Author: Nene Odompleh

Ghanaian sensational and rising star Mohammed Ismail Sherif, known by his stage name Black Sherif, has emerged as the Ghanaian with the highest stream of an album on Spotify with 80 million.  His award-winning album, “The Villain I Never Was,” has reached 80 million streams on the digital music platform Spotify, which has earmarked it as the most streamed Ghanaian album on the streaming platform.  “The Villain I Never Was” happens to be his first album but has surpassed a lot of albums released by other mainstream artistes who have been in the industry for years.  The album was adjudged the album…

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Christiano Ronaldo received massive love from three fans yesterday in Portugal’s UEFA EURO qualification game against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Luz Stadium.  Though the Alnassr star failed to add his name to the score sheet, fans didn’t cease to love him less as a pitch invader with a Portuguese flag hugged him, did Ronaldo’s Suiiiiiii celebration with him, raised Ronaldo, and knelt at his feet.   Fans have been thrilled by the star’s telorance and reception of the pitch invader, which has really melted people’s hearts. That was just the tip of the iceberg, as one of his biggest…

 Brazil forward, Vinicus Jr. is demanding security camera footage of an alleged racial abuse against his friend Felipe Silveira by security at the Cornellà-El Prat Stadium, in Barcelona yesterday.  In an international friendly between the third-ranked FIFA team, Brazil, and African side Guinea which ended 4-1 respectively, friend and advisor of Vinicius Jr., Felipe Silveira, was allegedly abused by security personnel who searched him at the entrance of Cornellà-El Prat Stadium, in Barcelona, Spain.  Vinicius Jr. condemned the racial abuse and lamented the racial treatment meted out to blacks, which others seem not to believe.  He labeled racial incidents on the blindside…

Tottenham has signed Juventus loanee Dejan Kulusevski on a permanent deal after his 18 months loan spell with the club. The two clubs, Tottenham and Juventus, reached a €30 million fee till 2028, according to Fabrizio Romano, after a €35 million bid was negotiated to the current fee in the contract.   The winger has worn the Spurs jersey for the last 18 months, approximately a season and a half since he joined in January 2022.  Tottenham triggered the option to buy clause in the contract after an impressive performance in the top-flight league. It booked them a place in the 2022–2023 Champions…

Hi-life legend, Nana Amakaye Dede clashed with the PRO for Charterhouse, Robert Klah, on Abeiku Santana’ Ekwanso Dwoodwoo where the latter defended Charter House as not responsible for the Kuami Eugene crown saga. Mr. Robert Klah has debunked claims that Charterhouse was responsible for Amakye Dede crowning Kuami Eugene as the Prince of Hi-life at the Grand Arena in 2019 and stated clearly that the organizers of the event were wholly not involved in the act. In a back-and-forth interview hosted by radio presenter Abeiku Santana on OK FM’s drive show Ekwanso Dwoodwoo today, June 15, Robert Klah did not divulge who…

Sensational rising Ghanaian artise, Mohammad Ismalil Sherif, known by the stage name Black Sherif, has released the official video for his song “Oil in My Head” today, June 15. The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards ’24 Artiste of the Year” spurned breathtaking tracks last year, which brought him from obscurity as a Konongo Zongo boy to the limelight. His “Oil in My Head” track, which comes off second on his “The Villain I Never Was” album, has been released with over 10,000 views in just over an hour. The video is a masterpiece by America-based Empire Entertainment and Road Boys Association,…

Arsenal midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko has called for Russians and Belarusians to be banned from sporting competitions following the devastating invasion of Ukraine in an exclusive interview with Piers Morgan.   In an exclusive interview with English broadcaster Piers Morgan on his Uncensored Talk show yesterday, June 14, the Ukrainian footballer expressed his anger for the Russian and Belarusian athletes and wished they don’t reach the highest level in any sporting activity. This follows the lifting of the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes by Wimbledon, allowing them to participate as neutral athletes in the Grand Slam scheduled for July. “I don’t…

Ghanaian Hi-hlife Legend, Amakye Dede known by the stage name “Iron boy” has revealed he crowned Kuami Eugene as the Prince of Hi-life under duress in an interview on Asaase radio. The “Dabi Dabi Ebeye yie” hitmaker made the serious revelation about circumstances that led to him crowning the Lynx Entertainment signee, Kuami Eugene in an interview with Kwaku the lionmaster on Asaase Radio’s Breakfast show, Wednesday, 14 June. He disclosed that he crowned Kuami Eugene under duress and not according to his will. He even tried to ditch the crown but he was coerced to crown him by the…

The Global South’s largest convening on impact entrepreneurship and sustainable development, the Sankalp Summit held the 1st Edition of the Sankalp West Africa Summit in Accra Ghana on the 12-13th of June at the UPSA Auditorium. Every year, the Summit recognizes and rewards high-impact enterprises from a pool of promising finalists, in the African region which are tackling key development challenges. The finalists also get the opportunity to pitch their enterprises to a jury panel comprising eminent business leaders and investors. This year the winners were the four most innovative young entrepreneurs in West Africa, whose ideas are well poised to deliver…

US Olympic Gold Medalist, Tori Bowie’s cause of death has been confirmed as birth complications according to an autopsy report.  According to the autopsy report (TMZ) from the Orange County (Florida) Medical Examiner’s Office, the sprinter had a well-developed foetus in her 8th month and she was in labor at the time of her death. Per the report, the athlete died from birth complications which include respiratory distress and eclampsia. “Eclampsia typically occurs after the 20th week of pregnancy. It’s rare and affects less than 3% of people with preeclampsia. Eclampsia can cause complications during pregnancy and requires emergency medical…