Nigeria’s veteran midfielder John Mikel Obi has become the third most capped player for the Super Eagles after he featured in Saturday’s friendly game against Zimbabwe. With his appearance on Saturday, the 32-year-old is surpassed Nwanko Kanu on the chart, and now stands 14 places behind joint leaders Joseph Yobo and Vincent Enyeama. Mikel could … Read more
Tanzania has begun implementing a nation-wide ban on the use of plastic bags. The ban comes into force this week, with the Plastic Carrier Bags Regulation act of 2019 prohibiting the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags. The move now follows similar steps made by Rwanda and neighbouring Kenya, in an attempt to tackle the … Read more
In an attempt to encourage young people to opt for teaching as a career, the Rwandan government has announced that it will drop university fees for those who want to study education. It will also cut secondary school fees by half for students who say they hope to become teachers. The Rwanda Education Board (REB) … Read more
The Channels Island government has seized money to the value of £211,000,000 in a Jersey bank account that allegedly belonged to former military dictator, General Sani Abacha. According to a report on MetroNews, Abacha laundered the money through the US into the Channel Islands in Europe. The money was put in accounts held in Jersey … Read more
Work on rebuilding the Kajelo Dam which was destroyed by rains in April has commenced earnestly in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. The dam which was constructed by government under the” One Village, One Dam policy” made headlines in the country when the first set of rains ushering the wet season collapsed … Read more
The Interior Ministry has announced Wednesday, June 5 as a statutory public holiday. In a statement signed by the Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, June 5, 2019, marks the celebration of Eid-al-Fitr, which is a statutory public holiday and called on Ghanaians to observe the day as such. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan the Muslim holy … Read more
Kofi Kingston may have met President Akufo-Addo but someone who may be happier about their meeting will be his mother, Dr. Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah, the leader of the Women’s Wing of the NPP-USA branch. The reigning WWE World Champion, Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah, popularly known as Kofi Kingston, has revealed how his mother helped Akufo-Addo during the … Read more
North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has paid final mock fees for all 1,920 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in his constituency. Mr Ablakwa also provided mathematical sets for the candidates at Mepe in the Volta Region “I also donated graph boards for all 50 Junior High Schools and made a special presentation of … Read more
North Tongu Member of Parliament, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has advised Ghanaian musicians to desist from unruly behaviour in Showbiz. He was speaking at Obrafour’s “Pae Mu Ka” Album 20th anniversary Launch in Accra on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.He however eulogized Obrafour for maintaining a ‘clean brand’ through his music journey. He praised him for … Read more
Today, as President Muhammadu Buhari was being sworn in as Prsident of Nigeria for another term of four years at Eagle Square, Abuja, an event attended by some former heads of state, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who did not attend, perhaps because of an international engagement, escaped what could have ended as a plane crash … Read more