The President of the Comoros Islands has been re-elected in a landslide victory which the opposition has described as a sham. The electoral commission announced that President Azali Assoumani had won just over 60% of the votes -four times more than his nearest rival, Mahamoudou Ahamada. The election was held after a controversial referendum, boycotted by the opposition, that saw …
A Zambian opposition leader has spent the weekend in police cells after he was arrested for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu. Sean Tembo, who leads the Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP), made a series of posts on social media in which he questioned President Lungu’s mental state. He accused Mr Lungu of possibly suffering from a mental illness, which he …
One-half of FOKN Bois Wanlov the Kuborlor has started campaigning for his sister Deborah Vanessa on social media after he descended heavily on the past and current governments. According to Wanlov, the Mahama led administration was like a stinky trash and the now Akuffo Addo led government is like that of pure trash. He posted: “Mahama be borla kankan wey Akufu …
As a prosecutor, Robert Mueller took on violent Hells Angels, mob bosses and foreign spies. At the end of his career, he was tasked with hunting the biggest target of all: the president of the United States. For two years, Mueller dug for the truth behind the most explosive political investigation in American history: Did Donald Trump or his campaign …
President Trump’s campaign did not conspire with Russia during the 2016 election, according to a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to Congress on Sunday. The report summary did not draw a conclusion as to whether Mr Trump illegally obstructed justice – not exonerating the president. The report was summarised for Congress by the attorney general, William Barr. …
Syria has condemned as “irresponsible” US President Donald Trump’s comments that it was time to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. A statement published by the Syrian state news agency said it showed the “blind bias” of the US towards Israel. It said Syria was determined to recover the area “through all available means”. Israel captured the …
Outgoing Musician Union of Ghana [MUSIGA] President, Bice Osei Kuffour popularly known as Obour believes he has performed creditably in his eight-year rule as the leader of musicians in Ghana. Obour who was re-elected to lead the musicians’ body for the second term [2015 to 2019] will hand over the mantle to the new president to be decided on by …
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, aged 74, has affirmed he still has the strength to extend his rule to hit the four-decade mark. He spoke after the National Resistance Movement (NRM) lawmakers endorsed him to continue leading the party and the state in a controversial move. The parliamentary caucus in Kyankwanzi District unanimously endorsed the Chobe resolution by the party’s central …
Ghanaian hiplife artiste and rapper, Obrafour, has said that the president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) must not be a musician but a business-minded person. Obrafuor told Nana Kwesi Asare in an interview on Class91.3FM’s ‘The Big Show’ on Saturday, 16 March 2019 that he does not have any plans of becoming the president of the union of …
Ghanaian reggae and dancehall artiste, Samini has said he is too young to become the next president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA). Speaking to Benjamin Akakpo on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Thursday, 14 March 2019 on the showbiz industry in Ghana, Samini said the stage needs him more presently than the office of MUSIGA. …
