Among all the music genres (Hip Life, Hip Hop, Dancehall, RnB, Reggae, etc), High Life genre happens to be Ghana’s indigenous music. Thus, Ghanaians gave birth to High Life genre, therefore, artistes who do High Life are well respected because they seek to continue an aspect of Ghana’s material culture. As a result, Bisa Kdei, a renowned contemporary High Life ...

Actress Lydia Forson has slammed Ghanaians for giving relevance to the claims by some feminists who argued that cooking for one’s husband can be described as slavery. In a 17-minutes video, she said Ghanaians are ‘mad’, ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ to give much relevance to food when there are more important national issues to solve. “Do you see how stupid we ...

A Deputy Information Minister says the president’s state of the nation address to Parliament Thursday will be heavy on jobs and the economy. In a sneak peek into the president’s presentation, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will also make definite comments on some of the major social intervention programmes the government is executing already. He was speaking ...

The Turkish parliament’s deputy speaker said on Wednesday that Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO)-linked schools were not only a threat for the security of Turkey, but also for other countries where the terror group is active. In a meeting with the head of the Ghana-Turkey Interparliamentary Friendship Group Sualihu Alhassan Dandawa, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Yasar Tuzun drew attention ...

One of the daughters of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote,is reportedly planning to get married somewhere in March 2018. Fatima Dangote, the reports suggest, is marrying her pilot boyfriend, Jamil who is the son of a former Inspector General (IG) of Police, M.D. Abubakar. The wedding, expected to come off at the plush Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, will ...

South African President Jacob Zuma is under pressure to resign, as top members of his own party who have the power to remove him consider their next step. His presidency has covered more than a third of South Africa’s time after apartheid, but it has been dogged by scandal. So what has happened to bring us to this point? Here’s ...

Ghanaian female comedienne and TV presenter, Afia Schwarzenegger says she was not legally married to her estranged husband, Mr Lawrence Abrokwa. Afia and Mr Abrokwa got married at a private marriage ceremony in South Africa on Saturday, October 22, 2016, in a church at Florida Lake in Johannesburg. Lovely photos circulated on social media showing the couple kissing each other ...

Kenya has deported opposition supporter and lawyer, Miguna Miguna, following his role in the unofficial swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as “the people’s president”. Mr Miguna has boarded a flight to take him to Canada, where he is a citizen. His departure came after he was charged with treason-related offences. Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga has criticised the government ...

Commercial drivers have sounded a word of caution to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP government to either ensure that fuel prices are reduced or they forget retaining power in the 2020 General Elections. The drivers who participated in a demonstration organised by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) sharing ...

Angela Merkel’s conservatives (CDU/CSU) have finally hashed out a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) that could break months of political deadlock in Germany. Negotiators have agreed on the division of key ministries – one of the last hurdles towards forming a government. It could end more than four months of wrangling since inconclusive elections in September. But ...