The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has reduced pregnancy-related deaths by 40 per cent in 2022.
The Teaching Hospital recorded 14 maternal losses in 2022, down from 23 in 2021 while neonatal deaths slightly increased from 99 in 2021 to 103 in 2022.
Dr John Tampouri, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hospital, said this at the 2022 Annual Performance Review.
He said there was “a slight decrease” in live births from 1,975 to 1,909.
He said, “we are committed to strengthening our maternal and neonatal healthcare services to improve the outcome for both mother and child.”
The CEO said although deaths recorded at the facility increased from 1,016 to 1,018, it represented a decrease in the death rate from 9.2 to 8.6 per cent and assured: “we are committed to continuously improving our patient outcomes and reducing our mortality rate even further.”
Out-Patient Department attendance for the year under review stood at 194,717, from 158,226 the year before, while admissions also rose from 11,051 to 12,380.
The Teaching Hospital performed a total of 2,489 surgeries in 2022, a sharp rise from 1,856 the prior year.
There were more than 13,000 radiology procedures and over 8,000 ultrasound services provided as general laboratory procedures increased from 90,000 to 108,000.
He said the rise in the number of services rendered showed growing trust and confidence in the community.
The annual review was on the theme: “Translating Our Innovative Tertiary Health Services, Medical Education and Research into Medical/Health Tourism,” and the CEO said the institution most celebrated the increase in staff strength as it reached for the spot as the nation’s top health tourism destination
“One of our key achievements is the growth in our staff strength, which has increased from 1,497 in 2021 to 1,553 in 2022. We have also seen a significant increase in the number of House Officers and Clinical Staff from UHAS, which is a testament to the bonding between UHAS and HTH.
“Despite the increase in the human resource, we have also experienced an increase in attrition and separation from 44 in 2021 to 95 in 2022, and we remain steadfast in our efforts to retain and attract the best talent to deliver the innovative tertiary health care, medical education and research aimed at making the Hospital the medical tourism destination of Ghana,” the CEO stated.
Dr Tampouri said the expansion of partnerships with other healthcare providers and spirited organisations both local and international, helped boost its growth, and would be sustained.
He said a mobile clinic project launched recently was realised through the collaborative efforts of the Anglican Church Diocese and the Rotary Club.
The CEO used the occasion to draw stakeholder attention to the accompanying challenges of accommodation.
“The greatest challenge facing us is inadequate accommodation. Our wards are congested, especially the Accident and Emergency Department. The occupancy rate at the Emergency Department in 2022 was 151.8 per cent even though the average length of stay has decreased drastically to two days compared to five days in 2021.
“Another major worry is that while the staff numbers have increased, the offices remained the same resulting in congestion in most offices including some Directors who share an office with their staff. The issue of infrastructure (service delivery areas, offices, accommodation, and health technologies) is critical to enable us to achieve our medical tourism agenda.
“We want to exert a lot of effort in preparing ourselves for international accreditation programmes such as ISO 15819 and JCI Accreditation to enable the hospital to attract international patients.
To this end we are calling on the Government to create the necessary environment for medical tourism such as appropriate legislation and attractive medical travel environment for clients who wants to visit Ghana for medical/health tourism,” he said.
The review conference was attended by staff and management of the hospital as well as heads of sister facilities from across the country.
Present also was Professor Lydia Aziato, Vice Chancellor of the University for Health, and Allied Sciences (UHAS), who called for more training collaboration and consideration for traditional medicine and non-drug therapies.
Mr Felix Nyanteh, a Member of the Hospital’s Board, who chaired the event, said innovation remained crucial to reaching the sought heights of impact in the lives of humanity.
He delivered a special appreciation form the Board and Management to the Volta Development Forum, the leading advocacy group in the Volta Region, for its contributions to the success of the health facility.
Deserving staff were awarded plaques for their dedication and commitment during the year.
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched an online policy to improve on transparency and accountability into the payment of claims for the service providers and other stakeholders.
Dubbed, “Sunshine Policy,” the amount, date, and period the claims paid covers would be exhibited on the website to ensure that information flow was accurate to defuse misinformation among service providers and other stakeholders.
Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, Chief Executive of the NHIA who launched the policy said it was to address the problem that had been associated with the scheme for the past 20 years where all payments relating to facilities had been shrouded in secrecy between the scheme and the service providers.
He explained that the new policy would also eliminate situations where suppliers of medicines that were given to patients knew not when and how payments were made.
“This is a crucial policy to ensure that anybody dealing with hospitals will know that something is going to them.”
Dr Okoe-Boye said the policy would greatly impact stakeholders’ confidence in the Scheme and promote a congenial relationship among all parties.
“We now have a link on our website where all the players in the health sector have access to what we have paid, when we paid the money to, and for what we paid them,” he added.
He noted that NHIA had published claims payments to its credentialed healthcare facilities in January and February 2023 under the new policy on its website adding that the publication of the claims payments would be made available to the appropriate stakeholders on the website on monthly basis as a mark of keeping faith and staying abreast with all its valued stakeholders.
“The NHIA is working hard to create more efficiencies in its claims management processes and reduce the gap between amounts paid and the period for which claims have been duly submitted and vetted,” he added.
Under the programme, some selected organisations such as the teaching hospitals, regional hospitals, Ghana Health Service, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Ghana Registered Midwives Association, Pharmaceutical Importers and Wholesalers Association of Ghana and other bodies and service providers can easily check and verify when money is paid.
Mr Oswald Essuah-Mensah, NHIS, Ag. Director, Corporate Affairs who took the media through the link on the website said those
Mr. Labram Musah, the National Coordinator for the Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA), has said the passage of the Excise Duty and Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bills will contribute to fostering healthy living in the country.
Hence, the main objective for the passage of the bills should be shifted from mainly revenue generation to Health Promotional Tax to help accelerate the passage of the bills in parliament.
Mr. Mush was speaking at a two-day Roundtable Discussion on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Diabetes and Obesity event organized by the Ministry of Health (MoH) at Aburi in the Akuapim South Municipality.
The event was funded mostly by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the Stroke Association Support Network (SASNET).
The aim was to assemble various stakeholders to agree on an action plan to be implemented to improve the health outcomes of people living with CVD, Diabetes and Obesity.
Mr. Musah, said, a study conducted by the GhNCDA showed, “Obesity is gaining ground in developing countries. 4.5 out of 11 Ghanaian children are obese. Currently, 7 out of 10 Ghanaian adults are obese”.
The influx of cheap, but unhealthy foods and western lifestyles through aggressive food marketing, he noted had led to high consumption of junk foods, sometimes causing food addictions, especially, among children.
Mr. Musah said 30 percent of all school-age children did not eat fruit daily as 44 percent drunk soda every day at the detriment of their health unknowingly.
“We all do it. We buy these drinks for our children to school every day and ignore the consequences of it. If the bill is passed in parliament prices will rise. When prices increase, the demand for it will reduce”, he said.
Mr. Musah, indicated that Ghana would not be the only country to have passed a bill to check the consumption of unhealthy foods as over 80 countries had policies and laws on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB).
He, therefore, appealed to the MoH to support the passage of the Excise Duty and Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bills in parliament to contribute to minimizing the number of recorded cases of the three rising health conditions.
In addition, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Denyoh, the Chairperson-Elect of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Africa Region, appealed to the government to include fruits in the school feeding programme as most children did not eat fruits.
“This looks big, but if we take Akim Oda, where the majority of oranges come from in Ghana, we could include one orange into the school feeding programme per child. If we look at Sunyani, where we have pawpaw, we can include one small pawpaw in school feeding”, she said.
Again, Mrs. Denyoh, said apart from promoting healthy food consumption, the Ghana Education Service must encourage play back into schools to ensure a rise in the activeness of children.
The Port Health in Tema burnt and destroyed 38 containers of unwholesome goods and another 7,643 kilograms of other goods in year 2022, Mr. Raphael Marfo, the Director of Port Health in Tema has said.
The products, which included frozen foods, canned foods, and medicines among others, were destroyed because they might have gone bad, or damaged, upon their arrival in the country according to Mr Marfo, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tema.
He mentioned various methods of destruction, such as burying, crashing, incineration, and mixing the objects with trash.
He added that a total of 17 organizations had their items destroyed, and that the process was observed by Port Health officials, Agents, Security Guards, and other interested parties.
He urged food exporters to always contact the Port Health for an inspection of their products and subsequent issuance of a certificate, noting that the Port Health had the responsibility for ensuring the wholesomeness of food items.
He added that even, “if they had received approval from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), they still needed to contact my organization.”
Mr Marfo revealed that the some exporters who refused to acquire wholesomeness licence from the Port Health authorities, had their food products destroyed once they arrived at their destinations.
He noted that in 2022, his organization disinfected 41 ships, of which 13 were done in the first quarter, 14 in the second, and 12 and 2 respectively in the third and fourth as part of the vector cintrol operations on ships.
The Port Health Director also stated that eight ships received medical chest certificates while a total of 12 ships obtained sanitation certificates during the time.
He clarified that the medical chest certificate was given to a ship following an examination of its hospital to make sure it has all necessary supplies on board in accordance with applicable maritime laws.
He added that if one medication was discovered to have expired, it had to be taken out and replaced before such a certificate could be given.
The Wa West District Hospital at Wechaiu has taken delivery of a Diathermy machine to support the delivery of quality healthcare services to the people in the constituency and beyond.
Superintendent (RTD) Mr Peter Lanchene Toobu, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wa West Constituency, donated the equipment at the request of the Hospital.
The equipment would help facilitate surgical procedures at the facility and improve the well-being of the people in the constituency.
Mr Olinaa Ababaasa, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication Officer for the Wa West Constituency, led a team from the party in the constituency to hand over the machine to the Hospital at Wechiau on behalf of the MP.
He explained that the Hospital made requests for the facility’s improvement and the MP got them the Diathermy machine.
“What moved the MP is the fact that the Hospital does a lot of operations but lacked this special machine to facilitate their work,” he explained.
Mr Abaabasa indicated that the MP had invested over GHȻ100,000.00 into the health sector in the constituency, and said he was committed to doing more.
Dr Emmanuel Frimpong Junior, the Medical Officer of the Wa West District, expressed gratitude to the MP for the support and said the equipment would augment their efforts to serve the people well.
He said the facility had been without essential equipment like the Diathermy Machine over the years, which impeded their efforts to deliver surgical procedures with speed.
Dr Frimpong Jnr, who is also the Clinical Care Coordinator, said the Diathermy Machine was used for coordination of tissues during theater procedures, especially in surgeries where a lot of bleeding is anticipated as it also helps to hasten surgical procedures.
“With the Diathermy, you do not spend much in coagulating vessels; you do not spend time in tying vessels…so a surgery that you would use like 40 minutes to complete, you can do that in 25 to 30 minutes.
Dr Frimpong Jnr expressed his appreciation to the MP and promised to ensure the proper maintenance of the machines.
Mr Joseph Nii Sempe Nyarko, Chief Executive Officer of JN Products, has been honoured by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for his remarkable and selfless service in the fight to contain COVID-19 when it hit the country in 2020.
The Cosmetologist received the Presidential Honour for his distinguished service during the fight with his hand sanitizers.
In his citation, Mr Nyarko was commended for responding positively to the President’s call on local manufacturers to venture into the local production of alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
He was also recognised for his distinguished humanitarian services to the people of Ghana during COVID-19.
The President said the production of his Silky Style Hand Sanitizer” did not only help make hand sanitizers readily available, but it also came at a cheaper price to meet the demand for the product in the country.
The citation read: Following the call by the government for local manufacturing companies to produce hand sanitizers with the assurance of an expedited regulatory approval process by the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), J.N Products Limited responded positively and ventured into the productions of “Silky Style Hand Sanitizer.”
This initiative did not only help make hand sanitizers readily available but also at a cheaper price to meet the demand for the product in the country.
Even though Ghana was initially classified among the African countries with the vulnerability, as well as limited capacity to respond to the viral disease, the ease of accessibility and affordability of hand sanitizers coupled with the other protocols and measures instituted by government and other stakeholders greatly assisted to contain the coronavirus and won the country commendations from the international community.
In recognition of your contribution towards the country’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic, the Republic of Ghana confers on you: J.N. Products Limited, the Presidential award honour of the Republic of Ghana: distinguished service.
Mr Nyarko said he was challenged by this acknowledgement and gesture to do more for the development of the nation.
JN Products manufacture cosmetics, hair products, detergents, and alcohol-based hand sanitizers, which he exports to neighbouring countries
Adobea Mpaninsem mother identified as Akosua Serwaa has revealed the mysteries surrounding the birth of her daughter Adobea who also happens to be her last born.
One question that has been in the mouth of Ghanaians has been why is Adobea at a young age able to speak and talk about stuff that older people are scared to sometimes voice out.
In an interview with her parents, her mother disclosed that her daughter started making or passing some of these comments from age two when they were staying in Tantra Hills a suburb of Accra.
Speaking with Ghpage’s Rashad on his Rash Hour show, her mother revealed that she had some friends whose brother was an old man and Adobea growing up was spending time with them.
She continued that Adobea was always repeating what the old man said and this made her friends sometimes take videos of her.
Adobea’smother revealed that her daughter is a special child because she had her after 18 years of trying to give birth to another child.
According to her, she gave out free clothing to someone in Accra and the person in return told her a year by that time she would be holding another baby and God being so good it came to pass.
She also revealed that on her way to give birth, the driver who took her told her in the car that he wasn’t a human being and that she should take good care of the baby when she delivers.
She also mentioned that she believes Adobea is a blessing sent to her by God himself and she is always grateful for that.
After learning that the groom at the wedding she attended is her husband, a woman reportedly ended up in a hospital.
A Twitter user named @keturah adamu reported the incident and claimed that the woman’s boyfriend had informed her that he was going home to visit his ill mother.
Because of the poor quality of the cellular network in his village, he had warned her that he might not call her as frequently while she was there.
When she went to a wedding on Saturday that a mutual friend had invited her to, she learned that the groom was her boyfriend, who she had assumed was staying in the village with his ill mother.
She reportedly ended up in a hospital, it was learned.
@keturah_adamu wrote:
“My Friend’s Boyfriend called her this morning,To tell her, he would be going to the village to see his sick Mom.And the cellular network is poor, so he might not be able to speak to her for some days.Today being Saturday na, we attended a wedding and na her boyfriend be the groom.We dey Hospital like this…. Men sef, don dey pay back.”
The news of Actress Gloria Sarfo’s private marriage has got netizens talking. Scores of Users are happy for the Ghanaian Screen goddess, while the rest still doesn’t believe that it’s true.
They say since Gloria shared the news on 1st April – primarily termed April Fool’s Day – therefore it is difficult for them to acknowledge, it could be one of those social media pranks to garner attention.
April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes where jokesters often expose their actions the following day.
However, some Social Media gossip after the actress shared cute wedding photos of herself and her husband, dug deep to reveal the identity of the man who has succeeded in becoming the King of Gloria’s heart.
Little is known about the man yet some Social Media gossips claim the man is very rich and owns a chain of income flowing business across the world. Gloria’s husband is a non-Ghanaian rich businessman.
According to these rumourmongers, the man tied the knot with Gloria Sarfo in a private ceremony because the actress opted for that as she dislikes making her marriage public, unlike other female celebs.
Meantime, Congratulations are in order for actress Gloria Sarfo who just announced that she’s tied the knot in a private ceremony.
Basketmouth has refused to respond to claims by his colleague Ayodeji Makun, popularly known as AY that their feud was over a debt of N30,000.
Recall that AY had in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, claimed, “In 2006, Basketmouth usually had multiple wedding gigs on Saturdays’. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, and at a point, leave the venue to catch up in the other venue.
“Now, one of the gigs that I got his endorsement to stand in at that time was N30,000 and 30,000 was everything to me at that time. “Two weeks later, I haven’t seen 30k. and I was starving. I decided to ask for 30K, and he said this person hasn’t paid. It was very funny to discover that the full payment was made before the event.
“One day, I met Basket in the club with a glass of drink, and I said to him, How far, my guy? This thing that happened in 2006 guy drop am. And my dear colleague looked at me eyeball to eyeball and said, I’m a beast. I don’t forgive.”
Reacting to AY’s claims, during his recent show, while cheered on by fans about the incident, Basketmouth said, “To be honest, I don’t want that guy to ever hear from me.”
Afrobeats star, Davido Adeleke known popularly known as Davido has revealed how he landed the ideal name for his new album ‘Timeless’.
Speaking in an interview to promote his album, he said that, record producer, Don Jazzy suggested the title he should give his fourth studio album.
He clarified that Jazzy made the suggestion in his direct message (DM) about a year ago, and he followed it up.
Davido said he almost chose a different album name but eventually settled on ‘Timeless’, as suggested by the Mavin boss.
In his words: “Funny enough, Jazzy actually DMed me like a year ago and suggested that I named my album Timeless. In the end, I changed it like two months ago and changed it back.”
Ghanaian musician,Kwabena Kwabena has revealed for the first time in a public interview that he is back in school to acquire more knowledge.
Speaking on Peace FM’s entertainment review show on Saturday, April 1, 2023, a texter put him on the spot when he revealed that the ‘Adult Music’ hitmaker should be left to go because he had classes to attend later in the day.\
The revelation took many people in the studio by surprise because they were obviously not aware.
When asked if it was true, Kwabena Kwabena confirmed that it was true and added that he was a student at the University for Professional Studies pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Management.
Asked why he decided to go to school at this time, the ‘Tokro’ hitmaker mentioned that he felt it was time to get more theoretical knowledge after he has done a lot of practical things in the last decade as a musician.
Kwabena Kwabena added that he also has the plan to establish a label in the future and manage talents in the music space so he felt that enriching his knowledge was the right thing to do.
Kwabena Kwabena currently has a new album out titled ‘Fa Me Saa’.
Shatta Wale received a warm welcome when he touched down in East African country, Kenya, for a business trip and also to promote his new album, MAALI, released in March.
The Dancehall musician was ambushed by the media who engaged him on the purpose of his visit and plans of working with any of their artistes.
When asked what he loved most about the people of Kenya, the Ghanaian musician gave an answer that got the people laughing.
“I think the Kenyan women, I like them. They look like models, like top models and that is how I see them. I think the boys are a little bad like me,” said Shatta.
Upon further interrogation, Shatta intimated that he wouldn’t mind being in a relationship with a Kenyan woman adding that he is currently not seeing anyone.
“I am single and so I will try and see,” he laughed.
Charterhouse, the organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards have announced a new date for the 2023 edition of the awards.
It was earlier suggested that the event will take place on May 13, 2023, however, in a statement released on Saturday, they confirmed that the 24th edition of music’s biggest night is expected to take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre.
The event will air live across Ghana and across Africa.
The 24th VGMA is produced by Charterhouse, with media partnership from TV3, and proudly brought to you by Vodafone.
Ghanaian actor cum model, Harold Amenyah is finally off the market for eligible bachelors who are celebrities in the country.
The ‘XOXO’ movie star tied the knot with his beautiful fiance called Irene today, April 1, 2023.
The simple but elegant ceremony took place in Accra with very the family of the newlyweds, close friends, and associates in attendance.
Some of the popular faces spotted at the ceremony include that of renowned media personality currently working with Asaase Radio in Accra, Caroline Sampson.
Caroline was the one who shared some of the videos from the ceremony which have been sighted by zionfelix.net.
One would think that this is probably a prank taking into account the date, but from what we gather, the actor and his fiance are not playing any pranks at all.
According to the diminutive actor in an interview with Zionfelix when they sat down in France disclosed he has taken many trips to Europe over the years for vacation and fun times but this time, it is solely for business purposes.
He confirmed that this trip is seeking support for his soccer academy, Dabo Soccer Academy.
Dabo disclosed that over the years he has run the academy single-handedly with his own money but currently, things have become tough for him and as a result, he believes he needs the support of other people.
He went on to indicate that he was looking at creating a partnership with teams and even football academies in Europe so that it will be easier to get teams for his footballers when the time is due.
The ‘Aware Ben Nie’ movie actor also stressed that he wants to be able to create a strong network with teams in Europe so that whenever there is the need to transfer any of his players, the country or team he is moving to will be already known.
Watch Yaw Dabo speak in the interview below for more:
Legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has promised to press a new contempt charge against media personality, Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa alias Afia Schwarzenegger.
According to him, he has evidence to prove that Afia has among other things violated a bond of good behaviour despite being the subject of a charge of contempt by a court.
“I gave her a lot of chance and she is back misbehaving on social media and I have gathered evidence to that effect, I am taking Afia to court for continuous contempt. The court made her sign a bond of good behaviour for three years, I am going to execute the bail bond against her,” Maurice Ampaw told Oman Channel in an interview.
He was speaking after leading one of his clients, a Canadian-based fashion designer to press defamation charges against Kumawood actor, Ogyam who had accused his client of having a sexual relationship with a popular pastor.
Ogyam in a series of YouTube videos accused Abena Boafowaa of sleeping with the founder and leader of the Universal Spiritual Outreach church, Bishop Kwabena Asiamah alias Ajagurajah.
The actor has since recanted all the allegations following the lawsuit brought against him.
In February this year, a Tema High Court fined Afia Schwarzenegger GH¢60,000 in a contempt led by lawyer Maurice Ampaw.
The court additionally imposed GH¢5,000 fine on the social media celebrity, to be paid to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Benard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for defamatory comments against him.
The court further ordered Afia Schwarzenegger, to sign a bond of good behaviour for 36 months and was also ordered not to make any pronouncements or comment on the case during the bond period.
Any breach of the orders, it was said, would result in her appearance before the court.
The fine was imposed after the court granted her prayer to vary 10-day jail term for refusing to appear before the court after Mr Boasiako sued her for contempt.
Ghanaian actor Harold Amenyah and his wife, Irene, dominated social media conversations on April 1, after videos and photos from their customary marriage hit the internet.
Harold’s wife who looked elegant and snatched in a fully beaded kente gown was unfortunately called out for her choice of hair. The bride who comfortably rocked a pixie fringe for her big day ended up being trolled by critics.
Broadcaster, Afia Pokuaa popular known as Vim Lady, has waded into the conversation by defending the actor and his wife.
She implicitly stated that not every man is interested in settling down with a fancy woman. One who is so much invested in buying and wear the best hair extension or clothes or a people-pleaser.
In Afia’s goodwill message to the couple, she wrote: “You marry based on who will be your PEACE and support your GROWTH not who social media likes or who wears the best wigs and fancy dressing.”
Parts of her Facebook message read: “I PRAY that this marriage is blessed to be a testimony to the world @haroldamenyah congratulations to you and wifey.”
Yep – you’ve been reading it right the whole time. Fetri Toto is the new kid on the menu and Ghanaians are having a field day deciding if it should be accepted.
Telande World is a haven for adventurous gastronomists. On this episode of crazy eats, the Ghanaian food maestro paired the gorgeous glutinous mixed vegetable sauce with spicy grilled prawns, squid, Fante Kenkey and of course, kosua ne meko.
Hold on, don’t leave just yet. Let me take you through every savoury bite of Fetri Toto as you imagine it sliding smoothly down your throat.
Growing up, I have always known that Fetri Detsi was of Ewe descent, but I do not know where Telande will choose to place her new creation.
She started by boiling fresh okro in a clean pot of water with a dash of bicarbonate soda over medium heat. Next, she pan-grilled red and green scotch pepper, tomatoes and a piece of stinky fish (momone) until charred.
Then, she transferred smoky vegetables into the asana, grinding them with chopped onions and a few pieces of ginger.
Finally, she added the boiled okro and mashed them all together. You are done!
Your fetri toto is ready to be paired with your favourite protein and side.
Celebrated Ghanaian media personality Deloris Frimpong Manso, well known in showbiz circles as Delay, has flaunted her curves in a recent video she shared on her Instagram account.
She was spotted in the traditional funeral cloth she wore to Chairman Wontumi’s mother’s funeral over the weekend on March 25, 2023.
In the video, she walked into her living room with her back facing the camera and then walked back as she smiled into the camera.
Captioning the post, she hinted that her bum was natural, as well as her curves. She wrote:
Natural Woman
Many Ghanaians in the comment section hailed her for not going under the knife to enhance her physical features.
See the lovely video of Delay showing off her backside.
Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale was spotted travelling to Kenya looking classy in an overcoat and suit.
Details of his outfit
The self-proclaimed dancehall king looked like a gentleman in a deep blue-green double-chested suit with four buttons with two of them to close.
He covered the suit with a black overcoat that was knee-length high. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt that peeped through the suit.
He completed his look with a black pair of shoes and a black cap.
Purpose of trip
According to reports, the ‘On God’ hitmaker travelled to Kenya, where the media met him upon arrival at the airport.
The rushed with their cameras and smartphones to catch a glimpse of the dancehall artiste, while others had the privilege of asking him a few questions.
Below is a video of Shatta Wale leaving Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has thanked jurors who found her not liable for a 2016 ski crash at a resort in the US state of Utah.
Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, had said Ms Paltrow crashed into him, inflicting life-changing injuries.
Mr Sanderson, who was seeking $300,000 (£245,000) in damages, said Thursday’s verdict was “very disappointing”.
Jurors sided with Ms Paltrow, 50, who blamed Mr Sanderson for the accident and countersued for $1 plus legal fees.
Listening to the verdict in court, Ms Paltrow was expressionless, staring straight ahead and appearing to nod slightly. She then walked out.
As she left, she briefly stopped to speak to Mr Sanderson. He later said she told him: “I wish you well.” He replied: “Thank you dear.”
In a statement posted as an Instagram story to her 8.3 million followers, the Oscar winner said: “I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity.”
She said she was pleased with the outcome and thanked the judge and eight-member jury for “their thoughtfulness in handling this case”.
It took the jury three hours of deliberation to unanimously find Mr Sanderson entirely at fault for the incident, and award Ms Paltrow the symbolic sum she had sought.
“This situation was no different and she will continue to stand up for what is right,” he said.
Afterwards Mr Sanderson maintained he was the one hit on the slope and suggested that Ms Paltrow’s star power had helped her in court.
“You get some assumed credibility from being a famous person,” he said. “Really, who wants to take on a celebrity?”
The two-week trial heard from dozens of witnesses with contradictory stories about who crashed into whom.
In Mr Sanderson’s telling, the actress slammed into him on a beginners’ slope at Deer Valley Resort in Park City. Ms Paltrow then skied away while he remained unconscious in the snow with broken ribs, Mr Sanderson said.
The accident left him with life-altering brain trauma, he testified.
On the stand, the Shakespeare in Love and Iron Man star offered an entirely different account.
She said Mr Sanderson had skied directly into her back as she went down the slope with her two children.
“I thought, ‘Is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted? This is really, really strange,’” she said in her testimony.
Mr Sanderson was conscious when she skied away, Paltrow said, and even apologised to her.
Paltrow’s lawyers worked to undermine Mr Sanderson’s claim that his health was ruined by the crash, pointing out a long list of trips he took after the accident to South America, Europe and Morocco.
And they accused Mr Sanderson of trying to exploit their client’s fame, asking about an email he sent to his daughters shortly after the collision, in which he wrote: “I’m famous”.
The case hinged on skiing etiquette, with both parties claiming that they were the downhill skier and therefore had right of way.
But the testimony also contained several inadvertently funny moments, with lawyers asking Ms Paltrow about her height, her fashion, and how close she was with singer Taylor Swift.
There was also a mini-courtroom battle over the provision of a “gift” from Ms Paltrow to court security staff, which was ultimately denied by the judge. One of Ms Paltrow’s security guards later told BBC News that she had wanted to buy them lunch.
And in another exchange, Kristan VanOrman, one of Mr Sanderson’s lawyers, told Ms Paltrow during cross-examination that she was jealous of her height.
Speaking to reporters after the verdict, the lawyer said she was “not starstruck” during the trial. “I have a newfound appreciation for Ms Paltrow if she has to deal with all this [media attention] on a daily basis,” she said.
Mr Sanderson initially tried to sue Ms Paltrow for $3.1m, but that case was dismissed.
When I received the call to make a statement here today, I was initially stunned, then excited, and then really anxious. I asked myself, why me? But then I asked myself, why not me?
I am a veil-wearing Muslim woman from one of the smallest regions in Ghana; the Upper West, among one of the smallest ethnic groups in the country, the Wala. In many ways, I am a minority of a minority. In many spaces I’ve been in, I am often the exception and hardly the norm.
But that has never held me back. The more down the ladder I appear to be, the higher up the ladder I have always aspired to reach. I became one of the first from my immediate family to attain a university education and one of the first, or perhaps, the only woman from my community to have had a primetime voice on radio and television. My exposure and impact helped inspire many young women, particularly, Muslim girls across the country to pursue a career in media and journalism.
I have worked on many development projects to empower marginalised and underrepresented communities and am currently, a founding member of the Alliance for Women in Media Africa, inspired by a similar organisation in the US. Our young dynamic group of media women are working to advance the welfare and visibility of women in media and ensure that the voices, stories and images of African women and girls are equitably represented.
These examples are not cited to wallow in whatever modest successes I may have achieved, but to demonstrate how far I have come, from how far back I am coming from. I may have walked a few steps up to this platform today, but my journey, like the journey of several others, goes many steps back across multiple generations within many spaces, too numerous to mention.
But let me at least mention my maternal grandmother Alima, an enterprising generous woman who did not have any formal education but encouraged in her daughter an appetite for learning and put her in school. Let me talk about my mother, Hajia Rahmat, who after numerous domestic chores at home had to go out to sell food before she could go to school. She was often late, but she kept going.
My mother says she often walked barefoot to school under the hot sun which will make the ground heat up and burn the soles of her feet. When it became too hot, she would find a patch of grass for a moment’s respite. But she kept going. She became the first woman within her immediate family to attain higher education by progressing to the training college and becoming a teacher and a headmistress. And dare I say she could have gone even further, but she sacrificed her dreams at some point to stay at home to raise her children.
It is because my mother walked for her dreams that today I can run for mine and tomorrow my two daughters will fly for their dreams. That is how progress is made; inch by inch, generation by generation. We keep hitting at it until we completely shatter our glass ceilings. Daughters are the dreams come true of their mothers, and mothers are the greatest hopes for their daughters.
But this is not just a story about mothers and daughters and the power of education to transform, it is also a story about Ghana, about Africa. As a continent that ranks low in many development indices, as we make our way up the ladder for better representation of women, better healthcare, better education, better infrastructure, and better employment, amongst others, the journey up can be daunting with many reasons to despair. Some young Africans may feel that their economic salvation lies elsewhere across the Sahara, beyond the Mediterranean. But no matter how hot the ground gets beneath our feet, the solution is not across but within. We just have to keep going. We have to keep putting in the work. And generation by generation, we will shatter the ceiling for Africa’s economic prosperity.
To attain the Africa We Want, we must embrace our diversity. One important lesson I learnt early on is the value of community and inclusion. My dear father Mr Ismail Muslim was one of the earliest young men to leave his hometown up in the North to set up a base in the capital down south. He found success early, established a home here and opened up his doors to his community. I grew up not only with my siblings but with aunties, uncles, cousins and close and distant relatives. Our house was a gateway for a whole generation. I learnt the values of service, diversity and inclusion early. My father showed me that you indeed rise by lifting others. And that is a lesson my husband and I are teaching our two sons—and our daughters too.
Africa as the most diverse continent in the world, more than anywhere else, must uphold the value of inclusion. We are so fragmented in nations, ethnicities, gender, class and others that unless we work honestly together for the common good, we cannot lift ourselves and our continent. And in lifting ourselves up, we cannot count our success by the very few who reach the top, but by the many who leave the bottom.
To make progress in Africa, we acknowledge that we have to forge meaningful partnerships. In 2010, I had the rare privilege of being amongst the very first cohort of President Obama’s YALI programme. At the Whitehouse, I was lucky enough to be spotted by him to ask a question. I asked whether it was possible to have a true partnership between a superpower like America and a developing country like Ghana. Obama believed that such a partnership was possible because we have many aligning interests.
Over the years, I have reflected on and refined my question even further. Would America, or the developed world, still be interested in Africa without its natural resources?
Much as this is an important question for our partners to reflect on, it is an even more important question for us in Africa to answer. How else can we maximize the benefits of our natural resources and what new value can we harness the energies and innovations of our young people to create to benefit our people and the world? We must begin to reflect on and act for An Africa Beyond Natural Resources.
And it is gratifying to note that there are many young Africans already working to create value across creative and digital spaces, and others. And in so doing, expanding opportunities as well as solving critical problems in their economies.
Examples abound like Miishe Addy, co-founder of startup logistics powerhouse Jetstream; Maya Famodou working in the venture capital space to inject resources into innovative African Startup; Ama Asantewaa of Black Girls Glow focusing on creating safe spaces for creatives go grow; Mahmoud Jajah of Zongo Innovation Hub training young people in predominantly underserved Muslim communities to become software developers and tech entrepreneurs. Young Africans are putting in the work.
It will be important to acknowledge some support they are already receiving. For instance, the US government is investing USD 350 million in the Digital Transformation with Africa programme to create a transformative ecosystem for technology entrepreneurship. In my part of the country, the USAID Sustainable Shea Initiative is empowering over 400,000 women across Northern Ghana for economic and social impact through the shea industry. We look forward to the sustainable impact of such programmes.
We call on African governments to commit to passing affirmative action policies to help bridge the gender and diversity divide. And to treat with the utmost urgency the need to open up major opportunities for Africa’s ballooning youth population.
In 2011, I had the privilege of meeting Michelle Obama at a forum for young African women leaders in South Africa. She spoke about the need for women to step up and own the spaces they occupy. My life’s journey has been about owning the spaces I occupy. And where those spaces do not exist, to create them. Today I call on all women and youth of Africa to step up and own your space because why not you?
I feel honoured today to share this stage, this space, with a phenomenal woman who has not only stepped up to own her space but is actually rocking it. The highest-ranking female official in the United States who has had her fair share of “firsts” and broken several glass ceilings on her way to the top. It is a delight to welcome Vice President Kamala Harristo Ghana, the Center of the World, the black star rising. Martin Luther King Jnr, Malcolm X and Maya Angelou were here. Clinton, Bush and Obama were all here. And now it is her turn. I believe we can all affectionately say… AbenaKamala, you made it.
Popular Fashion icon Osebo The Zaraman has revealed that his biggest regret in life is a fashion statement that he made over 25 years ago – piercing his ears.
In an exclusive interview with Onua FM’s Felicia Osei, the Ghanaian fashionista opened up about the decision he made while he was in Europe in 1995.
Osebo, who was a DJ at the time, admitted that he had pierced his ears to connect with his audience and to match up to the extravagant club lifestyle that he was living at the time. However, the fashion mogul has now revealed that he deeply regrets the decision, stating that it was a mistake that he wished he could undo.
The fashionista went on to say that he had decided to do away with the piercing in 1999 after receiving advice from a cab driver. Osebo also revealed that he had been stereotyped because of his look, which had a negative impact on his personal and professional life.
If I ever get the chance, I’ll close the hole but its not possible, he added.
Many Ghanaians reacted to his statements saying that his regret over the ear piercing showed that even the most iconic figures in the fashion industry and entertainment world have moments of self-doubt and regret.
Ghanaians Sympathise With Osebo
oppongagyeisandra said:
Hmmmm my bro too has regretted same
oppong.racheal wrote:
I really admire him from afar
Kojorichard reacted:
Even the biggest icons have regrets. I feel your pain Osebo
Davido has confirmed that works are underway for the release of a joint album with his colleague, Wizkid. The collaboration will witness the Nigerian superstars touring the world and mounting big stages together in years.
On the account of Davido who just released this ‘Timeless’ album, Wizkid showered concern through his grieving period by checking up on him almost every week.
“Dude literally calls me every week and checks on me. Shout out to Wiz,” Davido disclosed on The Beats FM in Lagos.
Music lovers reacting to the latest revelation, congratulated both parties for smoking the peace pipe and agreeing to once again collaborate on a song.
Wizkid also received accolades from social media users for offering his colleague a shoulder to cry on following the demise of his son in October 2022.
Davido hinted that 2024 will be dedicated to their joint tour after his solo tour this year.
“I’d be lying to you if I tell you that is not in the talks. It’s looking like next year, we’re going on tour. I have to do mine this year, the Timeless album…I think me and Wiz are probably going to drop a record and promote, probably go on tour,” he announced.
A Nigerian lady caused quite a stir at a birthday bash in Accra when she sprayed a large number of GH¢5 notes on Ghanaian dancehall star, Stonebwoy, during a performance on Friday, March 31, 2023.
Stonebwoy was performing his popular hit single, ‘Ever Lasting’, when the woman, whose identity remains unknown, showered him with wads of cash. The audience was elated and sang along with the musician.
The incident was caught on camera and quickly spread across social media platforms, with people expressing their views on the matter.
While some praised the woman for her act of generosity and display of wealth, others were left surprised and taken aback by the spectacle. They expressed concern at how cedi notes were carelessly thrown about at events.
Others also questioned the propriety of such displays in a country where many struggle to make ends meet. YEN.com.gh captured some interesting reactions from Ghanaians.
Nigerian Lady Spraying Cash On Stonebwoy Causes Stir
myz_atogwine wrote:
It will not work in Jesus name. We are happily married. allow me to be emotional abt this Abee no one shud comment rubbish
maxx_ass commented:
Can somebody tell this Naija people we don’t do such a thing in Ghana. Our cedis is not valueless like Naira
franco_kay said:
What’s this craze with disrespecting money like that? Africans are something else. smdh
Actress and media personality, Nana Ama McBrown, was just one of the numerous celebrities who stormed the premises of Media General today to attend the Onua Grand Durbar.
Onua TV held a grand durbar today to celebrate and highlight Ghanaian culture. It was the culmination of the month of March which was celebrated all over the country as ‘Ghana month’.
Numerous celebrities stormed the venue including the aforementioned McBrown, veteran singers Akosua Agyapong and Gyadu Blay Ambolley, Felicia Osei, Ajagurajah and many others.
Beautiful videos from the event have hit social media, showing performances from the musicians such as Akosua Agyapong, Gyadu Blay and King Ayisoba.
Beautiful Ghanaian songstress and entrepreneur, Hajia4Real has advised potential suitors who have the intention of settling down with a lady from Tamale, the capital city of the Northern Region, should buy 20 cows.
According to the singer and model, ladies from Tamale are not cheap, hence, the reason why you must buy 20 cows as the bride price before the lady’s parents will give their consent or give their daughter’s hand in marriage.
This she claims in a recent interview with Doreen Avio on Joy Prime.
Mona Faiz Montrage as she is known in real life has received multiple backlashes from netizens, especially the indigenes of Tamale, where she also hails from.
The majority of them have discredited the claim, adding that she should have just been honest enough to tell the host that she didn’t know instead of feeding her and the general public with distorted information.
The biological mother of Tiktoker Ahuofehas granted an exclusive interview with Ghpage for the very first time after her son’s shocking demise.
According to the mourning mother, contrary to the widespread speculations that her son was a hardened criminal and gangster, he was a very calm and collected person who tried his possible best to stay out of trouble.
In the course of the interview, the mother dismissed the reports that her son passed away from a drug overdose.
Although she admitted that Ahuofe took in alcohol on some occasions, however, he wasn’t a habitual drunker nor did he use narcotic drugs.
The mother also revealed that her son was sick for a while before he passed on at the hospital.
She also disclosed that her late son was her third child and he passed away at age 30.
Watch the video below to know more…
The comic social media sensation was reported dead on 30th March 2023.
Following the virality of the sad news, scores of Ghanaians who are very active on social media took to the internet to mourn the late Tikoker
Netizens are still in shock over the death of TikTok star Ahoufe who died a few days ago after being sick for some time.
Following his death, a blogger came out to state that he was poisoned and this was revealed to him by his manager who is his best friend.
Well, Ghpage TV has granted an exclusive interview with the manager of Ahoufe identified as TB who has revealed the truth surrounding the death of the popular Tiktoker who was also known as Ahoufe 2Pac.
Speaking with Akosua of GhPage TV, the manager revealed that comments on social media that Ahoufe was doing drugs and smoking were untrue adding that those were just mere speculations from people who didn’t know him.
According to him, Ahoufe was a quiet person in real life and the life he lived on social media was completely different from what people knew him for but was however quick to add that the late superstar used to drink but not always.
A Nigerian businessman has admonished women who spend lavishly on items that do not add value to their life or improve their standard of living.
In a video shared to TikTok, the man who is a hair dealer identified as @ziomsge advised women against spending heavily on human hair extensions if they do not own at least two plots of land.
According to him, women without landed properties to their name should eschew wearing expensive wigs and rather invest in assets.
He encouraged them to focus on acquiring appreciable assets or starting a sustainable business that would yield returns in multiple folds.
Speaking further, the businessman stated that material possessions do not determine a person’s worth, and advised women to stop viewing human hair as a status symbol.
“I say this everytime. You have no business owning a hair worth N200k if you don’t have at least 2 plots of land to your name”, he said in part.
A Nigerian woman and her husband are currently the happiest couples on earth right now as they have welcomed a set of quintuplets after nine years of marriage.
Yes, you read right! – five healthy babies in one pregnancy delivery.
Mrs. Chidimma Amaechi has been married for nine years without a child.
But when God decided to bless her with the seed of the womb, he did not only give her one, not two, not three, not even four, but five healthy babies.
The quintuplets, comprising three boys and two girls, were delivered at Trinity hospital Awka, Anambra state on Thursday, March 30.
After the news broke, friends and family who could not contain their joy trooped to social media to congratulate the couple.
A Facebook user named Nzubechi Elizabeth wrote: “God is gracious. A woman by the name Chidimma Amaechi just delivered five(quinduplet) children at Trinity hospital Awka, anambra state. Miracle no dey tire jesus. After nine years of waiting. Jesus igweeeeeeeeeee”.
Another Facebook user, Nnamani Nicky Ginika wrote:
“Big congratulations to u dearie Chidimma Amaechi. The Lord has shown you mercy after 9 years of waiting. To everywoman trusting God for the fruit of the womb..the Lord will remember you in this way..Amen”.
A third user Onyinye Peace wrote:
“DIS GOD IS TOO MUCH AFTER 9 YEARS WAITING GOD WIPE HER TEARS AWAY WITH 5 AMAZING CHILDREN 3 ARMY OFFICER AND TWO AMAZING BEAUTIFUL MODELS IT CAN ONLY B GOD CONGRATULATIONS Chidimma Amaechi. 9 years of waiting. 9 years of delay. 9 years of weeping. 9 years of sleepless nights. 9 years of mockery. 9 years of shame ended. To all awaiting mother’s the God who took away away my shame shall visit you and give you this kind of blessings.”
Nigerian singer David Adeleke widely known by his stage name Davido, has spoken about the people who have passed away in his life.
In an interview with radio presenter Tosan Wiltshire on Beat 99.9 FM, the singer revealed that he has dedicated a song off his ‘Timeless’ album to people who have passed away in his life including his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.
Davido spoke about the grief he has experienced and mentioned that the song ‘Legends Can Never Die (LCND)’ which is on the ‘Timeless’ album was written as a result of his admittance that even if they aren’t physically present with him anymore, he still feels their spiritual presence all around him.
He said, “Everybody knows that I lost my mother at 10. Losing my best friend and my bodyguard in one to two years, and then losing a child and all that together.
“I don’t think the song is really being sad. I just feel like since I have lost all of them, I don’t want to really feel like they have left me spiritually. I still have them around me a kind of. They were all legends. So that’s why I say that a legend never dies.”
Musical artistry is a delicate blessing to the possessors as well as its consumers. Ghana’s music research hub, Remedi Entertainment, with the experience assembled over the years, has put together this outcome after a thoroughly scrutinized research in the musical works released in the year under review.
Remedi Entertainment is fronting once more as we present the findings from our research, which was done using a mixed method approach by our staff, contributors and other agents spanning from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. All relevant factors were considered during this exercise, leaving no stone unturned.
As an autonomous entertainment research body, impartiality and pragmatism is our hallmark to ensure our contributions to the development of Ghanaian music in Ghana, Europe and around the globe.
See the nominations below
GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Kadosh – Joe Mettle 2. Waye Me Yie – Piesie Esther 3. Hewale Lala – Perez Musik 4. Final Say Medley – Celestine Donkor 5. Osoro Abue – Emelia Arthur 6. Mala – MOG Music 7. My Meditations – Diana Hamilton 8. Best Side – Scott Evans 9. This Far – Ewura Abena 10. Matwen Awurade Remix – Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Rev George Owusu Mensah 11. Tegbe Tegbe – Bethel Revival Choir ft Edwin Dadson
HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Scarface – Medikal 2. Obiaa Boa – Amerado 3. Country Side – Sarkodie ft Black Sherif 4. Don’t Judge Me – Eno Barony ft Dee Wills 5. Kweku The Traveler – Black Sherif 6. Asouden – Yaw Tog 7. Chairman – Kweku Smoke ft Bosum P-Yung & Yaw Tog 8. Ayele – EL 9. Goated – Strongman 10. Benzo – Malcolm Nuna 11. 5th August 6 – Lyrical Joe
HIPLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Labadi – Sarkodie ft King Promise 2. Friday Night – Lasmid 3. Grace – Amerado ft Lasmid 4. Superman – Lyrical Joe ft Mr Drew 5. Ewiase – Kweku Flick 6. Pressure – Kwame Nut 7. Baabi Awu – Kweku Darlington 8. Life – Keche
HIGH LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Kwabena Kwabena 2. Kwaisey Pee 3. Kuami Eugene 4. Akwaboah 5. Bisa K. Dei 6. Kofi Kinaata 7. Fameye 8. Daddy Lumba 9. Quarme Zaggy
HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Atia – Epixode 2. Down Flat – Kelvin Boy 3. Fingers – Kwabena Kwabena 4. Ofon Na Edi Asem Fo – Daddy Lumba 5. Ayele – Kwaisey Pee 6. Wo Pe W’adie Ay3 – Akwaboah 7. 2AM – Fameye 8. Galamsey – Quarme Zaggy 9. Have Mercy – Kofi Kinaata
AFRO BEATS / AFRO POP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Kelvyn Boy 2. Camidoh 3. King Promise 4. Kidi 5. Mr Drew 6. Wendy Shay 7. DJ Azonto 8. R2Bees 9. Gyakie
1. Kumi Obuobisa – Sarki – Kirani Ayat 2. Andrew Kumi – Afraid To Lose You – Kwabena Kwabena 3. Awudu Musa – Konongo Zongo – Black Sherif 4. Prince Dovlo – Shika – Abiana 5. Labi – Gidigba – Stonebwoy 6. Kofi Awuah – Balling – Kofi Jamar 7. Skyweb – Waye Me Yie – Piesie Esther 8. Andy Madjitey – Something – Gyakie 9. Skyweb – Woye Odo – Prophet Joseph Atarah ft Piesie Esther 10. Snares Films – Prayer – Vanilla
GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Joe Mettle 2. Bethel Revival Choir 3. Diana Hamilton 4. Piesie Esther 5. MOG Music 6. Celestine Donkor 7. Scott Evans 8. Kofi Owusu Peprah 9. Perez Musik
HIP LIFE / HIP HOP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Amerado 2. Sarkodie 3. Medikal 4. Lyrical Joe 5. Lasmid 6. Kweku Flick 7. Black Sheriff 8. DopeNation 9. Eno Barony
BEST MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
1. King Promise – Labadi 2. Perez Musik – Hewale Lala 3. Kuami Eugene – Single 4. Kidi – Champagne 5. Camidoh – SugarCane Remix 6. Joe Mettle – Kadosh 7. MOG Music – Mala 8. Kyei Mensah – Nothing Too Hard 9. Akwaboah – Wo Pe W’adie Ay3 10. Papa Owura – My Testimonies 11. Kwabena Kwabena – Afraid to lose you 12. Kwaisey Pee – Ayele
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
1. Abiana – Shika 2. Cina Soul – Waiting 3. Celestine Donkor – Self Existing God 4. Ceccy Twum – Gye Wayeyi 5. Adina – Adidede 6. Niiella – Nothing’s Too Hard 7. Piesie Esther – Waye Me Yie 8. Ewura Abena – This Far 9. Diana Hamilton – My Meditations 10. Ateaa Tina – Fa Ma Me 11. Rose Adjei – Ne Mmre 12. Amy Newman – I’m Redeemed 13. Sista Afia – Woman
AFROPOP/AFROBEAT SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Jo – FBS ft Mr. Drew 2. Champagne – Kidi 3. Fa No Fom- DJ Azonto 4. Single – Kuami Eugene 5. Sugar Cane Remix – Camidoh ft King Promise, Mayorkun & Darkoo 6. Gboza – DopeNation 7. Something – Gyakie 8. 10 Toes – King Promise 9. Gidigba- Stonebwoy 10. JJC – Shatta Wale 11. Thank You – Fameye 12. Body 2 Body – DJ Vyrusky ft Kidi & Camidoh 13. Survivor – Wendy Shay 14. Balance It Remix – D Jay ft Mr Eazi
NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Lasmid 2. DJ Azonto 3. Malcolm Nuna 4. Prophet Joseph Atarah 5. Mama Boat 6. Vanilla 7. D Jay 8. Chief One 9. Kwame Nut 10. Jayana
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Sarkodie 2. Piesie Esther 3. Black Sheriff 4. Stonebwoy 5. Shatta Wale 6. Joe Mettle 7. MOG music 8. Kidi 9. Camidoh 10. Gyakie
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
1. Perez Musik – Hewale Lala 2. Piesie Esther – Waye Me Yie 3. Diana Hamilton- My Mediations 4. Amerado – Grace ft Lasmid 5. Abiana – Shika 6. Darkovibes – Comforter 7. Black Sherif – Oh Paradise 8. Samini – Be Alright 9. Kwabena Kwabena – Fa Me saa 10. Fameye – Thank You 11. Kofi Kinaata – Have Mercy 12. Mz Kiki – Destiny 13. KDM- Sin 14. Ewura Abena – This Far 15. Kweysi Swat – Oh Bibini
1. Sarkodie ft Black Sherif – Country Side 2. Amerado ft Lasmid – Grace 3. Camidoh ft Kingh Promise, Mayorkun & Darkoo – SugarCane Remix 4. FBS ft Mr. Drew – Jo 5. Bethel Revival Choir ft Edwin Dadson- Tegbe Tegbe 6. R2Bees ft Gyakie – Need Your Love 7. Daakyehene ft Diana Hamilton- Can’t Forget 8. Abena Serwaa Ophelia ft Ceccy Twum & Efe Grace – Womfa Ma No 9. DJ Vyrusky ft Kidi & Camidoh- Body 2 Body 10. Epixode ft Kwabena Kwabena – Atia Remix (High Life) 11. Reliable God – Mama Boat ft Papa Owura 12. Matwen Awurade Remix – Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Rev George Owusu Mensah
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
1. Camidoh ft Mayorkun, Darkoo & King Promise – Sugar Cane Remix 2. Celestine Donkor ft Mercy Masika – They That Wait 3. Gyakie ft Davido – Flame 4. Sarkodie ft Oxlade -She Bad 5. Celestine Donkor ft Joel Lwaga – Praise Him 6. King Promise ft Omah Lay – 10 Toes 7. Kidi ft Tulsi Kumar – Shut up 8. Kidi ft Mavado – Blessed 9. Frank Naro ft Goya Menor-I Like It 10. Balance it remix – D Jay ft Mr Eazi
REGGAE / DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Blessed – Kidi ft Mavado 2. Be Alright – Samini 3. Atia – Epixode 4. 3, 3 & 1 – Ras Kuuku 5. Whine – Gyakie 6. On God – Shatta Wale 7. Neva Bow Down – Rocky Dawuni ft Blvk H3ro 8. Oh Bibini – Kweysi Swat 9. Destiny – MzKiki ft XLNC
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. Jamz – Sarkodie 2. The Villian I Never Was – Black Sheriff 3. The Kadosh – Joe Mettle 4. Songs of Peter – Fameye 5. 5 Star – King Promise 6. Fa Me Saa – Kwabena Kwabena 7. G.I.N.A – Amerado
SONG OF THE YEAR
1. County Side – Sarkodie ft Black Sherif 2. Friday Night – Lasmid 3. Champagne – Kidi 4. Waye Me Yie – Piesie Esther 5. Gboza – DopeNation 6. Fano Fom – DJ Azonto 7. Hewale Lala – Perez Musik 8. Single – Kuami Eugene 9. Down Flat – Kelvyn Boy 10. Kadosh – Joe Mettle 11. SugarCane Remix – Camidoh ft Kingh Promise, MayorKun & Darkoo 12. Something – Gyakie 13. On God – Shatta Wale 14. Kweku The Traveler – Black Sherif 15. Balance It Remix – D Jay ft Mr Eazi
1. Atia – Epixode ft Kwabena Kwabena 2. Hewale Lala – Perez Musik 3. Therapy – Stonebwoy 4. Be Alright – Samini 5. Afraid To Lose You – Kwabena Kwabena 6. I Trust In You – Joe Mettle 7. Nobody – MOG Music 8. Testimonies – Papa Owura 9. Praise Him – Celestine Donkor 10. Kadosh – Joe Mettle 11. Tegbe Tegbe – Bethel Revival Choir ft Edwin Dadson
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
1. Francis Osei – Be Alright – Samini 2. Kwame Yeboah – Afraid To Lose You – Kwabena Kwabena 3. Nacee- W’aye Me Yie – Piesie Esther 4. Sponkeys – Hewale Lala – Perez Musik 5. Phantom – SugarCane Remix – Camidoh ft. King Promise, Mayorkun, Darkoo 6. Joe Mettle & Love Gift – Kadosh – Joe Mettle 7. Junior Boateng – Mala – MOG Music 8. Dwayne Chin-Quee – Therapy – Stonebwoy 9. Henry Datsomor – Tegbe Tegbe – Bethel Revival Choir 10. Two Bars – Everyday – Kofi Kinaata 11. Gomez – Atia – Epixode 12. Abochi – Fano Fom – DJ Azonto
SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
1. Gomez Beatz – Atia by Epixode 2. Perez Musik – Hewale Lala by Perez Musik 3. Dwayne Chin-Quee – Therapy by Stonebwoy 4. Francis Osei – Be Alright by Samini 5. Kwame Yeboah – Afraid To Lose You by Kwabena Kwabena 6. Joe Mettle & Love Gift – Great Jehovah by Joe Mettle
7. Papa Owura – My Testimonies by Papa Owura 8. Joe Amoah – Praise Him by Celestine Donkor 9. Kaywa & Dan Shike – Mala by MOG music 10.Nacee & UBeat- Piesie Esther – W’aye Me Yie
DIASPORA CATEGORIES
The art of music is an exquisite blessing that has no measure. Ghana music’s leading research facility, Remedi Entertainment, with the experience gathered in recent times, has put together these results after an in-depth research in the musical works of Ghanaian artistes released in Europe in the year under review.
Remedi Entertainment presents the research outcome of a mixed method approach by our staff, contributors and other agents spanning from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. All critical elements were taken into consideration during the research exercise of this cherished award scheme.
As an autonomous entertainment research body, we had to comb the whole of Europe music space to come up with this impartial fact-finding result as part of our contributions to the development of Ghanaian music in Ghana, Europe and around the world.
BEST DISC JOCKEY AWARD
1. DJ Fiifi 2. DJ Amofa 3. DJ TQue 4. DJ Invisible 5. DJ Kobi 6. DJ Arana 7. DJ Slim 8. DJ Big Joe
GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Maa Fausty 2. Bra Collins 3. Millicent Yankey 4. Maa U 5. Melody Frempong 6. Yaw Boateng 7. Rosey Musiq 8. Cee 9. Bernice Panford 10. Obaahemaa Gladys 11. Herty Corgie 12. Royal Mama 13. Mz Nana 14. Nii Addo
GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Power – Rosey Musiq 2. Use Me – Bra Collins ft Rosey Musiq 3. Mo Ne Yo – Martha Brako 4. Run To Jesus – Melody Frempong 5. Agyenkwa Hene – Samuel Sey ft Efe Grace 6. Otonko – Tonton Sammy 7. Mogya No Akasa – Bernice Panford 8. Anidasoo Nsaa ye – Nana Amankwah Tiah 9. El Shaddai – Herty Corgie 10. Teach Me Lord – Cee ft Nii Addo 11. You Reign – Nii Addo
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
1. Power – Rosey Musiq 2. Aseda – Melody Frempong 3. Hyira Me – Danny Lampo ft Dope Nation 4. So Much Love – Black Kat ft Kwabena Kwabena 5. Use Me – Bra Collins ft Rosey Musiq 6. Baby You Love Me – Jo-Z 7. El Shaddai – Herty Corgie 8. Agyenkwa Hene – Samuel Sey ft Efe Grace 9. Boys For Blow – Kingsley Rymz ft Ephraim & Linchi
REGGAE/DANCEHALL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Loso Ranking 2. Ras Amankwatia 3. Shegah 4. Goon Maan 5. Danny Lampo
AFROBEAT ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Atumpan 2. Anda De Rida 3. Jay Baba 4. DayVybz 5. Danny Lampo 6. Yaw Bossman 7. Marco Lowrey 8. Kuame Sucre 9. Jay Hover 10. Jamin Beatz 11. Kay Bryn
HIGHLIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Jo-Z 2. Koffi Nyat 3. Paparoo 4. Kin Frenzee 5. Kobbinick 6. Charles Kalah 7. Nana Kwabena Sunkwa 8. K Kusi
1. Alex Acheampong 2. Cilla Asa 3. Minister Kofi Nyarko 4. Ruth Appiagyei 5. Samuel Sey 6. Alice Mckenzie 7. Daniel Appiah-Adu 8. Yvonne Asamoah Tawiah 9. Joseph Mathew 10. Elijah De Worshipper
GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
1. It Won’t Be Long – Alex Acheampong 2. Lift Jesus Higher – Cilla Asa 3. Aseda – Minister Kofi Nyarko ft. Nacee 4. You Alone – Alice McKenzie 5. Child of God – Ruth Appiagyei 6. Give Me Rest – Yvonne Asamoah-Tawiah 7. Nkunim – Akubless 8. Moko B3 (None Like You) – Joe Branfo 9. We Lift You Up – Justice Odoi 10. Faith – Trudy Music ft Kofi Sarpong 11. I Have A God – Daniel Appiah-Adu 12. Obiara Nte Se Wo – Augustine Aboagye 13. Be Still – Edward Amponsah
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
1. Alex Acheampong – It Won’t Be Long 2. Minister Kofi Nyarko – Aseda ft. Nacee 3. Daniel Appiah-Adu – I Have A God 4. Joe Branfo – Moko B3 (None Like You) 5. Justice Odoi – We Lift You Up 6. Edward Amponsah – Be Still 7. Augustine Aboagye – Obiara Nte Se Wo 8. Francis Armah – No One Else 9. KK Mensah – Me Mmre nie
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
1. Trudy Music – Faith 2. Cilla Asa – Lift Jesus Higher 3. Ruth Appiagyei – Child Of God 4. Yvonne Asamoah-Tawiah – Give Me Rest 5. Akubless – Nkunim
AFRO POP/BEAT SONG OF THE YEAR
1. You Are My Everything – Charles Kalah 2. No other – Eugy 3. Party Dey – Fresh Andy 4. Portion – Drumz 5. Inside Me – Kwamz 6. Kumasi – Br3nya 7. Kokooko – Bakilla 8. Do You Mind – Kojo Funds 9. Don’t Rush – Ghetto Boy 10. Wosop – Rebbel Ashes ft Jeremiah Jackson
EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Deep Spontaneous Live Worship – Elijah The Worshipper 2. Yohh – Bollie 3. When I See You – Nana Fofie ft Jaywillz 4. Destiny – Jean Feier 5. Ohemaa – DayVybz 6. Santorini – Soulja Kelly 7. Different – Frank Keys 8. Jesus – E’mpraise Inc ft Kobby Mantey
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. Eugy 2. Kojo Funds 3. Bollie 4. Headie One 5. NSG 6. Goldkay 7. Juls 8. Abra Cadabra 9. Wilhelmina 10. Elijah The Worshipper 11. Jean Feier 12. Soulja Kelly 13. Nana Fofie 14. Frank Keys
BEST GHANAIAN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1. King Ayisoba 2. Wiyaala 3. Afro Moses 4. Santrofi 5. Atongo Zimba 6. Kyekyeku 7. FRA
Prophet Kumchacha, founder of Heaven’s Gate Ministries has slammed UK-based preacher Sonnie Badu over his comment about people who eat pork.
Recall that Sonnie Badu strongly argued that pork is unclean hence people who eat it might end up inviting evil spirits.
His comment generated a debate on social media with people sharing their stances on his comments.
Though it has been weeks since Sonnie Badu made that remark, Prophet Kumchacha has revisited the topic by questioning Sonnie Badu on why he has a tattoo on his body as a preacher.
According to him, the Bible in Leviticus banned pork and tattoos and wondered why the Gospel musician and preacher had tattoos all over his body if he believes pork is not good for people to eat.
Prophet Prince Elisha Osei Kofi, the Founder and General Overseer of Grace Family Church (formerly Power Embassy Church), has advised married men not to trust their wives but respect them.
“You don’t have to trust women. Women are not to be trusted. We don’t trust ourselves as men, so why should we trust women? Kwabena [referring to the host] do you trust yourself? Let us put you in a room and bring in a naked woman to see if you can handle it. You should not put your trust in your wife. All you have to do is respect her, treat her well, and protect her.”
He went on to say that men should protect their wives and not let them go out alone all the time.
“As a married man, you should not let your wife go to the club by herself. Some men allow their wives to date other men, and if they are unlucky, their wives are pursued by other men. You are a pot-belly man who allows your wife to go out by herself and men with six packs. That is not correct.”
Meanwhile, the man of God has also advised men who engage in long-distance relationships and marriages to be cautious.
Such unions he opined breed cheating and heartbreaks and waste of resources.
Ghanaian Afrobeats diva Yaa Jackson has dropped another groundbreaking single, “Makoma” featuring award-winning Highlife superstar, Bisa Kdei.
After the success of her recent single “Baby Mama,” Yaa Jackson continues with her big return to the music industry with another staggering collaboration.
Produced by Deelaw Beatz and mixed by Willis Beatz, the talented songstress on this new song showcases her powerful and enchanting vocals coupled with Bisa Kdei’s astounding lyrical vibes.
Yaa Jackson’s vocal delivery on “Makoma” which translates in English as “My Heart,” sounds superb as she goes emotional while sharing the story of a broken heart.
The new song would certainly resonate with people in love and seek to offer some respite and solace in times of difficulty.
The song is readily available across various streaming platforms, including Audiomack, Deezer, Boomplay, and Tidal.
The Kumasi-based artiste has over the years released hit songs including “Tear Rubber” and “Ehwe Papa,” among many others.
What can cause a grown woman drenched in tears to dive into the grave of a Parish Priest being laid to rest at the cemetery?
A viral clip of a female sympathizer falling face flat on a coffin inside a grave pit with a scream “eiii Father Bernard” has made her an internet sensation.
Days after the clip went viral, content creators on TikTok created hundreds of funny videos from the unfortunate dive at the burial of late Reverend Father Bernard Kofi Ackon who was laid to rest on March 21, 2023.
The late Father Bernard was a Parish Priest of St. John the Baptist Church, Saltpond.
According to testimonies by friends and family, he was loved by all, no wonder, the woman captured in the viral video paid her late respect to the Priest in a grand style.
News of the passing of this Parish Priest was confirmed by the Vicar General of the Archdiocese. According to reports, Father Bernard, “died at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital after he was rushed there in the evening of February 21, 2023.”
The new audio “eiii Father Bernard” has become a social media meme. It is the latest background sound for both old and new videos of people tripping or falling to the ground.
As the motive behind the jump remains a mystery, social media users seem to be having a field day with the 6-second clip which has become rib-cracking content in Ghana and parts of Africa.
Destiny Etiko retaliated against a fan on social media who allegedly chastised her for routinely shifting her behind in her videos.
The brand influencer who also works as a script interpreter shared a promotional video for a solar energy business on her Instagram profile, attesting to their effectiveness.
However, an Instagram user going by the handle @mihz_hanna_1179 commented on the post and questioned the starlet about whether or not she had to show off her bottom for the public to see it.
She wrote: “Destiny u no fit do video say u no go shake your yansh”
Reacting to the observation from the netizen, Etiko urged the Instagram user to look away from the backside and focus on the message in the video.
In her words: “@mihz_hanna_1179 leave yansh and focus on the information nne.”
An Al Jazeera investigative report has uncovered how a Canadian national, resident in Dubai, helps Russians launder money.
Alistair Mathias, a Gold trader and Financial architect who builds money laundering schemes for corrupt politicians, is a member of a gold smuggling syndicate that also launders money out of the African Continent.
According to him, he has been engaged in money laundering activities for over a decade of which corrupt politicians in Russia are among his clients. “I’ve been doing it for 13 to 14 years,” he said.
Speaking to investigative reporters from Al Jazeera who had posed as Chinese criminals to help his syndicate launder money from China he further disclosed that he smuggles about $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana on a monthly basis.
“In Ghana I do one ton. I do $ 40 million every month out of Ghana. This region I do probably 500 to one ton again. So I do roughly about $70 to $80 million every month.
Recall that Alistair Mathias in 2017 was in the news after he was exonerated by the Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates over fraud allegations.
He had been accused of fraud by Ghanaian partner, Henry Osei however, after the ruling he the court dismissed as unsubstantiated and frivolous the allegations of fraud made against him.
Fast forward, March 2023, Al Jazeera has released an expose in which he confessed to engaging in money laundering.
In the investigative piece dubbed ‘Gold Mafia’ it was revealed that Alistair and his partners have business networks that stretch across the African continent and operate in many other countries including Ghana, Zambia, etc.
He was described by the investigative reporters as a financial architect who builds money laundering schemes for corrupt politicians.
Belarus’ president has issued a warning that if the Kremlin fears collapse, it may use nuclear weapons.
President Alexander Lukashenko asserted that both his nation and Russia were directly threatened by an attack from the West during a yearly speech to MPs and other authorities in Belarus.
Take my word for it; I have never lied to you, the leader of Belarus stated. The West is ready to attack Belarus and overthrow our government.
He continued, “It is impossible to defeat a nuclear power,” declining to offer any proof for these assertions.
‘If the Russian leadership understands that the situation threatens to cause Russia’s disintegration, it will use the most terrible weapon.’
Mr Lukashenko’s address comes after President Vladimir Putin announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
This would mark the first time Moscow has deployed such missiles outside Russian borders since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.
Mr Lukashenko has warned that the West plans to ‘invade’ both Belarus and Russia (Picture: AP)
Concerns have also been raised these weapons may be accompanied by missiles capable of making intercontinental strikes at some point in the future.
A longstanding ally of the Kremlin, Belarus has not formally entered the war in Ukraine, which has lasted for more than a year and seen thousands killed and millions displaced.
It has nevertheless provided a crucial launchpad for Russian military forces engaged in the conflict, while also regularly conducting joint military training exercises with Russian troops.
Mr Lukashenko’s statements also come after an analyst with Ukraine’s presidential research group said the Russian president has been left in a ‘desperate’ situation by the failures of the Russian invasion so far.
Mykola Bielieskov, a research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies under Volodymyr Zelensky, said today: ‘Ukraine is the biggest failure in [Putin’s] career, when he wanted his biggest achievement to be a new Russian empire.’
Mr Bielieskov added that with the continued support of Western allies, it is conceivable that Ukraine may be able to drive Kremlin troops out of occupied territories as early as the second or third quarter of this year.
As a report on its spending was published yesterday, Rhema Church in Croydon, south London, had its charitable status withdrawn.
The Charity Commission’s investigation discovered that “day-to-day living expenses” like food, household purchases, medical bills, vet bills, and gym memberships—all of which appeared to be of a personal nature—were claimed and paid out by the charity in the absence of any expense policy or distinct financial controls.”
Trips to locations such as Italy, Greece and Austria were led by former pastor Martin Phelps.
He has since been disqualified from being a trustee any part of senior management functions at any charity for 10 years.
The investigation also uncovered that Mr Phelps had used cheques totalling £300,000 to move money from the charity’s account to his personal one – to reduce monthly mortgage interest payments.
Some £225,000 was transferred back to the charity, but no safety measures were put in place which left the funds at considerable risk.
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Most of the organisation’s spending was incorrectly categorised and lacked sufficient information to prove it was for charitable purposes.
This resulted in it being liable to pay £543,285.82 in additional taxes.
The Commission concluded that the charity’s trustees had ‘failed to fulfil their duties to protect the charity and its assets, and failed to demonstrate any effective oversight of senior staff leading to the serious misconduct and/or mismanagement, including misuse of funds and other assets.’
Rhema Church London was removed from the register of charities on June 7 last year.
Head of investigations Amy Spiller said: ‘Trustees must use their charity’s funds to further the charity’s purposes and ensure there are robust financial controls in place to stop the abuse of these funds.
‘The interim managers worked at length to settle the charity’s accounts and I am pleased they were able to recover over £136,000 which could be put to good use at charities with similar purposes.’
As part of its yearly support for the authority, the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has given GH200,000 to the Mental Health Authority.
As part of its commitment to help improve conditions in the nation’s psychiatric hospitals and raise awareness to ensure the appropriate management of cases, the church has funded the Mental Health Authority for five years running.
After the church organized a 12-meter health walk, Rev Anthony Cudjoe, the ICGC’s regional overseer for Accra South, made the presentation on behalf of the general overseer, Pastor Mensa Otabil.
The ICGC’s annual health and fitness event encourages healthy lifestyles and serves as a platform to impact society as well as raise funds in support of the Ghana Mental Health Authority.
Rev Cudjoe said ICGC’s support for mental health was anchored on the understanding that it was an aspect of Ghana’s healthcare system that was underserved and needed to be resources.
Life Walk
He said Life Walk was more than a fitness and wellness event but an evangelistic and charity event and reminded the gathering of how Jesus Christ went everywhere doing good.
“Our mandate, and the third strand of our mission, is to influence society positively with the impact of the gospel,” he said.
Increased Demand
Receiving the cheque, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Dr. Caroline Amissah, commended the ICGC for its continuous support to the institution to bring attention and awareness to mental health issues.
She said unlike previously when mental health was given little attention, things had changed with the issues now placed in the spotlight resulting in a reduction in stigma.
Dr. Caroline Amissah noted that the collaboration with ICGC and other partners had led to an increased demand for mental healthcare with more people now reaching out freely for support when they had issues.
Emulate She called on other institutions to emulate the gesture by ICGC to complement the efforts of the state to ensure that people receive care and attention.
This year’s walk began at the Christ Temple East Campus of the ICGC in Teshie.
Participants included senior officials of the church such as Pastor Otabil, his wife, Lady Joy; General Secretary of the church, Rev. Morris Appiah; the Regional Overseer for Accra North, Rev. Yaw Annor and various district heads.
The 12-kilometre walk took thousands of participants through some major streets in the Teshie enclave including Tse Addo and the Military Cemetery.
Officials of the Mental Health Authority, keep-fit lovers and members of the general public also joined the well-organized walk amidst brass-band music and singing by various cheer groups.
A pregnant mother is afraid she will have to live on the streets with her toddler son after the local government ordered her to vacate their temporary residence.
A week before she is scheduled to be induced with the birth of her second child, Stacey Davies, 36, received notice to vacate the Birmingham apartment.
Ms. Davies, who struggles with her mobility and mental health, declined to transfer to another house since it was in a “disgusting” state and had just a bunk bed for sleeping arrangements. Also, she turned down the house since it was too far from her support system and she would find it difficult to ascend the stairs.
The single mum says she was sent an email yesterday giving her 35 days to leave the two-bedroom flat upstairs in a converted house, where she says she had no central heating for three months.
She is due to be induced with her second child next Friday and fears that she will be left on the streets with her newborn and 15-month-old son.
Ms Davies said: ‘This will leave me, my child and my newborn out on the streets because of the fact I won’t accept a property that’s not in a suitable state to move my children into. I am stressed out and desperate. The council have left me in a dire situation.’
Stacey Davies fears being out on the streets with her toddler son and second child who is due in a week’s time (Picture: Stacey Davies)
Ms Davies, who is registered disabled and is on medication for her mental health issues, has been in the accommodation, in Edgbaston, since December last year. She asked the council for a review of the housing as she struggles to get up the three flights of stairs with her pram and has deep vein thrombosis which causes her legs to swell up.
The homeless mum also says there was a fault with the boiler at her current address which took three months to fix.
‘The boiler was broken and it affected me and my son very badly, we had no heating even when it was snowing,’ she said.
‘My child has been to the hospital three times because he’s been sick with a chest infection because the house is so draughty.
‘I’ve also been to hospital several times and we’ve had to ring up the doctors with terrible colds. We couldn’t even move out of the bedroom because it was that cold.’
The boiler was fixed this week and she was offered another property four miles away in Weoley Castle but rejected it after a viewing.
Ms Davies said: ‘There was only one bedroom and no carpet, it was disgusting, the place was a disgrace. I don’t know how they expected a 15-month-old to sleep in the top or even the bottom of a bunk bed.
‘I’m 36 weeks pregnant and due to be induced next Friday, I would have been isolated in the middle of nowhere where I’d have no support for my mental health or anything else.
‘After I refused that property they’ve taken my housing status off me and they say they are coming out today to terminate my tenancy.’
The mum has been given a Notice to Quit by Birmingham City Council which states that the local authority has ‘discharged its duty’ to provide accommodation under the Homeless Act 1996.
She is now living with boxes of possession piled high as she packed in anticipation of a move before the viewing.
Her granddad, Malcom Davies, from Dudley, said: ‘Her situation is dire, they keep trying to put her in places that are not suitable for her.
‘Neither the place she is living in now or the one she has been offered with a bunk bed and stairs is suitable for a mum with a small child and a baby on the way. They have messed her about for years.’
More than 4,000 families were living in temporary accommodation across the city as of January this year, according to a report by BirminghamLive.
A spokesperson for Birmingham City Council said: ‘We understand Ms Davies had concerns about her temporary accommodation and worked hard to ensure appropriate accommodation was found, however the alternative accommodation offered was refused.
‘She is of course entitled to a review and this process is currently underway.
‘Unfortunately due to the number of people needing emergency housing we have to use a range of temporary accommodation.
‘We try to minimize the disruption to households but recognise that at times the only available options are outside of a household’s local community.
‘We would urge anybody who thinks they are at risk of being homeless to get in touch with us as soon as possible so our Housing Solutions Officers can work with them to prevent homelessness wherever possible.’
A South Korean investigation claims that North Korea murdered a six-month pregnant woman and used people with dwarfism in human tests.
According to the article, persons have been executed for being homosexual and for practicing their faith, and the state has even forcefully sterilized disabled people.
In a lengthy 450-page report that was yesterday made public by the South Korean Ministry of Unification, more than 500 North Koreans who were able to emigrate described the horrifying human rights abuses that occurred between 2017 and 2022.
‘North Korean citizens’ right to life appears to be greatly threatened,’ the ministry said in the report.
‘Executions are widely carried out for acts that do not justify the death penalty, including drug crimes, distribution of South Korean videos, and religious and superstitious activities.’
They also heard testimony of nurses being forced to write up a list people with dwarfism so hysterectomies can be carried out, MailOnline reports.
A six-month pregnant woman was said to have been put to death after a video of her dancing whilst pointing to a portrait of Kim Jong-Un whilst dancing.
And a group of teenagers were allegedly executed by firing squad after they watched a video from South Korea and smoked opium.
The report also details North Korea’s ministry of Social Security blackmailed families into letting their relatives take part in human experiments – with the threat of sending them to prison camps.
Detention facilities saw frequent death and torture.
Female prisoners were also treated particularly harshly as they were were subject to sexual violence and forced labour.
Five out of the 11 camps identified by South Korea are still in operation.
The report came as South Korea seeks to highlight its isolated neighbour’s failure to improve living conditions while racing to boost its nuclear and missile arsenals.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said the report should better inform the international community of the North’s ‘gruesome’ abuses, saying North Korea deserved ‘not a single penny’ of economic aid while it pursues its nuclear ambitions.
The Unification Ministry is required by law to make an annual assessment of the North’s rights situation.
As per officials, six members of two families seeking to enter the US were found dead along the US-Canada border.
On Thursday, the six bodies were found in the St. Lawrence River close to Tsi Snaihne Akwesasne, Quebec. A Mohawk Nation area called Akwesasne can be found in both Quebec and New York state.
According to an Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service spokeswoman, the six dead belonged to two families of migrants who were trying to enter the US.
The first body was pulled out of a marsh area along the St Lawrence River around 5.00pm on Thursday, police said.
‘The six individuals are believed to be from two families, one of Romanian descent and the other believed to be citizens of India,’ Akwesasne Police Deputy Chief Lee-Ann O’Brien said at a press conference on Friday.
The victims have not yet been identified, but O’Brien confirmed that one was a 3-year-old child from the Romanian family.
Investigators are still searching for another child, an infant from the same Romanian family, who they believe was also with the party trying to cross the St Lawrence.
The Akwesasne Mohawk Police said that additional personnel from dive teams, fire departments, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are aiding the search for the missing infant, and looking for any other possible victims.
Authorities said both children had Canadian passports, which were recovered with the bodies.
Their cause of death will be determined after post-mortem exams and toxicology reports are performed. Police are currently working with Immigration Canada to identify the victims and notify their next-of-kin.
Just days earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden reached an agreement to close Roxham Road, a border crossing between Quebec and New York.
The closure followed a record number of asylum seekers entering Canada through ‘unofficial’ entry points.
However, authorities said the deaths discovered on Tuesday were unrelated to the Roxham Road closure, which is located about 66 miles east of Akwesasne.
‘Right now what I can tell you is this has nothing to do with that closure,’ Deputy Chief O’Brien said. ‘These people were believed to be gaining entry into the U.S. It’s completely opposite.’
Award-winning Ghanaian YouTuber, Kwadwo Sheldon, has taken to the internet to celebrate a new enviable milestone in his life.
The entertainment critic who is now a landlord has shown off his new state-of-the-art mansion.
At the moment, arrays of congratulatory messages have taken over the comments section of the tweet the CEO of Kwadwo Sheldon Media shared on the microblogging platform.
Taking to the internet to break the good news with his followers, Kwadwo Sheldon shared a short clip of the interior of his 90% complete mansion.
Kwadwo Sheldon has exquisite taste for interior designs, the rooms of his house are designed with shades of grey and oyster white.
He’s a firm believer that contemporary art and designs go out of style but somehow traditional designs last forever, the reason he chose plain designs in squares and not circles.
Earlier yesterday, scores of Ghanaians who are very active on social media received news of the death of viral internet sensation Ahoufe with shock.
According to reports, the Tik Toker died after battling just hours after going live on Tiktok on 29th March 2023.
Amidst his mourning, an award-winning Ghanaian blogger known as ‘Gentle The Blogger’ has wildly alleged that Ahoufe was poisoned.
According to ‘Gentle The Blogger’, he got the information from his manager who is his best friend.
It is still unclear who may have been behind the poisoning or the motive behind the act.
But it’s suspected that the evil act was conducted by the people around him who are jealous of his success and the fame he acquired within a twinkling.
However, Ahuofe’s manager has come out to vehemently dismiss the reports that the Tiktok star was poisoned.
According to him, Ahoufe also known as Soldier got sick and was living in the same room with him for some time now, therefore, he died from sickness and not anything poison-related.
The manager added that he took Ahoufe to the hospital himself the night before his shocking demise.
But unfortunately, he died in his arms in the hospital upon arrival and none of the doctors at the hospital made mention of poison or whatsoever.
Former President Donald Trump intends to present himself for arraignment in the hush money case on Tuesday and might be allowed to go free.
Tuesday is when the accusations against Trump are scheduled to be made public, and it seems likely that he will be arraigned then.
Trump’s attorney stated that his client will not accept a plea bargain and is instead ready to go to trial.
The ex-president’s lawyer Joe Tacopina on Friday said that ‘Trump is not going to hole up in Mar-a-Lago’. He did not rule out a perp walk or mugshot.
Ex-President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were seen at their Mar-a-Lago home hours after his indictment was reported (Picture: Twitter)
‘As far as mugshots, (perk) walk – I’m sure they’ll try to get every ounce of publicity he can from this thing,’ Tacopina told ABC News’ Good Morning America.
He added that ‘the president will not be put in handcuffs’.
A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict Trump for his role in a $130,000 payment his former lawyer Michael Cohen made to silence porn star Stormy Daniels on her alleged affair with Trump.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office on Thursday night stated that they had contacted Trump’s lawyer ‘to coordinate his surrender’.
Trump on Friday morning slammed the judge assigned to his case, Justice Juan Merchan.
‘The Judge “assigned” to my Witch Hunt Case, a “Case” that has NEVER BEEN CHARGED BEFORE, HATES Me,’ wrote Trump on his Truth Social platform.
Trump claimed without evidence that Merchan was ‘hand picked by Bragg & the Prosecutors’. Merchan also presided over the trial of longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, and Trump claimed that Merchan ‘railroaded’ him into taking a plea.
