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Stop calling my name, you didn’t contract HIV because of me” – Bobrisky replies Lord Casted

A young Nigerian man (Lord Casted) with the face of Bobrisky tattooed on his chest has been trending online since he revealed he got infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, as a result of the equipment used for the tattoo inscription on his arm. In one of his previous statements, he said that he is …

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99-year-old PA of Nkrumah gives new version of how the name ‘Ghana’ was gotten

A 99-year-old man said to be the personal messenger of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has given a new account of how the name “Ghana” came into being. According to Mr. Kobina Taylor, the initials of a number of ethnic groups were pieced together and arranged to achieve …

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Drama in court as man fails to remember his wife’s name

A man left many in shock after failing to remember the name of his wife of nine months during a proceeding at Shanzu Law Court in Mombasa, Kenya. The middle-aged man, identified as Richard Kiragu, told the court that although he was a family man and was married to one …

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Calls mount to name Kumasi International Airport after Baffour Osei Akoto

Campaigners are hoping to have the new Kumasi International Airport renamed in honour of Baffour Osei Akoto, the brain behind the National Liberation Movement (NLM). The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, who is the latest to …

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Meet Mosquito: The Sierra Leonean army commander whose name Asiedu Nketiah ‘stole’

Like Edna Ferber once said about nicknames, “Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike,” and that may well have been the inspiration behind why those who gave that alias to the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, did so. As he shared …

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Colonel Damoah’s name pops up in another tax evasion scandal

The Director General of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, has been implicated by the National Security in another case of alleged tax evasion. In a confidential document reported by Starrfm.com.gh, the then Deputy National Security Coordinator, Edward Asomani, in October 2021, wrote to the …

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VIDEO: Meet Haniya – Akuapem Poloo outdoors new Muslim name

Rosemond Brown, better known as Akuapem Poloo, now goes by the name, Haniya Rosemond Alade Brown. The actress made this announcement on Sunday, August 14, 2022, a few days after converting to Islam. According to her, she was praying to Allah about her new adopted name, reason it her took some …

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Why Prophet Ajagurajah wants GFA to change the name of Black Stars

Bishop Kwabena Asiamah, popularly known as Prophet Ajagurajah has charged the Ghana Football Association to change the name of the senior national team, the Black Stars. According to the founder of the Ajagurajah Movement names have meaning and claimed no star gives off dark light so the name should be changed. …

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Why changing my name was the best decision I ever made? – Nana Ama McBrown

On August 10, 2020, Nana Ama McBrown expressed that changing her name was the best thing that happened to her. Speaking on TV3’s Showbiz show, the TV personality said changing her name from “Felicity Ama Agyemang” to Nana Ama Mcbrown, after she was adopted by her father has helped her brand. Read …

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Nigerians chase Nike for misspelling of country’s name on athletes kit

Nigerians recently celebrated the feat of Tobi Amusan, the athlete who made history at the just ended World Championship Games in Oregon. Amusan broke the 100 meters hurdles world record when she run 12:12 seconds in the semi-finals before slashing that time further by 6 microseconds when she did 12:06 …

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