Some five years after its introduction to the Congo, the martial art hapkido is attracting many teenage girls to come train at a centre in the city of Pointe-Noire. “Although there are several martial arts in our country, there’s also hapkido. There are always differences, but anyone who has seen hapkido practice is interested in…
Sore and sandblasted but triumphant, runner Russ Cook reached the northernmost point of Africa on Sunday, almost a year after he set off from its southern tip on a quest to run the length of the continent. Dozens of supporters gathered on a rocky outcrop beside the Mediterranean in northern Tunisia, cheering on the British…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam There was nothing like the African or Arab slave trade. There was just the slave trade, which was no different from commodities trading today. One might trade Urals or Brent, Middling Fair or Low Middling, and you’d be a participant in the oil or cotton trade. Slaves were commodities to their traders and property to their owners. Both definitions were…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam A booming European economy was a pebble flung into the tranquil waters of West African history in the 16th and 18th centuries. Now 15 comes before 16. The mighty cannons of the Ottoman gunners blasted open the walls of Constantinople in 1453 and extinguished Roman power in Asia forever. Thirty-nine years later,…
Ghana is set to make history as an important destination for hosting major events with the upcoming inaugural West Africa Music & Arts Festival in Accra – beating its counterpart, Nigeria to it. This groundbreaking event, the first of its kind in the region, would span four days, starting at the iconic Kwame Nkrumah Memorial…
Two Nigerians have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court possessing quantities of cannabis and methamphetamine under the pretext of trafficking those drugs without authority. Daniel Njuoku, a 37-year-old businessman, was being held for possessing cannabis with a net weight of 28,844.60 grammes and Lucky Igbojoinu, a labourer, was charged for possessing methamphetamine with a net…
A 47-year-old police sergeant, Sgt. Emmanuel Dua has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by Ho Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Felix Datsomor, for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Ave-Xevi in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region. The incident occurred in September 2021, according to Ghana News Agency, found Sergeant Dua, who…
19-year-old carpenter, Francis Cudjoe, has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling a Primary Two pupil. According to Ghana News Agency, Cudjoe pleaded guilty with an explanation, but the court overruled it. Although the carpenter was charged with defilement on counts one and two and was sentenced to 25…
Beginning in early April, around 70,000 Ethiopian citizens residing in Saudi Arabia will be repatriated. The third project of its kind since 2018, according to State Minister Birtukan Ayano, is aimed at repatriating “Ethiopians who are in a difficult situation.” The minister did not clarify if the returnees have been lawfully residing in Saudi Arabia…
Rev. Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah has been relieved of his duties as Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA by President Nana Akufo-Addo, effective Wednesday, 27 March 2024. Furthermore, the President also dissolved the GRA board without giving a reason. That being said, it is expected that President Akufo-Addo would appoint a new board soon. According…
