Eight Kenyan police officials were killed in the eastern part of the country on Sunday after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device planted by Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group, police said. Al Shabaab is fighting to topple Somalia’s government, establish their own rule based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law and drive out of the country peacekeepers deployed ...

The National House of Chiefs have called on government to maintain the ban on illegal mining. President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV made the call at a sensitisation workshop for traditional authorities on illegal mining in Accra on Monday, 18 June 2018. The traditional leader noted that the harmful effect of galamsey requires that the ban ...

Russia got their World Cup campaign off to a dream start with a 5-0 thumping of Saudi Arabia but face an entirely different beast in the form of Egypt, who should be revitalised by the return of their talismanic striker Mohamed Salah. The hosts face the north Africans in St Petersburg on Tuesday and defeat would almost certainly condemn Egypt ...

Members of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values is embarking on a three-day fasting and prayer against homosexuality in Ghana starting June 28. The coalition, led by law lecturer Moses Foh-Amoaning, is made up of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists, strongly opposed to the practice and legalization of Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in ...

The former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has disclosed plans to sue BBC, ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Tiger Eye PI over the number 12 undercover documentary. According to spokesperson to the former President, Dr. Martin Luther Obeng, lawyers of Mr. Nyantakyi have been advised to also petition the British Parliament over BBC’s sponsorship ...

Songstress, Mzbel has confessed that President John Dramani Mahama’s defeat in 2016 has affected her music. Mzbel was an instrumental figure in the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) campaign in the lead up to 2016 general elections. However, the political party could not retain power and was booted out by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by President Nana Addo Dankwa ...

Embattled former head of the defunct Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has defended himself against allegations of corruption following the “Number 12” revelation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas and vowed to take legal action against the Tiger eye PI team and Anas. In a press statement in reaction to the investigative report by Anas and his Tiger eye PI team ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority says suggestions that cost of producing the Ghana Cards is too expensive is resulting from a lack of proper knowledge on the issue. According to Prof Ken Attafuah, the cards being produced by the National Identification Authority (NIA) are of world-class quality and cannot be compared to any other cards in the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED’s transfer plans are under threat from Juventus as the Italian giants join the race to sign Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Manchester United are understood to be interested in Lazio midfielder Milinkovic-Savic, who is available for £87.5m (€100m). Lazio would prefer to keep their star midfielder but know cashing in on his now would generate a huge cash injection. A deal ...

The Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana is warning that, Bishop Daniel Obinim is operating with ‘demons’. The PRO for Hare Krishna says Obinim’s ‘Nimokafrim, Ay3t3fr3m’ are dwarfs and not angels as he claims The Director of Communications for Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana, is warning those mocking self-acclaimed angel, Bishop Daniel Obinim to quit because he has the ability to ...