Some residents in a slum in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, are violently protesting over a regulation imposed to control the spread of a cholera epidemic. The epidemic which started since October 2017 is spreading at an alarming rate forcing the government to ban street vending in order to contain the situation. A local media portal, Mwebantu, shared photos of burning trucks ...

Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time. Random friend requests, being added to groups you did not ask to join, and tags that allow “friends” to clog up your timeline with posts or photos you don’t necessarily want. But a Nigerian man took that to a whole new level when he posted ...

Rarely would you have people opening up on the details of their lives, especially when it is full of vices that society frowns upon. But that is not the case of Elorm the Zionist, a young beautiful Ghanaian lady who could be between her late 20s and early 30s. Elorm The Zionist appeared on the ‘Late Afternoon Show’ hosted by ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has admonished Parliament’s Appointments committee to allow the president’s nominee for the Special Prosecutor’s office, Martin Amidu- explain reasons why he described as unconstitutional, the bill that was passed to establish the same office he will occupy. The former Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Mr. Amidu in September 2017 ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. should allow more immigrants from “shithole countries” after senators discussed revamping rules affecting entrants from Africa and Haiti, according to three people briefed on the conversation. A sampling of reaction to Trump’s remark: “President Trump’s comments are yet another confirmation of his racially insensitive and ignorant views. It also reinforces the ...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of K Monsi Ventures, Mr Francis Yaw Asare, has threatened to sue Ghanaian musician, Ebony Reigns, for failing to attend a concert she was billed for in the Volta Region. Narrating the ordeal on Joy Prime’s Entertainment Review ‘The Red Carpet’ show, Mr Francis bemoaned that he paid Ebony GHC35,000 to perform at a concert in ...

Gerard Pique has warned Manchester rivals United and City that Barcelona expect Samuel Umtiti to remain at the club for “many more years”. The two Premier League heavyweights are reported to have identified the France international defender as top target during the January transfer window. Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are aware that Umtiti has a £55 million release clause ...

The five-member Adhoc Committee probing the alleged levies collected by the Ministry of Trade & Industry of the cedi equivalent of various sums up to US$100,000.00, has told the sector Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen that no matter how smart he is, he can never outsmart the committee. A member of the Committee, Dr. Dominic Ayeni, had sought to find out ...

My good friend Martin Kpebu insisted I write this article, ignoring my excuses including that I have been particularly busy recently. It is public knowledge I led prosecution of the petition by Richard Nyamah for the removal from office of the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice – CHRAJ, Ms. Lauretta Vivian Lamptey in 2015. Martin ...

Former deputy Attorney General Dominic Ayine says he is prepared for a face off with Martin Amidu in court if the opportunity avails itself. In his view, even though the Special Prosecutor nominee has an impeccable reputation, he would still have to prove the superiority of his cases in court in order to achieve results. “The criminal standard is, prove ...