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King Promise told Hitz FM that Mr Eazi actually pitched the whole geography book stunt where he pretended to study up on Nigeria, and the singer said people totally misread what was supposed to be jokes between him and content creator Peller. He explained his comparison stuck to raw numbers like...

Some guy named Abro went on Fakye TV and blamed Abusuapanin 2Pac for why basically no famous musicians showed up when Daddy Lumba got buried, saying family drama scared everybody off from paying respects. The whole mess apparently started because 2Pac publicly claimed he had no idea who Odo...

Daddy Lumba's widow went off during his funeral about how nobody can mess with what they built together, despite people trying to drag their relationship through the mud. Priscilla Ofori said through a tribute that her late husband treated her right and gave her everything she needed, and all...

Nigerian artist Shallipopi grabbed the Artist of the Year trophy from TikTok at their awards show in Johannesburg after his track Laho from the Auracle album turned into the main soundtrack for dance challenges and viral clips across the continent. The platform said his sound basically rewired...

Wendy Shay told a crowd at the BYK Concert that she plans to grab the top prize at next year's Telecel Ghana Music Awards since her fanbase keeps expanding and she thinks the timing finally works in her favor. The singer said other artists lose their minds competing for Artist of the Year, but...

A northern Ghana group called WEE-North just wrapped its annual meeting where they pushed their mission to get women into technical jobs that guys usually dominate, and the network has trained over 2,400 young women since launch. Network Manager Nancy Drost said they want to normalize women...

Ghana's National Service Authority just purged over 8,000 fake names from their payment system and saved the government roughly 68 million cedis per year after finding massive fraud across enrollment records. Acting Director-General Ruth Dela Seddoh said forensic checks flagged suspicious...

The head of Ghana's Fulbe community dropped a communique at a COGINTA conference in Tamale asking for major fixes around ID access problems, land ownership beef, and media coverage that makes them look bad. Alhaji Iddrisu Mohammed Bingle laid out how documentation barriers keep people from...

UNDP Ghana dropped off a bunch of tech gear to the Forestry Commission through a Swiss-backed sustainability program aimed at cocoa-growing areas. The package covers laptops, printers, routers, projectors, and conference equipment headed to six Hotspot Intervention Areas where local groups...

Ghana's president just got handed a major traditional title by one of Nigeria's top chiefs during a whole ceremony down in Ile-Ife. The Ooni of Ife gave John Dramani Mahama the Aare Atayeto Oodua of the Source designation for his diplomatic work pushing African interests on the world stage, and...

Global InfoAnalytics boss Mussa Dankwah says the NPP could hold onto the Kpandai seat if party members stay tight and actually show up to vote since the NDC is dealing with messy infighting right there. The Tamale High Court tossed the original results after the NDC guy challenged them, and the...

Managing News Editor Elvis Darko from Newscenta went off on Channel One TV about Parliament greenlighting commercial motorcycle operations, saying the government should fix buses and trains instead of throwing more bikes onto the roads. The guy pointed out that National Road Safety Authority...

Ghana only has about 60 western chimpanzees left spread across spots like Bia National Park and a couple of forest reserves, and the Wildlife Division says illegal mining operations are basically wiping out their habitat while mercury and cyanide from gold processing contaminate everything. A...

The Dormaahene dropped a brand-new car on Jennifer Addae after she locked down valedictorian status at the University of Energy and Natural Resources with a 3.95 GPA in chemistry. Osagyefo Oseadeayo Agyemang Badu II announced the school's graduation ceremony in Sunyani, and he said top...

The US Embassy in Accra confirmed that nine Ghanaians got shipped to America this year over cybercrime charges, and Chargé d'Affaires Rolf Olson told reporters the suspects allegedly ran financial scams that hit victims for millions through online impersonation schemes. He made it clear that...

Dominica's PM Roosevelt Skerrit says his country could step in to cool things down between Washington and Caracas if either side wants help, and he keeps pushing the whole Caribbean-as-a-peace-zone angle while American military ops ramp up around Venezuela. He pointed out that Dominica has...

Trinidad and Tobago signed off on letting American military planes use their airports over the next few weeks, and the opposition is losing it over what the government keeps calling a standard logistics thing. Foreign Minister Sean Sobers says it covers supply runs and crew swaps, and he pointed...

Jamaica's tourism sector hit a major comeback marker after Hurricane Melissa tore through as a Category 5 storm, with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett confirming over 300,000 people have shown up since the disaster. The count covers both cruise passengers and regular arrivals, and all the big...

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness had to tell everyone that Christmas parties are not banned after social media started spreading fake news claiming the government shut down all holiday celebrations following Hurricane Melissa. The confusion came from a Cabinet announcement that only...

Jamaica plans to ditch the emergency food handout system and switch hurricane victims over to vouchers by next month so people can actually buy what they need instead of getting stuck with random care packages. Ambassador Rocky Meade from the Prime Minister's office told Parliament that the...