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This year’s Ghanaian-Canadian Achievement Awards, the 11th edition, was held in Toronto. Nsuta Omanhene Nana Adu Agyei Bonsafo III attended the glittering celebration of excellence where outstanding individuals were honored. The event took place at the plush Claireport Place Banquet and Convention Center, Etobicoke in Toronto. Nana Adu Agyei Bonsafo III and his entourage made up of local traditional chiefs, ...

Fighters of Libya’s National Transitional Council, NTC, have retreated under heavy fire from Muammar Gaddafi diehards in his hometown, Sirte. The fighters, who had been hoping to mop up the last pockets of resistance in two northwestern residential districts, withdrew at least two kilometres to the police headquarters they had captured on Tuesday, the Agence France Presse (AFP) stated. “We ...

Two United Kingdom companies, in conjunction with their Nigerian counterpart, have pledged to invest a whooping £2 million to set up a manufacturing firm in the country. The move, by the firms was part of the outcome of the recent visit by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to Nigeria, where he tasked British companies willing to invest in Nigeria, ...

Three Zimbabwean women, namely: Rosemary Chakwizira, 24, Sophie Nhokwara, 26, as well as Netsai Nhokwara, 24, have been arrested and are presently in police custody for apparently kidnapping, raping and even collecting sperm of some men at gun point. The three women usually visit night clubs and exciting areas to look for their next victims, who are mostly men with ...