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A statement signed by the director of communications for the awards scheme, Mr. Abubakari Sadiq, said this year's awards ceremony had been postponed to April 11, 2020 following the President's ban on social gathering. The statement explained that the action had become necessary as a measure to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. It said "It is our prayer that by April 11, the COVID-19 spread would have been contained for government to lift the ban on public gathering.” "However, if in the unfortunate situation by Saturday, April 11, is not contained, organizers have no choice than to resort to social media to announce the winners of the awards," It added. "We sincerely apologize to all nominees, stakeholders and entertainers across northern Ghana for any inconvenience caused by this decision.” "We would like to use this opportunity to remind the general public to follow the preventive measures issued by the Ghana Health Service and comply with government's recent directives on public gathering, which are aimed at preventing the spread of the virus.” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a televised address on Sunday, March 15, announced wide-reaching decisions to curb the COVID-19 incidence. The decisions included banning public gatherings and closure of schools and universities for a period of four weeks. The ban is part of measures put in place to ensure public safety and protection of the Ghanaian population. Source | Summary
Prophet Nigel Gaisie tell why he Prophesices only Negative Things
Prophet Nigel Gaisie has told why he only prophesies doom. He said the media thrives on negativity and for that matter doom prophecy is important. Gaisie also said God reveals positive things to him as well. The founder and leader of Prophet Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has revealed why he prophesices doom. According to him, the Ghanaian media thrives on negative news and so the need for him to go negatively with his prophecies. Nigel added that God gives him positive prophecies but he prefers to go with the negative one. He made this revelation in an interview he had with Berla Mundi monitored by YEN.com. Gh on TV3."The media thrives on negative prophecies. If you tell the positive ones, nobody listens. That is why we like to tell the negative ones," Nigel Gaisie said. He explained that this does not mean that God does not give him positive prophecies, just that he likes to go viral with the negative ones. Asked if he has ever been bothered about people calling him a fake prophet, Nigel said he did not care at all. "Even Jesus Christ was not accepted in his own town so why should this bother me, I don't care at all if people doubt my credibility, that is not a problem at all," Gaisie stressed. Giasie is noted for his prophecies including the death of the late diva Ebony Reigns. He has made other prophecies which he claimed all came to pass. Have national and human interest issues to discuss? Know someone who is extremely talented and needs recognition? Source | Summary
Coronavirus: Obour Clashes with Ridge Hospital over his Father’s body
Former MUSIGA president, Bice Osei Kuffuor, popularly known as Obour, has reportedly clashed with authorities at the Ridge Hospital over the dead body of his father. Obour's father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, passed away on the evening of Friday, March 27, 2020, to the Coronavirus disease. Gh, Nana Boansi who returned from abroad on Thursday, March 19, 2020, fell ill on Sunday, March 22, 2020, and was sent to the Ridge Hospital where he died later. Following his death, Obour is reported to have visited the hospital to have his father's body transferred to a private morgue. Being a case of Coronavirus, the hospital authorities refused to hand over the body to him. It was the hospital's decision that led to a misunderstanding between the former MUSIGA president and the authorities. According to an eyewitness who spoke on Onua FM, Obour and some men arrived at the premises of the Ridge Hospital in a car to carry his father's body. He was told he could not do that without following the procedures and it led to heated exchanges between Obour and the authorities. Though there was a heated argument, the eyewitness stated that it did not degenerate into an exchange of blows or verbal assault. The argument dragged to the point of national security operatives stepping in to restore calm. Source | Summary
Rapper Scarface on living with coronavirus: ‘I’m Scared to Death’
In this, Rapper turned political candidate, Brad "Scarface" Jordan visits with voter Michele Lemon and her son outside of an early voting location in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Jordan is in a run-off against Carolyn Evans-Shabazz for a seat on the Houston City Council City Council Rapper, Houston, USA – 09 Dec 2019. Rapper Scarface gave an emotional account of his time in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus. Scarface, whose real name is Brad Jordan, was interviewed by Atlanta rapper Ludacris on Instagram Live on March 27. Some three thousand people tuned in for the 20-minute chat. "I'm scared to death," said Scarface, who on Thursday revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19. The Houston native has been quarantined for three weeks in his house with no physical contact outside. "I ain't never felt like this vulnerable," he added. Scarface emphasized repeatedly the dire need for all to stay isolated. "I know we feel invincible at times.” Personalizing the experience even more, Scarface added: "If God was trying to get my attention, he now has my undivided attention.” To pass the time, Scarface said he was watching "All-American" on Netflix and catching up with friends, family and peers like Ice-T and Ice Cube. "That helped me more than anything.” The ever inquisitive Ludacris asked a range of questions about daily life to which Scarface hesitated in making light but assured anyone watching that he had barely left his bedroom never mind allowing any outside people or products into his home. Last year, he ran for Houston City Council, losing to former educator Carolyn Evans-Shabazz in a run-off election. Source | Summary
I Will Slap Obinim Till He Becomes Deaf If I See Him Ranting About Having The Power To Cure Disease
AMG Boss Criss Waddle has torn Bishop Daniel Obinim to shreds amidst the fight against Coronavirus. Criss Waddle in a post on his Twitter page, has issued a strong warning to Obinim to not go about making noise that he can cure all sicknesses if he is unable to find a cure to Coronavirus. "He wrote: All the sickness Obinim claimes he cures, if he doesn't do any magic now and I see him shouting after this pandemic, he go take slap way e dey make person turn mumu". Few weeks ago, a video of Obinim claiming to have the cure for Covid-19 went viral. He however came to clear the air that the video that went viral should be ignored. Meanwhile Ghana's current record of Covid-19 is now 141 with 5 deaths confirmed. Source | Summary
Naa Dromo: 12 Beautiful Photos of Rev. Korankye-Ankrah’s 2nd Daughter
Rev. Sam Korankye-Ankrah is one of the respected men of God in Ghana and Africa as a whole. He is the Apostle General of the Royalhouse Chapel International, a church in Ghana with more than 30,000 members. Despite his famous status, he has always managed to keep his private life away from the public. Well, Rev. Korankye-Ankrah has a wonderful family as he got married in 1982 and has four children. Naa Dromo Korankye-Anakrah, who is the third child of the respected man of God has been stunning social media users with her beauty. Naa Dromo celebrated his birthday on Thursday, March 26, 2020.YEN.com. Gh has therefore put together 12 beautiful photos of Naa Dromo that will knock you off your feet.1. Source | Summary
Allow me to pray for coronavirus patients, I can heal them
He stressed how God can heal the coronavirus patients through him after praying for them when speaking with Zion Felix on the 'Uncut Show'. Bishop Thunder said God has given him healing gift so the president should give him the chance. He said it is important for people to rely on God since there are no vaccines for the coronavirus. According to him, God is the final solution in everything as scientists and doctors are struggling globally to find a way out. The founder of Jesus House Pentecostal Ministry stated that he is ready to die and save others if that would be a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bishop Thunder was hopeful that the coronavirus outbreak will cease by the end of April this year. Source | Summary
Coronavirus: South African Sex Workers Want The Govt To Include Them As An Essential Service During The Lockdown
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce and the National Movement of Sex Workers in South Africa are appealing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to include sex workers as an essential service during the coronavirus lockdown. The move comes three days after President Ramaphosa announced a nationwide 21-day lockdown and ordered South Africans to stay at home during this period to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Ramaphosa said "This is a decisive measure to save millions of South Africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people". "But Sweat and Sisonke believe the 'drastic decision comes with many uncertainties for unskilled workers in the country, including sex workers.” "Sex work is work, and they too need help as their livelihood has been disrupted," the two organizations said in a statement. "We also call on the president to take urgent steps and mandate the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to fast-track the sex work law-reform process and decriminalise sex work in order to address the evident exclusion of sex workers in accessing labour rights in times of need.” According to SWEAT and Sisonke, sex workers remain the most marginalised of all workers, whose work is "Not recognised as work" in South Africa. The organizations also lamented their loss of income due to the coronavirus outbreak. "Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, sex workers have been the first group of workers to be affected financially by the spread of the virus. According to a study we conducted in 2013, South Africa has about 158 000 sex workers – the majority being female sex workers who support up to seven dependants with the income they make through sex work.” "The president has said that there is a proposal for a special dispensation for companies that are in distress because of Covid-19. Through this proposal, employees will receive wage payment through the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme, which will enable companies to pay employees directly during this period and avoid retrenchment.” "However, we are questioning the inclusivity of the proposal. Will it include sex workers? Sex work is currently criminalised in South Africa and sex workers are considered criminals – not workers. And, as the hardest-hit group of workers by the global pandemic, they will most likely not qualify for the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme," according to the joint statement. Lesego Tlhwale, a spokesperson from the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce also spoke in an interview with ENCA TV, where she pleaded with the government to make urgent provision for sex workers to be included in the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme because they are also losing income. Source | Summary
Obour should’ve put all allegations to rest before parliamentary bid
Speaking on Kasapa FM's Entertainment Show with host, Eddie Ray, he elaborated on the fact that Obour's regime as the MUSIGA president has been impressive. He believes that if only Bice Osei Kuffuor had dealt with issues and accusations leveled against him by people, it would have been the best for him to contest as a parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party in the Asante Akyem South Constituency. "If Obour knew those accusations could affect him as Lee Man-hee of South Korea, he would have come to clear himself." Bnoskka. The Creative Arts Business and Intellectual property Consultant also referred to John Dumelo's case where he had to come out and apologize to the citizens for passing a comment on a University Graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology selling bread because of Ghana's hard economy. He shares the interest that when people decide to do something because of their own decisions, they should rather look at the end results in the near future. Source | Summary
Warns Them To Reduce Their Data Bundle Else……. » GhBasecom™
Even in these time of coronavirus crisis Telcos in Ghana are still charging it's costumers highly when it comes to the use of their data bundle instead of reducing the prices in other to help it's customers in times like this. In reacting to that, controversial dancehall artist Shatta Wale has warned the most used networks in Ghana to reduce the prices of their data bundles. According to him, in this coronavirus crisis the best they can do to help is to reduce the prices of their data bundle so everyone could afford especially now that almost everyone is home. He therefore warned them to reduce the prices so that his fans can patronize his show online on the 4th April or else he will advise them to use the cheapest offer. He tweeted "MTN, Vodafone, Airtel-tigo etc you guys for reduce your data charges for Ghanaians to be able to patronize my show on the 4th April. If no be so, I go make all my fans stream plus the one with the cheapest offer p3. I talk my own. Thank you.#SMFaithconcert #FaithConcert". Source | Summary
Happenings In Gold Coast 