No explanation has been given regarding the reason for his visit, however his spokesman Femi Adesina has told the BBC's Hausa service that the Nigerian leader will be in the UK "until Monday next week."
Mr Buhari spent more than 100 day…
Theresa May has set out proposals for a two-year transition period after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019.
She wants existing EU market access arrangements to apply during that period and promised Britain would pay its "fair share" i…
The new Public Affairs Officer of the United States Embassy in Ghana, Mr Roberto Quiroz II, describing Ghana “as the future of Africa”, pledged to work with his Ambassador towards helping the nation achieve prosperity for also citizens.
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The daughter of Ghana’s first President, Ms Samia Yaba Nkrumah, has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of advocating for the preservation of September 21 as Founder’s Day, only to score political points.
The NDC g…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will scrap its biometric membership register to pave way for re-registration.
According to the Greater Regional Chairman of the party, Mr Ade Coker, the plan to ditch the biometr…
Supporters of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) poured onto the streets of Accra on Thursday to mark Founder’s Day on September 21 with a solidarity walk.
In 2009, the NDC government led by ex-President John Evans A…
Officials from the Ministry of Energy, the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department, the Maritime Boundary Secretariat, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and other state agencies have arrived in Hamburg to witness the delivery o…
Kim Jong-un has said remarks by "deranged" US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea.
In an unprecedented personal statement, via state media, Mr Kim said Mr Trump would "pay dearly" for…
A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to concentrate on fulfilling his numerous electoral promises and not destroy the peace and harmony …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the assurance that his government was committed to passing the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law very soon.
“My government intends to pass the Right to Information Bill into law ve…
The French Government has applauded Ghana for the strong progress it is making in democratic governance and pledged to stand with the nation every step of the way.
Ms. Esther Srem-Sai of the French Embassy in Accra said democracy was th…
Saudi Arabia is lifting a ban on voice and video calling apps such as WhatsApp and Skype, in a move aimed at boosting productivity and economic growth.
The ministry of communications said access to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) wo…
Donald Trump's first major speech at the United Nations has been denounced by some of the member nations he singled out for criticism.
The US president included Iran among "a small group of rogue regimes", and said the US would "totally…
The Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s posture on the Founders Day discussion is an honest and smart move, however, his proposition is not needed …
Persons with Disability (PWDs) living in Bawku and its environs have called on Parliament to speed up the passage of the Legislative Instrument (LI) on the Disability Law to make it effective.
Communities such as Kpatia, Sepaliga, Morgn…
The Founder and Chairman of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr Kofi Percival Akpaloo, has stated that the party is going to fully participate in the governance process and make it relevant in the affairs of state of the country.
In …
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) as part of an aggressive push towards revenue generation and jobs creation has set up a special desk to exploit the tourism potential of the city.
Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Metropolitan Chief Ex…
The Nigerian Air Force has deployed aircraft to the country's south-east to support the army in its so-called Operation Python Dance in the region.
The military says the operation is aimed at combating kidnapping and other criminal acti…
A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 200 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City.
At least 30 people, mostly children, died after a school collapsed in the capital, local media rep…
Spain's Guardia Civil police have detained 14 Catalan officials and raided regional government ministries involved in organising a banned independence vote.
Tensions were already high before Josep Maria Jové, number two in the Catalan v…
The Africa – America Institute (AAI) has awarded President Nana Akufo-Addo with the institute’s National Achievement Award for the year 2017.
The award which is also for the people of Ghana was bestowed on the president on Tuesday in Ne…
The Paramount Chief of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Sakite II, has said his traditional area does not belong to any political party; neither should Ghana as a country belong to any political party.
He said the duty of every tr…
Vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia has called on industry players to come up with strategies to ensure financial discipline and improve the commercial viability of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the country.
That, he explained, was esse…
A former National Chairperson and leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Madam Yaba Samia Nkrumah, has argued that the “Founders debate is a sterile debate.”
“I would imagine Kwame Nkrumah would not like to see the country divid…
The Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa will hear the National Prosecuting Authority's appeal against the six-year sentence handed down to the athlete, Oscar Pistorius, in November.
It's the second time the state has contested verdi…
Members of the Freedom and Justice, a pressure group, led by Mr Ras Mubarak, Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, on Monday demonstrated to register their displeasure with the human rights abuses of Muslim Minority in Myanmar.
The grou…
The Tanzanian government has banned privately-owned Mwanahalisi newspaper from publication for two years, for "publishing false information that could jeopardize the security of the country".
The government says the newspaper had violat…
The company providing the voting system for the re-run of Kenya's presidential election says the equipment will not be ready in time, putting the planned date in jeopardy.
The Supreme Court annulled last month's vote, citing irregularit…
A research fellow of the Institute of Economic of Affairs (IEA) Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has stressed the need for the nation to appoint competent young people to sensitive positions as a way of tapping their fullest potential for…
US President Donald Trump is expected to call for more international pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly later.
It will be his first speech to the world body a…
Dominica has suffered "widespread damage" from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says, as the storm hammers neighbouring Guadeloupe.
"We have lost all that money can buy," Mr Skerrit said in a Facebook post.
The hurri…
North Korea has warned that more sanctions and pressure will only make it accelerate its nuclear programme.
In a strongly worded statement, Pyongyang called a new set of UN sanctions "the most vicious, unethical and inhumane act of host…
The Minority wants Parliament to have a stronger role to play in the selection of the person who occupies the office of the Special Prosecutor.
The Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Committee, is currently putting together…
Presidential candidate for the People’s National Convention (PNC), Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama has been accused of usurping powers of party executives.
“He has been contemptuously disregarding the constitution of the PNC in pursuit of his…
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has cleared the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso Boakye of all corruption allegations made against them by Kwame Asare Obeng popularl…
As part of his commitment to improve the standard of education in his constituency, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi and Deputy Minister for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has awarded scholarships to 200 students in the ar…
The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Joseph Whittal, has said the whole structure of the Old Parliament House has not been pulled down, thus the allusions by Ghanaians to CHRAJ destroyin…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that African countries would have to change the structure of their economies, from raw material dependent economies to industrialised, value-added economies if they are to fully financ…
The President said investment in the four critical areas including in ICT would reduce the cost of electricity and business transaction in Uganda and promote industrialisation as Uganda moves to becoming a middle income country
Pres…
Soremekun further noted that peace was at the centre of development, from the family level to the global stage
The National Information Officer of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun, has enjoined…
Prime Minister Theresa May is due to travel to Canada to discuss plans for a post-Brexit trade deal.
She said the two countries held "shared values" ahead of meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Mrs May is also expected to…
The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says Ghana has failed to progress partly because of substandard ministers appointed by successive governments.
According to the Suame Membe…
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of their countrymen were expelled, the UN says.
Its peacekeeping mission Monusco said another 117 were injured durin…
The Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy is ambitiously selfless and the righteous system for Ghana and Africa, the 2016 independent presidential candidate, Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, has stated.
In his view, the free SHS programme is a mean…
The high youth unemployment should not be seen as an economic and social issue anymore, but a security threat to the country’s very existence, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations has cautioned.
He said th…
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, is to participate in a high-level Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) meeting in New York.
The meeting, themed: “Global Partnership towards harnessing the demographic…
A teacher who takes in orphans of both Islamist fighters and Nigerian army soldiers has won this year's UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.
"They are the best of friends," Zannah Mustapha says of his pupils. "This should be a template for world…
The Members of the Yendi Catholic Church have organized a special church service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes at Yendi to give praise and thanks to God for His care for the nation.
They also prayed for the President, politica…
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs, has reiterated the call on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to play a lead role in restoring peace to the Republic of Togo.
He…
Hurricane Maria is expected to strengthen further as it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
It has been upgraded to a category two hurricane, and is forecast to hit the islands late on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center (N…
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