By Nangayi Guyson – Juba – South Sudan’s minister for rural development and co-operations Jimmy Lemi Milla has been shot dead. The southern army spokesperson said. The incident comes only days after referendum results confirmed that the region will become would become the world’s newest independent state on 9 July. South Sudan’s army spokesperson Philip Aguer said.”The minister was shot dead inside his ministry on Wednesday by a driver working at the ministry who also killed a guard at the door way and then shot himself.” According to”Reuters” news, three officials confirmed the dead minister was Jimmy Lemi. No motive was... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, from Accra,Ghana – It seems that there was more than just a recycling of old faces from various past singing competitions at the nationwide auditions for the hot new TV reality show, ‘Icons: The Divas Edition’ which aims to create Ghana’s first super girl-group. According to reliable and confirm reports reaching Shout-Africa.com,the auditions for Icons saw contestants whom had already qualified for the finals of the upcoming 5th edition of singing contest, Stars of the Future pitching for a chance to enter the Icons: Divas Edition show. The first episode of Icons: Divas Edition airs on TV,... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – For the past six years, the duo of Jackie Appiah and Yvonne Nelson has been the major faces of the nascent Ghana movie industry and Nollywood. They have through their star power, looks and charms, elevated the evolving Ghallywood from the curiosity it once was, to a top brand it currently enjoys. The two super stars have alternated between them hundreds of leading roles in many commercially viable and critically acclaimed movies. On screen, the two usually project a chemistry of amity and harmony, which in real live rings false. To assert that Jackie Appiah and... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – An Investment Company operating in the Forestry Sector of the Country “Eco Timbers Liberia Limited”, has disclosed that it will shortly construct a modern Wood Processing Factory in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. Mr. Ashraf Hammad, Eco Timbers’ MD According to the Managing Director of Eco Timbers Liberia Limited, Ashraf Hammad, the new modern factory will be constructed over a period if six months, with an approximate value of 1.5 million United States dollars. He said the modern wood processing plant which will be considered a medium size will specialize in the lumbers, and that they... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye ,Accra ,Ghana – Dr. Tony Aidoo, Head of the Evaluation and Oversight Unit of the Office of the President, has been elected member of the 11-member African Union (AU) Advisory Board on Corruption. He scored 73 per cent at the first voting, after a marathon meeting of the AU Executive Council on the sidelines of the AU summit underway at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr Tony Aidoo picture African Union (AU) Advisory Board on Corruption, Board members were elected by the AU Executive Council, serving for a period of two years, renewable once. The... Continue Reading
