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Nigerian Starboy Wizkid has disclosed his plans for marriage. The Ojuelegba crooner took to his Twitter page to break this news of getting married in 2020. All three sons of Wizkid came from different women – Sola Ogudugu, Binta Diallo and Jada Pollock, and so many people have started asking which of his baby mama’s he’s getting married to or an entirely new lady altogether. See what he tweeted below:- “Next year! I’m getting married!”, Wizkid tweeted, adding that, “Now just have to get my wives to be friends

Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space to monitor climate change and improve research in agriculture and drought preparedness. The satellite, named ETRSS-1, was launched from China on Friday. Government officials, led by Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen and former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, witnessed the launch from the Entoto Space Observatory in the capital, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia plans to launch a broadcast satellite into space in the next three years. On the question of how much this cost, Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun, from the website Space in Africa, told BBC Newsday that satellites had plummeted in price recently:

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is urging the Electoral Commission to be transparent in its activities with political parties ahead of the 2020 elections. He said the EC must ensure that all political parties are engaged and involved in the electoral process to boost the integrity of the upcoming polls. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement with the leadership of the Trade Union Congress, John Mahama, who is also a former president said if the EC fails to check its systems to avoid bias, there may be turmoil in the 2020 elections. He was of the view that the EC had taken an entrenched position not to properly engage some political parties on electoral reforms. “There are issues arising from the last election that we would want to put on board so that we look at it and see how we can enhance the process so that all of us feel that the process has integrity and we are confident that we are all being treated fairly so that...

Multi talented Ghanaian actor Qwasi Blay Jnr, has received two nominations at the 2019 Ghana Movie Awards. Blay was nominated for the best lead actor of the year as well as discovery of the year and will slug it out with James Gardiner, Kofi Adjorlolo, Alphonse Menyo, Cina Soul, Rachael Ammah, among others.  The award ceremony has been slated for 20th December, 2019 at the National Theatre in Accra. This year’s event is expected to be spectacular and an improvement over previous events. The Ghana Movies Awards is an annual award scheme that celebrates outstanding achievement in Ghana movie industry since 2010.

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The House voted on two charges - that the president abused his power and that he had obstructed Congress. Nearly all Democrats voted for the charges and every Republican against. President Trump's Republicans control the Senate so it is highly unlikely he will be removed from power. As voting took place in the House, Mr Trump was addressing a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan. He told a cheering crowd: "While we're creating jobs and fighting for Michigan, the radical left in Congress is consumed with envy and hatred and rage, you see what's going on." The White House released a statement saying that the president was "confident that he will be fully exonerated" in a Senate trial. What happened in the votes? After 10 hours of partisan debate on ...

Dancehall artiste, Emmanuel Andrew Samini, known in showbiz as Samini, has recounted an incident that happened to him at a senior high school today. In a video he posted on social media, he said he was prevented from speaking to students of the Ebenezer Senior High School in Accra because he was wearing dreadlocks. “The headmaster of Ebenezer Senior High School decided that because of my dreadlocks, I was not fit to speak to the students of the school which is in Dansoman where I live, which is 5 minutes from my parents home,” he said. He said as part of his school tour in Dansoman, he went through his former school Saint Magaret Mary and other schools but no one denied them access to speak to the students. “At Saint Margaret Mary, I went there with my dreadlocks and I met the Reverend Father who is the assistant headmaster and then I went and met the headmistress herself. Then I went to the vocational school with my dreadlocks,” he further noted. Meanwhile, he said he ha...

The former Cameroon captain has added his voice to Africans missing out on the world football award Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o insists Sadio Mane deserved to win the Ballon d’Or had he not been “let down” by other Africans who voted against him for the award. Liverpool forward Mane finished fourth for the gong won by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Following outcries within the African football community after Mane missed out on the award, Eto’o believes the Senegal international should have been the Ballon d’Or winner. “If Sadio Mane won it and was on the podium, no one was going to complain because he deserves it and has been doing well and he had the best season,” Eto’o said as per IOL. Messi (Lionel) won because all the South Americans voted for him. I think the Europeans also voted for Virgil Van Dijk hence he was the runner-up.” Eto’o blamed African voters for snubbing Mane as former Liberia captain George Weah remains the only African to have won the award. “Africa...

Ghanaian musician, Tic, has vowed to sue Nigerian singer Wizkid over copyright infringement. Wizkid sampled the chorus of Tic’s ‘Fefe Ne Efe’ in his verse on DJ Tunez’s song titled ‘Gbese’. Tic in an interview on Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz with Andy Dosty said he would take legal action against Wizkid if the singer fails to pay for sampling his song. ‘As a matter of fact, the lawyers are working on it. There has been some discussions. We are on it.’, he revealed. The ‘Kwani Kwani’ hitmaker also disclosed that Wizkid’s team had proposed a settlement fee but he felt the amount they mentioned was not enough. ‘If they don’t pay of course I will sue them. There has been a lot of discussions going on….some figures mentioned but, there is some things going on’, he added. Tic released his ‘Fefe Ne Efe’ tune featuring Tony Tetuila in 2004. In May 2019, DJ Tunez featured Wizkid and Blaqjerzee on his song titled ‘Gbese’. Wizkid sampled Tic’s ‘Fefe Ne Efe’ song as he delivered the...

Kumawood actress turned musician Emelia Brobbey says she is never going to stop singing regardless of the negative publicity that greeted her first song. However, the actress disclosed she is willing to work on her voice for Ghanaians to appreciate her songs more. Speaking with Ruben on Kumasi-based radio station, Luv Fm, Emelia Brobbey said, “in most of the comments what I read is the voice. So, I know that they are criticising me so that I work on the voice." She explained that she read social media comments to find out what Ghanaians wanted from her so she could produce songs they could enjoy and dance to. Emelia Brobbey went viral on social media after releasing her debut single ‘Fame Kɔ’. Many people on social media called it trash while others claimed it could be added to the six killer diseases. The song sparked a challenge which made fun of the actress and her song. Some social media reactions that followed suggested people wanted her to stick to acting. ...

Ghanaian rapper and BET best international flow winner Sarkodie has finally announced the release date for his much awaited "Black Love" album. The album will be out officially on Friday, 20th December, 2019. Sarkodie made the announcement via his social media handles. Let the countdown Begin Guys #BlackLove The Album drops This Friday 20th December 🙏🏾 Love you all ❤️

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he is hopeful President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will hand over a peaceful Ghana in 2021. In a Facebook post on Monday morning [December 16, 2019], the former President said: ”At the Grand Durbar to climax the Mafi Hogbetsotso Festival at Adidome on Saturday, I thanked the chiefs and people for their continuous support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) since 1992." Rawlings handed over a peaceful country to President Kufour and he did same by handing over a peaceful country to President Atta Mills; I took over and handed over a peaceful country to President Akufo-Addo, he will hand over a peaceful country in January 2021”. Mr Mahama in October 2019 said he was on a mission to rescue Ghana from the abysmal performance of the Akufo-Addo government. “I think that Ghanaians are more discerning now…after what we’ve all gone through, any politician who comes dangling promises before you, you’ll look at him twice…or, if an...

The Zambian government has finally approved a proposal to legalize the production of Marijuana. The production of Marijuana in Zambia will, however, be restricted to exports and for medical purposes only. Companies wishing to trade in Marijuana in Zambia will be charged US$250,000 annual license fees. Only successful bidders will be issued with commercial licenses to grow and trade in Marijuana for exports. The licenses will be issued by the Ministry of Health while the growth of the crop will be strictly supervised by the Zambia National Service. The move was unanimously approved during last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting at State House. This was confirmed by highly placed officials at Cabinet Office who could not be identified as they are not authorized to speak to the media. “Cabinet approved the Cab Memo submitted by Health Minister Dr Chilufya for Marijuana legalization but for medicinal purposes. What is interested is that during that cabinet meeting, there were at...

Miss World Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh has taken the 69th Miss World crown. The pageant took place on Saturday 14 December in London and saw women from around the globe compete for the prestigious title and the famous blue crown. Peter Andre was joined by former Miss World Megan Young as host for the competition. The Australian singer/songwriter also performed his track Mysterious Girl, with all of the contestants joining him on stage. The three-hour broadcast saw contestants show off all the hard work they’ve been putting into the competition in the last few weeks, including prepping for a synchronised dance routine. Miss World Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh stunned the audience with her amazing voice when she sang Whitney Houston’s classic, I Have Nothing. The beauty queen took her final walk in a stunning silver dress after being crowned by Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponce De Leon. Second place in the competition went to France, while India took the third spot. Now that she owns th...

Ghana’s Richard Commey has lost his IBF Lightweight title to American boxing sensation, Teofimo Lopez, after suffering a Round 2 technical knockout. Commey was hit by a powerful right punch from Lopez in 1minute 14 seconds in the second round of the fight at the Madison Square Gardens early Sunday. Commey, 32, went into the bout as the underdog despite being the defending champion. Lopez, 22, becomes the 5th youngest world champion since 1984.

The just ended 2019 UK elections has seen Ghanaian-British politician, Abena Oppong-Asare win a seat in the British Parliament. Ms. Oppong-Asare’s feat emulates that of Adam Afriyie, Sam Philip Gyimah, and Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng. Her capture of the Labour Party’s stronghold, Erith and Thamesmead makes her the first female Ghanaian-British MP in the UK. Long-serving MP, Teresa Pearce, stepped down prior to this election, paving the way for Abena Oppong-Asare to succeed her. The Labour Party candidate secured 19,882 votes to beat Joe Robertson of the Tory Party, who received 16,124 votes. Abena Oppong-Asare for four years, was as a ward representative serving as a Bexley councillor until 2018. Source: myjoyonline

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tagged the year 2020 as the “Year of Roads.” According to him, his government would embark on an aggressive road development across Ghana next year, saying “Next year is the year we will adopt as the year of roads.” Speaking at a media encounter in Accra on Friday, President Akufo-Addo, said roads are critical in the development of any nation and that the development of the much-tauted roads under the previous administration was untrue. He said he had travelled the lengths and breaths of the country and one reoccurring demands of the chiefs and people across the country had to do with roads. He said anytime he travelled and lowered his glasses, the gestures people made pointed to the poor nature of their roads which needed fixing. President Akufo-Addo said the observation he made during the time he was in opposition was not different from today, concerning the poor nature of roads in the country. More to follow… Source: Graphi...

Award-winning Ghanaian Rapper, M.anifest has refuted claims that he dissed Stonebwoy with his lines in Kelvynboy’s ‘Yawa No Dey’ song. M.anifest stated that his “small fly we dey fly, wey your man bore, we came to win… yen b3prii draw …” line in the song was never meant for the ‘Ololo’ hitmaker. In an interview on GH One TV, M.anifest said that he can never be a lawyer of Kelvynboy to fight his battles for him and that he did not even have Stonebwoy in mind when he was recording his verse. He added that the beef between Stonebwoy and Kelvynboy is none of his business. The ‘No Shortcut to Heaven’ singer disclosed that his rap lines are generic and a reflection of himself.

International boxer-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Makati. The Philippine national majored in Local Government Administration. In February, the 40-year-old boxing champion and lawmaker revealed that he decided to pursue a college degree because he “needs” it to better understand the country’s situation. In 2008, Pacquiao was enrolled in the business management program of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santos City. He passed a high school equivalency exam in February 2007 under the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System, which made him eligible for college education.

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday, December 13, 2019, meet members of the press at the Jubilee House. The encounter is expected to afford invited journalists the opportunity to ask the President some critical questions on topical issues in the country as far as his three-year-old administration is concerned. This event is scheduled for 11 am to 1 pm. President Akufo-Addo had earlier made a strong case for such meetings arguing that it was a crucial approach to engage Ghanaians and take criticisms to shape the government’s flagship programmes and policies. It is also not the first of its kind. This is the fourth time the President is opening himself up for questioning having done same in July 2017 and January 2018. The last edition was held a year ago in December 2018. In that encounter, 70 journalists were invited but only 15 journalists had the chance to ask questions because of the about 30 minutes delay to the start of the program. After a year, there h...

A generous boss awarded his 200 employees a whopping £8million Christmas bonus. Lucky workers at the property company were not expecting the astonishing gift, which celebrated the firm meeting its targets. Each member of staff was given a red envelope at a Christmas dinner, revealing they would receive roughly £38,000 each - depending on how long they'd worked there. The firm based in Maryland, US said it wanted to make a "significant" impact on the lives of those responsible for its success. An emotional video taken on the night shows workers react with joy as they realised what had happened. Chairman Edward St John, who founded the company, revealed the bonus on Saturday. Xmas bonus joy He said: “To celebrate the achievement of our goal, we wanted to reward our employees in a big way that would make a significant impact on their lives. “I am thankful for every one of our employees, for their hard work and dedication. I couldn’t think of a better way ...

A Finnish politician is set to become the world's youngest sitting prime minister. Sanna Marin, Finland's 34-year-old transportation minister, will also become the country's youngest ever prime minister when she is sworn in on Tuesday. On Sunday, Marin narrowly won a vote among Social Democrat lawmakers, according to Reuters, and replaces outgoing Prime Minister Antti Rinne, who resigned on Tuesday after coalition partner the Centre Party said it had lost confidence in him over his handling of a postal workers' strike. The prime minister-elect told reporters that she has "a lot of work ahead to rebuild trust," according to Reuters. "I have never thought about my age or gender, I think of the reasons I got into politics and those things for which we have won the trust of the electorate," the Agence France-Presse news agency reported her as saying. Marin rose through the ranks after leading the city council of her industrial hometown Tamp...

A Nigerian player has been fired by a club in Slovenia for impregnating the daughter of the president of the second division outfit after just six months with the side. The player, whose name has been withheld, said he was fired for ‘gross misconduct and indiscipline’ over the pregnancy which he has claimed full responsibility. Four Nigerians are registered with second tier clubs in Slovenia with Bede Osuji, Temitope Nelson, Gerald Chiyoke and Sulaiman Adedoja playing in that league but it is uncertain which of them is involved in the pregnancy issue. The player, who fears public backlash over the situation, has returned to Nigeria after his ordeal and he is worried over the girlfriend and her pregnancy. The player is considering FIFA action against the club following the decision to sack him over reasons he feels are unjustified after joining the club just in May. ” I signed a three year deal with the option of another year but last month I ran into trouble when my girlf...

Government is set to establish two rice processing factories in the Builsa South District in the Upper East Region to create a ready market for rice produce and address post-harvest losses. While one will be established at Fumbisi under the Rural Enterprise Programme funded by the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB), the other will be constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture at a yet to be identified location. Rice farmers at the Fumbisi and Gbedembilisi valleys this year bemoaned a rice glut at the valleys as a result of a lack of ready market for their produce with some rotting away on the farms. But speaking at the 35th Farmers’ Day celebration at Gbedembilisi, Bulisa South District Chief Executive, Mr. Daniel Gariba said, the intervention forms part of government permanent solution to addressing rice glut in the district. “The District has been in the news for the reason that farmers operating in the Fumbisi rice valleys complained about the failure to get buyers fo...

Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). It means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag. Wada’s executive committee made the unanimous decision in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. It comes after Russia’s Anti Doping Agency (Rusada) was declared non-compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in January 2019. It had to hand over data to WADA as a condition of its controversial reinstatement in 2018 after a three-year suspension for its vast state-sponsored doping scandal. WADA says Rusada has 21 days to appeal against the ban. If it does so, the appeal will be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). WADA vice-president Linda Helleland said the ban was “not ...

Anthony Joshua became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in a tense rematch in Saudi Arabia. Six months on from the night Ruiz stunned boxing, Joshua risked seeing his career left in tatters with a second defeat, but served up 36 minutes of movement and well-timed punching to take the IBF, WBA and WBO titles back to Britain. After cutting his Mexican rival inside the first round he never looked back and picked out smart jabs and right hands throughout before being serenaded with chants of "AJ, AJ, AJ" by 14,000 or so fans in the Diriyah Arena. Ruiz never looked close to landing a knockdown and when scores of 118-110 118-110 and 119-109 were read out, Joshua jumped up and down in the ring in celebration, just as the man who had wrecked his US debut did in June. Joshua gets it right all night Joshua, 30, now joins a small cluster of men including Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and Fl...

As part of this year’s farmers day celebration, Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has presented items worth GHC150,000 to the District Chief Executive of the Amansie West District Assembly, Hon. Nii Larteh Ollenu as prize package for all winning farmers in the district. Handing over the items, Shatta Wale was full of praises for farmers across the world. “Farming is important because it provides food and jobs for the population. As a country, I think it is time we embrace industrial farming which provides a large amount of food at a relatively low cost and hugely contributes to the industrial development of the country. More jobs will be created for the youth and more people which will help solve the unemployment situation in the county”, he stated. The event which was held at the Big Park Hotel located at Mpatuam was attended by Nana Asamoah Tia II, Chief of Mpatuam, Hon. Joseph Albert Quarm, Member of Parliament for the Manso Nkwan...

President Nana Akufo-Addo used his speech at the 35th National Farmers’ Day celebration to continue advocacy for the local rice industry. He urged Ghanaians to support local farmers by consuming their produce in a bid to boost self-sufficiency. “The success of government’s efforts in ensuring self-sufficiency in rice production depends largely on the level of consumption of local rice. We must eat what we grow to motivate our farmers and support the development of the local food industry.” “Rebecca, my beautiful wife; our First Lady, insists that we eat local rice at home and has made sure of this. I call on all Ghanaians to follow my example and eat local rice.” As part of the government’s moves to support local rice production, President Akufo-Addo said the state was imported milling materials from China and Brazil. The materials are expected to arrive in Ghana in the middle of 2020 to provide “appreciable relieve to farmers and boost the grain industry.” The Presiden...

Chelsea’s transfer ban has been halved by the court of arbitration for sport, clearing them to make signings in January. A penalty imposed by Fifa was due to cover two transfer windows: last summer and the one next month. Chelsea’s fine of 600,000 Swiss francs fine (£460,000) has also been halved by CAS. The club went to Cas after Fifa’s appeals committee rejected their case. Fifa imposed its ban on Chelsea after the club were found guilty of breaking transfer regulations relating to minors. Chelsea reluctantly accepted that they had been in breach of serious breaches of the governing body’s regulations but they have always maintained their innocence in relation to what were found to be less serious transgressions. At a recent meeting of lawyers for all parties Chelsea’s representatives advanced a very strong case as to why these alleged breaches ought to be disregarded. Fifa’s lawyers left that meeting thinking that the Cas verdict could well go against them. Real Madrid...

Not long ago, multiple award winning Ghanaian musician and farmer Samini was seen in a rice farm encouraging Ghanaians to patronise Made In Ghana Rice. In the video, Samini told Ghanaians to expect his own brand of rice but little did we know that Samini owns that rice farm he was seen in. Today is farmers day and Samini has taken to his instagram page to wish fellow farmers a happy farmers day. As part of the farmers day celebration, Samini urged all Ghanaians to grow what they eat and eat what they grow. In the post, Samini made it clear that he went to the northern part of Ghana where he hails from to help harvest his rice and also show Ghana that indeed rice grows in the north and he has plenty. See post below 👇 #happyfarmersday to fellow farmers ... let’s grow what we eat and eat what we grow. Behind is my rice farm in the northern part of Ghana #wa. I went up there to help harvest and also show Ghana that indeed rice grows here and I have plenty 😁 .. 🙏🏾😊😊...

Everton have sacked manager Marco Silva after becoming embroiled in a Premier League relegation battle, with former manager David Moyes expected to take charge on an interim basis. Silva was appointed ahead of the 2018/2019 season following his sacking from Watford, but a poor run of form this season has seen Everton slip to 18th in the Premier League table. The final nail in Silva's Everton coffin was seemingly the crushing 5-2 Merseyside derby defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday night. Duncan Ferguson will take charge of Saturday's game against Chelsea. Moyes has turned down the opportunity to take over at other clubs as he has held out for a return to the Premier League. He has also been under consideration by another of his former clubs, West Ham United, should they sack Manuel Pellegrini who has also been under pressure this season. However, Moyes' ready availability and experience, given he spent 11 years at Everton, and his desire to return to Goodison P...