According to Myjoyonline.com report, Ace broadcaster, Kwami Sefa Kayi says the policy of paying TV license fee being advocated by the Ghana Media Commission is not the solution to the woes of the national broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Company (GBC).
“There is too much wastage in GBC…there is a lot of waste in GBC and no one is doing anything about it…George Sarpong knows the fundamental problem with GBC, it is not about collecting TV license…,” Sefa Kayi said on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme on Tuesday.
They could have just washed her mouth out with soap, but instead Abu Dhabi officials threw Austrailian Jodi Magi in jail for posting a picture of a parked car online, Australia’s ABC News reports.
Beware of what you post on social media while visiting other countries.
It started in February when Magi, annoyed at a driver who took up two handicap-parking spaces in her apartment’s lot, posted a photo (since removed, per the Sydney Morning Herald) of the car on Facebook.
The 39-year-old didn’t include any identifying elements in the photo, the ABC notes—but the next thing she knew, a complaint was filed and she was in an Abu Dhabi courtroom, where she was found guilty under a UAE cybercrime law of “writing bad words on social media about a person,” hit with a $2,700 fine, and told she’d be deported from Abu Dhabi, where she’s lived since 2012.
Asked by ABC what she had done, she replied, “I have zero idea. I used the Internet.” She adds she was forced to sign documents written in Arabic, with no translation provided.
Rita Dominic, who just turned 40 a couple of days ago, is back to work. The actress took to her Instagram account to share a photo of herself with other Nollywood actors on the set of upcoming movie ‘Two Days Away’. “It’s a wrap on the set of Two Days Away..? hey fam❤️? @hekcentrik @silhouettetrend,” … Read more
I may not be in the good books of most Ghanaians when it comes to religion but one thing is for sure, I wouldn’t ever act this stupid, made easy by religion. Of course there are credulous lame people everywhere but indisputably, religion perpetuates societal stupidity—that is, if it is not the fountainhead of all the … Read more
Work on the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange Project which is to curb congestion and reduce travel time for motorists and other users in Accra is nearing completion.
The project is expected to carry about 84,000 vehicles a day and link the major road network that connects the sub-urban areas of Accra to the central business district and would also see the provision of sheds and drainage systems around the flood area.
Pop Queen Madonna certainly knows how to get people talking! The 56-year-old songstress who has lived on ‘controversy’ for over three decades is once again in the news for the wrong reasons. On Monday, Madge took to her Instagram to share a seemingly innocent and adorable photo of her adopted black children rubbing her feet … Read more
Finding herself in a bit of an unusual situation, Halle Berry is in court to try and reduce the child support payments she makes to her baby daddy, Gabriel Aubry.
Halle wants the judge to bring down her payments from $16,000 a month to somewhere closer to $3,000 a month. She thinks Aubry is using the payments as an excuse not to find work.
Over the weekend, Captain Planet of 4×4 fame (real name-Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey) officially opened his FASHION PLANET boutique which has brought authentic designer wears straight to Accra—from London, Paris, New York and the top fashion cities.
Captain Planet has high taste for good and designer brands, which reflects the various designer collections FASHION PLANET has become home to, right here in Accra, Ghana.
According to Captain Planet, it certainly cost a lot to fly into United Kingdom, France, United States, Switzerland and those countries which have become the homes of some of the world’s top designer brands—so he is using Fashion Planet to bridge the travel gap and serve at home the same quality, designer and authentic wears people travel out for.
Fashion Planet Opening
To achieve this, the musician has been travelling extensively in and out of the UK, USA, France and other countries, striking deals with some of the world’s top brands to connect them to the Ghanaian market via his Fashion Planet outlet.
The shop is situated opposite the Baatsona Total in Accra…
Ghanaian Dancehall act, Stonebwouy (real name Livingstone Etse Satekla) is reported to have turned down a brand ambassadorial offer from telecommunications company – Glo.
Nollywood stars Ebube Nwagbo and Alex Ekubo are very much loved up while on set of their upcoming movie ‘Not Enough’. The movie which is set to be released later this year was produced by Ebube; the second movie she has produced. Ms Nwagbo took to her Instagram account to share the above picture of the … Read more
Check out behind the scenes photos of Nollywood stars, Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva and Funke Akindele on the set of upcoming movie ‘One Fine Friday’. The Desmond Elliot-directed movie also stars Yolanda Okereke, Henry Udoruisi and Frederick Leonard.
One Direction fans are telling Harry Styles to “be careful” after a Twitter user began tweeting death threats.
Gossipcop reported that, Accounts purportedly run by someone named Derek with the Twitter handles “@DTAustin21_” and “DTAustin21x,” which is now suspended, have been sending out tweets threatening Styles, and warning that something will happen to him on August 5 during One Direction’s concert in New Jersey. “I Made This Account To Let Everyone Know That Harry Styles Will Die, August 5th 2015, At MetLife Stadium,” he wrote in one tweet.
Lorde was Taylor Swift’s guest performer at her 1989 concert in Washington DC last night. Performing to a sold-out crowd at Nationals Parks in DC, Taylor Swift and Lorde lighted up the stage as they performed the latter’s 2013 hit single ‘Royals’. As ever, the duo sounded great on the Grammy Award winning song. “But … Read more
