20 Sentenced In Boko Haram Mass Trial
At least 20 people have been jailed in Nigeria for being members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The accused were sentenced to jail terms of between three and 15 years as part of the...
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GHS Dispels Lassa Fever Outbreak Scare
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has allayed the fears of the public on the outbreak of Lassa fever, saying its alert was to create the needed awareness so that precautionary measures would be strictly...
More Than 1,000 Boko Haram Suspects Go On Trial
More than 1,000 Boko Haram suspects go on trial More than 1,000 suspected Boko Haram militants will appear before judges in Nigeria today, as the largest mass trial in the country’s history...
Nigeria To Host African Fencing Championships
The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has awarded Nigeria the hosting right for the 2018 Junior/Cadet African Fencing Championships. The event, which will take place from February 26 to March 5...
Boko Haram Releases 13 Hostages To Nigerian Government
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has released 13 people who were kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria last year, the government says. They include 10 women seized during an attack on a police...
Charlotte Osei Leads ECOWAS Mission To Sierra Leone
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei as leader of its pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to Sierra...
Ghana Is A Serious Place To Do Business – Thumbay Group President
The Founder President of the Dubai-based global conglomerate, the Thumbay Group, has lauded the Ghana government’s serious-minded approach to the establishment and growth of private sector...
Ghana Is A Serious Place To Do Business – Investor
The Founder President of the Dubai-based global conglomerate, the Thumbay Group, has lauded the Ghana government’s serious-minded approach to the establishment and growth of private sector...
Emergency Door Falls Off Nigerian Plane
A Nigerian airline has blamed a passenger after one of its aircraft doors fell off shortly after landing. The flight from Lagos to Abuja was taxiing on the runway when the emergency exit door came...
DStv Dedicates FOUR SuperSport Channels For Winter Olympics On DStv
The average annual snowfall for Sub-Saharan Africa is a paltry 0.01 inches less than half a millimeter. This is nowhere near enough to create the alpine conditions needed to participate in a winter...
African Renaissance: A Long Dream Turning Into Reality?
The concept of African Renaissance has been on the lips of progressive Africans for decades as a renewal of the way of doing things to overcome Africa’s challenges and advance the well-being of...
Fight Against Galamsey Continues Unabated
Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister of Information, Wednesday said the fight against illegal mining would continue unabated until all illegalities in the mining sector was regularised and sanity restored in...
GUTA Cautions Government Over New Levies and Taxes
Dr Joseph Obeng, the National President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), has asked Government not to introduce any new levies and taxes that would take them out of business....
Black Queens Beat Ghana Soccer Angels 4-0 In Friendly Ahead of WAFU Championship
The Black Queens humiliated Ghana Soccer Angels 4-0 in a friendly match played on Tuesday ahead of WAFU Women's Cup which gets underway this weekend in Abidjan. Grace Asantewaa, Priscilla Okyere,...
Ghana Goalie Fatau Dauda Makes NPFL Team of the Week With Another Clean Sheet
Ghana and Enyimba FC shot stopper Fatau Dauda earned a selection into the futbalgalore.com's team of the week for the Nigerian Professional Football League after keeping another clean sheet over the...
Ghana Cocoa Board Calls For Remedy For Falling Cocoa Prices
Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has called for measures to remedy the falling cocoa prices on the world market. In a speech read on his behalf at the...
TV Host Lerny Lomotey On Her Addictions & Getting Better
TV Host, Lerny Lomotey is breaking the ice with a new video to encourage people to share and seek help for the addictions they are battling. She shares her addictions and talks about the steps she...
Int’l Friendly: Ghana To Play Iceland, Ivory Coast
The Black Stars are due to play two friendly matches in the next international window against 2018 World Cup-bound Iceland and neighbouring Ivory Coast. The two games will be played between March 19...
EPL: CHAN Boosts Morocco’s 2026 World Cup Bid
Morocco was near-flawless hosts of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN), which ended at the weekend, confirming they are creditable candidates to stage the 2026 World Cup. FIFA member nations...
FIFA World Cup 2018 – Which African Team Will Go the Furthest?
At the 2018 World Cup in Russia commencing in June, Africa will be represented by the five countries who topped their qualification groups after three rounds of competition — Nigeria (Group B),...