New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray hosted the African community in New York on Wednesday September 26, 2018 to mark the maiden African Heritage Day in New York city. The event was held at the Mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion and was attended by African immigrants from all walks of life as […]
Popularly known in the Ghanaian music circles as Papa Shee, who over 10 years now has become an Evangelist is coming back to Ghana. He stopped making secular music when he decided to heed to the call of God upon his life and has since dedicated his life to propagate the gospel to others in
Last week, Weezy Season commenced after news of his elusive album, Tha Carter V, surfaced online on social media. While fans continue to clamor for new Tunechi, they’ll be able to rejoice with their hero next month at the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where he’ll receive the “I am hip hop” award. Lauded for his mainstream
The 2018 Kumasi Men’s Fashion Week audition comes off on 16th September 2018. Over 5000 astute fashion designers are expected to be auditioned towards the grand finale (Awards Night) The Awards ceremony is slated for Friday, November 9, and Saturday, November 10, 2018, a two-day event organized collaboratively by Jsite Management Agency and Rose Tree
This shocking video appeared on social media. It’s a town in the Upper East region of Ghana. The video depicts the hardship locals go through to get to a health facility. According to the commentary in the video, there is actually a health facility in the town which has not been commissioned yet due to
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Bronx for a last minute campaign event ahead of tomorrow’s Democratic Primaries. The popular Governor together with his lieutenant Kathy Hochul and New York City Public Advocate who is in the race for State Attorney General attended a campaign event at Co-op City in the Bronx, in a
Ghana will have to use alternative sources to pay back China’s Sinohydro Corp. for $2 billion in infrastructure if the revenue from an earmarked bauxite project is insufficient to meet installments. Sinohydro agreed to a deal with the West African nation in May to build bridges, roads, hospitals and housing as part of the government
Such a financial package has many high-profile defenders on the continent, including the head of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. “A lot of people get nervous about China but I am not. I think China is Africa’s friend,” he told the BBC. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed the view of
“The Elder who looks on as the children eat the python is counted among the python-eaters” – Fante/Akan proverb. By Kwesi E. Baako I will start my piece with the memory of my first and only meeting with this man; Kojo Yankah, former Ashanti Regional Minister under the Jerry Rawlings government and former Member of Parliament
Despite several verbal and written warnings by the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission on commercialization of public school lands and open spaces in the region, the practice seems to have fallen into deaf ears. It has come to the notice of ghnewsnow.com community watch team that people are encroaching on lands belonging to Prempeh College. Parents,
