Author: Nene Odompleh

Manchester City’s captain, Ilkay Gundogan has completed a move to Spanish side Barcelona as a free agent after signing a two-year contract valid until 2025 with a further option to stay worth 400 million euros. The Catalan club has officially published his move in a statement on their website. “FC Barcelona and Ilkay Gündoğan have reached an agreement for the German international to sign for the Catalans now that his contract with Manchester City has ended. He will join for two seasons, through to 30 June 2025, with the option to stay for one more year. His buyout clause has…

Ghanaian Afrobeats singer, Camidoh lost grabs of the most coveted Black Entertainment Award to his Cameroonian counterpart Libianca after she emerged the winner in the Best International Act category. The Cameroonian -American Afrobeats Singer, Libianca was named the viewers Choice: the Best New International Act at the BET Awards 2023 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. She emerged the winner with her top-charting song ‘People’ which echoed worldwide following its release last December. She secured the award over her fellow contenders in the category:  Asake from Nigeria, Camidoh with the Sugarcane remix from Ghana, Flo from UK, Maureen…

Ghanaian Hiplife Artiste, Belinda Nana Akua Amoah, popularly known as Mzbel in the entertainment industry, has given birth to a baby girl and has released a short documentary on the prenatal and postnatal stages.  The artiste, who stunned Ghanaians a few weeks ago with her baby bump photos, has given birth to a baby girl whom she calls Ohemaa at the Metropolitan Hospital at Gbawe, Accra.  The sequential videos merged into a short documentary featuring the time she was due for labor, where she said, “Time Aso oo!!” and mentioned that she had about less than an hour to put to…

The Founder and Managing Partner of CQ Legal, Cynthia Quarcoo, a lawyer known to be Sarkodie’s Private legal adviser, passed away today, June 21, 2023. The cause of the lawyer’s death has not yet been revealed; however, according to other sources, she suffered a short-term illness that led to her demise. Mrs. Quarcoo is known in the showbiz industry as she has worked with other artistes aside from Sarkodie and has also been a panelist on radio and TV. The news has broken down celebrities who expressed their condolences in a few words in their tweets. Sarkodie’s wife, Tracy Sarkcess, couldn’t utter many…

MP for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has rated certain plant-bearing fruits like coconut, Cassava, and Palm-nut over one of Ghana’s most exported products, Gold, during a speech delivered at the NPP headquarters when he filed his nominations for the Flagbearer of the party today. The charismatic member of parliament filed his nomination to run the race for the too-close-to-call presidential candidacy of the ruling party, the New Patriotic Party and his sympathizers thronged the premises, cheering, lifting placards, and chanting his name as they vigorously threw their support behind the businessman. Other prominent persons include the former president of…

Former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong, has filed his nomination forms to run in the race for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party ahead of the 2024 general elections. Branding himself with his mantra “ A new Dawn”, his arrival caught the lenses and microphones of the media when he and his entourage converged this morning at the Headquarters of the ruling party, the NPP, to file the forms that he picked on May 26 with fellow Aspirants, Addai Nimo and others. He deemed the filing of his nomination forms a milestone and a humble redemption mission…

Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has urged businesses to match up their mission with their attitude in order to generate cash flows, which will put them in a better position to receive loans from banks at the GEPA SME’s and Bank Forum 2023. Under the theme “Financial Resource Mobilization: a Key Factor in SME Growth”, the Ghana Export Promotional Authority (GEPA) organized the third Edition of the SME’s and Bank Forum at the Best Western Plus Hotel, Takoradi, in the Western Region, where resource persons expounded and resourced banking sector players and SME’s with fiscal nuggets in strategic resource…

English club Arsenal has agreed in principle to sign Chelsea midfielder Kai Haverts for a £65 million fee. The German international will join Mikel Arteta’s midfield in the 2023–2024 season as they spur on to reach the summit following a close competition for the league last season.  According to The Athletic, the Gunners will pay an initial £62 million with a further £3 million in add-ons. His mediacals is scheduled to take place imminently Havertz has ammased 19 goals in 101 appearances for the Blues, of which 7 came in the 2022-2023 season and 8 were registered in the 2021-2022 season, where…

Five times Ballon d’Or winner, Christiani Ronaldo has been recognized by Guinness World Record as the footballer with the highest number of international appearances of 200 for a national team Ronaldo inscribed his name in history as the player with the highest all-time international appearances of 200 in a match against Iceland where he scored the only goal in the game which concurrently is his 123rd international goal which stretched Portugal ahead in the UEFA EURO qualifying match. In a EUFA Euro at Iceland’s National football stadium the Laugardalsvöllur, the Al Nassr star Christiano Ronaldo gave Portugal a nod ahead…

Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku has signed a new six-year deal with Chelsea, valid until 2029, at an agreed fee of £52 million. The French international becomes Chelsea’s current major signing of the summer transfer window and will be unveiled on July 1 at Stamford bridge. He expressed joy over his signing and teased his desire to play in the English Premier League after making his name in the French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga. “I am incredibly happy to be joining Chelsea. A big effort was made to bring me to the club and I am looking forward to meeting…