Nollywood star actor, Jim Iyke has spoken about his much publicised relationship with actress, Nadia Buari. Few years back, the two stars were said to be in a serious relationship, but Jim told Punch that nothing went down between down. He explained, “Things didn’t get messy as people thought. Two people met in the entertainment industry and there was a ...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento popularly known as World Pele turns 77 today. Born on Wednesday 23 October 1940, Pele is known worldwide as the greatest footballer of all time. He is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ...

The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has appointed Justice Mrs. Georgina Wood (retired), immediate past-Chief Justice of Ghana, as the 2017-2018 AIG Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. The AIG Fellowship is awarded each year to an individual from West Africa who has demonstrated evidence of outstanding contribution to the public good, through ...

First National Bank, a division of FirstRand group, (which is the largest financial institution in Africa by market capitalisation) has been adjudged The Most Innovative African Bank at the 2017 African FinTech Awards for the second year in a row. The African FinTech Awards recognizes innovative and disruptive financial technology companies that have excelled in their sphere of business. Some ...

Energy Bank has rebranded to Energy Commercial Bank. A statement announcing the change, however, adds that all documents bearing the former name still remain valid. “Wishes to bring to the notice of its valued customers, the general public, and all stakeholders a change of its name to Energy Commercial Bank. “The new name has become necessary because of the Bank’s ...

Manchester United are to press ahead with plans to offer Jose Mourinho a five-year contract worth £65 million despite apparent interest from Paris Saint-Germain. Mourinho caused a stir earlier this month when he admitted he does not see himself ending his career at Old Trafford and referred to the project at PSG as “magic, quality, youth, it’s fantastic.” And while ...

Bastie Samir is no ‘small’ boxer as he is highly regarded highly regarded as a very good boxer. Even the great Floyd Mayweather admitted to his toughness after training with him. Braimah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku was handed his first professional defeat by US-based Bastie Samir last Saturday. The convincing defeat which came by a seventh round knockout ...

Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Anthony Nukpenu has revealed that the communications outfit of the Flagstaff House at the Presidency level really worried the then ruling party prior to the 2016 elections. “It is a fact that the communications outfit of the Flagstaff House at the Presidency level really worried the party, they can ...

JURGEN KLOPP claimed he could have defended better than his players after watching his Liverpool team hammered by Tottenham at Wembley. The Liverpool manager laughed nervously at the “bad, bad, bad defending” that enabled Harry Kane, twice, Heung-Min Son and Dele Alli to keep up the pressure on Manchester City despite Mo Salah’s first-half strike. But while he insisted it ...

Statistics released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime indicates that Ghana is ranked 14th out of 115 countries when it comes to the consumption of cocaine. Topping that table is Albania. Public Health research from 2014 estimates that 2.5 percent of its population aged between 16 and 64 use the drug. Other countries in the top 10 ...