At least 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as President Donald Trump kick-starts crackdown on illegal immigrants. According to a document by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) titled, “Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship”, Somalia is the first country […]
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The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and its fact-checking subsidiary, DUBAWA, have deployed a team of fact-checkers, observers, and open source intelligence (OSINT) analysts to Ghana ahead of its 2024 general election. The general election to elect a new president and members of parliament is expected to be held today, Dec. 7. According […]
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Nineteen naval personnel from the Nigerian and Ghanian navy recently completed 24 weeks long specialised warfare training at Nigeria’s Navy facility in the coastal city of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The graduates of the Navy Special Boat Service (SBS) Basic Operational Capability Course 16, conducted a simulation exercise demonstrating tactical skill sets acquired for conducting a […]
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Following heightening tensions in relations between Nigeria and Ghana, the Ghanaian Government has proposed a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo to resolve the issues in contention. The two West African countries are wrangling over accusation of harassment of Nigerian citizens in Ghana, especially traders whose shops were closed by […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will no longer tolerate the humiliation of its citizens by the Ghanaian Government, which has generated a diplomatic dispute between the two West African countries. Ghana closed shops owned by Nigerian traders in retaliation for Nigeria closing its land borders in August, 2019, to check arms smuggling and […]
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The dispute over the closure of shops owned by Nigerian traders in Ghana may have been triggered by the closure of Nigerian land borders in November, 2019, which has hurt its West African neighbours. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, suggested this in reaction to the comment of her Nigerian […]
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Reports and clips of shops owned by Nigerian traders being closed in Ghana, among other issues, has put the relationship between West Africa’s two pillars in a difficult situation. After Nigerians raised the alarm over the closure of the shops in July, the President of Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said the shops […]
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Four ECOWAS leaders – Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, Alassane Ouattara of Cote D’Ivoire and Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana are expected in Bamako on Thursday, 23rd July, in continuation of the regional efforts to end the political crisis in Mali, official sources said. The move follows several days of mediation […]
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