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Black Stars ‘B’, formerly known as Local Black Stars, will play the Hawks of Togo in a friendly in Lome on Sunday. The team together with its technical team travelled to Lome Saturday for the encounter, which is in preparation for next month’s CHAN qualifiers. Ghana are scheduled to play neighbours Burkina Faso in a two-legged qualifier for the 2018 Championship of African Nations to be staged in Kenya. Sunday’s match will be the first test for the locally-based players away. Below are the players that made the trip: Goalkeepers: Razak Abalora, Stephen Kwaku Defenders: Awal Mohammed, Fatau Mohammed, Eric…

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku was arrested in Los Angeles last week following a noise complaint – and is due to appear in court on 2 October. Lukaku, who is set to have a medical at Manchester United before a £75m move, was given a “misdemeanour citation” after officers responded to five other noise complaints at the same location. A Beverly Hills police statement said Lukaku was released at the scene following the incident on 2 July. Lukaku has been on holiday in the US. The Belgian has been pictured on social media taking part in fitness sessions with Manchester United’s…

Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free – although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has ruled. In a letter to bishops, Cardinal Robert Sarah said the bread can be low-gluten. But he said there must be enough protein in the wheat to make it without additives. The new rules are needed because the bread is now sold in supermarkets and on the internet, the cardinal said. Roman Catholics believe bread and wine served at the Eucharist are converted into the body and blood of Christ through a process…

The organizers and producers of the yearly National Science and Maths Quiz competition, Primetime Limited, successfully secured an injunction on Friday against a new play ‘National Science and Maths Quiz’. The play was scheduled to be staged at the National Theater on Saturday. The play was put together by Nyansapo Productions Limited. According to Primetime Limited, it is “neither associated with nor affiliated to Nyansapo Productions Limited and have not authorized nor aided the said Nyansapo Productions to mount a play to depict any aspects of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ)”. The restraining order was secured at an…

Fire has ravaged part of the building of Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) at the Ministries area in Accra. Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service are on the ground trying to prevent the fire from spreading to a central server room belonging to the Ghana Highway Authority. The fire was said to have started some few minutes after 6:00pm. It is unclear what started the fire and the magnitude of destruction caused to the building of the state agency, which is opposite the Ministry of Roads and Highways. AESL was established as an agency of the State to…

An honorary doctorate has been conferred on captain of the Ghana Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, and other distinguished personalities by the Peristrofi World Honorary International Awards. Gyan received the doctorate for his excellence leadership in Africa. The award scheme is conferred on self-made personalities with distinction in their areas of endeavour. Honorees for this year’s awards are distinctive leaders with proven track record, dignity and self-discipline. They are without questionable character in their area of success and achievements. Chief executive officer of Taabea Group of Companies, Christian Akwasi Agyemang was also conferred an honorary doctorate for excellent leadership in West…

Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute of Public Policy Options (GIPPO) Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby has called for strict punitive action against all culprits found in the sale of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). He was worried how more than two decades of “unblemished” record could easily be torn apart in the sale of the off-spec fuel in the country. “We should get to the bottom of this mess and ensure that culprits who are found be dealt with,” he said on TV3’s Hot Issues on Saturday. The former Chief Executive Officer of…

Child rights activist, Bright Appiah, says he will not apologise for demanding a juvenile trial for an alleged 12-year-old boy being held together with others in connection with the gruesome murder of Major Adam Mahama. The boy, Ebenezer Asamoah, had told the Police investigators upon his arrest in May that he was 12 years old, causing Mr Appiah to demand a juvenile trial for him. He was arraigned on murder charges with adults at an Accra Magistrate Court. But it emerged in court on June 6, 2017 that Asamoah had drastically reduced his age. Prosecutors presented to the Accra Central…

The death toll from flooding caused by recent heavy rain in southern Japan has risen to at least 15, officials say. Emergency teams are searching for another 15 people who are missing. Rivers burst their banks, destroying buildings and roads after more than 50cm (20in) of rain fell on parts of Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost island, over a 12-hour period on Wednesday. Rescuers are working through thick mud to try to reach stranded survivors. Hundreds have already been evacuated. The worst-hit areas are in Fukuoka prefecture. Announcing the revised death toll, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the region was expected…

Former Member of Parliament for Nanton Constituency Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala has lashed out at the Akufo-Addo-led government, saying it is already embroiled in “create, loot and share”. The term – create, loot and share – was used by a Supreme Court justice in the trial of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. Mr Murtala said the sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) and the subsequent engagement of two unlicensed company “is a clear case of fraud”. He was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Saturday during a discussion on the…