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The shy Swede with vibrant pink hair. The surprisingly private underwear model. Arsenal’s new caretaker manager Freddie Ljungberg is a paradox, a far more reserved man than the bolder image many have of him may suggest. Over 12 years since departing as a player, former winger Ljungberg, 42, has been called on to save the Gunners’ season following the sacking of Unai Emery. He’s an Arsenal and Sweden legend, but what else do we know about the Gunners’ new interim boss? The shy one? Trading Arsenal for West Ham after nine years in 2007, Ljungberg – a key figure in…

Leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor says she will not pay the 10,000-cedi cost awarded against her by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in dismissing Akua Donkor’s suit against President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on November 27, asked the politician-cum-farmer to pay GHS10,00 as cost. Akua Donkor had asked the Supreme Court to order the President and the Vice President to step down because their names were mentioned in acts of corruption in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas investigative piece on the Ghana Football Association (GFA). SC dismisses Akua Donkor’s case against Akufo-Addo,…

The Auditor General Daniel Yao Domelevo has triggered yet another legal action to stop the Economic and Organise Crime Office (EOCO) from investigating him over alleged procurement infraction. Mr Domelevo warned EOCO to cease investigating him on grounds that it has no legal basis whatsoever to subject him and officers from the Ghana Audit Service to investigations into alleged procurement breaches in the purchase vehicles for the Service in 2018. He proceeded to sue EOCO two days later at the Human Rights Division of the High Court to enforce his human rights. For him, all aspects of the investigations by…

Ghana and Italy have signed a memorandum of understanding that will enhance defence and security cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was signed on Thursday, 28th November, 2019, when the Prime Minister of Italy,  Giuseppe Conte, paid a courtesy call on the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at Jubilee House in Accra. With the talks aimed at deepening the ties of co-operation and bonds of friendship between the two countries, President Akufo-Addo noted that the area of security co-operation which will benefit the two countries, especially Ghana, immensely. “I think that is something that can be of significant assistance…

 The man who carried out Friday’s stabbing attack at London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on licence at the time of the attack, in which a man and a woman were killed and three others were injured. Khan was shot dead by officers after members of the public restrained him. Police declared the attack a terrorist incident. Khan was known to the authorities, having been convicted for terrorism offences in 2012, according to Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu. “He was released from prison…

A policeman at Manso Datano in the Ashanti Region has been arrested and detained for allegedly raping the wife of a suspect in custody. He has also been interdicted by the police administration. The policeman is said to have raped the victim several times at the Manso Datano Police Station in the Amansie South District. According to the victim, the policeman said to be of a rank of Chief Inspector forcibly had sex with her while she sought bail for her detained husband. The policeman reportedly offered accommodation to the victim who had arrived late at the station only for…

Upcoming Ghanaian highlife/hiplife singer Ramiforson has criticized contemporary Ghanaian music for what he describes as “lacking its originality”.   He observed highlife is a typical prestigious Ghanaian music genre which fuses “melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music,” which ought to be preserved. But he is disappointed that Ghanaian musicians now  focus more on what they call “making the trends” rather than holding the indigenous highlife music in high esteem. Commenting on the potential of the Ghana music industry, the singer acknowledges that the industry is very broad and competitive, and that there is a lot of young…

Bar-goers in Burundi are upset at the government’s order for public drinking spots in certain cities to close by 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT). Until now there had been no restrictions on opening times. The order is being implemented in the capital, Gitega, the main city of Bujumbura, and in the northern Muyinga province. The mayor of Bujumbura has said the measure is aimed at ensuring that people drink less, but many people believe it is a security measure. In recent weeks, people have been shot dead in bars in Bujumbura. On weekdays, bars have been ordered to operate between…

London Bridge has been cordoned off by police, with a BBC journalist reporting hearing gunfire. BBC reporter John McManus said he saw a group of men involved in a fight on the bridge. Police then arrived and shots were fired, he said. The Met Police confirmed that it was dealing with an incident at London Bridge and advised people near the scene to follow directions from officers on the ground. More soon BBC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will always fail vice president Dr. Bawumia’s issues-based strict proof questions. According to the NPP, the NDC does not understand the meaning of legacy as they exhibited when Dr Bawumia asked them what legacy former President John Mahama bequeathed the people in the northern part of Ghana. The NDC, according to the NPP, mentioned construction of bungalows for DCEs, pavement of roads, provision of electricity to rural communities, provision of water, building of CHPS compound as some legacy projects of Mahama. “Really?” the NPP said in a statement Thursday.…