Five suspects in a massive fraud and match-fixing scandal that has engulfed Belgium’s top football division were ordered to be kept in detention by a court in Antwerp on Tuesday. More than 20 individuals, suspected of involvement in a criminal organisation or money laundering, have been charged in a huge corruption scandal that first broke on October 10. Mogi Bayat, ...

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is projecting a two-to-four per cent reduction of fuel prices on the local market in November 2018. This is as a result of the 5.94 per cent fall in Brent crude average prices, fall in finished prices on the international market, and the Cedi recording respectable gains against the dollar within the window said ...

A seven member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adenyira, has dismissed a contempt application instituted against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and the Attorney General (AG), Gloria Akuffo, for going ahead with the limited voter registration exercise which took place from the 16th to the 25th of September 2018, in the areas recommended ...

A group of Japanese doctors on Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to start the Tokyo 2020 marathon as early as 5:30am, saying failure to do so could “lead to deaths” from heatstroke. The warning is the latest in a chorus of concern about how extreme heat could affect several sporting events at the Olympic games, particularly after Tokyo sweltered through a ...

Former Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi has confirmed that he will appeal against his lifetime ban handed to him by FIFA. FIFA, handed a life ban to Mr. Nyantakyi on Tuesday, after the adjudicating chamber of FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee found him guilty of multiple ethical violations. The Wa All Stars bankroller was found guilty of violating FIFA Code ...

Former Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has eulogized the memory of the late President John Evans Atta Mills describing him as a man of integrity with a high level of morality. Mr. Ablakwa, who as a 28-year old, was first given an opportunity to serve in government as a deputy Minister, said ...

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that an amount of 1.6 to 1.7 million Ghana cedis is needed to fix damages caused by students. The university students went on rampage October 15, destroying school property in a violent protest. The students who boycotted classes and poured on the streets of the campus ...

Finally the much awaited “Pocket” music video by Bisa Kdei featuring Sarkodie is out. Pocket is an inspirational and motivational song, that sends a message to every person facing temptations in life, to not give up. “Pocket” has a true story-telling video which brings the lyrics of both artistes to live. Bisa Kdei touches the heart with his magical voice, ...

A journalist with Accra-based Top FM, Emmanuel Sackey, has said he was assaulted by members of the pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) vigilante group The Hawks, recently. The alleged assault occurred at Gomoa Fetteh during the election of the party’s Youth and Woman Organisers. Sackey told journalists that: “Last Saturday, after the NDC Youth and Women’s wing conference, I was about ...

The €12.9M renovated Adomi Bridge at at Atimpoku which links the Eastern and Volta Regions may soon become a death trap following an unhealthy habit of people making away with bolts and nuts that have been used to brace the bridge. The bridge was in December 2015 reopened to the public after being closed for 22 months for some major ...