Mr. Eazi: Ghana’s Toil, Nigeria’s Joy!
“Mr. Eazi is not a ‘Ghanaian artiste.” I heard this statement umpteenth times during the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards – and it has resurfaced after the release of the 2017 BET nominations. The...
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I Was Shocked R.Kelly Did A Remix of My ‘IF’ Song
American R&B legend R. Kelly released a remix of Nigerian Afro-hip-hop star Davido’s latest rave-making hit “If.” The singer, who calls himself “the granddaddy of R&B,” blew up the Internet...
Ghana’s Non-Traditional Export Earnings Dip To 2.463 Billion In 2016
Ghana’s non-traditional export earnings fell 2. 3 per cent to 2.463 billion dollars in 2016 compared with 2.522 billion dollars in 2015. Mr Eric Twum, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana...
Boko Haram Traps Starving People In Nigeria, UN Warns
Two million people are teetering on the brink of famine in northeastern Nigeria but efforts to reach some are being thwarted by Boko Haram jihadists, the UN's food agency said Thursday. More than 20...
Armyworms Invasion Won’t Affect Planting For Food, Jobs Project – Agric Minister
The Agricultural Minister says government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme will not be affected by recent armyworms invasion of some farms across the country. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto told Joy...
US Court Battle Gives Clues To Nigerian Arms Scandal
The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled government fighting jihadists. The weapons deal collapses in acrimony but instead of a...
Armyworm Infestation Won’t Derail ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’
There are adequate measures in place to ensure the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme is not affected by the recent armyworm infestation across the country. The Minister for Food and...
Nigeria Says Freed Girl Not One of Chibok Abductees
Nigeria's government on Thursday retracted its announcement that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one of the 219 whose kidnapping more than three years ago caused global outrage. The...
Shatta Wale Is In “pain” Because He Didn’t Get BET Nomination
BullDog, former manager of Shatta Wale claims the latter is in “pain” as a result of his inability to snag a Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards nomination in spite of his popularity. He...
GSSM Students ‘optimistic’ of Akufo-Addo’s Intervention
The Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) and students of the Ghana School of Survey and Mapping (GSSM) have expressed confidence in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reverse the...
10-Year- Old Hip-Hop Artiste To Visit Ghana
US-based 10-year-old Ghanaian hip-hop artiste, Daniel Yeboah, who is making a lot of impacts with his hit single titled ‘Know It’ is due in the country in July this year to promote his music....
Ghanaian Sound ‘blew Up’ My Music Career – Mr Eazi
Nigerian-born Afrobeat artiste, Mr Eazi has reiterated the huge role Ghanaian sound played in shaping and helping his music career flourish. The musician noted that he has become a global phenomenon...
The Orphans of Boko Haram
After a night on the streets, the pack of young boys move into Maiduguri's abandoned amusement park in the early morning to play on the broken-down rides. Shoeless and wearing ragged clothes, they...
I’m Still An Upcoming Artiste – Mr Eazi
After being nominated in the 2017 BET Awards in the highly controversial “Best International Act: Africa Category”, Afrobeats artiste Mr. Eazi, known in real life as Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade...
Angry House Help Exposes Popular Actress
Popular Nigerian actress Tonto Dikeh has been caught up in another major scandal. The actress has been accused by her house help of emotional and psychological abuse. The 56-year-old house help made...
Meningitis Caused Almost 180 Deaths In Niger Since January
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said Wednesday. "From...
We Are Richer Than You and Still Got BET Nomination
Blakk Cedi, manager of Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has taken at Shatta Wale’s claim that he is not worried about not getting a 2017 BET Awards nomination because he is making money. Wale was...
Death Hoaxes About African Heads of State Rife
Two heads of state and a former head of state have been declared dead by fake news outlets and spread on social media platforms last week. Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, Nigerian...
Stonebwoy Calls For Unity…. Dedicates BET Awards Nomination To Shatta Movement, SarkCess Music
Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has called on industry players in the Ghanaian music industry to unite. Moments after he became the only Ghanaian to get a 2017 Black Entertainment Television (BET)...
A Carefully Planned Neighbourhood With Good Infrastructure
Inside a house in Kasoa, one of Ghana’s urban development spillovers from Accra, there is an image of the country’s growing middle class. The sofas are lavish, the curtains are purple and...