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Fired-up Miledzi calls out Whittaker, eyes Commonwealth glory
Graphic
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June 30, 2025
Ghana’s hard-hitting light heavyweight, Delali Miledzi, has declared his intent to storm the global stage by the end of the year, with a tilt at the Commonwealth title and a dream showdown with Olympic silver medallist Ben Whittaker topping his...
1st-round draft pick Bill Zonnon grateful for opportunity with Penguins
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Bill Zonnon was 4 years old when he moved across the globe from Togo, a western Africa country, to Montreal. The massive life change at such a young age was difficult to navigate but, with the help of family and loved ones, helped form his future...
#FreeTogo Protests: Young People Want to End a Dictatorship
OkayAfrica
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July 1, 2025
Young people in Togo have taken to the streets over the last few days, calling for the resignation of PresidentFaure Essozimna Gnassingbé, whose family has been in power for 58 years. On Thursday, June 26, hundreds of protesters blocked off...
Ecobank to End Safe Deposit Box Services Amid Low Demand and Compliance Risks
Togo First
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Service to be discontinued in Togo from August 1, reflecting global banking trends. Rising costs, low profitability and regulatory pressures drive exit. Customers urged to clear contents by July 31 or items will be transferred to a mandated firm....
Looking beyond tomorrow
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July 2, 2025
In the report of the National Reconciliation Commission, the media were both commended and condemned for playing dichotomous roles in both the noble and ignoble history of our country. The report thus admonished those of us in the media to make a...
50 Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow
Leadership
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July 5, 2025
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Peter Rufai: The safe hands that guarded Nigeria’s dreams
Punch
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July 5, 2025
As Nigerian football is reeling from the devastating loss of one of its most beloved icons, Peter Rufai, ABIODUN ADEWALE writes on the legacy and unfinished business of the legendary goalkeeper Regardless of the generation of Nigerian football you...
MTN commissions mobile ICT van
Business Ghana
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MTN Ghana's Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer, Adwoa Wiafe, commissioned a mobile ICT van, known as the Digivan, to promote digital inclusion in the country. The van is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to train young...
Troost-Ekong, Dikko back Falcons for 10th crown
Punch
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July 5, 2025
William Troost-Ekong and Shehu Dikko have thrown their weight behind the Super Falcons as they prepare to launch their bid for a record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco today, expressing confidence in the team’s...
An Open Letter to the ECOWAS Chairman: On the Ongoing Repres...
Modern Ghana
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Your Excellency, Before I begin this letter, permit me a moment of mourning. Oh sons of courage, daughters of resistance — your names echo in the winds of Lomé. You rose not with guns, but with grit — not with hatred, but with hope. Now your blood...
Nigeria blue economy policy: The $1.5t plus GDP opportunity, by Soji Adeleye
Eagle Online
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July 5, 2025
Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending – the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of human kind. It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor countries to...
Ecobank Group And Google Cloud Announce Partnership To Accelerate Financial Inclusion And Innovation Across Africa
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) LOME, Togo, July 2, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ecobank ( ), a leading pan-African financial services group, and Google Cloud today announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at transforming financial services with...
'Countdown' Was Supposed To Be the Next 'Reacher,' but It's Not
Movie Web
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June 25, 2025
Spoiler ahead for the first three episodes of Countdown Countdown is a new crime drama on Prime Video that many thought might be the next Reacher or Jack Ryan. The series centers around an elite task force set up to investigate the murder of a...
Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola
Prompt News Online
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July 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
The exit of CO Adebayo, an Awoist philosopher-king, By Ropo Sekoni
Premium Times
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July 5, 2025
The late Mr Cornelius Adebayo In sum, CO substantially impacted good governance in Kwara State and in Nigeria as a whole. First, he used his opportunity to participate in politics as commissioner and governor in the state to further democratise...
M6 ‘ready to pounce’ for 2027 Women’s World Cup rights
Sportcal
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June 24, 2025
The M6 media group is on the verge of securing French broadcast rights to soccer's 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup (WWC), it has been reported. M6, which is controlled by the RTL Group, already holds a package of non-exclusive rights to the 2026 and...
Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: The 1.5 trillion Plus GDP opportunity
TechEconomy
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July 5, 2025
Advertisements Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending, the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of humankind. It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor...
Fortifying ‘golden alliance’ - Narendra Modi’s visit to Ghana
Graphic
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July 2, 2025
India was historically referred to as a “golden sparrow” due to its immense wealth, prosperity, vibrant arts, culture and architecture, particularly pre-British rule. The title also accentuates the significant wealth and influence India held in...
‘Countdown’: Violett Beane Teases Shepherd’s ‘Convoluted Relationship With Her Family’
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Countdown Season 1 Episode 4 “Bite ‘Em Down.”] Already on Countdown, Shepherd’s (Violett Beane) computer skills are proving vital to the task force’s investigation into a major threat to Los Angeles....
Gnassingbé Dynasty, (ECOWAS) and the (AU) partly to be blame...
Modern Ghana
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Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of the Gnassingbé family. Since 1967, the dynasty has dominated Togolese politics, with limited democratic reforms and...