Politics has dominated the commemoration fo the 6th anniversary of the Marikana tragedy where police opened fire and killed 34 mineworkers who were involved in a strike to demand better wages. The total death toll from the violence, the bloodiest security incident in post-apartheid South Africa, was 44 with 10 people killed in clashes leading up to the August 15, ...

A soldiers’ mutiny in Nigeria. Troops from the special forces fired shots into the air on Sunday evening at the Maiduguri international airport, moments before their redeployment to Marte in Borno State. We speak to Don Okereke, a security analyst in Nigeria’s capital Lagos to give us more details regarding this mutiny. Source:Africanews.com Share on:

There have been several reports concerning the CEO Of Rufftown records, Bullet and the father of the late ebony Reigns, Opoku Kwarteng. It would be recalled that after the demise of Ebony, Bullet and Mr Kwarteng decided to organise a concert in memory of the departed songstress. Before the main event, Bullet took to his Facebook page to express his ...

The Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Linda Ofori-Kwafo, has been appointed as the first chairperson of the Office of the Special Prosecutor which has been established to tackle corruption. Mrs. Ofori-Kwafo, who is the representative of Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition on the nine-member board, was chosen by her other board members to chair their activities. Her appointment is in ...

Even before the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to the polls on December 7, 2018 to elect a flagbearer for the 2020 general elections, one of the contenders, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, appears to have thrown in the towel. The former Trade and Industry Minister is now saying that he would gladly accept to become former President John Mahama’s running mate, ...

It has emerged that Capital Bank collapsed because the bank’s major shareholder and promoter, William Ato Essien, flouted all banking and risk management rules by treating depositors’ funds and public funds as his personal cash. According to a report by Bank of Ghana (BoG) investigative team, Ato Essien, who allegedly floated two universal banks but all have gone under due ...

A Police officer, Lance Corporal Henry Lamptey, popularly known as Chaka, stationed in Tepa in the Ashanti Region, has been captured in a videotape brutalising a carpenter who is also domiciled in Tepa. According to reports, the carpenter, Kwabena Boateng, was assaulted by the officer and two police assistants, for delaying in completing a task given him. A local journalist ...

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos says former Germany team-mate Mesut Ozil was talking “nonsense” in his retirement announcement last month. Arsenal midfielder Ozil, 29, quit international football after Germany exited the World Cup in the group stages, citing “racism and disrespect”. “Mesut is a deserved international and as a player he deserved a better departure,” Kroos told newspaper Bild. “But the way ...

Real Madrid began life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with defeat in the first ever Uefa Super Cup derby as Atletico Madrid scored twice in extra time. Two excellent late goals from Koke and Saul sealed victory for Atletico after the game ended 2-2 in normal time. It was Real’s first match since Ronaldo signed for Juventus for £99m in the ...

The University of Ghana has rubbished reports that it has been slapped with a $160million judgement debt at an International court for unfairly terminating a contract started under the regime of the former Vice Chancellor Professor Ernest Aryeetey in 2014. In a statement, the country’s premiere university said the case has not been determined hence stakeholders should ignore “social media ...