Ghana’s World Cup qualifier opponents; Egypt and Uganda will clash on August 31 but Coach Hector Cuper has heaped praise on Uganda Cranes defence ahead of their encounter. The Argentine whose side won 1-0 in the last minutes at the Afcon finals in Gabon early this year however says his technical team has taken notice on how Uganda play. “We ...

Controversial prophet has subjected reggae musician and President of the Ghana Music Council, Ekow Micah to vitriolic attacks after the latter claimed Jesus Christ smoked marijuana. According to Prophet Nicholas Osei popularly known as Kumchacha, the musician could incur the wrath of God for the blasphemous comment. The controversial musician in justifying why most Rastafarians smoked marijuana known in local ...

Former Trade and Industry Minister, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, appears to have made a u-turn about the issue of flagbearership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). He stated categorically last May that if former President John Mahama contests as NDC flag bearer for the 2020 presidential election, he (Spio-Garbrah) was not going to join the race. Now that it is becoming ...

FIFA said Thursday it was investigating Brazilian superstar Neymar’s complaint about an unpaid loyalty bonus from Barcelona in the increasingly bitter feud with his former club since his move to Paris Saint-Germain. A FIFA spokesman said the complaint was “pending and being investigated” and he could not comment any further. Barcelona are refusing to pay a 26-million-euro ($30.6 million) bonus ...

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has agreed a one-year deal to return to Manchester United, it has been confirmed today. Ibrahimovic broke the news by posting a picture on Twitter of him arm-wrestling a devil. Alongside the post he wrote: “I UNITED it @ManUtd.” Minutes later, it was confirmed by United and the Swede will wear the No.10 shirt at Old Trafford vacated ...

Authorities at SSNIT could face the law on causing financial loss to the state in a $66m contract to set up ICT infrastructure aimed at improving operations of the pension scheme. A legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has pointed out, the deal, whose contract has shot up from $34m to $72m ‘definitely seems like a case of causing financial loss to ...

About five thousand delegates of the New Patriotic Party are expected to converge in Cape Coast in the Central region for their annual Delegates Conference. This follows the organization of conferences in constituencies nationwide in fulfillment of the party’s constitution. This follows the organization of conferences in constituencies nationwide in fulfillment of the party’s constitution. The National Delegates conference will ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on churches to focus more on the young ones for a better future instead of channeling resources in the tertiary sector. With religious groups now concentrating on the tertiary sector in the provision of education, President Akufo-Addo has made a heartfelt appeal to the Presbyterian Church to take a look back to the ...

Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), straddles the northern states of Amapa and Para, and is thought to be rich in gold, and other minerals. The government said nine conservation and indigenous land areas within it would continue to ...

The constituency chairman of the NPP, Sulemana Zakaria, revealed that government had allotted 26 slots for in the school feeding programme for the area. He, however, revealed that as the DCE grabbed 12 of those slots to be given to deserving party faithfuls, minister for Gender and Women’s Affairs Otiko Afisah Djaba took 8 and the remainder was kept to ...