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FULL LIST: 2021 Grammy Award winners

Here is a full list of winners in categories at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, which were handed out on Sunday in Los Angeles. Beyonce had a big night, winning four prizes and thereby breaking the record for the most-ever Grammy wins by a female artist, and the most by …

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Ghana‘s Fatawu Issahaku wins Best Player Award at the U-20 AFCON

Ghana’s sensational midfielder Abdul Fatawu Issahaku has been chosen as Player of the Tournament after Ghana’s triumphant display at the just-ended U20 AFCON in Mauritania. The sensational player who plays for Steadfast FC was named the player of the tournament after scoring two goals in 6 games for Ghana. Fatawu, …

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Group confers award on Francis Owusu-Akyaw for selfless service

Mr Francis Owusu-Akyaw, NPP member and minerals expert receiving his citation from a member of the Youth Awards Ghana (YAG). A group by name Youth Awards Ghana (YAG) under the auspices of Nkay Events Management over the weekend conferred an award on NPP member and Minerals expert, Francis Owusu-Akyaw. In …

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Steve Ayorinde Leads AMAA 2020 Jury Award

The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has announced Hon. Steve Oluseyi Ayorinde as President of the Jury for the year 2020 honours. Steve Ayorinde has been the Chairman of the Governing Council for AMAA for over ten years, a pioneer member of the Academy, who has been with the Academy …

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Dr Kwame Fordjour Launches Another Award Scheme

The man who took Ghana by storm with the organisation of the fake UN awards, Dr. Kwame Fordjour is set to launch another award. The new award scheme will honour deserving football teams, coaches, soccer players and football administrators in the country. A flyer spotted on social media indicates that …

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NAM 1 fires people comparing the ‘fake’ UN awards saga to Menzgold

Nana Appiah Mensah has berated individuals who are drawing conclusions and making a comparison of the fake UN award saga to Menzgold. After news broke yesterday of a certain Dr Fordjour who went galavanting and issuing unverifiable awards to celebrities and public officials, many have compared his modus operandi to that of Menzgold and …

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Twitter users troll Wontumi, Sarkodie, others for winning ‘fake UN awards’

Twitter, they say is the home of social media savagery and it is not hard to understand how and why the platform has earned such ‘enviable’ reputation’. The trolls, the banter, the clap backs are hard-hitting which makes it quite unpleasant to have yourself or your celebrity being ‘dragged’ on …

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Ghana Library Authority Awards Winners of the National Short Story Writing Challenge

    Winners of the National Short Story Challenge, an initiative of the Ghana Library Authority which was introduced as part of its COVID-19 intervention to remotely engage Ghanaian students and to stimulate their creativity through writing have been announced in Accra.   The project was launched in April 2020 …

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9 year-old receives state award for hand-wash invention

A Kenyan boy is among this year’s recipients of state commendations for his invention of a handwashing machine. Nine-year-old Stephen Wamukota used wood to suspend a jerrycan of water and create a pedal to be used to dispense water and soap and avoid contact. He had told his mother that …

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Akufo-Addo named ‘Champion of AU Financial Institutions’

The 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union has appointed President Nana Akufo-Addo as ‘Champion of the African Union Financial Institutions’. The decision of the Assembly was made on Monday, February 10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the Chairperson of the …

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