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Chelsea and Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba failed in his bid to become the President of the Ivorian Football Federation. The popular former footballer came last among the three contestants in Saturday’s elections and did not go past the first round. According to Saturday’s results , the two-time African Player …

A Father of 6 based in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region has lost his sight forever after he was punched in the eye over dog meat. The man whose name is given only as Mohammed is a dog meat vendor who is well known in Nkawkaw and its environs for …

Ghana’s former IBF lightweight Champion, Emmanuel Gameboy Tagoe was defeated in his highly anticipated April 9 bout against American opponent Juan Garcia. The fight, which took place in San Antonio, ended with Garcia winning via a unanimous decision. Garcia dominated the fight, but didn’t get the knockout he had predicted, …

A Nigerian father lost four of his children after they drowned following a boat accident in the northern state of Kebbi. Musa Labaran, who survived the accident, told the BBC that he made unsuccessful attempts to save the fifth child who was closer to him on the boat. He said …

Raphael Edem Avornyo, popularly known as Coded of the music group 4×4, has gone on a rant, insulting his fans for showing lack of support for his music. The artiste, in an audio shared on Instagram by blogger, Nkonkonsa, called some of his fans ‘idiots,’ using F word on people he …

African billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has seen his net worth fall by more than $500 million in the past 27 days, as shares of his flagship company, Dangote Cement Plc, dropped by a single-digit percent on the Nigerian Exchange. Dangote, the continent’s wealthiest man who has retained his position for …

The US has officially determined that the events leading to the overthrow of the Burkinabe President Christian Roch Marc Kabore constituted a military coup. The State Department subsequently announced that it is freezing nearly $160m in foreign aid to the West African country. Kabore was deposed in late January in …

Ghana since 2019 has lost over 39,400 hectares of forest due to activities of cocoa production, this has been disclosed by global advocacy organisation, Mighty Earth in its latest report. The report dubbed ‘Sweet Nothings’ raises concerns on how cocoa is still driving the destruction of protected areas in cocoa-growing …

Two pupils died and six others were injured when a minibus taxi driver transporting schoolchildren lost control of the vehicle in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. On Saturday, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said according to preliminary reports the children were on their way home from school when the minibus taxi veered out …

  Mr. Jordan Owusu, Chief Executive Officer of De Jordan Agro and investment has lost 120 acres of his cashew farm at “Torgbui Kope” near Kparekpare in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region as a result of bush fire. Mr. Owusu told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that …