Four people were arrested in Bastia on Monday as part of an investigation into violence which marred the Corsican team’s match against French Ligue 1 rivals Lyon, judicial sources said. A hardcore section of home fans at Bastia’s Armand Cesari stadium targeted Lyon’s players as they warmed up before the game on April 16, causing it to be delayed by ...

Deputy Health Minister Tina Mensah has revealed that moves are underway by government to revoke the bonding arrangement between trainee nurses and the government of Ghana. The comment by the Weija MP comes on the back of the protest being staged at the premises of the Health ministry by unposted midwives and psychiatric nurses. The nurses numbering over 900 slept ...

The authorities in Somalia have executed four men who were behind twin blasts which killed dozens of people in the south-western city of Baidoa in February 2016, military officer Major Nur Aden has said, Reuters news agency reports. The four, who were members of militant Islamist group al-Shabab, were sentenced to death in February by a military court which found ...

Pressure group, ‘The Alliance for Accountable Governance’, (AFAG), has petitioned the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the U.K against rewarding chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei with the 2017 Chatham House Prize. The EC boss was nominated in April by the award committee for her role in “ensuring a peaceful and transparent electoral process in Ghana in December ...

The request by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) for an extension of the deadline on the SSNIT biometric registration will not be granted, the deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng has stated. NAGRAT has been on a collision course with government following an announcement that teachers who defaulted in getting their biometric data captured by SSNIT would forfeit their ...

A pastor in Uganda has denied burning bibles, a pentecostal group has said. The National Fellowship Of Born Again Pentecostal Churches of Uganda (NFBPC) said it met Pastor Aloysious Bugingo on Sunday after becoming “greatly alarmed” by reports that he was “leading a campaign to burn Bibles”. A video emerged recently on social media of the pastor purportedly condemning the ...

AMG Business CEO Criss Waddle in a latest interview has disclosed people on social media disrespected Yvonne Okoro after he spoke about their friendship on radio. The Biegya hitmaker talking on Hitz FM talked about his label, his love life and music. Here is some highlights from the interview! Interviewer: What’s the ‘Letter To YO’ song about? Criss Waddle: It ...

Nairobi – Kenyan political parties have reportedly been given a five-day extension to nominate their candidates for the upcoming general elections in August, after a successful court ruling. According to BBC, the primaries must now be held by May 1, after a successful court challenge to extend the April 26 deadline. During the court challenge, the east African country’s political ...

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has revealed that one of the targets for new Black Stars Head Coach Kwesi Appiah will be to qualify the team to the World Cup in Russia 2018. The Stars have began their qualifying campaign to the world cup poorly only managing a point from their opening two games, and ...

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority says it is doing all in its power to take advantage of Tema Port’s strategic location in the maritime world. According to the General Manager of Personnel and Administration of GPHA, Kumi Adjei Sam, the port is being developed to position it as the centre of tourism on the continent. “The concept is that ...