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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has said it is the Ghanaian citizens who determine who becomes the leader in any election. Answering questions at the Parliamentary Committee probing the leaked tape on his removal from office, Dr. Dampare indicated that elections involve many stakeholders and each has its …

Neil Wigan, the British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, has not even presented his credentials yet, but he may already be thinking of how to deal with an old problem: An inquiry into alleged atrocities inflicted on Kenyans by his country’s soldiers at their training unit in northern Kenya. This and …

Three weeks ago, Badamasi Mohammed left his wife and two children in Maradi, Niger’s second-largest city for a trip to Kano, about 300km away (186 miles) in northwestern Nigeria. But since August 5, the 30-year-old freight truck driver has been stuck like more than 20 other trucks, at the Jibiya …

The Tema Oil Refinery has been reported to be leased to a group called Torentco Asset Management (TAM) for 6 years at $22 million. The group is allowed to refine up to 8 million barrels of oil a year by paying $1 million every year as rent. However, social media users have …

Nigeria has begun the evacuation of its stranded citizens in Khartoum, Sudan with the deployment of 40 luxury buses to take the evacuees to Egypt for airlifting to the West African country. In a series of tweets by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), the exercise started on Wednesday with …

Fighting between the Sudanese army and a heavily armed paramilitary group has entered a second week. By – (AFP) US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between …

Kenya’s Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed separate bilateral treaties with China and Italy that will see Nairobi extradite its citizens to the two countries if they break laws there. The new arrangement now awaits the nod of the National Assembly to be formally ratified. China tried to have its nationals suspected …

  By Kehinde Yusuf An investigative report has revealed how an 100 years old man and seven others were arrested at Iloro Ekiti on the order of the Kabiyesi Oluloro of Iloro Ekiti, Oba Femi Olugbesoye by concerned citizens of the community. 100 years old man arrested by Oba Femi …

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a member of the governing NPP, has advised members of the party not to play politics of equalisation with inflation figures and to only treat Ghanaians as voters in an election year. According to him, this is not the time that NPP members should play politics of …

The Canadian authorities have issued travel advisories to its citizens travelling to Nigeria. According to the authorities, Canadian citizens should not travel to Nigeria unless it is extremely necessary to do so. “Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk …