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Commitment from Ghana’s external creditors has given Accra temporary relief in terms of debt management. But analysts fear that China – already standing accused of dragging negotiations around Zambia’s debt restructuring – could present a major hurdle for Ghana.The IMF, which approved a $3bn relief package for Ghana in May, has warned that delays in debt restructuring agreements with external creditors will hurt the successful implementation of the bailout… Read the full article here

The Education Rights Campaign has called on the Federal Government to make grants available to students of tertiary institutions in the country as opposed to the recently signed Student Loan Act by President Bola Tinubu. The ERC’s National Mobilisation Officer, Adaramoye Michael, and Deputy Coordinator, Ogunjimi Isaac, while addressing a press conference at the International Press Centre, Ogba, in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, noted that the students’ loan… Read the full article here

The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s healthcare reform agenda will prioritise Universal Health Coverage. Dr Anas-Kolo made this known on Wednesday when stakeholders, including donor agencies, development partners, Civil Society Organisations, and the media, had a health policy dialogue in Abuja. The dialogue was tagged “Setting UHC and health security priorities in the new dispensation: Getting… Read the full article here

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Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong are among five Chinese snooker players to have been handed increased suspensions from the sport for match-fixing. The duo were two of the most high-profile names to be involved in a scandal that resulted in the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) Disciplinary Commission dishing out a comprehensive list of punishments earlier in June. However, the BBC reported that the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association has now handed out stricter… Read the full article here

After more than a year of brutal cancellations and layoffs at HBO, it looks like Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s devotion to quick revenue is as strong as ever. Warner Bros. Discovery may be licensing HBO Original Series to Netflix, Deadline reported yesterday. Deadline’s sources claim it’s a financial move HBO’s old guard disagreed with but that it’s necessary to shore up the bottom line. They also say it’s possible the deal may not see the light of day.The show… Read the full article here

Joe Biden’s top national security aide will fly to Denmark this weekend for an unannounced meeting with representatives from India, Brazil and other countries that have not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a bid to boost support for Kyiv.Officials from South Africa, Turkey and possibly China are expected to attend the meeting in Copenhagen with Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, according to people familiar with the plans. The list of attendees has… Read the full article here

Cryptocurrency fund manager Valkyrie is applying for a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF), joining several other financial firms that have filed similar applications with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the last week. Valkyrie filed an S-1 registration form for a Bitcoin spot ETF with the SEC on June 21. In it, the firm indicated that it would seek to list its fund on the Nasdaq under the symbol BRRR. Valkyrie is an old hand at Bitcoin (BTC) futures… Read the full article here

Dancing With the Stars pros Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy found the perfect name for their second child after he was born on Sunday, June 18. “Rio John Chmerkovskiy 💙,” Murgatroyd, 36, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, June 21. “We are overjoyed to share our baby boy with all of you. @shai.aleksander is already the best big brother and we all feel very complete. Life is good.” The couple, who are already parents to 6-year-old son Shai, picked the name… Read the full article here

The Head of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) 2023 Election Mission to Sierra Leone, former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived in Freetown ahead of Saturday’s general election in the country. The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Communications Officer (GJF), Wealth Ominabo, stated this in a statement made available to reporters in Abuja. Mr Ominabo said that Mr Jonathan, also the forum’s chairman, is in Sierra Leone to encourage and support a peaceful democratic… Read the full article here