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The Black Princesses of Ghana completed the host and win assignment on Saturday, June 3, as they beat Nigeria in the final of the WAFU Zone B U-20 Cup of Nations. The game at the Baba Yara Stadium travelled to penalty shootouts after both teams scored a goal each within …

The President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa and the world will miss outgoing Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari. “As leaders, we all have our high and low moments, but I have no doubt that posterity will be kind to Muhammadu Buhari. “West Africa, …

Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public about the recall of all batches of Polyfort Suspension in Nigeria. A statement issued by the Authority on Tuesday, said the recall is due to negative results from a series of ongoing stability tests. The said drug is used for …

Nigeria’s food and drug control agency (Nafdac) says it is taking “swift action” to investigate a popular brand of noodles over alleged presence of a substance associated with increased risks of cancer. The agency said in a statement it was conducting “random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the …

The Former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, said yesterday that having dual citizenship does not disqualify anyone who is a Nigerian by birth from contesting elections in the country. His clarification came against the backdrop of claims that the presidential candidate of All Progressives …

There have been violent incidents at several polling stations in Lagos. At one visit by the BBC, in Channels Estate, in Ajah, a suburb of Lagos, a group of men were seen holding bottles and sticks and leaving ballot papers spread on the ground. “There was pandemonium, people ran and …

Nigeria has ordered the closure of all its land borders during Saturday’s tightly contested elections. The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said. Border officials have been told to ensure strict enforcement of the order. The presidential …

Just when one thought these two West African countries had nothing to fight over, ‘Fufu’ entered the chat. Prior to this, the friendly banter was usually over whose Jollof reigned supreme and still takes center stage in many inter-regional conversations. That is why it took many African football fans by …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has met the state governors from his ruling All Progressives Congress party (APC) over the challenges arising from a scarcity of local currency in the country. At the meeting held in the presidential palace, the governors expressed their disapproval of the government’s policy of redesigning some …

The Islamic police force in northern Nigeria’s main city has arrested 19 Muslims, accusing them of attending the wedding of a same-sex couple. The force raided the marriage ceremony in Kano after a tip-off, its spokesman Lawal Ibrahim Fagge said. The couple, who had not yet taken their vows, managed …