IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAlexander Lukashenko (left) met his main ally – Vladimir Putin – in Sochi Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Western outrage over the diversion of a Ryanair jet to the Belarus capital from where a dissident and his girlfriend were seized. During talks in the Russian resort city …

  A decomposing body of a Nigerian resident in Ghana has been found at Budumburan in the Central Region. The body was found in a wooden structure in which the deceased was residing. A resident in the area, Uncle Abeiku, told Nyankonton Mu Nsem that he had gone to rest …

  Deputy Superintendent of Police Samuel K. Azugu has reportedly been transferred from the National Security Secretariat at the Blue Gate into the National Operation headquarters of the Ghana Police Service. Citi News reports say they have confirmed the transfer but are unable to ascertain whether it has any link …

  A Police officer, Corporal Frederick Kwaku Dzemeki, has been arrested and faces sanctions for ‘insulting’ President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on social media. The officer stationed at Prampram was detained for misconduct by the Tema Regional Police Command after hurling insults at the President and his Vice during …

Two out of three cars, a trailer loaded with charcoal and Picanto caught fire at Akyem – Jejeti, a community near Nkawkaw along the Accra – Kumasi Highway, after one of the drivers carelessly overtook them. The incident occurred when the Picanto driver, from Accra’s direction was on high speed …

Former South African President Jacob Zuma accepted more than 700 bribes over the course of a decade before he was president, including cash payments from French arms company Thales, prosecutors alleged on the first day of Zuma’s corruption trial on Wednesday. Zuma, the president of Africa’s most developed economy from …

• Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa cannot comprehend why President Akufo-Addo will spend to hire Airbus ACJ320neo instead of using the Presidential jet • Akufo-Addo’s trip to Europe cost the country £345,000 • The North Tongu MP has filed an urgent question in Parliament to demand answers Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu MP …

  A high court in the South African capital of Pretoria has jailed a serial rapist and robber to on 988 years in prison. The National Prosecutor reported that Sello Abram Maponya bagged 988 years and 5 life terms; with the judge ruling further that sentences were not to run …

  • President Akufo-Addo recently travelled to Europe with Airbus ACJ320neo owned by Acropolis Aviation • The total cost of his 9-day trip is £345,000 • Nana Akomea has justified why Akufo-Addo hired an airbus for his recent foreign travel Several questions have been raised by Ghanaians and some politicians on why …

Social media has been inundated with a video of fire service personnel arriving at an emergency scene in a chartered taxi to douse flames at Akyem Begoro in the Eastern Region. The video has since sparked many reactions as the fire-fighting specialists arrived at the scene without their fire trucks …