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The TEMA based Rapper, DADIE OPANKA who has been working tirelessly in the Ghanaian Entertainment Industry needs to be recognised in the 2015 VGMA. The #Obiaa_Ne_ne_Taste hit maker "OPANKA " worked very hard on his music carrier and brought a lot of Singles which won a massive airplay on almost all the TV and Fm Stations in Ghana, Africa and other continents in 2015. "Abubruo Nkosua" one of the Most Popular Gospel Song was composed  and Sang by DADIE OPANKA which features the Best Female Gospel Vocalist  "Empress GIFTY OSEI" which is still crying out loud in the airwave of most TV and FM stations in Ghana and Other part of the world. Abubruo Nkosua Qualifes as The BEST GOSPEL Song of the YEAR, the Best Collaboration of the Year and Most of all, Opanka as the Best Gospel Artist of the Year for the incoming VGMA Awards. The uniqueness and the words of his Gospel song #Abubruo_Nkosua has play a vital role in the lives of many people. The song and the person...

Christmas is a hugely popular holiday celebrated by some 2 billion people worldwide. It's become such an ingrained part of modern culture that even people in nations with little or no Christian history or tradition are celebrating it in increasing numbers. Christmas is so big that it plays a key role in the economies of many nations. Christmas is big— very big. Schools and colleges commonly take a week or longer break at this time, some businesses shut down to give their employees time off, many families plan trips and get-togethers, and some people darken the door of a church for perhaps the first time all year. So it's not surprising that when people say to me happy christmas , I get some pretty shocked looks when I tell people I don't celebrate christmas. So what's up with this? Why would anyone not want to celebrate christmas like nearly everybody else? Are there valid reasons for not participating in the media driven christmas. Christmas is driven by commercia...

Happy birthday love, There are no words that can express how much I love you and how happy I am to see you celebrate another birthday. Every year with you is special and I love knowing that you are the owner of my heart. I promise to continue making you happy every day and keep on loving you till the end of my days. May you receive on this day many gifts and many signs of affection. Other gift I have prepared for you, as always, is my heart and all the love that I have for you. Never forget that I love you and that I give it all for you. For seeing you happy I give what I have and what I do not have. Happy Birthday Gift, I love you.

Despite her recent feud with multiple award winning Dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta wale,. Yvonne Nelson the award winning actress just couldn't hide her joy whiles singing to the latest banger in town "Kakai". The award winning actress in a recent interview with Sammy Forson on livefm ,made it clear to the public that, she is very cool with Shatta wale and has nothing against the "kakai " hit maker. The shatta movement Leader is having a great time this year with numerous of hit songs banging all over the country and beyond, don't be surprise to see Shatta wale and Yvonne Nelson performing "Kakai" on stage. - YVONNE NELSON

I was not into dancehall but 'like my thing' by shatta wale made me love dancehall a bit. Lyrics was on point, the voice was spectacular, video was on point. Shatta Wale is very talented and has taken Ghana music to different level. My dad always become happy anytime he sees shatta wale performing and that made me love Shatta. Not all the artiste will love or understand him though but as long as God and his fans got his back, he is safe. I have never come across any musician with loyal fans than Shatta Wale. Dude is blessed seriously. Thanks to all the shatta movement for the love and support. Keep on supporting him. By Festus Anim Ahenkorah. Like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/FEST-BLOG-802512906447101/

Charles Nii popularly known as Shatta wale posted on his facebook wall saying 'he is the dancehall king in ghana and also paved way for other dancehall artiste. There are alot of dancehall artiste also claiming they own the title. Below is what Shatta wale posted on his timeline. 'AND THE MONKEY SAID ,IF YOU WONT PRAISE ME I WILL PRAISE MYSELF..AM THE BEST AND FIRST YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN GH DANCEHALL...I ROSE GH DANCEHALL..DONT ENVY..MOST GH DANCEHALL ARTISTE IN GHANA ARE MY BREED ..WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT ..I SAID IT AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN....NONE A YOU CATS CAN CONTROL ME LIKE A ROBOT BUT YOUR BOSSES CONTROL YOU..YOU CAN HATE TO UNDERSTAND THE FACT BUT THANKS TO GHANA MUSIC AWARDS FOR MAKING THE WORLD KNOW I WAS THE FIRST BEST DANCEHALL ARTISTE TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS..MEDAASE' Well among the dancehall artiste, who really deserves the title?

King Goodwill Zwelithini praised the apartheid era during an event in Nongoma at the weekend. The National Party, he said, had built a powerful government with the strongest economy and army on the continent, but then came "this so-called democracy" in which black people started destroying the gains of the past. The king said history would judge black people harshly as they had failed to build on the successes of the Afrikaner regime. The king was speaking at his kwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in Nongoma on Saturday night during a celebration of his 44 years on the throne. He said black people "loved to use matches" to burn down infrastructure built during apartheid. Delivering a speech which ended just after midnight, the king told hundreds of people packed into a big marquee that he felt lucky that he was born the same year the National Party came to power in 1948. The king's speech came in the wake of a series of anti-government statements made by the...

Is the title for Today's Motivational Message Written by Counselor Adofoli I have lived with babies before; at one moment they want food, at the next they don't want it again. They don't seem to know what they want and parent always decide for them, whether they want or not. But growing up, they begin to make decisions on their own, knowing what they want and what they don't. Strange enough there people who claim they love you today, the next day they are out of love. They get back the next year yet with a different story. They have succeeded in turning your emotions into a switch; they put it on when they want it and turn it off when they don't want it. When asked why, they just they don't know. Only babies don't know what they want. Emotional maturity is one of the requirements of relationships, one has to be decisive. In the last two days, I met with a tertiary student who is a victim of such a relationship. She couldn't eat, sleep or study; just rest...

Women are less prone to memory problems in old age but men are less likely to be affected by disabilities, a study suggests. The amount of time that men spent in a state of 'mild cognitive impairment' increased slightly, scientists from Newcastle and Cambridge Universities found. It contradicts other research which predicts that rates of dementia will increase as people live for longer. However, men's life expectancy has increased more than women's since the 1990s, the research showed. Between 1991 and 2011, the remaining lifespan of women aged 65 in England went up by 3.6 years, and that of men by 4.5 years. While for women the amount of time spent coping with moderate or severe disability had increased by seven months, and with mild disability by 2.5 years, the same trend was not seen in men. Men had only 1.3 more years of mild disability and saw no increase at all in the length of time they were affected by moderate or severe disability. Male Female Brian Wor...

President John Mahama has accused the media of peddling falsehood in their reportage of a recent corruption perception report. Many accounts of the report ranked Ghana as the second most corrupt country in Africa, but according to the president, the reports were misleading as the survey conducted by Transparency International only sought to establish whether corruption in their respective countries was increasing or not. He said, "This report was not an index and did not seek to rank countries in order of perception of corruption as the CPI normally does. The simple and straight forward question that respondents to the survey were asked was how has the level of corruption in your country changed in the past year? Has it increased, decreased or remained the same?" Transparency International last week released a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) rating Ghana as the country with the second highest respondents (about 71 per cent) saying that corruption had increased over the l...

Black Stars captain and all-time top scorer, Asamoah Gyan has given the Black Queens $30,000 for their gold winning feat at the All Africa Games at his grand 30th birthday celebration at his plush mansion christened 'LA Basilica De Baby Jet'. This was to honour a promise Gyan made to queens when he met them in Brazaville as the Stars went to play a friendly game against Congo's national football team to commission their newly constructed 60,000 capacity stadium. asamoah gyan 30th birthday partyIMG-6935 The Shanghai SIPG lynchpin gave the Queens $10,000 in Congo to boost their morale prior to the All Africa games when he realized the girls were ill motivated extrinsically. asamoah gyan 30th birthday partyIMG-6938 Gyan promised to surprise three institutions during his 30th birthday celebration and the Queens have been the first to benefit from his philanthropic gestures.

*Viewpoint You might feel that an apology is in order only if you are responsible for the problem. When I know I'm a hundred percent at fault, it's easy to say "I'm sorry.' But when we both said things we regret, it's difficult. I mean why should I apologize if both of us messed up? You might feel even more justified if you feel that what happened was entirely your spouse's fault. "When you genuinely believe that you haven't done anything wrong," says myself, withholding an apology becomes a way of declaring your innocence." WHAT YOU CAN DO *Focus on your partner. Try to think of a time when someone apologized to you and how good that made you feel. Why not make your partner feels or for the unintended consequences of your actions. Such words can help your partner to heal. *Focus on your relationship. View an apology, not as a defeat for you, but as a victory for your relationship. After all, a person who remains offended is "more ...

A man is a beautiful part of God's creation who starts compromising at a very tender age. He sacrifices his chocolates for his sister. He sacrifices his dreams for just a smile on his parents face. He spends his entire pocket money on buying gifts for the lady he loves just to see her smiling. He sacrifices his full youth for his wife & children by working late at night without any complain. He builds their future by taking loans from banks & repaying them for lifetime. He struggles a lot & still has to bear scolding from his mother, wife & boss. His life finally ends up only by compromising for others' happiness. If he goes out, then he's careless If he stays at home, then he's a lazy If he scolds children, then he's a monster If he doesn't scold, then he's a irresponsible guy If he stops wife from working, then he's an insecure guy If he doesn't stops wife from working, then he's somebody who lives on...

Reggy Rockstone, the new addition to one of the oldest hiplife groups in Ghana, VVIP, says the death threats from Promzy- an old member of the group- offered great interview opportunities for him. The hiplife grandpapa, the man who loves interviews, told Joy FM's Drive Time host Lexis Bill, that the threats though serious, provided a great opportunity to promote himself and the group. In the business of showbiz no bad news is bad news, he stated. Promzy, had threatened to deal with Reggie Rockstone, in a twitter post that went viral. Followers of the group and fans of Reggie Rockstone have since been worried about the threats but the person to whom the threat was made appears unconcerned. "I didn't do anything about it [threats]" he said, adding anytime he received a call from loved ones he ended by telling them to listen to the song they had just released. The group VVIP took its turn on Personality profile Thursday in what was an exciting ride on the Drive Time. V...

A former Deputy Energy Minister, Kobina Tahir Hammond says government is broke and will not be able to settle debts owed gas supplier Nigeria Gas. According to him, government's failure to settle its debts to power producers in Ghana accounts for their inability to clear up debts owed Nigeria gas. "Ghana owes VRA, ECG and other power producers and so how will they be able to pay off debts to Nigeria. Dumsor will indeed continue till government settles its people" he stressed. Nigeria has threatened to reduce the volume of gas it supplies through the 678-kilometre stretch of pipeline to Ghana if it does not get information on how Ghana plans to pay the money. This means that Ghana's power rationing could get worse after Wednesday if government does not deal with a $180-million debt owed gas supplier Nigeria Gas. A former Chief Executive Officer of the national power generator, Volta River Authority, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby who confirmed the issue said Nige...

A Takoradi-based journalist with Aseda FM, Mathew Dadzie has revealed that the press vehicle involved in an accident while conveying some journalists in the Western region was rented by the Western Regional Communications Director of the NDC, Famous Tumi Acquah. The accident, was said to have happened when the journalists were returning from Bameako in the Western Region where the President commissioned a free day Senior High School (SHS). The vehicle was rammed by two other vehicles in a confused traffic situation. A reporter with Accra-based Citi FM, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo is said to be in critical condition at the Kwesimintim hospital in Takoradi, while others sustained minor aches and pains. Government communicators have insisted the Presidency and NDC party knew nothing about the presence of the mediamen covering the president's activities in the region. The Western Region Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Moses Dotse Aklobotu has also claimed the ...

Jorge Beltrao Negromonte was jailed for 23 years for the murder of three young women. Not only did Negromonte kill the women, he also made meat pasties from their flesh. The cannibal, who was a university professor, also ate human flesh, sauteed with onions and oregano, or made the meat into a stew with vegetables. Negromonte, 54, was reported to have butchered one woman in front of her 18-month-old daughter, then fed the toddler pieces of her dead mother for lunch the next day. When confronted with his crime, he said he saw no difference eating human flesh and tucking into some beef. So he stuffed plenty of the former into the pasties known as empadas. He sold them on the streets close to his home in Garanhuns, northern Brazil. According to reports by Daily Record, the serial killer has not savoured the "succulent" taste of human flesh for at least three years. Matt Roper, who was in conversation with the flesh-eater, said that regardless his shaved head and cold sta...

Ace investigative journalist, Ana Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger PI stand the risk of being sued by Ghana Cinematography Board for not submitting their video for preview and classification before premiering it. A Member of the Board, Ken Addy tells Adom News that Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger Eye PI should have submitted the latest video to the board for preview and classification before Tuesday's public viewing. He explained that Act 76 of the Cinematography Act 1961 that regulates film production in Ghana states that all films must be submitted for preview and classification before being shown to the public. He said individuals or personswho flout the law, irrespective of their intentions, must be dealt with by the law. Movie Producer, Socrates Sarfo who first raised the issue on Adom Midday News said the fact that Anas and Tiger Eye PI failed to submit their latest expose to the Cinematography Board for preview and classification before yesterday's public viewing means they ...

Kojo Nkansah Lil Win has dismissed the notion of starring in pornographic movies in the near future as some Ghanaian movie producers are allegedly planning to invest in adult movies. The actor describes himself as unfit for such roles because he believes pornography actors are supposed to be very handsome. Speaking in an interview on Nhyira Fm, the actor said, "There is no ugly guy in those guys we see shooting porn. They use handsome guys for the job so I won't worry myself over this". Lil Win also condemned pornographic movies as a sin in the eyes of God and against the teachings of the Holy Bible.

Veteran highlife star Obouba J. A. Adofo, popularly has taken a swipe at musician Sarkodie, describing him as arrogant, ungrateful and disrespectful, for his recent claim that he "is of age and don't just grant radio interviews." According to the man popularly known as 'Shining Star,' Sarkodie's statement was unfortunate and 'below the belt' which requires an unqualified apology to the media fraternity. In an interview on Adom Entertainment Hall show hosted by Mike '2', the 'Owuo mpaso' hit maker reminded the rapper that he rode on the backs of radio presenters to get to where he is now. "My younger brother Sarkodie's statement was too harsh which is borne out of arrogance and disrespect. I think he should quickly render a sincere apology to the radio presenters since they have given him the hype to make him who he is now", Adofo advised. He attributed the pride and arrogance displayed by today's young artist...