John Abdulai Jinapor, said he foresees the Cedi stabilising in 2023. The former Deputy Power Minister said, however, that the Cedi will not improve […]

Professor at the University of Ghana Ransford Yaw Gyampo has taken a swipe at the members of the Minority on the eight-member ad hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to look into the motion of censure filed for the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as Minister of Finance. Prof Gyampo raised suspicion about […]

A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in Mr Floyd’s death. J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in October. He was one of four officers involved in the arrest, filmed by […]

Nigerian Afrobeats star D’banj has been released from the custody of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, ICPC, the musician’s lawyer has said. “The ICPC released D’banj… after the agency could not find anything incriminating on him,” said a statement signed by Pelumi Olajengbesi, D’banj’s lawyer. D’banj was arrested earlier this week on allegations of fraud after millions […]

For the fourth time in the history of the World Cup, the rest of Africa will rally their support behind an African country in the quarter-finals as Morocco take on Portugal at the Al Thumama Stadium. Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010 all blew their chances of reaching the last four. […]