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Yearly Archives: 2019

GFA Presidential Debate: Why Nana Yaw Amponsah top-rated all five candidates

A historic night on Monday saw the five candidates for the Ghana FA top job engage in a hearty Presidential Debate to a national audience. Conspicuously absent was George Afriyie, thought to be one of the frontrunners in the race. The former GFA Vice President says he could not postpone …

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Road contractors to be paid by November – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has given assurance that 80 per cent of all road contractors would be paid by November this year for road works to resume across the country. He said government was “focusing seriously” on the state of the nation’s road networks, and that the remaining …

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Kanye West confirms ‘Jesus Is King’ will drop this Friday

Kanye West has announced his long-awaited new album “Jesus Is King” will arrive on Friday. The “Jesus Walks” rapper took to Twitter on Monday to share a graphic of the vinyl copy of the album and to let fans know when they can get their hands on a copy of …

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Video: Kwaw Kese attacked with bottles at Shatta Wale’s album launch

Rapper Kwaw Kese honoured Shatta Wale’s invitation to perform at his Wonder Boy album launch at the Fantasy Dome, on Saturday, October 19. The artiste was met with violence while on stage after some patrons at the Dome began throwing bottles at him. The rapper got hit on the head. Unfazed by the …

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BoG Governor to chair Bretton Woods Institutions’ Board of Governors

Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Yedu Addison has been selected to represent Ghana to Chair Board of Governors of the Bretton Woods Institutions in 2020. At the 2019 Annual Meetings Plenary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group held on Friday, Ghana was selected …

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Championship: Ayew scores again in Swansea draw

Black Stars skipper Andre Ayew’s third goal in as many matches was not enough for Swansea City who drew 1-1 with Barnsley in the English Championship on Saturday. Barnsley were much the better of the two sides in the opening half but couldn’t find the goal their efforts warranted. And Ayew …

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Scientists develop world’s first artificial womb for humans

Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands received a Future and Emerging Technologies grant of the European Programme Horizon 2020 of almost 3 million euros to develop an artificial womb within the next decade. The model, which is being developed, would provide babies with artificial respiration. Notably, …

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Police charge fetish priest who allegedly abused beauty pageant contestants

Police in the Eastern Region have charged a fetish priest and his accomplices for allegedly molesting some contestants of the 2019 Miss Commonwealth Beauty Pageant at a shrine. The bizarre case happened at a shrine belonging to one Togbe Shito at Akyem-Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipal of the Eastern Region. The …

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Ronaldo makes more money from Instagram than Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo apparently earns more from being an Instagram influencer than he does from playing soccer for Juventus. Ronaldo has taken home $47.8 million from paid Instagram posts alone over the past year, according to a Hopper HQ study published on Buzz Bingo, which lists the 34-year-old as the platform’s highest earner. …

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Video: I can’t do music without weed – Ras Kuuku reveals

Reggae and dancehall artiste Ras Kuuku has revealed he cannot do music without weed. Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Ras Kuuku said he loves to use weed because it inspires many of the works he puts out. “I’ve got seven things that inspire me to make music. Weed is …

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