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“Inna song” by Darkovibes of the Independent Associated Acts label is week 23 number one song on the 3FM Countdown. “Inna song” unseated Legacy Life Entertainment signee King Promise “Sisa” beating tough competition from Stonebwoy’s “Nominate” ft Keri Hilson. Entertainment pundit and General Manager at Media General TV, Francis Doku, is not surprised by the rise of the song as he has in a tweet said the song has been buzzing since its release. That Inna Song by @darkovibes deserves to be at the top of the rankings. It’s been buzzing since he released it a couple of months ago.…

Madagascar’s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Rijasoa Andriamanana said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar’s president. President Andry Rajoelina is promoting the herbal tonic Covid-Organics as a coronavirus cure. Several African countries continue to import Covid-Organics believing it will help combat the virus, but the World Health Organization has warned that no proven cure exists. Madagascar’s National Medical Academy has also cast doubt on the…

The leader of the God’s Solution Center, Rev. Dr. Abbeam Ampomah Danso has advised gospel musicians to desist from charging or asking for money from men of God. He noted that a true Christian does not ask for money from a man of God for ministering in his church. He was discussing how the church can support gospel musicians and how gospel music can be projected to the world, on Anigye Mmre entertainment talk show hosted by Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua FM. Rev Dr Danso Abbeam said when he started as a gospel musician, he served his spiritual father…

With less than three weeks to the start of the compilation of a new voter’s register, the Electoral Commission is yet to receive the full consignment of kits purchased for the exercise. The Commission has procured 8,000 biometric voter registration (BVR) kits to be used for the June-July registration and elections in December respectively. But the Director of Electoral Services at EC, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, told TV3’s ‘The Key Points’, Saturday, that the Commission is expecting to receive all the kits before the start of the exercise. “Some are already in, others are on their way coming,” he told Abena…

The Member of Parliament for Gushegu in the Northern Region, Dr. Ziblim Iddi has formally written to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on his decision to pull out of the upcoming parliamentary primaries in constituencies with sitting MPs. The primaries originally scheduled for April 25 was postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The NPP set June 20 as the new date for the election following the easing of restrictions on public gathering by President Akufo-Addo on May 31. But Dr. Ziblim Iddi, who is also the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, in a letter dated…

The tight security apparatus that President Akufo-Addo has set up at the country’s ports continue to prove very robust, as the hawkish eyes of the Tema Port security nip a vessel carrying people infected with coronavirus before it would dock. The Formula 1 vessel was intercepted after intelligence confirmed that it had sick people on board. The vessel was bayed and after tests were conducted, four people were confirmed to be carrying the coronavirus.Crew and passengers have since been quarantined.Mr. Daniel Kwame Annang, a businessman, who witnessed the operation by the Tema Port Security told the Ghana News Agency in…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Some countries around the world already recommend or mandate the wearing of face coverings in public. The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead expert on Covid-19, told Reuters news agency the recommendation was for people to wear a “fabric…

Two solid waste landfill sites at Kpone and Asokore Mampong are to be decommissioned and re-engineered by the government as a multi-purpose recreational centre. Waste management giant Zoomlion Ghana Limited through Waste Landfills, to turn the two landfill sites into green recreational facilities. Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, announced when she toured the Kpone Landfill site in in the Greater Accra Region Wednesday. She said the foul and repugnant smell from these sites and the associated health hazards will be a thing of the past when the projects are completed. “As the rains have set…

As part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has begun a nationwide disinfection of mosques across the country. The exercise started Thursday with the disinfection the Madina Central Mosque, Shia Mosque Madina, Al-Aziz Central Mosque, Burma Camp, Ahlul-bait Institute Central Mosque, Alhamadiya Mosque and the Military Barracks Central Mosque. The rest were Anlu Sunnah Mosque, Kardo Mosque – all in Nima and the Police Mosque, Cantonment. It followed an appeal by the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, for the disinfection of all Islamic facilities, including mosques across the country. Partly sponsored by…

Friday’s got to be funky, freaky, fun and fresh; no room for a dull moment at all. More so, now that we all have come under the weight of Covid-19 which has in so many ways limited our physical interactions, we got to sip on something ‘vibely’ at the least leisure time. So yes, music, as always, will be a great handy companion, handier than ever before. Good music is everything! Even better when well mixed, and that’s exactly what one of our finest DJs here at Media General, DJ Jaydee serves you in this package: carefully selected songs mashed…