The journey of an Afro-Brazilian priest to Benin and the cultural links he discovered.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]MTN, the biggest telecommunications company in Ghana, is happy to announce the take-off of the second edition of the MTN Hit-Maker music talent search, a project open to up-and-coming musicians with unique styles, and who can compose and perform their own music.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]HFC Bank has secured a $10 million trade finance facility from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) under the Global Trade Finance Programme.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Mobile phone and computer assembling firm RLG Communications says it is committed to listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), despite a previous suspension.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Would the current lull on the labour front last? The recent anomie of strikes involving teachers at all levels of the educational ladder, doctors and public pharmacists, which is still lingering, as well as threats from judicial workers and nurses, is not a scene that Ghanaians would want repeated any time soon.

Omar "Bombino" Moctar, a Tuareg musician from Niger, tells the BBC why desert nomads like rock music.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The retired CEO of a renowned multinational in Ghana was poised one Friday to be driven home from a meeting to accompany his "sweet-heart" to a festival both had been looking forward to since weeks. That day, the chef of a famous catering institution providing delicacies had assured Mrs. MB there was going to be among the items, "smoked salmon", her favourite. The shock came though like lightning that the dinner would go on, but without the "the couple in whose honour the occasion was to be. The lady, nobo

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Care International-Ghana, in collaboration with the Amansie West District Assembly, has organised a forum at Manso-Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, during which communities presented their action plans.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Quite uncharacteristic of former editions of the biggest TV reality show on the African continent, Big Brother Africa, where representatives of various countries are held in secrecy until the last hour, shocking and exclusive information gathered by www.nydjlive.com indicates that Ghanaian Dancehall and Reggae artiste Shatta Rako is next to represent Ghana in the Big Brother Africa 8 "The Chase", after unsuccessful attempts by Eazzy, Keitta and DKB in the previous edition, "Stargame".

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A Takoradi circuit court on Monday sentenced Bright Bissue, a 19-year old Senior High School (SHS) student, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Bissue pleaded guilty to the offence.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kojo Bonsu, has directed the Engineering Department of the Assembly to stop the ongoing development near the Danyame M/A Basic School at Danyame in Kumasi, because it is unauthorised.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Michael Essien will start Real Madrid's Kings Cup finals against Atlético on Friday after manager Jose Mourinho revealed his starting line-up five days before the match.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The issue of police recruitment fraudsters, who depict themselves as agents assigned by the Ghana Police Service to recruit people on its behalf, is becoming alarming and draining more and more people off their hard earned money.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -The Fulani community at Konkomba near Yeji and the people of Yeji in the Brong Ahafo Region are stunned by the death of a 90 year-old, Alhaji Bello, and three other herdsmen.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]With a gradually improving outlook for the global economy, growth in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow 5½ percent in 2013-2014, compared with 5 percent in 2012.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Unless the Urban Roads Department works swiftly to fix the Airport Roundabout-Buokrom road in Kumasi, part of which caved from flooding, about 20 communities in the Manhyia constituency and beyond may soon be cut off from the metropolis when the rains set in.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -In an apparent move to restore confidence in the security agencies in the face of recent murders and gangsterism in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, a high-powered delegation, led by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Alhassan, yesterday stormed the city to hold a strategic meeting with his lieutenants.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Professor Stephen Adei, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has called for the creation of a patriotic and committed national think-tank to be used by political leaders for the management of the country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A driver and a student have been held behind bars by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a trader of an amount of GH¢1,800 at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The third edition of Ghana's biggest musical concert, "Ghana Meets Naija", is set to roll out soon with its customary official launch event on May 22, this month.