Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, has admitted in court to defrauding Germany’s tax authorities of 18m euros (£15m; $25m). Prosecutors had earlier accused him of evading a far smaller sum of 3.5m euros in taxes and are seeking a jail term. The former World Cup-winning German international footballer, 62, kept the ...

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has rendered an apology to the nation for its inability to notify Ghanaians of the rainstorm which marred the 57th Independence Celebrations in Accra ahead of time. According to a statement signed by the Director General of the Agency, Group Captain Stephen Komla (rtd), the agency apologised, especially to the President ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is under pressure from some business groupings to relax its directives meant to discourage the use of forex in the country and stabilise the weakening Cedi against the major trading currencies. Although the bank had previously clarified the directives, which it issued in the wake of a consistent depreciation of ...

Controversial afro-pop artiste Wanlov Kubolor has professed that Ghanaian politicians, in­cluding the President, are thinking about their individual benefit and not the nation. He said the NPP and the NDC, the two main political parties, are busily playing table tennis with the people of Ghana. Speaking on Radio Universe in Accra, the award winning Afro-pop mu­sician ...

Professor Azumah Nelson, a retired professional Ghanaian Boxer, was involved in an accident at Odorkor on the Kaneshie-Mallam road Saturday night. Professor Nelson, the former two-time WBC featherweight champion, according to infor­mation gathered, was severely injured and is currently on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receiving treatment. Eyewitness account indicat­ed that Professor Nelson, who ...

The policeman involved in last Saturday’s shooting incident at the Derby Avenue branch of Cal Bank has been detained. This is to enable investigations into the incident which involved the policeman and a customer of the bank. Corporal Bernard Frimpong, is said to have fired his AK 47 rifle at the banking hall repeatedly following ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command headed by DCOP Kofi Boakye has apprehended 35 suspected criminals at separate swoops in Kumasi; a strong indication that the law enforcement agents are firmly in control of the secu­rity situation in the area. The police have also declared 20 people, believed to be notorious hoodlums terrorizing innocent people in ...

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has advised the chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from commenting on issues of corruption in Ghana. “Advise Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey not to comment on corruption in this country at all. This should be his last time of commenting on ...

The Executive Director for African Parliamentarians Network against Corruption, Daniel Batidam has described the corruption allegations made against Members of Parliament by the MP for Nadowli/Kaleo,  Alban S.K. Bagbin, as   an inconvenient truth. “What has Mr. Bagbin said that has not been said before or that we don’t know about? What he said is ...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has announced that it has set up a new committee to search for new Board members. The-seven-member search Committee consists of two former chairmen (Mr. Gervais Djondo and Chief Philip Asiodu), two representatives of the current board and three shareholder representatives. The Committee has been established as part of the detailed ...

Eight of the eleven Ghanaian athletes who started University in the US barely 8 weeks ago participated in the US Junior College National Championships in New York this past weekend. Six of these young athletes who formed the nucleus of Ghana’s World Junior Championships team won seven gold medals and national titles, five silver medals, and ...

The Commission of Inquiry established by the President to enquire into judgment debt payments and other related matters will resume public sittings on March 24, 2014. The Commission will now hold its sittings at its new location – the former officers of the Constitutional Review Commission, #16, 5th Link Cantonments opposite the American Embassy Roundabout, Accra. ...

Outgoing Volta regional minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo has pledged his administration’s support for the implementation of the capitation payment method in the region. The Minister made the comment when a team from the National Health Insurance Authority called on him at his office to brief him on preparations towards rolling-out the payment method in the ...

Citi Sports can confirm that Jerry Asare, a member of the Asante Kotoko Board, has passed on. Sources close to the club confirmed the news to Citi Sports on Monday and said the late Asare had been unwell for quite sometime before his demise. He was reported to have flown outside the country for treatment ...

Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman will miss the World Cup in Brazil in June after tearing cartilage in his left knee. “I can just imagine how disappointed he must be,” coach Louis van Gaal told Dutch media after Strootman was injured in AS Roma’s 1-0 defeat at Napoli in Serie A on Sunday. “Kevin was in ...

Tension is brewing at Tumu, the capital of the Sissala East District following the continuous delay by President John Mahama to nominate a District Chief Executive for the area. Various political factions in the district, especially the Member of Parliament’s camp and a faction from the constituency executives are at each other’s throat with each ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of failing to provide credible policy alternatives to advance the development of the country. A statement signed by the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia described the NPP’s response to the President’s state of the nation address as offering “little ...

The Officer in-charge of Fisheries Law Enforcement and Education at the Aiyinase Marine Police Training School, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Addae, says light fishing is still being practiced in some coastal communities in the Western Region despite being outlawed by Parliament. He said last year, the Marine Police Unit at Aiyinase in the ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it has significantly reduced the cases of adulteration of petroleum products by about 78%. According to the NPA this was as a result of the introduction of the Petroleum Product Marking Scheme last year. The scheme is a system that allows the NPA to identify adulterated products on the ...

The Deputy Western Regional Minister, Alfred Ekow Gyan has entreated health practitioners to be guided by their professional vows in the discharge of their duties at all times. Mr. Gyan was speaking at the annual performance review meeting of the Western Regional Ghana Health Service. The performance review meeting assembled district directors, their management team, ...