Nominees for the 2014 Nigerian
Entertainment Awards are out, with three Ghanaian acts including
Sarkodie, R2bees and Shatta Wale vying for the African Artist of the
Year award.
This year marks the 9th edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
Other
categories such as Best Actress of the Year and Best Actor of the Year,
Gospel Artist of the year, Music Producer of the Year, and Best Music
Video of the year among others are being contended for.
The award is scheduled to take place on August 31, 2014 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in Nigeria.
Tickets have gone on sale.
Voting is now LIVE at www.neaaawards.com and fans are encouraged to vote to ensure that their favorite artiste wins.
Exclusive Events Ghana, organisers of
the Miss Ghana event, is yet to explain why there is no one to
represent Ghana at this year’s Miss World contest.
The reigning Miss Ghana and her two runners-up have all resigned from their positions.
Though
Exclusive Events recently issued a press statement which said the
company had sacked Miss Ghana, Nana Akua Baafi, from her position and
taken her crown from her because of a chain of bad behaviour, it has
emerged that the beauty queen was the one who resigned months before
that press statement was issued.
Second runner-up Crystal Selorm
Amudzi also confirmed to Peace Fm on Thursday that she resigned from the
position and stopped working with Exclusive Events over a year ago.
First runner-up Margaret Kuma Mintah is also reported to have stepped aside.
Surprisingly,
Exclusive Events has declined to speak to the media over the
development, insisting that journalists who want information on the
disaster at hand should stick to a rather confusing press statement the
company issued.
Never in the history of the Miss Ghana pageant
has the brand name suffered such embarrassment, with all three top
winners resigning.
According to media reports, the mother of Inna
Mariam Patty, Chief Executive of Exclusive Events, got into a public
fight with Nana Akua Baafi.
Inna’s mother was said to have gone to the official residence of Nana Akua Baafi to thrash out a few misunderstandings.
The
intended dialogue, however, turned into a scuffle that attracted
neighbours to rush to the house to intervene. The case later landed at
the Airport Police Station.
Though Exclusive Events has not
officially commented on the development, NEWS-ONE’s checks showed that
Inna Patty’s mother is one of the directors of the company and that she
had gone to Nana Akua Baafi’s residence on behalf of the company.
Inna
Party herself is a former Miss Ghana (2004) and is best remembered for
giving the then organisers, Sparrow Productions, a lot of problems over
delayed prizes.
Fans of singer Peter Okoye have
attacked the P-Square member for allegedly skipping out on his elder
brother Jude Okoye‘s wedding.
It is being reported that Peter
didn't travel with friends and family to Nnewi, Anambra State, where the
traditional ceremony was held on Thursday, July 17, 2014.
NET
could not confirm Okoye’s location at the time of this report, but the
singer posted pictures on his Instagram account that seem to show he was
in Lagos State during the event.
"Shhhhhhhhh", Peter Okoye
wrote, posting a picture of himself in front of an unidentified hotel
lobby. He then posted another photo, pictured in the Square ville
mansion.
Fans have rained abuses on the singer, describing his
actions as ‘ungrateful’ and ‘spiteful’. It is believed that Peter
Okoye’s absence is a response to Jude’s absence at his own wedding in
October 2013.
“You are really acting out… He that
forgives is the bravest…. IT SEEMS YOUR MUM WAS THE PILLAR OF PEACE AND
UNITY IN YOUR FAMILY..Always remember the #goodtimes.
“people
don’t remember How many times you helped them . They only remember one
moment u never helped” He is your blood, remember.. #Always think before
u act. ALWAYS PUT ANGER IN THE BOOT.@peterpsquare”, an Instagram user
@sparklingola wrote.
Others felt Peter Okoye has done nothing wrong, as he is only paying his elder brother back in his own coin.
“good
thing you said shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh to them, but they won’t listen if
Nigerians should be worried, let them face and be more concern about our
missing girls what if ur sisters were among? Now you here Killing
urself over Jude’s marriage n family dude! These people don’t fucking
know youuuuuuuuuu! Geeez man wake up to reality lol”, another Instagram
user @nabbyluv wrote.
P-Square’s other half, Paul Okoye and his wife Anita were present at the wedding.
Popular gospel musician
Superintendent Kofi Sarpong says it is proper for true Christians to
support Muslims during the month of Ramadan because the long period of
fasting is not an easy task.
“If you have not fasted before, you
would not understand where I am coming from but what I mean is that as
Christians we should show empathy and put ourselves in the shoes of our
Muslim brothers and sisters during these long days of fasting.
“There
are several things we can do to support them by making the fasting less
difficult for them. For example if you know you have a Muslim neighbour
who is fasting, why would you chose to be eating some sumptuous meal
with a nice aroma in the person’s presence when there are other places
you can eat without the person seeing you to get tempted?
“There
are also many people who do not have enough to break their fast with and
we can all do some charity especially in these times. The blessing of
the fasting would not only go to the Muslims; it comes to us all because
we are worshiping one creator,” Kofi Sarpong noted.
He said
Ghanaians should appreciate and continue to protect the peaceful
religious co-existence the country is enjoying and not take it for
granted.
Kofi Sarpong made these remarks last week after he
presented items worth over GH¢3000 to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh
Nuhu Sharubutu in Accra. The items included bags of rice, boxes of milo
and ideal milk, boxes of Bel-Aqua drinking water, soft drinks among
others.
The musician disclosed that it has been a tradition for
him to make donations to the Muslim community during Ramadan. He thanked
the Chief Imam for his continuous support.
Kofi Sarpong was accompanied by his manager, Ernest Kwasi Ennin.
Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu expressed gratitude and wished the blessings of Allah for Kofi Sarpong.
The Cahaya Car Spa in the East Legon
is to host the much anticipated event, the “Celebrity Car Wash” come
Sunday, 20th of July, 2014.
This event, under the theme
“Eradicating Hepatitis B”, intends to bring together Celebrities
including Okyeame Kwame, Abeiku Santana, Nana Aba Anamoah, KOD, Naa
Ashorkor, Raquel, Richie, Mzvee, Stone and others to wash people’s cars
for them and raise funds to support the Hepatitis B project.
Okyeame
Kwame revealed his foundation’s intention to include free vaccination
of 1000 Ghanaians to the annual free Hepatitis B screening this year.
But also considering that the cost of the vaccines are very expensive,
Okyeame Kwame explains that “each vaccine costs forty Ghana cedis even
aside administration of the vaccines, the ordinary Ghanaian may not be
able to afford this, and providing 1000 people with free vaccination has
indeed raised the cost of the entire project for us. So we are
organizing the Celebrity Car Wash so that we can raise money to buy the
vaccines”, says Okyeame.
The Celebrity Car Wash comes with it
various activities including playing of video games, pool, table tennis,
celebrity autograph signing, photo shoots with the celebrities, and
cocktail party among others. The event starts at 8 am and ends at 6 pm
at the premises of the Cahaya Car Spa, opposite former president
Rawlings’ house in East Legon.
MC will be Kafui Dey. Come and watch your favourite celebrity.
The
Okyeame Kwame Fights Against Hepatitis B is supported by MDS Lancet
Laboratories, MTN Ghana Foundation, Firm Bridges Communications, Verna
Water, Wear Ghana, and Japan Motors. Media Partners include DDP, Viasat
1, GH ONE, Citi fm, Radio Gold, Live fm, Y fm, Daily Guide, Flex
Newspaper, Spectator, Peacefmonline, Ghanagist, Ghanaweb, and Enewsgh.
An Accra Central Magistrates’ Court
has adjourned the case of conspiracy to commit crime and murder
involving Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson an Artist Manager to enable the
prosecution to have enough time to conclude its investigations.
Chief Inspector Kwesi Sakher told the court presided over by Mrs Mavis
Kwainoe that the prosecution was still investigating the matter and
prayed the court for an adjournment.
Asiamah Hanson, a.k.a.
Bulldog, is standing trial for conspiracy to commit crime and murder. He
has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and is on a GH₵ 20,000 bail.
The case was adjourned to August 13.
Chris Attoh’s rep have revealed to
BellaNaija that the actor and his fiancee, Damilola Adegbite are not
married contrary to rumours that went viral after Chris updated the
marital status on his facebook page to ‘Married’.
Without giving
details on whether the facebook update was real or fake, the rep
explained that as previously said, the couple is still going to wait
till a later date to exchange vows, the traditional way.
Meanwhile the mum-to-be, Damilola Adegbite and the unborn baby are doing well and are very healthy.
They
are abroad and the future Daddy will join them in the next few days.
Chris has his hands in a lot of projects and will be doing extensive
work in the USA and possibly South Africa over the next few weeks.
