“I’ve had a bit of a bicycle accident,” wrote the star on his Instagram page, posting a picture of his arm in a cast.

“I’m currently waiting on some medical advice, which may affect some of my upcoming shows. Please stay tuned for further news.”

The 26-year-old was on a break from his world tour, but was due to resume with a gig in Taipei next week.

He has a further 14 dates scheduled this year, including concerts in Japan, South Korea and Thailand, before kicking off the Australian leg of his tour in March 2018.

The tour is in support of his multi million-selling third album Divide, which was released earlier this year.

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Sheeran famously plays his concerts solo – using just a guitar and a loop pedal to layer up songs like Thinking Out Loud, Sing and Shape of You.

Losing the use of his right arm would make such a set-up impractical – but, speaking to BBC News earlier this year, Sheeran said he would never consider playing with a backing band.

“I don’t feel like there’s anything interesting or new about seeing a singer-songwriter with a band behind them,” he said.

“I don’t feel like if I suddenly got a band, everyone would go, ‘Wow!’. I actually feel it’d take away from me.”

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Source: BBC

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Rahama Sadau was one of the top stars in the Hausa-language film industry based in northern Nigeria.

But industry leaders said she had repeatedly failed to adhere to the conservative values of the region, and said her performance in the music video with singer ClassiQ was the last straw.

The ban has been imposed by the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (Moppan), and means Sadau will no longer be allowed to perform in any films made in Kannywood – the northern Nigerian film industry named after its base in the city of Kano.

The actress is yet to respond to the ban, and has not tweeted to her 52,000 followers since news of it emerged on Monday.

The music video shows cuddling and hand-holding that would be considered chaste by Western standards (YouTube/Finesse Entertainment)

But the industry body said this was ‘not the first time she has been doing these wayward things’ (YouTube/Finesse Entertainment)

The chairman of Moppan, Muhammadu Kabiru Maikaba, confirmed in an interview with the BBC Hausa service said the ban was “total”.

He said: “This is not the first time that she has been doing these wayward things. We have been warning her, but she still went ahead to dent our image.”

The video in question was released in late September and entitled “I love you”.

Sadau plays the role of a market stall worker who falls in love with the singer, ClassiQ, and the pair are shown holding hands and sitting together in scenes which would be described as chaste by Western standards.

Moppan is under pressure to protect Kannywood from the outrage of conservative Muslim clerics, however, who have accused the industry of being a negative influence on family values.

It said in a statement signed off by the Secretary of the association, Salisu Mohammed, that the music video was “immoral”, and warned other actors to adhere to the rules that come with being a Kannywood star.

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Source: Independent.co.uk

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According to him, governments all over the world are working hard to develop regulatory frameworks to control the fertilizer industry, the Ghana government cannot do it alone without active engagement with the private sector.

“Nothing can be more rewarding to our farmers than providing them with the opportunity to increase their yields and incomes to be able to improve their general well being. One of the ways we can do this is by working together to ensure quality standards in the inputs that are made available to these farmers.”

Clement Kofi Humado made the call at a fertilizer quality control workshop organized by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa AGRA.

About 50 AGRA partners from some 13 African countries participated in the workshop that discussed issues relating to quality standards and control in the fertilizer value chain across African countries.

The workshop was to help streamline the fertilizer industry which presently is going through many challenges of quality standards that erode the confidence and trust of farmers.

Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the workshop, Director of AGRA’s Soil Health Program, Bashir Jama said AGRA was committed to promoting the work of farmers, particularly smallholder farmers, by working with many governments across Africa on fertilizer-related policy issues to cushion them.

“If farmers are to derive full benefits from their toil, and be able to increase productivity to feed millions on the continent, then stakeholders have no choice but consciously address the pertinent challenges confronting these farmers,” he said.

By: Eugenia Tenkorang/citimonline.com/Ghana

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