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22 Aug

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Otto Addo Submits Black Stars Squad For Angola And Niger Fixtures

Wontumi1SportsAngola, Black Stars Squad, Niger, Otto Addo

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has finalized and submitted his squad to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Ghana, a four-time AFCON champion, have been grouped alongside Angola, Niger, and Sudan in Group F for the qualification stage. The Black Stars will kick off their campaign next month, starting with a home match against Angola at the Baba Yara Stadium on September 5, followed by an away fixture against Niger on September 9. In preparation for these crucial matches, Addo has opted for a squad devoid of any Ghana Premier…

20 Aug

Niger: Junta Warns Against Military Intervention, Assures To Restore Civilian Rule Within 3 Years

Evans ManassehNewsCivilian Rule, Junta, Military Intervention, Niger

Almost a month after generals deposed Niger’s elected president, the political crisis hasn’t been resolved. The Coup leader and head of the ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) addressed the nation on Saturday (Aug. 19) and warned regional countries of any military intervention. On Friday (Aug. 18), the ECOWAS commissioner for peace and security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said 11 of its 15 member states had agreed to commit troops to military intervention, saying they were “ready to go.” “Neither the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland nor the people of Niger want war and remain…

18 Aug

Dialogue, Mediation Should Be First Options To Tackle Niger Situation – Bombande

Wontumi1BusinessECOWAS, Emmanuel Bombande, Niger

Former Executive Director of the West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP) Emmanuel Bombande has suggested to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to adopt dialogue and negotiation to resolve the issues in Niger. He indicated that although military intervention by the ECOWAS is allowed, the first option should be dialogue and negotiations. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Thursday, August 17, the United Nations Senior Mediation Advisor said “I think the message of trying to use what has been described by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs as ‘by all means’ is basically to have…

10 Aug

Onion Traders Use Nigeria Route After Benin And Burkina Faso Border Closure

Wontumi1BusinessBorder, Niger, Nigeria, Onion

Onion traders in Ghana have now resorted to bringing what is left of the produce through Nigeria rather than waiting on Benin and Burkina Faso to open their borders. This comes after Benin and Burkina Faso closed their land borders over the coup in Niger. The traders have since been waiting for over a week and hoping that the borders will be opened for the over 75 trucks full of onions to reach Ghana. Their hope, however, dwindled as the days keep going by, and there is still no sign the borders will be opened. On the back of this,…

31 Jul

Niger: Tinubu Has No Moral Right To Advice Coup Leaders To Immediately Release And Reinstatement Elected President – Security Expect

Evans ManassehNewsNiger, Security, Tinubu

Security expect, Richard Kumadoe denounced on the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu, saying he has no moral right and credibility to order the military coup leaders in Niger to immediately release and reinstate elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held by the military since Wednesday. He said, "Was he declared the President of Nigeria or he's at the Supreme Court of Nigeria? look at the people talking, he doesn't have any moral right to tell coup leaders to stop what they are doing. The leader is routing from the head, what…

27 Jul

Breaking: Coup Declared In Niger

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewscoup, Niger

Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early on Wednesday. He was promised Washington’s “unwavering support” in a call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. UN Secretary General António Guterres also said he had spoken to the president and offered the UN’s full support to the uranium-rich country. Mr Bazoum is a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militancy in…

11 Oct

VIDEO: Broke John Mahama Runs To Abuja In Search Of Campaign Funds

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsAbuja, John Mahama, Niger, Nigeria

John Mahama’s campaign funds are depleted and for that reason, he has abandoned his tour in Ghana to seek for funds in Nigeria and Niger. The lens of Wontumionline.com captured the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) checking in at a hotel in Nigeria in the company of Awoonor Afetsi Besa, Braimah Saaka Mahama, James Gbolo and Kingsley Kwame Awuah Darko. He is expected to meet some businessmen in Nigeria who have sponsored his campaign before in the past. John Mahama and his entourage per the investigation of Wontumionline.com are expected to travel to Niger to secure more funds…

03 Sep

Nana Addo, NPP Came To Rescue Ghanaian Farmers- Agogo Market Women

Kakra NunuBusiness, NewsAgogo Plantain Producers and Exporters Association, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ivory CoastHon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, farmers, Niger, Togo, traders, West Africa

Market Queens and traders operating in Agogo and its surrounding communities have hailed the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and his government for the massive interventions in the agricultural sector. The women, who are mostly into trading and export of foodstuffs to neighbouring countries such as Togo, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, say the advent of the NPP administration has seen tremendously improvement in the once dormant agric sector, resulting in improvement of their business. The Founder and Leader of the Agogo Plantain Producers and Exporters Association, Nana Akosua Tawiah, who made these remarks during official inauguration…