•Tobi Amusan World record holder, Tobi Amusan, has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing African Athletics Championships after storming to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles final today Her compatriot and US-based hurdler, Adaobi Tabugbo, also finished third in the event to win her first individual medal for Nigeria, while Ashley Mill...
•Ghana’s head coach, Otto Addo Ghana said today they have dismissed coach Otto Addo, hours after a friendly defeat to Germany and just over 70 days until the World Cup. The Black Stars were beaten 2-1 in Stuttgart yesterday, the hosts needing a last-gasp Deniz Undav goal to save their blushes, reports AFP. It was […]
The Ghana Immigration Service has arrested 93 Nigerian nationals over alleged involvement in internet fraud and violations of the country’s immigration laws, in what appears to be the latest in a series of crackdowns on cybercrime networks operating in the West African nation. In a statement issued by GIS spokesperson Maud Anima Quainoo, the s...
•Site of Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, yesterday Three UN peacekeepers were wounded when their base in southern Lebanon was hit on Friday, the UN force and the Ghanaian military said, with Lebanon’s president accusing Israel of targeting them. The attack came as Israel and Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah ...
The Plateau State government yesterday arrested a bar owner and another woman for allegedly trafficking three girls to Ghana. Our correspondent reports that the bar owner, identified as Mrs. Yakubu, who operates in the Rantya community in Jos, was paraded at the State Gender and Equal Opportunities Commission (SGEOC), headquarters alongside th...
•Ghana’s traditional garments known as a ‘fugu’ Ghanaians have rushed to defend their colourful handwoven “fugu” smocks after President John Mahama’s wearing of the loose-fitting traditional garment on a recent state visit to Zambia caused an online storm. Traditionally produced in northern Ghana on narrow-strip looms, the fugu is widely...
•Ghanaian flag The Government of Ghana has recalled its High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed, following allegations linking him to electoral malpractice during a party primary election in Ghana. The recall was ordered by President John Mahama and announced in a presidential statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the ...
•Ghana Flag and US YouTuber IShowSpeed Ghana has said it is suspending citizenship applications from descendants of Africans living abroad, a move analysts say could dent the country’s bid to promote itself as a Pan-African hub. A diaspora community is a group of people who have moved from their ancestral homeland to other parts of […]...
Slave-Trade-Abolition Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has commended Ghana’s plan to sponsor a United Nations resolution seeking formal recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, describing the move as a significant and symbolic step for Africa on the global stage. Ghana is expected to file the resol...
•The released aircraft and crew The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft, which was released on Thursday by the Burkinabe authorities following a diplomatic meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has arrived in Ghana. NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, revealed this in a statement yesterday. He said...

