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
The French boss, who won three successive Champions League titles with Los Blancos, has returned to the dugout at Santiago Bernabeu READ ALSO: Man escapes death in Ethiopian plane crash after arriving 120 secs late Zinedine Zidane has been reappointed as Real Madrid’s head coach after the club held a board meeting on Monday evening to discuss … 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
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo attended the 109th anniversary of Adisadel College held in Cape Coast, as a special guest of honour. While delivering his speech, he praised the school for the different breeds of people it produced – from legends to ministers of state and some known for notoriety. “They say it takes all … Read more
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as urged the youth of Muslim-dominated inner-cities (Zongos) to ask politicians who recruit them for violence, to use their own children instead. “They come to you and tell you to go and perpetuate violence and other acts while their own children are in school, doing good jobs or abroad working to … 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
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya. The flight is believed to have had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the airline says. READ ALSO: Video: Fella Makafui Snatches HIV Patient’s Boyfriend? A spokesman said the crash happened at 08.44 local time … Read more