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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and African Union Chair Alpha Condé on Sunday, February 12 shared a panel as speakers at the ongoing World Government Summit in the United Arab Emirates. Dr Bawumia spoke on the topic ‘Leapfrogging Developments: The African Story’. Together with Alpha Condé, who is also President of Guinea, Ghana’s Vice President highlighted the measures adopted by many African nations to boost development. He advised that “the process of leapfrogging must be homegrown and implemented in full”. The potential for leveraging technology for growth in Africa is huge. We need to tap it urgently.#worldgovtsummit17 pic.twitter.com/mccD4g7Qz2 — Dr.…

Former Ghana coach Sam Arday has passed away. Sam Arday, who coached the Black Stars, Black Satellites, Black Starlets and the Black Meteors, is reported to have died on Sunday, February 12 after a short illness. Popularly known as the ‘Multi System Man’, Sam Arday led Ghana to win the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Ecuador with the likes of Stephen Appiah, Awudu Issaka and Emmanuel Bentil. He had earlier led Ghana’s men’s Olympic team, the Black Meteors, to win Bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the first medal for an African nation at that level. Sam Arday was…

Ghana champions Wa All Stars suffered a humiliating 1-3 defeat to Libyan side Al Ahli Tripoli in their first CAF Champions League match. All Stars hosted Alhrgana at the Tamale Sports Stadium on Sunday in the first leg of the preliminary round of the top continental club competition. But they stuttered as the North Africans ran away as two-goal-margin winners. The second leg is scheduled to be played next Sunday inside Tunisia’s Stade El Menzah as a result of the unstable political situation in Tripoli. The winner will play Sierra Leone’s Johansen or Morocco’s FUS Rabat in the next round…

Kenya’s president has declared the drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster. Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for international aid and said the government would increase food handouts to the most needy communities. Kenya’s Red Cross says 2.7 million people face starvation if more help is not provided. Other countries in the region have also been hit by the drought, blamed on last year’s El Nino weather phenomenon. In Somalia, nearly half the population is suffering from food shortages and the UN says there is a risk of famine in several parts of the country. During…

The 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League begins on Sunday at six centers. Matches involving champions Wa All Stars and 2016 FA Cup winners Bechem United have been postponed due to their respective continental campaigns in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. As a result, debutants Elmina Sharks, who are billed to play the champions, will have their maiden game on hold for a while, at least for seven more days. Returnees Great Olympics will also not be seen on the opening day as they were billed to play Bechem United, who will host Algerian side MC Alger in the…

Operatives of the National Security stormed the residence of former presidential staffer James Agyenim Boateng and took away his Toyota Prado, claiming it belongs to the state. Mr. Agyenim Boateng, who worked in the Office of the Vice President, explained that he bought the vehicle while he was working at the Ministry of Communication in the year 2012 but the National Security operatives forcibly took it away. Narrating his ordeal to Onua FM on Friday, the former Deputy Information Minister said early on Tuesday morning, three military officers and one civilian stormed his house and requested to search for some…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has recounted some of the policies he introduced that ensured business growth in Ghana during his tenure. According to him, some of the decisions “were tough but necessary”. The former president made this known on Friday, February 10, when he addressed members of Kenya’s business community. The event was organized by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). Speaking at the Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Ghana’s former leader recounted how public sector wage bill was reduced from 76 per cent to 49 per cent to free up funds for infrastructural development. Some of his main…

The five-member committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to look into the bribery allegations against some members of the Appointments Committee cannot begin work. This is due to the absence of one of the witnesses, Mahama Ayariga. The Bawku Central Member of Parliament is said to have travelled out of Ghana for an international assignment. To be precise, he is in the Nigeria capital of Abuja for an Ecowas parliamentary session. Mr Ayariga and two members of the Appointments Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Alhassan Suhuyini, had petitioned Speaker Mike Oquaye to investigate claims that Minister of Energy…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill and will be back in Abuja in a matter of days, his media adviser has told the BBC’s Newsday programme. Femi Adesina said the president was on holiday in the UK and having what he called routine medical tests – listen to the full interview here: Adviser to Nigerian president says he is on holiday and undergoing routine medical testsOn Thursday, the Nigerian presidency tweeted two photos of the 74-year-old president meeting two visiting Nigerian politicians in an apparent attempt to dispel rumours about his health: Source: BBC

From the rocket ship to the ice cream cone, everyone has a favourite emoji.  We reach for them in our texts, WhatsApp messages and Instagram captions when words just simply aren’t enough.  But many of the seemingly innocent characters have X-rated double meanings. While some like the banana or aubergine might be well known, others like the mailbox or microphone have explicit meanings that are less obvious.  Here FEMAIL cracks the code behind some of the most popular emojis to help keep your next text free from any unwanted raunchiness.  Scroll down and read the captions to discover the explicit…