TOTTENHAM are gearing up for a late spending spree this summer with two players on Mauricio Pochettino’s radar. Tottenham are yet to sign anyone in the transfer window – the only Premier League club not to hand entered the market. Pochettino is focused on developing his current squad as Spurs seek to save funds to help pay off their new ...
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Tonto Dike reacts emotionally to allegation of borrowed car, cloths others
Tonto Dikeh has responded to Nollywood actress and producer Adaslim, who called her out for allegedly not returning the cloths and car she borrowed from her years back. In a post on her instagram, she narrated how Tonto made her lose two million Naira and never looked out for her for the five years she was in exile in New ...
Read More »Court orders release of Indian businessman
An Accra High Court Presided over by Justice Kwaku Ackaah Boafo has ordered for the release of the Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram, who has been in detention at the Airport for two days. The judge, however, ordered his passport be retained by the Ghana Immigration Service. Mr. Sivaram, the judge added, should report to the Immigration Service Tuesday August ...
Read More »Joshua ordered by WBA to face Ortiz
The WBA have ordered Anthony Joshua to defend his title against the Cuban Luis Ortiz. WBA, IBF and IBO world champion Joshua was linked to a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, but the Ukrainian’s retirement yesterday has prompted the WBA to make Ortiz the mandatory challenger for the Briton. “Both parties (Joshua and Ortiz) were duly notified that, as of 3 ...
Read More »Soldiers flatten 5 homes at Frafraha
Five houses have been demolished at Adentan Frafraha in the Greater Accra Region. The homes, flattened by bulldozers in the company of soldiers early Friday morning, included a four-bedroom facility, an uncompleted storey building and a single room. A church in the community is also said to have been downed. The soldiers said the land on which the buildings were ...
Read More »Ten things you can buy for the price of one Neymar
$262 million: That’s how much French soccer team PSG are set to pay FC Barcelona for Brazilian soccer star Neymar, if a transfer deal goes ahead. If it does, the trade would be more than double the previous record of $118m paid by Manchester United for French soccer player Paul Pogba last summer. It also swamps the sums being paid ...
Read More »Terror alert: No cause for alarm – Gov’t
The government of Ghana has called on its citizens to remain calm in the face of the terror alerts issued by the UK and Canada to their citizens residing in the West African country. Both Western nations have warned of imminent terror attacks on Ghana, and therefore the need for their citizens to be cautious with their movements in the ...
Read More »A dirty job that made a poor man filthy rich
Joseph Agyepong Siaw wanted to become a pilot or a marine engineer, but ended up selling school books on the street. He made his fortune from what everyone else didn’t want – with the help of tricycles from China. He may be one of the richest men in Ghana, employing 250,000 of his countrymen, but it all began in struggle. ...
Read More »Increase VAT by 1% to fund free SHS – IEA tells gov’t
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has made a recommendation to the government to increase the 17.5% VAT by 1 percent to cater for the free Senior High School (SHS) project. According to the Institute, the move will provide a sustainable source of funding for the project internally. The implementation of free SHS is expected to cost Ghana about 400 ...
Read More »Large fire rips through Dubai’s Torch Tower
A large fire has ripped through a residential skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates – for the second time in two years. Footage posted on social media showed flames spreading up the Torch Tower, and burning debris falling down. The authorities later said that civil defence workers “successfully evacuated” the building and the blaze was brought under control. ...
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