Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Tuesday arrived in the southern Africa nation from Spain, the first time he has returned home since retiring, the state press agency said. Dos Santos left the country in 2019 after handing the reigns over the previous year, to President Joao Lourenco, who has since targeted the former first family in an anti-graft ...

It has come up that over 50 foreign coaches have put in their applications for the vacant Black Stars coaching job. The hot seat has become vacant after the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and its Executive Council relieved CK Akonnor of his post on Monday evening following uninspiring supervision of Black Stars’ FIFA 2022 World Cup campaign. Consequently, the FA ...

Chief Marketing Manager of Twellium Industrial Company Limited, Ali Ajami, has said he and his outfit believe in alms giving, a key feature on the company’s calendar, hence their support for Team Ghana for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He said the gesture goes beyond the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility policy, and has as a result promised the team (all ...

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has postponed two papers in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The reason for postponing the physics and business management papers which were expected to be written today, 15 September 2021, is unknown. However, there are reports that the papers may have leaked. “A new date for the rescheduled papers (Physics ...

The misunderstanding between dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale and Sadiq Abdulai Abu has taken a new twist with the CEO of 3Music Awards allegedly threatening to physically handle the controversial dancehall act. “If I see you physically huh…You wale I go (will) beat you,” a voice purported to be that of Sadiq said in a leaked audio in circulation. The audio ...

The High Court in Accra has granted bail to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the founder and general overseer of Glorious Word Ministry International in the sum of GHC200,000. He is also to produce two sureties aside the bail sum. This was after his lawyer Garry Nimako moved the bail application before the court presided over by Justice Comfort Tasiame. Reverend ...

Brazilian legend Pele says he feels ready for “90 minutes plus extra time” after leaving intensive care. The 80-year-old had surgery to remove a tumour from his colon at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. The three-time World Cup winner has been having treatment at the hospital since 31 August after the tumour was detected in routine tests. “I ...

A search process to find a new Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Tullow Oil Plc will be launched and is expected to conclude in the first quarter of 2022, the oil giant has said in a statement. Les will remain CFO and an Executive Director of Tullow throughout the current reporting cycle and is expected to leave the Group at ...

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that ECOWAS tried on several occasions to stop Guinea’s deposed President Alpha Conde from usurping that country’s constitution to seek a third term. Addressing journalists at a Press Conference on Wednesday, Ayorkor Botchwey said claims that ECOWAS stood aloof and failed to prevent Mr Conde from going ahead to change the ...

Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Prof. Vladimir Antiw-Danso has warned the European powers against imposing the rights of homosexuals on Ghana. He cited an instance where he was provoked by former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon for advocating the rights of homosexuals at a forum designed to address food insecurity in Africa. Prof Antwi-Danso ...