Category: Entertainment[The Star]Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley posted a YouTube video denying liability for the failed Saturday concert that saw violence break out when the headliners pulled a no show.
[GroundUp]29 year old Prince Ikenna, a native of Nigeria who set up a successful salon and cosmetics business in South Africa in 2010, launched a new gospel album, “In his presence”, at Salt River Community Hall on 16 June 2013.
[FrontPageAfrica]HIPCO star Jonathan Koffa, AKA Takun J, has accused Representative Edwin M. Snowe (6th District, Montserrado County) of physical assault. The singer said the incident occurred when both menvehicles almost got involved in a crash in the late hours of Monday.
[The Herald]Former Alick Macheso band members Jonas Kasamba, Noel Nyazanda, Obert Gomba and Franco “Slomo” Dhaka have formed their music outfit called Extra Kwazvose. Earlier media reports were saying the band is called Orchestra Ndozvese.
[Observer]Bosco Ssegawa’s life story is best told from the success of orphans whose life he has turned into wells of hope.
[Namibian]On Saturday, 22 June, Namibia will be celebrating World Music Day 2013 with the rest of the world.
[New Vision]Qute Kaye was a rising star who seemed to have vanished off the local pop music scene, only resurfacing in rumours that he was dead. He has recently joined a handful of local artistes who front weekly live music sessions in local nightspots. Denis Dibele spoke to him about this change in direction and rumours of his untimely demise
[Analyst]Liberia’s foremost Gospel musical icon, Ambassador Kanvee Gaines-Adams’ heightened musical career is not going unnoticed in the international world of Gospel music. That is why the newly crowned Ambassador of Charity has just been enlisted as one of several African Gospel musicians that have been lined up to receive continental awards by the African Gospel Music Awards (AGMA’s).
[Zimbabwe Standard]Sulumani Chimbetu and Jah Prayzah have dispelled speculation that their working relationship could be sour.
[The Herald]THEY say dreams are a gateway to realising one’s wildest goals. It is through dreams that one gets a feel of what lies ahead and by dreaming.
Ghana Eurobond Yields Fall 4th Day on Amissah-Arthur Nomination – Bloomberg
The yield on Ghanaâs $750 million Eurobonds fell for a fourth day after President John Dramani Mahama nominated central bank governor Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to be his deputy, a week after the death of John Atta Mills. Yield on the 8.5 percent …
Nigeria fines Shell $A4.9bn over oil spill – couriermail.com.au
NIGERIA has fined Shell $US5 billion ($A4.90 billion) over an oil spill late last year at an offshore field. Shell was forced to halt operations at the Bonga oilfield in the Gulf of Guinea following the December 20 leak of some 40,000 barrels of crude.
Ghanaâs Mahama Nominates Central Bank Governor as Vice President – Bloomberg
Bank of Ghana Governor Kwesi Amissah- Arthur was nominated to become vice president of West Africaâs second-biggest economy, a week after the death of President John Atta Mills. Amissah-Arthur, a former deputy finance minister who headed the …
Nigeria Access Bank wins $1 bln case against ex-chief – Reuters
LAGOS Aug 1 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Access Bank has won an order for repayment of more than $1 billion in a fraud case in London’s High Court against a former executive of a bank it took over, according to a court document seen by Reuters on …
Nigeria’s precarious oil amnesty – BBC News
An amnesty for thousands of militants in south-eastern Nigeria has brought relative stability to the region, enabling its huge oil industry to recover but, as the BBC’s Will Ross reports, some are questioning how long the peace can hold.
ZAMBIA: Tembo’s rags to riches story
Spending nights in the cold, braving drugs in the streets, begging and stealing for survival did not deter Tobias Tembo from becoming a graduate he is today. Tembo's life stands as a true story of rags to riches, as he defied all odds to graduate with a degree in psychology at the University of Zambia.
While he is not materially rich, he has obtained…
ZAMBIA: Former prostitute now a role model
Having slept with hundreds of men, exposed to drugs, Beatrice Chanda's life was condemned to nothing. The possibility of her living a normal marriage life after so many years in prostitution, to anyone seemed impossible. She is happily married now and enjoying her new life with her kids and husband.
After seven years of exchanging sex for money,…
PROFILE: Bassiouny – Unsung Egyptian hero
Several families and love ones are counting their losses following the revolt that swept through northern African country of Egypt recently. It led to the resignation of the antagonist president Hosni Mubarak [the main objective of the uprising]. One of those unsung heroes is Ahmed Bassiouny who died on January 28.
Bassiouny was a sound, visual artist…
