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Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo known popularly as Sarkodie has explained that his latest song, Happy Day, which has been widely purported to be a campaign song for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is not about any party in particular. Earlier Monday, the celebrated Ghanaian rapper was in the trends after he released his new song. The song which featured reigning Ghanaian Artiste of the Year, Kwame Eugene has sparked conversations on social media. In one verse, the rapper is heard asking the President of the Republic to continue his good works, a line that has been interpreted as an…

It was in the wee hours of Sunday before the much speculated news was confirmed, Asamoah Gyan had signed for Legon Cities Football Club. The legendary striker is back to the Ghanaian top-flight where his career took off 17 years ago. Back then, he was a player for Liberty Professionals and Gyan scored 10 goals in 16 games . The numbers were impressive enough for him to secure a move to Udinese without completing the season. Since then, he has featured for Modena, Rennes, Sunderland in the Premier League, Al Ain, Kayserispor, Shanghai SIPG, Al Ahli Dubai and NorthEast United.…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a complete cancellation of the Agyapa Mineral Royalties agreement after the Special Prosecutor released his report on the deal. Mr Mahama said the deal is bad, therefore there is no need to implement it. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to return the agreement to Parliament. This comes after the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, concluded his investigations into the deal regarding the alleged corruption-related issues that were raised against it by civil society groups, the Minority in Parliament as well as the National Democratic Congress (NDC).…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he is not perturbed by the endorsement President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received from musicians Sarkodie and Samini. Mr Mahama said Ghana’s politics does not understand the trend where celebrities endorse candidates. In his new song titled ‘Happy Days’, in which he featured Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie indicated that President Akufo-Addo has implemented a number of good policies that all Ghanaians are benefitting from. These polices, he sang, include the Free Senior High School Policy as well as the uninterrupted power supply to homes and industry. During the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC)…

Multiple award-winning dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, has said he loves girls. He said his love for girls is not in a “bad way”. Even though the controversial dancehall artiste did not expressly explain what he meant by “not loving girls in a bad way”, he explains it is possible for him to sleep with girls under the same roof with getting intimate with them. He would rather engage them in fun activities like swimming, he said. The ladies, he said, also love his company because of his jovial persona –  cracking jokes for the to laugh about. On his love…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed the description by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu that he is the one referred to as Government Official 1 in the Airbus scandal. Mr Mahama said the claim was disappointing because no proper investigation was done in the matter by Mr Amidu before he arrived at that conclusion. Mr Amidu revealed in his observations in a corruption risk assessment report submitted to the Office of the President on Friday, October 16 that “the only reason the former President [Mahama] has not been invited for interrogation (in spite of all threats from some of his…

Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has revealed that but for his parents’ divorce, he had dreamt of becoming a lawyer. He said he was forced by circumstances occasioned by the decision of his parent to part ways to change his career path which has led him to what he has become today. Speaking to Miriam Osei Agyemang on 3FM’s Urban Blend, the multiple-award winning artiste howver disclosed his parents have been instrumental throughout his formative years. “My parents played a big role in my life”, he said. He said his mum is a very religious woman whose prayers have kept him…

Ghanaian dancehall artiste and Chief Executive Officer of Shatta Movement Empire, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr popularly known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, has advised the 2020 contestants of TV3’s Mentor to aspire to build careers beyond merely making money. The SM boss said in an interaction with mentees Monday, November 2, at the TV3 premises that having a good attitude towards work is what is paramount in their quest to become stars. The multiple award-winning music maker had just finished hanging out with ladies on a special edition of Urban Blend on 3FM, where Miriam Osei Agyemang, the host…

Advocacy for Development, a group comprising 8 students undertaking MSc. Development Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Institute of Distance Learning (IDL) on Sunday, October 18, 2020 handed over fully built toilet facilities and sinks to 3 households in Danfa, a community which is part of  the La Nkwantanang Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region. Speaking to (media house) the group leader, Miss Esther Asieduwaa Agyemang explained that the project, which forms part of the IDL’s curriculum for final year students under what is known as the Social Entrepreneurial and Advocacy Programme, is aimed at…

Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori Atta has said the Ministry lawfully appointed Imara TA for the transaction of the Agyapa deal, in compliance with Act 921, Act 663 (as amended), and the Constitution of Ghana. He said there was no intention by any party to disregard and violate the laws of Ghana. “The Ministry of Finance acted at all times, in good faith throughout the transaction,” he said in reaction to claim by the Special Prosecutor Mr Martin Amidu to that Databank which belongs to Mr Ofori-Atta was smuggled into the deal by Imara of South Africa as a “decoy”.…