Author: Kelvin Funkeye

Popular Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter and senior worship leader, Osinachi Joseph, popularly known as Sinach, will on September 20 headline the second edition of Women in Worship. The ‘I know who I am’ hitmaker will together with renowned Ghanaian gospel singers Ohemaa Mercy, Ceccy Twum, Tagoe Sisters, Minister Kekeli, Jackie Mpare and Amy Newman bring the venue alive with a heavenly experience of worship. The Perez Dome, in Dzorwulu, Accra will be the citadel of…

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Monday, signed the Yobe State Penal Code 2018 amendment bill into law. The law stipulates life imprisonment and 25 years jail term for rape of minors and adults respectively. Signing the law at the Government House in Damaturu, the Governor said that government took a proactive action in view of the rampant cases of rape, kidnapping and unnatural offences being reported across the country. “Whoever commits rape, where the victim is…

Bakers in Nigeria have decried the high cost of baking ingredients across the country and this according to the group, may push bread prices up. The Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria gave this warning on Monday at a press briefing in Lagos, The Punch reports “The challenges we face as a result of incessant increase in the prices of baking ingredients have rendered most premium bakeries comatose making us to operate at a loss,” the…

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American singer Kelly Rowland, who had a front row seat to Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s brawl has weighed in on the issue. Speaking with E! News, Kelly said: “I think in a time where Serena Williams is fighting for equality—I love both Nicki Minaj and Cardi B and I think that they are extremely talented—and in a time when she is fighting for women’s equality, we just can’t be fighting.” “There’s no time for…

The body of the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, will be laid in state on Tuesday at the Accra International Conference Centre as the nation begins three-day mourning. The public is expected to file past the remains of the global icon and pay their last respects. Mr. Annan’s body arrived in Ghana on Monday, draped in a UN Flag aboard a chartered flight from Geneva, Switzerland. The body was accompanied by the widow, Nane Annan, and…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled an attack by the Boko Haram terrorists on Gudumbali community in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu explained that the insurgents invaded the town on Friday, to extort and terrorise the residents, as well as attack the military base. He said the terrorists were resisted by the troops who also inflicted overwhelming casualties on…

The remains of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will arrive in Ghana on Monday ahead of the official state burial this week. The body of the late Secretary-General will be accompanied his wife, Nane Maria, children and some UN officials. The remains will be received with a brief ceremony led by the Ghana Armed Forces and President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It will then be moved to the Accra International Conference Centre from the Airport….