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Young Ghanaian boxer, Isaac Dogboe, stands on the cusp of greatness as he challenges Mexican Jessie Magdaleno for his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) junior featherweight title at the at the Liacouras Centre in Philadelphia, USA, this morning. It is a night of destiny for the 23-year-old challenger, nicknamed Royal Storm, as he faces a career-defining moment against a very formidable champion who makes only his second title defence since winning the crown in 2016 but has been inactive due to injury. Dogboe displayed in January that he could be a tough customer as he stood toe to toe with Juarez, dropping him twice before American referee Tony Weeks stepped in to save the Mexican from further trouble. Since that 6th round TKO victory in Accra, the Ghanaian has been talking tough as he aims to follow the path walked by illustrious compatriots such as boxing David ‘Poison’ Kotei, Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Alfred Kotey, Nana Yaw Konadu, Joshua Clottey and Joseph Agbeko.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is seeking the support of Morocco to go into greenhouse farming to boost vegetable production in the country. The sector Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who led a government delegation to Morocco to participate in the 13th edition of an international agricultural fair, dubbed “Salon International Agriculture Fair of Morocco (SIAM), 2018’’ in Rabat, is meeting experts in that area to solicit support. He also visited a co-operative vegetable farm, where lettuce is grown and a greenhouse farm at Bouknadel, near Rabat, the capital town of Morocco, to interact with the farmers and learn about best practices in the technology. Entourage The minister was accompanied by Ghana’s Ambassador to Morocco, Mr Stephen M.D. Yakubu; an official from the Plant Protection and Regulatory Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agric, Mr Ernest Osei Assibey, the Deputy Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Paul Essien; Special Advisor and Head of Govern...

The duo behind Agrocenta, a local Agritech startup, has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government to add information technology (IT) to its flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. According to the 2018 Seedstars Global competition winners, government can achieve more and help the targets of the programme if IT is used to link up with the farmers. They told Daniel Dadzie on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Friday that they have agents to represent farmers because most of them [farmers] are not IT literate. “One agent handles about 200 farmers,” Mr Obirikorang said. According to him, they have advised government to employ a similar technology similar to what they run to make the Planting For Food and Jobs programme a success. The organisation, AgroCenta is owned by two Ghanaians -Mike Ocansey and Francis Obirikorang- who have developed a system to aid farmers to get the most out of their produce. Two young men whose ideas won them $500,000 investment from Seedstars World, added th...

It may create an impression on the public but really, to what end if the real number of party enthusiasts remain unknown and the party keeps wallowing in the deceit of having a large support base when the situation is actually the opposite?; these are the exact sentiments of former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini and hence his recommendation leadership of his party, NDC, desist from the practice of crowd-sourcing for party events including rallies and unity walks. Mr. Fuseini who obviously does not want a repeat of a humiliating defeat for the party says allowing the real supporters of the party to show up for organized programs without any ‘concoction’ is the only way the party will know its real strength in terms of numbers and subsequently work to improve on increasing the numbers in areas necessary. Mammoth crowds at rallies and unity walks is one thing that characterizes the NDC’s rallies and Unity Walks across the country. Large numbers of person...

After a successful VGMA 2018, Charter House, organisers of the event are set to thrill Ghanaians with the VGMA Celebration Jam currently ongoing at the Independence Square. Many talented artistes are billed to perform tonight including Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Samini, Strongman, Joyce Blessing, Kidi, Kuami Eugene, MzVee among others. Watch the livestream of the event below:

Popular blogger Chris-Vincent has responded to claims by one of the most respected female broadcasters of our time;Frema Adunyame that he is a bad journalist who must not be taken seriously. Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri who is the editor of Ghanacelebrities.com has caused outrage with his blog post titled "King Sarkodie’ — Perhaps a truly arrogant fame driven illiterate “douchebag”. According to Chris, Sarkodie snubbed a female fan in a very embarrassing and arrogant way. He noted that Sarkodie who was walking around with an 'angry face', gave the woman a rude response by ignoring her. Chris disdainfully continued to describe Sarkodie as "an illiterate arrogant douchebag—who walks around with a camera, a frowned face and completely ignores a shout-out from a fan in such a contemptuous manner” The controversial blogger's write-up has generated elephantine controversy on social media, with many entertainment pundits tagging him as unprofessional. Expressing her v...

Quame Owusu has outdoored his latest collections; GAVEL“. The collection consists of five expound deems which were created using high end wax print from GTP, masculine fabrics foreground the breadth and quality of textiles with minimal hue. The heart-stirring collection titled “GAVEL” gives standards, class and Elegance to the modern African man, who dares to be different. The assortment featured many pieces with composition cuts and color scheme which were carefully plotted to pass for a timeless garb. Each look draws beyond closet’s capsule; Check the collection below; Credits Makeup Artist: @mercylumorartistry Muse: @prominetmodel @laud Alpha @graham Photography: @jhoesey

Fed up of choosing the wrong guy? This article names and shames the 10 types of guys all girls must avoid, if they want a happy relationship. We all want more happiness in all aspects of our life. We want happiness at work, happiness at home and we especially want happiness in a relationship. This latter one is tough, because we’re not all able to separate the good guys from the downright wrong ones. And so we enter into a relationship with a man who begins to make us feel kinda miserable. Dating can be hard at times. Just when we think we’re clicking with a guy, he begins to show his true colours. Hmm, why couldn’t he have shown them earlier? He probably did, but you probably weren’t able to read or see the signs. To help you out, let’s take a look at the 10 types of guys to avoid, if you want a happy relationship. The Clingy Type Who likes a clingy man? Few, if any of us. The clingy type should be easy to spot straight away, but most girls make the mistake of giving him a few extra...

Female Rapper, Eno Barony has expressed worry over the hypocrisy of Ghanaians. According to her, people criticize her for choosing to be a rapper when her father is a Pastor. She indicated that what puts her off is the fact that people remind her of Ebony’s death and ask her to change from what she is doing because she may also face similar fate. She, however, quizzed whether people in other profession die, their colleagues quit the profession saying “Some people always be like girl am not happy about wat u do , ur dad is a pastor when will u do gospel a colleague of urs just died so stop doing music but the thing is if a Tailor dies I dnt see other tailors quitting”

Controversial Counsellor, Lutterodt has said that most break ups in marriages lately are caused by the inability of men to lick their wives because of the misconception that licking the v*gina causes throat cancer. Doctors have said that licking the v*gina can cause throat cancer and therefore have advised against its practice. But speaking on Accra-based Adom FM, Counsellor Lutterodt indicated that the vag*na can never cause throat cancer and therefore Doctors should put an end to that misconception. According to him, the v*gina is very clean than the mouth and therefore cannot cause cancer of the throat contrary to claims by Doctors that it is a cause of throat cancer. He indicated that licking the clitoris to stimulate women during s*xual intercourse can’t be the cause of throat cancer. He used the opportunity to call on Ghanaian men to encourage licking of their wives during intercourse because it makes the act interesting.

Nigerian Afro-beats artiste, Mr Eazi has stated emphatically that he would prefer to lose at the Grammy Awards and jubilate than crying over Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) because organisers of the event (Charterhouse) are jokers.  According to the ‘Pour Me Water’ hit singer, the scheme is not a well-recognised one for him to worry himself over why he won no award at the 2017 edition.  "Charterhouse is full of jokers, how can you conclude that I am not a big artiste when I organized the biggest event (Life is Eazi Detty Rave concert) same year you nominated me for ‘Best African Artiste of the Year‘ category at the VGMA? Mr. Eazi quizzed.  “If eno sey ebi Grammy wey dem nominate me wey afi say ooh I go fi win this Grammy then if I lose, it’s two things, I will say aah I’m supposed to win this award but I will be a happy boy because I got nominated for the Grammy’s and that’s the Grammy but if it’s some other awards…” he said on the Delay Show. Answering why he could...

Renowned actor Kwaku Manu was arrested at Ejisu in the Ashanti on Thursday, April 26 this year. According to reports, the actor cum musician was arrested by the Ejisu-Juaben police command at Ejisu market while promoting his new product called Drop Fruit drink in the company of some actors in the movie industry. He was said to have retorted: “What should we do again?”, after a police officer had asked him to park their Kia truck with registration number AS 9359 – 13 properly since according to the officer, the car was parked on the wrong side of the road. He was then asked by the police officer to follow him to the police station where he was arrested and put in cell. Police were said to have allegedly assaulted the actor in the process of his arrest. After being granted bail the day after his arrest, Kwaku Manu has narrated how the unfortunate incident happened. In an instagram video, the Kumawood actor said the police maltreated him after the arrested on Thursday.

PROFILE  Nasty C (real name David Junior Ngcobo) is a rapper, producer and song writer from Durban (South Africa). He’s fast gaining waves of interest in his local music industry with his fresh sound which is setting him apart from his peers.The eighteen year-old cool kid started rapping at the age of nine, having been influenced by his older brother who was a producer at the time. He eventually mastered the process of music production and began adding his vocals on the beats he was making, later signing to Durban based artist management company, Free World Music. The stage name ‘Nasty C’ was given to him by the first producer he ever worked with, and from the beginning of his rap career he’s been influenced by hip hop greats such as American rappers T.I, Lil Wayne, Drake, Hopsin, Kendrick Lamar as well local rappers such as AKA, Khuli Chana and Reason, who he says still inspire him because of their work ethic.In 2013, he got to meet and open for one of those role models...

Bill Gates is worth an astounding  $81.6 billion  and he keeps getting richer every year. His secret weapon is a man you have probably never heard of: Michael Larson. Gates hired Larson 20 years ago, when his net worth was a relatively paltry $5 billion, report Anupreeta Das and Craig Karmin at the  Wall Street Journal, who just wrote a profile on the notoriously secretive Larson . Larson runs Gates' personal investment company Cascade Investment LLC, funded solely by Gates. At one time, Gates' wealth depended solely on Microsoft. But for years he's been selling off his Microsoft stake. The common perception is that he's been using the proceeds from those sales directly for charity. That's not entirely how it works. Although Gates makes his own investments in tech, it is Larson, through Cascade, who has taken Gate's money and diversified it. Gates now has vast holdings in real estate and nontech companies like the Canadian National Railway Co., Au...

Highlife Musician Rex Owusu Marfo known in showbiz as Rex Omar has advised self-acclaim dancehall king Shatta Wale to call his music “rudebwoy highlife” and not dancehall. Rex Omar noted that Shatta Wale is playing good highlife tunes and making big hits out of it yet he calls it dancehall. To him, most of Shatta Wale’s hits songs are highlife songs that would have been promoted worldwide if he tagged them as ‘rudebwoy highlife’ rather than dancehall.  “With his rudeness and all that, if he has called his highlife maybe rudebwoy highlife or something like that then it would have taken our music somewhere else,” he said on ‘The KSM Show’. The ‘Abiba’ hitmaker said with all the hype that Shatta Wale has, calling his music dancehall music ends up promoting other people’s culture and not Ghanaian music because Ghana is noted for highlife and not dancehall. Rex Omar has been one of the few Ghanaian musicians who want to see that original Ghanaian highlife music is still relevant to b...

Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has been ruled out of Saturday's Bundesliga clash with league giants Bayern Munich.  The Ghana attacker is set to watch the epic encounter from the stands after failing to recover from an injury picked up during last week's German Cup showdown with Schalke 04. He consequently missed last weekend's league match against Hertha Berlin, and is well confirmed to sit out another game.  "Prince won’t be available on Saturday," Frankfurt manager Niko Kovac said in his club's fitness update, as reported by their official website.  "He’s still struggling badly with the bruised thigh he picked up against Schalke.  "Johnny de Guzman is out with a muscle strain, Danny Blum is ill and Makoto Hasebe is suspended.  "Carlos Salcedo is back training with the team but Saturday’s game comes too early for him.  "The same goes for Ante Rebic, who is making good progress." Boateng, who joined Frankfurt la...

Ghana’s George Ashie claimed a majority decision win over South Africa’s Michael Mokoena on Friday night at the Bukom Boxing Arena to win the vacant interim WBO Africa lightweight belt. Two judges scored the bout, 117, 105, 117, 113 and one judge had it a draw 116-116. Mokoena started the fight on the good note and he controlled the action from one, two and three by using his reach to his advantage. In round four, Ashie suffered a cut above his left eye through an accidental headbutt, but the Ghanaian seemed angered with the cut as he pounced on the South African by working his body. Ashie staggered Mokoena with a ferocious uppercut in round five but the latter stood firm to end the round. It was give-and-take in round six and seven but the Ghanaian landed the clean shots. Mokoena in round nine adapted the hit and run strategy which Ashie failed to come to terms with it. The Ghanaian found his rhythm in ten – connecting some combinations but Mokoena replied with persis...