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Parliament has approved the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (Amendment) Bill, 2025, clearing the way for the institution to be renamed the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Wa. The Bill, passed on Friday, December 19, 2025, formally removes the name of Ghana’s …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved emergency security funding for five member states, including Ghana, as part of renewed efforts to combat terrorism and growing insecurity across the sub-region. The decision was taken at the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State …

Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese president and opposition leader Thomas Boni Yayi, has been arrested at his residence, according to multiple relatives, days after a failed coup attempt in Benin Republic. The arrest, which occurred early Sunday, comes in the wake of the December 7 attempted putsch. Authorities have …

The Accra High Court has ruled that the funeral of highlife icon Charles Kwadwo Fosu, widely known as Daddy Lumba, be postponed while it resolves the ongoing dispute over who has the authority to organise his final rites. The ruling follows an application filed by members of the musician’s maternal …

The prosecution of former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, and seven other accused persons officially begins today, Thursday, December 11, marking the opening of one of Ghana’s most closely watched corruption trials in recent years. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) confirmed the start of the proceedings in a …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced the deployment of its Standby Force to the Republic of Benin in a decisive response to the country’s escalating political and security crisis. The move aims to protect constitutional order and safeguard Benin’s territorial integrity following a military takeover. In …

  Oluwaseun Adekoya, also known by several aliases including Ace G., Broda, Legendary, and Santana, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for leading a nationwide bank fraud and money laundering network that stole and laundered more than $2 million across the United States. The 40-year-old Nigerian national …

Parliament has approved a $60 million agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Dassault Aviation for the purchase of a Falcon 6X aircraft for the Ghana Air Force. Lawmakers also endorsed a €125 million contract with Airbus Helicopters SAS to supply one H160 and three H175 helicopters. Government says the …

At least 20 people, including a pastor, his wife, and a new bride, have been abducted in two separate attacks amid a surge in kidnappings in Nigeria. Gunmen stormed the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Kogi State on Sunday, firing shots and causing panic among worshippers. The attackers seized the …

Guinea-Bissau’s ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived safely in Senegal after being released by the military officers who overthrew his government earlier this week. Senegal’s foreign ministry confirmed that Embaló landed in the country late Thursday on a chartered military aircraft, following negotiations led by the West African regional …