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Social media is buzzing and talking following a video which has gone viral capturing two females Musicians in the Ghana Music Industry, Sista Afia and Freda Rhymez fighting each other at an Accra-based television station. Both rappers have come at each other recently in their diss songs released at each other. In a diss song from Freda Rhymez to Sista Afia in her ‘WMT’ song, Rapper, Freda said “Sista Afia, you are an emotional singer who got no lines. Shattawale, Medikal, Bisa K’dei sleep with you for lyrics” Thinknewsonline.com has gathered that the said lyrics from Freda got Sista Afia to release a counter diss song dubbed ‘You Got Nerves’ daring Freda to spew her lyrics in the face when they meet one on one. News gathered indicates that both Artistes clashed at the premises of an Accra-based television station on Monday morning after the two crossed each other’s part. In the viral video, Sista Afia took of her shoes and rushed to pounce on Freda Rhymez but was saved by her(Freda) team. As to what led to the personal hatred between the two has not been disclosed, sources say the rappers might not be friends again. The viral video has gotten followers talking on social media jabbing each other. Thinknewsonline.com is following and will update its readers on latest developments. Story by: Mandy Woods

Rapper, Eno Barony has jabbed AMG Business Musician, Medikal in a new diss song dubbed ‘Force Dem To Play Nonsense’ featuring Tubani Music signee, Strongman Burner and songstress, Sister Derby. According to Eno Barony, she intends to end the beef battle with Medikal as she has been advised to end the on-going exchange of words through music. In her new diss song to Medikal, Rapper, Eno Barony said “Now I turn nightmare. Wo w) car keys ah, y3w) lorry fare. Y3n anisu w) shi” Rapper Eno added that if Medikal wants to end it with her, he should do it now adding that God should come to the aid of his children since they are at loggerheads. “S3 me juns) agu b33be na ya gye me GHc50 de3 anka m3ni pr3ko” she further jabbed Medikal. For the past three weeks, social media has been buzzing and talking following a diss battle between Eno Barony and Sista Afia. The two female Artistes, took to jabbing eachother over who has the best lyrics and flow. Jabbing Medikal, Tubani Music signee, Strongman asked how many diss track have the male rapper in the Ghanaian Music Industry got this year? He said “Boyz Boyz, afe wae mo diss no y3 s3n? Mo wie aaa, mo checki, me hit no y3 s3n? Real hommies, fake no moy3 s3n na me suro na mo koraa ah no, mo fie rich no, mo y3 s3n? Adwiii! He added that because of ‘beef’, he is always ready in his gloves even on bed. Although the cause of the beef between Eno Barony and Medikal is unknown, many followers have taken to social media to asking the Artiste beefing each other to continue adding it will help boost the music industry. On her part, Sister Derby said “Ei Eno, is that how are you? Me de3 I will not try you. Now that I have seen what you can do, wama action film adane cartoon” She cautioned Medikal to stay in his lane adding if he has not been invited into any ‘beef’ battle, he should stay in his lane. In a lowkey jab to Medikal, Sister Derby asked Eno to get, milk, sugar, butter, eggs and ‘poloo honey’ so both can prepare ‘Sweet Ex’. The diss track has seen 17K views in 2 hours on youtube with 8.3k viewers responding positive to it whiles 181 have gone against the song. Background AMG Business rapper, Medikal has resurrected his beef with Tubani Music signee, Strongman Burner after throwing subliminal shots at him and 4 other celebrities in a new diss song dubbed 'Nonsense'. In his diss song, Rapper, Medikal took turns to rub the face of Strongman, Sister Derby, Eno Barony, Social Media Influencer, Akuapim Polo and Comedian DKB in the mud asking them to stop hating. Taking a swipe at Strongman, the Sowutuom King reminded the Tubani Music signeethat he(Strongman) is still an Uber celebrity whiles his wife, Fella Makafui pulls up in a Benz. He said "Uber celebrities, wifey dey pull up benz oh. Wob3 te'as3, 3y3 kanzo. 3nfa ohia nka nkwasiaa3m. Mo k3ka nkwasiaa3m" Scolding Eno, Rapper Medikal said, he has sold his loyalty adding he was created by God and was not made-in-China. The Sowutuom King-Kong said "Nyankopon na 3b) me oh, mo y3 made-in-China. Black and white, mes3n panda me ky3n designer" Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

Director of Elections of the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says he has not regretted in the comments uttered in a leaked audiotape centring on the new voter’s register proposed by the Electoral Commission. According to him, members of the NDC should do well to rally against the decision by the EC ahead of the 2020 general election adding the leadership should devote GHc1 Million on a about GH₵1 million on a movement to refuse the idea. In the leaked audiotape, Mr. Ankrah said “GH₵200,000, GH₵500,000 and GH₵1 million Ghana cedis and fight this register, bring Accra to a standstill for once, occupy the EC head office. And we can do it. We have done it before, these are things we’ve been doing even as ordinary students; we brought the Ministry of Finance to a standstill" He added he has not regretted his words adding there was nothing bad about it. Mr. Ankrah further explained that the decision by the Electoral Commission to compile a new voter’s register was a waste of taxpayer’s money, time and other resources. “This is not a leaked tape; I recorded myself and sent it to party members. I was speaking to my people and telling them that we have to resist it [the new voters’ register]. It was an open discussion on an open platform” he added. He further stressed that since it was a whatsapp group, he was the one behind it. The Director of Elections stressed that as to whether it was deliberate or not, the audiotape is already in the public domain. “The important thing is that there is nothing there that is wrong, I stand by every word that I said. You only regret if what you said was bad or there was something in it but in this case, we are going to come out publicly and activate these things so what is the big deal about it because we will occupy the streets of Ghana to demonstrate against the new register” he stated He fumed that since the cost involved was humongous adding the move by the EC was completely unnecessary. “First of all, it is about the cost. It is a humongous cost which we think is completely unnecessary. Per the EC’s [estimation], it [the voters’ register] was going to cost GH₵444 million but the last time we checked the documents which were taken to Parliament, it was going to cost some GH₵800 million and that is good money that can be used for other purposes” he explained. Speaking on occupying the country’s EC head office, he explained that it was a statement of act and not to be taken literally. “People who decide to twist his statement to suit their own purposes may not succeed since no demonstration could be done in private or hiding” he explained. However, Director of Elections at the EC, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe stressed it is important for the country to deal with issues of verification challenges to avoid humiliation on election day. Dr. Quaicoe said “We have made it very clear that the current biometric system is not good enough for future activities. We are having a lot of challenges with it. In addition to that, a lot of people have found it difficult to have their fingerprints picked up by the machine so we intend to introduce the facial recognition [option] in addition so that if your fingerprint fails, your image will be used for verification.” He added that the tabled money is only for the obtaining of equipment but furnish the entire money involved in starting a new exercise. He said “The amount we are talking about is the total cost of registration, recruitment and what have you. So it’s not only for the equipment and software. So that amount shouldn’t be perceived only for the equipment. So whether we upgrade or not, we will still incur the cost of registration. So that is the cost of registration.” Background The EC tabled a request to Ghana’s Parliament to approve GH¢444,846,663 for the sorting out of the new voters register. It added that since the old register is outmoded, it needs to be updated. However, the opposition party, NDC says it is against it. Speaking to Journalists in Accra, General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said “The new register defies logic and must be fiercely resisted as we in the NDC intend to do. We are not complaining. In fact, we are saying that, let us use the same register so that given the state of the shenanigans that were played by the NPP in 2016… we will see whether they can win again.” Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

Host of Adom Tv’s morning show, Badwen; Nana Yaa Brefo has resigned from Multimedia Group Limited for unknown reasons. The Ace broadcaster had been with the Multimedia family specifically, Adom Tv and Fm for the past ten years, reading news on both tv and radio likewise hosting shows. However, the Multimedia group in couple of months have lost prominent staff such as MzGee and Vim Lady to Media General and Despite Media respectively staff whiles others were laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ghanaians woke up to a shock when news came in that, one of its long serving staff, Nana Yaa Brefo has taken a bow out of the media house. Though reasons for the resignation is unknown, some Ghanaians via social media are concluding the resignation was as a result of an interview with Actress/Host of Mcbrown’s kitchen which went bad. The Ace broadcaster took to her Instagram account to announce her resignation. She said "I want to say a big thank you to Multimedia and my colleagues. Also my fans for the support really appreciate also thank those who did not like me, you made me grow during my 10 years stay at Multimedia, (Adom Tv). I bow out of multimedia to follow other dreams. Thank you all for being there. Akpe🙏❤️ #nanayaabrefo Thinknewsonline.com has gathered that the host of Badwen on Adom Tv, asked Nana Mcbrown some questions in relation to the demise of Bishop Bernard Nyarko which many described as ‘stupid’. In the interview, Nana Yaa Brefo was heard asking Nana Ama Mcbrown if she will attend the one-week celebration of the late actor and whether she supported the financially in the latter part of his life. Entertainment critic, Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has added his voice to the critics bashing Nana Yaa Brefo saying she asked lame questions during the interview. Arnold added he is disappointed in how Nana Yaa handled her interview with Nana Ama Mcbrown in relation to the death of actor, Bishop Bernard Nyarko. Meanwhile some scores of Ghanaians have taken to social media also bashing the Ace broadcaster and describing her action as unprofessional. Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

AMG Business rapper, Medikal has resurrected his beef with Tubani Music signee, Strongman Burner after throwing subliminal shots at him and 4 other celebrities in a new diss song dubbed 'Nonsense'. In his diss song, Rapper, Medikal took turns to rub the face of Strongman, Sister Derby, Eno Barony, Social Media Influencer, Akuapim Polo and Comedian DKB in the mud asking them to stop hating. Taking a swipe at Strongman, the Sowutuom King reminded the Tubani Music signeethat he(Strongman) is still an Uber celebrity whiles his wife, Fella Makafui pulls up in a Benz. He said "Uber celebrities, wifey dey pull up benz oh. Wob3 te'as3, 3y3 kanzo. 3nfa ohia nka nkwasiaa3m. Mo k3ka nkwasiaa3m" Scolding Eno, Rapper Medikal said, he has sold his loyalty adding he was created by God and was not made-in-China. The Sowutuom King-Kong said "Nyankopon na 3b) me oh, mo y3 made-in-China. Black and white, mes3n panda me ky3n designer" Medikal also warned his ex girlfriend, Sister Derby asking her to leave him alone since he is now married. On Akuapim Poloo, the AMG Business rapper, stated categorically that he is he not interested in her. He took a swipe a comedian, DKB asking whether he is a wedding planner. "Just because I follow you back on IG doesn't make you my brother. You can't put yourself in my shoes" he jabbed. He cautioned them not to utter senseless and useless words since they are poor. With his much anticipated Hip-Hop song titled ‘Nonsense’, it seems the Sowutuom Rapper is not ending this 'beef between himself, Sister Derby, Eno Barony, Strongman, Comedian DKD and Social media Influencer, Akuapim Poloo. In a post on her social media platform, Eno asked her followers when they want her to release her reply diss song to Medikal. For the past three weeks, social media has buzzing and talking following a 'beef' battle which started with two female rappers, Eno Barony and Sister Afia. Both rappers took the diss battle to a different level jabbing Tubani signee, Strongman and AMG Business rapper, Medikal indirectly. Although Strongman and Medikal have smoked a peace pipe, it seems their beef is about to resurrect again. Thinknewsonline.com will be following the trend and later update its readers likewise followers on new developments. However, Medikal' s banger was produced by UnkleBeatz. Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has vowed to go all lengths to name, shame and expose fake pastors extorting monies from people in the name of fake prophecies in the country. According to him, it is about time, Ghanaians get to know who to trust and doubt as men of God adding many citizens are being duped due to their ignorance for far too long. In series of interviews, the Member of Parliament says he will ensure no fake pastor is let off the hook. News coming in indicates that Founder of International God’s Way Church (I.G.W.C), Bishop Daniel Obinim has been hospitalised after the police picked him up in his Accra branch offering consultation session to his members Further checks reveal that the man of God is currently under police watch in a hospital at East Legon. This has got social media buzzing and talking as many claims if the police are not vigilant, he will escape from going to the police station for questioning. However, Prophet Manasseh has revealed that he, Bishop Daniel Obinim and Pastor Ben York are behind the murdering a pregnant woman for rituals. Speaking on an Accra-based television station, the man of God says they went to Bishop Daniel Obinim for powers to pull bigger crowd, work fake miracles and win souls. He said “We went to buy a black cat, used the pregnant woman for this rituals with some other things. We did this and performed all the rituals that was needed. We have planted it in front of our churches. He also revealed that he later had to sleep with a fetish priestess for more power adding they are now married. Prophet Manasseh also confessed that, Prophet York has also used his mother and brother for rituals just to get more bigger congregation. He said “There is this pastor called Prophet Abrukuabruka. He sends some of junior pastors to the cemetery and dig out some corps and other things for rituals” Prophet Manasseh later vent his anger on Rev. Obofour saying he is not afraid of him. allegations. “Rev Obofour to stop sending men to assassinate me” he added. Story by: News Desk

General Secretary of the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MoWAG), Richard Kofi Jordan has cautioned Pathologists at various hospitals to stop threatening and rather train morticians on how to handle Covid-19 dead bodies to avoid the spread of the virus in the country. According to Mr Jordan, since they have not been trained on how to handle such dead bodies, it is difficult for them to go about performing their duties. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, Mr Jordan said “As we speak, we have an issue pending where a mortician was asked to go for a corpse which has been identified as covid-19. Since we have not been trained on how to handle such dead bodies, it is difficult for us to go for it but the pathologist has threatened to have the mortician, transferred if he does come for the dead body” He added that the Association is unhappy about the treatment meted to its staffs adding they will not cheapen their lives at the expense of the virus. Mr Jordan hinted aside Korle-Bu having 11 covid-19 dead bodies, both Ga-East hospital and Ridge hospital have their specific numbers. “What about those that are dying from the house? We are missing a point. They are only reporting that we have 24 deaths but honestly people are dying from the house. We are also receiving bodies of people who have died but not from covid-19. In most villages, bodies are directed straight to the morgue. It is only a few that die from the hospital” he explained. The General Secretary hinted although the Health Minister has asked citizens to live with the virus because it has become a normal disease, most morgues are getting congested. He explained that the lives of mortuary workers are at a high risk as they often come in contact with the dead bodies with personal protective equipments. He said “If care is not taken, we will keep counting more infecting rates because it is very scary. The workers are not safe as they cannot tell if they are safe to even interact with their families. The work load of mortuary men are too much that some people sometimes make us remove the packed bodies bring out theirs” He advised people who often visit the mortuaries to be careful adding the virus are easily transferred from dead bodies to people easily since it is a fluid. “Some diseases are very contagious whiles others are not. Until the body is embalmed anything can happen. One can get infected with HIV/AIDS if the body is not embalmed, one can contract. The fridges used at the morgue in Ghana are not fridges. We are not serious. We have to get to a point where that saying, we are the leaders in Africa must manifest. Some fridges get broken and mortuary men are left stranded. Some facilities have stand-by generators whiles others don’t have” he reiterated He explained that the awful smell inhaled on daily basis is very harmful to the health of a mortuary man adding that all manner of deaths brought to the morgue, needs to be worked on. He said “As we are talking about covid-19, Authorities are not seeing the need to ran us through how to deal with patients who died from it. Some family members have buried their covid-19 dead bodies whiles others are yet to come. I don’t agree with the data from the Ministry of health talking about the number of deaths recorded” He advised the public to continue adhering to the social distancing directives. “To those who come to the morgue and cry. You are not banned but do not make noise. I will beg Ghanaians to carry their nose mask and sanitizers to the morgues if they don’t want to be disgraced. To people who have kept their dead relatives in the morgue for long, should kindly speed up, observe the private burial directives” Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

Musician, Kidi has received the bashing of his life after Accra Fm’s mid-morning show host, Nana Romeo humiliated him on live radio for being late for an interview. The angry show host vent his anger on the young Artiste in an unpleasant manner. In a live facebook broadcast, Nana Romeo said “I want to say this on tape. I am serious. I want to make this point clear on this show. Kidi, you are not better than us. Before you started your music career, we were already in the radio business. You can’t use us anyhow” On entering the studio, Nana Romeo further went hard on the young musician throwing jabs at him. “Why do you always mess up our show? Sit! Kidi, welcome, why do you do that to us? This is the second time you have done this. We have promoted flyer and announced on air only for you to arrive late. Don’t you respect our show” he quizzed. Musician, Kidi on the other hand apologised to the host and listeners for his lateness. The young musician said “First of all, apologies to the listeners but I feel I am being attacked” He added that he does not understand why the host is being unfair to him adding the behaviour of the mid-morning show host was not nice. Nana Romeo also added that no Ghanaian Artiste has ever reported late to his show adding he cannot fathom why Kidi did that for the second time. The ‘Sugar Daddy’ hit maker feeling embarrassed, walked out of the studio without granting the interview. Story by Joshua Kwabena Smith

Comedian Kalybos has fired back at Actor Funny Face for allegedly accusing him of sleeping with his ex. According to Kalybos, he has never tried such shameful act before. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, the comedian said “I’m not far from calling Funny Face. I tried calling him in a matured way but to my surprise I was blocked. I don’t know triggered Funny Face to accused him of being a snitch” Born Richard Asante, he also revealed that he still cannot fathom why Funny Face came up with such allegatios. He said “I’m not that low of a person to beg you to have something to do with his girlfriend” Background Some weeks ago, Actor Funny Face took to him social media handle to humiliate Bismark-The-Joke, Kalybos and Actor Kwadwo Nkansah (Lil win). In the post, he labeled Bismarck-the-joke, Lil Win and Kalybos as the” 3 Idiots” accused them of trying to kill him and jabbed Kalybos for backing and supporting people to fight him. Funny Face also called the three been ungrateful. Story by: Mandy Woods

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is appealing to the Akufo-Addo administration to pump about GHc18 Billion into the country’s various sectors as part of measures to alleviate losses made due to the novel coronavirus. According to the Union, some findings by its Labour Research and Policy Institute revealed some shocking effects of the COVID-19 health crisis on jobs and livelihoods in the formal and informal sectors of the economy. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, Director of Labour Research and Policy Institute of the TUC, Dr. Kwabena Nyarko Otoo said “The government needs to do more to revive the economy and also manage the potential job losses. One of the things we did was to estimate the loss of GDP that we are likely to experience because of COVID-19 and our estimation is based on the data provided by the Minister for Finance when he told Parliament that the 2020 GDP growth which was initially estimated at 6.6% will now be 1.5%.” He noted although Government is facing some difficulties, it is confident, their request can be granted. Mr. Otoo also advised government to consider printing enough cash into the system or borrow from the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF). He said “We went to borrow from the IMF with all the conditionality. If we were able to borrow from the IMF, it should be safer to ask government to borrow for the future. So that we replenish that fund when the COVID-19 storm is over.” Story by: Mandy Woods

Former Deputy Auditor General, Dr Dominic Ayine says he is disappointed in the ruling by Ghana’s apex court involving the Special Prosecutor, his age and ability to work effectively. According to him, although disappointed, he is willing to wait for detail of the judgement from the court. Addressing Journalists, the Former Deputy Auditor General said “There is no exemption in the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act that says that the Special Prosecutor can be above 65 years old. I have not seen that. So, I do not understand the basis for that decision” He added that although the ruling did not go well, the case at hand will open the gate for individuals who have passed the age of retirement yet seeking to be appointed into public offices. The court in a majority 5-2 disagree, the decision of dismissing the case. Speaking on an Accra based television, Vitus Azeem noted that the antecedence sets in the retirement regime for the public service sector. Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka said "What the court said was that the Office of The Special Prosecutor is a specialized agency not in the contemplation of 1901 as espoused by Dr Ayine and that has been our position all along,” He added “the Justices of the Supreme Court agreed with that distinction that we drew their attention to. But they did not in any way endorse that all other public officers, even if they are above 65 should continue to hold office.” The Deputy AG later advised to refrain from critics reading meaning into the judgement apart from what the learned justices of the Supreme Court. Story by: Magdalene Maame Abena Serwaa Asante

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini has sent a strong warning to the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to desist from spreading false information to the public as such messages tends to affect the veracity of subsequent news items. According to him, the GTA must learn to speak via one channel adding countervailing others will not help the country in the fight against coronavirus. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, the Tamale Central MP said “Both factions were not on the same page before the notice went out. They should not have issued their circular without consulting the sector Minister” Mr. Fuseini also added that as and when the Ministry dropped its counter notice, it should have ordered the Tourism Authority to redraw their early message but it failed to. This call comes after a statement was released by the Ghana Tourism Authority on Wednesday saying ‘Drinking Bars could operate but must observe the social distance directive. The sector Minister, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, later in the day, released a counter statement stressing that ‘Drinking Bars should still remain closed’ The two statements have spark controversies on social media as a sector of the public expressed disappointment saying the sector Minister and the GTA are confusing themselves. “It would have been prudent for the Public Relations (PR) of the Ghana Tourism Authority to wait for Ghanaians to have access to the release to understand if President Akufo-Addo had lifted or eased the restriction on drinking bars operating likewise hotels. We do not know or can’t tell” he said. Hon. Fuseini also hinted that the world will not be the same again even if the virus is cured. He stressed that the hospitality industry has been heavily affected by the COVID-19. The Tamale Central MP who also doubles as a Member of the Committee on Tourism, Arts and Culture also explained that there are lots of countries that are being affected by the virus. He said “Because of its impact, I am sure they stood on that directive to see how they can ease the devastation effect of the disease in the country. To be honest with you, the earlier communique did not have any bad motive since President Akufo-Addo in one of his updates started that the food chain operators are exempted. He never said hotels should not work” Hon. Fuseini reiterated that coronavirus is a very dangerous disease. He called on Government to prioritise the Tourism Industry since that is a sector that generates lots of revenue for the country. “As a member of the committee on tourism, arts and culture, I think with the social interventions and supports from Government to other Institutions, the Tourism Industry must be the first. In some jurisdictions, the tourism industry receives the support first” he noted. He stated that although Industries are still working, luxury products are not being purchased unlike essential things which is gaining patronage. He said “The Tourism sector is an industry that generates lots of revenue for the country because of its relationship with other industries. If they are hard hit, Government should put them among the relief packages” Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith