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Apple Premium Partner stores host iPhone 17, iPhone Air midnight launch
Power Mac Center blends spectacle and heart in the latest device drops It was a celebration of the power of possibility and the spirit of giving during the midnight launch of the latest iPhone. Held in Power Mac Center (PMC) Apple Premium Partner...
How ‘state-sponsored’ drone activity is pushing Nato to brink
Shortly before midnight on September 9, Polish radar screens lit up as at least 19 Russian drones entered its airspace from Ukraine and Belarus. Polish, Swedish and Dutch fighter jets scrambled and shot down about three. Donald Tusk, the Polish...
ZeXzy Releases Ambitious Debut Album, ‘Every Sound’
Nigerian-born, U.S.-based artist ZeXzy today releases his highly anticipated debut full-length studio album, Every Sound. The ambitious 28-track project, released via Maple Grove Entertainment, is a boundary-defying exploration of musical...
Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts
Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Ebimboere Seiyafa, Awa Niang Fall, Ellis Adjei Adams, Kadidia Kane, Isa Elegbebe Olalekan, Kodjo...
Ogonise and Yasunise: A hidden battle of words
We have always been concerned about words. Words are powerful. They help us communicate events that unfold around us. They are building blocks for action. They aid mobilisation. They can be tools for organising, control, or even of colonisation...
I BAD hits Accra screens Oct 31
Accra is about to go bad—in the best way possible as it plays host to Naija-Ghana film collaboration, I BAD. Yes, I BAD is rolling out the red carpet at Silverbird Cinemas, Accra Mall, on Thursday, October 31, 2025, and the buzz is nothing short...
Afrofuturist Haunts: Trade In European Lore For Festivals Of The Ancestors
This Halloween, venture off into places and experiences that are different from pumpkin carvings, cobwebs, and the ghost stories that derive from European lore. Trade that in to learn about the drumbeats, starlight, stories, and the language of...
Russian Dark Fleet Looks for Further Flags of Convenience
Russia’s dark fleet operators, who move cargoes of crude oil that can be subject to US and other Western-nation sanctions, have habitually used flags of convenience to register their tankers, as part of their subterfuges to circumvent these...
Aligning Policies for Food Systems Transformation
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and AKADEMIYA2063 recently launched a new toolkit to help governments identify and address misaligned food policies. They hope that countries can use the resource to align policies, so that...
“I BAD” — The Most Talked-About Nollywood–Ghana Collaboration Premieres Soon!
The African film world is buzzing with excitement once again as one of the most anticipated Ghana–Nollywood collaborations, “I BAD”, is preparing to light up cinema screens across the continent. Formerly titled “Badagry,” the movie has already...
Maela makes bizarre Orlando Pirates claim
Former Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela believes Jose Riveiro left the Sea Robbers at exactly the right time. The left-back also left Pirates at the end of a successful 2024-2025 campaign. Maela believes coach Jose Riveiro achieved all that...
Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 Co-Chaired by The Gambia First Lady and Merck Foundation CEO and Inaugurated by the Gambia Vice President and Merck foundation Chairman
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India & Banjul, The Gambia – Business Wire India • First Ladies of Burundi, Central Africa, Liberia, São Tomé & Príncipe and Senegal attend 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary, Co-chaired by The Gambia First Lady and...
Ghana Accelerates Digital Push Through Expanded Nokia Partnership
Ghana is intensifying efforts to fast track its digital transformation agenda through deeper collaboration with Nokia, as Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George met with the telecommunications giant’s delegation in Accra to discuss expanding...
We’re Building Roads That’ll Last A Century – Minister
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is not just constructing roads, rather, it is building road infrastructure designed to last a century. Mr Umahi stated this on Wednesday, while speaking with...
Okpebholo approves permanent appointments for 5,000 contract teachers
Education GOV. Monday Okpebholo of Edo State on Wednesday absorbed the 5,000 contract teachers into the state Ministry of Education as permanent staff. The teachers, who had been on contract with a monthly stipend of ₦65,000 since the previous...
We’re building roads that will last 100 years – Minister
Politics THE Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is not just constructing roads, rather, it is building road infrastructure designed to last a century. Umahi stated this on Wednesday, while speaking...
Ghana Gives Birth…. How Black Greek life found its home on African Soil
When the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) was founded on May 10, 1930, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., few could have imagined that its mission of unity, scholarship, and service would one day return to the land of its ancestors. The...
Why Is Ghana’s WACA ResIP 2 Delaying?
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter (most).” – Martin Luther King Jr. When the World Bank approved Ghana’s participation in the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project Phase 2 (WACA ResIP...
Ghana Gives Birth…. How Black Greek Life Found Its Home on A...
When the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) was founded on May 10, 1930 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., few could have imagined that its mission of unity, scholarship, and service would one day return to the land of its ancestors. The...