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  • Turkey readies international probe into Jamal Khashoggi killing

    Turkey has said it is planning to launch an international investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take further steps in the coming days.

    Speaking at a youth meeting in Istanbul on Monday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saudi Arabia has not shared with Turkey any information from its own probe regarding the Washington Post writer’s murder.

    Khashoggi, a critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed by a Saudi hit squad on October 2 shortly after he entered his country’s consulate in Istanbul. He was dismembered inside the building in what Turkey called a “premeditated murder” orchestrated by the Saudi government.

    Read: Jamal Khashoggi murder trial opens in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi officials have countered that claim, insisting Khashoggi died in a “rogue operation” after initially claiming he had left the consulate before vanishing.

    Cavusoglu said his country’s investigation had forced Saudi Arabia to recognise the assassination of Khashoggi, and accused Western countries of trying to cover up the crime.

    “We see how those, who speak of freedom of press in the world, cover this thing up when they see money,” Cavusoglu said.

    Read: No normal person could imagine such ‘horrific’ crime – Jamal Khashoggi fiancee

    “Now we have made preparations for an international probe in the coming days. We will take the necessary steps,” he added, saying Turkey is well aware of the difficulties in shedding light on the murder.

    Highest levels

    Despite a joint investigation with Saudi officials looking at their consulate in Istanbul, the consul’s residence and several other locations, the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s remains are still unknown.

    Ankara has repeatedly asserted the order was issued by the highest levels of the Saudi government and that the Saudi hitmen did not act on their own.

    Turkey also demanded that Saudi Arabia extradite those accused of carrying out the murder to be tried in Turkish courts.

    Read: Jamal Khashoggi case: Turkish police ‘search forest’

    The Turkish authorities repeated the request after Riyadh announced early this month the start of the trial of 11 defendants, including five who the Saudi prosecution is seeking the death penalty for.

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday his country was still gathering facts to uncover those involved in Khashoggi’s killing.

    In a television interview with the US media group, Sinclair, he said the relationship with Saudi Arabia could be maintained and those responsible for Khashoggi’s killing should be held accountable.

    Source: aljazeera.com

  • Greenland’s ice melting rate reaching a ‘tipping point’

    Climate change is causing Greenland ice masses to melt faster, losing four times more ice since 2003, a new study says.

    According to research published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the ice loss in 2012 – more than 400 billion tonnes – reached nearly four times the rate in 2003.

    The largest sustained ice loss came from southwest Greenland, a region previously not seen as a crucial actor in rising sea levels as it is mostly devoid of large glaciers.

    Read: World to miss 2020 climate ‘turning point’ – Researchers

    “We knew we had one big problem with increasing rates of ice discharge by some large outlet glaciers,” said Michael Bevis, the study’s lead author and a professor of geodynamics at Ohio State University. 

    “Now we recognise a second serious problem: increasingly large amounts of ice mass are going to leave as meltwater, as rivers that flow into the sea,” he said.

    The melting of surface mass, which the study’s authors said was a consequence of global warming, is set to “become a major future contributor to sea level rise.”

    Read: Nigerian President calls for global action on climate change, Lake Chad crisis

    “The only thing we can do is adapt and mitigate further global warming – it’s too late for there to be no effect,” Bevis said, adding “we are watching the ice sheet hit a tipping point”.

    To analyse changes in ice mass, the study used data from NASA’s gravity recovery and climate experiment (known as Grace) and GPS stations scattered across Greenland.

    In December 2018, another study published by scientific journal Nature found that run-off from Greenland’s ice sheet, which in places is more than 1.6 kilometres thick, now occurs at a volume 33 percent greater than the 20th century alone.

    If all of Greenland’s vast ice sheet was to melt, global sea levels would rise by seven meters. 

    Antarctica ice loss

    It was the second alarming report on the impact of climate change on sea level rise in a week. On January 15 Eric Rignot, chair of Earth system science at the University of Irvine, published a study warning that Antarctica is melting about six times more a year now than 40 years ago.

    The sea level increased more than 1.4 centimetres between 1979 and 2017.

    “As the Antarctic ice sheet continues to melt away, we expect multi-metre sea level rise from Antarctica in the coming centuries,” Rignot said.

    A rise of 1.8 metres by 2100 – as some scientists forecast in worst-case scenarios – would flood many coastal cities home to millions of people.

    The total amount of ice in the Antarctic, if it all melted, would be enough to raise sea levels 57 metres.

    Warming ocean water will only speed up ice loss in the future, and analysts say sea levels will continue to mount for centuries, no matter what humans do now to rein in climate change.

    Recent research has shown oceans are heating up more quickly than previously thought, setting new heat records in the last few years.

    Source: aljazeera.com

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  • Kwame Kizito quashes immediate Hearts of Oak return reports

    Striker Kwame Kizito claims he is been misquoted on the issue of rejoining his former club Hearts of Oak.

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  • Zimbabwe president abandons Davos trip amid violence

    Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a trip to Europe amid violent protests in his home country.

    Mr Mnangagwa had been due to attend the Davos economic summit where he was expected to seek investment for Zimbabwe.

    Ministers say the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is using sharp fuel price increases as a pretext for violence.

    But the MDC accuses the authorities of a brutal crackdown.

    Read: Zimbabwe protests: Crackdown is just a ‘taste of things to come’

    Mr Mnangagwa’s announcement of a steep increase in the fuel price over a week ago led to angry protests in the capital, Harare, and the south-western city of Bulawayo.

    Rights groups say at least 12 people have been killed but this has not been officially confirmed.

    Mr Mnangagwa arrived back in Harare late on Monday night.

    Earlier, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said many of the party’s members had been detained including four MPs.

    He accused security forces of attacking families in their homes.

    Read: South Africa rejected Zimbabwe loan request

    The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the umbrella group that called the protests, says its leader Japhet Moyo has also been arrested.

    As tensions rose, the government said on Sunday that the security forces’ actions were just “a foretaste of things to come”.

    “The MDC leadership has been consistently pushing out the message that they will use violent street action to overturn the results of [last year’s] ballot,” presidential spokesman George Charamba said.

    The opposition rejected a court ruling in August 2018 that confirmed that President Mnangagwa had defeated Mr Chamisa.

    What has the opposition said?

    Mr Chamisa told the BBC that there was “no justification whatsoever of having soldiers with live ammunition, with guns, machine guns, AK47 on the streets, beating up citizens”.

    “People are being approached in their homes, they are being taken out of their homes with their families even if they are sleeping… a lot of people have been arrested for no apparent reason,” he said.

    MDC national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo said that she had gone into hiding after the police and military turned up at her home at night.

    Why have fuel prices increased?

    The price rise was aimed at tackling shortages caused by an increase in fuel use and “rampant” illegal trading, President Mnangagwa said.

    But many Zimbabweans, worn down by years of economic hardship, suddenly found they could not even afford the bus fare to work.

    The new prices mean Zimbabwe now has the most expensive fuel in the world, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com

    Mr Mnangagwa has been struggling to revive the economy, which is experiencing high inflation while wages have stagnated.

    It emerged on Monday that South Africa had rejected a request from Zimbabwe for an emergency loan of $1.2bn (£932m) in December.

    The government had hoped the cash would help stabilise the economy and resolve fuel shortages in the country.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Racism: Inter’s 10,000 euros fine ‘too small’ – Alfred Duncan

    US Sassuolo midfielder Alfred Duncan is not convinced the Ten Thousand Euros fined handed Inter Milan for racist abuse on Senegalese defender Khalidou Koulibaly is enough.

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  • Zesco United’s Ghanaian forward excited to face Kotoko in CAF Confederation Cup

    Zesco United’s Ghanaian attacker Rahim Osumanu is bracing himself up for a fascinating fixture against Asante Kotoko in the CAF Confederation Cup group stage.

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  • Illegal courier service operators to face prosecution

    The Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission has disclosed that it will start prosecuting all illegal operators in the coming months to rid the system of non-compliant businesses.

    The move follows what has been described as the rise in fake courier services.

    The latest caution by the Postal Courier Services Regulatory Commission comes after an initial exercise to register and license qualified operators.

    Of the one hundred and thirty licensed operators, ninety-six (96) of them renewed their licenses leaving them in good standing.

    But the conviction that there are illegal operators who are evading taxes and defrauding people to some extent, gives the regulator no option than to crack the whip.

    Public Affairs Manager at the Postal Courier Services Regulatory Commission Nii Yeboah Edwin Burgesson disclosed that the commission is collaborating with the police to stop unlicensed operators.

    “We are going to have a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service where for three days running we are going to clamp down on the services of illegal operators and these illegal operators include one-man operators who have motorbikes but have not come to the commission to have their operations regularized,” he told Citi Business News.

    Defaulters are subject to as much as 500 penalty units and in some cases prosecutions not less than six months.

    Meanwhile the GRA has sanctioned the Commission to clamp down on courier services who fail to comply with regulations at the various points of entry.

    “The GRA has given us the opportunity to furnish them the list of operators in good standing especially those who operate at the ports. So all those who are not licensed are not allowed to clear their goods and we are going to carry on with those as well,” he concluded.

    Source: citibusinessnews.com 

  • Most Ghanaian pastors are drunkards Ohemaa Mercy alleges

    One of the most revered jobs in Ghana is the pastoral profession but apparently, some supposed men of God have tainted the holy sanctuary with alcohol.

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  • Government allocates 800 million cedis extra to support Police Service

    Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister for the Interior, has said government provided GH¢800 million extra last year to the Ghana Police Service for the execution of its duties.

    He said 160 weapons were also given to the Service at the end of 2017 and 200 cars at the end of 2018, and assured the Police of more support in the years ahead.

    The Minister made this known during a visit to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters of the Ghana Police Service in Accra on Friday.

    Mr Dery said the President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo has observed the effective work of the Service and is prepared to empower them and provide them with the requisite logistics.

    “We know you are working but we need you to do it professionally, diligently, and expeditiously,” he said.

    He urged the public to give out information pertaining to crimes to the Police first and not the media saying, “Sometimes, when the information is given to the media first, it is distorted and by the time it gets to the police, the worse could have happened already”.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Director General of the CID, said the Department has 32 units at the headquarters out of which 14 play various roles with regards to investigations.

    In order to improve the services rendered to the citizenry, DCOP Addo-Danquah said the CID organised a rigorous detective investigative training for 1,390 officers in 2018 within a period of six to seven weeks.

    Additionally, 192 DOVVSU officers were trained as well as 151 fire arms officers.

    She said the Service has been able to develop a central database where cases being handled by investigators could be monitored and tracked.

    In terms of the case tracking management system, the Service has covered Accra, Tema and Volta regions onto the database and were preparing to cover the Ashanti and Central regions until the whole country have been covered, she said.

    “The idea of the case tracking management system is to improve supervision where crime officers throughout the country would go to the database and save instructions for us at the headquarters to monitor how they are managing cases,” she said.

    DCOP Addo-Danquah said this is because many cases have been left under investigation and not brought to a closure, therefore, the case tracking management system would ensure that cases under investigation are reduced to the barest minimum and brought to a closure.

    The Director General appealed to the Government to get the Service digital investigative tools, as they could not continue to use the manual way of investigating cases, which is not effective.

    She called on Government to construct an operational Digital Forensic Lab stocked with tools for the Service, because it hires private forensic labs for most of its investigations.

    DCOP Addo-Danquah said the Service has a Resource Centre currently under construction at the Detective Training School and it would be used for deliberations and assessments on how successful or wrong an investigation was conducted.

    She said the Centre after construction, would also give the investigators an opportunity to observe and learn from the operations of other Police Service globally, using the online connectivity.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • Boateng becomes first Ghanaian, 14th African to join Barcelona

    Ghana forward Kevin-Prince Boateng completed a loan switch from US Sassuolo to Barcelona on Monday, becoming the 14th African player to don the Blaugrana jersey.

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  • Ive not kept your bulbs – Sekyere Afram Plains MP to residents

    A communications team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Sekyere Afram Plains constituency of Ashanti region, Daniel Akurugu, has reacted to the “false” claims by residents in the constituency that, the MP for the area, Mr Adomako Mensah, has refused to hand over to them some bulbs handed over to him by the Energy Ministry.

    He described the claims as unfortunate and one orchestrated by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to tarnish the image of the MP.

    The residents led by Mr Amoh Justice who double as constituency secretary of NPP said that, all efforts to get clarification from their MP over the matter failed because he did not answer their calls.

    According to him, residents had received an information that, the ministry of energy distributed 40 led bulbs to all 275 members of parliament for them to distribute to their various constituencies to help enhance electrification system in the country but ever since the distribution was made, by the ministry, the MP has failed to submit it to the district assembly.

    But the NDC officer denied the claims and clarified that although the bulbs were distributed to the MPs, the MP for the constituency had not gone for his because he was out of the country and was on an official parliamentary assignment.

    He said, the MP who is a member on the Finance Committee of Parliament was delegated to represent the house together some four other MPs on an assignment outside the country.

    He said he has personally spoken with the MP and he has promised to go for the bulbs and distribute them.

    He expressed the disappointment of the NPP and asked the public to disregard the allegation.

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Ahmed’s Murder: NPP, NDC’s blame game is ‘nauseating and annoying’ – Kabila

    A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh, has blamed both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its rival the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for compromising investigations into the murder of the investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale.

    Ahmed Hussein-Suale was a key member of ace undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye PI team.

    He played an integral role in the undercover investigations into the bribery and corruption practices in Ghana Football resulting in the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the resignation of then President Kwesi Nyantakyi.

    Ahmed was on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 shot dead by some unknown gunmen at Madina on his way home and after the demise of the journalist; Anas Aremeyaw Anas posted a video of the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong inciting people to beat up the deceased.

    The MP is also suspecting Anas of masterminding the murder of the journalist, claiming the deceased has fallen out with Anas.

    The NPP and NDC have also waded into the discussions, with the Minority in Parliament calling on the Police to grab the Assin Central MP who is also a staunch member of the ruling party for interrogation.

    Speaking to sit-in host Nana Yaw Kesseh on Peace FM’s ‘kokrokoo’ programme, James Kwabena Bomfeh popularly called Kabila noted that the two parties are only worsening the situation by pointing fingers at certain people saying “the real culprits might be out there laughing”.

    According to him, the parties should leave the Police to do their work and not interfere with their investigations.

    He believed the Police are capable of hunting for the culprits and do not need the NPP and NDC or any individual to be making wild accusations at others since it can potentially disrupt investigations.

    “What the NDC and the NPP, you do to us the citizens who are not part of you; is that you make us look stupid anytime they vote for you. Because you turn around and blame each other for the failures that the two of you have presided over . . . The blame game in that thing is nauseating and annoying,” he said.

    Source: peacefmonline.com

  • Producer Price Inflation rate for Dec. dips to 4.4%

    The Producer Price Inflation for December 2018 was 4.4 per cent, representing a 2.1 per cent decrease in the producer inflation of 6.5 per cent recorded in November 2018.

    The month-on-month change in producer price index between November 2018 and December 2018 was -1.2 per cent, David Kombat Head of Publicity and Education, Ghana Statistical Service, announced this on Wednesday in Accra at a press briefing.

    He said the Mining and Quarrying sub-sector recorded the highest year-on-year producer price inflation rate of 8.5 per cent, followed by the manufacturing sub-sector with 4.5 per cent.

    The Utilities sub-sector recorded the lowest year-on-year producer inflation of -0.1 per cent.

    With respect to the monthly changes, Mr Kombat said the mining and quarrying sector recorded the highest inflation rate of 2.9 per cent, followed by the Utilities sub-sector with 0.0 per cent.

    The Manufacturing sub-sector recorded the lowest inflation rate of -2.4 per cent.

    Touching on trends for the rate, Kombat said in December 2018 the producer price inflation rate for all industry was 8.7 per cent.

    The rate decreased consistently to record 3.7 per cent in March 2018 and subsequently increased to 8.2 per cent in July 2018 but decreased to 7.0 per cent in August 2018.

    The rate further decreased to 5.8 per cent in September 2018, and in October 2018 the rate increased to 7.2 per cent but declined to 6.5 per cent in November 2018.

    Source: thebftonline.com

  • Kotoko Chairman content with group in Confederations Cup draw

    Kumasi Asante Kotoko was drawn in group C of the CAF Confederations Cup along with ZESCO United, Al Hilal Omdurman and Nkana FC in a battle for two slots in the quarterfinals, and Dr. Kwame Kyei has described the draw as the ‘best’ for his side.

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  • Kevin-Prince Boateng reveals joining Barcelona is a ‘big dream come true’

    Barcelona’s new signing Kevin-Prince Boateng says joining the Spanish giants is a big dream come true.

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  • Dont deal with cryptocurrency companies SEC warns Ghanaians

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has indicated that it has commenced thorough research into cryptocurrency-related activities in the country following fears of a cryptocurrency scam.

    In the meantime, it has urged Ghanaians “to desist from engaging in these crypto entities.”

    “If you chose to go there, you are on your own,” the Deputy Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Ababio said to Citi News.

    The SEC does not regulate the cryptocurrency space in Ghana, and cryptocurrency is not accepted as legal tender.

    “We are still doing our research and gathering information, and we welcome any input that people might have to help us formulate a view with how we can deal with it in Ghana.”

    The SEC was responding to calls on government from some customers of cryptocurrency company, Global Coin Community Help, to help them retrieve their locked-up monies from the company.

    The over 100,000 customers of the cryptocurrency company, Global Coin Community Help have said state agencies such as the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) are not acting on a petition they presented on the matter.

    Solomon Anderson, who spoke on behalf the affected customers, said EOCO was petitioned in October 2018.

    “It is sad for state institutions to sit down and allow some of these things to happen to us because if you claim he has defrauded us and is not ready to pay us, we expect you to step in and act on our behalf,” he said.

    Source: citibusinessnews.com

  • Hopeson Adorye speaks on his sack as Deputy National Security Coordinator

    There have series of reports that the Deputy National Security Coordinator in Charge of Airports, Hopeson Adorye has been sacked from his position for which reason he has in the last couple of days not been sighted at his office.

    News of his sacking became pronounced at the weekend when others also claimed they have not spotted him lately in the office as usually the case when he is around.

    Mr Adorye who recently got to married to renowned female gospel musician, Gifty Osei after both dated for some months, has refuted the claim and asked those peddling the falsehood to produce his sack letter.

    He told MyNewsGh.com when reached on phone last Friday that he was on leave and not in the country laughing off claims he has been fired as contained in some media reports.

    “I am on leave and not even in the country. Claims I have been sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are untrue”, he told this portal.

    In furtherance to the news, he challenge the Herald Newspaper to produce his sacked letter else they should retract and apologize to him for a defamatory publication.

    “I challenge ‘Herald’ to produce the “sacked letter” else they should retract and apologize to me”, he posted on his Facebook page sighted by MyNewsGh.com.

    Mr Hopeson Adorye, a tough-talking member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in September 2017 was appointed the Deputy National Security Coordinator in charge of airports by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo.

    He was a member of pro NPP group the young patriots and took part in series of demonstrations that protested the governance style of the then President John Dramani Mahama and its handling of issues of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Fake military base shut; 14 arrested

    Law enforcement officers in the Central Region have clamped down on a fake military base at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.

    The joint military and police operation also led to the arrest of 14 persons over the weekend.

    “Right now, they are at the Kasoa Division for investigations. We are collaborating with the Military authorities to find out who brought them to this area and whether they are military officers.”

    Read: Building near military bases wrong Security Analyst

    “At about 1:00pm on Sunday, we got the video and one Kwasi Alhaji came to make a complaint at Ojobi that the men threatened to kill him and destroyed some of his properties including a fence wall. On Saturday, we arrested 4 people and on Sunday, we arrested 10 so in total, there are 14 people,” the Ojobi District Police Commander, DSP David Osei Fofie, told Accra-based Citi FM.

    Read: New Military base for protection of Ghana’s oil resources – Akufo-Addo

    Military bags, boots, uniforms, ID cards, military caps, and various military accoutrements were found on the suspects.

    The police said they are expecting feedback from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to ascertain the identities of the suspects and their mission in the area.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Theresa May looks for way to break deadlock after Brexit deal

    UK Prime Minister Theresa May is making a statement to MPs on the way forward on Brexit after her planned deal was rejected by MPs last week.

    She hopes to win over Tory Brexiteer MPs and Northern Ireland’s DUP, by resolving their concerns over the “backstop” plan for the Irish border.

    Last week, Mrs May said she would focus on cross-party talks to get a Brexit deal accepted by Parliament.

    Downing Street insisted that cross-party talks were continuing.

    Read: Brexit: Theresa May pushes for cross-party consensus

    The backstop is the “insurance policy” in the withdrawal deal, intended to ensure that whatever else happens, there will be no return to a visible border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic after the UK leaves the EU.

    Both the UK and the EU believe that bringing back border checks could put the peace process at risk. But a way of avoiding those checks has yet to win over MPs.

    The DUP, which keeps Mrs May’s minority government in power through a deal to support it in key votes, rejected her Brexit deal last Tuesday, but 24 hours later helped her see off a bid to oust her in a no confidence motion, saying it didn’t want a change of government, just a change of policy.

    Mrs May held a conference call with her cabinet on Sunday. It is understood she wants to show the EU that MPs could back a deal without a backstop, in the hope of encouraging Brussels to soften its position.

    Read: UK readies for historic Brexit deal vote

    Meanwhile BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has suggested Mrs May may announce that fees will be waived for EU nationals who want to live in the UK after Brexit:

    Norman Smith, BBC assistant political editor, said anyone waiting for a Plan B would be “stuck at the bus stop for an awfully long time”.

    He said that reports over the weekend of the possibility of a bi-lateral agreement with the Irish Republic or a rewriting of the Good Friday Agreement had been “kiboshed” by both governments.

    “It is back to the backstop and trying to find some sort of breakthrough,” he added.

    Mrs May’s government agreed a withdrawal deal with the EU in November – covering topics such as the “divorce bill” and the Irish border – but it was rejected by MPs by a majority of 230 votes.

    If Parliament doesn’t approve a withdrawal agreement, the UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March without a deal or transition period.

     

     

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Widow loses life savings to termites after hiding money under firewood

    A 65-year-old widow, Fatima Nyande, has lost her life savings of GHC2,000 to termites after she buried her money in a hole under some firewood in her compound in Kpasa in the Nkwanta North district of the Volta Region.

    Madam Nyande told Benjamin Owusu, a local reporter that she chose to hide her daily sales in the hole because she did not trust the banks.

    Read: Distrust greets new Trust to fund struggling banks with pensions

    “I started saving the money in the dug hole at home after dubious financial companies absconded with my GH¢4,000.00.”

    Madam Nyande advised the public to save their monies in the banks as they appeared to be a better alternative.

    She seized the opportunity to appeal to the district assembly and the Electricity Company of Ghana to extend electricity to the area to enable her to continue with her water supply business.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • Why should helicopters be available to lift politicians during accidents but not citizens? A-Plus

    Hiplife artiste and politician, Kwame A Plus has fumed again asking the pertinent question, “why is there always a helicopter available to lift politicians during accidents but not in the case of citizens”?

    In a video posted by the controversial musician and sympathiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), he was seen in the midst of some young men asking them why Ghanaian politicians take the citizens for granted and not care about their basic needs?

    Read: Mahama traveled to Afram plains by road, not on helicopter NDC

    A Plus was heard saying; “so many people will be on a bus and when there is an accident, none of them is been lifted by a helicopter but when one politician is involved in an accident, there will be a helicopter to lift him for special medical attention”.

    He added that politicians think Ghanaians are fools judging from their insensitive attitudes towards the very people who brought them into power.

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    Source: asembi.com

  • NDC Youth Wing mobilizes youth for Ayawaso West Wuogon victory

    It was such a sight to behold as the National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress, George Opare Addo led droves of young people pulled out from every corner of Ayawaso West Wuguon to march through the constituency.

    The march which attracted party executives and members was dubbed ‘Walk 4 Victory’, a project by the National Youth Wing to win the vacant Ayawaso West parliamentary seat for the NDC.

    Read: NPP dwarfs NDC in Ayawaso West Wuogon

    Speaking to party supporters gathered at the La Bawaleshie JHS school park, Mr Opare Addo popularly known us Pablo said, the NDC is the only party committed to developing the constituency and called for an end to 22 years of NPP’s grip on that seat.

    “This by-election is an opportunity for us to take back the Ayawaso West seat from the inept and incompetent NPP. For 22 years, they have done virtually nothing to develop the constituency. Most of the infrastructural developments you see are initiatives of past NDC governments. The NPP only uses this constituency as it’s cash-cow for votes”, he said.

    Crowds of jubilant constituents and some party faithful made their way through some principal streets in the constituency. The procession set off from the Last Bawaleshie JHS Park, went through the Ouagadougou Avenue; Lagos Avenue down to the Boundary Road. The March then went through the Mempeasem township, passed through the chief’s palace, Trinity Road, the Legon Hospital Road through to the Staff Village. The march entered it’s final stretch when it went through the main Legon road and joined the Bawaleshie road, back to the La Bawaleshie JHS school park, where it all started.

    Read: Ayawaso West Wuogon elections: Our 106 parliamentary seats will be up by one – Bagbin

    In his speech to his teeming supporters, candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Delali Kwasi Brempong expressed his gratitude to the people for showing up in their numbers and for their show of love. He pledged his commitment to foster development in the constituency when he is elected Member of Parliament.

    The well-patronized event also received speeches from National Executives of the Party who assured the people of Ayawaso West, the NDC’s commitment to create more jobs and foster socio-economic development for all Ghanaians.

    Read: EC affirms NPP aspirant to vie Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election

    The Walk for Victory programme was organized by the National Youth Wing of the NDC under the leadership of George Opare Addo, National Youth Organizer. The event was geared towards mobilizing young people in the constituency and party to campaign massively for the victory of the NDC in the soon to be held by election.

    The Ayawso West Wuogon seat became vacant after the sitting MP, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko kicked the bucket after a protracted illness. The Electoral Commission of Ghana declared the seat vacant and scheduled a by-election for January 31st in accordance with the law.

    Source: National Democratic Congress

  • Tree falls on chainsaw operator

    A 45-years-old chainsaw operator, Kwame Mensah, has met his untimely death when he was crushed by a tree he was cutting.

    The deceased who hails from Sefwi Bonsu Nkwanta in the Juabo District in Western Region was hired by Stephen Nusetor into his cocoa farm to fell some trees when the unfortunate incident happened.

    Read: 185 Chainsaw operators arrested

    “It is true that our brother has died as a result of a falling a tree; he died when the branch of the tree fell on him,” an eyewitness narrated.

    Juaboso District Police Commander, DSP Isaac Kumnipa who confirmed the news said the body of the deceased has been deposited at Juaboso Government hospital mortuary.

    He said the police had begun investigations into the matter.

    Source: adomonline.com

  • Support Center for Menzgold victims begin operations

    A support program for Menzgod victims has begun in earnest. As an initiative under Irbarb Security Consult, the program seeks to psychologicaly support aggrieved customers of now defunct gold trading industry, Menzgold Ghana Limited.

    Speaking at a press conference on Monday, CEO of Irbarb Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim, emphasized the need to provide support to clients of Menzgold who may currently be suffering psychologically from the losses incurred on their huge investments.

    He expressed worry over the rise of mockery and blame game among politicians and Ghanaians in general. According to him, such posture does little to console the customers who, over the past few weeks have staged a number of demonstrations.

    “Making mockery of them or blaming politicians will do very little to mitigate their pain. A kind word of sympathy from us to each person who has suffered loss would go a long way to put their heart at rest even if their monies are not retrieved eventually.”

    Addressing the need to attend to the psychological needs of Menzgolders, Mr. Irbard called on the state to take steps to ensure that a goodwill committee consisting of psychologists, the National Peace Council, as well as other faith-based and civil society groups, is formed to assist the clients in recovering from their loss.

    “As state security and regulatory institutions continue investigations into this matter, the least we can do for Menzgold victims is to provide them emotional and psychological support in this time of distress rather than stigmatize them.”

    Support Center for Menzgold Customers

    The center will provide free services to Menzgold victims on three levels:

    1. A first appointment for an introductory briefing session
    2. An appointment with a clinical psychologist to help victims overcome traumas and early signs of depression
    3. An appointment with a financial analyst to help victims return to financial normalcy

    Source: backend.theindependentghana.com

  • Help trace our missing girls Families appeal to public

    The families of three girls reported missing and suspected to have been kidnapped in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis and Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region are appealing to members of the public to help trace their whereabouts.

    The girls are;

    Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21, who went missing on August 17, 2018 at Kansaworodo in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality.

    Read: Kidnappings rock Takoradi

    Ruth Love Quayson, 18, who went missing on December 4, 2018 at Butumagyebu Junction, popularly called BU-Junction in the twin-city of Sekondi/Takoradi.

    The third is Priscilla Koranchie, 15 years, who went missing on December 21, 2018 at Nkroful.

    Read: Cook jailed seven years for kidnapping

    The police have since arrested and placed in custody, Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, a Nigerian suspected to have been involved in the kidnapping of the girls. He previously escaped from police custody under bizzare circumstances but was recaptured sleeping in an abandoned building.

    He has made two appearances in court.

    Since his arrest however, the families say the police have made very little progress in tracing the young ladies, while a police search in the vicinity of Udoetuk-Wills hideout, yielded the clothes of one of the girls.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Democrat Kamala Harris announces presidential run

    Democratic senator Kamala Harris, who represents California, says she will run for president in the 2020 election.

    Senator Harris, who was elected in 2016, previously served as the state’s attorney general.

    “I love my country,” she told ABC’s Good Morning America, adding she would “fight for the best of who we are”.

    A vocal critic of President Donald Trump, she is the fifth Democrat to join the battle for the party’s nomination in the 2020 election.

    Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tulsi Gabbard and John Delaney have also announced they are intending to run.

     Read: Algeria to hold presidential election on April 18

    “The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values. That’s why I’m running for president of the United States,” the 54-year-old senator said in a video posted on Twitter.

    The 2020 Democratic presidential primary will be the first time more than one woman competes for the party’s nomination.

     

    Near the head of the pack

    Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington

    Kamala Harris is the kind of Democrat who could stick around and prevail in what is sure to be a gruelling nomination battle. She is from California, which is rich in both primary delegates and fundraising dollars. As a woman, and from an ethnic minority, she is well positioned to capitalise on her party’s growing diversity.

    She has one of the most liberal voting records in the US Senate at a time when Democrats are leaning to the left, but she also has a background as a hard-nosed prosecutor.

    That background may end up a vulnerability as well, given that some progressives are already criticising her prosecutorial record. She will have to walk a fine line to tout her accomplishments while justifying her decisions.

    Sen Harris has only been on the national stage two years, and not every political neophyte can hold up under fire the way Mr Obama did in 2008. Sen Harris will be tested in the coming months, but she starts the contest near the head of the pack.

    Presentational grey line

    Securing the nomination would make Sen Harris the first African American to be a major party nominee for the presidency.

    “I have the unique experience of having been a leader in local government, state government and federal government,” she said. “The American public wants a fighter… and I’m prepared to do that.”

    Read: DR Congo election: African leaders congratulate Tshisekedi

    Who is Kamala Harris?

    She served two terms as district attorney of San Francisco (2004-2011), before being elected as attorney general of California (2011-2017), the first woman of colour to do so.

    In 2017, the former prosecutor was sworn in as California’s junior US senator.

    She is the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India and has pushed back against critics of “identity politics”.

    “It is used to try and shut us up,” Sen Harris told a conference last summer.

    Her tough questioning of Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his views on abortion and the ongoing investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election attracted attention from Democrats.

    But she has also faced criticism for saying she was not aware of allegations of sexual harassment against one of her aides, who resigned in 2016.

    Sen Harris plans to launch her campaign during a rally in Oakland, California, on Sunday.

     

    Source: BBC 

     

  • NPP dwarfs NDC in Ayawaso West Wuogon

    The main two political parties, New Partriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed over the weekend for Health Walks ahead of the January 31st by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.

    The Health Walks were organized as part of their measures to test and energize their support base in the Constituency. 

    Read: Ayawaso West Wuogon elections: Our 106 parliamentary seats will be up by one – Bagbin

    But while the NPP’s Agyarko Memorial Health Walk in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency saw a massive turn-out in attendance by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia , the National Organizer of the ruling NPP, Sammy Awuku and the National Youth Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye led the walk across the constituency, it is reported that of the NDC was marked with poor organization and attendance. 

    Through observations of both political parties in terms of the health walk, the turn-out for the Health Walk however makes it seems the NDC has already thrown in the towel ahead of the January 31st by-election as tongues are already wagging on that; perhaps it is the strategy of the opposition NDC to make it appear so.

    The EC on Thursday, January 10, opened nominations for the aspirants in the Constituency and ended on Saturday, January 12, 2019.

    Read: EC sued over Ayawaso West Wuogon byelection

    The EC had so far given the nod to four MP Aspirants to contest the by-election in the constituency on January 31, 2019.

    Mr Delali Kwasi Brempong is representing the National Democratic Congress; Madam Lydia Alhassan, representing the New Patriotic Party; Mr William Dowokpor, for the Peoples Progressive Party; and Mr Clement Boadi, representing the Liberal Party of Ghana.

    Source: Peacefmonline.com

  • SSNIT donates GHC500,000 to pensioners

    The management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has presented a cheque for GHC500,000 to the National Pensioners Association (NPA) to cater for their health needs.

    Monday’s presentation follows a similar gesture in 2017 where SSNIT doled out GHC300,000 to treat eye and optical care coverage for glaucoma, cataract procedures and spectacle subsidies; urological and gynecological conditions.

    Read: 11% increase in pensions to cost GHC212m – SSNIT

    It includes diagnosis, treatment, medication for ovarian, cervical and prostate cancer and purchase of drugs not covered by NHIS.

    The Chairman of the SSNIT board, Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, who led the management team to provide the lifeline to the pensioners, said the gesture formed part of a policy of the company to sustain and give meaning to the lives of the retirees.

    He said Monday’s presentation was in fulfilment of another promise made last year by SSNIT.

    Read: SSNIT increases pension by 11 per cent

    In all SSNIT has spent GHC 800,000 over the last two years to support the medical needs of the pensioners.

    Dr Addo Kufuor praised the executives of NPA for the initiative of putting the funds into asset management to attract interest and help cover more beneficiaries.

    The General Secretary, NPA, Edward Ameyibor, applauded SSNIT for the gesture saying, “a donation of such huge amount to our association to support our pensioners medical scheme, is good news.”

    He said most pensioners spend a substantial amount of their pensions on good health adding that such presentation will go a long way to prolong the lives of members.

    “Therefore, anybody who supports our medical scheme is our friend and deserves our commendation,” Mr Ameyibor, onetime president of the Ghana Journalists Association said in Kumasi.

    He said the Pensioners Medical Scheme, currently covers five main areas, prostate and its related ailments, including surgery, gynaecological problems of their women like breasts, cervical, ovarian cancer among other.

    Source: Herman Kwame Kumatsey

  • Elizabeth Addo scores a beauty in Wanderers’ 4-1 win over Adelaide

    Black Queens captain Elizabeth Addo scored a beauty in Western Sydney Wanderers 4-1 win over Adelaide United to secure first win of the season in the Australian Women’s-League.

    The skilful attacker was the star of the show and clinched the player of the match accolade with Adelaide’s defense unable to contain the Ghanaian. 

    Adelaide United needed the three points to work on cementing a maiden finals appearance, whereas Western Sydney were playing for some pride as their hope for finals is well and truly over. It was the underdogs, the Wanderers, who showed a never say die attitude to outclass the Reds on the day.

    Read: Aduana Stars part ways with Anokye Badu

    Adelaide couldn’t afford to be complacent despite their opponents only having one point. And as unpredictable as the W-League has been this season, Lowe kicked things off by heading in the opener for the Wanderers from a set-piece in just the second minute.

    An impressive Elizabeth Addo fired a shot from distance but it was collected by Adelaide custodian Sarah Willacy. 

    After the break, both sides had their fair share of the ball, but Adelaide defended much better and limited Western Sydney’s chances on goal.

    On the hour mark, the Black Queens captain was brought down by Dylan Holmes and Kylie Ledbrook ultimately converted the spot-kick to regain the lead. 

    Read: I have no plan to rejoin Hearts Kizito

    As play went on, Addo was dominant and remained a constant threat to Adelaide, forcing saves out of Willacy, who was also impressive and held her own. 

    Erica Halloway furthered the lead with a fabulous strike over Willacy to make it 1-3 and Elizabeth Addo wrapped up an admiring performance as she scored the fourth.

    Adelaide lacked the firepower but it didn’t help that their forwards were not being fed the ball. Diagonal passes weren’t working as there wasn’t enough build-up play.

     

     

    Source:  primenewsghana.com

  • I have no plan to rejoin Hearts Kizito

    Former Accra Hearts of Oak forward, Kwame Kizito, says he has no immediate plans to rejoin the club but is rather eyeing a career in Europe after receiving offers from Sweden.

    Kizito, who parted ways with the Phobians in 2007, is currently without a club and is back in Ghana to sort out what he claims are issues with his birth certificate. His presence in town may have raised speculations that he was seeking a return to the Phobians.

    However, the 22-year-old forward told the Graphic Sports via telephone last Friday that his comments in the media was misinterpreted as seeking a return to Hearts, insisting he was looking beyond Ghana football.

    Read: Kizito doesn’t have a chance at Hearts Of Oak again- Kim Grant

    “A reporter asked if I loved the club and I said yes, because Hearts have been my team since I was a small boy. Then he asked again if I would return to the club and I said if they bring an offer and my manager or agent accepts it, I would not have any choice than to go back and join Hearts of Oak,” explained Kizito said.

    He added: “The fact that I said I loved Hearts does not mean that I want to return to the club. I already have a contract in Sweden but I have issues with my birth certificate and that is why I am still here. I was supposed to join Thomas Abbey to his new club in Malaysia, but as I said earlier, there are problems with my birth certificate which I am working on.”
    Kizito enjoyed a breakthrough career with Hearts during the 2016/17 season, netting 13 goals as the club finished third in the Ghana PremierLeague and reached the FA Cup final for the first time in a decade.

    Read: CAFCC: Kotoko face trips to Zambia and Sudan in Group C

    He was also an integral part of the Black Stars B squad that won the WAFU Cup of Nations tournament held in Ghana in 2017.

    The forward failed to agree on a new deal with the Phobians after his contract ran out at the end of the 2016/2017 season. He later joined Al Ittihad on a three-year deal but terminated the contract with the Libyan side in October 2018.

    Although Hearts made attempts to keep their star man, he rejected their offer and secured floating status from Player Status Committee of the Ghana Football Association, which made him a free agent to sign for any club of his choice.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Kennedy Agyapong slams BBC over Ahmed’s murder reportage

    Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has slammed the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over Ahmed’s murder reportage. 

    According to the legislator, the BBC has been bias in their reportage of the murdered Tiger Eye PI investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale. 

    In an interview that he granted Kofi TV, the controversial MP expressed his disappointment at the BBC claiming that their reportage on Ahmed’s death implicates him. 

    Kennedy Agyapong rendering his disappointment said in twi “BBC too they have gone to make a cheap reportage that I called for his (Ahmed’s) head.” 

    Read: Parliament speaks on assassination of Ahmed Hussein-Suale

    “They (BBC) are foolish. They are cheapening journalism because they are using Anas’ false information”, he slammed. 

    The MP who is also the Chairman of Kencity Multimedia continued and said “Look at how CNN broadcasts their news and look at how BBC also broadcasts theirs. As for BBC, they are cheapening themselves”. 

    “Anas could not have used CNN like the way he used BBC. He is cheapening their reportage because they don’t crosscheck their information before reporting in line with the video Anas released”, he added. 

    Kennedy Agyapong has been furious since Anas posted a video of him calling for violent attacks on Ahmed somewhere in June 2018. 

    He claimed such a move by Anas is making people suspect and accuse him of masterminding Ahmed’s murder which in actual fact he did not do. 

     

    The ‘tough-talking’ MP was hitting at the BBC since the BBC in their reportage, mentioned the video involving Kennedy Agyapong calling for violent attacks on Ahmed. 

    The MP in his slam at BBC also said ‘If they are in Britain, does not mean they are better than me here in Ghana. Nonsense!” 

    On Thursday, January 17, 2019, YEN.com.gh published that Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a key partner to investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been shot and killed in Madina, Accra on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 around 9pm. 

    Few hours after the incident, Anas Aremeyaw Anas posted a video on his Facebook wall involving Kennedy Agyapong revealing the identity of Ahmed on his TV station, NET 2 TV. 

    Many people, on seeing the video began to slam Kennedy Agyapong with some sections accusing him of allegedly masterminding the young journalist’s murder. 

     Read: Ahmed never received death threats until his photos were shown on TV Family

    But Kennedy Agyapong on the other hand has denied any wrongdoing and said he did not murder Ahmed even though he called out for violent attacks on him. 

    Somewhere in June 2018, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, together with his Tiger Eye PI team, released a documentary titled ‘Number 12’ which revealed rots in Ghanaian football. 

    The documentary led to the sack of former Ghana Football Association boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi as well as a ban placed on some referees who appeared to have meddled in corruption as shown in the documentary. 

    In the wake of the documentary release in June, Kennedy Agyapong was one person who publicly opposed the documentary and lambasted the Tiger Eye PI team for such a documentary. 

    In his rant against the Tiger Eye PI team at the time, Kennedy Agyapong released pictures purported to be some members of the highly investigative journalistic team. 

    Among the photos he released was Ahmed Hussein-Suale who Kennedy Agyapong described as a very bad boy, thus must be beaten if he comes close to his premises.

     

    Source: Yen.com.gh 

  • Performance of Ghanaian players in CAF’s inter clubs competitions

    GHANASoccerent.com’s African Football Specialist Nuhu Adams reports on the performances of Ghanaian players in CAF’s inter-clubs competitions. 

    It was the second round of matches in the Champions League which saw eight Ghanaian players feature in the Group stage.

    In the Confederation Cup, six players were involved in the playoff round second leg matches.

    CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

    Centre back Richard Baffour played all the minutes for Ismaily SC when they lost 2-1 at to Tunisia’s Club Africain on Friday at the Ismalia Stadium.

    Baffour was booked in the 44th minutes as his tackle led to a penalty.

    Read: Barcelona to sign Kevin-Prince Boateng from Sassuolo

    Horoya AC suffered a 3-0 humbling in the hands of South African giants Orlando Pirates in Soweto on Friday.

    Godfred Asante, Hudu Yakubu, Sebe Baffour Kyei and Ocansey Mandela were given starts by the Guinean champions.

    Brefo Mensah was introduced in the game in the 77th minute when he replaced Baffour Kyei.

    Patrick Razak was an unused substitute.

    Nicholas Gyan and James Kotei enjoyed all 90 minutes but couldn’t save Simba SC from being humiliated by AS Vita Club with 5-0 thrashing in Kinshasa on Saturday.

    CAF CONFEDERATION CUP

    Nana Antwi Manu led FC San Pedro’s attack as they drew 0-0 with Zambian giants Nkana FC in Abidjan on Saturday.

    Richard Ocran was at the heart of the defence for the Zambians who progressed to the group stage with a 3-0 aggregate.

    Ethiopian champions Jimma Aba Jifar had their campaign come to an end as they were beaten 4-0 in Morocco by Hassania Agadir.

    Daniel Agyei was in the posts whilst Bismark Appiah started and enjoyed all minutes of the game.

    Read: Godfred Saka ready to join Hearts or Kotoko

    Samuel Akwasi Amoto came on as a substitute to help Salitas FC chalk history as the first club from Burkina Faso to make it the group stage of a CAF club competition.

    They beat Libyan side Al-Nasr SC 3-1 in Ouagadougou on Saturday over turning a 1-0 defeat in the first leg.

    Enugu Rangers advanced to the group stages after completing a double over Bantu FC from Lesotho with a 2-1 win on Sunday.

    Goalkeeper Nana Bonsu kept the posts for the Nigerians as they sailed through on 4-2 aggregate.

     

    Source: Ganasoccernet.com 

  • CAF Confed Cup: Kotoko handed tricky draw

    Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko have drawn Al Hilal and Zambian duo Zesco United and Nkana FC in Group C of the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup

    The Porcupine Warriors qualified for the Group stage for the first time in 11 years on Sunday after eliminating Cameroonian side Coton Sport 5-3 on aggregate.

    Kotoko will start their campaign with a trip to Sudanese side Al Hilal on 3 February 2019.

    Read: Asante Kotoko break 11-year Confed Cup jinx

    This means the Porcupine Warriors will be making two trips to Zambia to play Zesco United at the Levy Mwanawasa in Ndola and Nkana FC who play at the Nkana Stadium in Kitwe.

    Three Moroccan sides Hassania Agadir, RS Berkane and defending champions Raja CA were drawn in Group A alongside Congolese champions Otoho d’Oyo.

    Five-time African champions Zamalek are in Group D comprising Gor Mahia FC, NA Hussein Dey and Petro Atletico.

    The full draw of 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage 

    GROUP A 

    Hassania Agadir

    Otoho d’Oyo

    RS Berkane

    Raja CA

    GROUP B 

    Etoile Sahel

    Enugu Rangers

    Salitas FC

    Read: Kotoko advance to CAF Confederations Cup Group Stage

    CS Sfaxien

    GROUP C 

    ZESCO United

    Al Hilal Omdurman

    Asante Kotoko SC

    Nkana FC

    GROUP D 

    Gor Mahia FC

    NA Hussein Dey

    Petro Atletico

    Zamalek SC

     

    Source: Ghanasoccernet.com 

  • South Africa rejected Zimbabwe loan request

    South Africa has disclosed that it turned down a request from Zimbabwe for an emergency loan of $1.2bn (£932m) in December.

    Treasury spokesman Jabulani Sikhakhane said South Africa did not have “that kind of money”.

    Zimbabwe’s government had hoped to use the cash injection to stabilize the ailing economy and resolve fuel shortages in the country.

    Read: Zimbabwe protests: Crackdown is just a ‘taste of things to come’

    Soon after the request was rejected, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to announce a steep increase in the price of fuel – a move which has caused angry protests.

    Police have violently repressed the protests that broke out mainly in the capital, Harare, and the southwestern city of Bulawayo, with some reports that they were conducting door-to-door searches and using of live ammunition.

    Human rights groups say at least a dozen people have been killed, but there has been no official confirmation.

    Read: Jailed Palestinian who sold land to Israelis set to be freed

    The UN called on the government to halt the “excessive use of force” by security forces.

    President Mnangagwa tweeted that he was abandoning plans to attend the Davos economic summit and return home to deal with the crisis.

    Social embed from twitter;

     

    Source: BBC 

  • 10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Mali’s Aguelhoc camp

    At least 10 peacekeepers from Chad have been killed and 25 others wounded in an attack on a United Nations camp in northern Mali, according to the world body.

    Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack, saying it was “in reaction” to the visit to Chad by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the Mauritanian Al-Akhbar news agency, which regularly receives statements from this armed group.

    UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned what he described as a “complex attack” on the UN camp in Aguelhoc, some 200km north of Mali’s Kidal region towards the border with Algeria, and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

    Read: Kenya attack: Nine arrests over bloody DusitD2 hotel siege

    According to residents, the attackers came on motorcycles and cars.

    “MINUSMA forces responded robustly and a number of assailants were killed,” UN spokesperson Ivan Dujarric said, referring to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.

    Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the UN envoy for Mali, condemned what he called a “vile and criminal” attack.

    “Peacekeepers of the MINUSMA force at Aguelhok fought off a sophisticated attack by assailants who arrived on several armed vehicles,” he said in a statement.

    The attack “illustrates the determination of the terrorists to sow chaos”.

    He added the attack demanded “a robust, swift and concerted response”.

    Worsening violence

    Mali is under threat from a number of armed groups affiliated with and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) groups.

    Read: Sudan president defiant as deadly protests continue

    The UN has deployed about 12,000 troops and police in its MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali, which ranks as the most dangerous country for the peacekeepers.

    Mali, the eighth largest country in Africa and one of the poorest in the world, has been struggling to return to stability after al-Qaeda-linked fighters took control of the northern areas of the country in early 2012, prompting France to intervene militarily.

    The fighters were routed in a French-led military operation in 2013, but large stretches of the landlocked Sahel state remain out of government control.

    A peace deal between the government and armed groups was signed in 2015, but its implementation has been slow, while attacks continue in central and northern parts of the country.

    Earlier this month, both France and the United States criticised the authorities in Mali for their failure to stem the worsening violence.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • WhatsApp restricts message-sharing to fight fake news

    WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform.

    The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago.

    The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed on fake reports spread via the service.

    Until now, users elsewhere could forward messages up to 20 times.

    Read: WhatsApp is going to delete all your messages

    The update to the app’s rules was announced at an event in Jakarta, Indonesia. The country is holding its general election in April.

    Reports in the Indian press state that a company blog – that has not been shared elsewhere yet – said the firm had made its decision after “carefully” evaluating the results of its half-year-long test in the country.

    “The forward limit significantly reduced forwarded messages around the world,” it added.

    Up to 256 users can be enrolled in a WhatsApp group.

    So, theoretically, a single user can now only forward a message up to 1,280 other individuals rather than the 5,120 people figure that had been possible previously.

    The restriction comes at a time WhatsApp and Facebook’s other services are under scrutiny for their role in the spread of propaganda and other untruths online.

    Read: Zuckerberg sees ‘progress’ for Facebook after tumultuous year

    Last week, Facebook announced it had removed 500 pages and accounts allegedly involved in peddling fake news in Central Europe, Ukraine and other Eastern European nations.

    It also recently announced that it had employed a UK-fact-checking service to flag content on its main platform.

    However, the use of end-to-end encryption by WhatsApp means its messages can only be read by their senders and recipients, limiting the firm’s ability to spot false reports.

    But at the end of last year, the Indian press reported that the government was considering a change to the law that would force Facebook to police WhatsApp for “unlawful” content. This would challenge its use of the encryption technology.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria – Military

    Israel’s military says it has started hitting Iranian targets in Syria.

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its operation is against the Quds Force – elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

    It provided no details. But there are reports of strikes around the Syrian capital Damascus early on Monday.

    Syrian media say air defences have repelled “an Israeli aerial attack”. On Sunday the IDF said it had intercepted a rocket over the Golan Heights.

    What do we know about the operation?
    The IDF announced the start of its operation in a tweet early on Monday.

    Read: Qatar supports Somalia militarily with 68 armoured vehicles

    Syrian state media reported that the country’s air defences shot down “hostile targets”.

    The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Israeli rockets were targeting “the vicinity of the capital Damascus”.

    Witnesses in Damascus spoke of hearing loud explosions in the night sky. The extent of the damage is not clear so far.

    Netanyahu’s warning
    The operation comes after Israeli said that “a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defence System”.

    The popular winter tourist site on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights was closed as a result.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning during his visit to Chad on Sunday.

    Read: Entire Burkina Faso government resigns

    “We have a set policy, to target the Iranian entrenchment in Syria, and to harm whoever tried to harm us,” he said.

    Israel rarely admits carrying out attacks on targets inside Syria.

    But in May 2018, Israel said it had struck almost all of Iran’s military infrastructure there in its such biggest assault since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Mother, daughter killed by speeding motorbike

    A speeding motor rider has knocked and killed a mother and her daughter at Nuaso in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region.

    The accident occurred Sunday evening.

    The bodies of the deceased Mamle Teye, 33, and a her daughter, Huno Philna, 8 have been deposited at the Mortuary of the St. Martin de Porres Hospital in Agormanya.

    Read: Ghanaian player Elisha Owusu dies in Benin through motorbike accident

    Information gathered indicate the deceased Mother was escorting her daughter to a barbering shop to trim her hair when both were knocked down while crossing the road.

    Meanwhile, the motorcyclist -who is a washing Bay operator was arrested by the Akuse Police shortly after he was treated and discharged by the Hospital to assist in investigation

    The Odumase Police has commenced investigation into the accident.

    Read: 24-year-old killed for allegedly stealing Royal motorbike

    In a related incident, a motorcyclist and a 7 year-old-girl have been crashed to death in separate accidents at Akyem -Atwemamena and Akyem-Topease respectively in the Eastern region.

    Both bodies have been deposited at the morgue while police investigation continues.

    The motorcyclist was crashed to death at Atwemamena near the Akyem Asafo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway at about 8:pm Saturday .

    The 7 year-old-girl was also knocked down by a speeding vehicle at Akyem Topease around 7 pm Same day.

    She was pronounced dead on arrival at the St.Dominic hospital- Akwatia.

    Source: Starrfmonline.com

  • DR Congo election: African leaders congratulate Tshisekedi

    Two African presidents have congratulated Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi for winning last month’s presidential poll, despite the African Union saying it had “serious doubts” about the result.

    The constitutional court ruled that Mr Tshisekedi had won after rejecting a challenge from rival Martin Fayulu.

    He said Mr Tshisekedi made a deal with outgoing President Joseph Kabila.

    Mr Tshisekedi’s team denies this.

    Read: DR Congo election: Candidate Martin Fayulu appeals against result

    Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa both sent their congratulations.

    Mr Ramaphosa called on all parties “to respect the decision of the constitutional court and commit to continue with a journey of consolidating peace”.

    The southern African regional group, Sadc, has also welcomed Mr Tshisekedi’s victory saying that all Congolese should support the president-elect in his bid to maintain “unity, peace and stability”.

    The African Union, which was supposed to send a delegation to the DR Congo on Monday, has now postponed the trip.

    On Friday, it had called on the court to refrain from ruling on the result of the vote.

    What does Martin Fayulu say?

    Mr Fayulu, who the electoral commission said was the runner-up in the 30 December election, said he was the “legitimate” president.

    Accusations of fraud are supported by comments from some election observers including the influential Catholic Church.

    Mr Fayulu said his supporters should organise “non-violent protests all over the country to defend its sovereignty”.


    Martin Fayulu insists he is the “legitimate president”

    How does the constitutional court see it?

    The court said Mr Fayulu had failed to prove that the election commission had announced false results.

    It went on to declare Felix Tshisekedi “president of the Democratic Republic of Congo by simple majority”.

    He is now expected to be sworn in within 10 days.

    Violence has always accompanied the change of leadership in the country.

    But the row over the the results has dented hopes the election could bring the first orderly transfer of power since DR Congo’s independence from Belgium in 1960.

    What about the 30 December poll?

    The electoral commission earlier announced that Mr Tshisekedi had received 38.5% of the vote, compared with 34.7% for Mr Fayulu.

    Ruling coalition candidate Emmanuel Shadary took 23.8%.

    However, Mr Fayulu had argued that Mr Tshisekedi had struck a deal with Mr Kabila, who has been in office for 18 years.

    Mr Kabila was constitutionally ineligible to run for a third consecutive term.

    The election should have taken place by the end of 2016 but was repeatedly postponed because of logistical problems, officials said.

    There were a series of delays on voting day. The failure of new electronic voting machines in some polling stations was one of the challenges.

    Read: Zimbabwe protests: Crackdown is just a ‘taste of things to come’

    The run-up to the poll was marred by violence and controversy over the decision to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons – in effect excluding some 1.26 million out of an electorate of nearly 40 million.

    What did others say?

    The official figures have been disputed by the Catholic Church which says it deployed 40,000 election monitors across the country.

    International experts based in the US, and the French and German governments, have also raised doubts.

    Data that was leaked to journalists from three outlets – including the Financial Times newspaper – working alongside a New York-based think tank, the Congo Research Group (CRG), also indicated that Mr Fayulu had won.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Zimbabwe protests: Crackdown is just a ‘taste of things to come’

    The Zimbabwean government says the security forces’ response to recent protests in which a number of people have reportedly died is just “a foretaste of things to come”.

    News of a violent crackdown has emerged despite the government blocking social media sites.

    Local rights groups said at least 12 people had been killed and many more beaten by security forces.

    The protests were sparked on Monday by a sharp rise in the price of fuel.

    President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Sunday he was cutting short his current foreign tour to return home “in the light of the economic situation”.

    Read: Hundreds detained after Zimbabwe protests

    Presidential spokesman George Charamba, speaking to the state-owned Sunday Mail newspaper, blamed the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for the violence that has accompanied the protests.

    “The MDC leadership has been consistently pushing out the message that they will use violent street action to overturn the results of [last year’s] ballot,” he said.

    The opposition rejected a court ruling in August that confirmed that President Mnangagwa had beaten MDC candidate Nelson Chamisa.

    Over the course of the week riot police have clashed with protesters in the capital, Harare, and the southern city of Bulawayo after they lit fires and blocked roads using rocks.

    On Thursday, Mr Chamisa tweeted that his thoughts were “with the victims of violence”.

    “Despite the vitriol,” he added, “we maintain a dignified position befitting our role as led by the people.”

    The UN has called on the government to halt the “excessive use of force” by security forces, amid reports of door-to-door searches and the use of live ammunition.

    Why has the fuel price increased?

    A week ago, President Mnangagwa announced that the fuel price would more than double.

    The price rise was aimed at tackling shortages caused by an increase in fuel use and “rampant” illegal trading, he said.

    But many Zimbabweans, worn down by years of economic hardship, suddenly found they could not even afford the bus fare to work.

    Read: Zimbabwe in ‘total internet shutdown’ amid violent crackdown

    The new prices mean Zimbabwe now has the most expensive fuel in the world, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com

    They feel that the president, who has been on a tour of Russia and Asian countries, is failing to live up to his promises following his election last year in disputed polls.

    The president announced his decision to return early on Twitter, saying his trip had been “highly productive” but that his “first priority is to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again”.

    Mr Mnangagwa had been expected to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week.

    But he has been struggling to revive the economy, which is experiencing high inflation while wages have stagnated.

    Access to the internet was intermittent throughout the week, but people found they were unable to use social media and the WhatsApp messaging platform, which has become a common way to share news.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Sudan president defiant as deadly protests continue

    Security forces have fired tear gas at demonstrators in Sudan, as protests against President Omar al-Bashir enter their second month.

    President Bashir on Sunday reiterated claims that foreign “agents” and Darfur region rebels are fomenting dissent.

    Officials say 26 people have died in the protests, but rights groups say more than 40 have been killed.

    Protests about Sudan’s economic problems began in December but morphed into anger at Mr Bashir’s 30-year rule.

    Read: Sudan worshippers turn on imam over protests against President Bashir

    In a speech south of the capital on Sunday, the president blamed “infiltrators” for the killings.

    “There are some people among the protesters who are killing the demonstrators,” he reportedly said.

    Hundreds of demonstrators tried to march on parliament in capital Khartoum’s twin city Omdurman on Sunday.

    They sought to hand in a petition demanding President Bashir step down, and chanted “Freedom, peace and justice” – the movement’s main slogan – and “Overthrow, overthrow” as they marched.

    But police fired tear gas to halt their progress and reportedly chased down the protesters.

    Read: Hundreds detained after Zimbabwe protests

    Reuters news agency says about 30 vehicles carrying security personnel in uniform and plain clothes descended on the area.

    There were also protests reported in the Khartoum districts of Burri and Bahari, to the east and north of the capital respectively.

    A doctor was killed in clashes in Burri on Friday.

    There were reports a child was also killed, but organisers apologised on Sunday for what they called a “false report”.

    Activists say government forces have fired live rounds and rounded up suspects.

    Sarah Jackson, East Africa deputy director for human rights group Amnesty International, blamed security forces for an “unbridled killing spree” in a press release.

     

    Source: BBC 

  • Police confused over NAM 1’s court day in Dubai

    It has emerged the February 2, 2019 date the police and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) announced as when the embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold will face court in Dubai is a Saturday and courts in Dubai do not sit on Saturdays, Starr news has learnt.

    The joint statement by the security agencies who are investigating Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1, upon the government delegation from Dubai Friday, said the troubled chief executive will face his first court session on February 2.

    Read: MenzGold Saga: Police gives update on NAM1 after gov’t delegation arrived from Dubai

    ”It is the understanding of the Ghanaian delegation that Mr. Mensah faces misdemeanor charges in the UAE and will be made available to Ghana upon the final determination of his current case in the UAE. His case is next due for court on February 2,2019”.

    Clarifying the matter, the director of public affairs of the Ghana Police Service ACP David Eklu told Starr News there may be a special arrangement where the court will sit on Saturday over the matter or the date could have been typing error.

    “We understand February 2 is a weekend….I am not too sure about the situation in Dubai. In certain cases the court may hold a sitting on weekend. But that does not negate the fact that he will be going to court in February.

    Read: Why NAM1 is still stuck in Dubai Police, EOCO explain

    “In typing, on the calendar, you can even get the day wrong. You might think that Friday is February 2 or 3rd. So to me it is not a significant thing. It can be typo error, it can be an error, and it can be true that the court have the arrangement to sit on Saturday”.

    The government delegation was dispatched to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to facilitate the extradition of the Menzgold boss.

    The Joseph Dindiok Kpemka-led delegation was hurriedly dispatched to the UAE to negotiate the repatriation of Appiah Mensah affectionately referred to as NAM1 following reports that he was arrested in the Gulf country in a gold deal gone bad.

    Source: Starrfmonline.com

  • Bloomberg, AMA road safety initiative yielding results

    The Bloomberg Initiative Global Road Safety (BIGRS) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Pedestrian Road Safety Action Plan is yielding positive results after its implementation at the Abeka Lapaz Intersection.

    Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency when he inspected the Intersection with members of the Accra Road Safety Council, to assess the results of the implementation.

    He said the collaboration between the AMA and BIGRS had helped in the formation of a taskforce and provision of alcohol testing devices to check drunk-driving.

    Mr Sowah said members of the taskforce had also been trained to enforce seat-belt wearing among motorists, the use of helmet by motorcyclists and data collection on road fatalities.

    He said the collaboration with BIGRS had also resulted in road safety inspections and increased crossing time for pedestrians to make the roads disability-friendly.

    Mr Sowah said the AMA and the BIGRS are liaising with road agencies such as the National Road Safety Commission, the Department of Urban Roads, Ghana Highway Authority, and the Police to improve road safety on the N1 Highway.

    “This road safety strategy for Accra, through to 2030, would help build upon the progress made and provide a lasting reference point for what we want to achieve as a city,” he said.

    He said the road traffic system would be improved to protect the citizens and give them the security to go about their daily activities without fear.

    Mr Boye Laryea, the Municipal Chief Executive of Okaikoi North Municipality, said the Assembly was putting structures in place to ensure pedestrian safety and pledged his support towards enhancing the effective performance of the taskforce.

    The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Francis Aboagye of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department, Ghana Police Service, advised drivers to be cautious when approaching intersections to avoid accidents, especially pedestrian knockdowns.

    Mr Abass Moro Ibrahim of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union called on the Assembly to eject the hawkers selling on the pavements to allow for free-movement of pedestrians.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • Black Satellites coach names squad for AFCON

    The Black Satellites of Ghana will leave for Niger on Monday January 21st ahead of the 2019 CAF Under 20 AFCON.

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  • Jealous farmer guns down mother of his 7 children for flirting

    A farmer in his mid-40s has shot and killed his wife and mother of his seven (7) children with a single barrel gun at Jinfranu, a farming community in the North Gonja District of the Northern Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed.

    Adama Ajas after the act, tried killing himself with the same gun but survived with a neck injury and has been admitted at the West Gonja Catholic Hospital receiving treatment.

    It is gathered that the incident occurred at about 3pm on Sunday January 20, 2019 while the woman was cooking.

    The husband went into the room, brought out the loaded gun, aimed at her and pulled the trigger which saw her rolling on the floor in pain amidst bleeding but before neighbours could come to her aide the mother of 7 had died.

    The West Gonja District Police Commander Superintendent Sarpong Bempah who confirmed the incident to MyNewsGh.com disclosed that his outfit has launched an investigation into the matter though he refused to disclosed further details.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • We’re not safe – Ofosu Ampofo expresses fear over murder cases

    The National Chairman of the major opposition party NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has expressed fear over the current spate of killings in the country.

    Addressing party members after a health walk in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, the NDC Chairman said, “You can have security at home and in office, even in your car in traffic but we’re not safe” due to the rampant murder cases been witnessed in recent times.

    Read: Proliferation of small arms cause of recent killings Captain Budu Koomson

    He said the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election must be a win for the NDC to send a clear signal to the president of his negligence on his constitutional mandate to protect Ghanaians. 

    “Let us use this by-election to protest the insecurity we are facing in this country”.

    He said this at the back of the recent killing of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale on his way home and the murder of the Tema Ports Public Affairs Manager Josephine Asante in her home.

    Read: Wave of killings ‘threaten right to life, liberty of Ghanaians’ – Amnesty International

    He entreated party members to vote massively to elect Delali Kwesi Brempong to parliament as the first step to rescuing Ghanaians from the NPP in 2020 in what he described as mismanagement of the economy that has led to job losses.
    “Let’s elect Delali Kwesi Brempong to send a yellow card and show the red card to Nana Addo and the NPP in the 2020 general elections”.

    The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency seat became vacant after the death of Emmanuel Agyarko and has since been opened for contest on 31 January. 

    Both the party in power, NPP and the NDC are marshalling all strategies to convince voters to elect their candidates to represent them.

    The National Youth Organizer of the NDC, Opare Addo has charged his youth wing to “be vigilant at the polling station as this is a clear test of readiness to win 2020 elections”.

    Source: Fred Duhoe

  • NDC reschedules presidential primary to February 23

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its presidential primary yet again, www.3news.com has gathered.

    The primary was originally scheduled to have come off on Friday, December 7, 2018, in accordance with the constitution of the party to elect a flagbearer exactly two years to the presidential elections, if it is in opposition.

    Read: NDC wants court to set aside injunction against presidential primaries

    But misunderstanding over the nomination and filing fees for the flagbearer aspirants forced a change in the schedule.

    January 26, 2019 was later agreed by all parties for the exercise.

    Read: John Mahama will win NDC primaries massively; his competitors must withdraw – Prophet Nigel Gaisie

    But an injunction writ filed by two members of the party nearly forced an indefinite suspension of the primary but for an out-of-court agreement reached in court.

    www.3news.com sources say the party has postponed the exercise to the last Saturday of February.

    So far, seven party bigwigs including former president John Dramani Mahama have submitted forms to contest the primary.

    Vetting has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 22 with balloting scheduled for Wednesday, January 23.

    Source: 3news.com

  • My daughter died whilst undergoing surgery at Korle Bu – Abeiku Santana

    Radio broadcaster and tourism practitioner, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey popularly known as Abeiku Santana has responded to wild allegations levelled him.

    The drive time host of Accra based Okay FM in a rejoinder revealed he lost his 4-year-old daughter Nana Aba Aggrey whilst she was undergoing surgery at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

    He described reports suggesting he used his daughter for money rituals as “untrue, malicious, capricious and fabricated lies aimed at tarnishing” his “hard earned reputation, credibility and persona”.

    Read rejoinder from below:

    REJOINDER: My Daughter Died Whilst Undergoing Surgery At Korle Bu – Abeiku Santana

    My attention has been drawn to publications by a number of blogs and websites with a headline, “Afia Schwar Told Me Abeiku Santana Killed His Daughter For Rituals”

    The story is said to have emanated from an interview one Prince Williams, an ex-boyfriend of Afia Schwarzenegger granted Prince Tsegah on Asempa FM.

    First of all, I wish to state in no uncertain terms that these allegations are untrue, malicious, capricious and fabricated lies aimed at tarnishing my hard earned reputation, credibility and persona.

    Secondly, my lovely daughter, Nana Aba Aggrey, died at age 4 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on June 7 whiles undergoing surgery. Her death was such heartbreaking for a parent to live with and therefore comes as shocking for any well thinking individual to allege I used my daughter for rituals.

    This is not the first time such wild allegations have been made and I wish to inform you that the right authorities have been informed to pick up the matter and bring to book the perpetrator of this evil plot.

    Signed,
    Gilbert Aggrey
    Broadcaster

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • My daughter died while undergoing surgery at Korle Bu – Abeiku Santana

    Radio broadcaster and tourism practitioner, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey popularly known as Abeiku Santana has responded to wild allegations levelled him.

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