Turkey captain Arda Turan has announced his retirement from international football after he allegedly abused a journalist on the Turkish team’s plane. The 30-year-old Barcelona midfielder was reported to have verbally and physically abused Bilal Mese on a flight following a friendly against Macedonia in Skopje on Monday. Turan was kicked out of a training camp in Slovenia on Tuesday ...

Maseru- Lesotho’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane is poised to form a coalition government after his party won snap elections at the weekend and defeated the ruling alliance, official results released on Tuesday showed. Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) won 48 parliamentary seats and will form a coalition with three other parties to obtain the required 61-seat majority. The ABC ...

Three young Ghanaian ladies have become the talk of International News having been chosen among a list of 28 other young African ladies from 26 African Countries for this year’s Moremi Initiative Leadership and Empowerment Development (2017 MILEAD) Fellows. The 3 are Ms. Iris Kwafo-Mensah, Ms. Fafali Nyonator and Ms. Maame Darkwaa Twum Barima Ms. Iris Kwafo-Mensah’s selection is in ...

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul says Police report on the murder of Major Mahama is accurate insisting that there is no twist to the investigations conducted so far by the Police. “The military High Command is not hiding anything, the Ministry is not hiding anything, and the family is not hiding anything. I just feel we should allow the Police to ...

WAFA coach Klavs Rasmussen has made a mockery of Hearts of Oak claiming his side could have scored more in the 5-0 thumping of the capital club. Hearts suffered their heaviest defeat in league history as the Academy Boys clobbered them by five unanswered goals at the Red Bull Arena, Sogakope on Sunday. Hearts are yet to recover from the ...

Three candidates taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination in Sissala East have been reported dead. Nine others have also failed to take part in the ongoing exams for unknown reasons. This was disclosed by the Director of Education in the Sissala East district Leonard Ananobalong during a tour of the exam center in Tumu by the District ...

Government has indicated that it will ensure the Right to Information Bill is passed by parliament by the end of this year, 2017. According to the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful speaking at the launch of the open data conference in Accra told the media, “some progress has been made in this area and there is still a long way to ...

Highlife artiste Kwabena Kwabena is set to launch his biography dubbed ‘Past Days Ahead” on June 23, 2017 in Accra. The book tells an intimate biography of friends, relatives and Kwabena Kwabena himself recounts his journey from Bubuashie, a suburb of Accra to stardom and how his drive and perseverance were shaped by a disciplinarian father and a soft-spoken mother. ...

Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has opened the doors for a move to Arsenal in the summer, claiming that playing in the Champions League is not the most important yardstick for choosing his next club. The Gunners have been heavily linked with a move for the player in the last few windows but a concrete offer has never materialised from the ...

There was sporadic gunfire Monday, June 5, 2017 at troubled Sayeegu and Sambrik communities near Nakpanduri in the Northern region where a chief and his heir were killed over land dispute. The two communities were just recovering from a fresh violence in April where many people were killed and several properties destroyed. According to the Assembly member for Nakpanduri South, ...