Ghana Football Association vice president, George Afriyie, has officially announced his intention to contest the 2019 GFA Presidential Elections. The Liberty Professionals executive made his intention known to journalists at his 50th birthday celebrations on Friday night at his residence. Afriyie, who has been vice to Nyantakyi since 2015, becomes the second person to announce ... The post GFA

The Upper East Regional Branch of Groupe Ndoum’s (GN) Bank, has rewarded 50 of its customers to appreciate them for their loyalty to the bank. According to the Regional Manager of the bank, George Afari, the bank, which started operations in May 2009 with eighteen locations across the region, recognized the need to reward the ... The post GN Bank rewards 50 loyal customers in

The attorney general for the US state of Massachusetts is launching an investigation into alleged harvesting of Facebook profiles by a firm employed by Donald Trump’s election campaign. Investigations by the Observer and New York Times newspapers claim details from 50 million profiles were gathered without the users’ knowledge. The company, Cambridge Analytica, was suspended ... The post Trump

Ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has given memos about conversations he had with President Donald Trump to an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, US media say. They say the memos could support allegations that the president sought to obstruct justice. Mr McCabe was fired from the FBI on Friday following an ... The post Fired FBI man ‘gave notes to Russia probe’

The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced three armed robbers who attempted to rob a filling station at Abenkyim, near Anwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, to a total of 47 years’ imprisonment. Samuel Agyekum, 18, Boakye Ansah, 24 and Innocent Amoako aka Stonky, 19, pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and possession ... The post Petrol station robbers jailed 47 years

A group of residents from the Indian Ocean French island of Mayotte has been rounding up suspected illegal migrants and taking them to local police. The move targeted around 100 “foreigners, Comorans and Africans”, a member of the group told AFP. Protests against the economic crisis and illegal immigrants from the Comoros islands have paralysed ... The post French island residents

The Police at Ejura Sekyedumase in the Ashanti Region have arrested one person following an attack by some youth on the police station last Thursday. The Police told Citi News that the suspect, Imadu Sulemana, suspected to have masterminded and mobilized the youth has been detained at the Mampong Divisional Police Command to assist with ... The post One arrested over attack on Ejura Police

All faulty traffic lights in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region will soon be fixed. This is according to the Municipal Chief Executive, Joseph Amiyure. The municipality’s 47 traffic lights located on  major traffic intersections have not been functioning for the past five months causing chaos and inconvenience for both motorists and pedestrians. ... The post Bolgatanga:

The Ejurahene, Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has assured residents of Ejura that everything is going to be done to ensure there is justice for the families of the three students who were knocked down and killed in the area. Barimah Hwedie has also vowed to personally work with the Police and the courts until the ... The post Ejurahene urges calm after angry youth attacked

The Ghana Health Service has called for calm among the public following a reported case of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB) case in the country. It said there is no cause for alarm as it can assure the public that no further deaths will be recorded from the disease. The Ghana Health Service on Friday ... The post No cause for alarm over drug-resistant TB case

There are several people with integrity still within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), however the majority who wield influence within the party are without integrity. This is the belief of former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to the former President and NDC Founder, some media propagandists sponsored by individuals within the party deliberately twist ... The post NDC

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana has cautioned the public against purchasing possibly Listeriosis infected ready-to-eat (RTE) processed meat products produced by Enterprise Foods (a subsidiary of Tiger Brands Company), in Polokwane, South Africa. According to the FDA, the producers are confirmed by South African authorities as the people responsible for the outbreak ... The post FDA