The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu; Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Wabote, and Executive Vice Chairman, ExxonMobil, Nigeria, Mr. Udom Inoyo, as well as several others are set for…
Human trafficking: Immigration intercepts eight Ghanaian ladies at Lagos airport (Punch)
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service have intercepted eight Ghanaian ladies for attempted human trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested on Monday, were said to be passing through the Lagos airport to Kuwait…
5th AFRIMA: Ghana ready to host Africa
The Government of the Republic of Ghana has accepted Official Host Country rights for the 5th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA-Ghana 2018) with the awards programme of activities scheduled to hold between Wednesday, November 21 and Saturday, November 24 in…
U17 AFCON qualifiers: Beat Ghana get N2m, NFF charges Eaglets (Vanguard)
Nigeria Football Federation has charged the Golden Eaglets to beat Ghana in the final of the West Africa Football Union zone B qualifiers for the CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations in Niger Republic with a promise of additional financial…
Kofi Annan to be buried in Ghana (The Courier)
Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, who died on August 18 aged 80, is set to be buried in his home country of Ghana. After a public memorial service at the International Conference Centre in the capital, Accra, the…
Manufacturing, agriculture key to economic growth, development says Dangote
Executive Director of the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Dangote, has urged millennials in Nigeria and across Africa to diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast-track the development of the continent and better life for…
Fake doctor arrested after performing abortion on 17-year-old girl (Punch)
A 59-year-old man, Kenneth Kwarteng, suspected to be a quack doctor, has been arrested by Ghana police after he performed an abortion on a 17-year-old girl. The suspect, Kwarteng, who uses various names, including Kwame Kwarteng and K. K. Kwarteng,…
Ghana’s president expresses sorrow at death of Kofi Annan (Xinhuanet)
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo expressed great sorrow here Saturday at news of the death of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. “The Government and people of Ghana, First Lady Rebecca and I are deeply saddened by the news of the death,…
Maiden Lagos Fringe Festival holds November
The Inaugural Lagos Fringe Festival will take place from November 11 through 18, 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a festival for performing arts and interdisciplinary conversations, and will feature local and international artistes from South Africa, UK., U.S.A., Ghana,…
Q2: Dangote Cement invests $3bn across Africa, employs 27,952 Nigerians in 2017
Group Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Joe Makoju, said the company has invested a whopping $3 billion to build manufacturing plants and import/grinding terminals across Africa. The company’s operations, according to Makoju are in Cameroon (1.5Mta clinker grinding), Congo…
