Renowned broadcast Journalist, Bobie Ansah has said freedom of speech flourished under the administration of former President John Dramani Mahama. According to the Accra FM employee, same cannot be said about the current government led by President Akufo-Addo. In response to Mrs Elizabeth Ohene’s letter to the BBC for reporting what she deem untrue about the current government, Bobie Ansah said the freedom of speech under President Akufo-Addo led government is under seige. “John Dramani Mahama, the former president of the republic of Ghana, was a president under whom freedom of speech flourished. People could say anything and not get…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Takoradi-based video Director, Nana Kofi Akromah popularly known as Skinny MC has described musicians in Takoradi as ungrateful. Skinny believes he has not been appreciated enough despite the countless number of artistes he has produced in the Western Region. Speaking to Nana Adjoa Arthur on Connect FM’s ‘Yereko fie’ late afternoon drive show, Skinny MC, who was also sound engineer and has produced numerous artistes with his Tape Masters recording studio, angrily said he has evoked a curse on every artistes in Takoradi that he has helped in one way or the other but has refused to show gratitude. “…I…
Popular Takoradi-based music promotor, Sleeky has made a claim that Ayesem is a far better rapper than ‘Sika Dem’ hit-maker Amerado Burner. According to Sleeky, Ayesem is an embodiment of who a better rapper is, a thing that he does not see much in Amerado. Speaking to Nana Adjoa Arthur on Connect FM’s ‘Yereko fie’ drive show in Takoradi, the affable music promotor explained that Ayesem is not recognised nationwide because of lack of push from the people of Takoradi. To Sleeky, Amerado is nowhere near the talent Ayesem boast of but the Abotr3 hit-maker is highly recognised due to…
Nigerian afrobeatz superstar, Wizkid has been adjudged the best African artiste of the year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The 23rd edition of the Ghana’s biggest entertainment awards was held on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 2022, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra. Wizkid defeated the likes of Fireboy DML, Ckay, Tems and Joeboy to clinch the award. Other winners on the night are below; Songwriter of the Year – Fameye Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz Music for Good – Greedy Men (Stonebwoy) Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi Music Video…
KiDi has won the artiste of the year at the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards held at the Grand Arena of the International Conference Center in Accra. The two-day event was held on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 2022 with KiDi winning thw topmost award. The first day of the event had Stonebwoy, Fameye, Wizkid, MOG Beatz, Kwaisey Pee awarded with Balck Sherif, Ohemaa Mercy, Sarkodie, Okyeame Kwame, among others, winning. Below is full list of winners Artiste Of The Year King Promise Kuami Eugene Sarkodie Black Sherif KiDi —————-Winner Joe Mettle Best Hiplife Song Yeeko – Okyeame Kwame…
Fameye has been named the songwriter of the year at the 23rd edition of the prestigious Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). The first day of the awards was held on Friday, May 6, 2022 at the Grand Arena of the International Conference Center in Accra. The ‘Nothing I Get’ hit-maker won the award to dethrone Kofi Kinaata who has won the award on four consecutive years. Fameye won the songwriter of the year award with his popular song ‘Praise’, defeating Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Thy Grace Pt 1’. Other winners on the night are below; African Artiste of the Year – Wizkid…
Ghanaian attacker Benjamin Tetteh has become a prime target for English Championship side Hull City, according to reports in Turkey. The lanky goal poacher has become a target for Hull City following his exploits at Yeni Malatyaspor who have been demoted from the Turkish top-flight league. It is believed that Hull City are determined to secure the signature of the Ghanaian attacker to strengthen their attacking department but will face stiffer competition from top Turkish clubs like Trabzonspor, Kasımpaşa and Sivasspor. Tetteh had an excellent campaign with Yeni Malatyaspor, scoring seven goals and assisting three times but was not enough…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) will be increasing transportation fares by thirty percent from Friday, May 13, 2022. This has become necessary due to the increase in fuel prices over the last few weeks. Earlier on the union had written to the government to do away with some taxes on petroleum products but the proposal was rejected. This was after transportation fares was increased by 15 percent in February 2022, when fuel prices averaged GH¢6.4 per litre “We have been forced to make a decision. We were thinking of being sympathetic. We never wanted to take this decision,…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the passports office had seen an overwhelming increment in revenue. According to Dr Bawumia, the passports office in 2017 had about 16,000 applications which was giving the country about Gh¢1m in revenue but that same office in 2021 had 498,000 online applications, generating over Gh¢56m. He said the overwhelming increment in revenue is as a result of the advent of digitalization by the Akufo-Addo led government. “If you take the Passport Office for instance, in 2017 there were about 16,000 applications for passports generating about Ghs1m. But with the advent of…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said transparency is the right way to reduce the high rate of corruption in Ghana. According to Bawumia, even though corruption cannot be eradicated completely from the system, building strong institutions and putting in place right systems and practices will ensure transparency which will go a long way to fight corrupt practices and bring about efficiency. Speaking at the 2022 edition of the Annual Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Ghana) in Accra on Thursday 5th May, 2022, the Vice President said the government is determined to fight against corruption hence the…