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As part of his 4-day official visit to Italy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, at the Vatican, in Rome on On Saturday, 22nd July 2023. He …

The largest city in South Africa, Johannesburg, was hit by a massive gas explosion on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Just like an earthquake, the gas explosion ripped streets apart, destroyed structures and left vehicles flying in the air. According to a BBC report, at least one person died as a …

A top journalist with the Sun Newspaper in Nigeria, Tosin Ajirire, has said that the main purpose of the establishment of the Islamic group based in Nigeria that claimed to be funding the campaign of Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is to achieve unity among leaders from northern Nigeria. …

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 also known as the Anti-Gay Bill has been topical in recent days. This is because Parliament on June 5, 2023, convened for the second reading of the bill since it was tabled before the house in 2021. …

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking to injunct the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, from continuing with the consideration of the anti-LGBTQ bill.   This follows an application filed at the Supreme Court by a researcher named Dr. Amanda Odoi, seeking to declare that the ongoing consideration of …

Two Nigerians have been apprehended by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for being in possession of an AK 47 assault rifle and 48 rounds of ammunition. The suspects, identified as Ikena Chiwetalu (38) and Christian Odikah (34), were arrested on July 13 during a routine stop and search operation conducted …

The national chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has quit the position nearly five months after leading the party to a presidential victory at the polls. Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of the central Nasarawa state, is said to have resigned along with the national …

National security is intensifying surveillance at the country’s border with neighbouring Burkina Faso following the arrest of some alleged refugees dressed as nursing mothers. This was after a thorough search on them revealed hidden weapons and ammunition.   It is unclear their real intentions in Ghana, but Deputy Defence Minister, …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security to address ongoing food inflation. Immediate, medium and long-term interventions have been designed by the government to combat the shortages. These range from providing fertilisers and grains to farmers and households to assigning responsibility for food and …

Below  are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, July 14, 2023.       Republic Press               The Ghanaian Publisher           The Chronicle               …