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The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Madam Gloria Akufo has said Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu sought to create a false impression in his recent outburst about deliberate inaction in equipping his office, which was not in fact true, as he (Martin Amidu) was in the know of her effort together with the Chief of Staff to help get things done for him to start vigorous work.  In a Starr News interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the Attorney General said she is shocked by Amidu’s loudmouth nature and the series of interviews he’s been giving and what he has said publicly so far.  Mr Martin Amidu has been in the news lately literally crying about neglect and how he’s had to use his own “common sense” in the absence of a subsidiary legislation and resources, both cash and human to help him. He accused President Akufo-Addo of not whipping his appointees in line with his Anti-corruption vision as his work as Special Prosecutor is being frustrated.  In an in...

Ghanaian singer, Mildred Ashong popularly known as Eazzy says no female musician is at par with her in the music industry.  According to Eazzy, who calls herself the ‘first lady’, she tops the ladder when it comes to delivering songs and stage performances during concerts. The only female act she mentioned as a potential threat to her was the late dancehall diva, Ebony Reigns.  She told Ohemaa Woyeje on Adom FM’s “Work and Happiness” on Thursday that: “I don’t see any female musician. Even looking at my stage performances, I think only the late Ebony would have been my competition…” Source: ghanaweb.com

Sarkodie's protege Awal has added his voice to the Biibiba challenge.  The rapper has jumped on the beat and as it is known of him, made it his own. According to the rapper he can't let this slide especially when it's coming from his mentor.  Some days back Sarkodie put out the hook and asked his follows to suggest some good rappers to be featured on the song, and since then many artiste have done covers of the yet to be released song. Source: Ghanaweb.com

Musician eShun says she would have limited her talent if she had decided to do gospel music. She told Franky 5 in an interview on This Is Gospel on Hitz FM that her current secular songs are good enough to reach people from all walks of life. eShun said that she grew up with a very strong Christian background and always found herself behind the microphone singing gospel songs. However, the ‘Akyia’ hitmaker revealed that she took a final decision to do secular music because she believes it is her calling. She is well known for her love songs such as ‘Someone Loves Me’ and Fa Me Ko’, “…Doing only gospel music limits my talent… Christians only listen to gospel music but my songs reach out to every religion. When you listen to the content of my music, I preach forgiveness, love, strength and these things are things being preached in church…,” she said. eShun, however, says messages preached in churches must also be preached to members of other religions and even atheis...

Hello good afternoon and welcome along!  Your Super Sunday starts here! We have two intriguing games for your pleasure this afternoon, starting with this London derby.  Chelsea visits London rivals West Ham in the headline act of the top flight weekend fixtures, where both managers will be intent on fitting the bill.  Before Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City took the Premier League by storm last season, the ‘best league in the world’ had fallen into somewhat of a rut, three pragmatic managers winning three titles with a rather pragmatic approach.  Before Jose Mourinho, Claudio Ranieri and Antonio Conte won their titles with the emphasis on defence, Manuel Pellegrini claimed Manchester City’s second Premier League trophy with football very much on the front foot. With the Hammers preferring the Chilean to the pragmatic David Moyes, and Maurizio Sarri replacing Conte, it may seem far more than a side with just one win from five meeting the leaders at...

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Nzema East Municipality in the Western Region, Hon. Frank Okpenyen popularly known as Franko has donated school sandals to schools in the area to facilitate effective teaching and learning.  The donation forms part of his commitment to support and improve effective teaching and learning in the schools of his Municipality.  He donated 400 school sandals of different sizes to five primary schools to some selected deprived pupils to motivate them to attend school regularly.  The beneficiary schools were; Allah Sunna Islamic School of Axim, Agona M/A primary school, Ewuku M/A primary school, Aguafo M/A primary school, Bokro M/A primary school and Kakusuazo M/A primary school.  In addition to the school sandals, exercise books, pencils, pens, crayons and erasers were donated to the schools to aid them in teaching and learning.  He also motivated them biscuits and toffees. The MCE made the above donations...

The Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF) has released the competition calendar for the Robotics Inspired Science Education (RISE) competition for students in Senior High Schools and Colleges which starts on Friday, September 28 at the Pastoral Centre, Tamale.  According to a press statement issued by the GRAF, the decision to put together the competition stems from how Science and Robotics education has become indispensable in the world currently.  The statement adds that the contest is aimed at motivating and inspiring the next generation of Ghanaians’ interest and participation in science and technology.  Dr Yaw Okraku-Yirenkyi, the founding member of the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation and the country representative for World Robot Olympiad (WRO) and ROBOFEST World Championships indicated that “this competition offers a lot of opportunities for participants to employ critical thinking, coupled with scientific principles in an attempt to solve problem...

Marriage they say changes people and that rings true for Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, who says he has become responsible after he got married to his sweetheart, Louisa a year ago.  “Marriage has changed me totally. I have become more responsible because there are things I did when I was single but I do them no more as a married man,” he told Showbiz in an interview recently.  According to the Baafira hitmaker, he doesn’t stay out late and hardly spends on anything which is not relevant because he has a wife and a kid to take care of.  “I am always in a hurry to go back home and see my family because they are my topmost priority. Anything I do is for them and I thank God for such a wonderful woman,” he said.  Asked to describe his wife Dr. Louisa Satekla, Stonebwoy said she is a wonderful woman and a loving person any man would like to have as a wife adding that he has no regrets marrying her. “I was so sure it was her. The first time I met her a...

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have accepted "significant" libel damages over an newspaper allegation that their dog inflicted "Freddy Krueger-like" injuries on a child at a play date. The couple brought proceedings against News Group Newspapers over a front page story in The Sun on Sunday in February. Their solicitor said the injuries were not serious and that the allegation was "false and seriously defamatory". Neither Sir Elton nor Furnish were at London's High Court on Friday. The Sun's story, captioned Elton's Dog Did This To My Girl, reported that Sir Elton's spaniel bit a five-year-old girl at the singer's Berkshire home in February 2016. Solicitor Jenny Afia said the story had claimed the child had been "subjected to a serious attack" and that Sir Elton and Furnish had "failed to make any attempt to find out how the little girl was... despite being aware of the incident." "The ...

Cristiano Ronaldo's sister, Katia Aveiro, has come out in defence of the Juventus forward after his red card in the 2-0 win against Valencia on Wednesday.  Ronaldo was dismissed on his Champions League debut for Juve after a clash with Jeison Murillo was spotted by the assistant referee and communicated to German referee Felix Brych, who drew a red card from his top pocket.  The Portuguese forward was reluctant to leave the field at the Mestalla and appeared to be on the verge of tears as he finally walked to the tunnel in disbelief.  She wrote on Instagram: "A football disgrace...justice will be done...they want to destroy my brother, but God never sleeps...disgraceful."  Aveiro posted further images of the incident on her Instagram story with similar captions. It was Ronaldo's first red card in 154 Champions League games, and the decision means he could miss a return to Old Trafford when Juventus play Manchester United next month if he gets at ...

The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) wishes to inform Ghanaian musicians that the distribution of royalties would start from Monday, 24th September, 2018.  Earlier, the organization urged Ghanaian musicians to remain calm as royalty payment for June and July will delay in reflecting in their accounts.  According to a press release issued by Prince Tsegah, the Public Relations Officer of GHAMRO, the delay is due to the fact that “GHAMRO experienced some problems in receiving the blank Levy cheque from the state.”  But in a current release, musicians are told the royalty payment will commence on Monday, 24th September, 2018.  See the full statement below: Press Release  For immediate Release  The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) wishes to inform its esteemed members that the distribution of royalties would start from Monday, 24th September, 2018, this decision has become necessary due to the delay in the release of...

Highlife musician , eShun is a talented and beautiful singer as well as a songwriter with a gift of connecting with a wide range of audiences.  However , one may wonder why the songstress have been in the system for a while now .  Undoubtedly , she currently one of the vibrant female artistes in Ghana .  Well, eShun in an interview on " The Late Nite celebrity Show" shared how she has made it successful in the music scene .  According to the ' Someone Loves Me' hit maker , she has been in the system for a while now because of hard work , consistency , personality and brand . ADVERTISEMENT She added that these are some of the elements that have really helped her to thrive in the industry .  “Even though Highlife music is not easy to do, if you put your mind to it you can do it having the guidelines about highlife in mind. I believe it is just hard work and consistency that helps a person to thrive in whatever field you find yourself as ...

Fans of Stonebwoy in the Western Region have voiced their preparedness to give him a rousing reception as a show of support to the artiste who is billed to perform alongside his protégé, Kelvynbwoy in Takoradi.  Speaking to journalists, a spokesperson for Bhimnatives of Takoradi Technical University, Clement Bannerman-Williams, urged all fans of Stonebwoy to join the welcome procession in honour of the afropop singer.  He said the rationale behind the special welcome is to encourage Ghanaians to support Ghanaian musicians against the backdrop of the recent Zylofon Media and Menzgold Launch Concert held on August 24 in Lagos, Nigeria, where top Ghanaian artistes such as Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale received unfriendly audience reaction during their performances.  According to Mr. Bannerman-Williams, artiste managers must acknowledge strength in numbers and liaise with their core fan bases across the country and beyond to ensure that artistes receive the best rece...

The daughter of Ghana’s first President says her father’s vision to see a united Africa is relevant today as it was some six decades ago.  “’Africa must unite.’ Not ought to, not should; a must. Africa must unite,” said Samia Nkrumah in reference to three words that describe her father.  Samia was speaking Friday on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM as Ghana celebrates Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, also known as Founder’s Day, a national holiday that celebrates the birthday of the late leader.  “For me what this [Nkrumah Memorial Day] brings to mind — and I have said it repeatedly — is that Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah is my Leader. I am a student of Kwame Nkrumah. I read him, I study him and I will urge every Ghanaian, every African to read Nkrumah’s own words to examine his writings, the development plans that were implemented or started under his leadership.  “Kwame was given to us, to Ghana and to Africa, for us to learn from him…and acquire an independen...

Kendrick Lamar has shared some fond memories of his late friend and fellow rapper Mac on US TV.  Speaking during the opening segment of Open Late With Peter Rosenberg, Ken described Mac as a “funny, funny, funny individual."  “He showed a smile and then you gave that smile right back. It made you feel good," said Kendrick.  "All in all, that’s the type of person he was - just a good dude."  Miller was found dead at his home in LA last week, aged 26. [He] Always made you feel good, just a great energy to have around. He’d pull up to the studio, give honest opinions. I’d play some music, he’d say, 'I like that. You should do something right here.'  Just whatever, man, and he was just true and selfless about it. Great musician. Great writer.  Ken added: "No matter what he was going through, he didn’t make you feel sorry for him, you know? He was strong about it - always kept a smile on his face because he wanted you to smile, t...

Renowned Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo fondly called Sakodie has commented on the ongoing saga surrounding gold dealing company, Menzgold.  The multiple award-winning rapper in a tweet made the world aware that he knows Nana Appiah Mensah, the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold has good plans for the country and would not use dubious means to deceive the populace.  He further admitted that he might not know the ins and outs of his operations but he is optimistic that NAM1 as the business mogul is popularly known as has a good game plan to help Ghana develop.  Sarkodie in the tweet zionfelix.net chanced on wrote  “One man doing the most for our beloved country knowing him personally he genuinely cares about the country’s progress … might not know the ins and outs but one thing is for sure – the Nam1 mission is for a better Ghana Bless @mn_appiah”  Menzgold in a letter by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directed to halt to s...

You never met his friends  If a guy really likes you and wants to have a future with you, he will introduce you to his close friends.  He really cares so much about their opinions and will proudly show you off. He will invite to regular hangouts with the boys and have fun together.  No photos of you exist  There are occasions like birthdays, graduation, friendship anniversary, promotion at work, scholarship among other for him to celebrate you on social media. These days millennials don’t shy away from flaunting their significant other on social media. So if he doesn’t allow you to take selfies with you or photos of him and warns you not to repost any of his post on social media, then he doesn’t want anyone to know about the relationship.  You don’t go on dates  Married couples are even advised to go on dates to spice up their relationship. Within the first six months of dating, couples are spent more time together to know other...

Songstress Mzbel has finally reacted to the allegation that she was smoking a substance believed to be wee in a video she posted herself on Instasnap days back.  The musician who was on Gh One TV to promote her visuals for Tongues song said the substance she was inhaling in the Instasnap video was not wee but a cigarette.  Nana Akua Amoah as she is known in real life further made it known during the interview that she does not smoke.  According to her, the very day she captured the video and uploaded it on Instagram was her first time trying such an act and it was done purposely for fun.  Mzbel told the show host that professional smokers would know that she was just goofing around with what she was exhibiting in the video because that was not how the act is performed. Telling how it all started, Mzbel in the interview zionfelix.net watched said her friends were smoking so she took the cigarette to make fun of them and decided to record the actio...

Two passengers onboard a Hyundai bus died on the spot when their vehicle got involved in a gory accident in the early hours of Wednesday morning.  The accident which occurred at the University of Cape Coast east gate along the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway also left forty-five others sustaining various degrees of injuries with some in critical condition.  Thirty-six of the injured are on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital while the rest were receiving treatment at the UCC hospital.  Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Division Officer 1 (ADO), Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) said the incident occurred around 0102 hours on Wednesday. According to him, the accident involved a Benz cargo vehicle with registration number GR 1553-15 and Hyundai bus with registration number GW 9656-17.  The Hyundai bus with loaded passengers was heading towards Accra from Takoradi, w...

The iPhone X's fancy features may soon be headed to the rest of Apple's smartphone line. Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to announce a new set of iPhone Xs on Wednesday at the company's underground Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. The company unveils the latest version to its iPhone every fall ahead of the holiday shopping season. Here's what to expect from Wednesday's event. We'll be reporting live from Apple's spaceship-shaped campus with all the details. Updated iPhone Xs Apple's flagship iPhone X may get a minor upgrade this year, but the company could expand its core design elements into a line of phones ---- with names that sound like confusing clothing sizes. It's expected to remove the physical home button and fingerprint sensor on the new iPhones and replace it with swiping gestures and the face-detecting technology found on the iPhone X. Like with that $999 5.8-inch device, screens will get bigger and closer ...

Government has signed a revenue-mobilisation support deal with an international firm as it struggles to meet revenue targets for the first eight months of this year.  Latest statistics from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) indicates that the total collection was down by almost GH¢2 billion as against the target of a little over GH¢24 billion cedis.  Speaking at an engagement in Accra, the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, attributed the shortfall to the customs division operations.  “At the customs area, we were negative 18.4% from the target of GH¢1.7 billion...The main area in the short collections in the target for the customs has been in the import duty lines for 2018 and we realized that the levels of the importation have gone than the number of ships which were docking at the ports have gone down and also in the nature of the reports we are investigating that the numbers reporting for zero per cent, exempt and 5% has increased substan...

A 16-year-old boy who had grade 47 in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has allegedly committed suicide.  According to reports, the deceased, Daniel Mensah hanged himself for not getting placement to any Senior High School (SHS)  This unfortunate incident occurred at Brenuakyim, a town at Tarkwa in the Western region.  The young boy who completed Jesus Mbofra Damfo Preparatory School in Tarkwa did not pass his exams but was hoping he could get admission to SHS. The issue became worse when he was not placed in any SHS to continue his education.  Uncle of the deceased, Ebo Ayitey in an interview on Adom News said, Daniel before killing himself left a suicide note for his parents urging them not to think about him anymore.  “I can’t stay on his earth anymore because I did not get school,” the suicide note said. Source: Ghanaweb.com

Adina Thembi Ndamse, known in showbiz as Adina, has revealed on ‘The Late Nite Celebrity Show‘ with Foster Romanus that she is opened to collaborate with other artistes and she will not charge for collaborations because she believes that it is not the only means by which she can make money. The highlife and AfroPop singer added that she would collaborate with any musician if only the ideas brought to the table are solid enough but then it also depends on the decisions taken by her management, ‘New African Movement’. Adina is a sensational singer who has collaborated with top musicians in the likes of Sarkodie, EL, Okyeame Kwame, and others. Her eighth music single titled, ‘too late’ won her two awards; a record of the year and best female vocalist of the year at the recently held Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. SOURCE: Ghanaweb.com

Twipop Music label top dog and Ghanaian musician, Kwesi Darlington, known in showbiz as D Cryme has stated that Ghanaians mistake confidence for arrogance. The ‘Kill me shy’ hit maker made this statement in an interview with DJ Advicer, host of the ‘Ayekoo’ after drive show on Happy FM. “I am not arrogant. You see, I used to answer this question but I’m tired now and I’m aging so I have realized that it is not anything that you have to answer. Maybe that day I was drunk or maybe it was the mood I was in or something,” he said. ‘’You see, Ghanaians always confuse confidence to be arrogance. I’m confident and we confuse confidence to be arrogance,” he added. D Cryme is currently promoting his new single ’My Bae’ which he features Stonebwoy. SOURCE: Ghanaweb.com

Owens, who is best known for playing Elvin Tibideaux on "The Cosby Show" from 1985 to 1992, has been in the headlines recently for being "job shamed" after photos of him bagging groceries at a New Jersey Trader Joe's were first published by the Daily Mail. The actor told CNN he took the position in part because "In the past 26 years, I have hardly ever had an acting job that lasted more than 10 weeks." "I got to the point that I needed to take a job to pay my bills, to support my family, it was basically that," said Owens, who resigned from Trader Joe's a few weeks ago. "I wanted a job that had some flexibility, so that if I did stay in (the) entertainment industry, if I could continue to audition and do jobs if I could, and Trader Joe's provided that." Geoffrey Owens' message to job-shamers: Honor the 'dignity of work' Minaj said on her Beats 1 "Queen Radio" show Wednesday that she plans on do...

U.S. President Trump tweeted on Saturday that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) should make products inside the United States if it wants to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports. The company told trade officials in a letter on Friday that the proposed tariffs would affect prices for a “wide range” of Apple products, including its Watch, but it did not mention the iPhone. Trump, speaking on Friday aboard Air Force One, said the administration had tariffs planned for an additional $267 billion worth of Chinese goods. Trump tweeted that “Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China - but there is an easy solution where there would be ZERO tax, and indeed a tax incentive. Make your products in the United States instead of China. Start building new plants now.” Apple declined to comment. The technology sector is among the biggest potential losers as tariffs would make imported computer parts more expensive. Apple’s AirPods headphones, some of its Be...

On Thursday, Joy News reported about the sexual misconduct of a teacher who allegedly inserted his fingers inside the vagina of a nine-year-old child. According to the student, whose name has been withheld, the teacher assaulted her after ordering all the pupils to leave the classroom.  "When I started writing, he came closer and rubbed his hands in my head and said my father has asked him to provide all my needs,” she told Joy News’ Maxwell Agbabga.  "He put me on one of the tables and started inserting his fingers into my genitals. It was painful, I started struggling with him.”  Last year, rape cases in the country soared to 514 cases reported to the Ghana Police Service. Dozens have called on the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection to intervene, including Nortey Dua, a clinical psychologist based in Accra.  On the Super Morning Show Friday, he pleaded with government to ramp up efforts in taking sexual assault cases more seriously....

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said it will organise extra classes to augment the regular double track system so that students on vacation can be engaged while they wait their turn to go to school.  Deputy Public Relations Officer of GES, Isaac Asiedu Odei disclosed to TV3 that the extra classes will be held in church halls, community centers and private schools across the country for students on vacation.  He explained that some church halls and community centres are already being used for extra classes as such the ministry will take advantage of the situation.  “You know we have a lot of church halls or community centres…it’s a temporary kind of structure and you know people are organising classes in some of these structures already and we can even take advantage of some private schools, when they close we can also go in there,” he explained.  Mr. Odei also disclosed that government is going to place about four teachers in “every district or...

President Akufo Addo has stated that his vision for the banking sector is to have few but stronger local banks which can compete with their foreign counterparts.  He has disputed claims suggesting that the administration is looking at creating avenues for foreign banks to thrive at the expense of local ones.  Many arguments seeking the interest of local banks have been put across following the revocation of licenses of seven local banks over the past one year.  But speaking to the Ghanaian community in Rwanda, the President stressed that the new path should rather build a robust economy.  “The kind of process we are going through in Ghana when it took place in Nigeria has brought them down to about fourteen banks. There are now some of the biggest banks not just in Nigeria but in Africa; they are all over the place like Access, Zenith, UBA, among others,” he emphasized.  The President added, “And it is the process of consolidation and ration...

Darryl Paa Kwesi Bannerman-Martin, known for the stage name Joey B, says rap music is no longer lucrative in Ghana.  The rapper, in recent times, has made a switch in the style of music he churns out. He has switched from rapping to singing.  Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, the ‘Tonga’ hitmaker revealed that he woke up to the realisation that he makes more income from singing than rapping.  “…I was looking at sales and all of that, and then I realised that there is more money in singing than rapping… So I decided to do more singing to get more money…,” he told Andy Dosty.  The winner of ‘New Artiste of the Year’ at the 2014 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards also stressed that switching from rapping to singing also came as a result of his growth as a musician. ADVERTISEMENT In the interview, he said, as he grew bigger and better in the industry, money became an important factor in his career.  ...

Mac Miller, the troubled rapper who won fans with his retro hip-hop but generated uncomfortable attention with songs on ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande and Donald Trump, died Friday at age 26, reports said. Celebrity news site TMZ said that Miller was found dead from an apparent overdose in his Los Angeles-area home and US Weekly said it also confirmed his death. A representative for Miller did not respond to requests for comment and Los Angeles emergency services declined comment. His death comes several months after he ended a high-profile, two-year relationship with pop superstar Grande, often seen as the inspiration for his songs. Shortly after their breakup, he crashed his car in May and was charged with driving under the influence. Grande at the time wrote on social media that she had long tried to help Miller become sober but described their relationship as "toxic" and said, "I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they nee...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma will retire from the e-commerce company on Monday, as the former English teacher seeks to focus on philanthropy in education, the New York Times reported. Ma, one of China’s best known corporate leaders, will remain on the company’s board of directors and continue to mentor the company’s management, the New York Times said on Friday. Alibaba was not available for comment outside business hours. Ma, the third-richest person in China, according to Forbes’ billionaire list of 2017, was quoted as telling the New York Times his retirement is not the end of an era but “the beginning of an era.” Alibaba, which was founded by 18 people led by Ma, now has more than 66,000 full-time employees, according to the company’s latest annual filing. Ma, who also turns 54 on Monday, retired as the chief executive officer of Alibaba Group in 2013. The company, China’s biggest e-commerce firm, had a ma...