A court in Egypt has reportedly jailed for two years a singer who appeared in a music video in her underwear while suggestively eating a banana. Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old known professionally as Shyma, was arrested last month after the video sparked outrage in the conservative country. On Tuesday, she was found guilty of inciting debauchery and publishing an indecent ...

“You think you walking on this path alone? You think everything you do is by yourself? Oh no! You best give all glory to God…Jesus Christ, our lord and savior. He walks with us all now. Talk to me now” blurts an animated preacher to all within the sound of his voice. Directed by Pascal AKA, the accompanying video for ...

Former President Kufuor has responded to criticisms from former President Rawlings that he demeaned Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy in his time as president In a very harsh tone, Mr Kufuor’s spokesperson, Frank Agyekum described Mr Rawlings’ criticism as baseless Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described as baseless criticisms from his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings that he demeaned the legacy ...

As the popular axiom goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. As present-day internet slang goes … well, the definition is different. Instead, “insane” is a catch-all for any number of adjectives. Ridiculous. Unbelievable. Exciting. Unfair. Incomparable. How else would you describe the pairing of Real Madrid and Paris ...

A deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide feels his outfit was modest in spending over GHC 100,000 to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium after late vice president Aliu Mahama. According to Hadzide, the lump sum for the ceremony included the organisation of keep fit sessions and ceremonial football match between the Southern and Northern select sides of ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s mistreatment of political prisoners is at least as egregious as that carried out in World War II concentration camps, according to a former international judge who survived Auschwitz. Thomas Buergenthal, a law professor who served for a decade as an International Court of Justice judge, said a new report he helped write documenting atrocities ...

The issue of legalizing homosexuality in Ghana is a very sensitive topic which has recently become a topic of interest after the President, Nana Akuffo Addo made a comment about it in an interview. With President Akuffo Addo’s remarks on the topic, there has been some renewed interest with people sharing diverse opinions as to why it should be legalized ...

As Ghanaians continue to wonder at the deep seated animosity former President Jerry John Rawlings has towards his successor, John Agyekum Kufuor, a former Deputy Finance Minister has suggested a novel reason: Perhaps the man known as the ‘gentle giant’, Kufuor, once snatched the girl friend of Ghana’s longest-serving president, J.J Rawlings. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who served as a deputy ...

The police bodyguard of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda on Thursday night managed to gun down one suspected armed robber who tried robbing the Minister’s official vehicle. According to Police in Navrongo in the Kaseena-Nankana District, the Minister was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack as he was expected to have ...

FIFA has fined the Nigeria Football Federation 6,000 Swiss Francs (about N2,177,280) for fielding an ineligible player in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match. The disciplinary committee of the body in a statement on Tuesday said the three-time African champions fielded Shehu Abdullahi who was ineligible for the qualifier against Algeria on November 10, 2017. The committee awarded 3-0 ...