Fast-rising singer King Promise has revealed that he was a “puppet” under his former sponsor. The singer said the Dubai-based businesswoman Yasmin Behzadi treated him as a puppet under the contract that bounded both of them. He added that Yasmin once referred to him as a “waste product”. Yasmin Behzadi, who has been in the news recently, claimed she spent a whopping $150,000 ...

Political campaigners in Brazil have used software that scrapes Facebook for citizens’ phone numbers, and then automatically sends them WhatsApp messages and adds them to WhatsApp groups. Almost three weeks ago, 147 million voters in the country went to the polls for legislative elections and the first round of the presidential elections. This Sunday, they will decide between far-right candidate ...

Students of the Casford Hall at the University of Cape Coast have called off their planned solidarity action in support of their colleague students of the Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in their standoff with the school authorities. The decision by the students was taken after they reportedly received threats from the authorities ...

The audited accounts of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has led to the retrieval of GH¢2.1 million out of GH¢2.5 million overpaid to caterers of the programme between July and August last year. GhIPSS reverses trend. The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), the payment bureau for the GSFP, confirmed that between July and August there was about ...

The Dubai-based businesswoman who allegedly invested in the career of King Promise, is sticking to her decision to drag the musician to court. A disappointed Yasmin Behzadi, reacting to a press release by the musician, rubbished accusations that she called him “a waste product” forcing him to leave her label. Read: I was ‘puppet’, ‘waste product’ under Yasmin Behzadi – King Promise ...

Dr. Franklin Manu Amoah, Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), the first prosecution witness in the criminal trial of ex-Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen K. Opuni, on Monday left the courtroom in total shock, with a series of conflicting claims as his testimony was brought to an end. Under cross-examination, ...

The Technical team of Ghana’s Black Queens are expected to submit a 30-man provisional team to CAF latest by Friday,October 24. Ghana’s team has been in camp since September and have been training ahead of the Women’s Cup of Nations tournament which kicks off from November 17 to December 1. Head coach of the team, Bahir Hayford has been working ...

The University Teachers Association (UTAG) says calls for the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to be sacked or resign on his own volition following violent protests at the university is unfounded. National President of the Association, Dr Eric Opoku said Prof Kwasi Obiri-Danso cannot be blamed for the behaviour of the students, therefore, calls ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has announced to its customers and the general public that there would be an interruption in power supply, Today, in some parts of Accra. The power outage according to them will begin from 9:00 in the morning through to 5:00 in the evening. In a statement issued by the company yesterday, the step ...

Flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Joshua Alabi says he is the only one to end the dream of a second four-year term by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Therefore, Prof. Alabi wants NDC delegates to vote him to lead them into the 2020 presidential elections and take the party from opposition back to government. “If you promote [vote] ...