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The American Consul General in Ghana, Elliot Fertik, has explained how easy and flexible the process and requirements for a visa application could be for anyone. To the Consular, the processes are simple but it takes just a slight mistake for a person to be denied a visa. In an …

Property worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire incident that occurred at the headquarters of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy Church in Lagos, Nigeria. The incident has garnered widespread attention, with multiple videos from the scene shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The blaze, which …

Ghana has won the bid to host the next African Athletics Championship to take place in 2026. Despite putting in a last minute bid, the 2023 African Games host beat Botswana for the right to host Africa’s biggest track and field event. Confirming, the President of Ghana Athletics, Fuseini Bawa …

According to the Ghana AIDS Commission, an estimated 50 persons get HIV every day. The majority of the new infections have been identified as persons between 15 and 49 years old, the economically active population. The data announced during the release of the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS …

Former National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party Freddie Blay has issued a one-week ultimatum to North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Management of TV3 and Johnnie Hughes to retract what he calls baseless and unfounded allegations levelled against him and his family. The GNPC Board Chair who is …

Two Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims have died from various health complications in Saudi Arabia. The deceased, believed to be from Damongo in the Savannah region, passed away on Sunday, June 9, and Wednesday, June 12, respectively. Over four thousand Ghanaian pilgrims are currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has slipped and fallen over at an official event to mark 25 years of democracy in the country. The president, 72, fell as he climbed the steps on a vehicle which was supposed to take him around Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja. He had to …

The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi’s vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars. The plane, a military aircraft, was flying in bad weather. Soldiers …

IMANI Africa’s founding president, Franklin Cudjoe, has openly expressed his dissatisfaction with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, declaring that he had transitioned from being a friend and supporter to a vocal critic. Once an admirer of Akufo-Addo’s commitment to freedom, Franklin Cudjoe now holds the president accountable for what he …

A winger for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, Jordan Ayew and Louis Mafouta, a striker for Amiens in Ligue 2, both notched incredible hat-tricks as Ghana defeated the Central African Republic (CAR) 4-3 in a thrilling 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. For the second successive game, Otto Addo’s …