He became the 9th Ghanaian to win a title at the world stage. The others are David Kotey Poison, Azumah Nelson, Nana Yaw Konadu, Ike Quartey, Alfred Kotey, Joshua Clottey, Joseph Agbeko, Isaac Dogboe. Today he paid a courtesy call to the Presidency where President Akufo-Addo gifted him a sum of GHC50,000 and a car. … Read more
It’s a sad morning in Migori after one family lost their member. Ogolla,who has been a staunch Manchester United fan, committed suicide at exactly 9 pm yesterday after he lost a whooping Ksh 60,000 in a bet. Early in the morning, that’s yesterday, Ogolla say the odds for Manchester United were 3 against 2 for … Read more
European Union (EU) member states have unanimously rejected a proposal by the EU Executive Commission (EC) to blacklist 23 countries, including Ghana and territories, it believes pose a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing. According to the EC, the countries were placed on the blacklist for having strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering … Read more
Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer, Emeritus Professor Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia has died. The renowned writer died at the Legon Hospital in Accra, Wednesday morning after short illness, asempanews.com can confirm. He was 97. Kwabena Nketia was born (June 22, 1921) at Mampong, then a little town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He received his … Read more
7 School Pupils, including 12 adults have just been rescued alive from the Lagos school building collapse, earlier today. 19 persons have been rescued from the three-storey building that collapsed in the Ita-Faji area of Lagos Island today Wednesday March 13th. Rescue operations spearheaded by men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are … Read more
A visual artist by name Edmond Grant has blessed fast-rising Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall artiste, Raingad with a beautiful painting on Sunday. READ ALSO: GHANAIAN REGGAE/ DANCEHALL ART, RAINGAD GETS LEGENDARY RECOGNITION? The artist, previously not a fan of Raingad’s, fell in love with the ‘Junction’ crooner after listening to his current hit single featuring Keeny Ice. Edmond then … Read more
A Greek man has told how he was saved from the Ethiopian Airlines jet disaster because he was running just two minutes late – and demanded to be let on board. READ ALSO: VIDEO: How Adisadel College reacted to Akufo-Addo’s mention of NAM1 at school’s 109 anniversary Antonis Mavropoulos would have been the 150th passenger on board the … Read more
Budding Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste, Barnabas Amu, with the stage name Keeny Ice, has been adjudged the Artiste of the Year at the helloadipa Volta Music Awards, 2019 (VMAs’19). He beat competition from 6 other nominees in that category, including the 2018 Artiste of the Year, Agbeshie, to pick the ultimate award. The rapper went home … Read more
Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Charlotte Osei has lost her father. Kojo Kesson died at his South Odorkor estates residence on Tuesday, March 5 after a short illness.He was 87 years. A one-week remembrance service is scheduled to be held at his residence on Tuesday, March 12. Mr Kesson was born on … Read more
A Ghanaian who was supposed to be on crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane, Boeing 737 has spoken on why he missed the flight in a WhatsApp chat sighted by Asembi.com. According to him, he booked his flight ticket to represent Ghana in a conference in Ethiopia and then continue to Kenya but for some minor reasons, … Read more