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Media personality, Nana Romeo Welewele has joined a section of the public as well as industry players who have argued that gospel singer, Joe Mettle does not merit his nomination in the 24th VGMA ‘Artiste of the Year’ category.Reviewing this year’s nominations on E-Forum by Abrantepa, the radio presenter, noted that Joe is the odd one out adding that the likes of Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, King Promise, Camidoh, KiDi and Piesie Esther did great under the year of review and haven’t witnessed majority questioning their nominations.”Ras Kuuku has questioned why Jow Mettle is always given a safe spot under…
Nollywood actress cum media personality Nancy Isime has spoken out about how she detests sex and kissing scenes in movies.The actress made this revelation during an interview with media personality Okoeguale Ehizojie better known as Dadaboy. Nancy revealed that she does not enjoy such roles.Nancy who recently performed kissing and sex scenes on the screen claimed that since these roles are simply scripts, there is nothing to enjoy about them.She added that while it might seem beautiful on screen, she wants such sequences to be performed by actors with experience and a sense of professionalism.“Well, it’s a script, and Yes,…
With a strong love for storytelling and self-expression, Papa Oppong Bediako usually puts together pieces that turn heads on social media.Through his work, the fast-rising US-based Ghanaian fashion designer seeks to show the world that Africa is a goldmine of talent and potential, and can be as influential in fashion as the rest of the world is.Cut out from exceptional pieces, Papa Oppong designs his outfits with the notion that ‘fashion is an anatomical architecture’.In his words, drawn from an earlier interview with Bella Naija, he averred:“It’s a great and interesting task designing for the human body…I think fashion is…
A popular gay social networking application has said that it is issuing a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to target LGBTQ+ individuals. Users in Egypt will see the following warning appear in Arabic and English when they open the app: “We have been alerted that Egyptian police is actively making arrests of gay, bi, and trans people on digital platforms. They are using fake accounts and have also taken over accounts from real community members who have already been arrested and had their phones taken. Please take extra caution online and offline, including with…
More severe weather could be on its way to the US state of Mississippi following the tornadoes which killed 26 people, the governor has warned. Governor Tate Reeves said significant risks remained in parts of the state. Hundreds of people have been displaced in the wake of the tornadoes which tore through Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night. The mayor of one of the worst affected towns said he had lost personal friends in the disaster. Friday’s tornado was the deadliest in the state of Mississippi in more than a decade. At least 25 people have died in the state,…
Germany’s transport network will be at a near standstill on Monday as two of the country’s largest unions strike. Staff at airports, ports, railways, buses and subways walked out shortly after midnight for a 24-hour stoppage. Unions are demanding higher wages to help their members cope with the rising cost of living across the country. There have been multiple smaller walkouts by other public service sectors, but Monday’s will be the largest in decades in the country. The two unions involved in the strike are among the largest in Germany. Verdi represents around 2.5 million employees across the public sector…
NATO has criticised Vladimir Putin for what it called his “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric after the Russian president announced his country would station tactical nuclear arms in Belarus. Putin said on Saturday that the deployment was similar to moves from the United States, which stores such weapons in bases across Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey – an analogy Western allies called “misleading”. With fears of a nuclear war rising since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, experts believe that any Russian strike would likely involve small-size battlefield weapons, described as “tactical”, as opposed…
The United States of America intends to increase investments on the African continent to propel economic growth. This was announced by Vice-President Kamala Harris on her arrival in Ghana as part of a nine-day working visit to the continent. She was in the company of her husband Douglas Emhoff and other top officials in the US government. Madam Harris was met by Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the Kotoka International Airport amid traditional drumming and cheers from some school pupils. Delivering an address, the US Vice President highlighted her commitment to holding “discussions that will foster opportunities in…
Recent figures released by the Bank of Ghana indicate that Ghana’s public debt stock still remains constant at ¢575.7 billion at the end of November 2022. By this, Ghana’s total public debt stock increased from about GH¢467.4 billion in September 2022 to about GHC575.7 billion in November 2022. According to the latest Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data for the period ending March 2023, the debt figure of about GH¢575 billion still puts Ghana’s debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio at 93.5% as of November 2022. Per the data, the country’s domestic debt, still stands at…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a decision to revert to the old standard academic calendar which was disrupted due to Covid-19. In view of this, the GES has made changes and adjustments to the current academic calendar. Parents are to note the following: There will be three full terms this year and one term of the next academic year all within this year making four terms from January to December 2023. Term 1- January to March 2023, Term 2-April to June 2023, Term 3- July to SeptemberTerm 1 for the 2024 academic calendar is from October to December…
