The president of any nation is the elected head of state and head of government of that country. He is also the father and the number one gentleman, and represents all the people of that land. On 23 September 2016, a Tanzanian lecturer was charged with insulting President John Magufuli in a WhatsApp message. A … Read more
Ghana coach Avram Grant has called-up 23 players including Sogndal’s Gilbert Koomson for Friday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Uganda in Tamale. The Norway-based midfielder has been handed his first Black Stars call-up while midfielder Enoch Adu Kofi, who plays in Sweden, returns to the national team for the first time since December 2014. Captain … Read more
The foreign-based players invited for Ghana’s opening 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda on Friday will arriving tonight. Head coach Avram Grant’s 23-man squad has only goalkeeper Richard Ofori as the home-based player. Those who were involved in action on Saturday are expected to jet in on Sunday from their destinations ahead of Monday’s … Read more
Ghana Black Stars head coach Avram Grant has named a 23-man squad for the friendly match with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on October 11. The former Chelsea Boss handed a debut call up to Hearts of Oak defender Inusah Musah while Enock Adu Kofi was also handed a call up. The Ghana FA … Read more
Customers of Access Bank who enjoy online shopping with their Access Visa Cards can now ship their purchased items directly to Ghana with Aramex’s “Shop & Ship”. “Shop and Ship” powered by Aramex, gives members shipping addresses in the US, UK, China, Germany, France, UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Hong Kong, Spain, India, South Africa, Canada … Read more
Abuja (AFP) – Watford striker Odion Ighalo has been excused from Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier in Zambia to attend his father’s funeral, but club team-mate Isaac Success has been handed a first call-up. Ighalo will bury his late father in Nigeria on October 8, a day before the away clash in Ndola. Skipper John Obi … Read more
Egypt picked up the recently sunken migrant boat on Tuesday with extra 26 bodies found inside to raise the death toll to 195 so far, state-run Al-Ahram official news website reported. The vessel capsized last week off Egypt’s northern coast of Rosetta city of Beheira province, carrying hundreds of passengers, mostly Egyptians, seeking to illegally … Read more
ISIS is facing a ‘state of collapse’ in its largest city Military vehicles of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces are seen southeast of Mosul As the great powers jam the door of Mosul for the last big battle, many of the Islamic State terrorists themselves cannot wait to get out of town. “Mosul on Thursday looked … Read more
A gunman shot dead by police after he shot at people outside a shopping centre in Houston, Texas, was a “disgruntled lawyer”, authorities said. Nine people were injured, one of them critically, in the attack. The suspect has not been identified. Police said he was wearing historic military attire with Nazi emblems. Officials said he … Read more
Nine people have been injured in a shooting outside a shopping centre in Houston in the US state of Texas, one of them critically. The suspect, who was shot dead by police, has not been identified. Officials say he was a disgruntled lawyer who fired randomly at drivers. Numerous weapons were found in what is … Read more
Ghanaian internationals Osei Barnes, Alhassan Wakaso, Gilbert Koomson and Bismark Adjei-Boateng all scored for their clubs. Former Inter Milan kid Said Ahmed Said found the net in Croatia while youngster Emmanuel Gyasi struck in the Italian lower-tier league. Lloyd Sam, Raphael Dwamena, Ben Acheampong and Godsway Donyoh all netted for their clubs. Kwadwo Asamoah suffered … Read more
A suspect sought over a fatal gun attack at a shopping centre in Washington state on Friday evening has been captured, police say. Police have named him as Arcan Cetin, 20, of Oak Harbor, Washington. He was born in Turkey and is a legal US permanent resident, officials say. The arrest took place in Oak … Read more
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has told western leaders that shutting their doors to migrants who seek entry into their countries is not the solution to winning the war against terrorism. Terror attacks have heightened within the last few years with parts of Africa also experiencing same in the hands of Boko Haram and Al … Read more
A week-old truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia appears close to unravelling, with alleged violations by government and rebel forces mounting. A US-backed rebel group in the divided northern city of Aleppo said the initiative had “practically failed”. Rebels also warned that the forced evacuation of some 300 fighters from a besieged … Read more
A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has endangered an already shaky ceasefire deal, Russia says. The attack put “a very big question mark” over the truce’s future, said Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. The Russian army says at least 62 Syrian troops were killed … Read more
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 62 Syrian troops fighting so-called Islamic State in the east, the Russian military says. Aircraft flew in from Iraq and bombed Syrian troops near Deir al-Zour airport, allowing the IS jihadists to advance, the Russians said. The US has not yet commented. Russia earlier expressed fears the … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Syrian rebel groups are exploiting the current ceasefire to regroup. He said the US, which backs some rebel groups, was more focused on retaining their military capacity than separating moderate and militant groups, a stated aim of the truce which began on Monday. Mr Putin also urged Washington to … Read more
The Syrian cease-fire agreed to last week by Russia and the United States has reduced violence in the short term, but there are troubling signs it may collapse like previous attempts to end the war, now in its sixth year. The crucial element of the agreement is a “cessation of hostilities” among all parties involved … Read more
The British Embassy in Turkey will be closed on Friday for security reasons, the British Foreign Office (FCO) announced. A statement by the FCO did not specify what the security threat was, however, the closure comes after Germany closed its embassy, consular officers and a school on Wednesday, fearing an elevated security risk during the … Read more
The Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) is confident of purchasing approximately 19,500 tonnes of dry rubber from over 3000 farmers in the Western, Ashanti, Eastern and the Central regions by close of 2016 production year. This will be a 4,600 tonne increase in the company’s purchases last year, and is in keeping with its aim … Read more