Kotoko, Hearts in line for major FIFA 2022 World Cup player compensation

Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak are set for a solid financial windfall should their players get selected into Ghana’s Black Stars for the 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign in Qatar. This possibility comes as world football governing body FIFA has set aside $209 million to compensate clubs whose players will compete in the upcoming tournament. Each team is entitled to a sum of $10,000 per player each day during the competition; clubs could end up earning up to $309,000 on each player who competes in the 2022…

Game branch at Accra Mall shut down over E-VAT Invoicing system

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The Ghana Revenue Authority has shut down the Game shopping centre in Accra Mall over non-compliance with the E-VAT Invoicing system. This brings to 10, the number of shops and supermarkets locked up by the tax collector since Monday. Major chains like Palace Mall and China Mall have also been closed down. All customers making purchases at the time of the visit were asked to move out after the management of the mall consulted with their head office in South Africa. The GRA has stressed that it will not relent…

Ghanaian artistes doing their best without record labels – Shatta Wale

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Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale explained that most Ghanaian musicians are doing their best to push their music without help from major international record labels. He said: “We should know that there are labels that are boosting every artiste in the world professionally, but me, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, everybody in Ghana hasn’t got that touch of life for us to live like an artiste. But we are trying for ourselves to move from where we are. Let’s take someone like Black Sherif that everybody is talking about, he has a label behind him,…

Bad headlines, trolls shouldn’t stop you from speaking the truth – Rocky Dawuni

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Ghanaian reggae musician Rocky Dawuni has chosen a firm stand on speaking truth to power. The Grammy-nominated artist said trolls and Bd headlines from blogs will not stop him from speaking the truth and will advise other musicians to do the same. Rocky Dawuni, speaking as a guest on the 3FM Drive, opined that trolls will come for your head regardless. So musicians might as well speak their minds. “It happens all the time. Especially in these days, you know, you might say something with the best of intentions, and then…

Mbappe gets Liverpool transfer green light as he ‘wants to leave PSG in January’

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Kylian Mbappe wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain this January and can join Liverpool, according to bombshell reports from Spain. World Cup winner Mbappe is said to be unhappy in the French capital, with Spanish publication Marca going as far as to say his relationship with PSG has completely broken down after he asked to leave the club permanently in July. The publication claims that Mbappe previously struck a deal with PSG during talks over his future where he agreed on a condition that he would not leave the French giants…

Mohammed Kudus wins goal of the month for strike against Liverpool in UCL

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Ghana midfielder, Mohammed Kudus has won Ajax goal of the month for September for his sensational strike against Liverpool in the Uefa Champions League. Kudus scored the equaliser for Ajax in that group game on September 13, before Liverpool eventually won the game 2-1. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after the game in an interview with BT Sport described the goal as ‘incredible’. Kudus received the Lasse Schöne prize ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Napoli in the Champions League. The 22-year old says winning the award will motivate him to keep…

Shatta Wale says he’s grateful Beyonce’s team bypassed ‘industry gatekeepers’

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Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Charles Nii-Armah Mensah, popularlyknown as Shatta Wale, has alleged that Ghanaian ‘industry gatekeepers’ would have blacklisted him if Beyonce’s team had approached them before giving him a feature on her song, ‘Already’. He said: “For instance, see when Beyonce wanted to do a song with me if she had made a mistake and her team had gone to Mark Okraku-Mantey, Andy Dosty, The Don and those people, I am dead. They will tell Beyonce, he is an armed robber, your skin, he will touch it, and you will be dirty.” Shatta…