Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Dantani, has urged Ghanaian troops serving with Ghana Company 5 (GHANCOY 5) to remain alert, disciplined and ready to respond to their responsibilities under the regional peace mission. Dantani gave the charge on Wednesday, August...
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A member of the Central Planning Committee of the 7th ZIK International Peace and Leadership Award Lecture, Amb. Jeremiah Caleb Onyedikachi, has congratulated the recipients of the 2026 ZIK International Peace and Leadership Awards, describing them as exemplary leaders whose achievements continue to inspire peace, good governance, economic transformation...
Pan-Africanist dreams of enforced Pan-African unity and brotherhood as promised by Kwame Nkrumah are questioned by many commentators, who cite repeated instances of xenophobic violence in South Africa as proof that Pan-African unity is not what Africans desire. The late Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and the late Nelson Mandela...
In addition to the obnoxious apartheid system practised by the White minority population in South Africa, xenophobic attacks or what many call Afrophobia, have also earned the Rainbow Nation international notoriety. The attacks by largely ill-informed South African Blacks against foreigners, especially citizens from countries that midwifed South Africa’s...
The Round of 16 lineup at the 2026 FIFA World Cup is complete after Colombia edged Ghana 1-0 to claim the final knockout spot, capping an eventful day that also saw Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha produce one of the tournament’s most memorable individual performances. Even though Cape Verde’s campaign...
For years, Africa has been called a continent of untapped potential. Potential doesn’t build roads. Potential doesn’t feed people. Potential hasn’t made Africa the global powerhouse it is meant to be. Despite having over 60% of the world’s usable arable land left untilled and miles upon miles of the...
Ibom Air has successfully operated its first scheduled international flight from Uyo to Accra and back, marking a significant milestone in the airline’s growth and firmly positioning the Victor Attah International Airport as a bona fide international gateway into and out of Nigeria. The historic flight, which took place...
England and Ghana moved a step closer to the FIFA World Cup knockout stage after playing out a goalless draw in Foxborough on Tuesday. The result leaves both teams on four points in Group L, with England sitting top of the table on goal difference. After impressing in their...
Ghana kicked off their World Cup Group L campaign with a dramatic 1-0 victory over Panama in Toronto, thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Caleb Yirenkyi. The Black Stars struggled to create clear chances for much of the contest, while Panama looked the more threatening side in the opening...
United States (US) has granted permanent residency to Ghana’s Ken Ofori-Atta, his lawyer said Tuesday, capping a saga that saw the fugitive ex-finance minister arrested by immigration authorities. Ofori-Atta, 66, has been in the United States since January last year to receive medical treatment, including prostate cancer surgery. In...
South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The country has a terrifying, soft underbelly which is now completely hopeless and uncompetitive in today’s evolution; and therefore, it has to misdirect its aggression against soft targets such as fellow Black Africans. This is...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence on Thursday, received a delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Course 47 on a study tour, at the Ministry’s headquarters Ship house, Abuja. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Mr Richard Pheelangwa represented by Director Joint...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has said that the new partnership between the Agency and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) of Ghana should serve as a warning to drug cartels who seek to destabilize the West Africa...
…Also adopt regional framework to accelerate Malaria elimination The 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Health Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), concluded on 25 April 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with the adoption of major strategic decisions aimed at accelerating malaria elimination, reducing...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has revealed that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has banned the coronation of “Eze Ndigbo” in foreign countries following rising diplomatic tensions and violent incidents linked to the practice. Ojukwu disclosed this in a post on X after presenting a briefing at...
The government of the Republic of Ghana has praised the Nigeria authorities, particularly the Department of State Services (DSS), for rescuing 44 of her nationals from a “criminal network” that specializes in luring unsuspecting foreigners with false promises of job opportunities. In a statement issued on Saturday by the...
What is popularly referred to as the “turn by turn” syndrome is a very Nigerian political affliction. It just requires that the political baton of leadership and pre-eminence be periodically passed from region to region, ethnicity to ethnicity and perhaps faith to faith. Perhaps it is now time to...
The Sahel region, including a large part of the ECOWAS space, bears the unenviable badge of the “epicentre of global terrorism.” The attendant insecurity is compounded by poor and failed governance systems, resource mismanagement, the effects of climate change and geopolitical shifts, among the uncertainties challenging the world order....
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticised the Federal Government of Nigeria over reports alleging that ransom was paid to secure the release of kidnapped victims in parts of Niger, Kebbi, and Kwara states. In a statement posted on its official X handle.on Tuesday, the opposition party described the...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Administrative Management (NAFIAM), Kaduna, has inaugurated 30 students for specialised administrative and information management training, including a record 20 officers from the Ghana Armed Forces. The officers are undergoing the six-month Initial Personnel Administrative Management Officers Course (IPAMOC)...