In Nigeria, schoolboys turned killers and came after their ex-teachers and students

The killers came hunting their former teachers, gunning them down in their offices and in their classrooms. At the top of Boko Haram’s kill list: head teachers, examiners, primary school staff and science and geography teachers, whose curriculum contradicted the group’s flat-Earth ideology. The second lesson of the day was under way when terror came to Yagana Sanda’s school for primary and secondary…

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Boko Haram is finally crushed and has no place to hide, Nigerian president declares

The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday. His victorious statement came as the Islamic State group, with which one faction of Boko Haram is allied, claimed that a successful attack on an army barracks in northeast…

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FRANKLY SPEAKING Liverpool transfer news: Anfield boss Jurgen Klopp chasing Anderlecht’s Frank Acheampong

The Ghana man has been in fine form for the Belgian club this season, and can operate as a winger or left-back FRANK ACHEAMPONG could be on his way to Liverpool. The Ghana winger has shone for his club Anderlecht this season. And Kop boss Jurgen Klopp has had him watched several times. Acheampong, 23, can also operate at…

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Ghana, Nigeria’s relationship important for Africa- Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s President-elect

ABUJA – Ghana’s President-Elect, Nana Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for a deepened relationship between Nigerian and Ghana, saying it was important for the growth of Africa. Akufo-Addo made the remarks after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. He said that he was in Lagos for a function and decided to visit…

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Ghana government to foot bills of Labadi gas explosion victims

The survivors of the Labadi gas explosion accident, currently receiving medical attention, will have all bills paid by the government. According to the Health Minister, Alex Segbefia who was at the 37 Hospital earlier today to visit some survivors, “the President has indicated that all the cost of treating the victims will be covered by the state.” He said his…

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After suspending operations in Nigeria, a controversial Russian Ponzi scheme has set up in Ghana

Marvodi Mondial Movement (MMM), a 27-year old Russian Ponzi scheme that’s caused distress in a few African countries is adding a new country to its list. A week after suspending operations in Nigeria, the scheme which describes itself as a “mutual aid fund” has started operations in Ghana, Nigeria’s West African neighbors. Launched quietly last month, MMM Ghana operates…

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5 killed, 42 injured in gas explosion, fire in Ghana

Five people were killed and 42 others were severely burnt in the Thursday night fire resulting from an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, authorities said on Friday. The five killed were attendants of the Louis Gas Station behind the Trade Fair site. They were helping in discharging the gas from a tanker when an explosion…

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A lesson for U.S. in how Ghana celebrates its democracy

I was surprised by the outcome of the vote, but not by the response.   A hotly contested, closely watched presidential election is won by a man whom political experts, media and many citizens expected to lose. After his surprise victory, people pour into the streets. The victors are jubilant. The losing candidate’s supporters are upset. But they remain…

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Five dead; 42 injured in La gas inferno – Police confirms

Assistant Commissioner of Police Afia Tenge, the Greater Accra Regional Public Relations Officer, on Friday, confirmed that five persons had died, while 42 sustained various degrees of injuries in the inferno caused by Gas Explosion at La, on Thursday evening. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at the site of the explosion at the Louis Gas Station, behind the Ghana International Trade…

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