Editorial News of Thursday, 25 February 1999

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The front-page banner headline of the Showbiz says "Esi Kom fights back to life." The story says: Esi Kom , one of the most talented actresses who has endeared herself tomany theatre goers and TV audiences is fighting a paralysis that has threatened her career for the past three years. The 60-year old actress has been absent from the stage and TV for sometime now and many of her fans believed that she had travelled aborad. Rather Esi has been battling stiffness of the waist, legs, neck and half of her body.

In a inside page story, Showbiz reports that: "Osibisa gears for final jam". According to the story, the celebrated Afro-rock Ghanaian musical group which made the headlines across the World in the '70s is finally drawing the curtain on its unbeaten track record with a show to end all shows at the National Theatre in Accra, Sports stadiums in Accra and Kumasi between April and May. According to the paper, the show is in response to persistent public demand for the music of the Osibisa group. The paper added that, Teddy Osei, the leader of the group confirmed this saying the show will mark the final home-coming of the group. The paper concluded that, Mc Tonto a leading member of the group disclosed that the show will feature all living members of the group scattered all over the World.