AFRICA NEWS

At the 2024 African Heritage Awards Ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday,  April 13th, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, the former president, was bestowed with the African Advancement Award for Exemplary Leadership. Organised by the Heritage Times of Nigeria, the African Heritage Awards is a platform that unites influential African innovators, …

Parliament has formally requested the Office of the President to provide a specific date for the transmission of the Human Sexual and Family Values Bill for presidential assent. This move comes after Nana Bediatuo Asante, the secretary to President Akufo-Addo, asked Parliament on March 18, to refrain from presenting the …

The Vice President of the Republic and the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphatically rejected the practice of LGBTQ in Ghana. In his first public commentary on the raging issue, Dr. Bawumia minced no words in completely shooting it down while addressing thousands of …

Officers from Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have intercepted a package containing suspected cannabis at one of the central points of the courier services department in Accra. This was during a routine check around noon on Thursday, April 4, 2024, when the officers identified suspicious items in a box bound …

A South African court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the country’s upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls. The Electoral Court decision on Tuesday (9 April) allows Zuma to run for president on behalf of …

Immigration officers stationed at Kotoka International Airport have received a strong warning from Interior Minister Henry Quartey, saying that staff members who are discovered to be aiding visitors would be promptly suspended from duty. Quartey made the declaration when he visited the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) headquarters in Accra. In …

Ghana has been ranked as the 5th best-governed country on the African continent and the best-governed country in the whole of West Africa by World Economics, a United Kingdom (UK) based research organisation. The good governance ranking according to World Economics, is assessed through four main indexes. The indexes are; …

Private legal practitioner Nana Obiri Boahen almost moved his audience to tears in a live interview as he reflected on the hardships that Africans, particularly the youth, often endure to make ends meet on the continent. Expressing his views, Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen highlighted the multitude of challenges confronting Africa …

Togo has delayed parliamentary and regional elections amid tensions following controversial constitutional reform. The reform approved by lawmakers last week replaced the presidential system with a parliamentary one. It also hands executive power to the prime minister, reducing the presidency to a symbolic role. Opposition parties have rejected the reform, …

Open Institute of Technology (OPIT), an esteemed EU-accredited online institution renowned for its expertise in IT education, proudly announces its plans to increase enrollment from African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, for the academic year 2024. Since its inception in 2023, OPIT has been dedicated to providing world-class education …