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President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the restrictions on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020. Delivering his sixth address on the progress of the national campaign to defeat the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana, the President said on Thursday that although the efforts have been successful, the country was not yet out of the woods. Two weeks ago, a 14-day restriction on movements in parts of the Greater Accra region and Kumasi in the Ashanti region, was implemented to control the spread of the  coronavirus . READ MORE Coronavirus: 65 new cases confirmed, total up to 378 Infographics: Reason for Accra, Kumasi lockdown extension Coronavirus: Runaway ‘kayayo’ who tested positive found The lockdown has been implemented in parts of the country where significant numbers of virus infections have been recorded. The lockdown has been implemented in parts of the country where significant numbers of virus infections hav...

Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Temitope Balogun Joshua, simply Known as T.B. Joshua says the deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will soon go away. According to Prophet T.B. Joshua, the dreaded Coronavirus disease will go away by itself adding that the disease will cease by the end of March 2020. He disclosed this in his church on Sunday, March 15, 2020 In his sermon, T.B. Joshua said the disease will not go away by the power of medicine because it was not medicine that brought it. “I came out at the beginning of this year saying last year will end in March and the year will continue to be very fearful till this month [March]. This month 27th, it will be over. By the end of this month, whether we like it or not – no matter the medicine they might have produced to cure whatever, it will go the way it came. If it is not medicine that brought this to the world, medicine cannot take it out. It will go the way it came,” he said to much applause ...

  NDC RUNNING MATE GIVE US A VOLTARIAN John Mahama And Jerry John Rawlings A group calling itself ‘Volta Region for NDC VEEP now’ is calling on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) including its founder Flt.-Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings to switch to Volta Region and pick the running mate for John Dramani Mahama ahead of the 2020 polls. According to the youth-led by Mr. Jerry Gayibor, it is the best way to restore the core values of the party and confidence of the people within the region that has been loyal to the umbrella family over the years READ ALSO: Buy And Sell Lands, Well Furnished Hours And Other Properties At Hoozeey Royals They also added that, Volta region continues to remain the stronghold of the party since former President Rawlings reign but cannot boast of anything solid to point out in each Constituency as well as the region despite the unflinching support. “This is the time Volta Region must be rewarded for showing their long ter...

DETAILS: NBA PLAYER KOBE BRYANT KILLED IN CALIFORNIA HELICOPTER CRASH Report reaching SmartNewsGh.com has it that legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crush in California. He was 41. According to report Bryant was among four people travelling in his private helicopter over Calabass when a fire break down forcing the helicopter down. TMZ report that they were no survivers, and the cause of the crush is under investigation. The report added that Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, was home by then. Bryant starred for two decades with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five championships and making 18 All-Star Games before retiring after the 2016 season. Source.SmartNewsGh.com

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITIES HONOURABLE ALBERT KAN DAPAAH HAS REVEALED THAT THE POLICE WILL SOON ARREST BOYS USING iPhone 11 Pro' We keep asking how they got the properties they are spamming on social media? How did they get the iPhone 11 Pro whiles been unemployed. These hot lines are coming from  "Mr. Ghana Contestant", Kan Dapaah. Talking to our Journalist, Kofi Yehowah, the National Security Boss in Ghana revealed that Sakawa boys are disgracing Ghanaians and therefore must be tracked down. How can someone who is unemployed use a phone that can buy a piece of land? We are going  to arrest them one after the other this year.  Amount in $ =$999      Cedis =Ghc5,500 The  question which He couldn't reveal as a result of security reasons was how they were going to arrest the supposed sakawa boys. However, we will keep you updated once any updates appear. Source: SmartNewsGh

BOTH LYNX AND MYSELF HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE OUR WORKS. Multiple award winning musician, Mzvee took a sabbatical leave according to former management Lynx Entertainment. Former management in the sense that, at a point in time of her musical break, Lynx Entertainment and Mzvee announced to the public in a press statement of their mutual contract termination even though the public was not detailed why the termination of contract. The female musician who was effortfully reigning as the major female artiste in the Ghanaian music scene, in about some past six months was not loud and with it related rumours and controversies as at 2019. It was of great surprise and joy as she bounced back in January 2020 with a dancehall sensation " Sheriff" a good song by all standard just to announce her presence and coming back. Upon numerous Interviews to promote the piece she told her fans and the general public what took her away from active music even to the extent of parting ways with ...

SHOCKING AS TWO MARRIED GHANAIAN WOMAN SIDE LINE HUSBANDS TO ENGAGE IN LESBIANISM. In an episode of ‘in Conversation with Chris-Vincent’, a married Ghanaian woman-Akua who had an amazing lesbian relationship with another Ghanaian married woman shares her experience, reason and why she chose to have an affair with another woman outside her marriage. In the about an hour conversation, Akua talks about meeting her lesbian partner on Facebook—having numerous s*x at the office of her lesbian partner—and ultimately how the excessive possessiveness of her lead to the collapse of their relationship after she proposed to her with a ring. Listen Below: Source:  GhanaCelebrities.Com

EMPRESS GIFTY SENDS STRONG WARNING TO GOSPEL EVENT ORGANIZERS. Gospel musician Gifty Osei now, Gifty Hopeson Adorye with the stage name Empress Gifty has expressed her intense feelings on how some gospel events organizers and agents shortlist her name from gigs. According to her, the said organizers exclude her from shows because they felt she won't allow herself to be cheated. She feels it's an agenda to bring her down despite the good music and expensive music videos she puts out.  This revelation was made on Showbiz Xtra hosted by Doctar Cann on Happy 98.9 fm over the weekend as she promotes her new song "Jesus Over Do". She said;  "Are you called Empress?  Do you know how my songs and videos are brought out and even their cost? What pains me the more is that they've turned theirselves into English speaking individuals. You sing gospel songs in Ghana yet when you pay visit to South Africa, you minister in twi hence turning themsel...

LAWYER PROSPER HARRISON ADDO OFFICIALLY APPOINTED AS GFA SECRETARY The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed legal practitioner Prosper Harrison Addo as General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association. Mr. Addo’s appointment takes immediate effect. Prior to taking up the GFA CEO appointment, Prosper was Senior Manager, Compliance at Scancom  Limited (MTN Ghana), where he also previously held the position of Manager, Commercial Legal. Addo brings extensive corporate experience and football know-how to his new role. Mr. Addo is a lawyer with over 18 years experience and a member of the Ghana Bar Association. He holds a Law and Economics degree from the University of Ghana, Legon. Mr. Addo also holds an MBA from the Salford Business School, University of Salford in Manchester, United Kingdom. Lawyer Addo has held various positions in football administration, including being the Disciplinary Committee Chairman for the Greater Acc...

HEALTH MINISTER WARNS AGAINST "DOGGY STYLE" SEX POSITION “ No two ways that Doggy style is the most practised sexual position during intercourse, the act is dangerous and can send one to his grave than you could ever imagine”, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi told The Insider. According to the minister in the interview sighted on The Insider, the high pumping of blood during sex, when one is standing or kneeling overloads the veins in the legs which ultimately causes a stroke. “On cancer – one of the main causes of cancer is stress, fatigue, and tiredness. “The most energy consuming and stressful sexual position for men is doggy; hence the connection is more than clear. “Look, I am only giving you guys a snippet, but we will be posting the results of the full research on the Ministry website. According to him, occasional doggy style like only on Christmas day and Valentine is harmless but be sure that each night is suicidal. “This is the...

A LADY SCAMS POPULAR FACEBOOK MALLAM, NAA TIA Facebook is now filled with Fetish Priests/Mallams who’ll message you with mouth-watering offers especially the multiplication of money. They’ll tell you they can multiply your little money into a huge amount of money. Well, popular Facebook Mallam Naa Tia who contacted one Esi Akyen Ntiamoah via Facebook got scammed in his attempt to scam the innocent lady. “Four months ago, a guy came into my inbox. He introduced himself as Naa Tia, a spiritual guru from Northern Ghana, Tamale. He had some juicy offer me: “I help people succeed financially”. “How do you do that?” I asked. “Oh, it’s easy; no sacrifices involved, just send me $1000, and same hour tomorrow, I will send you $10,000:’ he answered. I smiled, and said to myself, ‘this guy is playing with fire’ The chat continued, and at the end, I told him I could send him $100, 000 for him to make it $1,000,000 for me on condition that I would send him $100 first for him to sen...

POLICE MAN BOOZES TILL DEATH ON NEW YEARS DAY According to a police situational report, the deceased policeman went to the spot in the company of one Abass but it was observed that both were visibly drunk and therefore did not buy more drinks. They were reported to have sat at the venue to watch an European football match but some few minutes later Abass left the deceased Corporal Francis Agyemang who was wearing a cap and spectacles was seen sleeping on one of the plastic chairs. At about 6:50 pm the supervisor at the pub one Patrick Nartey who is also a friend to the deceased reported to work and found deceased on the chair. He called him severally but there was no response but when he got closer, he found out that there was foam coming out from the mouth. He quickly informed a police officer around and deceased was rushed to the Police Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival. The body has since deposited at the police hospital mortuary pend...

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 R...

"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 sa...

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. ...

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 Pator...

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 ...