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Nigeria suspends $375 bride-price levy after public outcry
The authorities in northern Nigeria have suspended a bride-price levy imposed by a village chief following a public outcry.
Residents of Kera village in Kano...
Nigerian senator gets 12 years in jail for stealing $19.6m
Prominent Nigerian senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of 39 fraud charges amounting to...
Stop attacking our brothers – Nigerians in Diaspora to Ghanaians
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned the renewed attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, describing it as unnecessary.
This was contained in a...
Over 100 fake professors uncovered in Nigeria
About 100 fake professors have been uncovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), says the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar...
Accra: Six arrested after rampaging Ghanaian traders lock up foreign shops
At least six persons have been arrested after several shops belonging to foreign retailers were locked up in a dawn operation by some rampaging...
ECOWAS countries reject Nigeria products over border closure
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has started declining Nigerian products possibly in retaliation to the country’s border closure, DailymailGh.com can report.
Nigeria...
Closure of border worrying, open it – Mahama to Buhari
Ghanaian former leader John Mahama has said Nigeria’s decision to close its borders to Ghana and others is a “worrying development”.
“The unilateral closure of...
CLOSING MARGINS: Brazil Draws Reflect African Progress
Once upon a time, when a top European/South American national side lined
up against one from Africa, you had to fear a little for the...
BRAZIL TO ZILCH: How Has Ghana Faded On The International Scene?
Not quite a decade ago, Ghana towered as Africa's trendiest national side. Every big team wanted to play the Black Stars, with the country's...
GOLD OVER BRONZE: Nigeria Looks to Reclaim ‘Lost’ Gems from England
In London's British Museum sits some of the 4,000
bronze sculptures British troops pillaged from an invasion of the Kingdom of
Benin (now southwestern Nigeria) over...
