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The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has onboarded two former African heads of state — H.E. Issoufou Mahamadou, former President of Niger and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Ethiopian Prime Minister ¬— to the organization’s global board of trustees to share their diverse and unique African leadership perspectives as AWF implements its …

The former Boss of the Tema Oil Refinery, Asante Berko has been found guilty by the Security and Exchange Commission in the USA for arranging millions of dollars in bribes to be paid to government officials in Ghana to help a client win a power plant contract. Asante Berko, a former executive …

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but has vowed he would not go into exile. A prosecutor, speaking …

  • Kennedy Agyapong how disclosed how two former NPP MPs attempted to dupe some Israeli businessman in a business transaction • The MP said his honesty as a business person led him to prompt the Israelis who would have lost US$37 million • The MP was speaking at the maiden edition …

  •The late Alex Ofori was a choreographer and a fashion model • He became much popular after winning the Ghana National Dance competition in 1988 • The late dancer has been eulogized by popular Ghanaian media personality, Mr. Kwasi Kyei Darkwa Former Ghanaian National Dance Champion, Alex Ofori, has …

  Former Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu is full of praise for Hearts of Oak coach Samuel Boadu, insisting he is the best in the country. Boadu has led the Phobians to the top of the table after taking over as head coach in March, overseeing a run that includes six …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Ex-British racing driver Max Mosley, who went on to run motorsport’s world governing body the FIA and become a privacy campaigner, has died aged 81. His death was confirmed by ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Mr Mosley served three terms as president of the FIA from 1993 …

  The ongoing scandal about Wesley Girls High School and their Muslim students continues to open the wounds of some past students who suffered such discrimination by the Methodist Church, founders of the government-funded school. Fathia Ayodele Kareem, who claims to have attended Wesley Girls Senior High School in Cape …

A former UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Craig Murray has been jailed for contempt in the United Kingdom. The 62-year-old was sentenced to eight months in jail for breaching strict rules around identifying witnesses in the Alex Salmond trial. The former Dundee University rector breached a strict court order passed to protect …

The Member of Parliament for Wa West constituency, Peter Lanchene Toobu has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remove the names of former Presidents from their records. This he claims will preserve their reputation and dignity. His reaction follows former President John Agyekum Kufuor‘s response to claims made …