In a bid to reduce public expenditure and adhere to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity program, President John Mahama of Ghana has announced the abolition of seven government ministries. This decision, made official through a gazette on January 9, 2025, reduces the total number of ministries in the country from 30 to 23. The…
The Wenchi West District of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in the Bono Region of Ghana has recognised 20 girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity. During a thanksgiving service held over the weekend on the sidelines of the church’s observation of the first Sabbath of the year, the girls were each…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his victory in the December 7 general election in Ghana, following his opponent’s concession speech. In a telephone call to Mahama, President Tinubu hoped that Mahama’s ascension to power for the second time would further bring stability to the Economic Community of West African States…
Dangote RefineryThe Ghana National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it is considering buying petroleum products from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery once the facility is operating at full capacity. According to Reuters, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, chairman of NPA, Ghana, spoke on Monday at the OTL Africa Downstream Oil Conference in Lagos. On September 3, Dangote refinery officially announced…
Premier League club Leicester City are close to signing Jordan Ayew from Crystal Palace for an initial £5m. The Foxes want to bring in at least two offensive players and Ayew, 32, is poised to move to the King Power Stadium in a deal that could potentially rise to £8m. Promoted Leicester struggled for attacking…
Another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said. The Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed said this in Accra, Ghana when the NiDCOM boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited the trafficked victims The…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is expected to depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana on Saturday, July 20. According to a statement by the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu is in Ghana to take part in the sixth mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the…
Over 10 Nigerian teenage girls allegedly trafficked to Ghana for prostitution have been rescued. Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the girls, all under the age of 18, were reportedly lured from Nigeria to Ghana by a nameless man who has now been arrested by the police in neighbouring West…
Nigeria’s Female under 17 football team, the Falconets will take on Black Princesses of Ghana in the final of the football event at the 13 African gamesThe Falconets have a 100 per cent record at the 13th African Games, winning all three games.Chris Danjuma’s side have scored eight goals without conceding.Ahead of the game which…
Six Ghanaians, including three soldiers, have been sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in a coup plot three years ago. This was the first treason trial in Ghana since 1966 when post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown. The six were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons in the capital, Accra, to allegedly topple…
