BBC Launches 2018 Komla Dumor Award
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fourth year. Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award,...
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Important Facts You Must Know
News broke this morning , that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revoked the licences of UT and Capital banks from operating as independent commercial banks in Ghana; a development that literally means...
Chris Evans Tops Best-Paid BBC Stars List With About GBP2.25m
Radio 2 host, Chris Evans, has topped the list of the BBC’s best-paid stars. He topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 – £2,249,999. Claudia Winkleman who was the highest-paid...
Venus Williams At Fault In Fatal Car Crash In Florida – Police
US tennis star Venus Williams has been involved in a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man. A spokesman for Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida confirmed to the BBC they were...
Venus Williams Involved In Fatal Car Crash In Florida
US tennis star Venus Williams has been involved in a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man. A spokesman for Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida confirmed to the BBC they were...
California Father Gets Phone Call From Son 11 Days After He Thought He’d Buried Him
Eighty-two-year-old Frank Kerrigan had been told by the coroner’s office in Orange County that his son, Frank M. Kerrigan had been found dead in the street. The coroner’s office had wrongly said...
What’s the Big Deal?
Falling in love isn't easy - let alone falling in love on national television. But that's what 13 "sexy singletons" are hoping to do on Love Island, which has just begun its third series on ITV2. If...
Coronation Street Actor Roy Barraclough Dies Aged 81
Comic actor Roy Barraclough, who played Rovers Return landlord Alec Gilroy in Coronation Street, has died aged 81. Julie Goodyear, who starred as his on-screen wife Bet Lynch, led the tributes by...
News Anchor Dzifa Bampoh Leaves Joy FM
News anchor and editor, Dzifa Bampoh, has left Accra based radio station, Joy FM. She broke the news on Wednesday evening on the Newsnight programme. She told her audience that was the last time they...
Amazon Adds Live TV Channels To Prime Video
Amazon has announced it will offer live television channels via its Prime Video service, for an extra fee. People will be able to subscribe to popular channels such as Discovery and Eurosport...
Murdoch’s Fox Confident On Sky Takeover
Rupert Murdoch's media-entertainment giant 21st Century Fox reported Wednesday a dip in profits in the past quarter while expressing confidence on winning approval for its takeover of pay-TV giant...
Strictly Come Dancing Dancer Natalie Lowe Retires From the Show
Strictly Come Dancing is saying goodbye to professional dancer Natalie Lowe after she decided "with a very heavy heart" to leave the show. Lowe, 36, whose partners have included Olympian Greg...
ITV Chief Executive Adam Crozier Steps Down
ITV's chief executive Adam Crozier, who is credited with helping to turn around the broadcaster's fortunes, is to step down after seven years. Mr Crozier built up ITV's production arm, reducing its...
Broadchurch Finale Shocks Viewers With Big Reveal
Broadchurch fans took to social media to post their reactions as the ITV crime drama reached its shocking finale on Monday night. The third and final series ended with cab driver Clive's 16-year-old...
Tom Hiddleston and The Night Manager Miss Out
Tom Hiddleston has surprisingly missed out on a Bafta TV nomination for his role in The Night Manager. The British star had been expected to be up for lead actor after winning a Golden Globe for his...
Actor Tim Pigott-Smith Dies Aged 70
British actor Tim Pigott-Smith, who was best known for his Bafta-winning role in 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown, has died aged 70. His agent described him as "one of the greatest actors of his...
21-Year-Old Nigerian Wins The Voice UK
21-year-old UK born Nigerian Mo Adeniran was on Sunday crowned the winner of the The Voice UK 2017 during the show’s finale. Mo, who works night shifts at a hotel, beat other contestants with his...
21-Year-Old Nigerian Wins The Voice UK
21-year-old UK born Nigerian Mo Adeniran was last night crowned the winner of the The Voice UK 2017 during the show’s finale. Mo, who works night shifts at a hotel, beat other contestants with his...
Downton Abbey Movie ‘could Be Filmed This Year’
A big screen version of Downton Abbey could be filmed this year, one of its cast members has said. Jeremy Swift, who played butler Septimus Spratt, told ITV's Lorraine that the cast had been sent a...
Student Found Dead In Hotel Swimming Pool
A final year General Art student of Mando Senior High School (Mansec)in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam (AEE) District of the Central Region was found dead over the weekend in a hotel swimming pool in the...