May 21, 2020 | GHMedia Hub

2020 BET Awards will go virtual with June broadcast

The show will go on! The 2020 BET Awards will air June 28 as planned, the network announced Wednesday – but it will come together virtually. The show will be produced “using an array of innovative techniques and artist-generated content,” the press release said, promising an all-star lineup and allowing audiences to participate in the “celebration of black love, joy, pride, and power” they’ve come to expect from BET. This year’s show marks the 20th anniversary of the BET Awards and 40th anniversary of the network. The official nominations for…

I was not interested in the Black Stars captaincy – Osei Kuffour reveals

Former Black Stars and Bayern Munich defender, Samuel Osei Kuffour has stated that he was never interested in being the captain of the national team after Charles Akonnor. According to the 2001 UEFA Champions League winner, the media reports that suggested that he was in a tussle with former VFL Wolfsburg’s captain for the Black Stars captaincy before the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali were not true. Speaking in an interview with GTV Sports Plus, he said he was only interested in the successes of the national team and was…

‘Asamoah Gyan, Abedi Pele best I’ve seen play’ – GFA president Kurt Okraku

The President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt E.S. Okraku has named Asamoah Gyan and Abedi Pele as the two most distinguished players he saw play in the national team colors. Asamoah Gyan is Ghana’s all time top scorer with 51 goals having represented the Black Stars since 2003. He is also Africa’s leading scorer at the FIFA World cup having been present at three tournaments (2006, 2010 & 2014). Abedi Pele on the other hand was a member of Ghana’s 1982 Africa Cup of Nations winning squad and a…

Man with 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren still looking for new wives

After marrying 39 wives and having 94 children and 33 grandchildren, this 66-year-old man from India confessed that he would not mind marrying for the 40th time. Ziona Chana currently lives with his growing family in India’s remote northeast region in Mizoram state where all of the family members share a four-storied building, as reported by Reuters At the family residence which has 100 rooms for their family to occupy, all of Ziona’s wives share a dormitory near his private bedroom Meanwhile, his sons and their wives stay at different rooms…

Learn how to appreciate the living – Sista Afia reacts to Apraku My Daughter’s death

Afro-pop and highlife songstress Sista Afia has urged Ghanaians to learn how to appreciate the living not when they are dead. The “Weather” singer was reacting to the death of Evangelist Emmanuel Kwaku Apraku aka Apraku My Daughter who was found dead in his apartment in Accra on Wednesday, May 21. According to Sista Afia, the passing of the ‘fallen’ preacher is sad but Ghanaians should learn how to appreciate and love the living than the dead. Apraku My Daughter confirmed dead She said Ghanaians shammed the preacher when he…

“Sweet Ex” pushed traders into music – Sister Derby shades Fella Makafui

The conflict between the wife and the ex-girlfriend of rapper Medikal isn’t going to end soon as Sister Derby shades Fella Makafui yet again. Sister Derby left a pile of shades for her rival while responding to a Twitter user’s statement regarding her career as a singer. The Twitter claimed she didn’t know Derby was a singer until her beef with Fella Makafui. “I never know Sis Derby was a singer till Fella came in the line. #career resurrection agency,” the Twitter user said. But in her response, Sister Derby tagged…

Liverpool: Klopp says return to training like ‘first day at school’

Liverpool’s return to non-contact training “felt like the first day at school”, says manager Jurgen Klopp. The Premier League leaders worked in small groups at their Melwood training ground on Wednesday for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown. The English top flight hopes to resume in June, with 92 fixtures left to play, having been suspended since 13 March. “I woke up even earlier than usual and then I realised it was my first day,” Klopp told Liverpool’s website. “It felt like the first day at school – for…

Police invites Abronye DC over alleged assassination claims against Mahama

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe ‘Abronye DC’ for questioning over allegations he allegedly made against former President John Dramani Mahama. In a petition to the Criminal Investigations Department signed by his lawyer, Tony Lithur, John Mahama said Abronye DC had accused him of plotting to assassinate some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He (Abronye DC) reportedly said some NPP personalities will be assassinated by NDC hirelings doing the bidding…

Woman jailed 8 years for stealing two children

A 29-year-old woman who stole two children at Ashaiman has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in hard labour by the Ashaiman Circuit Court. Elizabeth Rockson, alias Janet, was convicted on her own plea after she pleaded guilty to two counts of child stealing. The court presided over by Mrs Agnes Opoku Barnieh, sentenced her to eight years on each count, both to run concurrently. Guilty with explanation On May 6, this year, Elizabeth took off with an 11-year-old boy and an 11-month-old girl who were the children of her…

I advised Apraku My daughter but he didn’t pay heed – Ex-wife speaks

The ex-wife of the once popular man of God, Pastor Emmanuel Apraku also known as Apraku My Daughter has disclosed that her late husband failed to pay heed to her counsel. Speaking in an interview with Kofi TV, monitored by GhanaWeb, after his death, she said though they got separated as a couple in 2003, she was very helpful to him because of their children. Trying very hard to control her tears after seeing the state in which he died, she told Kofi Adoma she believes her late ex-husband would…