Ghana Site: May 2013

Friday 31 May 2013

New York City honours Justin Bieber with special day

A special day has been named after teen pop sensation Justin Bieber.

Officials in New York have declared June 19 as Justin Bieber Day and it will be celebrated every year.

The 18-year-old singer attended a record signing event at an electronics store in Manhattan, where he was visited by the Manhattan Borough President Scott M Stringer, reported the New York Post.

Stringer handed the pop star a framed certificate. Read More

Louis’s tears for Westlife farewell

Louis Walsh has admitted there will “be tears” this weekend as Westlife bow out with a farewell show in front of thousands of fans.

The group, who have scored 14 No 1 singles in the UK and more than two dozen top 10 hits, play their final show tomorrow (Saturday). Read More

American rapper ‘steals’ showbiz name of Ghanaian musician

REPORTS REACHING The Heritage Entertainment Desk states that an American rapper is alleged to have violated international copyright laws by blatantly ‘stealing’ the show biz name of the Ghanaian musician Tycoon Billy (T. Billy).

The American, who refers to himself as ‘Tycoon Billy Lord’ has been threatened with the pursuit of legal action by the Ghanaian Musician if he does not stop parading himself as Tycoon Billy, a name which is exclusively copyrighted to the Ghanaian Artiste. Read More

Perry hid divorce pain for fans

Katy Perry has revealed she broke down in tears moments before going on stage as she struggled with her marriage problems.

The Firework singer opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about her break-up from ex-husband Russell Brand as she defended her decision to document their relationship in her 3D concert movie Katy Perry: Part Of Me. Read More

Nubian Stunnaz back with ‘Pumpapa’

MUSIC DUET Nubian Stunnaz, represented by Jay Mettler (Joshua Mettle) and Kwame Species (Arthur Swatson) is out with yet another banger ‘Pumpapa’ after a successful hit song ‘So noor’ with Richie of Lynx Entertainment fame early last year. Read More

Cole open to Girls Aloud musical

Cheryl Cole thinks a Girls Aloud musical could be “amazing”.

The singer, who’s currently promoting her third solo album A Million Lights, told Digital Spy she couldn’t see herself starring in it but she liked the idea. Read More

Airtel associates Ghanaian technology company

An eHealth explanation, Mobile Product Verification™ (MPA™) by Ghanaian technology company Sproxil, will help consumers of medicines to verify product authenticity within seconds through a text message.Telecoms company, Bharti Airtel has publicized a partnership with Sproxil to offer the service to its customers across Africa for free. Read More

World’s biggest ultra-definition TV : provide LG unveil

World’s biggest ultra-definition TV

The company unveiled an ultra-definition TV with an 84-inch (213-cm) screen to the local market, with a price tag of 25 million won ($22,067). sales will kick off in Europe and the United States next month ahead of releases in Asia and Latin America, it added.

The new product comes as global manufacturers seek to drive slowing sales by producing premium TVs with bigger screens and sharper images. Read More

Analyze your Facebook data

The spread pieces of details you publish to Facebook or myspace might not seem exciting on their own — images of a child here, a satisfied wedding sentiment there. But taken as a whole, your Facebook or myspace details is a chest of details that can be examined to find styles and statistics about your online life (or your friends’ lives). Read More

Redesign Your Room Into A 3D Hologram Image With A Xbox Kinect

If you’ve ever desired to turn your life into a sci-fi flick, here’s your shot. Grab your XBox Kinect and take some videos of your alive space. Then use the site Kinect@Home to redesign your room into a 3D hologram image. Read More

Apple company Delivers Out Invites for iPhone 5 Event

San Francisco’s Yerba Excelente Middle for the Artistry, Apple’s conventional option for big unveilings, will provide as the location. The occasion will start at 10 a.m. Hawaiian Time (1 p.m. Eastern). Read More

Spy Top Sins Committed On Facebook

Spy Top Sins Committed On Facebook

You are are consuming ice water & you upgrade “I’m consuming Ashton Master on the stones or Champaign” …God is viewing you
You’re in the house viewing extremely tale on Amazingly TV but your upgrade on facebook or myspace says “Watching EXPANDABLES 3 at the cinema” …God is viewing you. Read More

Mac OS X reaches Windows Vista in international market share

Information launched by web analytics firm NetMarketShare for Aug reveals that globally use of Apple’s Mac OS X platform has overtaken that of Microsoft’s Windows Windows vista. Simultaneously, Windows seven has finally overtaken the aging Windows XP to become the globe’s major os.
Total globally utilization for Mac OS X for Aug was registered as 7.13 % — which doesn’t seem like much when compared to complete Windows use of 91.77 % — but it perfectly beats the 6.15 % globally utilization discuss for Windows Windows vista. Read More

Amazon Creates 2,000 Jobs Amongst Online Development

Online store Amazon has declared a strategy to make more than 2,000 new tasks in new English submission companies during the next two decades.
It said the tasks would be lasting roles at three new “fulfilment centres” being designed before the end of 2014.Up to 3,000 short-term tasks would also be designed at the companies during active Xmas times. Read More

Ghana Black Stars Int’l Friendly Match with Kenya Has Been cancelled

FIFA World Cup 2014: The international friendly match between Ghana Black Stars and Kenya has been cancelled. Ghana Football Association (GFA) has officially confirmed this news.

Kenya Football Federation had got a letter from GFA in which Ghana Black Stars Coach Kwesi Appiah mentioned that he cannot raise a strong team due to the change in date of Ghana’s 2014 FIFA World Cupqualifier in Khartoum. So, the match is cancel. Read More

Europa League: Chelsea Became The New Champion After Beating Benfica

Europa League championship: Chelsea got victory in Europa League after beating Benfica by 2-1 in the final in Amsterdam.

Winning goal is hit by Branislav Ivanovic the captain of the Serbia national football team which helpedChelsea to become a champion of Europa League. The Serbian power is also able to get the man-of-the-match award. Read More

Ghana Black Stars Coach: CAF allow replacement of players when injured

Kwasi Appiah Ghana Black Stars coach has been making some advises to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) about the injured players during the recent CAF Conference to analyses 2012 and 2013 football competition. Read More

FIFA World Cup Qualifying Matches: Ghana Black Stars Full Squad List

Kwesi Appiah, Ghana Black Stars Coach has presented the list of the Ghana Black Stars which will participate in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Sudan and Lesotho.

Here is the list for the Players:

Goalkeepers: Fatau Dauda (Ashgold), Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals), Stephen Adams (Aduana)

Full-backs: Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), Samuel Inkoom (Bastia, France), Kissi Boateng (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Baba Rahman (Greuther Furth). Read More

Ghana Black Stars Will Play a Friendly Match With Blue Samurai

This September, Ghana Black Stars will play friendly match with the Blue Samurai, Japanese national team.

These types of friendly matches will able Ghana Black Stars for upcoming tournament. The match will be played in Japan on Tuesday 8th September. Read More

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers: Zambian Stars Full Squad List

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers: The thirst of winning the World Cup 2014 is started. Every country has presented its strongest players to win the FIFA World Cup 2014.

For the qualifying matches Zambia, Ghana’s opponent in Group D has also presented its crack squad.

Here is the list of Zambian Stars for FIFA World Cup 2014 : Read More

Ghana Black Stars Coach is Hopeful For The Return of Kevin Prince

Kwesi Appiah, Ghana Black Stars Coach is hopeful for the return of Kevin Prince in the Ghana Black Stars.

According to Appiah which met Kevin in Italy said that Kevin was speaking a lot about the country and I hopeful that he will come back. Read More

Ghana Black Stars Captain: Our Sole Aim is to Win World Cup Qualifier

Asamoah Gyan, Ghana Black Stars Captain has boosted his team for winning the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Sudan and Lesotho on June 7 and 16 respectively.

Ghana Black Stars Captain louden his voice that, “Our sole aim is to win and grabbing all the six points at stake will be a massive boost for us.” Read More

President John Mahama: Labour Will Respond With Yield, Not With Strike

President John Mahama has been addressing the workers on Labour Day at Takoradi in the Western region.

He said to the public sector workers that the implementation of the single spine salary structure (SSSS) has, “undoubtedly increased the take-home salary of public sector workers exponentially”.

President John Mahama said, “We are all witnesses to the remarkable improvements that have been achieved through its implementation”. Read More

Thursday 30 May 2013

President John Mahama: Ministers Must Abide The Ethics of The Office

On Thursday, President John Mahama has sworn the last batch of 35 deputy ministers at the Flagstaff House and notified them that if they have a problem they come to him, not to the media. Read More

Election Petition Case: Tsikata Must Go Back To lecture hall And Teach

Election Petition Case: Nana Fredua Ofori Atta, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legal team has given his shocking remarks on the Tsatsu Tsikata about the election petition case.

In his opinion Tsatsu is not a practicing lawyer in court he must going back to the lecture hall to teach as a law lecturer rather than wasting his time. Read More

Kofi Annan: Africa can manage its natural resource, to improve living

Kofi Annan the former United Nation (UN) Secretary General has presented the African Progress Report. In his report he mentioned that Africa has lots of opportunity but we didn’t use these as in many countries the natural resource revenues are full the gap between rich and poor. Read More

Sekou Nkrumah stated Election Petition Case is complete waste of time

Election Petition Case: Former president son Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s son Sekou Nkrumah has also added his voice in the current Election Petition Case.

Sekou Nkrumah is showing his anger by saying that the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Case is a complete waste of time. As he recommended to the member of NPP that they should focused on the general elections in 2016. Read More

President Obama Visit to Africa, White House Has Revealed

President Obama will come to Africa for a long visit of one week from June 26 to July 3, the White Houserevealed.

The main purpose of this visit of President Obama is to meet the leaders from government, business and civil society, including youth and also for his personal purposes. Read More

Election Petition Case: Bawumia is The Best Presidential Material

Election Petition Case: Mr. Appiah Ofori a legal member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given his comments about the key witness of ongoing Election Petition Case Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Read More

Ghana Black Stars Andre Ayew: Wanted to Look like His Father

Former Ghana Black Stars Captain Abedi Ayew Pele’s son, Andre Ayew is expressing his feeling about his father that Pele is playing very important role in winning the big games in his life. Read More

African Film Development Awards: Nomination List is Come Out

African Film Development Awards 2013: This year the coast of Tanzania is hitting by the motivational event of African Film Development Awards which is celebrating the contribution of the people in the development of African cinema.

This year event will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on the 29th of June 2013. African Film Development awards has 31 categories. Read More

Billboard Music Awards 2013: Check Out the Full List Of Winners

Last night the Las Vegas has been sink in the sea of music by the opening of Billboard Music Awards 2013. The show which was hosted by Tracy Morgan featured 16 performances and also the new single from Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, “Live It Up”.

In Billboard Music Awards 2013, Taylor Swift has able to get 8 awards and Rihanna which is step back to Taylor has got 4 awards.

Following is the full list of the winners of Billboard Music Awards 2013. Read More

Nadia Buari and Jim Iyke, Someone Happy Someone Sad

Ghana’s most beautiful celebrity Nadia Buari has been seemed with Jim Iyke about half a year.

We saw these couple in the 2013 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, in Uganda to receive respective awards, in Dubai together as Nadia Buari and Jim Iyke joined 2Face’s wedding, at the premier of Jim’s reality TV show.

But the Keturah Hamilton theex-Jim Iyke lover is not happy withal these visions. As she advised Nadia in code words about the Jim. Read More

Check Out The Exclusive Photos From Ghana Meets Naija Launching Party

Ghana Meets Naija the biggest musical show of Africa has been revealed in Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra.

The main event of Ghana Meets Naija will be held On June 29, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

In the launching party, a number of celebrities were present like, John Dumelo, Wizkid, Edem, X.O Senavoe, Stonebwoy, and Okyeame Kwame.

Following are the photos of celebrities participated in Ghana Meets Naija:

Check Out The Exclusive Photos From Ghana Meets Naija Launching Party

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Big Brother Africa Season 8 Dubbed The Chase Sponsored By Airtel

This year Africa’s biggest reality show Big Brother Africa Season 8 labeled The Chase has been sponsored by the Airtel.

The show which will launch on May 26th, 2013 has massive prize money of USD 300,000. Big Brother Africa season 8 will feature 28 housemates from 14 different countries. Read More

Big Brother Africa Season 8: Contestants List is Come Out

Big Brother Africa Season 8 dubbed The Chase has been hitting the shore of Africa with a great opening last night.

28 Housemates from 14 different countries of Africa have come on the Africa’s biggest reality show to get a name with a massive prize money of USD 300 000. Read More

Miss Ghana 2013: Audition Dates are announced

Miss Ghana 2013: The most prestigious beauty event Miss Ghana is come across on the borders of Ghana. The date which is announced for the audition of beauty pageant will be May 30 through to Saturday June 1.

C.E.O, Exclusive Events Ghana, Miss Patty is describing the exciting prizes for Miss Ghana 2013 as “replete with exciting packages; the concept of giving out three cars to the first three winners still holds. Miss Ghana 2013 gets to keep her car while her two runner-ups use theirs officially, for a year”. Read More

Big Brother Africa Season 8–The Chase: Meet Ghanaian Presenter

Big Brother Africa Season 8–The Chase has been starting with a big a great joy. 28 housemates from all over the Africa presented their homeland. Ghana also sent its presenters on the Africa’s biggest reality show Big Brother Africa Season 8–The Chase.

Selly and Elikem are the presenters of Ghana. Here is some detail about the Selly and Elikem. Read More

Kate Winslet, Kenneth Branagh get royal honours

LONDON: Kate Winslet has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for her titanic contribution to the arts.

The actress, who won a best actress Academy Award in 2009 for ”The Reader” and made her breakthrough as the feisty Rose in 1997 blockbuster ”Titanic,” has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in the queen’s Birthday Honours List, published Saturday. Read More

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Ghana to benefit from Development Studies Association of Africa

Accra, June 14, GNA – The Development Studies Association (DSA) of the UK and Ireland is to establish the Development Studies Association of Africa (DSA-A) to serve as a formidable umbrella for independent African voices on developmental issues on the continent.

The DSA founded in 1978 with membership of 55 organisations and 1200 individuals was aimed at mobilising collective capacity and knowledge for development. Read More

Ghana-Nigeria rivalry deepens as Naija acts promise mega showdown

Last year’s edition was adjudged by industry pundits as a unanimous victory in favor of the Ghanaian artistes who excited the most with their performances on the night.

This year, the Naija acts are pledging to bring their best performances to bear on the night to annex Ghana’s crown.

In typical Nigerian fashion, top Naija acts featuring on the bill have stated emphatically that come the night of June 30, they will outclass their Ghanaian counterparts. Read More

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