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People don't just want celebrities to be happy - Juliet Ibrahim

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Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim have said she is still open to love although most people don't want them (celebrities) to be happy. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the Ghanaian actress said that even though she maintains a cordial relationship with her ex-husband, there is no hope of them ever getting back together as a lot of water has passed under the bridge. “I speak with my ex-husband; it is a must we speak because we have a son together. Everything is fine between us. But there is no way we are getting back together because it is in the past and he has moved on,” she said. Ibrahim said she is currently open to love again, stating that she does not have any criteria when it comes to her dream man. “Of course I am open to love. I don’t really look out for anything in a man because I believe if the right person is there, God would definitely bring him my way and I would just feel it. I would just know.  I don’t have a list of quality a man must possess. It also has

Bishop Oyedepo on Covenant University’s High Fees: “The school fees has God’s approval and is in accordance with the quality of facilities provided”

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According to reports, Bishop David Oyedepo in a telecast to a pre-Shiloh 2016 Convention gathering of his church urged those criticizing the school fees charged by Covenant University to desist to avoid incurring the wrath of God. He told them the story of one critic who had developed a strange plague of chronic mouth odour over the act the person only received a spiritual solution following his confession and “my intervention before he was restored to dignity”. Bishop Oyedepo stated that the issue of school fees paid by students of the university was a godly agenda to meet the demands of raising godly children in an environment conducive for learning. He said such criticisms were products of ignorance as what students pay could not be compared with what obtained elsewhere that lacked facilities. According to him, “The school fees has Gods approval and is in accordance with the quality of facilities provided by the university in meeting the educational needs of the nation.” S

It was difficult to get roles because of my complexion – Mercy Johnson

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Nollywood actress and mother of three, Mercy Johnson Okojie in this recent chat with Saturday beats has revealed some producers did not give her movie roles because of her complexion. She said that when she started out in the Nigerian movie industry, most movie directors and producers always preferred to cast fair-skinned ladies at the expense of talented but dark-skinned ones. “It is very true that when I was starting out in the movie industry, it was difficult to get roles because of my complexion. I faced that a lot and I tell people that my success is just grace. Somebody once told me that I am too dark but that is where the grace and favour of God comes in. Regardless of everything, most of the dark-skinned actresses that are my contemporaries made it,” she said. The actress also told Saturday Beats that it would be unfair of anyone to say she features in any movie without any consideration. “It is not true that I pick just any movie role. People are different and wha

Ghana to recycle graves older than 20 years

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Due to the scarcity of land in Accra to accommodate new corpses at public cemeteries, the Metro Public Health Department of Accra Metropolitan has revealed plans to recycle graves older than twenty years in other to accommodate new corpses. This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying their dead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of space at public cemeteries. According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, who feels people who died of contagious diseases could pose health risks to those living close to burial sites. He also told the Mirror in an interview that his team are planning to open up the western section of the Awudome cemetery for development into a modern well-spaced and landscaped cemetery. He also said that after the modern development into a well- spaced and landscaped cemetery, inquiries will be made to know the causes of a dead person to ensure that any corpse doesn't pose public health threat to people living around the burial site.