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Ghana Signs Visa Waiver Agreements With Qatar, Jamaica, Venezuela And 5 Other Countries

Ghana Signs Visa Waiver Agreements With Qatar, Jamaica, Venezuela And 5 Other Countries

Government has taken the necessary steps to improve service delivery with regards to passport administration both in Ghana and its missions abroad. In a tweet, the Presidency noted that Ghana has signed visa waivers agreements with eight countries. They are Qatar, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and …

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15 Ghanaian Students In Ukraine Refuse To Come Home After Gov’t Bought Their Tickets – Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

15 Ghanaian Students In Ukraine Refuse To Come Home After Gov’t Bought Their Tickets – Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, has revealed that fifteen Ghanaian students have refused to return to Ghana, although government has provided air tickets for their trip. He explained that government is making frantic efforts to ensure the safety and evacuation of all Ghanaian students in …

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Meghan Markle Sued By Half-Sister Samantha Over Oprah Winfrey interview

Meghan Markle Sued By Half-Sister Samantha Over Oprah Winfrey interview

Meghan Markle didn’t have the crappy childhood she wants the public to believe, according to her half-sister who is now dragging Meghan to court, suing over that famous Oprah Winfrey interview. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for defamation, and she’s especially pissed about some of the things she and Prince Harry told Oprah …

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Russia’s Richest 22 Billionaires Have Lost $39bn In One Day After The Invasion Of Ukraine

Russia’s Richest 22 Billionaires Have Lost $39bn In One Day After The Invasion Of Ukraine

Vladimir Potanin, Russia’s richest man, lost $3 billion in one day on Thursday. He is now worth $26.1 billion. Russia’s 22 richest individuals saw their net worths plunge by a collective $39 billion in less than 24 hours after their country invaded Ukraine, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The wealth wipeout …

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Nigerians Storm Ukraine Embassy In Abuja, Volunteer To Fight Russian Invasion

Russia-Ukraine Conflit; Nigerian Students Evacuated From Ukraine To Romania

As hundreds of Nigerians in Ukraine are struggling to return home, there are reports that about 115 young men have offered to join Ukraine in its fight against Russia. According to the Guardian in Africa’s most populous country, the men, who besieged the Ukraine Embassy in Abuja, also put down …

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Apple Suspends Product Sales In Russia & Limits Access To Their Digital Services

Apple Suspends Product Sales In Russia & Limits Access To Their Digital Services

As Russia continues to invade Ukraine, big corporations have been taking a stand to showcase their disapproval of their actions, and the latest to do so is Apple. According to CNN, on Tuesday, the company announced that they have paused selling their products in Russia as they expressed their concerns about …

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‘Tinder Swindler’ Con Artist Shimon Hayut Sued By Leviev Diamond Family Over Identity Theft

Simon Leviev, aka the “Tinder Swindler,” is being sued for millions by the real Leviev diamond family he pretended to have ties with, Page Six has learned. Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and his family – including daughter Chagit Leviev, the CEO of Leviev Group USA – have launched …

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Pope Francis Prays For Peace In Ukraine On Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis Prays For Peace In Ukraine On Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis has dedicated the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday, to pray for the end of the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Pope Francis in a tweet on March 2, urged all to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine. He shared an infographic that contained his prayer …

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Ukraine Introduces Free VISA To Foreigners Except Russian ‘Citizens’

Ukraine Introduces Free VISA To Foreigners Except Russian 'Citizens'

Ukraine has introduced a temporary visa-free policy for foreigners wishing to join their forces fighting Russian military intervention. The policy, made official today, doesn’t apply to Russian nationals, who are referred to as “citizens of the aggressor state” in a directive signed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Earlier in the …

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Visionary Kwame Nkrumah Prophesied About Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine In His Book, ‘Dark Days In Ghana’

Visionary Kwame Nkrumah Prophesied About Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine In His Book, ‘Dark Days In Ghana’

Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah predicated the Russia-Ukraine conflict many years ago in his book titled ‘Dark Days In Ghana.’ Visionary Kwame Nkrumah foresaw the invasion of Russia in Ukraine and wrote it in his book which was published in December 1968. This was revealed by Host of …

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