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KiDi, the popular Afrobeat Musician has emerged as the 3Music Awards’ Artiste of the Year 2021. KiDi faced very tough competition from Kuami Eugene, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Adina, Diana Hamilton, Medikal and Fameye. He won most of the awards on the night at the virtual event which was hosted at the Accra International Conference …

  The decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to insist on the removal of the capping of the budget of the legislature by the executive has paid off with the government forced to reverse its decision to slash the budget allocation of government. Bagbin, it would be recalled, had threatened …

Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has won this year’s $5m Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership for his work in promoting economic progress and joining regional efforts to quell the threat of Islamist militants. Issoufou was first elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2016. He stepped down after serving two …

British online news platforms as well as some newspapers have been awash this week with news that British authorities would now allow flights from Accra, Ghana to land in Heathrow instead of Gatwick as had earlier been proposed by British authorities. Some of the reportage did very little to hide …

The National U-20 football team, the Black Satellites, has gifted the country a huge birthday gift by winning their 4th AFCON title in the just-ended tournament held in Mauritania. The Satellites put up a spirited performance to beat the Hippos of Uganda by 2 goals to nil. The Hippos never …

Asante Kotoko midfielder Abdul Latif Anabila was named man of the match after the Porcupine Warriors secured a famous win at Karela United on Sunday. Anabila was rewarded for his impressive performance in the 2-0 victory which ended Karela’s 100 per cent home record in the Ghana Premier League this season. …

Uganda’s longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term amid allegations of fraud and lack of transparency around the vote count. The country’s election commission said Museveni won 58.64% of the nearly 10 million ballots cast, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received 34.83% of the vote. The …

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Sene West has retained his seat as the Member of Parliament for the constituency. This comes after the Electoral Commissioncounted the ballot papers from the Tato Battor Polling Station B which were prior to this locked up at the Techiman police station following a …

The Electoral Commission has announced the final results of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been declared winner. Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa made the big announcement flanked by her deputies at the Electoral Commission’s Headquarters. Meanwhile, scores of party supporters of both parties are at …

By law, it is the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission that is the Returning Officer for the Presidential elections in Ghana. But it is not out of the ordinary to see the media, per their collated figures “projecting likely” winners. Admittedly, Ghana has historically seen some incredibly tight elections, but it’s …