The Speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Alban Bagbin says the House will suspend sittings for three weeks due to increasing coronavirus cases among lawmakers and staff. The number of Lawmakers who have contracted the virus has risen to 17 while that of staff has gone up to 151. The Speaker said sittings would resume on March 2, adding…
Officials in Ghana have charged two men who are said to be from Nigeria for alleged child trafficking. Reports say the suspects, who were identified as MONDAY JOHN and FIDELIS HARUNA, were taken before the Accra Circuit Court. JOHN and HARUNA are accused of trying to sell one nineteen-year-old DESTINY OKOYE to an herbalist for two million…
The Federal Government has taken steps to respond to the closure of businesses belonging to Nigerians in Ghana. ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, said the response would be led by at least three federal ministries. DABIRI-EREWA said the move followed a petition by seven hundred and fifty-three Nigerian traders,…
The President of Ghana, NANA AKUFO-ADDO, has apologized to the Nigerian government for the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission building in Accra. The Ghanaian President also told President MUHAMMADU BUHARI in a phone conversation that he has ordered a full scale investigation into the incident. GARBA SHEHU; Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President…