From Tamale to the world
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Didier Drogba with Rihanna
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| This picture was posted by Rihanna on twitter |
Rihanna partied pretty hard in the UK this weekend.
The downside was that she missed her flight out of London on Sunday morning.
The upside? She got to hang with Didier Drogba, the Football star who helped Chelsea win their first European title on Saturday against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. Didier himself scored the final kick.
Rihanna reportedly joined Didier and fellow players Jose Bosingwa, Salomon Kalou, Michael Essien and Raul Meireles at their table.
"The players were chuffed to meet her but she bonded most with Didier and was dancing away with him," said a source. "THEE DIDIER DROGBA #thereisaGod," she wrote on her Twitter account, with a picture.
Perhaps it was a parting gift for Didier - he's leaving Chelsea after 8 years.
Source:TheSun
The upside? She got to hang with Didier Drogba, the Football star who helped Chelsea win their first European title on Saturday against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. Didier himself scored the final kick.
Rihanna reportedly joined Didier and fellow players Jose Bosingwa, Salomon Kalou, Michael Essien and Raul Meireles at their table.
"The players were chuffed to meet her but she bonded most with Didier and was dancing away with him," said a source. "THEE DIDIER DROGBA #thereisaGod," she wrote on her Twitter account, with a picture.
Perhaps it was a parting gift for Didier - he's leaving Chelsea after 8 years.
Source:TheSun
Actress fights Antrak Air over 'unapproved fare and mistreatment'
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| Luckie Lawson |
Actress Luckie Lawson is at war with domestic
air-carrier Antrak Air for what she said were unfair charges and
treatment meted out to her and her crew at the Tamale Airport Tuesday.
The actress, speaking in an interview with Myjoyonline.com, said she is angry and disappointed in the carrier after she and her 2-man crew were asked to pay, through no fault of theirs, extra for their flight back to Accra from Tamale after the flight they were to travel with developed a fault.
The Aantrak Air flight, she narrated, developed a fault just as they were about to take off, and due to their safety, the captain of the flight advised that passengers aboard the flight use a different flight.
Due to that, 80 to 90 percent of the stranded passengers were airlifted on a Starbow Airlines flight to Accra while the remaining passengers, including her crew and herself, were asked to join another flight.
“They told us they will get as another flight to Accra,” Luckie disclosed, and was shocked to be told by management of Antrak Air in the Northern regional capital that they had to pay extra to join Fly 540 to Accra.
She explained that the fare for their Antrak Air flight cost GHS165 per head (GHS495 for three) and per the new demand, she is supposed to pay an extra amount of GHS48 per head (amounting to GHS144).
Efforts to get the regional manager of the airline to clarify the issue, she said, proved futile forcing them to pay the extra fee to enable them fly back to Accra.
“You mess up our day and now I have to pay extra to come back to Accra and they didn’t care. They were going to leave us there so we had to add extra money just to get on that flight,” The Familiar Strangers producer said.
Luckie stressed that, after that treatment, she “won’t let them go. It is not about the money, that is not important to me. It is the condition … it is the customer service … they don’t care.”
“They need to apologise because it was unfair. They can’t treat customers like that,” she lamented and hinted that she was going to take legal action against the airline for the treatment.
Meanwhile Mr. Oduro Saka, Sales Manager of Antrak Air debunked the allegations leveled against them by the actress, saying they explained the situation fully to the actress and the passengers and “it was wrong for her to say that”.
He said the airline would not ask a passenger to pay extra for a flight and whenever there is such a development, they refund fares to passengers so they get their own flights to their destinations.
Quizzed what might have caused the Antrak Air flight from flying Tuesday, Mr. Saka explained that after the passengers had boarded the flight and it was ready to take off, the captain of the flight noticed some smoke coming out of the engine and therefore had to cancel the flight.
The actress, and her crew, has since arrived in Accra.
The actress, speaking in an interview with Myjoyonline.com, said she is angry and disappointed in the carrier after she and her 2-man crew were asked to pay, through no fault of theirs, extra for their flight back to Accra from Tamale after the flight they were to travel with developed a fault.
The Aantrak Air flight, she narrated, developed a fault just as they were about to take off, and due to their safety, the captain of the flight advised that passengers aboard the flight use a different flight.
Due to that, 80 to 90 percent of the stranded passengers were airlifted on a Starbow Airlines flight to Accra while the remaining passengers, including her crew and herself, were asked to join another flight.
“They told us they will get as another flight to Accra,” Luckie disclosed, and was shocked to be told by management of Antrak Air in the Northern regional capital that they had to pay extra to join Fly 540 to Accra.
She explained that the fare for their Antrak Air flight cost GHS165 per head (GHS495 for three) and per the new demand, she is supposed to pay an extra amount of GHS48 per head (amounting to GHS144).
Efforts to get the regional manager of the airline to clarify the issue, she said, proved futile forcing them to pay the extra fee to enable them fly back to Accra.
“You mess up our day and now I have to pay extra to come back to Accra and they didn’t care. They were going to leave us there so we had to add extra money just to get on that flight,” The Familiar Strangers producer said.
Luckie stressed that, after that treatment, she “won’t let them go. It is not about the money, that is not important to me. It is the condition … it is the customer service … they don’t care.”
“They need to apologise because it was unfair. They can’t treat customers like that,” she lamented and hinted that she was going to take legal action against the airline for the treatment.
Meanwhile Mr. Oduro Saka, Sales Manager of Antrak Air debunked the allegations leveled against them by the actress, saying they explained the situation fully to the actress and the passengers and “it was wrong for her to say that”.
He said the airline would not ask a passenger to pay extra for a flight and whenever there is such a development, they refund fares to passengers so they get their own flights to their destinations.
Quizzed what might have caused the Antrak Air flight from flying Tuesday, Mr. Saka explained that after the passengers had boarded the flight and it was ready to take off, the captain of the flight noticed some smoke coming out of the engine and therefore had to cancel the flight.
The actress, and her crew, has since arrived in Accra.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
IWAN I'M THE KING OF DANCE HALL IN GHANA
Dancehall artiste, Abdul Razak Issahaku, popularly known as Iwan has
openly declared himself the King of Dancehall music in Ghana.Dancehall artiste, Abdul Razak Issahaku, popularly known as Iwan has openly declared himself the King of Dancehall music in Ghana.
The artiste made the declaration during an interview on Hang Out, a segment on Cruise Control on Hitz FM hosted by Kwame B.
Iwan, whose name stands for I-Win-Always-Naturally, boasted that he holds the key to dancehall music in Ghana.
According to him, he came to open the gate and also shine the light in Ghanaian music with the experience he has gathered from his infancy monitoring the trend of dancehall.
He commended artistes such as Samini, Bandana and Stonebouy for holding the fort when it comes to dancehall music in Ghana.
Although these artistes have contributed their quota, he thinks he holds the key to dancehall genre in Ghana in this new era of music, a fact, he said, people can attest to through his tracks, Thanks and Praise and Who is Bad.
When Kwame B quizzed him, why he tags himself as a representative of the ghetto? Iwan answered that, it was born out of his experience in life and that of others.
He disclosed that, life, for him, was tough at the beginning and at a point in time in his attempt to make a living, he was turned down by an industrial company due to his age and height.
Touching on rumours of a rift with Samini, Iwan refuted them and stated that, Samini is a senior brother and a close pal in the industry.
He congratulated Blakk Rasta for winning the Best Reggae Song of the Year category in this year’s Ghana Music Awards.
Source: Joy News.
Nigerian actress Tonto Dike quits smoking
She came into the industry in 2006 like a bang but very shy, timid and with an innocent looking face and character.
She came into the industry in 2006 like a bang but very shy, timid and with an innocent looking face and character. But today, she is only second to Cossy Orjiakor in controversies, as agreed to by many fans.
Tonto Dikeh, the Ikerre-born actress, who has always loved her smoking habit, has announced that smoking is now a thing of the past to her.
Last year, Tonto was in a bitter war with fellow actor, Van Vicker when she reportedly puffed cigarette at him. His offence? Van allegedly told Tonto to cut down on her smoking habit.
Tonto came on twitter yesterday morning, she tweeted, "I have [a] good news for those who wish me well.
"Hehehehheheehehehe, it's a silly good news but you all [are] going to love this.
I QUIT SMOKING. Puppyface."
Before now, Tonto's reported heavy smoking habit has been a thing of worry to some of her fans.
Now that she has announced this, many fans and industry watchers await the once innocent looking Tonto to live a controversy free life afterwards.
Source: XYZ News-Ghana.
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