Ghanaian actress Soraya Mensah has
parted ways with the love her life, Peter Ahiakpor, otherwise called Don
P, a wealthy Ghanaian businessman, according to reports.
The two
lovebirds dated about two years before they had their first daughter.
The reason for their separation, however remains unknown. Sources told
News-One that they decided to go their separate ways long before their
daughter turned three last week. Efforts to reach her yesterday to
confirm or deny their separation proved futile as she did not respond to
calls to her phone.
The beautiful actress went off the silver
screens to have her baby and had been dormant in the movie industry
until she appeared in Nadia Buari's produced film, "The Diary of Imogen
Brown" at the latter part of last year.
After her previous denial of being pregnant, it appears now that there is nothing to hide anymore.
Ghanaian
actress Soraya Kukubor Mensah’s belly looks bigger than ever and it is
obvious that she is expecting a baby anytime soon. NEWS-ONE cameras
captured the beautiful actress who is half Lebanese the recent Ghana
Movie Awards, organized on Christmas Day at the Accra International
Centre, looking very pregnant.
From her current state, Soraya appears to have put on some weight due to the pregnancy, such that one hardly recognizes her.
She entered the conference centre for the awards ceremony with a nice dark-skinned gentleman but not many recognized her.
It was also not clear if the man was the one responsible for Soraya’s pregnancy.
However,
a source said the man responsible for the pregnancy was a multi
billionaire Ghanaian business tycoon who lived in the beautiful parts of
Achimota in Accra. His nickname starts with the letter D and ends with P
and owns talk-of-town palace-like residence at Achimota in which is
parked fleet of luxurious cars.
The actress, according to the source, had been dating him for awhile. How they met is however a different tale for another day.
Though
Soraya is considered one of the new but promising faces on the screens,
her fans are concerned about how swift she can bounce back to the
screens after delivery.
She burst onto the scene in Sparrow
Production’s ‘Scorned’ as Chris Attoh’s girlfriend. She went on to
feature in Venus Films ‘Hail My Heart’, ‘Prince’s Bride’ and ‘Material
Girl.’ She also played a supporting role in ‘The Supremo’ alongside
Prince David Osei and Jackie Appiah.
She believes she has great
potential for the movie industry but she is, at times, denied the
opportunity because of her height. “People kept talking about my
height,” she once told NEWS-ONE.
Self-acclaimed Dancehall king ‘ina de
whole Ghana’ Shatta Wale has released a new single directed at
Charterhouse organizers of Ghana Music Awards after the release of this
year’s VGMA nominees.
The song titled “Another Letter” speaks
about the fact that he has been nominated again for VGMAs. He asked why
the VGMA board decided to nominate him again adding that only God knows
why they nominated him again.
In the song, Shatta Wale said his
people are going to vote for him again and warned Charterhouse not to
‘steal’ his votes again “because everyone knows who run the game. So
remember you can’t stop the fame”.
The “Enter the Net” singer had a
piece of advice for Charterhouse in the second verse. “My little advice
to them all is to treat artiste all equal”, Shatta sings.
It
will be recalled that last year, when Shatta Wale failed to win the
“Reggae Dancehall artiste of the year” won by dancehall queen Kaakie, he
took the organizers to the cleaners, using very unprintable words on
them in a song titled ‘Letter to Charterhouse’.
So after staging a
strong comeback, getting multiple nominations at this year’s VGMAs
launched last Saturday March 1, 2014, he’s gone ahead to release another
song dedicated to the organizers but this time around It’s all good,
clean and soft which can easily be played on radio at any time of the
day.
We only wonder what would happen if Shatta Wale does not win any award this.
Around the third quarter of last
year, news broke on Peace FM that, the Ghana Police Service would not
allow filmmakers to use the service’s accoutrements in their films.
Speaking
to the then Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Mr
Cephas Arthur, he explained on ‘Entertainment Review’ that the service
is forced to come out with such directive due to the image most Ghanaian
filmmakers put out there about the Ghana Police Service in their movies
and also, majority of the filmmakers do not secure the service’s
dresses through the proper procedures.
In his own words, Mr
Cephas Arthur said “we have put a ban on the use of our police
accoutrements by our filmmakers. We came to that conclusion after we
realized that some of them do not seek proper permission from the
service before using our accoutrements.
Also, the acts by some of
the actors who play the role of police men in the movies are a total
misrepresentation of what the Ghana Police Service is. Their depiction
of the policemen or police service cuts a slur on our image.
I
must emphasize however that, we are not saying we will never allow any
filmmaker to use our accoutrements. They should use the proper
procedures to acquire them and paint the right image of what the police
service is and stand for.”
Asked what the police accoutrements
meant, he disclosed that it’s a collective noun for guns, handcuffs,
attire, police station, personnel, cells, etc. that the police or
security services use for their profession.
Some filmmakers in
Kumawood came public, crying foul for the Ghana Police Service to
rescind their decision but no one heard any response from the police
service or a plea from the quarters of the then FIPAG executive headed
by Mr. Augustine Abbey aka Idikoko to the police authorities.
With
new executives in FIPAG, GhanaCelebrities.Com called in on the office
of FIPAG and spoke with the President, Mr. Stephen Asare Hackman on this
issue. “Well, I once heard the Ghana police service came out with such a
directive.
However, I wish to inform you that the executives of
FIPAG have been in talks with the current IGP to help remove the ban on
the use of the police accoutrements in our movies. That issue is being
resolved I must say.
“I am very sure that they will call for the
scripts from the filmmakers, peruse it, and perhaps, coach the
filmmakers on how a professionally trained police man dresses, hold the
gun, cause arrest; interrogate suspects, handle suspects, and others.”
We visited the head office of the
Ghana Actors Guild GAG in Accra yesterday Monday 3rd March, 2014 to
follow up on a story concerning the guild; only to be bagged in the face
with the sad news that the President of the guild, Mr. Samuel Odoi
Mensah, needs prayers else.
From what we gathered, Mr. Odoi could
not come to the office due to health failure. His condition, as we
gathered, is very terrible that he can’t even pick calls or speak with
anyone. As we do this publication, Mr. Odoi has been admitted at
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
To verify if indeed he can’t speak to
anyone due of his illness, GhanaCelebrities.Com placed calls through
his two known cell numbers. Mr. Odoi who will not let a call from
GhanaCelebrities.Com ring for more than 30 seconds before picking, did
not respond to all 4 calls we placed through his Airtel cell number. His
MTN number was off.
Still placing calls, we also gathered from
one industry person (preferred to remain anonymous) that Mr. Odoi was
diagnosed of appendicitis; a disease he has lived with all these years
but his doctors never detected until this time round when the disease
‘struck’ him hard and had to be rushed to the hospital.
Our
source also disclosed that Mr. Odoi has gone through a successful
surgical operation but still, his health condition is not promising due
to the longevity with which the disease has stayed in his body;
notwithstanding the fact that he’s advanced in age.
GhanaCelebrities.Com
is by this publication calling on all Ghanaians and well wishers to
watch and pray fervently for Mr. Samuel Odoi Mensah who has held the
office of the guild for over 10 years now and is now making strides to
salvage the bad image of the guild.
The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA)
has announced that the winner of this year’s Ghana Music Awards for
Discovery/New Artist of The Year will walk away with a brand new car.
This
is the second time that MUSIGA is partnering with the Vodafone Ghana
Music Awards to present a car to award winners. Last year, the car was
given to the Artist of the Year winner, R2bees.
The President of
the union, Osei Bice Kuffuor alias Obuor, announced during the
unveiling of the 2014 VGMA nominations over the weekend, that the
decision to give the car to the new artist of the year was to encourage
new talents.
The nominees for New Artist/ Discovery of the Year are Joey B, Akwaboah and Kumi Guitar
Gospel artiste OJ has advised
musicians in the ministry to concentrate on preaching to people through
their songs rather than competing for awards.
Over the years,
some gospel artistes have been at loggerheads with each over one award
event or the other; something the multi-talented singer and
instrumentalist considers "shameful."
Nicholas Omane Acheampong
has set his sights on Gospel Artiste of the Year award insisting this
year is his time after he lost out last year.
"It is not healthy;
it is shameful because at the end of the day when it comes to Gospel
music it is about ministry and not a competition. We are doing it for
God and serving the people so I don't see why Gospel musicians should
compete for an award.
"For me awards shouldn't become the lust
and your all. One shouldn't do music because he or she wants to win an
award, do good music, inspire people, preach to people and let people
know about Christ. For us that is the basics for what we do. I don't
think people should flare up thinking that I should win this award, this
person doesn't qualify," OJ told NEWS-ONE.
According to the
'Maye Se Mo Pen' hit maker, God is not going to judge any gospel
musician based on the number of awards he or she won but how they
utilized what He gave them.
OJ continued: "Are we looking for
glory for ourselves or for God? The glory must go to God. It should not
be man-centred, it should be God-centred so if I see people flaring up
and competing for an award, I don't see it as mature. If you really
understand your calling, you won't compete with your brother. God is not
going to judge you based on how you were able to compete with your
brother or your sister. He will judge you based on how you used what he
gave you. That is where our concentration should be; not fighting among
ourselves with dustup and squabbles. It doesn't help anybody."
OJ
who is also known as Michael Oware Sakyi got nominated for the Gospel
Song of the Year, Best Male Vocal Performance, Gospel Artiste of the
Year and Song Writer of the Year categories for this year's Vodafone
Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs).
Martha Ankomah has been chosen by an
International Soft Drink Company to lead a campaign in promoting a new
drink ahead of the World Cup in Brazil.
Martha left Accra last weekend for Bangkok to shoot a world class television commercial for the new product.
Details
of her endorsement deal have not been made public yet but her
management say the young actress will lead series of activities
including media campaigns in Ghana and Nigeria to promote the product.
The
award winning actress who has starred in many movies in Ghana, Nigeria
and South Africa is excited about the deal and said “this is an
opportunity to show my fans and the world my diverse talents aside
acting. Am grateful to my partners in this project, my management team
and my fans for your continuous support… I won’t let you all down”.
