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The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to address the country later tonight. This will be his 16th address to the country since Ghana recorded its first COVID-19 cases. The President is expected to announce further ease to the various restrictions put in place as partof efforts …

As part of preparations towards the opening of the Kotoka International Airport, authorities have outlined a list of rules to be observed. 70 sampling collection booths have been set up at the upper level of the Arrival Hall where all arriving passengers would be required to take a PCR test. …

Masts belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and some telecommunications networks mounted around the Wa Airport are hampering the full operationalization of the facility, Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has said. According to Mr Adda, efforts to get owners of the masts to remove them have proved futile. Answering questions …

The boss of the UK’s national tourism agency has thrown her weight behind setting up so-called air bridges with countries with low coronavirus rates. Visit Britain chief executive Patricia Yates told MPs it was an “interesting” idea and indicated the US could be open to agreeing a deal. Air bridges …

All international flights bound for Lagos, Nigeria, have been diverted to Ghana following poor weather conditions and complications from new equipment installation. British Airways and Emirate Airlines are among the carriers unable to land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and were instead rerouted to Ghana. The diversions are …

A Nigerian passenger, Jude, on Saturday slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Spokesperson for the MMIA Police Command, Lagos, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria ) on Sunday in Lagos. Alabi said that the 44-year-old passenger was …

There was palpable anxiety at the Lagos Airport on Friday when an unknown man carrying a bag climbed the fuselage of the aircraft. The aircraft which had passengers on board was parked at the apron preparatory for taxing through the taxiway into the runway for take-off. Apparently beaten security on …