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  • Ghana, Cameroon,15 states shine at 2023 cultural carnival in Calabar

    Ghana, Cameroon,15 states shine at 2023 cultural carnival in Calabar

    Cultural troupes from Ghana, Cameroon and 15 states in Nigeria were among those that shone at the 2023 Calabar Cultural Carnival on Wednesday.
    The event, which witnessed cultural performances from the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River, had different cultural groups in colourful cultural attires.
    Declaring the event open, the Deputy Governor, Mr Peter Odey, said it was “one of its kind as it is happening in the season of sweetness”.
    In his remarks, Mr Gabe Onah, Chairman, Cross River Carnival Commission, said that out of the 22 states that expressed interest, 15 had arrived at the time of the flag-off of the cultural carnival.
    Onah listed states that were on ground to include Enugu, Kebbi, Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kwara, Yobe, Ondo, Ekiti and Akwa Ibom.

    “Today marks the bedrock of our tomorrow. Culture is what unites us. It is our true strength. We are live with over 15 million viewers on DSTV and other platforms.”

    In an interview the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, the leader of the Akwa Ibom continent, Ms Abigail Akpakip, said that the attendance was “a bit low due to the economic situation in the nation”.
    While commending the government of Cross River for a good organisation, Akpakip said the few states that were in attendance were passionate about showcasing their cultural heritage.
    Also, Mr Haruna Abu, leader of the  cultural troupe from Ondo State, said the carnival was an improvement from what they saw in the previous years.
    He added that they were okay with the logistics and accommodation for the troupes
    Recall that the performing states and local governments were judged at different adjudication points on the carnival route.
    The criteria for determining the best performing states included the costume, dance, use of time and presentation of the theme.
    Prizes are to be awarded to the best three states and local governments
  • Ghana expresses interest to host World English Scrabble Players Association Championship in 2025

    Ghana expresses interest to host World English Scrabble Players Association Championship in 2025

    Ghana has sent in an Expression of Interest to host the most competitive, prestigious and glamorous scrabble competition on planet earth, the World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPA), to the world governing body of the game of words in 2025.
    This cheering news was made public by the President of Scrabble Association of Ghana (SCAG), Haruna Adamu, in a telephone interview with your authoritative news channel FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG on Wednesday.
    Adamu who is an executive member of the World English Scrabble Players Association (WESPA), explained that Ghana in conjourntion with the Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), are working round the clock to put up a watertight bid that even the most jaded palate will find very difficult to resist.
    “The interest in Ghana and across the continent is huge, we are going to work with all to get it done. There will be other landmark events around our bid and our sporting heritage is an added advantage.” Haruna Adamu stated.
    One of the biggest scrabble competition in Africa, the PANASA President’s Cup (PPC), has been scheduled to hold in Accra, Ghana in the week leading to the last Chance Qualifiers and the World Championship.
    As part of Ghana’s bid to secure the 2025 World English Scrabble Players Association Championship, hosting rights, the President of Scrabble Association of Ghana (SCAG) Haruna Adamu will be in Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya this weekend to drum up support for the bid.
    Haruna Adamu the CEO of Jeyz Security Management was in Lagos, Nigeria, two weeks ago to rub minds with his Nigerian counterpart, High Chief, Engineer Toke Aka, who is the President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) and who also doubles as an executive member of the World English Scrabble Players Association, Executive Committee, on the bidding process and the plans for the three-in-one event and we understand that the deliberation was very fruitful and successful.
    An elated President of the Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), Adekoyejo Adegbesan, says it’s time for Africa, the powerhouse and biggest contributor to the game of words to host the world again.
    “The Pan African Scrabble Association will work alongside Ghana to ensure a robust bid document is put together ahead of the February deadline for submission of bids. We will also reach across our allies in other part of the world to ensure we get the required votes needed to succeed.” Adegbesan noted.
    For your information, during the Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA) President’s Cup in Lagos, Samuel Mbrayeh Quartey, a renowned architect and a philanthropist stated that he is very excited about the Ghana bid, which he called a Pan African Bid that should be given the much needed fillips.
    Samuel Mbrayeh Quartey, is asking the Scrabble fraternity in Ghana, Africa and the World to buy into, is the plan by the Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), to push for Accra, Ghana, to be the next host of the World English Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) Championship in 2025.
    PANASA, the Scrabble Association of Ghana (SCAG), the Ghana Ministry of Sports, the Ghana National Sports Authority and all relevant bodies as well as well individuals and WESPA member nations are being consulted for Accra, Ghana 2025 to be born.
    “You know we have scrabble greats in Ghana like Charles Haizel Tachie-Menson, he is among the top ten players at the last world championship, he will be more than happy to welcome the rest of the World to Ghana in 2025. The conversation is in it’s very early stages, there are consultations going on, the thought of it alone is exciting and one thing that making it more interesting is the fact that the PANASA President Adegbesan is very passionate about it and he is driving the move, it not just a Ghanaian bid but a United African Project. He emphasized.
  • Popular movie star boasts of how he slept with over 3000 women

    Popular movie star boasts of how he slept with over 3000 women

    Ghanaian movie star, Oboy Siki, has publicly confessed to sleeping with over 3000 women.

    During an interview with Rashad on GhPage’s Rash Hour Show, Oboy Siki disclosed that he’s a serial w0manizer and will never deny having such trait.

    He disclosed that he has slept with more women than any male in the movie industry and the only person who comes close to his ‘record’ is media personality, Akrobeto.

    Oboy Siki further revealed that Akrobeto has slept with almost all the women he has slept with.

  • FAAN clarifies Ghana Must Go bags ban at airports

    FAAN clarifies Ghana Must Go bags ban at airports

    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has addressed a confusion surrounding the recent ban on “Ghana must go” bags, asserting that the directive originated from Ethiopian Airlines and not the Federal Government.

     FAAN in a statement posted on its X page on Friday refuted claims circulating about a purported ban on the iconic bags within Nigeria’s airports.

    The regulatory body clarified that the source of the ban was a circular issued by Ethiopian Airlines to its customers.

    “The Ban is from Ethiopian Airlines, not FAAN or the Federal Government of Nigeria,” stated FAAN in its social media post.

    The clarification comes in the wake of widespread reports on the ban, with many attributing the decision to Nigerian aviation authorities. However, FAAN sought to dispel these misconceptions by setting the record straight regarding the true source of the directive.

    The circular from Ethiopian Airlines, cited by FAAN, explicitly outlines the restrictions on the use of “Ghana must go” bags during their flights.

    The airline informed its customers that bringing these irregularly shaped packages is strictly prohibited unless they are appropriately packed in a carton or hardcover rectangular container.

    “We would like to inform you of a restriction regarding using irregularly shaped packages on Ethiopian Airlines Flights. It is strictly prohibited to bring ‘Ghana must go’ bags unless they are adequately packed in a carton or hardcover rectangular container,” the airline’s circular stated.

     

  • BBNaija’s Pere reveals plan to relocate to Ghana

    BBNaija’s Pere reveals plan to relocate to Ghana

    Big Brother Naija reality show star, Pere Egbi, has revealed that he will be relocating to neighbouring country, Ghana.

    Pere didnt give any specific reason for his purposed relocation.

    The American military trainee said he would be moving to West African country, Ghana.

    He made this known via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday.

    He wrote, “I am moving to Ghana.”

    Pere,  shot to fame in Nigeria after featuring in the sixth edition of Big Brother Naija reality show ‘Shine Ya Eye’ in 2019, where he finished as a finalist.

    Pere is a qualified nurse and served in the United States Military for six years, before coming back to Nigeria to pursue a career in real estate.

    This vibrant 35-year-old is also a part time actor and model. He is attracted to things of high value and is motivated by his past.

    The reality star  hails from Bayelsa and Delta States through his mum and dad respectively, featured in the just-concluded Big Brother Naija All Stars edition and also finished as a finalist again.

  • Ghana: 3-day protests over economic hardship  ends 

    Ghana: 3-day protests over economic hardship  ends 

    With placards reading Ghana deserves better, we are tired of being voting machines or people equals power, protestors rallied in Accra.

    The 3-day #Occupy Julorbi House campaign ended on Saturday, September 23. Despite downpour and sun, demonstrators rallied for political change and economic reform.

    “We are only being Ghanaians. All we need is food, water, clothes. We want to be able to take care of our mothers and our fathers, leading member and youth activist-democracy hub, Debora Enyonam Dabor told a crowd.

    Protesters were bent on going to the seat of government, Golden Jubilee House, but the police barred their way.

    The police initially responded with force on September 21, arresting over 50 protestors, including journalists.

    “Let president Akuffo-Addo and the Ghana police service be told that anytime anyone resists peaceful change, violence change would occasion. We don’t want to engage in violence, but if they push us to the wall, we have no other option,” political activist Bernard Mornah said.

    The protest has its roots in the “Fix the Country” movement, which emerged in 2021.

    If Ghana’s government has not provided an official comment on the Occupy Jubilee House protests, its convener from Democracy Hub remained determined.

    “At the end of this path there is prosperity and liberty,” Oliver Barker Vormawor promised.

    “Liberty that the founding generation promised us. But we must not relent because the forces that seeks the downfall of this republic are alive and well. They control the institutions of government, they control the court, they control the police force, they control the military; but they cannot control the street.”

    “We have shown them that when every institution of this country is captured and co-opted and has lost its voice, the street would speak loud and louder than any point in time…”

    He told the crowd the “battle to win back the soul of” Ghana was still raging in order to change course in the path “of moral decay that [our] leaders have put [the] country on”.

    The campaign kicked off while President Nana Akufo-Addo was in New York for the UN General Assembly.

  • Why many Nigerians are trooping to neighbouring African countries for tertiary education – Prof Akande

    Why many Nigerians are trooping to neighbouring African countries for tertiary education – Prof Akande

    A United States based educationist, Prof Busari Shaamsuddeen Akande has posited that many young Nigerians are trooping to neighbouring African countries of Togo and Ghana for tertiary education because of safe environment, required skills for industries and quality supply of electricity.

    Akande noted that Nigerians don’t mind the high cost of higher education in those countries, saying they will do anything to study away from home.

    Akande, Secretary of Council of the American Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership, based in the State of Kentucky, USA, spoke in an interview with pressmen in Calabar on Sunday.

    “These smaller, neighbouring countries produce young graduates with the required skills to support key industries.

    In his opinion, Akande said the massive size of a country does not matter when it comes to educational success.

    According to him, when a country is small, it can recover faster, develop faster and make all the innovative changes faster.

    He said higher institutions ought to be specialised so that students come out well skilled and specialised in their chosen fields.

    “Not where graduates of law from the University of Agriculture and School of Legal Studies produce mass communicators.

    “In Benin Republic, you have a university of management strictly for management sciences.”

    Akande proffered ways the country can attract investors into the educational sector to make universities less reliant on the government.

    He emphasised the quality of learning, the expansion of higher education through alternative financing mechanisms, paying attention to early childhood development and early reading, as some of the ways that can appeal to investors.

    “The country can create awareness of culture, engage good teachers/instructors and make the educational sector accountable by promoting autonomy,” he said.

  • I have only one idea of raising my kids, Nadia Buari

    I have only one idea of raising my kids, Nadia Buari

    Popular Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari has shared her unique parenting idea with her fans.

    The mother of four said that before she had children, she had a million ideas on how to raise them.

    But on becoming a mom, all the ideas vanished and she’s been left with just one which is to always shower them with love and more love throughout the different phases of their lives.

    The proud mom of four lovely girls also confessed her kids are the bedrock of her existence.

    Sharing photos with with her children she wrote, “Before I had kids, I had a million ideas on how I would raise them. Now that they are here? I have ONLY ONE and that is to LOVE THEM.

    “Love them through their GIGGLES, MESSY HANDS, and FEARLESSNESS.

    “And when it is hard, like really hard, I’ll LOVE THEM through that too! My whole world revolves around them.”

     

  • Nigerian artistes making Ghana music look like feeding bottle – Shatta Wale

    Nigerian artistes making Ghana music look like feeding bottle – Shatta Wale

    Popular Ghanaian artiste, Shatta Wale has hailed the success of Nigerian musicians for making waves but making the Ghana music look like a “feeding bottle’.

    Shatta Wale made the statement  while congratulating Nigerian music sensation Asake, who recently sold out the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.

    On his Twitter handle, he wrote; “Nigerians [artistes] are making Ghana music look like feeding bottle compared to Hennessy bottle. Congrats to Asake meeenn!!!

    “You guys deh run tooo fast …F*ck

    “PS: Some Ghana man say how do they do it?

    “Me: when you stop judging people here like you are angels,I think we can get the formula.

    “Naija is winning BIG TIME !!! My people.”

  • Dakuku Peterside to speak at Int’l Bunker Conference in Ghana

    Dakuku Peterside to speak at Int’l Bunker Conference in Ghana

    One of the leading voices in the African maritime sector, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, is to speak at the forthcoming International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Africa conference in Accra, Ghana from September 5-7, 2023

    The International Bunker Conference (IBC) has become a world-renowned forum for the international bunker industry. About 500 industry experts and industry stakeholders from around the globe are expected to attend this year’s conference. The organizers, The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) is the voice of the global bunker industry and represents all stakeholders across the industry value chain.

    Peterside, who is the immediate past director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), will be sharing thoughts and ideas with industry experts, regulators, investors, operators, and policymakers.

    A Public Sector Turnaround expert, he will be speaking from a well-informed background, having also been the Chairman of the Association of Africa Maritime Administrations (AAMA), whilst holding the helm of affairs at NIMASA.

    During his term, Peterside rejuvenated the maritime regulatory agency and made it one of the most admired among Ministries, Departments, and Agencies( MDA) in Nigeria.

    A co-founder of Growth and Transformation Professionals (GTpro), Africa’s foremost government relations and policy strategy consultancy firm, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conference that promises to look to at the dynamics in the African maritime sector.

    Since leaving NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside has had several speaking engagements in several countries, within and outside Africa, where he continued to share his thoughts and processes with government officials, maritime operators, regulators, and investors. This year alone, he has been lead speaker in maritime conferences in Kenya, Egypt, Singapore, and South Africa.