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Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey has confirmed he has taken a stake in Spanish third division side Alcobendas Sport, making him a part owner of the club. The Atletico Madrid star and three of his associates acquired the stakes in the club to follow a growing trend of footballers digging their hands into ownership pies early. Partey confirmed the news after his visit to the club over the weekend. One of Partey’s representatives and a son of the club’s main shareholders, Jose Jose Jiminez, confirmed Partey’s involvement too. “Well, we were offered this possibility and we found it an interesting project…

David Accam has dislodged his Columbus Crew teammate and countryman Jonathan Mensah as the highest earning Ghanaian in Major League Soccer, according to new figures released by the MLS Players Association. The forward joined Crew last season on an annual income of just above $1 million as base salary. But it jumps to $1,137,920 while Mensah remains on $800,000 a year as base salary though that also rises to $897,000 with guaranteed compensation factored in at the same club. Another Black Star player, Ebenezer Ofori, is on a base salary of $325,000 but that rises to $400,000 with his guaranteed…

Drama unfolded in the Aayalolo metro bus when a suspected robber got ‘arrested’ by the vehicle’s automated door. The bus travelling from Adum to Aputuogya in Kumasi made a stopover at the High School Junction, where the suspected robber and two other accomplices joined the bus. The bus conductor soon raised alarm of his phone being picked. In an ensuing struggle, the suspect attempted jumping off the moving bus but his hand got trapped in the automated door. The two other accomplices however managed to bolt. He remained stuck to the excitement of the passengers until he was later handed…

The District Security Council of the North East Gonja District of the Savannah region together with the Salaga District Police command, have impounded heap of logs suspected to be illegally felled rosewood. Four persons including the owner of the logs were also arrested by the police. This follows a decision by DISEC to clamp down on logging activities in the area. The suspects: Gilbert Annayi, 31; Kwame Donyina, 22; Stephen Owusu, 28; and Ekow Arhin, 37, were picked up while at site processing the logs. The freshly cut logs numbered over 300. The arrest took place at Debar, a farming…

I received the news of my father’s death on Monday, September 2; it was my first day at work as a service person. He had died peacefully in his sleep, in the wee hours of the morning, say 5:57am. The head of the empire was gone. He died at the age of 103, few days after he returned from the hospital. I received the news like any sanguine son would receive the demise of his father – with a sense of melancholy. Four days later, the first-post independence leader of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe also passed on…

EC chair, Jean Mensa[/caption] The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa, says the Commission is considering a reduction in the voting duration during general elections. The electoral body is looking at starting the voting process from 7am to 4pm, one hour short of the previous 5pm closing time. The current voting period from 7am to 5pm, according to her, delays declaration of results and increase violence at the polling stations, she observed. The Electoral Commission boss was speaking at the ECOWAS-UN workshop on litigation and mitigating electoral violence in the sub-region in Accra. Member states are to…

File photo[/caption] An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a fake soldier for allegedly defrauding three nurses under the pretext of getting them enlisted into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Prince Essel Ferguson, who posed as a military captain with the name Dankwah, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and defrauding by false pretence. Colonel Samba and Majeed, both claimed to be soldiers, his two accomplices, currently on the run took GH¢6,400.00 from their victims. Police Inspector Samuel Ahiabor told the Court presided over by Mrs Ruby Naa Adjeley Quaison that Mr Daniel Tetteh, Philemon Gazari and Theophilus Nyamadi are nurses of…

Members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in six regions have embarked on industrial action following what they described as government’s inability to “resolve the many challenges confronting” them. The decision to strike on Tuesday September 10 coincides with the reopening of basic schools across the country. According to the leaders, they have been “inundated with incessant calls and agitations” from their members across the regions seeking to embark on industrial action. “Looking at the fact that many of the issues are not new and have been with the employer for a very long time without any solution,…

Nigeria is one of the world’s largest oil producers photo: AF[/caption] Shell’s subsidiary in Nigeria says the oil giant is losing 10,000 barrels of oil a day to thieves in the West African nation – at a cost of $560,000 (£452,000) a day. The losses by vandals attacking oil pipelines in the southern Niger Delta are equivalent to $204.4m over a year. The announcement was made by Igo Weli, general manager of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), which is a joint venture between Shell and the Nigerian government. “These attacks were on critical assets that produce the…

Shell’s subsidiary in Nigeria says the oil giant is losing 10,000 barrels of oil a day to thieves in the West African nation – at a cost of $560,000 (£452,000) a day. The losses by vandals attacking oil pipelines in the southern Niger Delta are equivalent to $204.4m over a year. The announcement was made by Igo Weli, general manager of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), which is a joint venture between Shell and the Nigerian government. “These attacks were on critical assets that produce the crude oil, which accounts for over 90% of Nigeria’s foreign exchange…