Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings into Paris St-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi. The proceedings are connected to an ongoing investigation into former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke. They relate to the sale of World Cup TV rights to Bein Sports, of which Al-Khelaifi is chief executive. Last year, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) said it was ...

A member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr Zakaria Mawiah has said government denied about 5000 prospective nursing students admission in order to restore the scrapped trainee nurses allowances. A host of government officials, including president Akufo-Addo converged at a lavish ceremony in Sunyani Tuesday to officially announce the restoration of the allowances which ...

Police in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos say they are investigating Davido, whose birth name is David Adeleke, over the circumstances leading to the death of his friend, Tagbo Umeike. A police spokesman told BBC News Pidgin that Davido is not considered a suspect at this stage, but confirmed that the afrobeats star had been called in for an interview, along ...

Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”), the parent company of mobile operator Tigo Ghana Limited, announced today it has completed the transaction announced on March 3, 2017, with Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the parent company of Airtel Ghana, to combine their operations in Ghana. The successful closing will see both companies hold equal ownership and governance rights in the combined entity. ...

Two persons including a staff of the Ghana Health Service are in the grips of the Volta regional Police command in Ho for engaging in an alleged forgery. This follows a complaint lodged against the two, Bright Paul Yebbi, 32, and Penidas Fordjour, 33, by the outgoing Regional director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Joseph Teye-Nuertey on Wednesday, October ...

Songstress, Mzbel born Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah doubts if Hiplife musician Castro, will ever return. The disappearance of hip life musician Theophilus Tagoe aka Castro and his friend Janet Bandu has raised concerns about whether they are alive or not, because all attempts to find their bodies have proven futile. The two who had been seen skiing without life jackets ...

A journalist with Rivers FM at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region has incurred the wrath of traditional leaders after he criticised them for not doing enough to secure the interest of youth in the area. Larry Saint was asked by the paramount chief of the area, Omanhene Tetre Akuamoah Sekyim, to kneel in the sun for over three hours ...

Deputy National Communications Officer on the ticket of the National Patriotic Party [NPP], Ekow Vincent Asefuah has described members of the largest opposition party as persons who do not learn from their mistakes. Rather they keep adding to their numerous wrong doings claiming and compelling others to take them as rights or privileges. “I get amazed when I come across ...

Broadcast Journalist Kojo Yankson has unreservedly apologized for prematurely concluding that the gas explosion at Atomic Junction on Saturday night was sparked by a fire lit by a kebab seller. In the aftermath of the explosion, the host of JoyFm’s super morning show, took to social media with what he believed to be a detailed chronological sequence of events leading ...

The Coalition of Concerned University Nursing Students of Ghana (CCUNSG) has commended the government for the restoration of the allowances for the trainee nurses in the country, but the group believes that the government was discriminatory in the exercise. A statement signed by Convener of the group, Nana-Kyei said: “We believe that the recent decision by government to re-introduce trainee ...