Rapper and Hiplife act, Emmanuel Botway, popularly known as Kwaw Kese, says he does not feel celebrated enough.
According to him, it is a norm for Ghanaians not to celebrate their own.
He made this revelation in a yet to be aired episode of E With Becks show on Joy prime.
He told hostess, Becky, that “I don’t feel celebrated. It’s the norm in Ghana. Ghanaians don’t celebrate Ghanaians doing well, they don’t celebrate their stars, and they don’t celebrate their celebrities.”
He added that he will not be deterred for not being celebrated by his people but would rather celebrate himself.
E With Becks show airs on Joy Prime on Sundays at 5 pm.
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said the kingdom does not want a war in the region but would not hesitate to deal with any threat to its vital interests, amid heightened tensions with rival Iran, Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Sunday.
Attacks on two oil tankers on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, which the United States blamed on Iran, have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region. Iran has denied any role in the strikes south of the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit route for oil.
Reporting By Marwa Rashad and Ali Abdelaty, writing by Stephen Kalin; editing by Diane Craft
Boris Johnson, leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Prime Minister, leaves his home in London, Britain June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
(Reuters) - British conservative lawmaker Esther McVey said on Saturday that she will support Boris Johnson in his bid to be prime minister, The Telegraph reported.
"Boris Johnson is supporting my agenda – which is why I'm supporting him", she wrote bit.ly/2WLp52V in the newspaper, adding that she looks forward to working with Johnson to deliver on behalf of "blue collar Conservatives" across the country.
Reporting by Ishita Chigilli Palli in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis
FILE PHOTO: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters at an event to promote the start of London Tech Week, in London, Britain, June 10, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump once again criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday, saying he is a “disaster” and will “only get worse” after three people were slain in the city in less than 20 hours.
Trump retweeted a tweet by the right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins who called London “stab city” and said “this is Khan’s Londonistan,” a phrase used to describe the city’s failure to tackle Muslim extremists.
“LONDON needs a new mayor ASAP. Khan is a disaster - will only get worse!” Trump said on Twitter.
Trump called Khan, a Muslim of Pakistani heritage, a “stone-cold loser” earlier this month after the mayor criticized the British government for inviting Trump for a state visit and compared him to 20th century fascists.
Trump’s feud with Khan dates back several years. Khan has criticized Trump’s effort to ban travelers from Muslim countries, while the president has castigated the mayor for his handling of a 2017 terrorist attack on the London bridge that killed 11 people.
Reporting By Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Bill Trott
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another eight died in a bombing the same group carried out in the Somali capital.
Both attacks were claimed by Somali Islamist insurgents, who also kidnapped three Kenyan police reservists on Friday from the same area, in Wajir district in northeast Kenya.
Kenyan military forces have occupied part of southern Somalia along the border since 2011. The Kenyans, along with allied Somali militia, wrested control of the territory from al Shabaab jihadists after a spate of kidnappings on Kenyan soil.
Al Shabaab is fighting the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and its international allies in a quest to impose strict Islamic law.
The vehicle that was hit by the roadside bomb was carrying 11 policemen, police spokesman Charles Owino told Reuters. A local official said eight were killed.
“Eight bodies were found and taken to Wajir. Two were rescued, but they are in critical condition,” said Muhumed Ali Gedi, a member of the local community security team from Wajir who witnessed the rescue mission.
In Mogadishu, al Shabaab detonated two bombs. Police said the first blast, at a busy junction known as K4, was a car bomb intercepted by security services that caused no casualties.
The other blast killed eight people and injured 16, said Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of Aamin ambulance service.
Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s spokesman for military operations, said the group was responsible for the blast in Kenya and the two in Mogadishu.
Additional reporting by Noor Ali in Isiolo and Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar in Mogadishu,; Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Edmund Blair and Andrew Cawthorne
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen’s Houthi movement launched fresh drone attacks targeting Jizan and Abha airports, in southern Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said on Saturday, adding the installations were out of service.
Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV said Saudi forces had intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the southwestern city of Abha.
The Iran-aligned group said multiple drone strike targeted control rooms at Jizan airport and fuel station at Abha airport.
“The two airports are now out of service. We promise the Saudi regime with more painful days as long as the aggression and siege continue on our country,” the group’s armed forces spokesman said in a tweet published by Al-Masirah TV’s account.
The Houthis have launched several strikes targeting Abha regional airport since Wednesday, when a missile attack against the same airport had wounded 26 people.
The Saudi-led coalition, which intervened in 2015 in Yemen’s civil war to restore the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, said earlier this week it intercepted five drones that targeted Abha airport and Khamis Mushait in the same region.
In response to these attacks, the Western-backed coalition said it had destroyed Houthi military assets on the outskirts of the Houthi-held capital Sanaa.
It was unclear if there were any casualties following Saturday’s drone strikes.
Coalition leaders, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, accuse Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah of supporting the Houthis, a charge all three deny.
The Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks against Saudi cities as tensions have risen between Iran and Gulf Arab states allied with the United States. Last month, the group carried out drone strikes on two Saudi oil pumping stations.
Tehran and Washington have engaged in a war of words since the United States reimposed sanctions on Tehran and increased its military presence in the Gulf.
The Yemen conflict is widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; writing by Marwa Rashad; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Diane Craft
Tristan Thompson’s ex Jordan Craig claims he spent thousands of dollars on Khloe Kardashian and her family while ignoring their son, Prince.
Court documents from the former couple's child custody battle revealed Thompson's financial report included entries totaling $65,724.56 under sections titled Khloe K, Kendall Jenner, Inc. and Kim K West, according to Radaronline.com
And Craig claimed Thompson only saw his son a total of nine times from the day Prince was born to November 2018.
During a January 28, 2019 deposition, Thompson was questioned by Craig's attorney Craig Bridwell about a $42,857.68 entry on August 15, 2018 filed under Khloe K.
Thompson was also pressed on an August 24, 2018 entry labeled Kendall Jenner, Inc for $14,886.88 with a memo listed as 'vacation.'
$7,980 was processed on November 6, 2017 under Kim K West with a note stating 'Birthday Gift'.
Receipts: Court documents from the former couple's child custody battle revealed Thompson's financial report included entries totaling $65,724.56 under sections titled Khloe K, Kendall Jenner, Inc. and Kim K West; (Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian pictured)
During that period, he reportedly spent a total of $126,890.11 for dining out at celebrity hotspots in Los Angeles.
He also coughed up 'about $129,000' on such lavish expenditures as private jets, high-end cloths and luxury cars.
Craig even mentioned how she feared that Prince would eventually be embarrassed that he wasn’t living the same lifestyle as his half-sister, True Thompson - the daughter of Thompson and Kardashian.
'I would like for Prince to just not feel some type of complex,' Craig said according to the documents.
Shocking revelations: In the documents, Craig claimed her ex only saw Prince nine times between December 2016 and November 2018 during which Thompson was romantically involved with Kardashian; (pictured in 2017)
'Like if he’s playing with his sister and he’s not wearing, like, designer clothes and things — luxury that Tristan can give him that I can’t.'
Thompson was previously paying $15,000 per month in child support, but Craig argued that was 'much less' than what she should be receiving, per California guidelines.
In May, he agreed to $40,000 a month, and $200,000 in retroactive child support.
Sibling rivalry: Craig even mentioned how she feared that Prince would eventually be embarrassed that he wasn’t living the same lifestyle as his half-sister, True Thompson - the daughter of Thompson and Kardashian; (True Thompson pictured) Meanwhile, Kardashian took to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening, to address reports that she was Thompson's mistress while the NBA player was dating the then-pregnant Craig.
The 34-year-old KUWTK star made her statement after the release of court documents from Jordan, after which Khloe stated that she was 'disappointed' about even needing to post the statement yet still apologised to his scorned ex.
She then went on to reveal details of the early days of her relationship with Thompson which started in 2017, in which she divulged intimate explanations of what she was told by the love rat sportsman and his inside circle.
Hitting out: Meanwhile, Kardashian took to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening, to address reports that she was Thompson's mistress while the NBA player was dating the then-pregnant Craig (Khloe and Tristan pictured in February last year) Khloe and Tristan's fractious relationship ended in tatters in February after it was alleged than he was caught kissing her sister Kylie Jenner's best friend Jordyn Woods during a house party, in a devastating blow to the star.
The infidelity comes after the basketball ace is said to have cheated on Khloe on a number of occasions while she was expecting their 14-month-old daughter True.
Since escaping the doomed relationship, Khloe has now been incensed to address ongoing claims that she was in fact, the other woman for Tristan while Jordan was expecting their two-year-old son Prince Thompson.
Khloe was named as his 'mistress' in a child support request filed by Jordan in November. She claimed when she learned about the relationship, she moved out of the Cleveland home she shared with the athlete, and back to Southern California.
Speaking out: While the 34-year-old reality star made her statement after the release of court documents from Jordan, with Khloe stating that she was 'disappointed' about even needing to post this, 'but... I need to say my truth. Take it as you will'
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Khloe penned a lengthy prose to address such rumours while also chronicling the start of her now-defunct union with Tristan.
She wrote: 'My truth is: I met Tristan because HE CHOSE to go on a blind date with me. A mutual friend set us up... After going on some dates, Tristan told me that he had an ex that was pregnant [referring to Jordan Craig]...
'Obviously, I was reluctant about us continuing to date or start a relationship, He pleaded with me that the relationship was over long before we met. He had me talk with his most inner circle...
'He showed my physical p(r)oof (correspondence between the two) and had me on calls with his lawyers to prove his point...
'His best friends, business associates and even his mother told me, him and his ex were broken up before we met...
'This is my truth! The truth I believed and trusted. If for any reason this is NOT in fact the truth, I am so completely and utterly sorry that TRISTAN and his inner circle would lie on something like this!...
'I pray my truth is in-fact that. Lord knows I pray but now, I really don't know what to believe. Truthfully, from the deepest parts of my soul I am sorry!...
'I'm sorry for any pain that has been created either way. No woman deserves to go through anything like this! This is my TRUTH' .
Looking back: Khloe was determined to set the record straight about her romance
Radar previously reported that a child support request from last November, saw Jordan state that she was romantically-involved with the Cleveland Cavaliers center, and became pregnant with his child before his union with Khloe.
Jordan, a Los Angeles native, said when she learned about the allegedly illicit relationship, she moved out of the Cleveland home she shared with the professional athlete, and back to Southern California.
She claims she reunited after Tristan 'tried to get back together on numerous occasions,' insisting 'he would change for our family.' Jordan told the court she moved out of the LA home they shared amid Tristan's 'partying' and affairs.
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It appears she was alluding to Khloe in the comments as she was seen recalling how she saw shots taken by the paparazzi 'with one of the women I previously confronted him about, and whom Tristan had denied even knowing.'
Images of Khloe and the NBA player began to arise in August and September of 2016, when the pair was seen clubbing in Los Angeles and vacationed in Mexico.
In harrowing words in regard to her personal situation, Jordan explained: 'Their relationship went viral and everything took a turn for the worst...
Inner circle: 'He pleaded with me that the relationship was over long before we met,' Kardashian continued. 'He had me talk with his most inner circle' 'Every day several articles were published worldwide mocking my new unfortunate reality and my pregnancy would now become one of the most popular gossip headlines due to the woman Tristan was now publicly dating during my pregnancy.'
Jordan said Thompson's affair had a critical impact on her pregnancy with son Prince, who was healthy when she gave birth to him in December of 2016.
She said: 'This brought an enormous amount of negative, unwanted attention and stress into my life, and more critically, into my pregnancy...
'My obstetrician ordered me to be on bed rest due to high levels of stress that eventually caused me to have serious pregnancy complications.'
