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Gabon amends constitution amid Bongo’s illness

Gabon's Constitutional Court says the country's constitution has been amended following President Ali Bongo's illness. Mr. Bongo has been in hospital in Saudi Arabia since October...

Nigeria launches world’s first digital commodity platform

Nigeria has rolled out what has been described as the World’s first digital end to end blockchain based commodity and financing platform. The platform which...

Ghana’s inflation drops to 9.5 percent, the lowest in 5-years

Ghana’s Inflation rate has dropped from 9.8 percent in September to 9.5 percent for the month of October according to official data from its...

Ghana rolls out IMF’s dissemination system

Ghana has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page...

MTN to offer mobile banking in Nigeria in 2019

Telecom firm MTN wants to offer mobile banking in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria from next year. The Chief Executive Officer of the South African...

Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli deported to Ghana

British authorities on Wednesday deported 38-year-old Ghanaian, Kweku Adoboli convicted of the UK’s biggest fraud. Mr Adoboli was re-arrested on Monday before his deportation to Ghana. He...

Female Muslim students in Nigeria’s Lagos state allowed to wear hijab to school

Female Muslim pupils in Lagos state in Nigeria can now put on Hijab to public schools without fear. It follows an approval by the state’s...

Former Ghanaian UBS Trader detained again in the UK

Former Ghanaian trader convicted of fraud in the UK, Kweku Adoboli has been re-arrested ahead of his deportation to Ghana. Mr Adoboli UBS trader...

Former OPEC President to be Extradited Back to Nigeria

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has revealed it is waiting for the deportation of its Former oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from the...

175 people die from cholera outbreak in Nigeria

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Monday that suspected cases of cholera have skyrocketed in northeast Nigeria, killing 175 people. According to the Humanitarian...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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