Film producer and CEO of Kofas Media, Kofi Asamoah, has dismissed claims that Ghana’s movie industry is dead, arguing that the absence of familiar faces like John Dumelo and Jackie Appiah from new films does not reflect the true state of the industry. Speaking on Starr FM, Asamoah stressed that the industry has simply evolved […] The post Absence of John Dumelo,

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, hosted its second Family Business Governance Workshop in Accra. It brought together entrepreneurs, business leaders, and governance experts to discuss strategies for strengthening family-owned enterprises in Ghana. The workshop, dubbed: “Family Governance and Legacy: The Family Constitution Blueprint”, formed part of IFC’s Integrated […] The post IFC

Three Nigerian pilgrims detained for alleged drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia have been released. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced this at a presser on Wednesday. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, explained that their release followed an engagement between the NDLEA and the Saudi government. He said the three pilgrims would […] The post Saudi

The Chairman of Ofutop Traditional Rulers Council in Ikom LGA, HRH Atun Bassey Okey, has raised the alarm over his personal safety as he confirmed that two of his subjects have been beheaded. Three days ago, clashes resumed between four communities in Ikom LGA namely Ekukunela, Alesi, Agbragba and Okosoro against other border communities of […] The post Cross River monarch raises

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State and his wife, Dr. Nonye Soludo, have dismissed as “another fabrication” the apology reportedly credited to Senator Uche Ekwunife over her defamatory remarks against them. DAILY POST reports that Ekwunife, deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Anambra gubernatorial election, had accused Soludo’s […] The post Infidelity

The Kaduna State Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Industries Group, based in Bucharest, Romania, to revolutionise irrigation farming in Gurara and establish a cutting-edge greenhouse project. Governor Uba Sani, who disclosed this during a working visit to Bucharest, described the agreement as significant in the quest to unlock Kaduna’s vast […] The post Kaduna

The 25-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, arrived in Britain on 12 August. He was due to be put on a flight to Paris on Wednesday under the “one in, one out” scheme agreed in July by Britain and France. But on Tuesday, London’s High Court granted him an interim injunction after his […] The post Eritrean man halts deportation in first test of UK-France

The European Commission, the European Union’s main executive body, has presented a much anticipated and delayed proposal to “suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel” in response to Israel’s war on Gaza. The sanctions, however, do not currently have enough support among the EU’s 27 member countries to pass. The proposals […] The post EU

Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a village in western Niger, reports say. A resident told the French news agency AFP that 15 people were killed at the ceremony in Tillabéri region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso, before moving elsewhere and […] The post Gunmen kill 22 after shooting at baptism ceremony

The United Kingdom has rolled out the royal red carpet for United States President Donald Trump’s second state visit to the country, with an extraordinary show of pomp and pageantry unfolding entirely behind closed doors, far from planned protests in London. King Charles III greeted Trump at Windsor Castle on Wednesday before trade talks the next day […] The post Trump’s