Award-winning Ghanaian journalist Godwin Asediba has announced his move to BBC News Focus on Africa, marking a new chapter in his career shortly after departing Media General, where he spent the last three years. Asediba shared the news of his BBC appointment on social media, expressing excitement about the opportunity to contribute to African storytelling…
A shocking road tragedy in Nigeria left the boxing world stunned after news broke that heavyweight star Anthony Joshua survived a deadly car crash that killed two people, just days after his blockbuster knockout win over Jake Paul. The incident happened on Monday morning in Ogun State while Joshua was riding in the back seat…
President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria. The US leader described IS as ” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”. Trump said the US military “executed numerous perfect strikes”, while the US Africa…
Sean Combs, widely known as Diddy, has filed a fresh appeal challenging both his conviction and sentence, with his legal team accusing the trial judge of overstepping his role during sentencing. In court documents filed late Tuesday, Diddy’s lawyers urged an appellate court to overturn his conviction and order his release from prison, or, alternatively,…
Venus Williams is married to Andrea Preti. According to Vogue, Venus and Preti have officially tied the knot, celebrating their love with two separate wedding ceremonies in Italy and Florida. The couple’s first wedding took place on Sept. 18 in Ischia, Italy, with Venus telling the publication that, “We had this dream to do our…
Ghanaian national Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, was on Monday, December 23, 2025, arraigned before the Gbese District Court in Accra under heavy security following his arrest over an alleged $8 million international romance scam targeting elderly Americans. The alleged scam, which reportedly defrauded victims of millions of dollars, has attracted global attention…
Detty December, a popular term for Ghana and Nigeria’s end-of-year party season, can have “negative connotations”, Ghana’s official for diaspora affairs has said, adding that he does not want the label linked with his country. “On a personal level I don’t want the word ‘detty’ to be associated with anything Ghana… that’s something I’m not…
Anthony Joshua marked his return to professional boxing with a knockout victory over Jake Paul, stopping the YouTuber-turned-boxer in the sixth round of their highly anticipated bout streamed live on Netflix. The former heavyweight champion went into the fight as an overwhelming favourite, with anything other than a knockout widely expected to rank among the…
American rapper Wiz Khalifa is facing a possible nine month prison sentence in Romania over a marijuana related offence, though his legal team is seeking to overturn the ruling. Romania’s Constanța Court of Appeal on Thursday, December 18, upheld an appeal filed by the DIICOT Constanța Territorial Service, a state prosecutor’s office, which sought a…
Popular Ghanaian actress and television presenter Nana Ama McBrown has confirmed that she is divorced from her husband of twelve years, Maxwell Mensah, describing the separation as mutual, peaceful and free of bitterness. McBrown made the disclosure on TV3’s New Day, where she said both parties reached the decision after honest conversations and remain on…
