Month: September 2018

Samini talks about his beliefs.

Award-winning Ghanaian Dancehall/Reggae artist, Emmanuel Andrews known in the showbiz as Samini reveals his true religion.

It is interesting to hear him talk about religion. This is because Ghana is a deeply Christian country. Already, people see him differently.

He made these statements during an interview on Hitz FM’s “Daybreak Hitz Show” with Andy Dosty, In his opinion, there is no religion greater than love.

Samini on love and religion

“I believe in love. If it’s called a religion that is mine. I believe in God Almighty as the Supreme Being. With that every channel inspired by him”

He continued

“I think people should have the freedom on how they want to reach their Father. They don’t have to be forced”.

Adebayor reaffirms his relationship with Funny Face.

Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor is a Togolese football star and one of the greatest African footballers of all time. In fact, he is one of the African footballers who played for some of the biggest football teams in the world.

His teams include some of Europe’s biggest teams. They include Sochaux, Monaco, Arsenal, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and Istanbul Basaksehir.

Adebayor has a close relationship with Ghanaian comedian, Funny Face that beats the imagination of a lot of Ghanaians.

This was evident when he gifted the comedian a customized Range Rover.

In a video on social media, the footballer sings the praises of Funny Face. He stated that he is his brother for life and that he will always be there for him.

And the shocker is that the superstar says he will even die for Funny Face.

Video of Emmanuel Adebayor talking about Funny Face

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn5oQ03AfIX/?taken-by=therealfunnyface

Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson showcased her baby, Ryn in a new photo.

Yvonne and her baby daddy, Jamie Roberts were all over social media in the wake of her pregnancy. However, it seems the relationship is no more. This is based on their social media activities.

However, it still doesn’t dispute that Ryn is a lovely baby. She displayed motherhood goals with the photos.

She rocked in a black outfit with baby Ryn sitting on her laps.

See the photo below of Yvonne Nelson and Ryn Roberts

Renowned Nigerian gospel star, Sinach is in Ghana for the second edition of Women in Worship concert.

The organisers had a press conference for the artistes to tell their fans their expectations. During the press conference, the press asked the “Way Maker” hitmaker to sing any Ghanaian song she has heard or knows.

Sinach about Ghanaian gospel musicians and songs

At the event, she stated that she is unaware of any Ghanaian song. Therefore, she cannot sing it. However, she quickly added that she is very ready to learn a Ghanaian song since it is not too late for her to also sing songs from Ghana.

Apart from that, she could not mention any artiste from Ghana she knows.

She stated this after a reported asked which artist in Ghana she mostly listens to and which of them she would love to work with on a track. However, she explained that

“I don’t have names and that does not mean I don’t know names.”

Jupita talks about the current state of Ghanaian music.

He spoke about all these in an interview with Ayisha Bayipa, on the SVTV Africa Chat show. Moreover, he stated that, the Ghana Music industry is under construction. Therefore, there must be no negative contents.

Jupita on music industry in Ghana and negative content

‘’We have an industry that is under construction so we have to stop the too much negative contents and focus on how we can build it to the next level’’. 

Also, he expressed his worries on how the industry is not functioning properly, and how artistes ride on their fellows, via negative means, just to get recognized.

He added that the industry is an institution where they push more of these negative vibes than any other.

Therefore, he urged his fellow artistes not to give more room to such contents. This is because it takes away the best they have.

‘’Everybody thinks, doing controversial content is what will make people listen to them, meanwhile, it is you that is feeding the listeners and also decide what they should listen”.

“We can do the controversial stuff but it shouldn’t take the best from us’’. 

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ziblim Iddi talks about Akua Blakofe’s allegation. Blakofe made allegations against the Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC). However, he says there is no substance.

Earlier this year, Akua Blakofe accused the CEO, Kwadwo Antwi of failing to live up to the office’s mandate.

After Blakofe’s subsequent resignation, the media had a hard time getting responses from Kwadwo Antwi about the allegations.

Dr Ziblim Iddi rubbished all of Blakofe’s allegations in an interview with JoyNews’ MzGee

“I think that we investigate matters if you have leads to pursue and if allegations are thrown out and you go in and there are no leads and you don’t find anything, I don’t think it is something… Let me say that the Ghana Tourism Development Company is one of our important agencies. Therefore, the ministry takes the work they do there seriously. Those allegations were taken seriously and I think that if there was any substance to them, we would have pursued it to a logical conclusion.”

Ghanaian Rapper, Kwame Nsiah Appau, popularly called, Okyeame Kwame had a private listening of the album with some industry players. This is because he has a new album titled “Made In Ghana”.

Earlier this year, the Rap Dacta announced the 10 track album.

The private listening had in attendance radio and TV presenter Abeiku Aggrey Santana, rapper Kojo Cue, DJ Mensah, and a host of bloggers.

Also, he disclosed that the album will feature 10 different artists from all the 10 regions of Ghana and picks different sounds and sights from all over the country. It is also set in the post-independence era.

The “Made In Ghana” album features big-name stars like Wutah, Kurl Songs, Kofi Kinata and many others.

Check out images and videos from the album listening of Okyeame Kwame’s Made In Ghana

Silverbird Cinemas says no deal to Zylofon Arts Fund. This was after an offer from the company to help boost the movie industry in Ghana.

Frank Kwabena Owusu, PRO for Zylofon Arts Fund disclosed that they approached Silverbird Cinemas to strike a 60/40 deal in favour of movie producers who premiere their films. However, they said no to them.

According to the PRO, he believes they are not ready to help movie producers earn money from their sweat. Furthermore, he disclosed that Silvrbird Cinema is the only firm in the country which rejected their offer to help Ghanaian movie producers. However, other ten cinema halls in the country agreed to their request.

Zylofon Arts Fund on deal with Silverbird Cinemas

“Silverbid Cinema is not ready to go into agreement with us (Zylofon Arts Fund). We have approached them. We have gone there to discuss this same thing that we have gone acrosss the country to discuss with everybody but they are the only people who said no, they are not ready to do that kind of agreement. They said it is either we come and pay for the hall or we should just forget it so I can say that we don’t have any relationship with them” 

General Manager of Angel TV, Sally Akua Amoakowaa Mensah revealed how she met her husband. Most people call her Akua Ghana’s Most Beautiful. Her husband is business mogul, Dr. Kweku Oteng.

The beauty pageant queen made these revelation to Zionfelix on the Celebrity Ride.

Akua on meeting with her husband, Dr Kweku Oteng

She stated that they met at Golden Tulip Hotel, Kumasi after she won the Ghana Most Beautiful pageant. According to her, TV3 put her in the hotel to facilitate her rounds as the queen of the competition at the time.

“Well, I met him after Ghana’s most beautiful. I was lodging at the Golden Tulip, that is where we met or that is how we met” 

Also, she admitted during the interview that she is not the only wife of the millionaire. However, she is very happy staying with him. She told the host that love and humility of the business mogul are the basic reason why she decided to marry him.

The couple have two children who are boys.

Former Deputy CEO of Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), Akua Blakofe asks about the various promises. In a Facebook post, she wondered what happened to the numerous promises made by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.

According to her, there is absolutely nothing going on.

Earlier this year, Akua Blakofe accused CEO of GTDC, Kwadwo Antwi of failing to live up to the office’s mandate and preferring to travel rather than work.

Blakofe on promises made by government

“Just feel like going for a nice walk. But alas I’m in the Asylum. I’ll be competing with goats, stray skinny dogs, hawkers, motorcyclists and crazy drivers. It’s ok. I’ll stay indoors.” 

Touching on the creative arts sector, she asked “ ? ? ? ? ? how far with Lumba TV? Agya Koo TV and all the other stuff we were promised for tourism and creative arts? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Masree saaaaaa. Only it’s not a laughing matter.”

“I was somewhere today and people are ANGRY paaaaa in The Asylum. I told them to address their anger elsewhere as there’s nothing I can do to make people fulfill their promise. Creative Arts Council…I greet you oooo. ? ? ? ? ? ? ?.”

Actress, Martha Ankomah talks about her faith in Dr Mensa Otabil. She stated that she still had faith in him.

Over the past month, Ghanaians criticized Dr. Mensa Otabil after it emerged that he played a contributory role in the collapse of Capital Bank.

She spoke about this in an interview with GhanaWeb. According to her, she won’t delve deep into the issue. However, she has faith in God that her Pastor will sail through.

Martha Ankomah on Pastor Mensah Otabil

“The truth will prevail at the right time, I have faith in God that, God loves his children and whatever situation they find themselves in he has a way of bringing them out…”

“I have so much faith in my pastor. He’s been a good pastor with so much integrity so I believe that the truth will prevail.”

Bisa talks about state of highlife in Ghana.

Highlife musician, Bisa Kdei reveals the thing that is killing highlife in Ghana. He stated that this is due to the embrace of dancehall.

According to the hitmaker, we should concentrate on and boosting what we have.

Bisa Kdei talks about highlife music and its popularity

“Highlife is struggling as far as Ghanaians continue to give much attention to foreign genres especially Dancehall.”

“We just have to believe in ourselves that Highlife is from us and push higher the indigenous music genre…it’s only Highlife that’s putting Ghana out there.

“The Europeans want to listen to indigenous music and instruments comparably to Dancehall among others if you’re a Ghanaian artiste. How can a Ghanaian artiste sell Dancehall music better than Jamaicans?”