Man U’s Welbeck may play for Ghana

Danny Welbeck is being offered the chance of a World Cup call-up by Ghana. Both of the Manchester United starlet’s parents were born in Ghana and the national team coaches want him to join their squad for the 2010 qualifying campaign. The…

Indian IT scandal boss arrested

The founder of scandal-hit Indian software company Satyam has been arrested two days after he admitted falsifying the firm's accounts. Ramalinga Raju, who stood down as Satyam's chairman on Wednesday, is charged with offences including…

Google search finds missing child

A nine-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother, has been found using a mobile phone signal and Google Street View. A police officer and a firefighter in Athol, Massachusetts, joined forces after authorities were alerted that…

TIGO customer wins car in Bonanza promotion

Mr Ernest Tutu Mensah, a 50-year-old Sunyani-based driver, on Friday won a 2008 model Suzuki Grand Vitara prize when Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of TIGO telecommunication network, held a draw for its "Top up and Win" promotion. The…

Trader dragged to court for defilement

A 25-year-old trader who allegedly defiled a 13 year-old girl appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra on Friday charged with defilement. Emmanuel Baafi pleaded not guilty. The court remanded him into prison custody to reappear on January…

Ex-convict goes back to prison for eight years

A 27-year-old ex-convict who broke into the bedroom of a lecturer to steal two laptop computers and chargers, pen drives and a mobile phone was on Friday sentenced to eight years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Accra. Charles Selormey…