The story of this little-known Ga woman started after the death of the warrior king, King Okaikoi. After his death, Dode Akabi, the Princess of Obutu, immediately came into the scene, usurped power and installed her authority over the people of Akra (now Accra), beginning a tenure of ruthless rule …

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu has absolved government of the responsibility of creating jobs for the youth. According to the Member of Parliament for Bekwai, government’s job is to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive to employ the teeming youth of the country. Speaking in …

Fire swept through more than 10 shops at the leather and footwear section of the Kumasi Central Market on Monday morning, destroying properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis. Items including leathers, bags, shoes, slippers and sandals were burnt in the inferno. Traders at the leather and footwear section of the …

The Ghana Cedi has been ranked as the second worst-performing currency in the world after Sri Lanka’s Rupee, a Bloomberg report has said. The international news portal said the Cedi lost its value by 40.05 percent to the United States dollar in the first nine months of 2022 – making …

Erstwhile Nigerian footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, has been arrested at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for alleged cocaine trafficking upon arrival from Brazil. The Guardian Nigeria reported that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Okafor who arrived in Lagos with 1.40kg of crack cocaine concealed in his …

Veteran actor, Ekow Blankson is reported to have died. The actor, who was also into other private businesses, played different roles in many movies and television advertisements. Borga, Frozen Emotion, Savannah, In April, Checkmate, Illusions, A Woman Scorned, Pool Party, and Famous were some of the movies he starred in. …

The rising cost of fertiliser on the global market will negatively affect availability of rice and other staple foods in 2023 if the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues into next year, a Chief Economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Maximo Torero Cullen, has predicted. Mr. …

Uncompetitive cocoa prices on the international market is forcing cocoa farmers in gold-producing areas to sell farmlands for illegal mining activities, the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has said. The situation is rather disturbing, given cocoa has been the main cash crop that has been the backbone of the economy. …

Phyna has been announced the winner of this year’s Big Brother Naija (BBNAIJA2022). This comes after three months of being housed together with other housemates for a period of three months. This year’s edition was dubbed the “Level Up Edition”. Phyna goes home with prizes worth N100,000 and will be …

Burkina Faso currently has the youngest leader on the continent thanks to a coup d’etat that deposed a coup leader on September 30, 2022. Between January 2022 and the last day of September 2022, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was in charge as a military ruler having led a coup …