Nigerian film director and actor Genevieve Nnaji has protested against the disqualification of her film, Lionheart, from Oscar’s Best International Feature Film category. The Academy dropped the Nigerian comedy “for having too much dialogue in English”, which violates its rule that requires entries in the international category to have “a predominantly non-English dialogue track.” Lionheart, which is Nigeria’s first ever ...

Rapper Obrafour says no composer in the music industry can ever beat him at his game. Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, he agrees new artistes in the industry are good lyricists but he believes in himself and the works he has done throughout the years. His comment comes after some industry persons said Obrafour’s endorsement of Sarkodie and ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says its manifesto for the 2020 elections will be centred on identifying problems that affect the Ghanaian people and find pragmatic ways of fixing them. According to the party, its policy document will also be devoid of what it termed as ‘comic slogans’. Speaking to Citi News, Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Peter ...

The Premier League have appointed Michael Oliver as referee for Liverpool’s title clash with Man City, after more high-profile incidents over the weekend. Despite the introduction of VAR intending to aid referees and end post-match debate over big decisions such as offsides and penalties, the opposite has occurred so far. There were a number of questionable calls both from on-field officials and those ...

The National Teaching Council (NTC) says Ghana will be able to fully export professional teachers to countries where their services are needed after the teacher licensure exam certificate takes full shape. In November last year, the Ministry of Education, disclosed that Ghana had begun processes to export trained teachers to African countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Updating ...

The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku and some members of the Executive Council were at the Kotoka International Airport to see off the national Under 23 team, the Black Meteors for the African Under 23 Championship in Egypt. The President was accompanied by Messrs Randy Abbey, Kingsley Osei Bonsu and Samuel Anim Addo, and in a brief ...

The rift between former President Jerry John Rawlings and his successor, John Agyekum Kufuor seem to always have an interesting way of reigniting after several years of dormancy. The two former presidents have been at loggerheads thereby causing Ghanaians to wonder as to what really transpired between them. Well, this year, the simmering tension between the two former presidents erupted ...

Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops the end of season women’s tennis rankings released Monday, a day after her triumph in the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China. With 7,851 points, Barty, who has topped the rankings since early September, eclipsed second-placed Karolína Plíšková (5,940 points) by almost 2,000 points. Naomi Osaka (5,497) held on to third place from Simona Halep, who ...

The convoy of the President has been a major talking point in recent times, especially whenever he is embarking on a nation-wide tour. At his recent visit to Tsito in the Volta Region, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had about 50 vehicles in his convoy. The vehicles comprised V8 Landcruisers and Pickup trucks. Meanwhile, there was a directive sometime in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that God is not wicked and an unjust person to return former President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress to power. Speaking to Chiefs and people in the Volta Region on Monday as part of a two-day tour of the region, the President attacked the former President claiming he has no vision ...