Former Chelsea stars Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are facing the prospect of imprisonment in Indonesia after their club Persib Bandung admitted it had not acquired work permits for the high-profile duo. Essien and cole were signed last month amid fanfare and made their respective debuts last Saturday in a 0-0 draw against Arema FC.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has directed Seven Sea Salt Company, the salt mining entity at the centre of the clashes at Adina in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region, to stop drawing underground water for its operations with immediate effect.

The campaign against illegal mining (galamsey) has begun bearing fruits, as some miners in the Western Region have voluntarily turned in their excavators. According to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, the government had so far received more than 75 excavators. "This is a good sign that the campaign against illegal mining across the country is yielding results," he said at the launch of the ‘Stop Galamsey Now’

Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, otherwise called galamsey, is not a witch-hunt of Chinese but a fight to stop wrongdoing and save the environment, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, says it was unfortunate for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to do politics on Easter Monday. According to him, by his action, Dr Bawumia has disturbed Christians in solemnly observing the day after Jesus Christ’s resurrection as such.

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government has saved the country $300 million by reviewing and prioritising some Power Purchase Agreements. According to him, 20 of such agreements have been cancelled, four others have been asked to continue, while the rest would be delayed by two or four years.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would today meet with the three former presidents of Ghana to tap into their experience on governance. The three former leaders, Messrs John Mahama, John Agyekum Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings are expected to discuss issues on the economy, security and other social political issues.

The National Democratic Congress has described the 100 days in office of President Akufo-Addo as a period of broken promises and insecurity.   According to the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Akufo-Addo government was on a path to “failure and would soon flip flop on many of its promises.”

A nationwide manhunt is under way in the US for the suspect who shot dead a grandfather on the street apparently at random and posted the footage. The suspect, Steve Stephens, said in another video post that he had killed 13 people and would kill more.

The immediate past Commissioner, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr John Vianney Kuudamnuru, has been “pulled out” of the service after 35 years of dedicated service. The pulling out ceremony, a symbolism of his retirement, came off last Friday at the Customs Headquarters in Accra. It started with a rifle display by a contingent of the Customs Division and climaxed with senior officers pulling a pick-up vehicle which carried

A 20-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student was killed overnight in the Carver neighborhood, adjacent to the university. Samuel Kwarteng, from Alexandria, Va., was shot and killed during an altercation off campus in the 1200 block of W. Moore Street, VCU President Michael Rao announced. Kwarteng resided in the 1700 block of Jacqulin Street, according to police, and the suspect charged with involuntary manslaughter resided at the Moore St. home.