GossipGhana: August 2012

Thursday, 30 August 2012

andres iniesta crowned european best player 2012

iniesta receives his trophy

Andrés Iniesta has been voted the winner of the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, the FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder finishing ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Andrés Iniesta has been voted the 2011/12 winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco.

The FC Barcelona midfielder, who helped Spain defend their UEFA European Championship title this summer, finished ahead of club-mate Lionel Messi, last year's inaugural winner, and Real Madrid CF's Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists representing each of UEFA's member national associations.

dmx

A concert featuring superstar rapper DMX has been canceled at the urging of police in New England, over concerns of violence.

DMX was supposed to hit the stage at Whites of Westport on September 7, but a number of incidents in the area moved police to urge Whites, as well as the local promoter Hurricane Promotions, to cancel the concert.
“This cancellation is very unfortunate. DMX loves to perform for his his fans and hates to have to reschedule his shows. However, we are still taking bookings and are hoping to create a national tour this Fall,” Domenick Nati, of Nati Celebrity Services told the source.

Two men were shot – one fatally – at a Providence nightclub over the weekend, while a show featuring Philadelphia rapper Cassidy ended in brawls early Friday morning (August 24).

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the church where people worship nakéd [video]

Whitetail Chapel in Ivor, Virginia about 61 miles from Richmond, Virginia is a church where members worship in the nude. The pastor and congregation have taken the statement “Come as you are” very literal.
Allen Parker, the pastor of Whitetail Chapel said, “Jesus was naked during some of his most important moments. When he was born he was naked, when he was crucified he was naked and when he arose he left his clothes in the tomb and he was naked. If God made us that way, how can that be wrong?” Pastor Parker further stated that the church is family-oriented and the members are very involved in helping others.

rich oganiru

According to what National Enquirer magazine reported, Rich Oganiru`s name might not really ring a bell again but he`s one of Nollywood`s very good actors and stakeholders. In fact, he prides himself as one of the pioneering members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and has starred in over 300 movies.

Please look at his pictures again if you`re still in doubt because he`s presently battling a murder scandal for his alleged involvement in the complicity leading to the death of a very rich Abuja based multimillionaire businesswoman believed to be his wife.

Two persons narrowly escaped being lynched by a mob in Nkerefi, Nkanu East LGA in Enugu State, on Tuesday for killing vultures.

According to Ebere Amaraizu, the state’s police spokesperson, the mob descended on the two men, Wale Alabi and Polycarp Onyia, for allegedly using a poisoned substance to kill 23 vultures living in a shrine in Eke Nkerefi.

He said the incident attracted the attention of the villagers when they noticed that the vultures that usually perched on the ancestral tree located in the market started dying in numbers.

Juventus interested in Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba's Chinese adventure could be over before it has begun in earnest, if reports are to be believed, as an ownership dispute at Shanghai Shenhua threatens his future with the club.

The 34-year-old, who left Chelsea on a free transfer at the end of last season, could reportedly be sold in order to balance the books, along with former Blues teammate Nicolas Anelka.

But, should Drogba be made available, where would he go? GMF takes a look at five elite European sides who may have an interest in the Ivorian…

JUVENTUS
Reports in Italy claim Juventus are monitoring Drogba's current situation in China as the Serie A champions search the market for goalscoring reinforcements. Juve have become frustrated in their pursuit of Fernando Llorente.

REAL MADRID
Drogba held talks with Real Madrid towards the end of last season as he considered his options post-Chelsea. Jose Mourinho is still a huge fan of his former charge, and is likely to interest in events in Shanghai.

BARCELONA
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell rubbished reports in June that the Catalan giants were pursuing Drogba's signature. But Tito Vilanova has yet to bolster his forward ranks, and could do far worse than making a late swoop for Drogba.

ella mensah

Up-and-coming Ghanaian actress Ella Mensah has said no to going nude in any movie.

However, she does not mind showing off vital parts of her sexy body in what she described as future seductive roles.

“No, I can’t play nude because I want to feel comfortable doing that and I feel it’s not right.

But I don’t mind showing a little bit of my body, depending on the role I am playing…let’s say if I have to seduce a man, it means I have to wear short dresses to show off my thighs and shape or a revealing top, stuff like that,” she said in an exclusive interview with NEWS-ONE.

chiki

The MTN Hit Maker music reality show contestants last Friday stormed the head-office of MTN at Ridge in Accra to know about operations of the company and also interact with staff and management.

Chief Marketing Manager of MTN, Rahul De received the contestants and wished each of them well in the competition.

Mr. Rahul De explained that the concept of the contest was to help fine-tune the talents of the contestants and help them get a footing in their music career.

leila djansi to feature bruce davison, randall batinkoff, scott wolf & others in an upcoming movie

bruce davidson

Award-winning filmmaker Leila Djansi will be producing an indie drama, ‘37’, which stars Oscar nominated actor Bruce Davison.

The film will be directed by Randall Batinkoff as his directorial debut and he also plays the lead role of Adam, a rocker who makes a pact to kill himself when he turns 37.

Several months before his 37th birthday and the release of his comeback album, he meets and falls in love with Jemma, a terminally ill woman.

Mikki Osei Berko, one of Ghana’s brilliant broadcasters who has carved a niche for himself when it comes to the Ghanaian radio and television landscape, has returned home from UK.

Mikki Osei Berko, known in the showbiz scene as Master Richard was featured prominently in the popular television series Taxi Driver, and as Dada Boat, in Dada Boat, producer by Media Gold Productions, the executive director.

There has been a massive uproar by Mr. MayD’s fans on social networks twitter and facebook with regards to the removal of Mayd’s hit single “Ile Ijo” from youtube, many fans think Psquare are scared of the competition from their protege and as there is no contract on ground they have decided to remove the video – Although the fans clearly do not understand the legal point of view of the recent dismissal of MayD from square records. Whatever is the cause of this? The fans are not pleased with the move from Psquare and

Management of BET award winner Sarkodie ‘Obidiponbidi’ has officially responded to widespread rumors that the artiste is a member of the Illuminati secret society, a dreaded cult believed to have the power to control the world and also bring fame and fortune to its members.

Though many people doubt the existence of an ‘Illuminati Society’, the mere mention of the name is enough to generate discussions.

Some of the world’s greatest musicians including Jay Z, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and Rihanna have been reported as members of this cult.

official logo for headies awards

As another edition of one of the most prestigious music awards in Nigeria, The Headies draws nearer, the nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed!

Pop giants Psquare, Soul-Jazz singer Bez Idakula lead the nominees list with six nods each.

The twin pop duo released their fifth album last year with the smash hit singles ‘Chop my money’ and ‘Beautiful Onyinye’ both garnering international remixes from US acts Akon and Rick Ross respectively. They received nods in the ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Artiste of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best Pop single’, ‘Best R&B-Pop Album’ and ‘Best Collabo’ categories.

This beach lies along the coast of the stretch of the road that links the Teshie/Nungua road, and by extension some communities in the Spintex area in the suburbs of Accra.

Tranquility is a major factor why people visit this open beach, but recently too, sex trade is getting a boom around the beach. Girls from Teshie/Nungua, Community 17 and 18 and Tema now hang around the area at night.

the first man on moon neil armstrong is dead

niel amstrong

Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first person on the moon, has died at 82.

In a statement, Armstrong's family said the internationally known icon had died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.

The family described Armstrong as "a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job," CBS News reported.

epl table for match day 3

Rk     Team               GP     W      D     L     GF     GA     GD     P
1     Chelsea ++ 3         3    0    0       8       2       6       9
2     Swansea City ++    2       2    0      0       8       0         8       6
3     Everton ++       2       2      0    0       4       1       3       6
4     West Brom +    2         1      1      0       4       1         3       4
5     Fulham *                2     1       0      1       7       3         4       3

tonto dikeh

Popular Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has revealed that the sudden end to her smoking addiction came through the prayers of Pastor T.B. Joshua via his Christian station Emmanuel TV.

Dikeh, who rose to fame after becoming the runner up in the Nigerian reality show, ‘The Next Movie Star’ in 2006, has garnered a controversial reputation in Nollywood for being a heavy smoker.

According to Dikeh, she started chain-smoking at the age of 13 with no signs of the habit waning.

official logo for rtp awards

Organisers of the Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards are close to announcing the new date for the event, almost a month after it was postponed.

This year's event was originally scheduled to come off on Saturday 28th July at the Accra International Conference Center, but had to be postponed until further notice, following the untimely death of President John Evans Atta Mills.

With the burial and funeral service of the late president officially over, organisers of the RTP Awards, Big Events Ghana, have hinted that they will be disclosing the new date for the event by Tuesday.

the 13 chinese prostitutes hid their faces from the cameras

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday in Abuja paraded 13 Chinese nationals who were arrested for allegedly engaging in prostitution.

NIS spokesman, Joachim Olumba, said the suspects were apprehended in Lagos following a tip off from an informant.

He said the service received a report on the activities of some Chinese nationals who connived with some Nigerians to traffic teenage girls into the country under the pretext of offering them jobs in factories.

tameka foster and usher raymond

After a long court battle between famed singer Usher Raymond and ex-wife Tameka Foster, Raymond has been awarded full primary custody of their two sons.

Since Usher filed for divorce in 2009, ending a two-year marriage, the separated couple have been battling in the court wrangling through allegations of drugs, cheating, excessive partying and child neglect.

It’s more bad news for Tameka who recently lost her 11-year-old son from an earlier relationship, Kile Glover back in July.

Chelsea reject City’s £30m Luiz bid

Chelsea have reportedly knocked back a £30million bid from Manchester City for defender David Luiz.

A report in The Sun claims the Brazil international was left out of last night’s 4-2 win over Reading at Stamford Bridge due to the two clubs being in negotiations – not because of a knee injury, as Luiz had earlier claimed on Twitter.

Blues boss Roberto di Matteo sees Luiz as crucial to his future plans and the report claims Chelsea would need a significant increase on the initial bid before considering the sale.

dj fish and kid

The baby mama of ace DJ Robert Atta Afriyie (DJ Fish) of Angel FM, Kumasi, has openely come out to complain about how the DJ takes care of their kid.The lady, Juliet Antwi has expressed her dissatisfaction towards how the DJ handles issues related to the kid.
She claims the DJ presented a ‘fake’ cheque during the child’s naming ceremony last two years and only buys dress for the kid on Christmas.

The recently released results by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) have claimed lives in Delta State, Nigeria. Two female students that failed their exams yesterday allegedly committed suicide in Asaba, the state capital.

Reports said the students committed suicide after checking their result in the internet and discovered that it was unfavourable to them.

Rapper Bow Wow is having a bad week with a hacker is refusing to hand over his Twitter account that has over two Million followers along with threatening to expose his private DM messages. To now a gay picture circulating on Twitter showing someone that looks just like the rapper laying on top of another man’s back.

The Cash Money rapper is offering $2500 to anyone who catches the guy who posted the pic on twitter and

the suspect and cynthia

According to the suspects, “we met her on the facebook on our Blackberry. We invited her to come to Lagos to buy goods at cheap prices.

“When she got to Lagos, we took her to a hotel in Festac. We thought she had a lot of money, but she said she didn’t have any money. We gave her Reflon tablet in her Ribena drink. After this, we slept with her for 12 hours in that hotel. We discovered that the tablet did not work quickly on her.

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I want to start by saying congratulates to the organizers of Ghana movie awards for all their assiduous efforts in making sure the GMA comes to stay till infinity.

Being part of the media committee for the awards right from day one informs us that, although the organizers of the award and the Founder of the award, Mr. Fred Nuamah, have really done prodigiously in making sure the awards will always be one of the most prominent and respectable awards in Ghana and Africa.

jennifer lopez

Jennifer Lopez has sued her former driver, Hakob Manoukian for allegedly attempting to extort $2.8m from her.

The driver in his original law suit, alleged to have hired two police officers to assist with security during JLo’s video shoot with Def Jam records but his gesture was declined by JLo’s manager, Benny Medina, who he claims later forced him to resign.

prezzo and goldie

The Big Brother Africa star game second runner up Prezzo says he will marry Goldie if she says yes to his request.

The 32-year-old Kenyan who is currently visiting in Nigeria, says he did not just travel ‘all the way from Kenya to play in Nigeria’; but to come and express his feelings to a woman nature brought his way in the Big Brother star game house.

majid michel tops giama awards with "somewhere in africa"

giama logo

The list for the Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards is out. Prominent films from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Sierra Leone and a host of others outside the Africa continent (Diaspora) have been nominated.

According to the GIAMA Awards committee, surfing through the enormous amount of movies that were submitted for screening, most especially those that were produced in the Diaspora was quite challenging to

p-square sacks may d

p-square and may d[middle]

Few hours ago, a signed statement was released by the man at the helms of affairs at Square Records that its first signing, May D was no more with the music label. The reason, according to the statement, was due to some irreconcilable differences.

The unedited statement reads;
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I,JUDE ‘ENGEES’ OKOYE of Square Records Limited and Northside Entertainment Limited hereby

cynthia osokogu

The case of the missing lady that flooded internet, including BBM has come to a sad close. According to reports her body was found yesterday in a Lagos mortuary. It is so sad that the young lady is gone. Questions have been flying around on the cause of death but presently fingers have been crossed as we all expect the police to come up with something soon.

Here is what her friend, Sefiya who broke the news on twitter said: I wld like2thank u all4ur help in finding

amakye dede

Legendary Ghanaian highlife musician, Daniel Amakye Dede has been chosen as the celebrant of the 2012 ‘Legends & Legacy Ball’ slated for September 15, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The concert would see several Ghanaian musicians and Ivorian superstar Freddy Meiway perform several of Amakye Dede’s hit songs from a career that has spanned across four decades and spawned 28 albums.

This was made known at a press launch held at the Erata Hotel in Accra and was attended by Mike Gizo,

kotoka international airport

Reports reaching the media indicate that Ghana is said to be on a hit list of an international terrorist group, leading to deployment of soldiers at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra.

Deployed soldiers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), some of whom engaged in metal detecting routines on departing passengers, have compelled people to ask questions about what has gone amiss.

Ghanaians, especially those working at the airport, have resorted to speculations.

lauryn hill

Things keep getting worse for Lauryn Hill. While the hip-hop star awaits sentencing for failure to file federal taxes, she is also reportedly being hit with state charges in her native New Jersey.

According to TMZ, the state is alleging that Ms. Hill is responsible for $446,386 in unpaid taxes. The civil judgment came a few months back on June 14 by a Jersey court. Later that month, the ex-Fugees standout pleaded guilty to her federal tax charges after she failed to pay her debt on more than $1.5 million of income. Lauryn is currently out on bail but will appear in court in November, where she faces up to three years in prison.

A French quadruple amputee, Philippe Croizon has against his physical challenges crossed from Alaska to Russia according to Reuters.

The journey, from Alaska’s Little Diomede Island to the Russian maritime border near Big Diomede Island, measured about 2.5 miles (4 km) and took the swimmer about an hour and 15 minutes to complete.

DB Records owner and pop artiste D’Banj is desperately trying to reconcile with his former Mo’ Hits partner Don Jazzy. In a bid to get his former maverick producer back, D’Banj asked Kanye West to talk to Don Jazzy. A few months ago the rap superstar called Don Jazzy to try and get the two Mo’ Hits owners to forget the past and work again. Our source who is close to both D’Banj and Don Jazzy confirms this to be true and says that D’Banj’s attempts to get Don Jazzy back has been going on for a sometime.

hollywood director commits suicide

tony scott

A Hollywood director Tony Scott has died, after jumpin to his death on Sunday, August 19, 2012 off a Los Angeles bridge.

According to the Coroner, Scott, a 68-year-old younger brother of a popular movie director, ‘Ridley Scott‘ jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island around 12:30pm.

Scott directed such films as ‘Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Enemy of the State and The Taking of Pelham 123.

nelson mandela

A South African court Monday convicted the last of 20 men accused of high treason for a plot to kill Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country, in a trial that spanned nearly a decade.

The “Boeremag” organisation had planned a right-wing coup in 2002 to overthrow the post-apartheid government by creating chaos in the country.

Dozens of people were injured and one person killed in blasts that shook the Johannesburg township of Soweto in October 2002.

Brittni Colleps

It is a world of many possibilities, especially in the area of immorality.
Accused of having séx with five male students is a former Texas high school English teacher and mother of three, and she is presently on trial.

The evidence against Brittni Colleps, 28, includes cell phone video that allegedly shows group séx between

A 70 year-old pastor, Alfred Idonije has been arraigned before an Egor Magistrate Court in Benin for allegedly raping a 10 year-old girl, Hope Kabiru.
The accused said to be a pastor of an undisclosed church, was said to have allegedly had unlawful canal knowledge of Hope on 25th of June, 2012 after luring her into his room by sending her to buy indomie noodles for him.

The death has been announced of popular alleged cannibal, Clifford Orji after his long battle with a psychiatry related illness.

Media reports say Orji, 46 died during his sleep on Friday, August 17, 2012, as confirmed by the Ag. P.R.O of Lagos State Police Command, Biyi Jeje.

Jeje says cause of death is yet to be known but an autopsy will be carried out to ascertain the cause. He

madonna

Nine Russian activists are suing pop singer Madonna for about $10.5m, stating that they have been offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert held in the Russian city St. Petersburg.

Madonna might not be aware that expressing Pro-gay opinions is sensitive in a place like Russia where a law was passed in February 2012 making it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors.

What is GH¢15,000 per performance? Amakye Dede

amakye dede[middle]

Highlife living legend Abrantie Amakye Dede is wondering why there are speculations in the media about how much he charges per performance and who is fuelling the false information.

Amakye Dede, who was responding to questions from the media about how much he charges for a show, said "Do you know how much I pay the man who plays violin for every show?

Even though the “Iron Boy” singer did not mention exactly how much he charges, he said he definitely takes more than GH¢15,000 per performance. He disclosed this at the official launch of the second edition of the “Legends and Legacy Ball” at Erata Hotel on Friday August 17, 2012 in Accra.

hannah marfo

At a time when most people are complaining about falling standards in the gospel music industry, sorcery, commonly referred to as ‘juju’ is rumoured to be used by some gospel artistes for career successes.

According to available reports in the industry, this “juju” is used to “kill” the growing career of “competitors” who serve as threats in the industry.

This issue, which received condemnation in the past, gained prominence again when gospel icon, Hannah Marfo confirmed it in an interview she granted in Accra last Sunday.

VIDEO: Rick Ross Live In Nigeria Summer Jam Fest 2012

rick ross

another controversial movie from socrate safo hits market

Movie producer Socrates Safo is hot over reports that his newly released movie, ‘Amen’, was actually written and directed to tell the life story of Bishop Daniel Obinim, leader of the International God’s Way Church.

Bishop Obinim, husband of gospel singer Florence Obinim, not too long ago, became a subject of news over revelations that he had maintained a secret love affair with the wife of a junior pastor of his church, Pastor Williams Fobi, and bonked her for four years until she got fed up with his sex demands and reported the case to her husband.

jackie appiah to star in nigeria's first 3d movie

konkonsa!!!

sexy jackie

Jackie Appiah and few others have been revealed as actors to stare in a soon to be released 3D movie.

According to the producer, Egor Efiok, the movie, Mystery Beads tells a story of a string of spiritual beads stolen from the museum and given out to different people all of who escape its wrath until it gets to the last person, who unknowingly fancied and decide to keep it.

Another glory for Juliet Ibrahim as she gets honoured

konkonsa!!!

juliet ibrahim

Next Media Concept 'NMC' in collaboration with West Africa Regional Promoters Inc. (WARPS) wishes to introduce you to a first time ever event in West Africa dubbed: “The Humanitarian and Dinner Dance Party”

The Humanitarian and Dinner Dance is a yearly initiative designed to encourage the West African celebrities to give back to the society through any charitable means. By so doing, the technical team of both companies will track celebrities who are into charitable organizations or has a foundation and access the amount of influence they impart onto the society within a period of twelve Months. The one with the highest impartation becomes the humanitarian person (honour) for the Dinner Dance Party with his or her family, friends and fans.

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