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Thomas Partey, a Ghanaian midfielder, has been selected Arsenal’s player of the month for the first time since his arrival at the club. With 49 percent of the vote, the 28-year-old edged out Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka to win the title for the month of February. Partey played a …

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s great grandfather, Alhassan Dantata, was a trader from Northern Nigeria who traded mainly in kola nuts and groundnuts. His distribution pool extended far into Europe and at the time of his death, he was the richest man in West Africa. But what exactly was the …

This year’s Independence Day was exceptionally joyous for Ghanaians living in the UK when Michael Owusu Addo, known in showbiz as Sarkodie, surprised KiDi and Kuami Eugene at their O2 Arena Indigo Concert. On March 6, 2022, KiDi and Kuami Eugene made their first appearance at the O2 Indigo Arena with a thrilling performance that saw artistes from Ghana …

At age 68, most footballers would be looking back at their journey in life after hanging their boots many years back. Same can however not be said about Agya Polo, who plays in the Ghanaian third-tier league. Born in 1954, Polo was three years old when Ghana had independence in …

On the Interbank forex rates from the Bank of Ghana today, March 8, 2022, the Ghana Cedi is trading against the dollar at a buying price of 6.9984 and a selling price of 7.0054. As compared to Friday’s trading of a buying price of 6.9974 and a selling price of 7.0044. At …

Some Hearts of Oak fans on social media have taken Asante Kotoko to the cleaners after beating them 2-1 to win the President’s Cup on Friday night. After a nervy first half without a goal, striker Daniel Afriyie Barnieh found the back of the net to score the first goal …

Former skipper of the senior national team, Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has launched a manhunt for a head porter (Kayayei lady) spotted at a marketplace correctly reciting the national anthem word for word. A video of the woman went all viral on social media which received a whole positive reception …

It is a simple stool, covered with animal skin and serves a very important role of determining whether or not adolescent girls ready to undergo puberty rites have been chaste and stayed away from promiscuity. In other words, this stool is part of sacred rites performed by the Krobos and …

The Mo/Dega communities celebrate the ‘Pea dii’ eating of yams festival at different periods by each community, that’s some places of Kintampo. This harvest festival starts in the middle of July and runs to the end of September. Mostly, it is usually celebrated in August when new yams are ready …

Imperial Russia, one of the largest empires that thrived from 1720 to 1917, had only about a dozen permanent Black residents out of a population of over a million. It has been documented that during this period, Russia “waged wars, conquered surrounding lands, and produced some of the most well-known, …