Galatasaray have admitted that they would be powerless to prevent Wesley Sneijder leaving if they receive an offer of 20million euros (£16million). The Holland international has been strongly linked with a move to Manchester United this summer following the appointment of Louis van Gaal as the Premier League club’s manager. Van Gaal saw his Netherlands ...

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says two of his players refused to take the first penalty in their World Cup semi-final shootout defeat by Argentina. Defender Ron Vlaar stepped up but Sergio Romero – a player who was “taught how to stop penalties” by Van Gaal at AZ Alkmaar – saved his kick. Argentina won ...

The Bank of Ghana has revealed that the country’s public debt including both domestic and external debt hit 58.4billion cedis at end of March this year. This is a leap from the GH¢52.1 billion recorded at the end of December last year. The new figure represents 55.4 percent of GDP. Of the total, the domestic ...

Sergio Romero inspired Argentina to a 4-2 victory over the Netherlands on penalties and FIFA World Cup™ Final place for the first time in 24 years. After 120 goalless minutes in Sao Paulo, the 27-year-old repelled Ron Vlaar’s spot-kick before making a stunning save from Wesley Sneijder to send La Albiceleste into a showdown with ...

President John Dramani Mahama has said the nation’s economy will grow in spite of current challenges. Government has been criticized for the rising inflation rate, high budget deficit, tax evasion, corruption in public institutions and other challenges facing the country. But speaking at the Global Leadership Training forum, President Mahama was optimistic Ghana’s economy will ...

I am on a morning run to Korle Bu hospital, my sixth run so far to give a basket of fruit to Arnold, a bosom buddy recuperating from minor surgery. I have come to understand why everything is so underserved in this hospital, stories of horror float in the car park making the trip to the ...

Three Nigerians, one of them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly possessing forged Ghanaian passports. Though the passports bear Ghanaian names; Emmanuel Kwafo, Richard Bioh and Cindy Ayim, officials of the Document Fraud Expertise Centre of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), found out that the names were not the actual identities of the suspects. ...

Citi Business News has learnt that all 28 universal banks in Ghana will for the first time, be available for selection in the 13th edition of the Ghana banking awards. Some banks in previous years were not involved in the annual event following complications with the criteria for selection. The awards scheme based on both ...

The 45th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of States and Government starts Thursday in Accra with the menace of Ebola virus expected to feature prominently on the agenda. Explaining the agenda for the session, Director of Communications at the Flagtsaff House, Ben Dotse Malor said all member states have confirmed ...

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pleaded no contest to misdemeanour vandalism in connection with the egging of his neighbour’s home and has been sentenced to two years’ probation. California’s court also ordered him to pay $80,900 (£47,160) in damages, serve five days of community service and complete an anger management programme. Bieber, 20, was ...

Members of the Teachers Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have threatened an indefinite strike. According to them, if the management of the college does not pay their market premium owed them since 2013; they will lay down their tools. ...

Google Glass has been hacked so that it can be controlled by brainwaves. By combining the smart glasses with an electroencephalography (EEG) headset, the software makes it possible to take a picture without moving a muscle. London-based start-up This Place said the tech could be utilised in high-pressure hands-free situations – such as during surgery. ...

Piracy off Somalia’s coast would fall sharply if the country’s economy was more developed, a study says. Local elites and communities in remote areas protect pirates because they lack an income, it adds. Foreign navies have a strong presence around Somalia in order to keep shipping lanes safe. This has led to a decline in ...

The wheels of the Damon Albarn tour bus keep spinning and Ghanaian rapper M.anifest continues to thrill thousands with his electrifying appearances on set with Damon Albarn. M.anifest enters the last leg of his European sojourn and is preparing to rock the Days Off festival in Paris Wednesday evening. The rapper joined the Damon Albarn ...

The Ghana Chamber of Pharmacy will cut its supply of drugs to health insurance service providers who depend on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay for their drugs effective August 1, 2014, Spokesperson for the Chamber, Ernest Owusu Aboagyen has said. Speaking on Eyewitness News,  Ernest Owusu Aboagye said members of the chambers cannot continue to ...

Kpando Heart of Lions have begun their preparations for the new local football season. The club qualified for the CAF Champions League for the first time in its history and they will be competing in the First Capital Plaus Premier League and the MTN FA Cup in addition and according the club’s spokesperson, Eric Collins ...

The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided today, 9 July 2014, to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect, on account of government interference. Article 13, par. 1 and article 17, par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes oblige member associations to manage their affairs independently and with no influence from third parties. The decision follows a letter sent ...

Motorola faces the prospect of being forced to remove its handsets from sale in Germany and to recall phones already bought by business customers. A local court has ruled that the antennas used by the Google-owned business infringe a patent owned by a German laser specialist. The firm, LPKF, now has the right to block ...

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD)has asked motorists to park their vehicles and take public transport ahead of a two day ECOWAS meeting in the country. The show discussed the issue and spoke to the Director General of Public Affairs Department of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP David Ampah Banin who revealed major roads ...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased the policy rate from 18 percent to 19 percent. The Committee attributed the increase to domestic fiscal pressures such as exchange rate fluctuations, price volatility and weakening of some global economies resulting in limited capital inflow. The Policy rate indicates the rate at ...