Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor’s hopes of arriving in Ghana this week have been dashed after being quarantined in Benin. The Togo international was put in quarantine on his way to Lome before the journey to Accra and will be locked up for 14 days as fight against the global pandemic coronavirus intensifies. Even though the former Manchester City ...

Hundreds of British nationals are trapped in Accra after the UK was forced to cancel a planned evacuation flight. A commercially chartered British Airways flight 78 was due to depart from the Ghanaian city on Monday to send some 360 British nationals home. The flight was asked to turn back to Ghana after three hours into its journey. Joynews reports ...

The Nkawkaw District Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Albert Kwasi Owusu has convicted Pastor of Kingdom of God Church who was arrested for holding Church Service Sunday despite the ban on public gathering to a fine of Ghc1,200 in default serves eighteen(18) months imprisonment in hard labour. The convict, Pastor John Jeremiah Addo, pleaded guilty to charges of ...

Former Ghanaian footballer, Charles Taylor has mentioned Stephen Appiah as the best player he played with in his career. The Ghanaian footballer who played for Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko said this when speaking on a interview on Tru 92.5fm eastern region based radio station. He said Stephen Appiah was not only good on the pitch but his ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong has promised to put the leader of International God’s Way Church, Daniel Obinim in jail. According to him, he has evidence to justify that the man of God is into money laundering. Ken Agyapong further threatened to submit all documents he has as evidence to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) ...

Education minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh has asked Ghanaians to stop moving around since the coronavirus needs humans to transmit. “The virus doesn’t move, it needs me and you to move. If you stop, the virus stops,” he said at a press briefing on the pandemic and government strategies. Meanwhile, twenty-five more cases of the deadly COVID-19 have been recorded, the ...

Enugu Rangers goalkeeper Nana Bonsu has disclosed that Ghanaian duo Sadiq Abubakar and Seidu Mutawakilu would have travelled with the recently deceased teammate George Ifeanyi had it not been the lockdown in Ghana due to the coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, Enugu Rangers forward Ifeanyi George passed away in a gory accident on Onitsha-Agbor-Benin expressway after his car bumped into a ...

Islamist insurgents have seized control of a key town in northern Mozambique, close to where foreign companies are working on a $60bn (£52bn) natural gas project. The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de Praia, taking a military base and raising their flag, police said. The army and police have launched a counter-offensive, police added. This is the first ...

Arsenal have advised their players, who were to resume training on Tuesday, to stay at home even though they completed their 14-day isolation period after manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for the Coronavirus. Arteta’s positive test forced the team to go into self-isolation, while the Premier League has suspended the soccer season until April 30. “As a result of the ...

The number of coronavirus cases in South Africa has jumped to 402 – the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. This means there’s been an increase of 128 since the last announcement on Sunday night. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation on Monday night about ways to prevent coronavirus from spreading any further. He is also expected to reveal ...