Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris attacks, has been jailed for 20 years in Belgium over a gunfight that led to his arrest. Abdeslam, 28, and co-defendant Sofien Ayari were both convicted of terror-related charges of attempted murder. Ayari, 24, was also given a 20-year sentence. Both fired on officers who … Read more
Ghana defender Daniel Opare has emerged as a summer transfer target for Belgian giants Standard Liege, according to reports from Belgium. Opare was excluded from his German Bundesliga side Augsburg, for what they termed as ‘dishonest behavior’, after Opare was pictured having discussions with Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco on Transfer deadline day. Standard Liege Head … Read more
Former Accra Hearts of Oak diminutive winger Joe Tagoe has completed a two year deal with Ghana Premier League side Ebusua Dwarfs, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm. The sharp winger who is popular among Ghanaian football fans as ‘Bobby Shot, is looking to relaunch his sinking football career and has identified the Cape Coast side as the … Read more
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has revealed why management of Dutch Eerste side Divisie Fortuna Sittard suspended him following his refusal to accept illegal activities. According to the club’s management, the decision against the former Ajax and Juventus midfielder has no connection with the latest bad results. Oliseh, who started on a bright note … Read more
The achievement of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical to Africa’s future development, which will be a major turning point for the Continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said achieving the SDG’s would be an investment in the future of the youth and children of Africa and serve … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the realisation of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as an investment in the future of the youth and children of the African continent. According to President Akufo-Addo, the 17 UN SDGs “present our generation with the great opportunity to fight inequality on all fronts, wipe out … Read more
Former Ghana U20 defender Joseph Aidoo inspired Begian side Genk to a wonderful 3-1 win over Zulte-Waregem in the Belgium First Division. The former Inter Allies defender was on top of his defensive duties, creating an unbreakable barrier after Zulte-Waregem had been gifted with an equalizer with six minutes to the break. Aidoo lasted the … Read more
The achievement of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical to Africa’s future development, which will be a major turning point for the Continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said achieving the SDG’s would be an investment in the future of the youth and children of Africa and serve … Read more
The father of the sensational dancehall artist Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng was known on stage as Ebony Reign, Nana Opoku Kwateng has revealed that her daughter was to travel for her first tour in Europe tomorrow February 10, 2018. In an interview with the press, he revealed that he still has Ebony’s Visa to travel to Belgium, … Read more
Celebrated broadcaster and board chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA) Kwaku Sakyi-Addo has condemned the sharing of lifeless images of the late songstress Ebony on social media. Facebook and various WhatsApp platforms are awash with photos of the ‘Maame hwe’ singer and the two other victims of the gory road crash. The insensitive images … Read more
Ghana has signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Ireland to eliminate the incidence where incomes from both countries are taxed twice. The Agreement, the first that Ireland has concluded with a West African country, was signed by Ireland’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Mr. Seán Hoy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta … Read more
Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived in Ghana on Wednesday to begin a three-day state visit. The Belgian Royal, who is a United Nations Advocate for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), is expected to leverage the visit to assess the implementation of the SDG’s in Ghana. She was met on arrival at the Jubilee Lounge … Read more
The Queen of Belgium, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Mathilde, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, Alex De Croo, arrived in Ghana on Wednesday evening for a three-day state visit. The Queen and the Deputy Prime Minister will meet President Nana Akufo-Addo and later address a public forum on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals … Read more
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has threatened to clean out the current squad at the end of the season — unless results improve. “We need a squad adjustment in the summer, things will be clearer after the second half of the season,” Watzke told Frankfurt-based newspaper FAZ. “Michael Zorc (Dortmund’s director of sport) has the … Read more
At the 2018 World Cup in Russia commencing in June, Africa will be represented by the five countries who topped their qualification groups after three rounds of competition — Nigeria (Group B), Egypt (Group E), Senegal (Group D), Tunisia (Group A) and Morocco (Group C). Of these, Senegal is currently the bookies’ favorite to finish … Read more
Ghana has gone down in history as the second country to use The Walking Egg technology (TWE) to produce a baby. It happened at the Pentecost hospital at Madina, near Accra, where a couple who have been barren for up to 8 years had a healthy baby boy on the third attempt with the technology. See: Baby Born With … Read more
Fashion guru and emerging brand, “Totally Ethnik,” has moved into the fashion world, with its new brand name ‘Nadrey Laurent,’ as it launched its debut collections, ‘Colours of the Earth.’ Nadrey Laurent is a story of evolution, whose rebrand was preceded by the launch of ‘colours of the Earth,’ a collection for the summer of 2017. … Read more
John Kelly, US President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, is a retired Marine Corps general who had been serving as secretary of the immense Department of Homeland Security after 45 years in uniform. Kelly, 67, has a reputation for straight talk and will need to bring all of his toughness and organizational talent to … Read more
The EU has warned Poland it will suspend its voting rights if it pushes ahead with controversial court reforms, sparking a furious reaction from Warsaw. Poland’s right-wing government accused Brussels of ‘blackmail’ after the European Commission significantly raised the stakes in the confrontation. President Andrzej Duda’s unexpected vetoing of two controversial reforms, including one targeting … Read more
Visitors to a quirky rail museum in France’s Burgundy region, the brainchild of US entrepreneur Gregory Marshall, will have a new opportunity to spend a night on the legendary Orient Express. Two carriages and a locomotive from the line created in 1883 to carry the well-heeled from Paris to Constantinople, as Istanbul was then called, … Read more