LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 election has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect, Mr. John Mahama on his election victory. Mahama, a former President of Ghana defeated the incumbent Vice President who was running as the candidate of the ruling party. In an X (former Twitter) post, Mr….
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Nana Akufo-Addo has won the 2020 presidential election in Ghana, defeating his closest challenger and former president John Mahama by polling 6,730,413 votes (51.59 per cent). Mr Mahama, who contested on the platform of the National Democratic Congress, got 6,240,889 votes (47.36 per cent). Mr Akufo-Addo, who contested on the platform…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people have been killed in election-related violence in Ghana, police said Wednesday, casting a shadow over a country hailed for its stable democracy. The deaths were reported as a flow of results confirmed the tight race for the presidency and Ghana’s neighbours called for a peaceful outcome after the main camps…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As Ghanaians began voting on Monday (December 7), an issue at the front of many minds is the economy. The West African economic powerhouse this year suffered its first quarterly economic contraction in nearly four decades and the two main candidates for the presidency are both offering a recovery. Incumbent President…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-With two old rivals facing off in Ghana’s presidential election on Dec. 7 amid familiar economic woes, many voters are paying more attention to a new element in the political mix – the first ever female vice-presidential candidate for a major party. West Africa’s second-largest economy has one of the highest levels…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has apologised to Nigeria after a building inside the Nigerian High Commission compound in Accra was demolished. Mr Akufo-Addo has ordered an investigation, a statement from the Nigerian government said after his call with President Muhammadu Buhari. Armed men reportedly stormed the compound last week and destroyed buildings…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-H.E. John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana is expected to visit Nigeria to deliver the Seventh Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Tuesday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa” is the main topic of the Lecture with “The…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, died on Friday during his early morning exercise in Accra. Local media reports that the former number two man of the country under the John Mahama led National Democratic Congress collapsed at a gym at the Air Force base where he had gone to exercise….