Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
A Nigerian judge has criticised a lawyer facing criminal charges after he turned up to court in Lagos with a defence team of more than 90 people. Justice Aishat Opesanwo described the approach as tantamount to “harassment and intimidation”, a statement by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says. Prominent lawyer Rickey Tarfa is charged with the obstruction […]
May 2, 2016 (GIN) – The highly touted Paris Climate talks last year were supposed to produce an agreement among the world’s nations to “keep the oil in the soil” and reduce global greenhouse emissions, thus avoiding the threat of dangerous climate change. Scientists warn that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the threshold […]
Aryn Baker/Cape Town@arynebaker April 18, 2016 Mike Hutchings—Reuters President Jacob Zuma answers questions at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, March 17, 2016. A nephew of Zuma’s was mentioned in the Panama Papers. Despite the negative insinuations, there are good reasons why African investors named in the Panama Papers would want offshore accounts According to […]
NPP-USA Women’s Wing Meet Simon-Peter Frimpong, a 13-year old Ghanaian American from Aurora, Colorado. The 8th-grader is one of about 100 top science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students from across the USA who have been invited to the 2016 White House Science Fair, scheduled for this Wednesday, April 13th. The fair, which is President […]
by Kwabena Opong n general elections is heating up and the political rhetoric is increasingly becoming vitriolic. In most African countries, the name of the game is called “open sesame” in times like these. Ruling parties seek to find avenues to discredit their major opponents, while the latter scrutinizes any misstep by the government in […]
By Michael W. Hudson A FIFA official has resigned from the world soccer body’s ethics panel and Swiss police have raided the offices of Europe’s top soccer association – the latest impacts in response to revelations in the Panama Papers scandal. FIFA confirmed today that Juan Pedro Damiani has stepped down from his position as […]
A hugetrove of documents has revealed the secrets of offshore business, presaging tougher times for tax havens AS A young man, Ramon Fonseca considered taking holy orders. Instead he became an evangelist for offshore business. Now the law firm he co-founded is at the centre of a global storm, linked—unfairly, he insists—to a multitude of […]
by Yinka Adegoke Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, played an influential role in driving transparency and change during Nigeria’s elections last year, as citizens shared images of verified results from polling units around the country ahead of formal results being announced. President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-month old government recognizes both the advantages of the […]
by Kwabena Opong n general elections is heating up and the political rhetoric is increasingly becoming vitriolic. In most African countries, the name of the game is called “open sesame” in times like these. Ruling parties seek to find avenues to discredit their major opponents, while the latter scrutinizes any misstep by the government in […]
The Pentagon on Monday April 4 announced the transfer of two Libyan inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Senegal. “The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of Senegal,” the […]