U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Ghanaian women entrepreneurs on Wednesday to discuss economic empowerment and leadership, her last engagement in Accra before heading to Tanzania to continue her week-long African tour. Harris is the latest U.S. government figure to visit African countries, after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has refuted a newspaper report suggesting that the Agency had reclaim diplomatic plots in Abuja belonging to Ghana, Malaysia and Thailand. The report, published in the December 5, 2022 edition of one of the national dailies, had attributed...
The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project (NMGP) has attained another milestone following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project by Nigeria, Morocco and five West African Countries. The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Morocco’s ONHYM and the National Oil Companies and commercial entities of...
Mohammed Kudus scored twice as Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in a pulsating World Cup encounter on Monday to keep their World Cup hopes alive and leave Paulo Bento’s side facing an early exit. Mohammed Salisu opened the scoring against the run of play midway through the first half...
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score at five World Cups on Thursday when he scored the opening goal from the penalty spot in Portugal’s 3-2 win over Ghana. The 37-year-old set the record when he smashed home his spot-kick in the 65th minute at the 974 Stadium...
The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has said it is not aware of any threat targeted at its nationals living in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory in Abuja The Ghanaian ministry in a statement issued on Wednesday, also disowned a security update advising against non-essential trips to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – An international organisation, Instill Education, has said it would collaborate with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on teacher professional development. The group, whose vision is to transform teaching and school leadership across Africa, made this known on Monday during an advocacy visit...
One year after it opened an office in Ghana, its first in Africa, Twitter has laid off almost the entire workforce in the West African country in a massive global layoff which has hit workers at the microblogging site since Elon Musk bought the company a week ago. The...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday said that 16 Nigerians had been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cyber crimes there. Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State. According to Emeka, these are...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, has ordered a manhunt of a trafficking suspect identified as Nkiru. NAPTIP’s spokesperson, Mr Vincent Adekoye, made this known in a statement he issued on Monday in...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B were on Saturday knocked out of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying race after losing 4-5 to Ghana via penalty shootout. The CHAN qualifier second leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja saw the hard-fighting Eagles score two unreplied goals...
Ghana’s Black Galaxies shot into the driving seat in their 7th African Nations Championship final qualifying fixture against Nigeria after a 2-0 win over Super Eagles B at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Sunday evening. After an evenly-balanced first period, during which goalkeeper Adeyinka Adewale quickly redeemed himself after...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Beninoise officials to take charge of Super Eagles Team B’s 7th African Nations Championship qualifying match against Ghana on Sunday. According to a statement from the Director, Communication, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, Issa Mouhamed will be at the centre....
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 60-year- old Ghanaian, Edward Quayson, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter. The police charged Quayson, who resides at 14, Kalejaiye St., Sasha, Lagos with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi refused...
Accra/Brazzaville – Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory confirmed earlier results. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received samples from each of the two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and...
Accra – Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if confirmed these would the first such infections recorded in the country. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. Preliminary analysis of...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) says access to finance, markets and technologies for women will guarantee full transformation on the continent’s food system. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office of the Bank, said this in a telephone interview with the News...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will take on Burkina Faso in the final match of the 2022 WAFU B Under-17 tournament on Friday in Cape Coast, Ghana. In the competition’s second semi-final match on Tuesday, Burkina Faso edged hosts Ghana 1-0. This was courtesy of a second half penalty...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has again made history as he bagged the first and most prestigious Medal of Honour Award by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Echono received the award in Accra, Ghana, at...