Nana Akufo-Addo has won the second four-year term as president of Ghana with 51.59% of the vote, the electoral commission announced on Wednesday. His longtime rival former President John Mahama, 62, came second with 47.36% of the vote, according to the Electoral Commission Of Ghana. Akufo-Addo, 76, becomes the 8th president of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. […]Read More
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President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sent apologies to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of Nigeria’s mission building in Accra, Ghana. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, […]Read More
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze has charged his colleagues to shrug off their disappointing 2-0 loss to Madagascar in their last 2019 Africa Cup of Nations group game and focus on the round of 16. He said the challenges before them were huge and it would be unnecessary to dwell on the past which may […]Read More
Seventeen of the 29 Nigerians arrested last month at Ho-Area 52 for their alleged complicity in cyber fraud activities have been deported by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). This was disclosed to the Ghanaian Times by the Ho Municipal Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Anthony Danso, in Ho on Tuesday. He said […]Read More
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has bowed to a presidential request to make himself available for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations, just 48 hours after announcing his international retirement. Gyan quit the national team on Monday, seemingly unhappy at having the captaincy taken away from him in spite of having not played for Ghana since […]Read More
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has revealed plans to play friendly matches with Ghana and Senegal as part of final build up to the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The German also served up a strong hint that his team would camp in Asaba, Delta State and Ismailia, Egypt in preparation for the […]Read More
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Michael Abikoye, has protested the inhuman treatment of Nigerians by the Ghana Immigration Service with the deportation of 723 Nigerians between 2018 and 2019. Abikoye said this at a meeting between him and the Comptroller-General of the GIS, Kwame Takyi, in Ghana, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. […]Read More
The Nigerian Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG), has commended President Mohammadu Buhari-led government, ECOWAS, Ghanaian authority and others for their intervention in the reopening of Nigerians shops in Ghana. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said this in a telephone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from Kumasi Ghana on Thursday. […]Read More
Federal Government has summoned the High Commissioner of Ghana to Nigeria, Ambassador Rashid Bawa, over the closure of over 400 Nigerian shops in Ghana. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the Ghanaian envoy was invited to explain the treatment of Nigerian traders in his country. The closure of over 400 Nigerian businesses had sparked protest […]Read More
Nigerian Woman Commits Suicide Over Closure Of Shops In Ghana
Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three has committed suicide, the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), Ghana chapter, reported in Abuja yesterday. The association made the development known when the leadership visited the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. […]Read More