Ghana’s president-John Dramani Mahama and his wife-Lordina are currently on an official visit to the United Kingdom—and as part of their trip, they visited the Buckingham Palace for a private meeting with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
We are told “President Mahama and the Queen discussed a number of issues of common interest to the two countries”. At the meeting, the Queen is reported to have expressed “interested in the First Lady’s health-related activities and humanitarian support”.
Also, President Mahama presented the Queen with a copy of his first book, My First Coup D’etat And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa.
Most people did not pick from the photos that Juliet Ibrahim was playing 2face’s love interest in a video for his song-Diaspora Woman featuring Congolese musician-Fally Ipupa .
The video which was directed by Moe Musa has been released and apart from Juliet Ibrahim, you can spot her little sister-Sonia Ibrahim in there too.
Ghanaian actress/TV personality-Ama K. Abebrese is currently in London—and soon, John Dumelo and the others will join her for Friday-31st October, 2014 Red Carpet premiere of the movie-Double Cross at Greenwich Odeon Cinema (8pm). We are giving one of our valued readers the opportunity to also attend the premiere with a guest for FREE on … Read more
If you happen to suffer from fear of public speaking, maybe you should brace yourself and gather some confident and hope, because a lot of achieving people suffer this too…
One of such to alley your fears is, Uche Ofodile, wife of Captain Planet, member of Hiplife group 4X4. Uche was the Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone but resigned for another job offer. When she was with Vodafone, she read and or gave speeches at most entertainment oriented events she attended. Honestly, I wondered why she always spoke with a strict face, no non-verbal aids, and as stiff as though she had been starched together.
What we didn’t know was that, she had a phobia for public speaking. Taking to her Facebook wall, Uche Ofodile disclosed her long-lived-with edginess for public speaking. “I have a confession to make. I have a fear of flying and a fear of public speaking. Up until a couple of years ago, I would almost feel physically sick before speaking to large crowds. On a plane, well I would jump at every sound and look at the air hostess’ face for clues of our demise”.
However, she discovered herself and decided to cause a change in her life. She continued that “I soon realized that my fears were holding me back from doing the things I really love. I really enjoy sharing my experiences with others, enjoy visiting different places and if I was going to continue to grow professionally, business travel was a must”.
“I had to master my fears. In the last month I’ve flown to 7 countries! I’m looking forward to my next speaking opportunity and feel fulfilled both personally and professionally.” Ending, she encouraged others that “don’t let your fears hold you back from reaching your potential. Embrace them and leap forward.”
Indeed, Uche is amongst a number of some well known celebrities and historical figures that have admitted fears of speaking in public and have also struggled with stuttering. They include but not limited to: Bruce Willis, Winston Churchill, Aristotle, Sir Isaac Newton, Tiger Woods, Julia Roberts, Mel Tillis, Anthony Quinn, Jimmy Stewart, Nicholas Brendon, Eric Roberts, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Sam Neill, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Perhaps the organizers and founders of Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards have changed their mission/focus—and they are yet to inform us. Before we get their new mission statement, we kindly ask that they should not also forget to change the name of their award scheme from Music of Black Origin (MOBO) to something else, … Read more
Following Castro and Janet Bandu’s mysterious disappearance, a certain Accra based Legal practitioner-Mauriace Ampah took over the airwaves, saying Asamoah Gyan knows the whereabouts of Castro and that the football star was hiding a lot from Ghanaians.
According to Lawyer Maurice Ampah at the time, he had credible information which proved that Asamoah Gyan and his people were lying—and that he was going to make this information public by the end of September.
Instantly, many said the Lawyer was just seeking for undue attention—because if he had such information, there was no point in waiting till the end of the month before disclosing it. But others asked that, we wait. After all, the end of the month was not that far.
At the end of September, Lawyer Ampah provided no information and when put on the spot, he claimed he was going to give his information to the police and not the public.
Later, he said he did not know where Castro is and he never said he had any information about the whereabouts of Castro.
Surely this must have been upsetting for many—for the start, it was DUMB of a legal practitioner to get so involved in such investigative matter and when asked to put his evidence on the table, he then comes throwing dust.
In light of the above, Ghanaian musician/comedian A-Plus (real name Kwame Asare Obeng) took to his facebook page to express his disappointment in Lawyer Ampah’s conduct. In the said write up, A Plus opined that, Lawyer Ampah was DUMB as his various submissions did not add up.
Interestingly, Lawyer-Maurice Ampah has sued A-Plus (we have the documents below) for defamation and he is asking for 1 million Ghana Cedis as damages. Surely, he is suing because A-Plus said he was DUMB—-we think.
I am not sure how a legal practitioner will proceed to sue someone under defamation because the person said he was DUMB—if indeed that is his claim.
In law, opinions cannot be defamatory and therefore, if someone says or thinks you are DUMB—you cannot sue the person for his opinion about you, even if it’s offensive.
As I wrote in my article-Defamation Is Far From What You Think | Being A Celebrity SUCKS! ; “It is worth mentioning that, statements like a person is a ‘Dumb Ass’ even first among ‘Dumb Asses’ communicates no factual proposition susceptible of proof or refutation. It is true that “dumb” by itself can convey the relatively concrete meaning ‘lacking in intelligence.’ Nevertheless, the absence of the ability to proof any factual preposition in this phrase will definitely make it a herculean task when a person wants to proof defamation based on it”.
Last night, the 2014 MOBO Awards took place at London’s SSE Wembley Arena—making it the first time MOBO has been held in London in 5 years…
Though Sam Smith, 22-year-old soul singer from London was the biggest winner taking home 4 awards including Best male artiste and Best album, for Africa, Fuse ODG was the champion after winning the Best African Act once again this year…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_p1pnydZH8
The year has been great for Fuse ODG and as such, his win is well deserved…
Actor-Idris Elba also won MOBO’s inspirational award and Jessie J won MOBO best female artiste.
