Victor Sanchez may have preserved Real Betis’ LaLiga place for another season but after three consecutive defeats he has been sacked by the Seville-based club. Sanchez only replaced Gus Poyet in November but Monday’s 4-0 drubbing at struggling Leganes condemned Betis to their sixth league loss in eight matches. Betis have turned to former captain Alexis Trujillo for the final ...

Benghazi – Forces loyal to a powerful Libyan general say they have lost 17 fighters in their two-day push to clear central parts of Benghazi from Islamists and their allies. Riyadh al-Shahiebi, of the special forces media office, said Tuesday that troops loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter have entered the Souq al-Hout and Sabri areas, but their advance has ...

The Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party Daniel Bugri Naabu has retracted his unsavoury comment against the Upper East Regional Minister Rockson Bukari and has since apologised. “I write to sincerely and unreservedly retract wholly my comment about your client in an interview I granted Accra-based Radio XYZ. I note, most regrettably that those rather, unfortunate comments have ...

A former defense minister Dr. Addo Kufuor has been appointed to head a 10-member committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to undertake an independent review of the 2016 elections. The Addo Kufuor Committee has been given six weeks to submit its report to the leadership of the party through the General Secretary. The Committee is also to: To ...

Under the Access Bank flagship women empowerment programme, the ‘W’ Initiative, women entrepreneurs are set to begin an industry first Female Leadership Programme in partnership with FMO, the Dutch Development Bank. The maiden edition of this one-week leadership journey will bring together female leaders in finance from across the world to work alongside customers and staff of Access Bank in ...

Harare –The first batch of the 300 cattle donated by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to the African Union (AU) in 2016 has been auctioned in the southern African country’s capital Harare, a report says. According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, the official figure for the auction was not yet available but it was believed that at least 100 plus cattle ...

Former Ashanti Regional Minister John Alexander Ackon has been cited for ordering police in the region to release 4 seized excavators and a Toyota Hilux Pick up to “Galamsey Queen” Aisha Haung A letter from the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council dated August 16, 2016 and signed by one Kofi Dwomoh Asubonteng, Regional Coordinating Director and Secretary to the Regional Security ...

Hiplife artiste, Emmanuel Botchway, known by his stage name Kwaw Kese, has revealed that artiste beefing is a healthy thing in the music industry. His comment comes on the back of his feature on Shatta Wale’s ‘Allo Life’, produced by Williesbeatz which appeared to be a surprising hit song to many considering the fact that the two are known to ...

Tunis – Tunisia’s president has taken the unusual step of ordering the army to protect businesses struggling because of weeks of protests over unemployment and corruption. President Beji Caid Essebsi announced on Wednesday in Tunis that “the state must protect the people’s resources” after protests in Tunisia’s impoverished inland provinces in recent weeks. Sit-ins and other demonstrations have blocked roads ...

Former Minister of Sports Hon. Nii Lante Vanderpuye has revealed that he tried negotiating with the GFA to ensure the return of suspended Ghana international Sulley Muntari. Muntari along with Kevin Prince Boateng were indefinitely suspended from the team after the infamous incident at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The midfielder was sent home after what the GFA ...