News Desk The late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan yesterday made his final journey to the world beyond in Gun Carriage from the International Conference Centre (ICC), where a solemn but classy state funeral service was held for him, to the new Military Cemetery at Burma Camp, in Accra. This was after Ghanaians from all walks of life-both high …

Fighting Galamsey: Gov’t Inspects Lands To Assemble Excavators   The Deputy Minister of Defence, Maj (RTD) Derrick Oduro has inspected parcels of lands across the country which have been designated to accommodate all earth-moving equipment in order to fix monitoring devices on them. The Inter Ministerial Committee on Fight Against Illegal Mining a fourth night ago held a press conference …

The Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has suspended 74 Referees, Assistants Referees and Retired Referees whose names came up in the recent Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposé. In a press release signed and issued by Kwao Sampson, Deputy General Secretary of RAG, the Referees, Assistants Referees and Retired Referees are provisionally suspended pending the final determination of their case by the …

Once again, Tiger Eye, PI, has reminded us of our greatest enemy, corruption. This time, the man at the centre is GFA Chairman, Kwasi Nyantakyi. Other names are in the shadows, waiting to be revealed. It seems that regardless of what is promised, corruption marches on. There have been coups– and executions– and new laws– and new Presidents. And yet, …

  By Adu Koranteng The Chief Executive of Ghana Height , Akwasi Boakye Osei , has petitioned the President, Nana Akufo Addo, to order Fidelity Bank to  release  all original documents  of the alleged  medium term loan agreements , other rental documents, withholding tax certificates, and receipts to the security services  to  facilitate public inspection in a bid to ascertain …

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Donald Trump he is “concerned” the US leader could unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Any decision on the contested city’s status must be “within the framework of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians”,Mr Macron said.   Earlier, similar warnings came from a number of Arab and Muslim nations. Reports say the US president will …

Russia has declared nine US media outlets, including Voice of America and Radio Liberty, to be foreign agents. The new law that makes it possible for foreign media to be declared foreign agents was rushed through the Russian parliament last month. It means the media outlets have to declare their source of funding.   The move is in retaliation for …

BBC – Police hunting the chief suspect in last Thursday’s Barcelona van attack have shot dead a man to the west of the city who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt, Spanish media say. The shooting is said to have happened on a road in the Subirats area. Earlier, police confirmed they were hunting for Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, suspected …

BBC – A group of jihadists carried out a series of attacks in and around the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing 15 people. The campaign of violence saw a van mowing down tourists and residents in Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas boulevard, and a car being driven into pedestrians in the popular seaside resort of Cambrils.   What happened? It was …

BBC – White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after fewer than 10 days in the post. The former Wall Street financier had drawn criticism after calling a reporter to give a profanity-laced tirade against his own colleagues. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and spokesman, Sean Spicer, both left their posts after Mr Scaramucci’s appointment. …