Thousands have taken to the streets in Nigeria to protest the erratic power supply situation in that country. The protesters held banners which read ‘If Ghana can, yes we can’, implying that if Ghana has been able to deal with dumsor or power outages, Nigeria too can resolve her power crisis situation. BestNewsGH.com sources reveal […]
The Nigerian government has denied reports that there is a brewing diplomatic row over Ghana’s decision to evict the West African country’s envoy from his Accra residence. Some media outlets reported on Thursday, January 2, 2020, that a diplomatic ruckus was imminent following Ghana’s decision to forcefully remove Nigeria High Commissioner, Olufemi Michael Abikoye, from […]
An opposition presidential candidate in the Ivory Coast has sought asylum in Ghana to avoid being arrested in his home country. BestNewsGH.com can report that Guilaume Soro, a former rebel leader and powerful Minister in the administration of former president Laurent Gbagbo diverted his private flight and landed in Ghana over the arrest warrant. A […]
President John Magufuli has informed his party members and supporters that he does not have the intention of running for presidency after his very-likely second tenure which ends in 2025. The president also admitted that the job of president was more difficult than he had anticipated. “Our party CCM is like an industry which produces […]
For the first time a Head of State from Africa’s CFA currency region has openly spoken about a very politically and economically sensitive subject that could ruin relationship with colonial master, France. President Patrice Talon has ordered that his country’s foreign currency reserves colonially deposited in French Central Bank be immediately withdrawn. Such a decision […]
The Zambian government has finally approved a proposal to legalise the production of Marijuana. The production of Marijuana in Zambia will, however, be restricted to exports and for medical purposes only. Companies wishing to trade in Marijuana in Zambia will be charged US$250,000 annual license fees. Only successful bidders will be issued with commercial licenses […]
A Sudanese court convicted deposed president Omar al-Bashir of graft on Saturday and sentenced him to two years’ house arrest in a social care facility. The charges stemmed from millions of dollars received by the toppled strongman from Saudi Arabia. Bashir, who was deposed by the army in April after months of mass protests against […]
Dantata Universal Services Nigeria Ltd. (DUS) in partnership with VFS Global, an outsourcing and technology services specialists for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide, has opened a centre in Accra to offer enrolment services for Nigerians residing in Ghana wishing to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). The opening of the centre, according to DUS and […]
President Yoweri Museveni led a march in efforts to stamp out corruption in public offices on Thursday. The Ugandan leader was accompanied by politicians, members of civil society organisations and religious leaders. Several people were forced to walk to work as they were caught unawares by the traffic restrictions. President Museveni pointed out that obesity […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s personal blog site is down after he published a post revealing he had been on a diet to lose 30kg (4st 7lb). In the post, he dismissed rumours of ill health or being tired and said he lost weight as part of a deliberate attempt to shed fat, the Ugandan news […]
No fewer than 100 fake professors have been uncovered in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission, NUC. Prof Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s Executive Secretary, disclosed this in the NUC’s November bulletin. Rasheed said the NUC published the details of the fake professors on its website and also sent the names to the various universities […]
Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe died with $10m (£7.7m) cash in the bank, a legal letter from his daughter quoted by state media says. But he appears not to have left a will, according to the family’s lawyer. Mugabe, who died in September aged 95, was ousted in 2017 after 37 years in power. Separately, […]
