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Social Issue: 30% Of Ghanaians Are Poor – World Bank Report

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It is official! One out of every three Ghanaians cannot afford the basic necessities of life. According to a report commissioned by the World Bank, 30 percent of Ghanaians are poor, in spite of several years of rapid economic development in the country.

The disparity in the poverty range of the country could not have been wider. According to the report, while on the average, 20 percent of Ghanaians in the south are poor, a whooping figure of 63 of every 100 Ghanaians in the north have no means of acquiring the basic necessities of life.

The report, entitled “Participatory Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment (PPVA): Understanding the Regional Dynamics of Poverty, with particular focus on Ghana’s Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions”, added that so many people in Ghana are vulnerable and slipping into poverty.

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M-net’s Big Brother Amplified: Everyone But Vina Is Up For Eviction! + Confidence’s Big Brother Amplified Eviction Party…

Confidence Haugen Big Brother Africa
Confidence Haugen Big Brother Africa

After a whirlwind week of media appearances and interviews, Confidence Haugen is ready to do what she does best; host a party at her club.  The eviction/coming home party will be held at Confidence’s Aphrodisiac Nite Club on the 25th of June 2011.

Ghana’s rep in the Big Brother Amplified house, Confidence, returned home last week after being the 7th housemate to leave the Big Brother Amplified house.

After her eviction Confidence told IK; “I have so much in my life and feel I’m so blessed to be here, of all the Ghanaians, I’m the girl who’s been picked to be here. I feel honored and privileged and for me this is fun. Come on Africa – thank you so much!” And so now it is time to have more fun with Confidence!

There will be a rotation of guest DJ’s and celebrities who will pass through to party with Confidence and her guests. All Confidence fans and Aphrodisiac patrons should put on their dancing shoes and head for cut on your dancing shoes and head to the Aphrodisiac Nite Club on Saturday evening.

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The Heads Housemates did a thorough job of spreading the nomination love on Monday (20 June) on M-Net’s Big Brother Amplified – all but Vina are in danger of being evicted this Sunday!

Zeus, Hanni, Vimbai, Wendall, Lomwe, Millicent, Felicia or Sharon O could find themselves moving to the Tails House – or heading home altogether – after the viewer vote this week.

This week’s Head of House ‘save & replace’ appeared to be one of the easiest in Big Brother history, as when the nominations were announced, only Felicia was not in danger.

Big Brother called first-time Head of House Vina into the Chat Room to make her decision and she couldn’t help but save herself and put the Malawian up for eviction in her place.

While the rest of the Housemates referred to her potential decision as ‘obvious’, Vina seemed to wrestle with the way Felicia would react to the swap – but ultimately the fact that she has been up for eviction every ‘Heads’ nomination week swayed her decision and she decided to take herself out of the firing line.

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‘Adams Apples’ Chapter 3 Is Here: The Wahala Continues Unabated…

Adams Apples Chapter 3
Adams Apples Chapter 3

The ‘Sexy,Sassy,Wahala’ continues unabated in Chapter 3 of ‘Adams Apples’. Chapter 1 ‘The Family Ties’ introduced us to the Adams family and their sexy, sassy but ‘wahala’ way of life.

Chapter 2 ‘The Twisted Connections’ brought us extra ‘wahala’ with Jennifer trying to conclude a house sale with her new young client and things taking a dramatic turn, spiralling events out of control and deepening already strained relations with her secretary.

Now, Chapter 3 ‘The Musical Chairs’ is here with all hell breaking “loose when the Adams sisters catch their mum and the unassuming Screening locations and times teacher, Albert together at a hotel.

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‘Random Ridiculousness’: What The Heck Has She Got On Her Head, I Thought Our Ghanaian Stars Were Bad. This Is Worse

What the heck is the chick wearing on her head? Some kinda horse weave or what? Did I say a ‘chick’… She is a popular Nigerian Actress called ‘Empress Njamah‘ . I cannot just understand how people can rock such road sweeping hair in the tropical hot weather of Africa… Geez! Can’t our African celebrities … Read more

Photos + Times Up For Nic & Danny On Big Brother Amplified And Vip Rocks The Eviction

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After surviving Eviction once and being whisked into Tails, Danny has been Evicted from the Big Brother House after seven weeks in the game but Nic was also not spared.

In true IK fashion, Kim was the first one to be asked to stand, followed by Danny then IK told her she had been saved but her beau, Nic, was still awaiting his fate. Kim couldn’t help herself, she screamed on top of her voice before breaking down.

The calm Ethiopian Housemate seemed puzzled at first but Alex quickly snatched him and gave him a long hug while Luclay just broke down.

Once on stage with IK, Danny thought it was just the girls who had nominated him but was shocked to see Alex on that list. Meanwhile, IK was back for the final announcement. Luweza clutched onto Karen after IK announced that she was safe then it was down to the two guys, Nic and Luclay. 

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