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...
•Kenneth Ofori-Atta Ghana’s former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta was today declared a wanted fugitive and accused of corruption by the country’s special prosecutor. “You have two choices: either return to the jurisdiction voluntarily or the OSP (Office of the Special Prosecutor) will enforce your return,” Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng sa...
•President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s last State of the Nation address in parliament yesterday was disrupted by the collapse of his aide-de-camp (ADC). In a viral video, the ADC, identified by Ghana Web as Colonel Isaac Amponsah, fell midway into Mr Akufo-Addo’s address before the Ghana parliament. Before he collapsed, ...
•President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo today announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of this year, marking a step towards continental economic integration. The announcement came during his final state of the nation address as he prepares to step down on January 6 after ...
The highly anticipated first leg qualifiers for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers which held in Accra, Ghana, between the Super Eagles Team B and Black Galaxies of Ghana ended in barren draw as both sides failed to break the deadlock after ninety minutes. The Accra Sports Stadium was calm with some sections of […]...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections. Without prejudice to the introduction of technology (car...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the people of Ghana for their resilience in defending democracy and ensuring that their will prevailed in last Saturday’s presidential election, which returned the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former President John Mahama to power. In a statement issued today by Debo Olo...
Ghana counted ballots yesterday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and rebuff a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-President John Mahama. Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west Africa gold and cacao producer went through ...
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