November 30

• West Africa: Obasanjo Leads Ecowas Election Observer Team to Ghana

  The 250-member ECOWAS election observation mission led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is due to arrive in Accra for Ghana's general elections holding on December 7. Read more »

November 25

• West Africa: Nigerian Governor Gets 2012 Kwame Nkrumah Peace Award

  The International Centre for Peace and Charity has conferred the 2012 Award of Nkrumah Peace and Good Governance on Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. Read more »

November 17

• Nigeria: Envoys Seeks Relief for Nigerian On Death Row in Ghana

  The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana Ambassador Ademola Seyi Onafowokan has asked the government of the West African country for the prerogative of mercy regarding a Nigerian on... Read more »

• Ghana: Former VP Under Kufuor Dies At 66

  Former Vice- President of Ghana, Alhaji Aliu Mahama is dead. He passed on at 9A.M on Friday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He was 66 years old. Read more »

November 16

• West Africa: Obasanjo to Lead Ecowas Election Observers to Ghana

  The ECOWAS Commission has appointed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the Head of its 250-member Election Observer Mission to Ghana general elections on December 7. Read more »

November 11

• Nigeria: Asa Debuts in Ghana Today

  Renowned world music Nigerian singer, Asa will perform in Ghana for the first time at the 'Miss Ghana' 2012 finale today. The 'Jailer' songbird in spite of having several hit songs... Read more »

• Ghana: Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse

  More bodies have been recovered from the debris of the Melcom shopping mall that collapsed on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 18. Six persons were confirmed dead and several... Read more »

November 9

• Ghana: Ghanaians Protest Against Foreign Traders

  The agitation over the involvement of non-Ghanaians in retail trade has been resurfaced as traders yesterday protested against the non-implementation of the Ghana Investment... Read more »

October 24

• Mauritius: Country Ranks Behind Ghana, Mauritius in World Bank Business Indices

  World Bank has ranked Nigeria behind Ghana, South Africa and Mauritius in its 2013 doing business report released yesterday. Read more »

October 22

• Nigeria: Abia Governor Wins Security Award in Ghana

  Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State at the weekend prescribed solutions to regional insecurity and hostilities in Accra, Ghana, where he was awarded 'The Best Governor in Security... Read more »

• Nigeria: Orji Blames Colonialists for Africa's Crises

  Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has blamed colonial powers for the various crises being faced by African countries. Read more »

October 14

• Ghana: Mrs Rawlings Is NDP residential Candidate

  History was made at the weekend as the former first lady of Ghana, Mrs Nana Konadu Adjemah Rawlings emerged as the first ever female presidential candidate in the country. Read more »

October 11

• Nigeria: Standard Chartered to Invest U.S.$100 Million in Nigeria, Others

  The Standard Chartered Bank said yesterday that it plans to invest over $100 million on 110 new branches in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria alongside five other core markets over the next... Read more »

October 9

• Nigeria: Mixture of Garri and Moringa Nutritional - Ghanian Exhibitor [interview]

  Mr. George Amissah is one of the over 60 Ghanaian exhibitors that are participating in the ongoing 7th Abuja International Trade Fair. He is the manager of Daysah Venture that won... Read more »

October 5

• Ghana: Oil Economy - Lessons From Ghana [opinion]

  Much has been written in recent time on how Ghana has been getting it right on many fronts, notably politics and economy. The decision of United States President, Barack Obama, to... Read more »

October 3

• Ghana: Ghana's Energy Crisis Bites Harder, to Persist Till 2013

  The current nationwide power crisis in Ghana is likely to persist until January 2013, the National Electricity Company of Ghana announced yesterday. There has been widespread load... Read more »

October 2

• Nigeria: Nation Building or Branding - the Singapore Model

  As we go round the circle of policy formulation and many other road maps of development after fifty one years of independence, and recent issues of self destructions in the country... Read more »

October 1

• Nigeria/Ghana: Eagles, Black Stars No Longer Invincible - Yeboah

  The legendary Tony Yeboah of the Black Stars of Ghana has said the days of Super Eagles of Nigeria and Black Stars of Ghana's invincibility are over as the other African countries... Read more »

September 27

• Ghana: Accra Gets New Airline

  A new local airline, Africa World Airlines (AWA), was launched in Accra last Friday to commence operations. Read more »

September 22

• Nigeria: Ghana to Review Visa Issuance

  GHANA'S foreign ministry says it is reviewing the process of the issuance of entery visa to foreigners, especially Chinese to curtail the upsurge of illegal mining in the country. Read more »

September 16

• Nigeria: Who is Eze Ndi Igbo in Ghana?

  In Ghana, two personalities are laying claim to the stool of Eze Ndi Igbo. The tussle between the two took a new dimension and is now before the court of law. Our reporter takes a... Read more »

September 13

• Ghana: Rift Over 'Eze Igbo' Throne in Ghana

  The feud over the coronation of Eze ndi Igbo of Ghana has taken a new twist, as one of the factions made good their threat to go to court. Read more »

September 7

• Ghana: Ghana Power Shortage Persists Till October

  The ongoing rationing of power, occasioned by the short fall in electricity generation is likely to persist till the end of October, Ghana's Energy Minister, Dr Joe Oteng Adjei has... Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan, Mahama Hold Bilateral Talks

  President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday hosted Ghanaian President Dramani Mahama at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Read more »

August 23

• Nigeria: Country's Non-Oil Export to Ghana Reaches N17.5 Billion in 2011

  The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that Nigeria's official non oil export to Ghana reached $113 million (about N17.5 billion) in 2011. Read more »