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Veteran musician Rex Omar has rubbished constant allegations by musician Akosua Adjepong that he is misappropriating funds at the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO). According to Rex Omar who is the GHAMRO Chairman, the musician is ignorant about how things are done at GHAMRO. “Akosua Adjepong speaks from ignorance…and she’s not ready to learn,” Rex Omar said. Rex Omar said this on 3FM’s Showbiz 927 with MzGee while reacting to allegations by Akosua Adjepong that he tried to kill her. According to the veteran musician, he would never attempt to do any such thing, and that he considers Akosua Adjepong…

The chiefs and people of the Avenor traditional area in the Volta Region have backed President Nana Akufo-Addo for a second term. According to the chiefs who constitute the Avenor Traditional Council, Nana Akufo-Addo’s “remarkable achievements have reflected positively on the image of Avenor”. “It is our firm assurance that we support your second term bid,” President of the Council, Torgbui Dorglo Anumah VI told Nana Akufo-Addo Monday when he led a delegation of chiefs and queenmothers to pay a courtesy call on the President at the Jubilee House in Accra. He assured Nana Akufo-Addo that the chiefs and people…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that government will ensure greater local participation in onshore oil drilling once exploration establishes commercial quantities in the Volta basin. Responding to request by a delegation of chiefs from the Avenor Traditional Council to find “wisdom and resources” to drill oil in the area, the President indicated that several studies and steps will have to be taken to establish the volume of oil in the basin before. “Seismic studies and several other studies are in the process of being done. Let’s cross our fingers and hope that at the end of the studies we…

Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog, is claiming that 99 per cent of Ghanaian musicians are not intelligent. In the view of the man who manages dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, these percentage of musicians do not understand critical issues about the industry, especially issues about the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO). He made the comments on Showbiz 927 on 3FM 92.7 with MzGee. Watch the full interview here.  By 3news.com|Ghana

The nominations for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced, with Joker leading the pack with 11 nods. The comic book villain origin story is up for best picture, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, plus eight other awards. The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood follow with 10 nominations each. Britain’s Cynthia Erivo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce and Florence Pugh are all up for acting prizes. Pugh, up for best supporting actress for Little Women, put her first Oscar nomination down to “hard work” and persistence. “You’ve got to keep on going and hopefully…

The Queen has agreed a “period of transition” in which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will spend time in Canada and the UK. She said she is “entirely supportive” of their desire for a new role but “would have preferred” them to remain full-time working royals. She expects final decisions to be made in the coming days, she said. Senior royals have been in talks about Prince Harry and Meghan’s role after they said they wanted to “step back”. In a statement, the Queen said the talks at Sandringham, which also involved the Prince of Wales and the Duke…

The Tano River which supplies water to thousands of people in the Bono and Bono East regions has been poisoned, raising fears of a possible health crisis in the areas. A truck load of acid-based car batteries has leaked into the river which is mainly the source of raw water for the Ghana Water Company treatment plant at Abesim, near Sunyani in the Bono Region. Several aquatic animals in the River, including fishes and crocodiles have been killed by the acid content of the battery which leaked into the river at Techiman-Tanoso, a Techiman-based local reporter with Asta FM, Nana…

Malawi’s Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has asked the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate bribery attempts targeting judges presiding over the presidential elections case. Justice Nyirenda wrote to the bureau that there had been attempts to bribe the five-judge panel that is hearing the petition. ACB director Reyneck Matemba confirmed to several newspapers that the complaint came from the chief justice and said that investigations had started. He told the Daily Times newspaper that the bureau had the names of those involved in the bribery but refused to disclose them. Mr Matemba said the allegations were being looked into urgently…

Asante Kotoko has expressed their displeasure at the shooting incident after their 1-0 defeat against Berekum Chelsea in a match-day three encounter played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi. According to a statement signed by Mr. Kennedy Boakye Ansah, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the club, the club does not endorse hooliganism and were saddened by the actions of some fans during the clash with Chelsea. “We are saddened that, the reaction of some of the disappointed fans after the match led to reprehensible developments including the shooting and injury of an innocent supporter,” the statement said. Kotoko is…

Mind blowing information gathered from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) Secretariat has revealed that the woman who led the caterers of the programme to demonstrate in front of President Akufo-Addo’s Nima residence to demand for full payment of service rendered has been paid long before the demo. Investigations have revealed that the demo leader, Madam Juliana Cudjoe, was allegedly paid to go and do the bidding of the opposition and some top echelons of the GSFP whose activities have come under investigations. Her accomplices, the investigations further revealed, have also been paid. They form part of the group of…