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On March 14, 2019, Accra’s richly diverse property development sector welcomed an evening of business collaborations and power networking at The On Point Property Management company launch. Created in 2015 to educate, inspire, bridge the gap with the global diaspora and present viable opportunities within every aspect of the property industry, the event drew over 100 supportive guests eager to learn more about the company and On Point range of services. The launch of this exciting event…

Preliminary information from the flight data recorder of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed a week ago and killed 157 people shows “clear similarities” with an earlier disaster involving the same kind of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, Ethiopia’s transport minister said Sunday. The disclosure came as thousands marched in the capital of Addis Ababa, accompanying 17 empty caskets at a funeral for the Ethiopian victims of Flight 302. The caskets were empty because authorities have…

Will Smith released a video of himself twerking to the song Thotiana and, now, Twitter users are arguing about his sexuality. The 50-year-old actor can be seen in the Instagram video with his hands on the floor and his butt high up in the air as he moved his butt.  The video was viewed by over 10 million Instagram users and led to a conversation on Twitter. A number of Twitter users have now concluded he’s gay. Some even went as…

Trade volume between Nigeria and the United States of America (USA)has grown to $35billion, Dr. Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said. Baru, who spoke yesterday during a meeting with the United States Energy Secretary, Rick Perry and some African petroleum ministers, on the sidelines of the 19th CERAWeek Conference taking place in Houston, United States, disclosed that Nigeria and US had been very good partners. He advocated…

40 people have died, including children, after a 28-year-old Australian white supremacist opened fire at a mosque in New Zealand during Friday prayers. The gunmen, who identified himself on Twitter as Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, New South Wales, livestreamed the massacre which took place inside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch at about 1:30pm while the mosque was packed full with Muslim faithful who attended Friday prayers. As the mosque attack was going on, there was another…

Singer, Ciara, has disclosed that it took a lot of prayers to avoid the temptations of premarital sex with Russell Wilson until after their July 2016 wedding During her cover interview for April’s issue of InStyle, she opened up on how she and her Super Bowl-winning husband abstained from having sex until their vows were said.  “That took a lot of prayer,” Ciara joked. “It was hard. I can’t lie.”  In 2017, Ciara also spoke about their strong values…

As Nigerians continue to react to the unfortunate school building collapse in Itafaji, Lagos state yesterday Wednesday, March 13th, comedian Alibaba has taken to his IG page to share his thoughts. Alibaba believes that the state government should be held responsible for the sad incident as many Nigerians do not abide by the rules governing the country. Read what he wrote below ”Someone sent me a message asking why I have not said anything about…

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify says it has filed a complaint with the EU Commission against Apple, accusing its US rival of stifling competition in the online music market. “In recent years, Apple has introduced rules to the App Store that purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience essentially acting as both a player and referee to deliberately disadvantage other app developers,” Spotify said in a statement. Spotify claims that Apple’s…

Authorities have rescued at least 50 children so far from a three-storeyed building which collapsed in the Itafaji area of Lagos Island. Emergency rescue agencies such as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), as well as security personnel are currently on ground at the scene of the incident. The police, army and National Security and Civil Defence Force, NSCDC, are also making contributions with rescue operations. The number of…

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti and two other commissioners have been fired, Daily Mail GH can confirm. The other affected commissioners are Isaac Crentsil, commissioner for customs, and Kwasi Asante Gyimah, in charge of domestic tax. Top government officials say Nti has been informed officially about the decision and has about a month to leave office. “We keep missing our revenue target and that is not good for…