Yearly Archives: 2019

Bawku Naba rejects call to join ‘Western Togoland’

The Over-Lord of the Bawku Traditional Area, Zug-Raan Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has rejected calls by some persons to join the ‘Western Togoland.’ “I admit having been contacted by persons advocating for secession of parts from Ghana a number of times, but I want to assure you that …

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Sarkodie is the only Ghanaian artiste to reach the top – Akon

RnB singer, Akon has named Sarkodie as the only Ghanaian singer ‘at the top.’ The US singer was asked at a press conference Sunday to name three Ghanaian artistes who are putting the West African country on the map. But in response, Akon noted that the same question has been …

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59 inmates of Nsawam Prisons enrolled in UCC’s Distant Learning Programme

Fifty-nine inmates of the Nsawam Prisons are pursuing various diploma programmes in Business and Education through the University of Cape Coast’s Distance Learning Programme. Twenty-seven of them are reading Diploma in Commerce, (Management and Accounting options), while the remaining 32 are studying Diploma in Junior High School Education (Science, Mathematics, …

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Fire guts Assin Fosu market, goods worth thousands destroyed [Photos]

Goods worth several thousands of Cedis have been destroyed by fire at the Assin Fosu main market. The fire outbreak was so intense that personnel from the Assin Fosu Fire Station, spent close to two hours before the situation was brought under control. According to a witness, Akwasi Korankye, he …

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Former Western Regional Minister Esther Lilly Nkansah dies

Former Western Regional Minister, Esther Lilly Nkansah has passed on while receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi. The late Esther Lily Nkansah was a lawyer and the last Western Regional Minister to serve under the Rawlings’ administration from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, she was named in a 10-member …

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We’ll tackle growing indiscipline in Ghana – Queen Mothers

Leaders and Members of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana have vowed to tackle the growing levels of indiscipline in the Ghanaian society. Addressing a ceremony at the La Palm beach hotel to celebrate the 21st anniversary since the formation of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana, President of the …

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Hearts lose, Kotoko win on Day One of Ghana Premier League

Visiting Berekum Chelsea defeated Accra Hearts of Oak by a lone goal in their clash at the Accra Sports Stadium on Day One of the Ghana Premier League 2019/2020 season, sending supporters of Hearts baying for the head of their head coach, Kim Grant. The Hearts fans may have started …

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Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?

One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of a verritable food ingredient called momoni. The mighty momoni is Ghana’s answer to Swedish surstromming, Korean hongeohoe or and the Japanese Kusaya, although not as putrid …

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VIDEOS: Top 20 songs of 2019

Some songs which were released in 2018 still enjoyed rotation in 2019 prolly because they were too hot to be kicked out by the 2019 records or were released in the last quarter of the year, hence, their dominance in the subsequent year. Stonebwoy’s ‘Kpo Keke’ which featured Medikal, DarkoVibes, …

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