Jan 12, 2016 Over to South Africa, where South African media personality Gareth Cliff got fired from the South African Idol judging panel due to his Twitter comment regarding racist debate, over the weekend. Following the social media attack on estate agent Penny Sparrow who referred to black South Africans as monkeys on her facebook ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 And in the movie world, Yvonne Okoro’s latest Ghollywood movie titled “Ghana Must GO” breaks SilverBird cinema’s box office record at its premiere in Accra, Ghana, last week. Present at the premiere were Nollywood and Ghollywood stars such as Nkem Owo aka Osufia, Kofi Adjorlolo, EL, Lydia Forson, Sandra Ankobia, Yvonne Okoro ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 Yet on Ghollywood stars, actress cum singer Juliet Ibrahim teams up with fast-rising Ghanaian reggae and dance hall singer Jupita in the video of her single titled “Celebrate”. Shot at prestigious Coco Lounge in Accra, the festive video has partiers showing off their trendy dance moves. The video was directed by Jewelz ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 It is common knowledge that head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, paid Nigeria a four-day visit to discuss ways to circumnavigate Nigeria’s economic crisis. What you might not know though, is that the IMF boss lady was hosted by the country’s finance minister Kemi Adeosun to a dinner with some ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 Following an attack in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada that left three tourists wounded, Egyptian authorities recently moved to pacify the situation by introducing additional security measures to safeguard tourists. While addressing reporters, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said: “In a statement I would like to say that whatever had happened is ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 The UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Defense Secretary Michael Fallon recently visited Japan, during which they reaffirmed UK’s security partnership with Japan. On arrival, both officials were welcomed by dozens of Maritime personnel at the entrance of the Japanese battleship “Izumo”. They were also taken on a tour through the waiting ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 Asia’s major stock indexes recently opened higher after China ditched a circuit breaker mechanism that halted trading twice in one week following tumbling share prices. The circuit breaker mechanism had been blamed for exacerbating the market sell-offs. The People’s Bank of China also raised its guidance rate for the Yuan for the ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang recently edged out Yaya Toure to become the African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football award ceremony. The prolific Borussia Dortmund forward, who is the first player from the central African country to win the award, received 143 votes against Toure’s 136. Aubameyang’s accolade ... Read More
Jan 12, 2016 Hector Trujillo, former secretary general of the Guatemalan soccer federation and a judge on the country’s Constitutional Court, was recently released from police custody on a $4 million bond. Hector, who was who was arrested last month as part of a U.S. investigation into corruption in FIFA, will be subjected to home ... Read More
Jan 11, 2016 And the battle continues as Pop star Davido takes to his Twitter account to deny recent reports that he has signed a peace agreement with the family of his baby mama Sophia Momodu over the custody battle for their daughter Imade. According to reports, human traffic authorities NAPTIP had brokered the peace ... Read More
