Beyonce, Rihanna no match for me — Wiyaala

She delivers on almost any stage she mounts and singer Wiyaala proudly says she has no competitor when it comes to stage performance.

“I have no contender in Ghana and most people who have had the opportunity to watch my performances can attest to it.

“My energy comes from the rehearsals I do on daily basis,” she told Showbiz in an interview after her performance at Okyeame Kwame’s “Music and Wheels” show held at 233 Grill and Bar last Friday.

According to the Rock Ma Body hitmaker, it is the internationally-acclaimed musicians she wants to compete with and not her colleagues in Ghana.

Asked whether she could compete with the likes of Rihanna and Beyoncé, the winner of last year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Best Female Vocal Artiste of the Year, said not even Rihanna and Beyoncé can match up her energy and craft on stage.
“I am not blowing my own horn but trust me, I have watched performances by Rihanna and Beyoncé and I believe I can do better than them.

“They just have big platforms. I know when I also get a big platform like theirs, I can do much better than them,” she said confidently.

Talking about her performances, Wiyaala, who has performed at events such as Fashion Icon Awards, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, African Fashion Show and Rocky Dawuni's Homecoming Concert, said she is always on top of her game because she rehearses almost everyday.

She explained that she was best at what she does because she always left her fans screaming for more anytime she was done with her performances.

“When people spend their hard-earned money to attend a show, I need to put up my best and I believe that has also kept me going. I don’t want a situation where people will regret attending a show after my performance,” she added.
Known for songs such as Leno, Make Me Dance, Go Go Black Stars, Tinambanyi, Peace, Africa, Siiko, Bunsun and You Got The Power, Wiyaala told her fans to watch out for great music from her this year.

Born Noella Wiyaala in the Upper West regional capital, Wa, but raised in Tumu, she attended Takoradi Polytechnic where she studied Art and Design.

She first came to public attention in 2011 when she won two Golden Moments awards at TV reality show, Stars of the Future.
The following year, she won the Vodafone Icons Mixed Edition contest, singing Tina Turna’s hit song, Simply the Best, as a member of the Black N Peach band.

Wiyaala, a brand ambassador for Pepsi in West Africa, alongside Nigerian songstress Tiwa Savage, left Black N Peach band in April 2013 to pursue a solo career with Djimba World Records.


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Opoku Ware SHS student stabbed to death

An eighteen-year-old Senior High School student of Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Ashanti Region was yesterday stabbed to death following a confrontation between two men over a lover.

The deceased, identified as Isaac Kwesi Amponsah, according to an eyewitness account, was trying to separate the two men who were fighting when one of them stabbed him in the process.

The two men, identified as Justice Abban and Frank Kwabena, aka Taller, 43, were fighting over a woman at Olebu in the Ga West Municipality.

Suspect Justice Abban, who allegedly pulled the knife to stab the schoolboy, according to the eyewitness account, was severely beaten by some neighbours before he was handed over to the police.

He is currently receiving treatment at the Police Hospital under heavy security.

The eyewitness indicated that the incident occurred around 7:30am yesterday morning.

The woman the two were allegedly fighting over is currently at large and is yet to be identified.

According to DAILY GUIDE’s source, the woman was in a relationship with Justice Abban for some years and they had a child.

Early this year, the woman allegedly travelled to her hometown and upon her return, broke up with Justice and decided to move in with suspect Frank Kwabena Owusu, her new lover.

This did not go down well with suspect Abban and so he often fought Frank over the issue.

Around 7am yesterday, suspect Justice Abban, armed with a knife, asked two of his friends—Samuel Offei aka Okotor, 42, and Solomon Agyeman, 43—to escort him to the house of Frank Owusu to attack him.

On arrival at suspect Frank’s house, the witness said, Frank was not in the house but he was called back to the house by suspect Abban.

Fight

When Frank returned, suspect Abban immediately picked a fight with him and so some neighbours, including Amponsah, a friend to Frank who lived with the mother behind Frank’s house, upon hearing the noise, came to separate the two rivals.

In the course of the separation, suspect Abban pulled the knife and stabbed Isaac Amponsah in the neck.

The witness said Isaac Amponsah, after the attack, attempted to run away from the scene but suspect Abban pursued him and stabbed him again in the middle of the street.

The victim then fell on the ground and died on the spot.

After committing the act, suspect Abban attempted to run away but residents chased and apprehended him. They then subjected him to severe beatings before handing him over to the police.

Later, personnel of the Police Crime Scene and the Amasaman District Police Command visited the scene to pick up the body of Isaac Amponsah to the Police Hospital morgue for preservation.

Arrest

The Amasaman District Crime Officer, DSP Happy Addai, when contacted, said police investigations led to the arrest of suspect Samuel Offei (Abban’s friend) and Frank Owusu, one of the rivals, to assist them to investigate the matter.

Concerning the woman, the Amasaman District Police Crime Officer said she was also on the run and had been declared wanted.

The matter is still under investigation.

Source: Dailyguideafrica.com

I have slept with Kofi Amoabeng a lot of times - Mzbel

Controversial and outspoken hiplife songstress Mzbel has finally opened up on her relationship with businessman and Founder of UT Bank Kofi Amoabeng.

The ‘Legelege’ singer told TV host Delay in a yet to air episode of the Delay Show on Viasat 1 that she’s had sexual relationship with Amoabeng as has been speculated previously.

    “Oh yeah, a lot of times,” she said when asked by the host if she’s ever slept with Kofi Amoabeng.

Mzbel’s admission may be news to some people while it may not be not to others who knew of their union.

In the past, the two kept their relationship very private.

Mzbel has also had to respond to questions surrounding the paternity of her son Aaron.


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Man Dies During Sex With Married Woman

IT was a show of shame when a married Ntabazinduna man was found dead in the matrimonial bed of another villager.

His adulterous girlfriend was then forced to guard the corpse the whole night as she feared alerting other villagers about what had transpired at her homestead.

However,she was left with no choice the following day except to let the cat out of the bag as she could not keep the corpse in her bedroom for long. The incident has since become the talk of the village.

“Mrs Mbele and Dlamini’s relationship had been unconfirmed rumours. Mr Mbele who works in Bulawayo got to hear about the news ans we suspect he fenced his wife resulting in Dlamini’s death, said a village source.

The source revealed events before the untimely death.

“Dlamini left his home pretending to be going to Bulawayo, but he proceeded to Mrs Mbele’s homestead where he spent a night.It seems he died during se_x as he was found dead on the couple’s bed the following day.”

It is said Mrs Mbele told neighbours about the incident in the morning and surprisingly Dlamini had died in her bed but raising a lot of unanswered questions.

“The woman was asked how the married man had got to her bedroom and she claimed he had come in the morning asking her to charge his phone,”said the source.

It is suspected that the now deceased was a victim of ulunyoka as he had a swollen stomach.

“The matter was reported to police and Dlamini’s wife was told the sad news. Dlamini’s body was ferried to hospital for post-mortem.

“He was buried on Sunday at his homestead and surprisingly, Mrs Mbele didn’t attend the burial. Only her husband did,” said the source.

Efforts to get a comment from Matabeleland North acting police spokesperson Sergeant Namativai Mashona were fruitless as he as said to be on leave.

When Mrs Mbele, the woman at the centre of the storm, was contacted for comment, she refused to say anything pertaining to the matter.


Source: B Metro

15 ways to guarantee you won't become a millionaire

We've cued you in on steps to take to get rich — but which choices will stunt your path to wealth?

Here, we rounded up habits, beliefs, and traits that self-made millionaires and authors have identified as inhibiting if you want to build wealth.

As always, no promises of future riches or predictions of the future, but steering clear of these 15 things can't hurt:

1. Buying things you can't afford

Living above your means is a surefire road to financial stress — and even if you start earning more or get a hefty raise, don't use that as justification to give yourself a lifestyle raise.

"I didn't buy my first luxury watch or car until my businesses and investments were producing multiple secure flows of income," writes self-made millionaire Grant Cardone at Entrepreneur. "I was still driving a Toyota Camry when I had become a millionaire. Be known for your work ethic, not the trinkets that you buy."

2. Thinking you don't deserve to be rich

"The average person believes being rich is a privilege awarded only to lucky people," self-made millionaire Steve Siebold writes at Business Insider. "The truth is, in a capitalist country, you have every right to be rich if you're willing to create massive value for others."

Start asking yourself, "Why not me?" he encourages. Next, start thinking big. Rich people set their expectations high. Why not $1 million?

3. Relying on one stream of income

"Self-made millionaires do not rely on one singular source of income," Thomas C. Corley, who spent five years studying rich people, writes in "Change Your Habits, Change Your Life."

"They develop multiple streams. Three seemed to be the magic number in my study ... Sixty-five percent had at least three streams of income that they created prior to making their first million dollars."

Examples of these additional streams are real-estate rentals, stock market investments, and part-ownership in a side business.

4. Being content with what you already know

The wealthiest, most successful people are constantly exercising their brains and looking for ways to continue learning long after college or their formal education is over.

This choice is entirely up to you, emphasizes self-made millionaire Daniel Ally at Entrepreneur: "Often, people depend on their employers to buy them books, send them to seminars, or provide them with coaching. However, you must take your education into your own hands if you want to prosper. Invest in yourself."

5. Hanging out with the wrong crowd

"Einstein said that consciousness is contagious," Siebold writes. "That doesn't mean dump your friends because of their low net worth. But if you want to become rich, you need to start associating with other rich people."

Think of it this way: "If you wanted to become fit, you would hang around fit people at the gym. If you were interested in religion, you would associate more with people at church," he explains. "So if you want to become wealthy, get around other wealthy people and learn from them."

Doctors in China remove 16ft tapeworm from man who loves to eat raw meat

Tapeworms in humans aren’t an odd sight, unless of course they measure in at 16ft. 45-year-old Chen from Guangxi, south China who loves to eat raw beef and fish complained of stomach problems to doctors.

Tests were carried out by his city’s Gastroenterology department which revealed the tapeworm and even then, it took five days to extract.

Doctors determined the parasite had come from contaminated raw food and studied it to discover how it grew so long in its host. Tapeworms – or taenia saginata as they are known scientifically – has eggs which hatch in cattle and are carried through the body by the animal’s circulatory system. The egges hatch three months after human consumption and develop into adults in the small intestine which according to scientists have a life expectancy of 60years. To think someone could carry it around almost all their life.

Doctors have advised that meat and fish fans should be wary when eating unregulated and under cooked-produce – and that if raw beef is consumed, it should be chilled well beforehand.


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Swiss billionaire gives birth to twins at age 53

A Swiss billionaire businesswoman has given birth to twin girls at the age of 53, her spokeswoman has said.

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, ranked the 171st richest person in the world and the 21st most powerful woman in Europe, the Middle East and Asia by Forbes and Fortune magazines, is the majority owner and chairwoman of the £120bn international trading house Louis Dreyfus Commodities. She also owns the French first-division football club Olympique de Marseille.

“Mother and babies are doing well,” the press office of the 165-year-old family firm announced, confirming weekend rumours in the Swiss press. The company said in December that Louis-Dreyfus intended to take “a brief pause” after the births but would return to work full-time at the end of April.

The Russian-born businesswoman, who will be 54 in June, has three sons, including 18-year-old twins, from her marriage to her late husband, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, from whom she inherited the French commodities house after his death from leukaemia in 2009.

The babies’ father was reported by Swiss media to be Philipp Hildebrand, a former governor of the Swiss central bank until he resigned his post in 2012 following an insider currency trading scandal involving his ex-wife, Kashya, a former trader.

Hildebrand has since become vice president of the US financial services giant BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, with more than $4,500bn under management.

Louis Dreyfus Commodities, which has offices or subsidiaries in more than 90 countries, trades in everything from grains, oils, coffee, cotton, fruit juices, sugar and dairy products to metals, marine transport and fertilisers.

Held by a trust based in Amsterdam, the company is widely thought to be the largest cotton and rice trader and second-largest sugar trader in the world. Along with Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge and Cargill, it makes up the so-called “ABCD” quartet of companies that control most of the world’s agricultural commodities trading.

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, who sold circuit-board components for a living until she met her late husband, has shaken up the venerable company since assuming control, reshuffling top management and raising her majority stake to around 81% – making her worth $7.1bn, according to Forbes.

Robert Louis-Dreyfus was a cousin of the former Louis Dreyfus chief executive, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, the father of US actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is best known for her work in the TV series Seinfeld and Veep.


Source: The Guardian