Elvis Anokye

C/R: Assembly member allegedly pockets GHC64,000 compensation meant for farmers

A section of rice farmers in the Assin North District of the Central Region of Ghana have accused a former Assemblyman of Assin Breku, Mr. Ampem Darkoh of allegedly pocketing GH¢64,880 compensation given them after 400 bags of rice belonging to the farmers were destroyed a s a result of …

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Kevin Taylor launches fresh attack on Second Lady, Samira Bawumia

Kevin Taylor has ‘dirtied’ the Second Lady of the land, Samira Bawumia in a video making rounds on social media. The UK-based Ghanaian journalist in the footage used some unprintable words against the Second Lady. Without mincing words, he dragged Samira Bawumia over a comment she passed years back and …

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Why my style of music is Afrofusion, not Afrobeats – Burna Boy

Nigerian singer and Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy, has clarified that his style of music is called Afrofusion, and not Afrobeats as assumed by fans. Burna Boy who spoke about his genre of music during the latest episode of The Million Dollar Worth of Game podcast said because the music …

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A mother’s struggle to feed six children as prices soar

Some families in Kenya are eating just once a day, or not at all, because of rising food prices, writes the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga in Nairobi. Early in the morning, I find Florence Kambua hunched over, digging through the dump site outside her front door to collect plastic, glass, clothes …

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Yul Edochie offers to help homeless actor, Aguba

Actor Yul Edochie has offered to help a fellow Nollywood actor, Kenneth Jideofor, popularly known as Aguba, who is reportedly homeless. Pictures of Aguba in a shabby environment trended on the internet on Monday as multiple reports noted that he was homeless at the moment. Reacting to the news, Edochie …

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Five severely injured in accident at Gomoa Okyereko

Five persons are severely injured and receiving Treatment at Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after a GMC private car collided with a Toyota Hiace bus transporting food items from Accra to Ajumako Mando Senior High School in the Central Region. The accident occured at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa Cape-Coast …

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75-year-old woman found hanging dead in her room

A 75-year-old woman has been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Okaikrom, near Afigyase District in the Ashanti Region. According to a Kessbenonline.com report, the elderly woman was found dead in her room with a rope around her neck. For some residents, the death of the old woman comes as …

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Agyemang Badu reacts to Ghana’s CAF ban for over age cheating

Former Black Stars player, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has reacted to the Confederation of African Football’s ban on Ghana for age cheating in their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Black Maidens were on July 4, 2022, handed a two-year ban and fined $100,000 by CAF for forging the birthdate …

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Nigeria’s first University teaching hospital demands N1,000 daily electricity bill from each patient

The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has introduced a new rule compelling patients to pay N1,000 daily each as electricity bill. In an internal memo, the hospital management claimed the new charge on patients was introduced because of the hikes in electricity tariff …

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I am so mad and angry – Peter Okoye

Nigerian musician of defunct P-Square fame has shared how unhappy he is, to say the least, following a publication that captured how Nigerian military troops allegedly shot dead dozens of defenseless citizens in Ogbaru, Anambra. According to a publication by SaharaReporters, troops of the Nigerian military comprising the Navy and …

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