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Veteran Ghanaian actor Agya Manu has reportedly passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. According to sources, the actor passed after battling a short illness. Agya Manu was a permanent fixture on the Kumawood scene and featured in many movies. He was recently spotted on the set of Cocoa Season, a TV series produced by Lilwin. We send our condolences to the family of Agya Manu.

Joe Anokye is the National Communications Authority boss Some 49 television stations that have been operating without authorizations are to be shut down by the National Communications Authority (NCA). This exercise, according to a statement by the NCA, “forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various satellite free-to-air television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum Monitoring System (RSMS).” The statement further stated that the monitoring exercise revealed that some television channels in the country were operating without valid NCA authorizations. “As a result, 49 channels have been identified to be operating without valid authorizations from the Authority and is being shut down accordingly,” the statement added. Among these TV stations are  Thunder TV,  Ice1 TV,  Cash TV,  Lion TV,  Kwaku Bonsam TV,  Apple TV,  Iron TV,  Abapa TV,  Serwaa TV,  Face TV ,  NTV,...

Nana Agradaa is in the grips of the police It has been confirmed that Nana Agradaa, the fetish priestess who has gained notoriety for allegedly defrauding people under the pretext of doubling their monies been arrested by state security operatives. A post by Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on social media confirms that in the late hours of Tuesday, April 20, 2021, a joint-team of police and national security personnel raided the office of Thunder TV and Ice1 TV which belong to Patience Asiedua known widely as Nana Agradaa. The operatives, according to the minister closed down the two stations which had been operating without license since 2020. “Security Intelligence Operatives, in collaboration with the National Communications Authority, stormed the premises of two satellite television stations, namely, Thunder TV and Ice1 TV, who were illegally transmitting without licenses, at Kasoa in the Central Region”. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful also confirmed the arrest of Nana Agrada...

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the efforts to regulate the media is cast in law and falls within international best practices, saying" regulating the media is not unconstitutional". He said the 1992 Constitution architecture anticipated the need to regulate the media landscape, to protect the reputation and rights of the citizens, as well as uphold public morality and order. He noted that after the Constitution granted freedom of expression and information to the media in Articles 162 and 163, it also imposed reasonable limitations on the media to protect the rights of others. Mr Yeboah Dame made these remarks at a consultative meeting convened by the Ministry of information in Accra, on Friday, to deliberate on broadcasting in Ghana. This follows the recent happenings in the media landscape, with some media outlets allowing the broadcasting of inappropriate content such as money doubling, a ritual for money, pornographic materials,...

A Covid-19 Corruption Risk Assessment Report has shown that the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana has created conditions in which corruption could flourish. It indicated that the common cliché “we are not in normal times” by government officials served as an excuse to circumvent procurement regulations which heightened the corruption risk associated with governments response to fighting the pandemic.The assessment dubbed, “Strengthening COVID-19 Accountability Mechanism (SCAM) was done by the Community Development Alliance (CDA) Ghana with support from the Commonwealth Foundation. Mr Salifu Issifu Kanton, Executive Director for CDA, who launched the report in Accra on Thursday, said the risk of irregular procurement amidst the pandemic had the potential to prolong the negative effects of the pandemic on the lives of the poor and vulnerable populations in Ghana “An Anti-Corruption tracker published on the website of Transparency International has flagged Ghana as one of the ...

  MC Delivery  Service The young multi-business CEO, Mr. Daarl Prince Michael popularly known as Kobby Prince says the MC Delivery Service policies remain the same, Ignore the false comment and accusations.  According to his speech on McTv today, the Delivery Service has come to reduce the stress of every individuals specifically in Volta and Oti.  He further explained that the MC Delivery Service don't charge for In and Out, charges are based on the Distance, Value & Weight starting from GHc1 and above. So every Customers are only to pay for their Deliveries. Source: McTv Online Below are some Pictures of the Delivery service. 

Ghanaian counselor, Counselor Frank Edem Adofoli has also shared his thoughts about the sentence given to Ghanaian video vixen, Rosemond Brown who is known as Akuapem Poloo. The renowned counselor made this submission in a recent post he made on his official social media handle on Facebook. The post is titled, IF ONLY AKUAPEM POLO WAS A “BIG MAN’S” DAUGHTER and it reads; “When we complain the system is corrupt, who makes up the system, who are the components of the corrupt system? We the electorate (poor and the rich, educated and the illiterate, the youth and old, etc). Sadly, they are all corrupt, the poor are just as corrupt as the rich. As a matter of fact, it’s the poor who are making the so-called rich men rich. The rich take advantage of the poor. The rich feed on the poor. When a poor man is selling something, as soon as he sees a man in suit or in a big car, the price is increased, I guess that doesn’t make the poor man corrupt? If a big man offers you money or gift to vote fo...

Ghanaian musician, Eugene Kwame Marfo, known in showbiz circles as Kuami Eugene has vowed to take off the Rasta he has been growing for over a year in solidarity for Akuapem Poloo. The Open gate hit maker wrote, I’m Taking The Rasta Off Tomorrow For Poloo. #MercyForAkuapemPoloo. He joins the may others in the showbiz circles pleading for leniency for Akuapem Poloo who was sentenced to 90 days in prison on the count of nudity. Actress Rosemond Brown has been slapped with a 90-day jail term after the court convicted her earlier for three charges. She has been charged on three counts which will run concurrently. In a news report monitored on TV3, the judge, Her Honour Christina, explained that the court would not temper justice with mercy in order to bring sanity to social media. Rosemond Brown broke down upon hearing the sentence and went on her knees to beg the judge but her pleas for mercy were not heard.   The judge reportedly complained about the aggravation of the matter when Ak...

The Ho Airport has begun operations with the first flight landing at the multi-million dollar facility. Operations started on Thursday, April 15 and the first flight was an Africa World Airlines’ commercial airbus. The first test flight landed at the airport at exactly 14:20 hours GMT with the price from the capital, Accra to Ho being GHC 99. The Chairman of the Association of Ghana Industries for the Volta, Oti, and Eastern Regions, Dela Gadzanku who spoke with Citi FM shared his thoughts about the economic prospects of the airport. He said; “As the region industrializes, it is necessary to diversify entry routes into the region. With the coming on board of the Ho airport, there should be a boom in business activities in the region.” This now means that Ghana now has about six domestic airport in addition to its one international airport.The country aims to make many of these airports international so that the over-dependency of the Kotoka International Airport will be curbed. Check o...

Poloo was whisked away in a taxi As judge Christian Cann read to Akuapem Poloo and the court, her decision, the actress let out a huge cry “Mummy, oh Mummy, please, I beg, oh, what am I going to do now?”. The cry continued as the judge read out the full sentence and as she concluded her speech, Akuapem Poloo also gave her last words in the court. “I feel alone, I feel alone.” Indeed, she was alone. The usually bubbly Akuapem Poloo looked shattered and completely lost as she was whisked into a nearby a taxi. Her outcry threw the courtroom into a state of melancholy with people present sharing in her grief. For the next three months, she will not have access to her Instagram page where she has created a niche as a sensation who twerks and excites her followers with all kinds of erotic dance moves. Instead, she is going to be confined to the ‘four corners’ of a possibly congested Ghanaian prison with her right curtailed because of a misjudgment she made on June 30, 2020. On that da...

Kuami Eugene receives a brand new white Range Rover Velar as a reward for Adonko Next Level Energy Drink ambassadorial duties. The VGMA Artist of The Year 2020 was presented with the new car by Dr Kwaku Oteng, the CEO of Adonko, for his hard work because hard work. During the presentation, representatives from Adonko shared the story of how Kuami Eugene refused to charge for featuring in Adoko commercials unlike, others who would have outrightly stated their price.

Actress Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has been convicted by the Accra Circuit Court over naked pictures with her son. The conviction comes after she posted a naked picture with her son on Instagram celebrating his seventh birthday. She has been remanded into custody to undergo a pregnancy test before her sentencing. In court Wednesday, the actress pleaded guilty to all three charges and was convicted on her own plea by the court presided over by Christina Cann. Background The actress was facing charges of publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way undermines another person’s privacy or integrity and engaging in domestic violence namely conduct that in any way detracts or is likely to detract from another person’s dignity and worth as a human being. According to the prosecution, on June 30 2020, Rosemond celebrated her son’s seventh birthday by taking nude pictures together with her son who was also half-naked. She p...

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has slammed the Managing Director of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) for attributing the power cuts in the country to challenges with Bui Power Plant. GRIDCo is said to have told the Minister of Energy, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, that the Bui Power Plant was a causative agent of the intermittent power supply. The company, at a press briefing on the issue, explained that the Bui Power Plant had been shut down because of low water in the dam. GRIDCo noted that it is due to this problem that certain parts of Ghana are currently experiencing power cuts, referred to in local parlance as 'dumsor'. But reacting to the GRIDCo statement in an interview on Joy FM on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the Chief Executive of Bui Power Authority (BPA), Fred Oware says the management of GRIDCo misinformed the Minsiter. He stated emphatically that the GRIDCo claim is misleading, stressing the current intermittent power supply has nothing to do with Bui pow...

In the wake of the recent cut in power supply across the country, some celebrities and religious leaders including Prophet Kofi Oduro have slammed the government for putting Ghanaians in discomfort and ruining businesses. Popular Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has waded into the conversation on social media and he has dished out a message to the Akufo Addo-led government telling them to stop making all sorts of excuses on why electricity supply is intermittently going out. Taking to his Instagram page, John Dumelo said the government should admit that dumsor is back and should rather strategies on how they optimize the power and advised authorities to provide the timetables that will stipulate the places who will be affected at various times so they can plan well. He wrote; ‘Whether it’s insufficient power generation or it’s inefficient distribution of power, dumsor is dumsor! The excuses for the power outages are becoming one too many. Don’t be shy to admit it’s Dumsor. G...