Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed in the United Kingdom (UK) for fraud, has said deporting him to Ghana is a worse punishment than being jailed in the UK. “I did four years in prison for a non-violent act,” he said in an interview with the Guardian from the detention centre. “I’ve served my time, but I’m being given ...

Brother of Self acclaimed Dancehall King Shatta Wale known as Flossy Blade has fired shot at Bhim Nation boss Stonebwoy over his recent interview on Hitz Fm. Stonebwoy has been trending since his interview with King Lagazee where he made some comments about his arch-rival Shatta Wale including stating that Shatta Wale would have been dead by now if he ...

Dr Kofi Amoah, who was the CAF/FIFA liaison team head will lead a four-member Normalisation Committee to run Ghana Football for the next six months following the announcement at the GFA Secretariat on Thursday. He will be deputized by former Airtel Chief Executive Officer Lucy Quist. Other members on the committee are Lawyer Duah Adonten, a former Kotoko Board member with Naa Odofoley ...

After the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directed Gold trading firm Menzgold to shut down its operations, a number of personalities have publicly declared their support for the company and its owner. The latest to join that list of personalities, supporting Nana Appiah Mensah, CEO of Menzgold, is rapper Sarkodie. Sarkodie, who is a known friend of Mr Mensah, has ...

Legal counsel for gold trading firm, Menzgold, has stated that the company’s operations are not regulated by any law. Kwame Akuffo in an interview on Joy FM’s Midday News, however, said the company cannot be blamed for the lack of a legislation to legalise their activities. “Our business is not regulated by law. It is not regulated by the Securities ...

Asante Kotoko head coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has quit after seven months in charge of the club. His decision immediate effect and will not be on the bench for Sunday’s return leg against AshantiGold at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi. His resignation letter read: ”I write without any malice to inform you that I am tendering my resignation as ...

The vice president of Spain-based J.Garcia Carrion producers of Don Simon Multifrutas says his outfit has plans to tighten the football relationship between his country and Ghana. Lucianao Garcia-Carrion Corujo was in Ghana recently for a project and expressed the view that the football trade between Spain and Ghana can be enhanced. Corujo, who is of the fifth generation of ...

Maverick Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has alleged that the wife of the former President, Mrs. Lordina Mahama was receiving 82,000 US dollars as her per diem when NDC was in power. Mr. Mahama had purportedly said the current development where family members of President Akufo-Addo ...

Mr Annan made his first speech after his election as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the 51st Session, 88th plenary meeting of the General Assembly on December 17, 1996, at 3 p.m. in New York. His speech is reproduced below. “Mr President, respected Secretary-General — or rather, respected Secretaries-General, as I see my old boss, Secretary-General Pérez de ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has stepped up its supply of United States (US) dollars to meet daily demands for foreign exchange as global pressures and the exit of investors from emerging markets cause the cedi to depreciate. According to a source at the BoG, the central bank had sold $157 million to banks this month, while in August this ...