The Flying Eagles have emerged as champions of the 2024 WAFU B U-20 Championship, defeating rivals Ghana 2-1 in a thrilling final. Under the guidance of head coach Aliyu Zubairu, the Flying Eagles dominated the first half, surging to a 2-0 lead at halftime thanks to two well-taken goals by Remo Stars forward, Kparobo Arierhi. With their early dominance, the …

Ghana could buy petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery once the facility is operating at full capacity, cutting more expensive exports from Europe, the head of the country’s oil regulator said on Monday. At the Oil Trading and Logistics Africa Downstream oil conference in Lagos, the Chairman of Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid said this could end monthly …

Seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated back to the country. At the same time, five traffickers were equally arrested by the efforts of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). A statement on Sunday, by the Director of the Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun said this latest rescue operation …

Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has called to camp Remo Stars’ wing-back Ismail Sadiq, Kano Pillars’ forward Zikifilu Rabiu and Enugu Rangers’ attacking midfielder Kazeem Ogunleye among a list of 35 players of Super Eagles B for the 2025 African Nations Championship qualifying fixture against Ghana. The first leg of the fixture, which is a reminder of the qualification series for …

Tourism offers a powerful historical experience that can connect Nigerian and Ghanaian tourists visiting each other’s countries to, among others, the broader West African narrative of colonisation and exploitation and ultimately strengthen people-to-people relations between both countries In this interview with Martin-Luther C. King in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr. Ben …

Hundreds of Ghanaians, most of them university students, protested on the streets of the capital city Accra on Thursday to demand an immediate halt to illegal mining. The demonstrators, who plan to stage rallies for three days, are also demanding the release of 54 activists detained last month for demonstrating against illegal mining. The government’s handling of illegal mining — …

Ghana’s Black Stars are likely to host their remaining 2025 Africa Cup of Nations home qualifiers in Nigeria, according to multiple reports in the West African country. This followed the Confederation of African Football’s rejection of their home venue, the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. CAF’s inspection team had deemed the stadium unsuitable for competitive matches flagging the major structural …

Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Segun Obe, has tied the knot with his lover, Nita. Sharing the pictures from the wedding, Obe in an Instagram post on Saturday, revealed that he tied the knot a week ago in Accra, Ghana. The 50-year-old is the brother of a renowned singer, Tunde Obe. In 2022, Segun served as a voice coach on Nigerian …

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, to participate in the sixth mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union. The Nigerian leader, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, departed Abuja on Saturday morning and arrived at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, hours later. Tinubu was received at the airport …

The Managing Director/CEO of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane has said that Nigeria has fallen from the 32nd largest economy in the world to 42nd, and that Ghana had overtaken Nigeria in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. He added that in Africa, Nigeria has also descended from first to fourth in terms of wealth management and accumulation. In …