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Talented Nigerian musician Wizkid is set to collaborate with One of Jamaica's biggest Dancehall act Vybz Kartel this year Wizkid revealed the information about the possible collaboration between the World Boss, Vybz Kartel and himself via his official twitter account. Wizkid has major collaborations with Sean Paul and Drake.

The Member of Parliamet for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa was handed a "humble pie" by the Senior Minister designate, Yaw Osafo Maafo when he tried to question the nominee about certain scandals that had occurred during his tenure as finance minister in the Kufuor administration. Mr. Ablakwa in taking his time to "grill" the in-coming statesman, sought to refer to the Daily Dispatch newspaper which had in 2005 reported a scandal pertaining to the CNTCI loan which never materialised and the Atlas production controversy which occurred when the nominee was Sports and Education minister. In response to Mr. Ablakwa's question, the senior minister nominee said, "I think you were too young at that time to understand the issue."From the facial expression of Mr. Ablakwah was not impressed with that response which got the whole room bursting in laughter. Yaw Osafo Maafo later apologised and retracted his "cheeky" state

With his win of the White House, president-elect Trump has made no secret that his electoral college mandate to "make America great again" should apply to US foreign policy as well. During the campaign and after his victory, Trump has unabashedly and unpredictably turned US policy on its head with a cascade of jaw-dropping statements about Mexico, China, Russia and Putin, ISIS, Muslims, NATO, Israel and more. There is, however, one area of the world Trump seems to have eschewed altogether, an area where his skittishness could prove a boon. For the past eight years Africa has been relegated to the back burner of US foreign policy. President Obama, whose father hailed from Kenya, elicited high expectations when he came to office and was seen, initially, as a potential champion for African causes. Yet, aside from his struggling "Power Africa," a $7-billion presidential initiative launched in 2013 and aimed at doubling Africa's electrical grid by 2030, Obama has l

Adama Barrow has been sworn-in as the President of The Gambia. His swearing in took place at the Gambia’s Embassy in Dakar on Thursday. Mr. Barrow has been living in Senegal for the past few days following political crisis in The Gambia, because Yahya Jammeh who lost in the country’s election to Barrow on December 1, 2016, has refused to step down despite conceding defeat. Mr. Barrow in his inaugural speech said, “This is a victory for the Gambian nation. Power belongs to the people in The Gambia. This is a day no Gambian will ever forget; first time since The Gambia became independent that it’s changed a government through the ballot box,” Barrow said. He thus called on the international community to help force out Mr. Jammeh. “My right as the winner to be sworn in and assume the office President is constitutionally guaranteed and irreversible. I hereby make a special appeal to ECOWAS, AU and the UN, particularly the Security Council to support the government and the people of The Gam

Kumawood actor Kwadwo Nkansah Lil Win has bid the late Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II farewell. The Kumawood movie star took to his Instagram page to express his sincere condolence to the entire Asante Kingdom over the loss of their illustrious queen mother and also said his last good-bye to her. The Kumawood celebrity’s post simply read, “Farewell our great queen mother.”

Ghanaian reggae musician and radio presenter Abubakar Ahmed, popularly known as Blakk Rasta, has announced his new appointment as a lecturer at the University of Central Missouri, USA. According to him, he gives up to 27 lectures a week in the university located in Warrensburg with a population of 27000. Blakk Rasta will teach World Religions, Afrikana Studies, and Environmental Sciences. He is due to launch his latest album dubbed #KuchokoRevolution on January 28, 2017 on the campus of the university. The musician took to Twitter to thank God for his latest appointment. Started lecturing today at Univ. Of Central Missouri ..To Jah be the glory. #KuchokoRevolution

Alkaline launched a campaign to destroy Popcaan and for the most part it seems to be working an this strategy is forcing the Unruly Boss to respond sooner than later. In just the past week alone, Alkaline released two diss tracks, “Microwave” and a part two for the single “Death To Microwave.” For the most part,  Alka  has steered clear of any beef with other artists since his career blew up, but what makes this an exception. We reached out to sources inside his Vendetta camp who told us that things have been tense between the two deejays and hit a boiling point with Popcaan unauthorized use of material from Alka’s debut album “New Level Unlocked.” “A lot of people didn’t notice when Microwave (Popcaan) was saying all type of things about Alkaline in songs, but as soon as him start get conk the whole place turn upside down,” sources told DancehallHipHop. “Things really get out of hand when he used New Level Unlocked without authorization, so if you look at it he caused all of this

Farm house production, the producers of YOLO TV SERIES this year giving opportunity to young talented boys and girls between the ages of 16 and 22 years to join an Upcoming series "STRYKE" Do you believe you have a natural acting talent that could bring sparkle and success to a movie scene? Then don't miss this. The Audition is going to be held at the Farm house Office inside "Nyaniba Estate - Osu"   from 19th to 27th January, 2017 . Check their social media pages for more information.

Black Stars player, Jordan Ayew is facing the wrath of Ghanaians for what many say was an unimpressive performance during Ghana's encounter with Uganda at the 2017 African Cup of Nations, Tuesday. Although the Black Stars of Ghana won against The Cranes of Uganda by a goal to nil, some say Ghana could have bagged a few more goals if Jordan had converted the many chances he had into goals. Social media platforms buzzed with comments which mocked and hurled insults at the striker with some even suggesting he should be excluded from the winning bonus. 

Political crisis deepens as president refuses to step down following defeat in last month's presidential election. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. He decried “extraordinary” foreign interference in his country’s affairs and December’s election. Regional leaders have been unsuccessfully trying to persuade Mr Jammeh to hand over power to Adama Barrow, who won the polls. The move comes after Nigeria deployed a warship to put further pressure on Mr Jammeh to step down. Regional bloc Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, has prepared a Senegal-led force but maintains that military intervention would be a last resort. In his televised announcement, Mr Jammeh said “any acts of disobedience to the laws The Gambia, incitement of violence and acts intended to disturb public order and peace” are banned under the state of emergency. He said security forces were instructed to “maintain a

A Ghanaian refugee who almost died during a trek to cross the U.S.-Canada border into Manitoba on Christmas Eve will lose all of his fingers, a toe and possibly his arms.  "It's very bad news," Seidu Mohammed, 24, told CBC News in an interview at a Winnipeg hospital where he is being treated for severe frostbite. "I don't know what to do right now."  Mohammed said he fled Ghana for the United States in 2015 because he feared for his life due to his sexual orientation, but when he arrived in San Diego, he was detained for a year.  He applied for asylum after his visa ran out but a judge denied his request.  "I ran for my life," Mohammed said.  He and another Ghanaian man, who he met in Minneapolis, decided to flee to Canada. The two of them took a bus to Grand Forks, N.D., then flagged a cab and spent $400 for a ride to a spot near the U.S.-Canada border on Dec. 24.  "There is a big farm around the border and we passed through," said

UK award-winning musician Ed Sheeran is featuring a Twi track on his new album. The album, dubbed Divide, set for release on March 3, will also have a deluxe version with four other songs – Barcelona, Bibia Be Ye Yie, Nancy Mulligan, and Save Myself – according to iTunes. The 24-year-old Grammy award winner, who was recently in Ghana, is yet to make any public comments on the song ‘Bibia Be Ye Yie’ but indicated in an interview about his third album on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Scott Mills on Friday, January 6 that: “The best experience was I wrote a song in Twi, which is the Ghanaian dialect, and I wrote that in Ghana at Fuse’s house with all of his mates”. “That was the most fun experience. Being in the studio with someone like Fuse, it’s just a party the whole time”.

After weeks of facing backlash from Ghanaians, the Black Stars players have resolved to accept any amount proposed by the country’s Sports Ministry as winning bonus at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. '' The players have told us that they will take any amount that the nation is willing pay them as their bonus money. They met the management committee and told them this ,'' Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Sannie-Daara told Metro FM. He later said; ''They want to send a signal to the Ghanaian public that they are not playing because of the money and hence this decision. What ever Ghana can pay, they will take it.' ' Some section of the public has argued that some players of the Senior National team are members of the ruling party(NPP) since they are ready to play for any amount for the country,but refused the offer of the previous government. The Black Stars play Uganda in Port Gentil on Tuesday in their opening game at 31st edition of AFCON IN Gabo

Starfirepro sports takes a look at each of the four venues for the competition. Libreville: Libreville is the capital and largest city in Gabon, in the West Central part of Africa, with a population of about 695,000. The Stade d’Angondjé, is a stadium in Angondjé, a suburb of Libreville in Gabon. It is referred to as Stade de l’Amitié. It is one of four Gabonese stadia to be used for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and will host the grand final of the competition with a capacity 40,000 people. The originality of the stadium is its metal structure in an arc of 320 meters long, the largest in Africa and covers an area of over 36,000 meter square. Franceville Franceville Stadium (formerly Stadium Renovation), is a stage of soccer of Gabon based in Franceville with a capacity of 22,000 seats to host group B matches. It is the 3rd largest stadium in the country after the stage of Sino-Gabonese Friendship (formerly named the stadium Agondjé) and Omar Bongo stadium in Libreville . It se

Ghanaian singer, Mzbel who was ridiculed after the 2016 general elections for supporting former president Mahama and making bile statements about the leading opposition leader has said in an interview that she will not apologise for the statements she made. The "16 years" hit maker said in radio interview that she was entitled to her opinion and she was not ready to apologise for statements she made during the election campaign."I am an artiste and I supported the NDC, I supported JM and you supported NPP and Nana Addo and you won. You should be celebrating and move on instead of raining insults on me," she said. She added that there was a better way to have addressed the situation instead of abusing her on social media. Mzbel is also of the belief that the people who abuse her are not true NPP supporters because the true NPP supporters are busy thinking of ways to build the nation.

Alkaline fully ready for the war as he drops another diss song without waiting for the Unruly Boss to reply. The Vendetta Boss takes multiple shots at Popcaan in his latest diss song "Death To Microwave" . Alkaline's first diss song "Microwave" was as a result of Popcaan's "Stray Dog" Diss track which was produced by Markus Records. The Vendetta Deejay defended by Shebada said "Popcaan's career was dismantled by Alkaline". Popcaan has still not replied to Alkaline's first diss song.

Ever since her break up with Nigerian singer Iyanya,Ghana finest Award winning Actress Yvonne Nelson has kept her relationship life on the low... Rumours had it that she was going out with Rapper Pappy kojo, buh a source closer to them explains they are close friends...But it's seems like our Nigerian brothers keep crushing on our beautiful Actress.. Nigerian Rapper Runtown can't hide his admiration for the Actress....Yvonne posted a pic of her with no make-up or long hair.She looked very beautiful with an African setting...The "Mad over you" hitmaker's comment on the pic got us thinking.... Is he crushing on Yvonne??? ...Is she the Ghanaian girl he is mad over???

Even if we would prefer to share some positive news about Buju Banton... we can’t! As a matter of fact Buju Banton wasn’t released today. He is still in prison. The official release date is December 8th 2018! A huge amount of fake news is around since days about an early release date mentioning the specific date of today January 5th. These fake news are spreading like wildfire on all social medias and surely people share it like crazy. Yesterday the Jamaica Observer headlinedEarly Release for Buju Banton. The Observer mentioned the correct December 2018 release date and referred to a two months reduction of the sentence. Initially February 2019 was set forBanton’s release, but even this fact is not news at all. Since one year, January 2016, the US Federal Bureau of Prison has listed the 2018 release on their website , which is open to the public. We used the Inmate Locator to confirm it. View the result for the inmate Mark Anthony Myrie akaBuju Banton here:

The president together with the first lady, Rebecca are in Mali to attend the France Africa summit. The aim of the summit is to enhance the integration process among African leaders as President Akufo-Addo will hold bilateral talks with his Malian counterpart, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, as well as sign some trade agreements. The president also took the opportunity to visit the Ghanaian community in Mali,to address them.In his address, he said that he was going to deliver all the promises he made to the Ghanaian electorates