The acting President of the Musicians’ Union of Ghana (Musiga), Bessa Simons, has indicated that even though the young crop of musicians producing highlife music is “doing very well”, some elements of the originally Ghanaian genre are missing. This, according to him, has taken the authenticity out of highlife. The veteran music star, producer and multi-instrumentalist told Prince Benjamin on Class91.3FM’s Class ...

The British High Commission in Ghana has admonished its nationals to stay away from public gatherings after violent clashes in Ejura in the Ashanti region, leading to the deaths. Two people were shot dead by the military with over seven people injured during violent clashes at Ejura. The clashes occurred after a social media activist was attacked by a mob ...

Ghanaian Reaggae\Dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, has been named among the Recording Academy members of the class of 2021 for the Grammy Awards The ‘1Gad’ announced this great feat on social media today, Tuesday, 29 June 2021. Stonebwoy, born Livingstone Etse Satekla, wrote: “As part of the new @recordingacademy member class, I’m honoured to have an opportunity to celebrate, represent, and give back to ...

Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder Ibrahim Salifu has won the player of the month award for May. The Unistar Academy product scoops the award after seeing off a challenge from Sam Adams and Abdul Ismail Ganiu after an impressive start-to-life at Hearts of Oak. Salifu won a number of Man of the Match awards while at Eleven Wonders during the ...

England struck twice late on to end a 55-year wait for a knockout tie victory over Germany amid scenes of huge tension and elation to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals at Wembley. Gareth Southgate’s side battled hard to earn the statement victory that has so often eluded England, and it was their talisman of this tournament, Raheem Sterling, who made ...

The National Peace Council (NPC) is seriously pointing at existing internal conflicts in Ghana as loopholes through which violent extremists can march into the country to wreak havoc. The warning, delivered during a peace-building training meeting in the Upper East Region, comes weeks after a terrorist attack claimed at least 160 lives in next-door Burkina Faso. The NPC’s Upper East ...

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has reminded President Nana Akufo-Addo that he would be remembered for the many things happening under his watch, adding that nobody must die for protesting for a better Ghana. Ms Nelson’s remarks come on the back of the killing of two protesters by a combined police and military team as they marched in anger on Tuesday, ...

Volleyball and table tennis teams in the Eastern Region have benefitted from a training seminar by Betway, a leading online sports betting company. The training seminar which falls under the Betway Up programme was aimed at uplifting community sports teams in the Eastern Region. The training session which was held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region was attended by female ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), in a statement signed by its Communication Director Kakra Essamuah, has appealed for calm in Ejura in the Ashanti Region following the lynching of social media activist Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed and the subsequently shooting to death by soldiers, of two of several protesters on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 and called “on the security agencies ...

Ghana international Samuel Sarfo has heaped praise on the Ghanaian Sports media for massively projecting the Ghana premier league. The Top Flight league has garnered a lot patronage this season, something the Ghana league has lacked in recent years. Despite this season’s premier league recording assault cases at some league centers plus Covid-19 robbing supporters from attending a lot of ...