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Photos: Tears flow as Ghana’s legendary photographer, Bobie Pixel laid to rest

Celebrated Ghanaian photographer Emmanuel Akwasi Yeboah Bobbie, affectionately called Bob Pixel in the photography circles has been laid to rest. Report indicates tears flowed at the burial ceremony held in his honour on Saturday, March 20, in Accra. Pictures of the ceremony sighted by GhanaPlus.com had scores of the mourners including the wife of the Vice President and Second Lady of the Republic, Samira Bawumia in tears. Others weep uncontrollably at the ceremony graced by players in the video and picture photograph sector, media, celebrities, family, and friends. Bobie Pixel Dead The legendary talent applauded for capturing stunning images across the country was reported dead on February 26, 2021, after a short illness. His death shocked many Ghanaian, most especially, celebrities and others who knew and worked with him. Until his death, Bobie Pixel had captured on cameras several interesting scenes across the breadth and length of the country, notably, festivals, tourist sites, events, celebrities etc. GhanaPlus.com came across some of the pictures from the funeral of the late Bobie pixel shared by LEYLA Images. Picture credit: LEYLA Images.   Read the full article

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Lady goes Mad after actress Roselyn Ngissah allegedly kooked her up with a Nigerian Man

Ghanaian actress Roselyn Ngissah has allegedly hooked up a popular Ghanaian queen with a wealthy Nigerian man. According to the report, said lady went mad after sleeping with the man and her family believes that the man used her to “juju”. The family is now asking Roselyn to introduce them to the man so they can go and see him and reverse what has happened to their loved one, but Roselyn Ngissah refuses. Read the full article

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I'll continue to be NPP General Secretary until 2028 - John Boadu

General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, John Boadu has said he intends to retire from party activities for the NPP after his third term as General Secretary ends. Read the full article

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Moesha Boduong celebrates Valentine's Day in style as slays in red

Ghanaian actress, Moesha Boduong is celebrating Valentine’s Day in style. The beautiful media personality shared these lovely photos on her verified social media handle on the popular photos and video sharing platform, Instagram. In one of the posts, she shared the photo with the caption; “Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️❤️❤️” Today marks the birthday of her friend, Afia Schwarzenegger, and to celebrate her, she shared a lovely photo with the caption; “Happy birthday @queenafiaschwarzenegger ❤️❤️❤️wishing you the happiness ,love ,money ,good health and long life .You are blessed hun .Enjoy your day to the fullest 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂love you ❤️❤️”   Source: ghgossip.com Read the full article

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'You have failed as a parent if Shatta Wale is your child's role model' – Whitney Boakye

#Entertainment pundit, Whitney Boakye has suggested that any parent who allows their children to nurture the thoughts of having #Shatta #Wale as a role #model has failed.  #Artiste #Ghana #GhanaCelebrities #Video Read the full article

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Ameyaw Debrah roasted for his saying "Stonebwoy Is King Of Dancehall Music In Ghana"

The long debate on who actually rules Dancehall music in Ghana has been fueled by blogger Ameyaw Debrah and the tons of insults he got deepens the volatility that shrouds this subject. In fact, Ameyaw Debrah picking Stonebwoy ahead of Shattta Wale shouldn’t have surprised anyone at all because he’s been an avid critic and antagonist of the SM boss for a very long time. Read the full article

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Only "Jon" Boys Will Compare Medikal to Sarkodie

Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as Medikal in the entertainment industry has been compared to Ghana’s multiple award-winning Hip-Life artist Sarkodie by some Ghanaians following Medikal’s statement of saving Ghana rap. According to some Ghanaians on social media, Medikal is at the same level in terms of Rap with Sarkodie with which some also disagree with this argument. Read the full article

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Rawlings was bigger than life – Victor Smith celebrates former boss

Victor Smith has contributed his quota to the unending farewell messages for the charismatic statesman. Read the full article

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8 different Men Claim They Are My Biological Father - Kuami Eugene

Artist of the Year at the 21st Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Kuami Eugene has revealed that he is not surprised some men are trying to take a slice of his fame by popping up to claim they are his fathers. Kuami Eugene's comment comes on the heels of the viral video of the man who revealed that he’s the biological father of the award-winning star and has done everything possible within his power to reconcile with him but to no avail. The Rockstar told Ghanaian blogger Sammy Kay that aside from this unknown man who made this bold claim of being his father, eight other men have made similar claims so he’s not surprised but added that he wouldn’t be distracted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ULpRrLyqMY Read the full article

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It official: Mahama,NDC to contest 2020 elections in Court tomorrow

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flag bearer, John Dramani Mahama has finally made a decision to contest the outcome of the 2020 general elections at the Supreme Court.  A statement from the party signed by its General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Tuesday December 29 said the decision was reached after the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the party met to consider matters arising from the 2020 general elections. “The NEC decided that the NDC will contest the results of the rigged elections in the Supreme Court and other appropriate fora". The statement also indicated while the party resort to the court for redress, all other legitimate actions to drum home their concerns including demonstrations would continue to seek justice for lives and properties lost during the election period. “In addition, the party will continue all legitimate actions, including protestations, to press home its demands for the government of President Akufo-Addo to enforce the rule of law and protect life and property in Ghana and, in particular, to take all necessary measures to bring to swift justice those responsible for the murders and injuries and destruction of properties before, during and in the aftermath of the general elections” the statement added. “The NDC‘s commitment to the upholding of the Constitution and respect for human right shall remain unshaken”. Read the full article

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Koku Anyidoho prays to Atta-Mills to save Ghana from the grave

The founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Mr. Samuel Koku Anyidoho has prayed to his former boss and mentor, John Evans Fifii Atta-Mills of blessed memory to spare the country some of his enviable trait of peace while the country still finds itself at a crossroad following the 2020 elections. The late former President of Ghana, John Evans Atta-Mills earned himself the accolades, Asomdwehene due to his peaceful nature. Sharing a post on his Twitter handle on Friday, Christmas Day on December 25, Mr. Anyidoho said, the late President should rest in peace despite Ghana’s post-elections crises; however, he must make sure that Ghana does not die from the development. “My mentor John Evans Atta-Mills, as for me, Samuel Koku Sitsofe Anyidoho; I will remember you day and night. May your good soul rest in perfect peace in these times when Mother Ghana is crying for peace. Asomdwehene, pls make sure Ghana does not die”. The former aide to the late President accompanied the massage with a video in which Prof Atta-Mills called on Ghanaians to help one another and hold each other's hand because we are one people. https://twitter.com/KokuAnyidoho/status/1342399708128555008 Read the full article

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Nana Abena Korkor Addo breaks the Internet with stunning bedroom photos

Abena Korkor is not always dominant on social media but anytime she storms the internet landscape, she does it with a BIG swag that swings the spotlight pendulum to her side. Nana Abena Korkor Addo, a former student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) whose flirtations with controversies shrouded in her bipolar disorder state has flaunted one of her usual templates at us by dropping bedroom photos in a new social media post. We guess that’s her own way of wishing us a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See the photos below; Read the full article

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Mzbel breaks down in tears as her son is taken away from her on her 41st birthday

On her 41st birthday, Mzbel appears to be having a very sad day as her adopted son of 19yrs has been taken away from her. Mzbel in a video shared on her Facebook page made the sad revelation that one of her boys in her custody she identified as John whom she adopted at age of 3 has left her. Mzbel indicated that John’s biological mother came for him after she realized that he was now fit and had a great future. She took the opportunity to advise Young ladies in the early 20s to keep their babies in case they have an unplanned pregnancy. “If you get pregnant, keep the baby. I’m telling you this. There’s nothing fulfilling than having a child you can call your own” Mzbel said in Twi in the video she shared on her Facebook page. Watch the video below: https://www.facebook.com/GoddessMzbeL/videos/2594289214190522 Read the full article

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Tell Paul Adom Otchere I will reply him - Despite Media presenter

Renowned radio broadcaster and host of Okay FM morning current affairs programme, Ade Akye Abia, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, has said that he will reply Metro TV presenter, Paul Adom Otchere over his blanket comment concerning media in the just ended 2020 elections. Mr Adom Otchere on December 15, made mentioned on his current affairs programme, Good Evening Ghana, that he received messages on the results of the 2020 presidential elections from the New Patriotic Party adding that he believed other journalists received some too. “The New Patriotic Party began the night of elections, we were in this studio we all saw that the New Patriotic Party had set up a collation system by which they were collating the results of the election and at each point, they will send information across board. I got some of the information, I believe other journalists did. Different people got it, and they will tell you that they are at 70 per cent reported pink sheets from across the country and this is what they are seeing,” he said. Kwame Nkrumah Tikese's reaction to the comment However, reacting to the comment, on his programme on Friday, December 18 on Okay FM a subsidiary of the Despite Media Group, one of the media houses which have been accused by the National Democratic Congress(NDC) of being bought by the NPP, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, said it was unfortunate for Mr Adom Otchere to make such blanket statement without providing evidence to support it. He described his comment as sheer madness Read the full article

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Boko Haram claims to have kidnapped Nigeria's Katsina schoolboys, in an audio message

A man claiming to be the leader of Boko Haram said the terrorist group was responsible for kidnapping scores of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, according to a short audio message shared with Nigerian media and reviewed by CNN. "I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina," said the man in the recording. Shekau is the leader of one of Boko Haram's factions. CNN was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the message. Some 337 students are still unaccounted for after an attack on the Government Science Secondary School Kankara, a state government spokesman told CNN on Monday. The message claimed that Boko Haram had targeted the school because of the group's long-held aim to stop "western" education in northern Nigeria, but a government official told CNN on Monday that the kidnappers had been in touch with a teacher of the school, raising the prospect of a ransom negotiation. Read the full article

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Defeated MP Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye returns to the consulting room

The defeated NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has returned to his community service work of providing consultation for his people. Dr. Okoe Boye lost his seat in the just-ended parliamentary elections to the surprise of many who thought he should have been maintained. Constituents have blamed his decision not to attend their funerals and naming ceremonies and the fact that he is always wearing a three-piece suit as some of the reasons why they kicked him out. Some have also said that during the lockdown, Bernard Okoe Boye did not provide them with very good food hence the decision to vote him out. But regardless of the fact that he has been booted out of office, the Doctor is back to the consultation room to provide consultancy service to his constituents. Sharing his experience on his Facebook wall, the Member of Parliament said “First post-election Monday consultations at the Lekma Hospital. Some staff were happy to see me doing fine, some surprised at my activity having assumed that not winning the Parliamentary election meant away with community service. It is important to understand that the joy a true Leader experiences does not lie in the position he holds but in the Service his people receive. I thank God that you do not have to necessarily hold a position to assist others experience a better world. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow” Read the full article

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NDC withdraws suit against EC in Techiman South, says it has no evidence to pursue

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn their lawsuit against the Electoral Commission of Ghana concerning Techiman South parliamentary election results in the Bono East Region Until the morning of Monday, December 14, 2020, a suit was in place under a writ of Mandamus to compel the EC to re-collate and re-declare the results. The NDC in a series of press conferences last week claimed made those claims only to be hit by recorded video evidence of Collation and declaration. The party this morning ran back to the Sunyani high court to withdraw the case. It is not clear what’s next for them. After the declaration of Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah as the MP-elect for the constituency the NDC and its candidate led blistering attacks on electoral officers, security personnel, and some media men who were also not spared instead resorted to violence and intimidation. Speaking to the development on Accra-based radio station monitored by MyNewsGh.com, a member of the NDC legal team Baba Jamal revealed that the latest decision by the party was as a result of the fact that they do not have evidence to challenge the case in court. “They started with the coalition and stop when the confusion started so we were unable to sign the documents but the Returning Officers said he reached out to us but we were not around. And we said fine just give us a copy of it whether we signed or not but he refused. Do you think it is with good intention we were refused documents? “You don’t go Read the full article