Communications educator and media activist Prof. Kwame Karikari has urged the state-owned media to be more assertive and question authority and government policies in order to uphold professional standards in journalism practice. Prof. Karikari, a former Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), said state-owned media such as GBC must exercise their constitutional mandate to create more space for divergent …

On Saturday, December 14, 2019, the Police in Imo state re-arrested Duncan Mighty over alleged business dealings with the Imo state government that went sour. Duncan Mighty’s arrest was earlier announced as a kidnap by night club owner, Chibuike Okechukwu widely known as Cubana Chief priest. However, the police owned up to arresting the singer for fraud after reneging on an agreement …

  A final year law student of the Rivers State University identified as Matilda Itonyo Mark, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a suspected rapist in Port Harcourt. According to reports, the incident happened inside her hostel at the Main Gate. The student Lawyer, a Dancer, Hairstylist and Writer, was said to have been raped and subsequently stabbed by …

A man has been nabbed for allegedly molesting a little girl in Aba, Abia state. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, December 4, around Hightaste Road by Ibere Street of Ngwa Road in Aba. According to Facebook user, David Osinachi Nwankwo, who shared photos from the scene of the incident, the suspect lured the girl into a nearby bus and …

On Sunday 5 May 2019, Sergeant Abdul Yakubu Mahama of the Police SWAT Unit came within a hair’s breadth of losing his life when he attempted to effect a lawful arrest. In broad daylight, off the main road in Krokohwe, a suburb of Amasaman in the Ga West Municipal district of Greater Accra, he was hit with sticks and stones, …

Two weeks ago, Dr Kofi Amoah, head of the Ghana FA Normalization Committee, spoke about the state of Ghana’s senior national team. He went on about a few things, before zeroing in on the captaincy. “There is no disagreement between Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan,” he told Metro TV. “Both players were invited by the president [Nana Akufo-Addo] to the …

ScHoolboy Q finds himself in hot water with what seems to be the entire 302 area. ScHoolboy Q was only recently involved in a Twitter war when he took to the platform to talk some smack about Delaware rapper, Jim Cretes, for using a verse of his without -his alleged – permission for his song “Hustle 101”.As of this past week, however, the …

Chief Executive Officer of Lynx Entertainment, Richie has said that with the state in which MzVee is there is no way she can perform music professionally. There were rumours suggesting that the singer was pregnant. Grapevine information also indicated that she had left Lynx Entertainment. But speaking to the issue in an interview, Richie refuted the claims that she is …

Nigeria’s ruling party on Sunday won the crucial state of Kano in key governorship elections, as the opposition denounced the result, following violence and intimidation that hit the re-run vote. The sitting governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had been some 27,000 votes behind when elections at more than 200 polling stations in the northern state were cancelled two weeks ago because …

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says the Islamic State group’s five-year “caliphate” is over after the militants’ defeat in Syria. SDF fighters have been raising victory flags in Baghuz, the last stronghold of the jihadist group. US President Donald Trump praised the “liberation” of Syria, but added: “We will remain vigilant against [IS].” The jihadists retain a presence in …