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RnB singer, Akon has named Sarkodie as the only Ghanaian singer ‘at the top.’ The US singer was asked at a press conference Sunday to name three Ghanaian artistes who are putting the West African country on the map. But in response, Akon noted that the same question has been asked wherever he goes in Africa. He said there are over 50 countries in Africa and “I cannot know them all.” “I only know them when the songs get to the top, and in Ghana the one that has reached the top is Sarkodie,” he told journalists. The African-American artiste is in Ghana for the “Year of Return.” The initiative was launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo to get blacks in the diaspora to visit Ghana to appreciate the roots and the African culture. Source: Myjoyonline.com

Salifu Dagarti, Ghanaian Police Officer and Presidential Bodyguard for Kwame Nkrumah. Salifu Dagarti was born in July 1931 and died on 2 January 1964. He was a British trained Ghanaian police officer and presidential bodyguard who shielded Kwame Nkrumah with his body on the fifth attempt to assassinate him since he came to power in 1957. The Event: At about 1.15 pm on Thursday, January 2nd, President Nkrumah of Ghana left his office at Flagstaff House to return to Christianborg Castle for lunch. As he moved towards his car, across the courtyard, he was accompanied by two security guards – one Salifu Dagarti, a veteran British-trained police professional, the other an amateur provided by the President’s own party, CPP. A rifle shot rang out. It had been fired from behind some sort of cover – perhaps about 50 yards away – by Constable Ametewee, one of the policemen on guard at Flagstaff House who had been transferred for duty there only a day or two previously. The driver of th

ONE WEEKEND, THREE SHOWS, THREE REGIONS. With a critical analysis over the year under review, major artiste worked very hard making the year 2019 a challenging one. A name that wouldn't be left out when fetching out the names of musicians that really did well adding their quota to the industry and the Nation at large is Ponobiom.       A year which he toured Europe, featured couple of international artistes on his UPPNESS COLLECTION album. Further proving his capabilities this Christmas Eve, a survey indicates that Ponobiom is among the few musicians headlining and playing a lot of shows. The survey however, record that he is the only artiste that has done the ubelievable by playing three shows within one week at three substantial regions. It is very shocking as everyone asks how?? The Uptown Energy Boss over the weekend has played three shows in three different Regions. Firstly,  he performed at ALL WHITE PARTY held at Lawns in Kumasi, the Ashati Region of Ghana

Kofi Adams, NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Buem constituency Former National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticised the Electoral Commission for its move to compile a new biometric voters register. Like his party, the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Buem in the Oti region described the decision of the EC to change the current voter register as illogical, saying the old register can be cleaned if the EC believes it has names of some persons who are not qualified to be voters in the country.  The EC on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, asked Parliament to approve ¢444,846,663 for the compilation of a new voters’ register prior to the 2020 general election. Their request has been met with fierce opposition from the NDC. Speaking on Dwaboase on Power 97.9 FM Friday morning, the former spokesperson for ex president Jerry Rawlings argued that the Supreme Court had already ruled on how the register could be cleaned if found to contain names of persons who are i

"Stop Removing Your Pubic Hair"- Gynaecologist, Dr Jen Gunter Warns Women A gynaecologist, Dr Jen Gunter, author of The honeypot Bible urges women not to remove their pubic hair, she warns that waxing or shaving creates “microscopic trauma” that can lead to infections. While the purpose of pubic hair is somewhat of a mystery, going “au naturel” is thought to protect the skin by acting as a barrier against the outside world. Getting a Brazilian may also reduce sexual pleasure, with pubic hair being connected to nerve endings that might help arousal, Dr Gunter added. Pubic hair “grooming” has almost become the norm, with many blaming the porn industry. Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), asked more than 3,300 women about their downstairs grooming. Of which, 83.8% claimed to wax, shave or epilate their pubic hair, with just 16.2% leaving it intact. “Hygiene” was the most commonly reported reason (59%) for women removing their hair.

  ANSWERS THAT CAN MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY. There has been a lot of back and forth just as The Ministry of Arts and Culture announced their intention to build a film village for the movie sector.       Siting the Film Village was a bigger issue. Not that there was no space to carry out the project rather, the issue, whether it should be built in Eastern Region or Kumasi. This sparked a lot of argument between the Kumawood and the Ministry since they were of the view that Kumasi is where movie is produced more and not Eastern Region. Others were also of the view that Mr. Mark Okraku Mantey being the President of the Creative Arts wanted it built in his region. A region that is not recognized for movie making. Industry players added their voices and a lot more of issues. Eventually preventing it from happening. Just as we thought this is over, Movie Actor Kweku Elliott has added his voice generating another controversy though, he made salient points. Th

Lady Jay releases sexy love song featuring Magnom titled “For You You You” The multi-talented   singer Lady Jay releases a hot new track and video titled For You You You. This is not your typical Lady Jay release as it brings out a new fun and sexy rhythm we have not seen her do before. Being an industry favorite, she is known for her wide range of beautiful tones and melodies which she exposes beautifully in this record. The track is produced and features multi award-winning artist Magnom which compliments her voice perfectly creating a magical hit record.  What is also more appealing is the visuals for the track. The video takes place in a house with a pool featuring some of the best female dancers we have seen in Ghana. Let us just say the video is very hot and sexy but in a cute way. You will definitely enjoy watching this video which was shot by Wahala Entertainment and directed by Wael H. To check out the video you can log on to YouTube and subscribe to her chann

Teachers going on strike ain't stopping now since many factors constitutes it. A major factor eating teachers up is politics. Successive government s, the change of government every four or eight years making governments not taking teachers serious.       Mr. Abubakar Sumaila Abanga Dasmani upon an interview with Jay Smart, the administrator for SmartNewsGh and a publisher at ThisIsgh.com and Ghmusicpromo.com has expressed his displeasure as a teacher on ongoing issues at the field. Mr. Dasmani a tutor at the Ashaiman Senior High School has outlined some of the challenges teachers are encountering which will always instigate them to embark on strikes. He admitted that he is currently on vacation but would not want to add extra work. "Not at the expense of students" he said. According to him, teachers are really really suffering financially admitting that they are not paid as it should be since people are are still demanding what should have been paid in 2012.

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Some Ghanaian Celebrities Regard Me As Foolish Ghanaian singer Becca has revealed she didn't invite Akuapem Poloo to the controversial Cardi B ‘meet & greet’ event. The ‘Yes I Do’ singer disclosed in an interview that she invited Moesha Buduong, Efia Odo, Eno Barony and few others. Speaking to this on Okay FM, Akuapem Poloo bemoaned the fact that "most celebrities in Ghana see me as a stupid and foolish girl…so I didn’t expect Becca to invite me" Listen to the full interview in the video below          Source: Peacefmonline.com  

Trump slams Democrats at rally, says his opponents are 'embarrassed' by impeachment.   US President Donald Trump took his impeachment defense to the American people during a Pennsylvania rally Tuesday night claiming that the Democrats are embarrassed by the impeachment process against him and called it the 'lightest quickest' impeachment in the history of the country.      House Democrats on Tuesday accused the president of abuse of office and obstruction of congress as they filed two articles of impeachment against him, with the Democrats planning to impeach him fully before the year's end, but Trump confident of winning a trial in the Republican controlled separate, claims Democrats are embarrassed by the impeachment decision.    "They’re embarrassed by the impeachment," Trump said, after taking the stage in Pennsylvania – a critical battleground state for his 2020 campaign.   "This is the lightest, weakest impeachment," Trump

LiveSpot X Festival: Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, Tiwa Savage, others fail to perform Some Ghanaian and Nigerian artistes never performed on Sunday as advertised by organisers of the Livespot X Festival. The concert on December 8 had America-based rapper, Cardi B, as headline artiste. Supporting acts billed included Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Patoranking, Tiwa Savage and a host of others. All the supporting acts were to perform before Cardi B finally climaxes the festival. However, the concert was marred by several technical hitches thus preventing Ghanaian artistes to mount the stage at their appointed times. While fans waited for close to an hour after the performance of Nigerian singer Sheyi Shay, Cardi B suddenly appeared on stage. Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, Patoranking, Tiwa Savage hadn’t performed before Cardi B was introduced. It is reported that Sarkodie and Shatta Wale refused to perform because organisers failed to go according to the plan.  Tiwa Savage and Patoranki

This is the second accident the Deputy Chief of Staff has been met with within two months, on the same Damongo-Busunu road.  The Deputy chief of staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor has been involved in a motor accident at Busunu, a suburb of West Gonja district in the Savannah Region. Mr. Jinapor was reportedly returning to Damongo for the Region’s Farmers’ Day celebrations. However, upon reaching Busunu, one of the front tyres of his V8 burst which forced the vehicle to veer into the bush. Abu Jinapor accident All four occupants, Samuel Abu Jinapor, his driver, aid and the bodyguard escaped unhurt. An eyewitness told JoyNews’ that he and some others heard the crash while doing a data collection exercise at a neighbouring community. He stated that he and others rushed to the scene to see the occupants come out of the vehicle. Abu Jinapor accident “I asked the deputy chief of staff to let me pick him on my motorbike to a clinic but he said he was okay and only requested for

 "Let Them That Have Ears Listen" Hip-Life artiste, Kofi Kinaata is known and have been awarded severally for his unique and inspiring style of composing. On October 18, 2019, he blessed the Ghanaian music space with another good piece titled Things Fall Apart. Another Hip-Life but content wise, seemed like a gospel. A song which has sparked a lot of controversy as to whether if a circular artiste sing a song that sound more like gospel, makes such individual a Gospel artiste too as well as other related issues. Popular Gospel musician, Celestine Donkor is asking all churches to play the song coming Sunday at their auditoriums and afterwards share benediction and close. At a post sighted by SmartNewsGh on her Instagram page, the Gospel musician explained how she at first did not regard the song until last weekend. A version of the song was covered by one upcoming talented female musician. The covered version of the song , which was making waves on social media drew h

  PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO CALLS OFF REFERENDUM FOR LACK OF BROAD, NATIONAL CONSENSUS The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called off the holding of the Referendum of 17th December, 2019, citing the lack of a broad, national consensus amongst key stakeholders and the populace. President Akufo-Addo has, thus, instructed the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama, MP, who is spearheading the process, on behalf of government, to abort the process, and see to the withdrawal of the bills for the amendment of the Constitution, both in respect of article 243(1) and article 55(3). Addressing the nation on Sunday, 1st December, 2019, the President indicated the attainment of a broad consensus, for him, on a matter as important as the amendment of an entrenched provision of the Constitution, is critical. “I do not believe that such an amendment should be driven as a party matter. There has to be a clear national consensus an