UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the country to the verge of famine with new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. "The...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday paid homage to Ghana’s forebears, expressing optimism that their struggle, vision and dreams that gave the nation independence would be achieved....
By Kwesi Atta Sakyi 4th March 2017 Since the Man of God, Pastor Mensah Otabil, made his pronouncement about the ill-effects of eating fufu, the media has known no peace. For some weeks now it is fufu...
The United States almost tripled the volume of crude oil bought from Nigeria last year, seven years after it began depending less on the country ‘s crude. This comes as the Shale oil production...
Nigeria on Monday formally announced the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital Abuja. The airport will be closed for six weeks, beginning March 8, in order...
A former Nigerian state governor was jailed for five years on Monday after being found guilty of corruption related to procurement of cars while in office, a judge said. James Bala Ngilari - who was...
A Nigerian former state governor was on Monday found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail for corruption, marking one of the first high-profile convictions in President Muhammadu Buhari's...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has appealed to the Ministry of Finance to help remove challenges that hinder insurance companies from insuring imported goods. According to the commission the...
Nigeria is advising its citizens against all but essential travel to the United States because of the lack of clarity on new immigration rules, the government said on Monday. A special adviser to the...
Ghanaian nominees lost out on all nominated categories at the fifth edition of the prestigious Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) held on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Eko Hotel and Suites,...
The Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) technical committee will not question Super Eagles’ manager, Gernot Rohr’s selection of players for the international friendly games against Senegal and...
Pan African Mobile Phone and electronic brand, Rlg Communications Group was among a number of product manufacturers that took part in the just-ended Mobile World Congress in the Spanish city of...
The Planning Committee on Sunday announced that 14 African countries have confirmed their participation in Ghana’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration on Monday, March 6. Jefferson Sackey,...
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the coasts of Africa (as slave traders?), it was only after the Berlin Conference of...
Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better conditions as UN Security Council envoys visited their camp, an AFP journalist...
Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on Thursday and Friday, the first reported deaths since the country declared a...
Outspoken Counselor, George Lutterodt has descended heavily on Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim for stating unequivocally that she wants to focus on her business and son but not marriage. Earlier,...
Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu says the majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is partly to blame for the embarrassment that was caused the country in Abuja last month. He said Mr Mensah Bonsu must...
Somalia's Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Haire, says 110 people have died from hunger in a single region in the past 48 hours amid a severe drought. The figure for the south-western Bay region is the...
UN envoys on a mission to the Lake Chad region said Saturday that a conference would soon be held in Paris aimed at easing the humanitarian crisis gripping Chad. The country is one of several...
