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  Infinity Sparta, Artist The Upper West based Reggae/Dancehall Artist, Infinity Sparta on Tuesday December 20 cleared the airwaves on claims that his latest track titled "The Government Hear We" is being politicized. In an interview with the entertainment news host of Tumpaani FM, King Process, Sparta explains that his track "The Government Hear We" is devoid of partisan politics, however it is a message to inform the government that things are not going right in the country.  He states that the youth are suffering and as a youth he feels the pains of his colleagues in this country, hence the government have to hear the voices of the people of this country. The "Mama" hitmaker, in his latest track released in December 2022 chastised government for the economic hardship in the country and called on the "big men in suits" to try and put things in place. This however did not go down well with some people therefore claiming he is doing politics. He...

  The Sensational reggae/dancehall artist by stage name Infiniti Sparta who celebrated Mother's on their special day of celebration with a track in 2021 is yet to release another anticipated banger to the Government of Ghana Titled "Government Hear we" The Message in the yet to be released track calls on the Government of the day to pay a keen attention to the Youth by empowering them in their respective areas, rather than focusing on the Russia Ukraine war and COVID 19 that lead to the inability of Government to stabilize the economy. Irrespective of the abysmal performance by Government, the plight of the Ghanaian Youth must be given a listening ear to curbe Youth unemployment in the country. "Enough of the Russia, Ukraine war and COVID 19 as a contribution factor for the abysmal performance". Mwine Pascal// straight news Gh

A 23 year old level 200 student of the McCoy College of Education has the bragging right of being the crown owner of their famous SRC sponsored beauty pageant. This year's contest saw seven beautiful young ladies battling it out in an unprecedentedly fierce contest.  The multitalented dark-skinned lady however distinguished herself beating her closest contender Lawrencia Abea.  Benedicta got the thousands who gathered at the McCoy Assembly Hall amazed with her enviable fashion and design skills on stage. In a matter of 5 minutes, she was able to design different styles of dresses with Ghanaian fabrics. Her victory was therefore not surprising to many who followed her from the start of the program.  When asked what she would use the crown to do, she indicated her plans of championing a sensitization on sanitation, insisting sanitation has become a major problem to confront. She added that, she would advocate for the distribution of dusbins in some Senior High Schools and s...

The 1st runner up for this year's Miss McCoy has made a clarion call on philanthropists, NGOs, Faith Based Organizations and other stakeholders to support her to impart lives in society. According to her, she wants to help minimise if not eradicate school dropouts in rural communities in her home region, the Upper East Region. According to her proposed project, dropouts and other teenagers will benefit from skills training that can give them a source of income to support themselves. She made the revelations while speaking to straight news GH in a one on one interview on what she wants to use her influence of Queenship for. ABOUT MISS LAWRENCIA, 1ST RUNNER UP, MISS MCCOY, 2022. Abeaba Lawrencia Atupoka, a native of Winkogo in the Upper East Region was crowned as the 1st runner this year's Miss McCoy, a beauty pageant put in place by the Student Representaive Council (SRC) of McCoy College of Education, Nadowli. The Miss McCoy Contest has become the headlined activity of SRC week...

Chepong Don-ore Paulinus, who goes by the stage name Harmless Vid, one of the popular rappers in the Upper West region condemns the idea of artists involving in "beefing" and describes it as "bad". "Beefing" is a popular term used in the music fraternity to refer to the act of using music to insult colleague artists or other persons. Speaking to Prince Ericson, an entertainment host of Tumpaani FM on Saturday 5th February 2022, in an exclusive interview, Harmless Vid says artists who have vision and really aspire to soar higher must eradicate the act of 'beefing' in their musical career because it gives you a bad name as an artist. Stating some reasons why he condemns insults in music is the fact that, some artists go an extra mile to insult family members of the artists they intend to 'beef' which cuts short their chances of been helped by those same people. He also says it is time wasting because you need to do underground checks on the a...

Best Gally, one of the popular artists in the Upper West region discloses how exultant he is for being a brand ambassador to Spicy Foodies, a descent fast food restaurant in Wa, the regional capital of the Upper West region. On a Facebook post sighted by StraightNews, the rapper, singer and numerous awards winner enumerated the testimonies residents of Wapaani, Suuriyiri and Fongo, suburbs of Wa gave concerning Spicy Foodies. This came up when he went around these suburbs of Wa to assess the services of the restaurant. He discloses on his post that, residents spoke of Spicy Foodies having a best brand, the affordability of their products as well as their good customer care services. "This is to tell everyone that Spicy Foodies remains the best restaurant in the whole region", he proclaimed. Filed by: Eric Dindobuo//StraightNewsGh

  An entertainment pundit and presenter at Radio Progress has lambasted organizers of the famous Grass to Grace Album launch for their inability to prepare a befitting stage for the show. He described the situation as shameful as many patronized the show only to see a poorly prepared stage without carpet, proper lightning and decoration. Even though he has applauded wisdom music for having launched one of the best albums, he could not understand how such a big show would be characterised with such defects. He added that no big artist like Samini or Wiyaala will accept to perform on such a shameful stage. He therefore urges on Gally to sit his team down to do a better job next time, describing the planning as poor and must be made known. The fearless pundit, believes that the organizers should have invested more into the stage, considering that Gally is a top artist in the region. Dasana is seen in Facebook live video blaming the organizers for the embarrassment the show has brought...

  The ceremony was attended by people from all over the Upper West Region and beyond yesterday at the Daffiama Roman Catholic church premises. Hon Bright Yelviel Baligi was the special guest of honor at the event. He used the occasion to call on the present generation to go back into the cultural heritage of tradition and charter a path projecting the legacies that seem to be slipping away from grips. The Upper West Council of State representatives, Prof Daniel Bagah, who was Chairman for the ceremony used the occasion to edge on the foundation not to relent on their efforts in projecting the festival and assured them of his readiness to support them anyway possible. The paramount chief of the Daffiama traditional area and president of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs Lawyer Naa Dikumwin Domalee II was present at the ceremony with his sub chiefs and other dignitaries including the DCE for the Lambussie, Hon. Naluri George, the principal of Wa Technical Institute Mr Saaka Ada...

  DJ SHARON, also called the Children's President is a popular DJ and radio presenter in the Upper West Region. He gained his fame through his well packed entertainment programs on Tumpaani 88.5mhz, a renowned radio station located in the capital of the Nadowli Kaleo District. Indeed, he has the bragging right of FOKLEX Media award as the best drive time presenter for 2021.  Many a youth think that it is enough to be a popular DJ but DJ Sharon disagrees as he works much behind the scene to complement his income. It is worth noting that, Sharon is a radio technician, an IT guru, designer, soundz owner and a business man. His versatility and hard work, is perhaps the reason why he carries so much influence in the media space. His life should inspire the youth who are into entertainment, to complement their work with jobs that can complement their income. Merely spinning around, may make you famous but not necessarily rich, in our part of the world. Find another job!

  A great friendship is irreplaceable — it can inspire you to grow into a better version of yourself. If you have a friend who motivates you, return the favor and be their number one cheerleader with one of these motivational friendship quotes. “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” — Muhammad Ali “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” — Thomas J. Watson “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” — Anais Nin “Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” — Tennessee Williams “They may forget what you said...

  Denis Andaban, who is popularly known in the Upper West region and beyond as “The Village Boy From DBI” establishes that Ras Badingu deserves support from the people of Upper West region. Ibrahim Moomin Bandigu, known in the music fraternity as Ras Badingu is a musician from the Upper West region of Ghana. Ras Badingu is one of the super fabulous musicians in Ghana today who started from the local level and now in the national level. On a Facebook post sighted by StraightNews, The Village Boy From DBI questions why people of the Upper West region do not value their own. He cited Wiyaala as an example where people of the Upper West region turned blind eye to her when she was striving hard to triumph in her musical career but have now started raining praises at her after her triumph. The communicator, also discloses the fact that Badingu is one among the many artists in Upper West who uses his creativity to promote culture and tourism in the region however, stakeholders seem to ha...

  King Raph, artist in the Upper West region Singing to insult someone which is usually refered to as "beef" in the music industry is regnant among musicians in the Upper West region. Many of these artists create a misconception that beef is part of music and it is a way of selling out one's self to the multitude. However, King Raph, one of the most popular artists and the music president in the Upper West region gives shots to those industry players in the Upper West region who go into beef. On a Facebook post spotted by StraightNewsGh, King Raph showed his displeasure over how they nurture some of the artists in the industry only to be paid back with evil just as he puts it "we are been hunted by the same monsters we created". The "Lilaafi" hit maker says they is nothing in existence like a healthy beef or industry beef, every kind of beef, once geared towards tainting the person's image is not friendly and so that misconception that beef is part...

  A native of Upper West Region by name Yahaya Sungnuma Humurata but known on stage as Sungnuma has made it to the final round of Miss Galaxy Ghana. The program started with 28 contestants but only 10 contestants have made it to the finale. Her chosen project is on sanitation "keep Ghana Clean"  The 23 year old Sungnuma is appealing to the general public to continue voting for her to bring the crown to the Upper West Region. Miss Glalaxy Ghana is a beauty contest that gives the opportunity to young talented ladies to showcase their talents. She made the revelation, through a whassap message share on several platforms. Below is the unedited message from her. "Hello dearies     30th October ,2021 Miss Galaxy Ghana is finally ending. God been Soo great we have made it to the finale. Thanks Soo much for your patience, help and support so far. Am here again to remind you that voting is still ongoing and this is the most toughest part of the contest. If the crown 👑 s...

  Multiple award-winning Ghanaian Video Disc Jockey, DJ Pakorich has premiered a new song entitled 'Say I Do' to commemorate his 32nd birthday celebration.  The well composed song which depicts a love - themed feeling with production from talented producer, Jaemally Beatz features sensational Ghanaian female singer and songwriter, Renner.  Renner is a two Female Vocalist of the Year winner at the Central Music Awards in Cape Coast.  Affirming his position as the King of Video Disc Jockey in Ghana, DJ Pakorich has been honoured by several award schemes in the country including 3Music Awards, Ghana DJ Awards and Central Music Awards.  After winning the Best Video DJ award in 2019 at the Ghana DJ Awards, the astute DJ was again nominated in the same category in the following year (2020).  DJ Pakorich also doubles as the General Manager of Range Media - a multimedia production company which deals in Drone Services, Content Creation, Live Streaming, Photography,...

   Wendy Bogunluri is a 3rd year Biochemistry student of CKT University of Technology and Applied Sciences, formerly UDS Navrongo campus. She is 21 years of age and a native of Owlo in the Daffiama, Bussie, Issa District of the Upper West. She is bold and passion driven which has led her to participate in this year’s Miss Tourism Ghana Competition.  Miss tourism is a competition that promotes tourism in Ghana and the winner gets to represent Ghana in an international Pageant. Young talented lady takes interest in promoting the culture of her Region and Ghana at large. According to her, "we have left so many potentials untapped in the area of tourism and culture and hence the need to tell the outside world that indeed, we have a lot show." He urges people to help her win the competition by Dialing *447*124# on all networks, follow prompts and vote for no.17 Wendy.  A vote cost 80 pesewas.

The leader of the Shatta Wale movement has attracted attention of many Ghanaians to himself as he has succeeded in turning the highly rated showbiz program upside down following his ulterances and physical attacks on Arnold for tagging him as the most confused and inconsistent Ghannian artist at all times. After all the repercussions being received in the aftermath,Arnold pyramid his profile by remaining calm and refusing to respond to the heat of the movement whereas Shatta Wale has already spoken for the first time . According to him he won't allow anyone to tarnish his image by saying he has a bad life style when it is the same people that turns to be having sex relations with a media personality Abena Korkor extensively . "So called industry deh chop Abena Korkor one by one and them say me my life style no good 😂 dem no like my character😂😂 time will surely tell one day la! Industry rapist " He posted. By: kaaranpul sixtus

  Award-winning musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has urged Ghanaian musicians to produce more of the Highlife music genre. According to him, it is the only music genre that can give Ghanaian artistes some identity abroad. He added that, highlife music has a beautiful history of being the mother genre of veteran highlife musicians such as; Agya Koo Nimo, Ampofo Adjei Snr and Nana Tuffuor among other renowned acts. Shatta Wale, in his State of the Industry Address earlier in the week, said this idea came after he had a meeting with major record labels in the United States. He explained that he got stunned when music agents asked him what genre Ghanaians can be identified with because there are too many genres being championed by artistes in the Ghanaian music sphere. “I will say we should champion Highlife. I went for a meeting for the first time and after playing my songs to these big labels [Atlantic and Universal] they asked me what type of ...

  It appears the hitherto the unending and fierce beef between Dj Galaxy Village Boi of wfm and Angaa-mwine Dj Anada has seen an end to the surprise of many followers.  The two popular DJs have been throwing "missiles" at each other for the past three years using their social media handles.  The cause of this fierce rivalry is unknown but entertainment pundits speculate that both wants to be seen as the best in the Region.  Beefing has become a norm in the entertainment industry in Ghana but here in the Upper West Region, it has reached a level no one cherishes as industry players keep on dishing  the other just for supremacy. Such, many say, is the case of these two popular DJs who are both doing well in the industry. In a social media post by the veteran DJ Tobile, the two DJs are seen in a picture, looking reconciliatory. Indeed, the post of DJ Tobile announces that the duo have smoked the peace pipe.  Efforts are being made to reach the duo to ascertain...