Nollywood is in mourning following the tragic death of actress and filmmaker, Sharon Okpamen, who passed away on Sunday, nearly a month after giving birth to her second child. The heartbreaking news was confirmed by her colleague, Stanley Ontop, who shared the announcement on Instagram account on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Stanley expressed his sorrow, writing, “Nollywood actor and producer ...

Following a robbery incident in front of two victims’ residence at East Legon in Accra, the police have arrested suspect Isaac Brena Eshun, 30, on August 21, 2024. On August 19, 2024, the police swung into action with an investigation into the robbery incident in which the robbers dispossessed the victims of a Mercedes Benz C180 saloon car at gunpoint, ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has named a “troublesome” lion after one of the country’s opposition leaders. President Samia was visiting the Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA) when she was introduced to the unruly lion by officials. “Does that lion have a name?” asked President Samia. “If not, name him Tundu Lissu.” Mr Lissu is the leader of the main opposition ...

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets bowing to what he said was pressure from the Biden administration to “censor” content on Facebook and Instagram during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the US House of Representatives, he said senior officials, including some from the White House, pressured Meta to remove content in 2021. The White House has defended ...

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has warned against the misuse of equipment provided under the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) for illegal mining activities. The DRIP project, launched to drive economic growth and development in Kumasi and parts of the region, aims to equip metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies with the necessary resources and equipment to rehabilitate and maintain roads ...

Parts of the Job 600 building in Accra which serve as offices of Members of Parliament have been gutted by fire. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 27. TV3’s Grace Hammoah Agyemang who witnessed the scene reported that all staff members of Parliament have been asked to go home for safety following the incident All parliamentary activities were called off ...

The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will spend Tuesday and Wednesday campaigning in the Greater Accra Region. The two-day #Mahama4Change2024 tour will take the NDC leader to seven constituencies to share his vision, proposals, policies, and programmes outlined in the NDC 2024 Resetting Ghana manifesto. Mr Mahama will meet with traditional leaders, community stakeholders, ...

A Lecturer and a one-time holder of the Most Outstanding College Teacher Award, Dr. Simon Boateng has described as false, assertions that teacher and nursing training colleges were ordered to restrict admissions to a quota after President Akufo-Addo administration restored allowances for teacher and nursing trainees. The former President John Mahama who has copiously made the claim has indicated as ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has requested an emergency meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) over the voter exhibition exercise. The meeting is to discuss very serious discrepancies discovered during the ongoing 2024 voter exhibition exercise, the main opposition party said. A statement signed by General Secretary Fifi Kwetey said that the discrepancies emanate from analysis of the Provisional Voter ...

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for their silence on corruption and state capture in their manifesto. Ablakwa emphasized the need for a new kind of leadership that prioritizes transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption measures. He questioned the NPP’s commitment to transparency, pointing out their complicity in corruption. “The NPP manifesto is ...