Author: Krobea

Newcastle United clinched the Championship title with victory over Barnsley, after Brighton conceded a late equaliser at Aston Villa. Ayoze Perez, Chancel Mbemba and Dwight Gayle scored in a comfortable victory, but it was Jack Grealish’s 89th-minute goal which sealed the Magpies’ title. Perez’s flicked finish made it 1-0, before Mbemba smashed in to double the lead from a Perez rebound. Gayle added a late third before Grealish’s goal handed them the title. It was a comfortable win for Rafael Benitez’s side – yet it looked like it would not be enough to seal top spot, after Glenn Murray’s penalty…

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has left for the United Kingdom for a “follow-up medical consultation with his doctors”. President Buhari left Sunday night, having transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Represntatives in compliance with the country’s constitution. “[President Buhari] had planned to leave Sunday afternoon, but decided to tarry a bit, due to the arrival of 82 Chibok girls who arrived Abuja earlier in the day,” a statement issued by Special Advisor Femi Adesina said. “The President wishes to assure all Nigerians that there is no cause for worry,” the statement on Sunday added.…

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Micro and Small Loans Center (Masloc), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, has pledged her full cooperation with the investigation of her tenure by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). The Office on Thursday, May 4 officially wrote to Mrs Attionu, requesting information pursuant to Section 19 of Act 804/10. She was directed to meet report at the Office on Monday, May 8 at 10:00am. But lawyers of Mrs Attionu say she has been out of the country for some time now “on an important family assignment”. “She has committed to full cooperation, without prejudice,…

A law in France banning the use of unhealthily thin fashion models has come into effect. Models will need to provide a doctor’s certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index (BMI) – a measure of weight in relation to height. The health ministry says the aim is to fight eating disorders and inaccessible ideals of beauty. Digitally altered photos will also have to be labelled from 1 October. Images where a model’s appearance has been manipulated will need to be marked photographie retouchée (English: retouched photograph). A previous version of the bill…

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture will on Monday, May 8 begin a nationwide tour to meet stakeholders over the government’s flagship programme in the sector, Planting for Foods and Jobs. The tour will involve all the ministers in the sector and it will take eight days. A release from the Ministry signed by Issah Alhassan, Press Secretary to the sector minister, said: “The move forms part of efforts by the Ministry to sensitize the public and also holds broader base consultation on how to achieve the objective of increasing food production and creating jobs for the teeming youth of…

The Ministry of Finance says it is reducing remittances charges to 5 per cent. According to the World Bank’s Send Money Africa report, Ghana remained one of the most expensive countries to send remittances to, with over 12 per cent charges on a $200 remittance. Remittances from Ghanaians working overseas to their families back home dropped last year for the second consecutive time, to US$1.92 billion amid moderation in global economic growth that reflects the slowdown in China’s growth prospects and falling oil prices. According to figures provided by the Bank of Ghana, the record of individual remittances through banks…

The governments of Ghana and Burkina Faso have pledged to work towards strengthening the ties of co-operation that exist between them, after the Presidents of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the current state of the relations between them.  In a joint communiqué issued at the end of the 2-day official visit to Burkina Faso by President Akufo-Addo, it was resolved that the two countries reinforce their co-operation in the areas of railway transport, road transport, agriculture, water, security, trade, works and housing and energy. To realize an increase in the movement of goods and persons, and the corresponding economic…

The Italian Football Federation, FIGC, has upheld an appeal against the one-match suspension of Pescara’s Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Ali Muntari. Muntari walked off during his side’s 1-0 loss at Cagliari last weekend after he had complained of racial abuse to the referee. His complaint to referee Daniele Minelli rather saw him being Yellow-carded. FIGC later decided not to sanction Cagliari fans, claiming those who made the chants were too few to warrant any sanctions. But on Friday, following world-wide condemnation, the FIGC’s Corto Sportivo d’Apello overturned the former Inter Milan, AC Milan and Udinese man’s ban. He will, therefore, be…

The two candidates hoping to be France’s next president are making a final push for votes on the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron – who has a substantial lead in opinion polls – is visiting the southern city of Rodez. His far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, was heckled as she arrived at Reims cathedral, in northern France. Mr Macron said that he had already decided who his prime minister would be, if he were elected on Sunday. The former economy minister implied that the person themselves did not know. His prime minister would reflect the…

A University of Kentucky student in the US has been charged with burglary after crawling through air ducts to steal an exam paper from the tutor’s office. Henry Lynch II’s luck ran out when his tutor, who had been working extremely late, surprised him – and an accomplice – when he came back to his office. It happened at about 02:00 on Wednesday, a university spokesman said. Fellow student Troy Kiphuth has also been charged. The duo will go before a judge next month. According to Jay Blanton, the university spokesman, Mr Lynch, a 21 year-old biosystems engineering student, had…