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Organizers of the biggest music awards in Ghana, Charterhouse has modified the voting system for the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The modified system which takes effect this year will limit voters to a maximum of 50 votes on Vodafone and a maximum of 10 votes on other networks per nominee per category. Until now, voters could vote as many times as they could afford for a favorite in each category, a practice the CEO of Theresa Ayaode says only “concentrated the power in the hands of a few”. Speaking at the 2018 VGMA Nominee announcement party Saturday March 3 at…

The families of police men and women who lose their lives in the line of duty are set to receive a greatly enhanced compensation package from the state. The new package covers personnel who were struck down between 2002 and now, and whose families have not received their full entitlement. Announcing the reviewed compensation arrangement at the funeral of then-Chief Inspector, now Assistant Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Kweku Ashilevi, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said government was committed to improving and sustaining the general welfare of the officers and men of the Ghana Police Service. Then-Inspector…

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words over trade tariffs, threatening to “apply a tax” on imports of cars from the European Union. Mr Trump said other countries had taken advantage of the US for years because of its “very stupid” trade deals. The trade wrangle began on Thursday when Mr Trump vowed to impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. That brought a stiff response from trading partners and criticism from the IMF and WTO. EU trade chiefs have reportedly been considering slapping 25% tariffs on around $3.5bn (£2.5bn) of imports from the US, following…

Charterhouse, organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, has revealed nominees for this year’s event exclusively on Media General platforms. The VGMAs is arguably the biggest award scheme in Ghana that recognizes and rewards the hard work of artistes in the country. This year is the 19th edition of the awards and it’s slated to come off on Saturday, April 14 at the Accra International conference Center (AICC). This will be preceded by a nominee jam in Cape Coast on Saturday March 24. There will also be an after-event celebration jam at Tema, on Saturday, April 28. The hourly…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia joined the police hierarchy, relatives and friends on Saturday March 3, 2018 as they mourn ASP Emmanuel Ashilevi who was killed in line of duty in January. A funeral service was held for the late senior police officer who was promoted posthumously at the Atomic Hospital park, near the Kwabenya police station in Accra. In attendance was the Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, COP Kofi Boakye among other top police officers. The Vice President announced  huge compensation package for police personnel who either lost their lives or got fatally injured in the line of…

Black Stars forward Richmond Boakye Yiadom has won the Serbia Best Player award for 2017 representing his incredible performance in 2017. The accolade is recognition of the major part the Ghanaian played in Red Star’s relentless pursuit in all competitions. The in-form striker was also voted Red Star Belgrade’s best player for the year after playing 44 games and scoring 38 goals for his former side and was also recognised as the club’s most prolific foreign-born player of all-time. The 24-year old striker became the top foreign scorer in the 72-year history of the club. The voting was done by…

Self acclaimed dancehall king,  Shatta Wale, has been nominated in the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). Having been away from the VGMAs for some time now, Shatta Wale makes a comeback with a nomination of his hit song “Ayo” in the Hiplife Song of the Year. He has to shrug off  stiff competition from other big forces like Fancy Gadam for Total Cheat, Wutah, Bronya;  Nancee featuring Guru with Boys Boys, Sarkodie’s Painkiller, Captain Planet  with Obi Gyi Obi Gal and Patapaa with One Corner to win that category. 2017 has been a very good year for the Ayo…

Prof. Mike Quaye is the Speaker of Parliament[/caption] Minority Chief Whip, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka is incensed by the prevailing posture of the Speaker of Parliament, likening his behaviour in the house, more or less, to dictators such as Mobutu See Seko of DR Congo and Idi Amin of Uganda. Muntaka who has previously complained about how Prof. Mike Oquaye is running affairs in Parliament told Media General’s Mercydarlyn Lokko the behaviour of the Speaker is now “unbecoming”. His comments come on the heels of the passage of the controversial Legal Profession (Professional and Post-Call Law Course) Regulations, 2018 on Friday…

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a clarion call on the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana to extend access to quality pharmaceutical services to the rural communities. The Vice President was bemoaning the long distances persons in rural areas travel to get pharmaceutical services. “This development impedes the objective of making healthcare delivery easily accessible to all Ghanaians, with ramifications for the attainment of the SDGs. I therefore appeal to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and all relevant stakeholders to extend pharmaceutical services to the deprived areas or communities in the country.” Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was speaking at the…

Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi was killed in line of duty[/caption] Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi who was shot dead in the Kwabenya police station jailbreak incident would be buried on Saturday, March 3. The police officer was on duty when armed men attacked the police station and freed seven suspects in custody on January 21. READ MORE The main suspect, 28-year-old Kofi Seshie, who is alleged to have pulled the trigger that killed the police officer was later arrested at Kosoa in the Central region. A statement signed by  the Director General of Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP David Eklu, said…