Owner of Kumasi-based King Faisal, Abdul Karim Grunsah, has asked government to pay all footballers in the country if it has dissolved the Ghana Football Association (GFA). His disagreement with government stems from the 1992 Constitution which recognises the FA as a private organisation giving it an autonomous status. “We are a registered association, so government can’t dissolve us just ...

Suspended Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide has said the embattled President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, run his mouth in “typical conman” fashion when he was engaged by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas who posed as a potential investor. “I believe Kwesi Nyantakyi, typical of a conman, was running his mouth and cajoling potential victims to part ...

Google has promised not to use AI for weapons, following protests over its partnership with the US military. A decision to provide machine-learning tools to analyse drone footage caused some employees to resign. Google told employees last week it would not renew its contract with the US Department of Defense when it expires next year. It has now said it ...

Leading figures of the National Democratic Congress on Friday conferred with some Muslim leaders at Aflao ahead of Saturday’s ‘Unity Walk’ in the Volta Region town. The team led by Ketu South MP, Fifi Fiavi Kwettey as well as other party executives donated some food items to the Muslim Clerics on behalf of the planning committee. They asked for Allah’s ...

A Fortnite player in Croatia has completed one of the game’s hardest achievements – getting back to its starting point. YouTuber OrangeGuy posted a video showing how he managed to reach “spawn island” where players gather before each round of the survival game starts. He reached the island using a massive bridge and one of the shopping trolleys recently introduced ...

The Ghana Armed Forces has dismissed four soldiers over their involvement in illegal operations in Wassa Akropong on May 30, 2018. The four are to serve 90 days in detention with “consequential penalties” after which they will be released from the Ghana Armed Forces having connived with individuals to extort money from illegal miners. One other soldier is to spend ...

Barely 48 hours after dismissing the head of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and her two deputies, the president, has announced Ms Afua Asabea Asare as the new Executive Secretary. Ms. Asare takes over from Gifty Klenam who was one of the casualties in the tall list of Chief Executive Officers dismissed by the president. A June 7 letter ...

The medical license of Dr. Windell Boutte, whose dancing operating room videos made her a YouTube sensation, has been suspended pending multiple malpractice allegations. “My daughter said it looked like a shark bit me,” Gloria Slater told Inside Edition, showing the scars on her abdomen from what was supposed to be tummy tuck. Another alleged victim, Mitzi McFarland, said she ...

The African Development Bank has approved a US$15 million senior loan to GHL Bank PLC., which focuses on mortgage finance to enhance its mortgage loan portfolio and help develop an effective, affordable mortgage finance sector. Ghana’s lower-middle and middle-income earners will now have greater access to long-term affordable mortgage finance. GHL Bank PLC was previously the only specialised mortgage finance ...

Hearts of Oak have terminated the contract of head coach Henry Wellington and goalkeeper’s trainer Jerry Adjei following the team’s disappointing showing in the first round of the Zylofon Cash Premier League. Wellington was appointed interim coach ahead of the start of the season after Scottish trainer Frank Nuttall was fired for unsporting and unethical behaviour. Head coach of U-20 ...