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Ace Gospel songstress Gifty Osei has been elected the new treasurer of the Greater Accra regional branch of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA). She joins five other musicians who were elected at the regional polls on Wednesday at the Union’s head office in Accra. The other newly elected executives are Ras Caleb Appiah Levi, Chairman; Elizabeth Kakra Tagoe, Vice Chairperson; Bright Appiah Quaye aka Joe Wizzy, Organizer; Alex Odoi, WelfareOfficer and Mildred Mac-Hansen aka Sheger Styla as Secretary.

Swearing in the newly elected executives, the 1st Vice President of MUSIGA, Bessa Simons called on the new executives to provide effective leadership for the branch while ensuring that the Union addresses the welfare needs of the members. The 2nd Vice President Rev Dr Thomas Yawson advised the new executives to be servant leaders in all they do to make the region an example worthy of emulation by other regions. On his part, the outgoing Chairman Nana Kwaku Duah aka Tic Tac told the m…

Call whoever tells you that Ghana doesn’t have burgers who live big in this country a liar because we have countless of such people.

Visit some parts of the major cities in the country and you would not need Angel Gabriel to tell you that there are many rich men in this country.

Ghanaian business mogul Ibrahim Mahama was spotted on the streets of Accra on Thursday, August 11 in a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6.

We are informed “he drove it out of his house unto the Patrice Lumumba road”.

According to research, the was estimated to be around $780,000 (GH3, 135,599).

“It is powered by a twin-turbo V8 engine from the G63 AMG. This Brabus tuned 6X6 700 eclipses 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds. Base MSRP from Mercedes-Benz is $615,000. The Brabus package increases the price to $780,000!” a report in 2014 stated.

As at February 2015, the same car was being sold somewhere in Florida at a whooping $975,000. By all means, the price for this car has gone up looking at the years of these reports.

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Hillary Clinton has released her tax returns, adding to the pressure on her Republican rival for the White House, Donald Trump, to do the same.
The Democratic presidential candidate paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2% last year.
Her running mate Tim Kaine, along with his wife Anne Holton, paid a rate of 20.3%, his returns show.
Mr Trump, a hotel developer with a fortune estimated to be in the billions, has refused to release his.
Presidential candidates typically release their tax returns to the media to show their effective tax rate, charitable donations and other financial details.

Mr Trump, who has released a self-reported financial disclosure form, said he will not make his tax returns public until the Internal Revenue Service completes audits of them.
The IRS has said Mr Trump is free to release his returns. Mr Trump would be the first presidential candidate in decades not to release his returns.
Then-President Richard Nixon released his tax returns in 1973, starting an…

A Kenyan athletics coach has been sent home from Rio after posing as an athlete and giving a urine sample.
Kenya said sprint coach John Anzrah "presented himself" as 800m medal hope Ferguson Rotich and "even signed the documents" for the doping test.
"We cannot tolerate such behaviour," said Kip Keino, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya.
Meanwhile, athletics' governing body has suspended Kenyan official Michael Rotich over corruption allegations.
The country's track manager was sent home from Rio following newspaper allegations that he was prepared to warn coaches about drugs tests in return for £10,000.
He appeared in court in Nairobi earlier this week where a Kenyan magistrate ruled he can be held by police for four weeks as they investigate the claims.
Michael Rotich denies any wrongdoing, saying he wanted to protect athletes.
The IAAF said it was suspending him for 180 days while it carries out its own investigation.
Athlete F…

The One-week celebration of highlife singer Daasebre Gyamenah is happening today, August 12 at the forecourt of Omanhene Palace in Koforidua.

Family of the late has announced that the musician who became very popular for his debut Kokooko which featured Lord Kenya will be buried on October 14 in Koforidua.
Kofi Siaw who spoke to Hitz FM news disclosed that the remains of Daasebre Gyamenah would be given to the Muslim community to perform their right before he is buried on October 14.

“As part of the burial activities, the family has decided that they will release the remains of Daasebre Gyamenah to the Muslim people. Before he died, he was a Muslim not by birth but he decided to convert to Muslim when he grew up so they have decided to release the body to the Muslim people to perform all the rights but as part of the tradition of New Juaben, they are going to lay Daasebre at Koforidua for everyone to see what is happening.”

Known personalities who are in Koforidua to honour…

Amid calls for a return to the four-year Senior High School system following the release of the recent West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, President John Dramani Mahama has jumped to the defense of the current system.
According to him, the “call for a return to 4yr SHS is uncalled for” as statistics show that students have performed better in the 3-year system.
The President’s official Twitter account tweeted a graph on Friday morning indicating better performances after the country reverted to the 3-year system.  The NPP administration under then President John Kufuor started the 4-year Senior High School programme  in 2007.

However, the NDC reverted to the 3-year system after they regained power in 2009.

Despite the argument by the President, the graph he tweeted appears to have contradicted his claim.

It shows that the two examinations following the introduction of the 4-year system, saw 26% and 31.2% – which is the highest since 2006 – of…

Wiyaala will this month embark on an international tour to some selected European countries and United States of America to promote her brand and Ghanaian music through live musical performance.
Nicknamed ‘The Young Lioness of Africa’, Wiyaala has been on tour over the last few months and made an appearance at the WOMAD International Arts Festival in July.

The tour will kick off with a historic live performance at the prestigious Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London on 24 August. Thereafter, she will appear at the launch of the Ghana Music Week in London as well.
She will then move to Germany, where she is billed to perform at the Afrika Festival on August 26 in Hamburg.
After playing several concerts in Europe, Wiyaala will return home in September for the Legends of Africa event, before leaving the shores of Ghana to perform alongside Rocky Dawuni in Los Angeles, USA.
Wiyaala who has performed on a number of international gigs is expected to dazzle the crowd with her stagecraft t…

The company that owns Kentucky Fried Chicken is facing new calls to stop using poultry that has been treated with antibiotics. US consumer groups will deliver a petition signed by more than 350,000 people to Yum Brands.

KFC has already promised to limit the use of human antibiotics in its chicken by next year. However, critics claim the policy effectively allows for routine use of antibiotics by its chicken suppliers.

The chain does not allow the use of antibiotics to promote the growth of poultry in line with federal government rules. A KFC spokesperson said it was reviewing whether it could force suppliers to go beyond Food and Drug Administration rules on antibiotics usage.
"KFC is lagging woefully behind - diners around the country want KFC to step up," said Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which is one of the groups delivering petitions to KFC headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.

The action comes a day after Yum investors submitted a prop…

More than 70 Republicans have signed a letter to the party's National Committee head urging him to stop helping Donald Trump's campaign.

They said Mr Trump's "divisiveness" and "incompetence" risked drowning the party in November's election.

The letter said that the party should instead focus on protecting vulnerable candidates in elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Former members of Congress are among the signatories of the letter.

"We believe that Donald Trump's divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide," said a draft of the letter obtained by Politico.

"Only the immediate shift of all available RNC (Republican National Convention) resources to vulnerable Senate and House races will prevent the GOP (Republican Party) from drowning with a Trump-emblazoned anchor around its neck."

The letter added: "This shoul…