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Smoke fills Nigerian flight, Passengers resort to prayers to escape death

News is emerging about how some Nigerians who boarded a Lagos-bound aircraft resorted to prayers to escape death after the plane was filled with...

Nigerian arrested in New York for robbing four banks

A Nigerian is reported to have been arrested by police in New York on charges of allegedly robbing four banks in Manhattan. Abdullahi Shuaibu, 53,...

One of Ghana’s most successful entrepreneurs celebrated by Google

A late Ghanaian female entrepreneur who founded her country's first food processing company was the subject of a Google doodle tribute on Tuesday. Esther Afua...

Ghana’s Akufo-Addo seeks advice from Predecessors

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has held a rare meeting with his country's living former Presidents to seek advice on how best to tackle important...

Togo’s battle with coastal erosion

Man-made coastal erosion has reached alarming proportions in Togo. It is threatening the future of two major cities, Lome and Aneho, the current and...

Nigerian monarch kidnapped

The traditional ruler of Iyani Akoko in the Ondo State, Oba Joel Sunday Daodu has been kidnapped over the weekend by unknown gunmen from...

Police officers in Niger arrested after deadly student demo

The authorities in Niger said on Sunday that three police officers had been arrested after allegedly assaulting a demonstrator at a violent student protest...

Guinea colonel accused of trafficking

Police in Guinea have arrested an army colonel on suspicion of animal trafficking and seized a menagerie of animals from two properties he owns...

IMF claims Gambia ‘is at a historical turning point’

A top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official, Ulrich Jacoby, has said the Gambia is at an economic turning point following the transition of power...

Millions of dollars found in a flat in Lagos

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has announced that it has discovered about $43m in a flat in Nigeria's Lagos city. Officials from the agency stormed the said...

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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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