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Ghanaian Musicians & Movie Stars To Play Black Stars In A Charity Match!

George Afriyie, Samuel Odoi Mensah, Sammy Anim Addo, Bice Osei Kuffour and Shirley Frimpong Manso
George Afriyie, Samuel Odoi Mensah, Sammy Anim Addo, Bice Osei Kuffour and Shirley Frimpong Manso

On Sunday June 24, attention would be moved from the Accra Sports Stadium to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital for the fifth edition of the annual charity ‘Stars Soccer Fiesta’, fun game that brings soccer stars and other stars to play for fun and charity.
Over the last five years, a platform has been created to engage the country’s national team, Black Stars in a friendly football match with Ghanaian musician to raise funds to support a charity in the country and also to have fun.
This year’s edition is dubbed ‘Stars Soccer Fiesta Reloaded’.  Looking at the build-up, the day is going to be unforgettable.
The maiden edition of the match was used to preach peace to Ghanaians during the General Elections in 2008. With this year being another election year, the organisers will use the match to champion free, fair and peaceful elections.
Expected to deliver peaceful messages on the day are the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and some selected stars.
The match has been fully endorsed by the Ghana Football Association [GFA]. George Afriyie who represented the GFA at the Press Conference held yesterday said the FA is “proud and ready to support” the match because the organisers are giving prominence to juvenile [colts] football in the Ghana.

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Actress Nadia Buari Takes Up Acting Classes In ‘Hollywood’

Information reaching GhanaCelebrities.Com has it that, award winning Ghanaian Actress-Nadia Buari is currently undertaking advance acting classes in the United States to strengthening her career… We are not sure if it is mainly geared towards her Hollywood ambition, but no matter the reason, it is well over due. Nadia Buari already has the foundation and … Read more

Weekly Discussion: Online Fraud-What Tricks Have The Fraudsters Been Throwing Into Your Inbox?


Internet Fraud
Internet Fraud

 
Internet usage has increased greatly all around the globe, especially in Africa. The new internet boost and availability make it possible for some us to easily connect with loved ones, engage in various businesses and entertainment, catch up on what is happening in other countries, etc.
Very well hidden behind all these positive things we derive from the rapid expansion of internet is a group of advance and confident tricksters called Internet Fraudsters.
For the smart ones (like some of us), the ways of these Internet Fraudsters are stupid and can be easily detected.
They all seem to follow a particular pattern of either you are a winner of a big lottery (you never bought a ticket) or the Fraudsters have some gargantuan cash they will benevolently want to give to you.
I once asked myself if people really fall for such crap-annoying, stupid and weak tricks until for some reason, someone got hold of my paypal account in 2008 and used it to book a hotel in Florida. I was able to prove that I did not make the booking, I do not need any hotel out there and paypal immediately refunded my cash 🙂 …I have not still been able to figure out how they got it.
Experts believe global Internet fraud scams people out of hundreds of millions to billions of dollars each year. The figures keep increasing as internet usage expands.

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Rastas Are Abnormal – Valley View University!

Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta

The fate of Rastafarians in Ghana deepened yet another mile when the administrator of Valley View University, Mr. Okyere Darko, announced on Blakk Rasta’s BOILING POT segment of the award-winning TAXI DRIVER reggae show that, Rastafarians are abnormal people and are therefore not welcomed or admitted into the university no matter how qualified they are academically.
Mr Okyere Darko was reacting to the words of the Minister of Employment, Moses Asaga, that private universities in Ghana are responsible for graduate unemployment in the country since they admit unqualified undergraduates and churn out low quality graduates.

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