Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II All the chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region are getting ready to visit the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in Accra to register their displeasure with a report on illegal mining by the security agency which indicts the Okyenhene. The secretary to Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, DM Ofori-Atta ...

The new Confederation of African Football (Caf) President, Ahmad, says he has refused to accept a salary from African football’s governing body. His election in March ended Cameroonian Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. “I’ve refused a Caf salary for the simple reason it doesn’t respect good administration,” he told BBC Sport. “The salaries of all Caf employees, from administrators to the ...

Massimiliano Colasuonno Taricone poses with Sulley Muntari The Honorary Consul of Ghana to Italy, Massimiliano Colasuonno Taricone played a key role in overturning the one match ban on Ghana and Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari. Muntari was handed a match ban after protesting racial chants and prejudice against him during Seria A encounter a week ago. The former AC Milan man’s ...

A well-connected and powerful Chinese woman who is into galamsey in the Ashanti Region has been invited for questioning by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Joy News has learnt. Asia Hwan alias Aisha, who also identifies herself as Yaa Asantewaa, has been invited in connection with some four Chinese nationals who were arrested over the weekend for engaging in an ...

Experienced Premier League striker, Ahmed Simba Toure and five others were named NASCO Man of the Match in their respective games over the weekend to scoop the NASCO Legacy X5 phones on offer for winners. Great Olympics’ Francis Atsu set the tone for the winners on Saturday with a commanding display in his team’s remarkable 2:0 win over Asante Kotoko ...

Emmanuel Macron has vowed to fight “the forces of division that undermine France” after easily winning the run-off election for the French presidency. The centrist candidate, 39, defeated the far right’s Marine Le Pen, winning 66.1% of the vote to her 33.9%. Acknowledging his victory, Mr Macron told supporters he wanted to ensure Le Pen voters “no longer have a ...

Chief Executive of Ghana Movie Awards, Fred Nuamah, has suggested that government should stop paying ‘blank levy’ moneys to film producers for the next two or three years and rather use the money to build cinema centres in the various districts across the country. Blank levy is a government-mandated system where some extra money is charged on the importation of ...

Brimah Kamoko has challenged heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua to step up to fight him immediately. Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku is absolutely confident he will achieve victory over undefeated Anthony Joshua should the British boxer agree to fight him. Joshua is yet to taste defeat having fought 19 professional fights with all victories coming by way of knockout. His latest win over ...

Kumawood actor and movie director Asare Bediako has disclosed some movie producers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region refused to work with him because he declared his support for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 polls. One such producer, he said, was Kwadwo Sarfo Tyson, the CEO of Peace and Love Productions in Kumasi. Mr Sarfo is ...

The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has petitioned the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a $2.25 billion bond issued by the government. DYMOG wants the Commission’s Hearing and Administrative Committee to investigate circumstances surrounding the raising of the Bond by the Ministry of Finance which it believes is shrouded in secrecy. The Ministry of Finance has come under ...