Government between 1992 and 2012 paid judgement debts, totaling more than €85 million to Construction Pioneers (CP). This is in addition to a judgement debt payment of £7.3 million made within the same period. The said payments were as a result of the settlement of disputes and judgement debts between CP and the Government of ...

While the Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini reacted with horror after appearing to be bitten by the Uruguay striker Luis Suárez in their World Cup match, a handful of gamblers in Scandinavia were celebrating as their unlikely bet was paid out on. The online bookmaker Betsafe had been offering odds of 175-1 that the Uruguayan, twice ...

Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwo, aka Mama Gee, has finally reacted to the speculated affair between her and  Delta State-born politician, Michael Diden aka Ejele. The actress debunked the rumour and stated that she is not in any romantic relationship with any man at the moment, including the former Commissioner at Delta State Oil Producing Areas ...

A Kumasi-based prophet, Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah, says the Black Stars of Ghana will qualify from their difficult Group G for the Round of 16 at the ongoing World Cup in Brazil. His expectation follows a startling prophecy he delivered at a church service at his Believers Worship Centre at Kenyasi in Kumasi as far back ...

Wren Thomas grew up in the middle of the cornfields of central Illinois, longing, he says, to do something important in his life “to make his family proud.” So when a cousin beckoned him to come work on boats off Louisiana, he jumped at the chance. His goal: to be a ship captain, “the best ...

A security firm has reported uncovering evidence of cyber-thieves robbing more than 190 customers of a European bank. Kaspersky Lab said it had detected a computer server in January being used to co-ordinate an attack that appeared to have snatched more than 500,000 euros ($700,000; £400,000) over the course of a single week. The firm said it ...

There is a significant arms movement into the three northern regions, the Defence Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo, has said. He said intelligence picked up indicated that the arms were mostly from southern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo to the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions. Mr Woyongo has, subsequently, asked security personnel ...

The US says it is working with Sudan to ensure a woman freed from death row can leave the country, after she was detained at Khartoum airport. Meriam Ibrahim’s lawyer says she and her husband are being questioned over their travel documents. It is thought they were trying to fly to the US. She was ...