Renowned broadcaster, Abeiku Aggrey Santana has finally apologized to Ghanaian highlife musician Mzbel for calling her a former artiste.[ads2] The Despite Media employee has been heavily bashed on social media for labeling Mzbel as an artiste who has past her prime in the Ghanaian music industry during a live radio interview. The Okay FM drive time show host was interviewing Chief One, a fast-rising musician popularizing the Ewe language where he asked which artiste he would love to feature. In response, Chief One mentioned Mzbel as artiste he want to feature – a reply which didn’t go down well with…
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Multiple award-winning Ghanaian musician, KiDi received a presidential reception when he landed in Gambia on Thursday, October 27 for his musical concert.[ads2] The ‘Touch It’ hit-maker was swamped by energetic citizens who spotted his convoy trailing the streets of Serekunda. In a video trending on social media, students were not left out of the jubilation as pupils could be seen chanting the name of the reigning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards artiste of the year and running after his convoy. A charged fan in the video could also be heard telling KiDi how the youth and the aged in the West…
The Police have arrested twenty-nine (29) suspects for their involvement in violent clashes between two factions at New Tulaku, Ashaiman, in the Greater Accra Region in the wee hours October 28, 2022.[ads2] According to the police, initial investigation disclosed that a misunderstanding between two rival factions at the New Tulaku meat market resulted in the attack in which six people sustained various degrees of injuries. The injured are currently at the hospital receiving medical attention, and are all in stable condition, according to the medical authorities.[ads3] The police have since restored calm and deepened personnel presence at Ashaiman and its…
The Ghanaian cedi continue to depreciate against other major foreign currencies as $1 is now selling for Gh¢13.0028 according to the latest report by the Bank of Ghana.[ads2] The central bank says the British pound is now selling for Gh¢15.0481 while the Euro is now at Gh¢12.9848. It says this was the average interbank rates used by commercial banks for transactions at the close of business on Thursday, October 27, 2022.[ads3] Per the latest report, the dollar is now buying at Gh¢13.0158 while the British pound is now at Gh¢15.0658 and the Euro at Gh¢12.9978. https://twitter.com/thebankofghana/status/1585901174838153216?t=hZiljEFlMFkXS975ns7dRA&s=19 [ads4]
Ghanaian economist, Kwame Pianim has said Ken Ofori-Atta who is the country’s Finance Minister is not credibile enough to lead negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[ads2] This comes after reports were that President Akufo-Addo has asked the NPP lawmakers for time to enable Ken Ofori-Atta reach the deal with IMF before his sack. About 80 NPP MPs petitioned President Akufo-Addo to fire Ken Ofori-Atta as the Minister of Finance after seven years due to the current economic hardships in the country. Speaking in an interview on TV3, Kwame Pianim stated that the decision for Ken Ofori-Atta to lead the…
Award-winning musician, Aya Ramzy B has announced his decision to pull out of this year’s Mentor competition.[ads2] The precocious musician has pulled out of the competition after weeks of criticisms by some music honchos and followers. The criticisms Aya Ramzy B has been highly criticised after appearing for audition for this year’s Mentor X music reality show organised by Ghanaian Media conglomerate Media General – the operators of TV3, 3FM, Onua TV, Onua FM, Akoma FM and Connect FM.[ads3] According to the critics, the Mentor XI competition is meant for up and coming musicians and since Aya Ramzy B is…
The Accra Human Rights Court has adjourned the AshantiGold case against the Ghana Football Association to Thursday, October 20, 2022.[ads2] This was after a court hearing on Friday, October 14, 2022 which means the Ghana Premier League will continue to remain suspended due to the injunction placed on it by AshantiGold SC. The former Ghana Premier League champions placed an injunction on the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League season after being demoted to the division two over match manipulation.[ads3] The GFA demoted AshantiGold to the division two after investigation proved that their 2020/21 league game against Inter Allies was fixed.…
The Western Regional communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Kirk-Mensah has declared his intentions to re-contest in the upcoming regional elections.[ads2] According to him, he has been able to transformed the communication bureau of the party in the Western Region which contributed to the party’s unprecedented gains in the last general elections. The former acting youth organiser of the NDC branch in Italy believes he is the right personality to lead the party as the communications officer for the 2024 general elections as the party seeks to return to power and claim most parliamentary seats in the…
Founder of Heaven Way Church in Accra, Patricia Asiedua formerly known as Nana Agradaa has been denied bail for the second time on Thursday, October 13, 2022.[ads2] The former fetish priestess is in court for allegedly scamming some members of her church over money doubling. Appearing in court for the second time on Thursday morning, her lawyers entered an application for bail but it was declined and ordered that trial would continue on Monday, 17th October, 2022.[ads3] Nana Agradaa was arrested on Sunday, October 9 on allegations of money doubling scam by some members of the public. The Police says…
The intended strike action by the four University Unions which was to take effect on October 14 has been suspended, according to a statement issued by the Unions on Thursday, October 13.[ads2] The Unions are the University Teacher Association of Ghana (UTAG), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSAG) and Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA). The decision to suspend the strike action is as a result of directive from the National Labour Commission to government to hold meetings with the Unions on their concerns.[ads3]…