{"id":270048,"date":"2024-12-24T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T18:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/24\/gospel-star-minister-ike-bags-two-nominations-at-2025-vogma-awards-in-alabama\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T18:12:46","slug":"gospel-star-minister-ike-bags-two-nominations-at-2025-vogma-awards-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/24\/gospel-star-minister-ike-bags-two-nominations-at-2025-vogma-awards-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel star Minister Ike bags two nominations at 2025 VOGMA awards in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Canadian-based Ghanaian Gospel musician, Minister Ike, has garnered two prestigious nominations at the 2025 Voices Of Gospel  Awards (VOGMA) in Alabama, United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1067164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Minister-Ike-new.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1125\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The\u00a0Voices Of Gospel  Awards is an event designed to be a weekend of spiritual entertainment and recognition of the independent gospe<b>l<\/b>\u00a0music industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Minister Ike has been nominated in VOGMA International Male Artiste Of The Year and VOGMA International Artiste Of The Year categories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-960789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Minister-Ike-new-e1734764808424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">2025 Official VOGMA Voting will open January 15, 2025, through February 20, 2025. All winners will be announced at the 10th Annual Voices of Gospel  Awards on May 30 and 31 in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Minister Ike, shot to fame after releasing his song\u00a0\u2018Onyme Gya\u2019 in 2015. The song which was the title of his second album won the Canada-based Ghanaian Gospel artiste over 15 international awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He is back with another smash-hit single \u2013 IKEMMUO. \u201cIKEMMUO\u201d literally translated from Igbo, a Nigerian language with a significant presence in Ghana, meant \u201cGod Of Power.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian-based Ghanaian Gospel musician, Minister Ike, has garnered two prestigious nominations at the 2025 Voices Of Gospel Awards (VOGMA) in Alabama, United States. The\u00a0Voices Of Gospel Awards is an event designed to be a weekend of spiritual entertainment and recognition of the independent gospel\u00a0music industry. 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