Rapper Sarkodie has urged artistes to work hard to build their careers if they hope to stay longer in the music industry. According to him, the easiest way to set foot in the industry is to have a hit song but the harder part sets in when it comes to maintaining relevance. Sarkodie, who is set to release his new album dubbed ‘No Pressure’ on July 30, said a hit song cannot cement the career of a musician but rather hard work. “You can have the hits but it secures nothing, you have to build it from ground up then…
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Chadwick Boseman has appeared as the voice of his superhero alter-ego in the trailer for a new Marvel project, ahead of his final outing as the character. Boseman passed away last year after a bout of colon cancer – a diagnosis he kept hidden for four years. In a trailer released on Thursday for the new Marvel show What If…? Boseman appears as the character that made him a household name – T’Challa – for what is thought to be the final time. T’Challa is the king of the fictional land of Wakanda in the Marvel Universe, which got its own standalone film, Black Panther…
The mood is set; the grass is as green as it can get. Although Covid-19 wants to sneak its head out, vaccines have got football fanatics covered. The crowd goes gaga over that goal scored to ensure their favourite team qualifies to the tournament’s next stage. If I were to be a sports commentator, this would certainly be my introduction. Without a doubt, I am talking about the just-ended European Football Championship, EURO 2020, covered by Multimedia Group Limited. It was not just a tournament that saw the survival of the fittest, but one that re-echoed the Hercules movie song,…
Hearts of Oak were crowned league champions for the first time after a decade after they were held at home by Liberty Professionals on Sunday. The game which was played at the Accra Sports stadium was met with a raucous reception as fans of the Phobians filled the stadium to quarter capacity. Hearts of Oak needed to at least match Kotoko’s results to be crowned league champions. Samuel Boadu’s men didn’t play their usual flamboyant football but rather adopted a more efficient approach. As a result, Liberty dominated proceedings in the early part of the game. However, Hearts created the…
An Economics Professor at the University of Ghana wants government to, as a matter of urgency, remove taxes on liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). Eric Osei Assibey said, this is to reduce the burden of the hike in the cost of the commodity, on the poor and promote sustainable development. LPG was first introduced as a cheaper fuel source to replace wood and other environmentally unfriendly fuel sources. But now, its price build-up is made up of more than 20 per cent of taxes imposed over the years. According to industry players, the indicative price is now GH¢6.86 from GH¢6.56 in…
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has demanded an immediate refund of any salary that may have been paid to the spouses of the President and Vice President. The country’s biggest workers’ union has sternly rejected the recommendations of the Ntiamoa-Baidu committee for the spouses to be paid salaries. The Union’s Secretary-General, Dr Yaw Baah, said there is no legal basis for such payments. He stressed that even though the committee has recommended the payments, “It is simply not right for anyone who has not been officially assigned duties and responsibilities in the public service to receive monthly salaries.” “The Committee…
A 15-year-old student of Accra Academy Senior High School at Bubuashie, Accra, has been arrested for allegedly being behind recent fire outbreaks in the school. He is said to have confessed to setting fire to dormitory blocks, including a new dormitory block, which was razed down completely, because he was forced into the school by his parents against his will. The senior high school form two student, whose identity has been withheld by the police, is said to have claimed responsibility for the last three fire incidents which ravaged dormitories, belongings of students such as trunks, chop boxes with food…
Mr Stephen Apraku, a security man at the house of J.B. Danquah Adu, the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, on the night of his murder, has denied any involvement in the killing. The witness told the court that he never knew one Sarkodie, a driver in the late MP’s house, per the allegation from the defence was the one who killed Mr Adu. During his cross-examination, Mr Yaw Dankwah, the Counsel for accused persons (Daniel Asiedu aka Sexy Dondon, and Vincent Bossu, aka Junior Agogo) alleged that the witness was aware Sarkodie killed the late MP and he…
The New Abirim Magistrate Court has granted bail to three persons for conspiring and tying a six-year-old boy to a mango tree for allegedly stealing ¢50 belonging to his grandfather. The accused persons include his grandfather who he lived with at Akyem Ntronang. The victim was captured in a video tied with wire rope to a mango tree for nine hours before he was rescued by the police.https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMbhem5ZU5I His grandfather, Opanyin Amekudzi alleged that the victim had stolen his Gh₵50, however, the boy denied the allegation. His grandfather allegedly sought the assistance of the two accomplices to help him tie…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, says intelligence received by the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) forced him to deploy the military and police personnel to the town. He said the intel he had pointed to threats by the youth of Ejura to burn state and private properties after the burial of social activist, Mohammed Ibrahim also known as Kaaka. The Minister told the three-member committee, tasked to investigate circumstances to the shooting of death of two protesting youth at Ejura last week that the law establishing the Security Council grants him such powers. The committee chaired by an…
