Tag: Ghana
Akufo-Addo or John Mahama? Voting starts in Ghana
Polls officially opened on Monday in Ghana in presidential and parliamentary elections under strict COVID-19 protocols.
Ghana declares Monday public holiday for general elections
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared Monday 7 December a public holiday to facilitate the conduct of general…
Ghana’s anti-graft chief resigns
Ghana’s anti-graft chief, Mr Martin Amidu, on Monday announced his resignation with immediate effect.
Ghanaian celebrities mourn ex-president, Jerry Rawlings
Ghanaian actresses Juliet Ibrahim and Nadia Buari have joined other celebrities in the country to mourn the death of the…
JUST IN: John Jerry Rawlings ex-Ghanaian leader is dead
Former president of Ghana John Jerry Rawlings is dead. He died today of Covid-19 complications. He was 73 years old.
Ghanaian lawmaker Quansah Hayford killed by robbers
A Ghanaian Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow Quansah Hayford, was killed by highway robbers in the country's southern Central region,…
Coronavirus: Ghana partly reopens schools
The Ghanaian Government on Monday reopened schools for second-year students in junior and senior high schools across the country after…
Evacuate stranded Nigerian traders in Ghana – Group tells Buhari
The Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN), has appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to speedily intervene in the plight of Nigerian…
Ghana announces arrest of 31 insurgents
Security authorities in Ghana said they have arrested 31 members of an insurgency group that invaded the the southern parts…
Ghana invaded by armed secessionists , weapons looted from police stations
Armed secessionists in the Volta region of Ghana have attacked police stations, looted armoury and freed detainees.
Ghana Police commander asks officers to reduce sex round ahead of election
Accra Region Commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Afful Boakye-Yiadom has asked police officers to reduce the number of…
Ghana extends COVID-19 restrictions
President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo announced late Sunday a three-month extension of multiple restrictions to strengthen the country's fight against…
8 footballers die as vehicle plunges into river , Ghana FA mourns
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has expressed its condolences to the families of eight teenage footballers killed in a road…
Osinbajo meets with aggrieved Nigerians in Ghana
Shortly after the ECOWAS extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with some representatives of the Nigerian…
Nigeria, Ghana move to improve trade ties with Business Council
Ghana and Nigeria have agreed to establish reciprocal legislation known as "friendship act" to find a lasting solution to trade…
Ghana replies Nigeria (Full statement)
Ghana's minister of information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has sent a six-page response to Nigeria, over accusations of hostilities to Nigeria…
Nigeria to Ghana: Enough is enough
Nigeria today reeled out a litany of hostilities and harassments committed by Ghana against Nigerian interests and Nigerians and declared…
Closure of Nigerian shops in Ghana xenophobic, says Sen. Abaribe
Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has described Ghana’s action against nationals of other countries, particularly targeting Nigerians, as an…
Ghana opens all tertiary schools next week for final year students
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said late Sunday that tertiary schools in the country will reopen on Aug. 24…
Video: Nigerian traders complain of ill-treatment in Ghana
Nigerian traders are back in the public court again, to report the ill-treatment being meted out to them in Ghana.
Nigerian traders in Ghana lament closure of their shops
Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, on Saturday decried Ghanaian authorities’ closure of shops owned by…
Jubilations as Ghana relaxes lockdown on major cities
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a 21-day relaxed after the restrictions bought the government enough time to improve its…
Coronavirus cases in Ghana explode, lockdown extended
Ghana's confirmed cases for coronavirus have shot up by 65, bringing the total to 378, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Coronavirus: Ghana extends border closure by two weeks
Ghana has extended the closure of all of its borders for two more weeks, up till 19 April, an official…
Danger! Coronavirus patient escapes from isolation centre
A Coronavirus patient has escaped from an isolation centre where she was being kept with eight others.
Ghana confirms first cases of Coronavirus
Ghana has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, being the first cases to be reported in the…
Airbus fined $4b for worldwide bribery, Ghana mentioned
Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said on Friday…
Senate investigates discrimination against Nigerian businesses in Ghana
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Investments to, as a matter of urgency, interface…
Akufo-Addo wades into Nigerian traders-GUTA war
Ghana's President Akufo-Addo is billed to intervene in the dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghana Union of Traders Association…
South African minister sets to visit Nigeria, Ghana
South African Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, will in the coming week travel to Nigeria and Ghana on a working…