Shatta Wale barred from VGMAs

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been barred from contesting in this year’s edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

Charter House had dragged Shatta Wale to court for posting four videos considered defamatory on social media.

At a news conference on Tuesday, officials of Charter House, organisers of the event announced that since Shatta Wale was yet to apologise to them for insults he hurled at them last year, he was ineligible to contest in the awards scheme.

Although the Kakai hit singer had earlier said he did not want to be nominated for the awards this year, he submitted his songs when entries were opened on January 1, 2016.