•FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike Thirty-four embassies in Abuja risk being closed down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration over unpaid ground rents spanning 11 years. It was however learnt that the opposition Peoples Democratic, Federal Inland Revenue Service and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, who were...
•Super Eagles players celebrate a goal against Ghana The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated the Black Stars of Ghana 2-1 yesterday night to advance to the final of the Unity Cup in London. Goals from Cyriel Dessers and an own goal from a Ghanaian defender was enough to do the job as Nigeria won the […]
•Some of the trafficked victims The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has received another set of 13 trafficked Nigerian from Ghana and Mali. Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in a statement yesterday, said the victims, 12 girls and a five-year-old boy were received by NiDCOM Chairman,...
•Flag of Ghana pinned on the map Ghanaian immigration officials said they had detained more than 2,000 undocumented foreign nationals in Accra today in an operation to dismantle criminal networks and curb street begging. Of the 2,241 arrested during the early morning raids, 1,332 were children, immigration services said in a statement. Interio...
•Governor Umo Eno The Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) has announced that the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, will be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) in Governance and Public Service. The announcement was contained in a release issued by Insah Iddrisu, Director of Commun...
•Deportees The UK government has deported 43 individuals, including failed asylum seekers and convicted foreign offenders, to Nigeria and Ghana. Among those removed were 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 foreign national offenders who had completed their prison sentences. Seven individuals also chose to leave the country voluntarily. This flight...
•Ghana President John Dramani Mahama Amnesty International has called on the Ghanaian government to take immediate action to protect hundreds of people, primarily women, who are being subjected to rampant human rights abuses due to accusations of witchcraft. The rights group, in a statement released today, highlighted the severe risks faced by...
When listeners in northern Nigeria tuned into Voice of America last month, they found music playing in place of their regular broadcast — a telltale sign, historically, that soldiers had seized telecoms offices, and even the government. “Was there a coup in the US?” Babangida Jibrin, a VOA journalist, recalled one worried listener asking, as [...
•Late Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control says boxer Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, who died in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, was not granted approval for the fatal bout after his initial fight scheduled for Friday was cancelled after being adjudged overweight. The 40-year-old former National and West African light-heavywei...
•Ghanaian President John Mahama Ghana’s new government today announced it was scrapping several Covid-era taxes introduced in an effort to secure IMF financing, citing the economic hardship placed on ordinary citizens. Five taxes deemed “nuisance levies” by the current government — including a one-percent levy on mobile money transfers and a v...
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