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The Nigerian government has approved a United States extradition request for embattled former top cop, Abba Kyari, local media outlets have reported. The development means he will be facing criminal charges in the US after federal authorities asked for his possible extradition months back. The case in the United States …

The Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) has called for the fast-tracking of moves to ensure that Ghanaian traders are able to trade more in the Chinese Yuan when doing business with China. Such a move is expected to reduce pressure on the Cedi because imports will not be done with …

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has arrested the armed robbers involved in a robbery on a VIP Bus that was bound for Kumasi, from Takoradi, on Sunday, February 20, 2022. The police statement said that two of the robbers, who have all come to be known as the ‘pray …

The United States government has announced visa restrictions to Somali officials and individuals, accusing them of “undermining the democratic process in Somalia”, after yet another delay in the parliamentary elections. In a statement issued by the US Department of State on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions …

Public relations officer of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in Ukraine, Benjamin Boateng, has stated that Ghanaian parents can be prayerful and supportive to their wards in Ukraine. Speaking in an interview on SVTV Africa, Benjamin indicated that parents must avoid calling and putting fear in their children …

Professor Cadman Mills has stated that his brother, the late former President John Evans Atta Mills collapsed in front of some relatives on the morning of his death. According to Prof Cadman Mills, his late brother on the day of his death was with their other brother, Samuel Atta Mills and …

Some 40 passengers travelling from Takoradi to Kumasi are stranded at the Anwiankwanta Police Station after the bus they were travelling on was attacked by armed robbers. According to a report by 3news.com sighted by GhanaWeb, the passengers were attacked by a gang of five armed robbers at around 3:30 …

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 …

The US State Department has announced it is freezing nearly $160m (£118m) in foreign aid to Burkina Faso. The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré in late January, which the US has now determined was indeed a military coup. It …

The scandalous trade they were engaged in earned them the names, ‘money mules’ but what makes the news of Linda Mbimadong and Richard Broni an ironic one is that they were not the main guys in the fraud case they have been found guilty in. Call them the middlemen and …