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Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections
Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…
Fake U.S. embassy in Ghana shut down
Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake U.S. embassy in the capital Accra, run by a criminal network that had…
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Okonjo-Iweala’s father bags Ghana’s highest award
Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, Obi of Ogwashiukwu and NLC Trustee has been conferred with Ghana’s highest civil national award. The award…
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Mike Adenuga bags Ghana’s highest award
The Republic of Ghana on Saturday conferred its highest civil national award of “The Companion of the Star of Ghana…
Uganda hold Ghana in 2018 World Cup qualifier
Uganda held firm for a 0-0 draw in Ghana in the opening game of Group E in 2018 World Cup…
Nigeria to face Ghana, Mali, Kenya in women’s Africa Cup of Nations
Nigeria’s defence of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title will begin with matches against Ghana, Mali and Kenya in…
Ghanaian president may be impeached over car ‘gift’
Ghana’s parliament has initiated moves to impeach President John Mahama with three months to the nation’s general elections. Though the…
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Eid-al- Fitri Tragedy: Nine killed during stampede
Authorities in Ghana say nine people are dead after a stampede during an Eid celebration to mark the end of…
Flood kills 5 in Ghana
Five people lost their lives in flood in southern Ghana city of Cape Coast, about 144 kilometres west of the…
Terrorism: Ghana steps up security after attacks on neighbours
Ghana is stepping up security measures, immigration officials said Friday, following reports that Islamist terrorists could target the country after…
Facebook launches Agency Ambassador programme for Africa
Facebook has launched an Agency Ambassador Programme for Africa as part of its drive to equip its agency partners with…
Glo Mobile Ghana introduces 4 mega products to delight subscribers
Glo Mobile has rolled out four exciting new products to give more value for money to its subscribers in Ghana.…
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Nigeria, Ghana
dogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit four west African countries next week, including Nigeria, his office said Saturday…
Ghanaian manufacturers vote restrictions on Nigerian export products
Funsho Balogun While Nigeria continues to grapple with the effects of the fast-dwindling value of the Naira, the country’s economic…
UPDATE: Ghana auto crash leaves 71 dead
A bus hit a cargo truck north of Ghana’s second city Kumasi overnight, killing 71 people in the West African…
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Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim to compere 2015 Glo-CAF Awards
Juliet Ibrahim, Ghanaian actress, film producer, singer and model of Lebanese, Liberian and Ghanaian descent and SuperSport of South Africa…
Ghana minister resigns for “unsatisfactory handling” of electricity crisis
Ghana’s power minister has resigned for unsatisfactory handling of an electricity crisis that caused years of frequent blackouts and hurt…
It’s easier to operate in Ghana than Nigeria- robbery suspect
Kazeem Ugbodaga A robbery suspect and ex-convict, Wasami Dennis, 32, has made a confessional statement to the operatives of the…
Ghana bans first class travel for public officials
Public officials in Ghana have been banned from travelling in first class cabins of airlines. Ghana’s President John Mahama slammed…
Italy sees Ghana, Ethiopia priority in its Africa trade partnership plan
Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE) and other Italian companies are viewing Ghana and Ethiopia as a priority in its plans…
South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana rank among most corrupt countries in Africa
Transparency International has stated that corruption is undermining development in sub-Saharan Africa with citizens of Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia and…
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What happened to U-23 team in Ghana, the story by NFF, Arik Air
Taiwo Adelu The managements of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and that of ARIK Air have come out to clear the…
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Siasia, U-23 escape plane crash in Ghana
Nigerian U-23 team and the coaches including Samson Siasia escaped death in Ghana on Sunday morning when their plane developed…
Nigeria, Ghana fire blank against Swaziland, Comoros
The small Comoros Islands and kingdom of Swaziland enjoyed a rare outing in the World Cup spotlight on Friday by…
Ghana resolves dispute with Nigeria over unpaid gas bill
The Ghanaian Government said it would pay a Nigerian gas consortium 170 million dollars it owed by February, apparently resolving…
$181m Debt: Nigeria delays plan to cut gas supply to Ghana
Nigeria will delay a plan to drastically cut gas exports to Ghana from Friday while the two sides hold emergency…
Ghanaian delegation begs Nigeria not to cut off gas supply
A Ghanaian government delegation is holding emergency talks in Nigeria to avert a drastic gas supply cut threat, a government…
Nigeria gas firm to reduce supply to Ghana over $181m debt
Nigeria’s N-Gas on Wednesday threatened to reduce by 70 percent its gas supplies to Ghana’s main power generation company on…
Ghana foresees high cocoa purchases in 2015/16
Ghana projects cocoa purchases of 850,000-900,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 cocoa season that opened on Friday. The chief executive of…
ISIS terrorist group storms Ghana, begin recruitment
Global Risk Insights, a human right organisation, on Wednesday raised an alert that ISIS terrorist group has started recruiting youths…