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CEO of SarkCess Music and Ghana’s most decorated artiste, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known in showbiz circles as Sarkodie has stated that contrary to people’s perception that he’s stingy, he’s not. According to Sarkodie, it is not surprising that he is often chastised for being stingy despite his wealth. In an interview with Andy Dosty of Hitz FM, the “Biibiba” hitmaker noted that he’s not happy about the widespread belief and tag that has been hanged around his neck as a stingy wealthy man. He However maintained that he can’t change people’s perception about him because to himself he knows it’s not true adding that he knows himself better and won’t live to please anyone. He further added that he won’t flaunt his kindness on social media just to do away with the stingy tag that has long been hanged around his neck because deep within him, he won’t be happy if he showcases his kindness on social media as people want to see. The post I’m not stingy as people perceive me to be – S...

The Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has reported to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to investigate what is said to be a photoshopped written cheque book in the name of former President John Dramani Mahama. Two UMB cheques bearing the name of Mahama and issued to two candidates of the just ended National Democratic Congress, Joshua Akamba and Sammy Gyamfi, for the withdrawal of a total of 400, 000 cedis, surfaced on social media Friday. Persons behind the cheques, which the UMB says are fake, claimed the amount was to be used to bribe delegates of the NDC to vote for two candidates in the party’s national executive election which ended Sunday in Accra. Dated November 15, a total of 250,000 cedis was written in the name of Joshua Akamba while 150,000 cedis was in the name of Sammy Gyamfi. The two candidates won their bid in the election. “I can confirm that the cheques are fake,” Managing Director of UMB, John Awuah said in a Facebook post on Monday He pointed out that “th...