Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was “corrupt”. Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the “cup was fixed for Brazil”. He has also been fined $50,000 …

Hong Kong police have fired tear gas in confrontations with black-clad activists in a popular tourist district, as the Chinese-controlled territory was again rocked by anti-government protests. Officers with gas masks and shields on Saturday charged at hundreds of protesters who had surrounded a police station in the busy shopping …

A father of one of the three missing girls in Takoradi in the Western Region, Mr. Francis Bentum is urging Government to allow them to ask the suspected kidnapper, Samuel Udoetuk Wills whether their children are still alive or not. According to him, if they are not alive they will …

Families of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls have suggested that the hierarchy of Ghana’s security apparatus should resign if it is established that the human parts recently discovered by the Police are that of the missing girls. This follows announcement by the police that they have retrieved human parts in …

A canoe carrying 10 members of the Assemblies of God Church from Senchi to Old Akrade in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region has capsized on the Volta Lake. Six of the victims have been rescued while the four others were retrieved dead. They were returning from a Church …

A 17-year-old pupil at Tyelimhlophe Agricultural School in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape, has died after a fire engulfed the school’s hostel. The circumstances of how the fire started are still unclear. According to police, the pupil had been locked in the hostel by the matron. “It is alleged that a …

Ghanaian singer cum songwriter and the CEO of OGB music Ogidi Brown has cautioned and served a public notice to promoters and the general public that he will take legal action against whosoever would book Fameye for a show without booking him through OGB music. This comes following some misunderstanding …

The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, is coming across as playing smart over the scandal that led to the suspension of the concession agreement between the government of Ghana and the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Limited. On the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, he called for a full-scale Parliamentary probe into …

Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni has officially resigned from Multimedia Group Limited according to the journalist himself in a post a while ago. A statement announcing the decision reads “I wish to announce my resignation from The Multimedia Group. I thank management of company for the opportunity to work with …

Fighter jets of the Nigeria Air Force have bombed a Boko Haram hideout in Alafa area of Sambisa Forest, Borno State, killing scores of terrorists and destroying their structures. A NAF statement yesterday said the air strike was conducted on Thursday following intelligence reports that revealed the presence of the …