A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion. He admitted defrauding German tax authorities of millions of euros. The former World Cup-winning Germany striker, 62, had kept the funds in a secret Swiss bank account. His lawyer had ...

The Minority in Parliament says Ghana will lose $85 million dollars if a commercial agreement between the Government and Bouygues Bartiment International to expand the Ridge Hospital in Accra for $306 million goes ahead. Parliament in February approved the agreement, clearing the way for the design, construction, procurement and installation of equipment for the rehabilitation ...

Survivors say dozens of gunmen on motorbikes in northern Nigeria have killed more than 100 villagers in an ongoing conflict over land. They say scores of people are fleeing on foot from four attacked villages about 110 miles (180 kilometers) west of Katsina city. Residents reached by telephone said the attacks began late Tuesday and ...

The family of the Bimbilla Naa in the Northern Region is accusing the Regional Minister and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the chaos in the area. Fighting broke out last week between two feuding factions in the area over the burial of the late Nakpaa-Naa Salifu Dawuni. The factions are the Naa-Andani family and ...

The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria on Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws. MEPs approved a non-binding resolution by a large majority which said that the two countries violated the Cotonou accord on human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. The European Commission, the EU’s executive ...

A Circuit Court in Accra on Thursday ordered the Police to send Paapa Nyaba, an ex-policeman who kissed an eight-year-old girl at Pokuase to the psychiatric hospital. Nyaba charged with indecent assault has however denied the offence. The court presided over by Ms Sedina Agbemava after giving the order admitted him to a bail in ...

The Chairman of the Council of State, Cecilia Johnson, has called on the Ministry of Roads and Highways (MRH) and other stakeholders to effectively monitor road construction projects to ensure that roads executed were of the highest standards. This she noted will save the nation huge amounts of money, while ensuring that good quality and ...

The Alliance For Accountable Governance (AFAG) is asking  the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission to abort the automatic price adjustment until the government fixes the economy. The group is bemoaning the current economic hardships Ghanaians are experiencing and the poor services being rendered to the public by utility providers. A statement signed by the leadership ...

Eleni, a private company positioned as the premier commodity exchange promoter in Africa, has announced on Thursday the formation of a private-public investment consortium to finance the establishment of the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). Investment consortium partners include Ghana’s top tier financial institutions, Data Bank Agrifund Manager Ltd, Ecobank Ghana Ltd, UT Bank Ghana Ltd, ...

Two Nigerians have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle 27 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa, popularly referred to  as ‘wee’. The suspects, Kingsley Ekezie Chima, 30, and Nicolas Ucheama Mbeagbu, 27, were arrested by personnel of the Narcotics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana ...

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, based on the directives of the Eastern Regional Security Council, have arrested one hundred and twenty-five (125) Nigeriens engaged in illegal mining activities in Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The exercise, which was conducted at five different locations within the Kyebi Zongo Township ...

In this ever changing competitive world, one needs to speak volumes without uttering a word, the knowledge to conquer limitations and how to start, sustain and survive in a chosen career or entrepreneurial field. Just Women, is an upcoming women career forum organized by 97.3 Citi FM to equip today’s woman with additional skills and ...