Gospel star Anita Afriyie sues MTN

Popular Kumasi-based gospel music star, Anita Afriyie, has sued telecommunication giant MTN over copyright breach of her intellectual property.

A source in the management team (DANKAY Records) of the gospel artiste, explained to MustaphaInusah.Com that MTN has been using the said gospel musician’s music for the past two years for caller-ring tone and on MTN play; without any formal notification, permission or consent from the management team.

The source further stated that many attempts by Anita’s team to reach out to officials at MTN have proved futile – as the latter keeps acting unconcerned about the issue.

Due to MTN’s unconcerned posture, management of the artist (Plaintive), who’s patience run out, had no option but to sue the Yellow branded telecommunication company (Defendants).

DANKAY Records have sued MTN and have also officially served the latter the writ suit number C12/36/16 on 12th February, 2016-- waiting for an appropriate response within eight days.
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Slick roads, accident lead to road closures on I-94

An accident and icy roads have created severe back-ups Wednesday morning in the area of Interstate-94, just east of Interstate-75.
The first is an accident on the eastbound side of Interstate-94 just east of Van Dyke Avenue that involves a school bus, a semi truck and an SUV. Drivers are being routed off at the Van Dyke exit.
Michigan State Police tells us the semi driver sustained some minor injuries, but no others have been reported. We're also told the semi truck and the SUV hit each other, causing the SUV to spin out land near the school bus. The school bus and the semi truck did not come into any contact with each other. No children were onboard at the time of the accident.
SkyFOX is over the accident scene and the video shows that other vehicles may have also been involved.
Drivers were also being routed off on the westbound side of I-94 at Mount Elliot for several hours due to ice build-up. That stretch of I-94 was reopened around 8:30 a.m. Gratiot Avenue is also severely congested as many were trying to get around the closure and may be backed up all the way to 8 Mile Road.
Other accidents have also been reported in the metro area. You can get a check of the traffic for your commute with our live traffic map here. Also, tune in to FOX 2 News on the 2s for the latest check of weather and traffic.

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Chiefs slam Okyeame Kwame

Hiplife artiste, Okyeame Kwame has disclosed that some chiefs upon hearing the news of his intention to change his name to ‘OK’ called him and asked that he makes no such mistake.
The ‘Small Small’ rapper had hinted he would change his name because the whites are unable to mention the ‘Okyeame’ properly.
According to him, inasmuch as the name ‘Okyeame’ which means linguist, has a positive impact on his personal life and music career, he is baffled with the fact that the whites ‘mess’ the pronunciation up.
“In November, we were running around Africa but wherever we go to they can’t say Okyeame and it breaks my heart. They are able to pronounce ‘Kwame’ but not the first name, ‘Okyeame’. Although I love my roots and I love the name, I do not want the name to be a barrier so maybe I will turn it into initials or take it off and just call myself ‘Kwame’ or keep ‘Rad Doctor’. For now I don’t know the name I’m going to use but we are still thinking about it,” he was quoted to have told Hitz FM.
We wondered if indeed it was in order for him to change his name for such a reason.
Well, speaking on Onua FM’s Total Entertainment on Wednesday, Okyeame Kwame backtracked saying, some chiefs were not enthused.
“I had a lot of calls and messages when the news broke. Some chiefs called me and registered their displeasure. They were like, ‘herh Okyeame Kwame, what are we hearing? You want to change your name? Stop that childish move’,” he told host, Christian Agyei.
The father of two stated that after hearing what the chiefs said, he “would rather go bald” than to change his name.
Okyeame Kwame added that even though he will not be officially known as ‘OK’, the name is part of his brand just like ‘rap doctor’.
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