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Sports Minister Kofi Adams wants stronger punishments for people who break rules at football stadiums. Violence stopped a Ghana Premier League game between Basake Holy Stars and Nations FC during Matchday 33. Nations FC players ran onto the field to protest a second penalty kick given to the...

Charles Kwabla Akonnor never wanted Otto Addo fired after Ghana missed the Africa Cup of Nations. The former Black Stars coach said he supported keeping Addo during the team crisis. Ghana failed to reach AFCON for the first time since 2004 after finishing last place during qualifiers. Fans...

Former Black Stars coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor thinks Otto Addo struggled during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Ghana finished last place during the qualifying rounds and earned three points from six games. The team managed three draws and three losses across all matches. Many fans...

Southampton honored Ghana winger Kamaldeen Sulemana as their PFA Community Champion for 2024/25. The 23-year-old player earned recognition for his outstanding work helping people off the field. Meg Collett received the same award for the women's team. Saints Foundation Managing Director Sam...

Bruno Fernandes turned down a massive offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal to stay at Manchester United. The Portuguese midfielder received a 100 million pound bid and weekly wages of 700,000 pounds from the Middle Eastern team. Al-Hilal's president contacted Fernandes about one month ago to...

Top tennis players Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek will face each other at the French Open. Sabalenka beat Chinese player Zheng Qinwen 7-6, 6-3 during windy conditions Tuesday. Swiatek defeated Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the semifinals. The Belarusian player took over the world...

Charles Bissue will face court again on June 10 for his trial about illegal mining corruption. His partner Thomas Andy Owusu already received punishment after admitting guilt Wednesday. The Accra High Court accepted a deal that let Owusu avoid a longer trial. He paid fines and gave money back to...

Thomas Andy Owusu faces punishment for taking bribes during illegal mining deals. The court found him guilty Wednesday after he agreed to plead guilty under special prosecutor rules. Owusu worked as an aide to NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako. He helped people skip official...

Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson told lawmakers the cedi will stay strong against other world currencies. He said the Ghana Gold Board sends foreign money directly to the central bank to build up reserves. The government wants to lower inflation and create more jobs for people. Forson spoke...

Police caught Awudu Mahama Medi after he killed Sido Musah at a mining site. The crime happened Saturday at Akukuso near Kwabeng. Officers from Eastern South Regional Command arrested Medi for the murder. He remains locked up as detectives work on the case. Police plan to move the body to Police...

King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II thanked Victory Baptist Church for helping him during his student years. The Ga Mantse spoke at the church's 40th anniversary celebration on May 31 at Ayigya. He praised the church for supporting him and many others throughout the decades. The king honored church...

Two gym teachers received bail after police found drugs at their workplace. Elvis Owusu Yeboah and Joseph Godsway must pay 600,000 Ghana cedis to stay free during their trial. Officers from the drug control agency raided the Kuntunse Satellite gym on April 14. They discovered 339 packets of...

A new study shows voters want Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang and former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to face off during 2028 elections. GIMPA and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung asked 16,988 people from all regions about their voting choices. Most people surveyed work as traders, artisans...

A truck killed a six-year-old girl Monday near Takoradi. The child attended Freeman Methodist Basic School and was crossing a road after classes ended. Western Transport Service owned the truck that struck her. Three other students were walking with the girl when the accident happened. Two older...

Ghana's human rights watchdog wants government help to finish its new computer system. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice bought equipment but cannot connect it to regional offices. They need a tech expert to link all locations together. Commissioner Joseph Whittal said...

Armed robbers killed a fuel station manager during a dawn attack on May 26 at Radiant Fuel Station. The victim was Kwabena Owusu, age 39, who had worked at the Mpasatia location for nine months. Gunmen struck early morning and fired multiple shots before escaping with weekend cash sales. Local...

Bernard Antwi Boasiako must visit the Economic and Organised Crime Office today. People call him Chairman Wontumi. He leads the New Patriotic Party for the Ashanti Region. Police arrested him on May 27 and kept him locked up for several days. A judge let him go free on Monday after he paid 50...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor cleared Owusu Andy Thomas of all bribery and corruption charges. Thomas faced nine charges total, with six related to corruption. The charges came from a 2019 investigation about illegal mining operations. A journalist named Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposed the...

Police Chief Christian Tetteh Yohonu has ordered officers to stop armed robbers attacking people on roads near Donkorkrom and Afram Plains. Local resident Jones Ofori-Atta asked for help after criminals kept robbing travelers. The attacks have hurt business and made people afraid to travel...

NVIDIA Chief Scientist Bill Dally says Huawei steals engineers from his company inside China. Former NVIDIA workers help Huawei build software programs for Chinese technology projects. US trade restrictions against China created opportunities for local companies to hire skilled computer experts...