Month: June 2018

Nukre calls out Shatta Wale.

Hiplife artiste, Nukre, formerly known as Shatta Zola expressed surprise at Shatta Wale. Furthermore, he thinks Shatta Wale is not a prominent voice in the campaign to end Tramadol abuse.

Moreover, this is considering the influence he wields over the ghetto youth.

Nukre about Shatta Wale and the campaign on end Tramadol campaign

“I’m disappointed in Shatta Wale for sleeping when Tramadol is destroying the lives of many in the ghettos. People living in the ghettos especially the youth, look up to him. Shatta stands as the father of the ghettos and this is the time the youth needs him.” 

Furthermore, in his opinion, Shatta Wale should be calling on the government to put more effort into developing the country. Therefore, he should be composing more positive songs to influence the youth.

“If Shatta was able to compose a song to create awareness on fake prophets and their fake prophecies then what stops him from doing same in the fight against the abuse of Tramadol?”

Ghanaian comedian, David Oscar talks about legalizing marijuana.

Furthermore, according to him, people have a lot of misconceptions about marijuana. This includes the rumor that it makes people mad. However, he states emphatically that there is no scientific evidence to prove that marijuana use causes madness.

Moreover, according to him, anyone who went mad from smoking marijuana definitely injected themselves with heroin or sniffed some cocaine earlier.

Furthermore, he claims marijuana is a divine plant with healing properties. Therefore, he boldly testifies to it because he was suffering from severe hemorrhages for a while. However, marijuana healed him.

Also, Oscar believes school children should be allowed to research and debate the benefits of marijuana and be more open-minded about its uses, both medicinal and commercial. He says he is aware that people might conclude that he has suddenly started preaching about marijuana because he now has dreadlocks, but he insists it has nothing to do with it. All he wants is for others to see the light as he has.

David Oscar on legalizing marijuana and children studying it

Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah talks about Kwesi Nyantakyi. Furthermore, he is the founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry.

Moreover, he lambasted Anas as a trickster who traps people in his videos.

Therefore, he claims Nyantakyi and most of those in the video did no wrong. This is because they did not ask for money from Anas.

Owusu Bempah on Kwesi Nyantakyi and Anas

The Anas video showed incontrovertible evidence of corruption. However, the video has been keenly contested, particularly from factions of the ruling party.

Kwesi Nyantakyi in the video claimed that the President, his vice and other govt officials could all be bought with certain sums of money.

Furthermore, Bempah commented on the video for the first time. He said Anas is a trickster who goes out attempting to force people to commit crimes.

Also, Bempah argued that in the video none of the people asked for money. However, Anas forced it on them and they cannot be said to have done anything wrong in that instance.

He said in any case, if Nyantakyi has done wrong then so has Anas for offering the bribe.

Bempah added that Nyantakyi erred by dragging the President’s name into the issue.

Juliet Ibrahim showed her support of the Nigerian Super Eagles.

Ghanaian actress and philanthropist, Juliet Ibrahim was in Russia in the past week. Furthermore, she was there to show her support for Nigeria. Moreover, Ghana wasn’t part of the World Cup. Therefore, she switched her allegiances.

Also, the Ghanaian actress has almost relocated to Nigeria. Therefore, she flew all the way to Russia to show her support.

Furthermore, she has been sharing fun photos on social media from Russia.

However, Nigeria is out of the World Cup competition.

Check out some of Juliet Ibrahim’s photos supporting Nigeria

Ghanaian Actor, Ekow Smith-Asante talks about financial woes. Furthermore, he disclosed that he is financially indebted to all actors he featured for his television drama series, Table of Men.

The popular Television series used to be aired on TV3. However, it was taken off due to lack of finance to continue the other episodes and pay the casts.

The series features actors such as Gloria Sarfo, Jessica Williams, Fiifi Coleman, Adjetey Annan, Naa Ashorkor, Okyeame Kwame, Martha Ankomah. Others include Prince David Osei, Foster Romanus, Grace Nortey, Elikem Kumordji and many others.

He made these statements on Kasapa FM.

Ecow Smith Asante on not paying cast of Table Of Men

“Table of Men is not aired on TV3 anymore because of financial challenges. I really owe the casts, all of them. Prince David Osei, Naa Ashorkor, Abeiku Acquah, Fred Amugi, Elikem Kumordzie, a lot of quality actors. I won’t lie, it’s embarrassing, I’m owing all of them but they have just been patient. The thing is, I had a contract with a man at TV3 who promised to help me but it got to a point the money was not coming as per the contract agreement.

We went for close to a year and there was nothing coming and they were also not saying anything relevant as well. According to them, the initial payment they did was supposed to cover a number of episodes, but this is he situation where the program was not already made, they willingly promised to sponsor everything so why then do you give excuses when we’re half way through it?” 

Furthermore, according to the Actor, TV3 had the perception that once they had paid some percentage of the money, they should have access to the whole show and air it to their audience. However, he argued out that, ideally TV3 was to finance the show to the last episode.

Smith Asante on finding a new home for the show

Also, Asante stated that the television series did not really succeed on TV3 because of the misunderstanding that ensued. However,  Zylofon TV has agreed to air it after they signed a contract with them.

“We have shot the first season and handed it over to Zylofon to air it for us so that we can use the money we’ll generate from it to finance the subsequent seasons. Because we have two seasons more to shoot, the series is made up of three seasons. The show will be aired on Saturdays 7:30pm and on Tuesdays 2:30pm

“To be very honest, I’m broken. I fell empty and down. It got to a point I lost hope. If you ask me if I wanted to finish the second part of the second season I will tell you that I’m not in the mood, because it’s a series we were shooting, the halt to it brought a lot of changes, the casts’ lifestyles changed, the movie locations were affected and all that, it wasn’t easy.” 

Moreover, the actor and producer was still optimistic that the Ghanaian movie industry will progress and become better someday.

Ghanaian rapper cum songwriter, Trigmatic speaks about his career. His real name is Enoch Nana Yaw Oduro- Agyei.

Furthermore, he believes that although the general populace doesn’t hear from him, he is really making a lot of money. Therefore, he is busy.

Moreover, he announced plans of his rebranding which he says forms an integral part of his career as an entertainer. However, he has been missing from the spotlight for a while now and mainstream media hardly speak about him.

The radio presenter posted on his Facebook Timeline in January the fading out of his Trigmatic brand. Also, he hinted of his new brand “TIYUMBA”, meaning ‘Let love them.’

Furthermore, according to the artiste, he plays several corporate shows at least one every week. This keeps him busy although much noise or publicity is not made on such programs.

Trigmatic on getting more shows and cash revenue

I mean there is no festival that I’ve been to and not been paid for, for instance the last collaboration which is just last year, it was good, and I went with nine people, so it doesn’t make you popular.

However, he admits that the path he has embarked on does not make one popular. This is because most of such shows are private and not publicised.

“That I must admit, it’s a lonely path but with regards to it being paid, I think it has, I think I’ve played every corporate gig, and these gigs are not public”

He mentioned some notable shows he’s played, which includes, the SWAG awards, the presidential balls among others.

D’banj lost his one-year old son.

Nigerian rapper, Dbanj and wife, Lineo Didi have lost their only son, Daniel D’Third. Furthermore, he celebrated his birthday a month ago.

Moreover, according to reports, he died by drowning in their swimming pool at home.

However, the musicians was in Los Angeles for this year’s BET Awards when the incident occurred.

Also, colleague musicians and other artistes across Africa share in the pain of the music legend.

Furthermore, Davido during his speech after receiving the Best International Act Award expressed his condolences to the bereaved family. Also, he thanked the Kokomaster for his efforts at ensuring that African artists have the global platform they have today.

Ghanaian celebrities joined Nigerian celebrities to mourn with musician following the sudden death of his 1-year old son.

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie wrote;

“This will be difficult to handle only God can help go through this. Sorry Bro … D’Banj”

Ghanaian celebrities mourn with D’banj

DJ Switch featured on BBC.

Winner of Talented Kidz Season 8, Erica Tandoh, popularly known as Dj Switch was on BBC’s Africa’s What’s New. Furthermore, this is a brand new show covering stories for young people in Africa.

Moreover, the 2018 Discovery DJ talked about what inspires her. Also, she gave five top tips on how one can become a great DJ.

She is 10 years old. Already, she made history by becoming the youngest ever winner of the annual DJ Awards.

DJ Switch speaking to BBC about deejaying

“I started deejaying when I was nine years and I just wanted to try my hand at it… Being a young DJ is not that difficult, when you are being taught in school you pick everything fast, so when you are being taught deejaying you also pick it up fast.”

The multi-talented 10-year-old can dance, play the trumpet, drums and is still learning the piano.

“Deejaying is my passion but I want to be a gynaecologist because I want to help women.” 

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And here are DJ Switch's 5 tips to become a great DJ. She's definitely got bags of #5! pic.twitter.com/hoh1vrCcA0

— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) June 22, 2018

Moesha Buodong talks about friendships.

Ghanaian actress and Instagram model, Moesha Babiinoti Boudong became the toast of social media and the Ghanaian society. Furthermore, this was after her interview with CNN’S Christiane Amanpour.

Moreover, in the interview Moesha said in Ghana, women sleep with married men to make a living. However, her statements did not go down well with the Ghanaian population.

Therefore, Ghanaians insulted her and abused her on social media.

Furthermore, Moesha revealed that through her tough times her friends abandoned her and left her to the mercy of insults. She made these comments on SVTV.

Also, according to her, the people she least expected were the ones who encouraged her and gave shoulders to cry on.

Moesha Boudong on people who encouraged her during CNN interview backlash

“Nana Aba Anamoah, GH One’s Serwaa Amihere and Mimi were some of the very few who called me and spoke to me, encouraging me to be bold and confident.” 

Moreover, the host asked why her friends “abandoned” her. She explained that she has never had loyal friends. Also, most of her friends are “party friends” who leave when crisis occurs.

“I used to have a lot of friends but as I started growing up I’ve started cutting them off.”

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