Award-winning broadcaster Kwami Sefa Kayi popularly known as Chairman General on Wednesday commended the management of State Housing Company and its Staff for putting up new state of the art houses at affordable prices.
Chairman General, obviously awed by what he saw on his tour of some of the project sites last Tuesday, was full of praise for Management on his popular morning show program Kokrokooo when he told listeners what he had seen.
“Charlie boys dey work. This is not a hearsay. State Housing is really working. I didn’t go there alone. I was with Abeiku Santana and if I’m lying then he’s also lying. But as they say, evidence dey”.
The Chairman General, in the company of celebrated radio personality Abeiku Santana, toured the Mallow Court and Executive Place project sites both at Adenta after Kwabena Ampofo Appiah, Managing Director of State Housing Company had granted interviews to Peace FM a fortnight ago.
The Mallow Court is state of the art 4 storey apartment with modern facilities while the Executive Place is a four-bedroom stand-alone house with self compound both in a gated community.
“This is very impressive. I can’t wait to be an Ambassador for SHC. You have really made the President proud. You really mean business”, Sefa Kayi told Staff of SHC when Roni Nicol, Deputy MD of the company led a team to take him round.
Italian side Napoli are interested in a swap deal involving Polish forward Arkadiusz Milik and Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey in the summer transfer window.
The Naples based club are the latest to show interest in the Ghanaian after the Rojiblancos approached the Serie A side for the services of Milik.
Milik has a year left on his contract with Napoli but has refused to sign a new deal with the club following interest from the La Liga outfit.
Atletico are believed to want an exchange which will involve Spanish striker Diego Costa, however, the Italians prefer the Ghana international who has a release clause of 50 million Euros.
Meanwhile, the 27-year old remains English Premier League side Arsenal’s number one target.
Thomas Partey is enjoying his best campaign in Europe this season, after commanding a role in Diego Simeone’s team with some impressive displays.
The Black Stars midfielder has made 30 La Liga appearances this season, and has been the key cog for the Red and whites since the return of the league following the coronavirus break.
Partey has also been linked with moves to Juventus and French champions Paris Saint Germain.
Rennes president Nicolas Holveck claims Real Valladolid defender Mohammed Salisu is torn between his club and English side Southampton.
The French outfit, which is back in the hunt for the Ghanaian centre-back, have reportedly reached an agreement with the Spanish side.
However, Rennes are yet to agree personal terms with the defender.
Southampton have been strongly linked with a move for the in-demand centre-back but Rennes are hoping to steal a march off the English side for the services of the player.
Initially, Rennes pulled out of the race but have been forced to return to the negotiation table after failing to land Genk defender Jhon Lucumi.
And Rennes president Nicolas Holveck claims the Ghanaian is torn between France and England.
“It shows that the project is interesting for the players. Even if the Premier League is attractive, it makes you think,†Holveck commented while stating Salisu is hesitant.
Southampton have identified the 21-year-old as a long-term replacement for Jack Stephens.
Salisu, who has a £10 million release clause, is also being targeted by Everton.
English Premier League side Sheffield United want to sign Ghanaian defender Abdul Mumin and loan him to Belgian side Germinal Beerschot for more first-team experience.
The centre back is available on a free transfer at the end of the season at Danish Superliga side Nordsjaelland.
Mumin has made a total of 25 league appearances including 19 starts and has scored one goal.
During the January transfer window, the 22-year-old was close to signing for Belgian top-flight side Zulte Waregem.
The Right to Dream Academy graduate is reported to have attracted interest from English side Brighton, Celtic, Club Brugge and Genk.
Portuguese giants Benfica and Porto are said to be interested in his services.
The police in Tamale has launched a manhunt for an assailant who shot dead a man at Nyanshegu, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region.
According to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Kwabena Acheapong Otuo, the unknown gunman went to a house and attempted to rape a young woman (name withheld).
“In the process of struggling, the gunman shot the woman on the right thigh,†he said in an interview with the Ghanaian Times here yesterday.
The crime officer added that while fleeing the scene, the assailant shot Abdul-Halim who came to rescue the woman.
The body had been deposited at the Tamale Teaching Hospital mortuary.
The crime officer said the police would conduct autopsy on the body to establish the cause of death.
Supt Otuo said the woman was responding to treatment, adding that the police crime scene management team had begun investigations into the matter and appealed to the residents of Nyanshegu to assist with information that would lead to the arrest of the culprit.
Ace actor Kojo Dadson popularly known for his role in the hit Ghanaian TV series, Home Sweet Home, wept during a donation by young actress Gifty Asante.
The actor some years back was very famous for his role he played as a father in Home Sweet Home and later starred in other movies such as Run Baby Run.
For sometime now the legendary actor has been battling it out with stroke but seem to be getting better in recent times as he is able to walk now.
A young actress Gifty Asante made some donations to the legendary actor yesterday and during the donation, the actor wept because of the love shown him by the young actress.
It was quite a heartfelt moment when the actor broke down in tears upon seeing all the gifts that was presented to him by the young actress.
Ghanaian midfielder Majeed Ashimeru has praised Red Bull Salzburg fans for their ‘unflinching’ support as the Austrian giants were crowned Champions.
Red Bull Salzburg won the Austrian Bundesliga title after their big win over TSV Hartberg at the weekend but was handed the title after victory over Sturm Graz on Wednesday night.
The former WAFA midfielder has been an integral member of the club this season, making 20 appearances as Die Mozartstadter dominated the domestic competitions.
“Thank You to the fans for your unflinching support throughout the season. You made this possible,” an ecstatic Ashimeru posted on Twitter.
The success was the Ghanaian midfielder’s second of the campaign after winning the OFB Cup earlier in June.
The 22-year old joined Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 but had to spend time on loan at Austria Lestanaeu, Wolfsberger AC and FC St. Gallen.
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has advised the public to desist from the importation and use of unauthorized Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Kits to test for the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since it may result in false results.
A statement issued on Wednesday, July 1 and signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Mrs Delese Darko, said commercially marketed test kits must pass through an evaluation/validation process and would be granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
“The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) wishes to caution the public who are using and any persons importing these test kits, that RDT Kits must be validated within the appropriate settings and target population, that is, Ghana, before they can be approved for use. This validation process is guided by independently evaluating the diagnostics for assurance of quality and performance through collaboration with Research laboratories and Public Health laboratories and the expert Technical Advisory Committee for Medical Devices,†the statement said.
In that regard, it said the currently approved method for screening and clinical diagnosis of the Coronavirus in Ghana is the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test.
The Confederation of African Football President, Ahmed Ahmed, has explained the Confederation reasons for postponing the AFCON tournament from 2021 to 2022.
On Tuesday, CAF decided to postpone the tournament to 2022 following the impact of the Coronavirus in Africa and the world.
In his interview on Radio Foot Africa, Ahmed Ahmed highlighted on the need for fans to be at the stadium.
“The Africa Cup of Nations for Nations is not just a ball party Al-Qadam, it is also a great African festival, so we did not want to risk organizing it in empty stadiums, especially with the increase in cases of infection with Coruna virus day after day unlike the rest of the continents of the world.”
He continued, “Postponing the nations of Africa 2021 to January 2022, due to the Corona virus, which prevented us from organizing and explained: The qualifiers for this competition, there are four playoffs remaining.”
“After discussing this with all stakeholders in African football, as well as the Cameroonian authorities, we met to take this decision and thus preserve the African Cup of Nations.”
The 32 years old American singer/song writer, and multi Grammy award winning musical artiste is a big time philanthropist.
Rihanna is one of those celebrities despite being rich and famous has an undeniable heart for humanity. She is a big time philanthropist but does it on a low-key.
She has numerous foundations, notably to help women and children around the world, the Believe foundation, to help sick children and the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF).
Rihanna believes the girl child (females) in Africa need to be empowered, because in some poor African countries many don’t have access to education. For this course, she built a school for young females in Malawi.
She said; I feel strongly that all children everywhere should be afforded the opportunity of a quality education, therefore I’m proud to announce Clara Lionel Foundation’s partnership with education advocacy leaders like the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen. Working together, I know we can amplify our efforts and ensure that millions of children gain access to education globally.
Footballers were not always accompanied by children, until the 1999 FA cup final, between Manchester United, and Newcastle FC, and even in that game only 2 children, one for each team. It was until a year later that a full squadron of children escorted players.
So now why do children accompany players to the pitch?
This is to remind them that, the children are looking up to them, and monitoring their every move, so they should not disappoint. It also means promotion of children’s right campaigns. Or it can also mean that they are bringing the element of innocence to the game, fulfilling children games, and making profit of it. Sometimes it is also for charity purposes.
The children also want to meet their favourite footballers that bad that escorting them to the pitch would really make them happy. The children are normally between 6 – 18 years, no child with a disability is left out at all. They have another duties like, assisting referees and lines men, acting about sideline ball crew, and many other, important and fascinating duties.
Now that the coronavirus pandemic is here, no mascots and children not are allowed to hold hands of the players, because the virus can spread through handshakes, and even there are no handshakes between players, and referees and players of the other team. We all hope and pray that this virus will disappear, and we can return to our normal lives.
A surgeon at the Trust Hospital in Accra, Dr. Richard Kisser has died of COVID-19.
The hospital in a notice said Dr. Kisser died on Thursday, July 2, 2020.
“We regret to inform all staff of the passing of our consultant surgeon, Dr. Richard Kisser. The sad event occurred on Thursday 2nd of July 2020 at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) where he was receiving treatment for COV1D-19 complications. May his soul rest in perfect peace,†the facility noted.
Dr. Kisser becomes one of the renowned health professionals to die from COVID-19 in Ghana. In April, the Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule was reported to have died of COVID-19 at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
Hundreds of other health workers who are on the frontline have also been infected with COVID-19.
Some mortalities have also been recorded although some of the health workers have recovered.
As at May 23, 2020, it was reported that at least 83 health workers across the country had been infected with COVID-19.
Majority of those affected were in the Greater Accra, Eastern, Central, Western and Ashanti regions.
Medeama Sporting Club (SC) has confirmed that midfielder Justice Blay has returned to the club after ending his loan stay with Asante Kotoko.
The highly-rated midfield maestro was signed by the Porcupine Warriors in 2019 prior to the team’s participation in the CAF Champions League.
During his stay, Justice Blay performed outstandingly well where he established himself as one of their best players.
At the end of his loan spell, the midfielder is now returning to his parent club despite strong interest from the Ghana Premier League giants to sign him on a permanent basis
“And the Blaaaaaaaay returns! Justice Blay returns to Tarkwa after ending a season-long loan at Asante Kotoko.
“Welcome back Chief Justice!”, a Medeama SC statement said on Twitter today.
Kotoko remains interested in the signature of Justice Blay and is expected to negotiate his capture before the next football season starts.
And the Blaaaaaaaay returns!@JusticeBlay_ returns to Tarkwa after ending a season long loan at Asante Kotoko.
Ex-Ghana international John Painstil feels the Black Stars were ‘cheated’ at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010 after Luis Suarez’s goal-bound handball denied the Africans a place in the semifinals.
The Black Stars were in jubilant mood after Dominic Adiyiah’s last minute header looked liked heading straight into the net only to be met by the hand of Suarez.
Ghana were awarded a penalty which was missed by Asamoah Gyan, but John Painstil believes the ball crossed the line before the Barcelona forward bundled it out.
“We were cheated,” Paintsil told the BBC. “To clear the ball from the line with your hand – it’s supposed to be a goal,” he added.
He continued: “For me, I thought, ‘last man on the line, touch it with his hand, it’s supposed to be a goal’ – so I was already celebrating that we are through.”
“Then I saw it was a penalty and I said, ‘What?’ I was shouting, ‘No, no, take the ball to the centre (circle), take the ball to the centre.’”
Ghana lost the game on penalties exactly ten years today after Dominic Adiyiah and John Mensah missed.
“For me, the Uruguay game is a game I think we won,” John Paintsil says, looking back on one of the most dramatic matches in men’s World Cup history: the 2010 quarter-final between his Ghana side and Uruguay in Johannesburg.
The reality, though, is Ghana didn’t win. A handball by Luis Suarez stopped a certain goalbound shot deep into injury time, in one of the most controversial and memorable moments of that tournament. Suarez was sent off – but Ghana missed the resulting spot-kick and, ultimately, went out on penalties after extra time.
The pain for Paintsil and his team-mate Hans Sarpei still lingers, 10 years on. For many Ghanaians, Suarez is the perpetrator of one of the greatest crimes in the country’s sporting history.
“We were cheated,” Paintsil says.
“To clear the ball from the line with your hand – it’s supposed to be a goal.”
Paintsil says people still talk about the incident in Ghana.
“I can’t forgive him because it was not an accident.” Sarpei adds.
“He knows what he has done. We were crying and you see someone who has cheated us is celebrating. How can I forgive him? Never. Never ever.”
First African World Cup
On the 2 July 2010, Ghana had the footballing hopes of a whole continent on their shoulders.
South Africa was the host of Africa’s first World Cup but Bafana Bafana were unable to make it past the group stage despite a valiant effort.
The other African teams had all been eliminated at the same point, leaving just the Black Stars in the competition.
“On the way to the game against Uruguay, I think everybody knew we could beat them – I think the whole world was supporting us,” left-back Sarpei says.
“The way we play the game: we’re playing on the front, we’re attacking in front. We try to enjoy the game. When you see Ghana, it’s like you’re listening to music because the ball is flowing.”
Ghana took the lead on the stroke of half-time via a 40-yard thunderbolt from former Portsmouth and Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari.
But Diego Forlan equalised with an exquisite free-kick and the two teams proceeded to play out in an engrossing contest – undoubtedly one of the best games of the competition – with both teams spurning chances throughout the game.
But it’s the final few minutes of the match that will forever live in World Cup infamy.
Ghana won a free-kick on the edge of the box, which was whipped in by Paintsil. In an ensuing goalmouth scramble, Suarez legitimately cleared a shot off the line from captain Steven Appiah – before, seconds later, palming Dominic Adiyiah’s header away from goal.
“For me, I thought, ‘last man on the line, touch it with his hand, it’s supposed to be a goal’ – so I was already celebrating that we are through.” Pantsil recalls.
“Then I saw it was a penalty and I said, ‘What?’ I was shouting, ‘No, no, take the ball to the centre (circle), take the ball to the centre.’”
Suarez was sent off, leaving the field in tears, whilst the Ghanaian players began to celebrate.
“I think everybody from our side was thinking ‘yeah, we’re going to the semi-final’ because Asamoah Gyan had scored two penalty goals before and he made it look easy,” Sarpei says.
Gyan had been talismanic for Ghana in the tournament, leading the line and scoring the winner in the previous round against the United States – a game which had also gone to extra time.
“I was standing there and for me the ball was going into the net and we are going through to the next round.” Sarpei recalls.
“Then it hit the crossbar and my first thought was like, ‘is this real?’ Really? The ball is not into the net? What is happening? What is the problem?’
“And then it was difficult. At this moment, when he didn’t score and we had to go to the penalty shootout, the feeling was like, now it will be difficult to go to the next round.”
Suarez, who had stopped in the tunnel to watch the penalty, was pictured celebrating when Gyan missed – something that still rankles with Paintsil.
“After the penalty was missed you came out and then celebrated like you’re on top of the world by hurting people. At least be a professional, feel the pain. Just go to your dressing room and celebrate and then nobody will see it.”
Suarez was quoted in the press saying “the hand of God now belongs to me”, referencing Diego Maradona’s goal against England at the 1986 World Cup.
Ghana would go on to lose via a penalty shootout and with it went Africa’s golden opportunity to win a World Cup.
In the two tournaments since, no African team has come close to reaching the semi-final stage.
The match against Ghana is where Luis Suarez first gained international notoriety. Six months later, he would join Liverpool from Dutch giants Ajax.
Suarez took a gamble that helped his country get into its first semi-final since 1970, but they were beaten 3-2 by the Netherlands without him.
“One has to do what one has to do to make his country proud and that’s what he did to us,” says Paintsil – but asked if put in the same position as Suarez, whether he would handle the ball, he was adamant.
“There’s no African player that would have done that,” he argues.
“Africans are more athletic. Even when the ball is on the other line, I would have tried to kick the ball, kung-fu style.”
They say time heals old wounds. But 10 years on, the wound still appears to be open for Hans and John.
“It still pains. I’m still feeling it anytime I think about it,” says Pantsil.
“A lot of things would have changed in Ghanaian football, in our country and also in Africa. Maybe adding numbers to the next World Cup, the more an African team goes forward, the more we can add more countries to our package. For me I don’t know when I’m going to forget about this memory but now it’s part of me.”
Former Ghana international Hans Adu Sarpei says he cannot forgive Luis Suarez after his goal-bound handball prevented the Black Stars from becoming the first African team to reach the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup.
Luis Suarez was a hero to Uruguayans for stopping Dominic Adiyiah’s stoppage time header, but the Barcelona striker remains a villain to Ghanaians ten years after the incident.
Sarpei, a member of the 2010 World Cup team disclosed the Black Stars were sure of victory with the World behind them, but the drama in the dying minutes at a packed soccer city stadium will leave in his memory forever.
“I can’t forgive him because it was not an accident.” Sarpei told BBC Sports.
“He knows what he has done. We were crying and you see someone who has cheated us is celebrating. How can I forgive him? Never. Never ever.”
Ghana were awarded a penalty after the handball with Suarez shown the red card, however Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty with the Black Stars losing the game on penalties.
Today marks exactly ten years when the game was played, and Sarpei remembers every bit of the tournament, describing the teams play as listening to good music.
“On the way to the game against Uruguay, I think everybody knew we could beat them – I think the whole world was supporting us,” said Sarpei.
“The way we play the game: we’re playing on the front, we’re attacking in front. We try to enjoy the game. When you see Ghana, it’s like you’re listening to music because the ball is flowing,” he added,
NDC has been fatally exposed as some members were caught rejoicing over NPP’s Sir John’s death
It is quite unfortunate the sad demise of one of NPP notable member, Sir John who happens to be the former secretary of the party.
But the worst part of it all is how some NDC members on social media(Facebook) are rejoicing over NPP Sir John death; a show of how heartless and politically minded some followers of the NDC are.
While people including some executive members of the NDC were showing concern, praising and admiring the good works of the demise(Sir John) while in office, some set of NDC members were busy thanking God that this kind of bad news only happen to NPP members.
According to reports the deceased was said to have died of COVID’19 and this also gave the NDC members another round of discussion yesterday and this morning.
See Screenshots Of How Some NDC Members Were Rejoicing;
Business confidence in many areas of the economy is at a record low, a new survey has indicated.
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) survey suggests retail and construction have been among the worst hit sectors during the Covid-19 crisis.
But 95% of tourism firms also reported a fall in business confidence.
The SCC said the UK and Scottish governments need to accelerate investment plans in order to prevent a “tsunami of jobs” being lost.
The survey, conducted between April and June, found cash flow has sunk to a record low in many industries, with a high number of companies applying for credit to see themselves through lockdown.
Tim Allan, president of the SCC, said: “In many instances, these results are among the worst over the 30-year history of the survey.
“It is critical that governments in Holyrood and Westminster continue to provide business support for companies during and beyond the easing of lockdown restrictions.
“A sudden end to these vital financial support measures would not be welcome by anyone and a tsunami of jobs would disappear overnight.”
Mr Allan warned local economies “may be lost forever if action is not taken now”.
The quarterly SCC survey covered 525 firms operating in Scotland and it shows a 70% decrease in confidence in the construction sector.
Elsewhere, around half of manufacturing firms in the survey reported falls in orders and sales revenue trends in retail “have massively fallen”.
Prof Graeme Roy, director at the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, said that the latest survey painted a sombre picture of the scale of the challenge now facing the Scottish economy.
He added: “What is particularly worrying is the employment outlook. The survey shows a clear warning of what is to come, with a sharp rise in unemployment now inevitable as businesses adjust to a new normal.
“The immediate priority for many businesses is survival.”
‘Swept into poverty’
Meanwhile, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned the response to the coronavirus crisis will be “vital for defining the next decade”.
The charity has reported a surge in the number of people seeking advice on redundancy.
CAS social justice spokeswoman Mhoraig Green said: “This is a stark increase in demand for advice around redundancy, it’s clear that the economic impact of Covid-19 is being felt now.
“We need an approach that protects jobs and creates new ones, as well as strengthening the social security safety net to prevent people being swept into poverty by an economic storm.”
A gathering of people numbering around six hundred and thirty-eight (638) in the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency professing to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Government (NPP) have defect to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in dissent of the administration’s inability to address their necessities in the territory.
The gathering led by one Brilliant Opuni Karikari, convened at the party’s office in Taifa to outline their dissatisfaction and frustration with their Member of Parliament (MP), Sara Adwoa Sarfo adding that she failed to initiate formative tasks as she guaranteed in 2012 and 2016 Parliamentary elections.
At a question and answer session at Taifa Mail station on Sunday, Mr Karikari, together with the others proclaimed their allegiance to the NDC’s up-and-coming politician, Madam Elikplim Akurugu.
“Our sister, the MP, Adwoa Sarfo has baffled we all. Our streets are truly horrendous; potholes have become as profound as barrels and our kin continue experiencing floods from time to time. We vote to get individuals to lead us and initiate our formative plan, however today that can’t be said about our MP who we upheld to Parliament,” Karikari told press men.
He said the MP didn’t demonstrate any worry to the occupants during the COVID-19 lockdown and furthermore neglected to meet gatherings inside on formative issues.
“The NDC competitor, Elikplim Akurugu is the person who has been meeting gatherings to guarantee them of her help. She has even helped chip away at the potholes on our streets which was our anxiety. She likewise conveyed staples to the individuals during the lockdown time frame when our MP was mysteriously gone, so we will bolster the NDC to win the seat,” Karikari included.
Sources state the MP’s exhibition over the most recent 8 years had gone under investigation among top gathering authorities in the electorate for which reason Mike Oquaye had the help to challenge Madam Adwoa Sarfo.
We are yet to hear from the camp of NPP about the situation.
Now the UN says the men in the video have been identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), UN military observers based in Israel.
The two staff members have been suspended without pay until the investigation into the incident has concluded.
Mr Dujarric told the BBC on Thursday their suspension was appropriate “given the seriousness of the allegations of failing to observe the standards of conduct expected of international civil servants”.
“UNTSO has re-engaged in a robust awareness-raising campaign to remind its personnel of their obligations to the UN Code of Conduct,” Mr Dujarric said.
Third of UN workers sexually harassed UN peacekeepers sexual abuse cases rise The UN has strict policies against sexual misconduct by its staff members.
Staff may be disciplined if they are found to be in breach of conduct rules. They may be repatriated or banned from UN peacekeeping operations, but it is the responsibility of their home nation to take further disciplinary or legal action.
The UN has long been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct by its peacekeepers and other staff. There have been frequent allegations in recent years.
In 2019, there were 175 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against UN staff members, a report said. Of those allegations, 16 were substantiated, 15 were unsubstantiated and all others were still being investigated.
Secretary General António Guterres has pledged to take a “zero-tolerance” approach to sexual misconduct within the UN’s ranks.
Fish farmers in the Kwahu area are looking for a market for their produce, following the negative impact of the Coronavirus on their businesses.
This came to light when the Fisheries Commission visited selected fish farms in the Kwahu area to assess the impact of the coronavirus on their business.
At the fish farm of Mr Yaw Sarpong at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, he told the Ghana News Agency(GNA) that he could not get market for his fish over four tons of tilapia and catfish produced by his farm early this year because of coronavirus.
Mr Sarpong said he stocked the fish to meet the Kwahu Easter festival but the festival was called off because of COVID-19 and expressed his frustrations and appealed to people to come and buy the fish.
Mr Sarpong explained that he started the venture less than a year ago and was hoping for things to go smoothly but now the opposite had happened.
He currently employs one permanent worker and four casual workers and said he spends GhC100.00 a day to feed the overgrown fishes and appealed to private entities and government to buy the fish.
At the Family and Friends Fish Farm, the Farm Manager, Mr Omari Evans said they could not get customers for the fish produce by the farm because of the coronavirus and the drive-in the restaurant attached to the farm for selling of the processed fish is also out of operations because of the virus.
The farm employs four workers and is still maintaining all of them.
Ms Linda Bana, the New Juaben Zonal Director, who led the team on the visit to find out the impact of COVID-19 on aquaculture in the Eastern Region thanked the farmers for their hard work and dedication in feeding Mother Ghana.
The US economy created jobs at a record pace in June as firms took on more staff after the coronavirus downturn.
Payrolls surged 4.8 million, the most since the Labor Department began keeping records in 1939, helped by the reopening of factories and restaurants.
It follows May’s jobs rebound, when 2.5 million joined the labour market, and comes after consumer spending data saw a jump in activity.
But a recent spike in Covid-19 cases has raised fears for continued growth.
June’s rise is far higher than the three million jobs that many economists forecast would be created last month.
However, separate Labor Department data also showed that in the week ending 27 June, initial claims for unemployment fell only slightly, to 1.43 million, on the previous week.
Oxford Economics called it a “worryingly small decline”.
Companies, including in populous states such as California, Florida and Texas, plan to scale back or delay reopening because of the fresh coronavirus outbreaks, which would hold back hiring.
This week, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged the rebound in activity, saying the economy had “entered an important new phase”. But he warned that continuing growth would depend on “our success in containing the virus”.
And despite two months in a row of jobs growth, employment is still about 15 million below its pre-pandemic level, with the jobless rate just above 11%.
Gunmen have stormed a drug rehabilitation centre in central Mexico, killing 24 people.
At least seven others were injured including three seriously in the attack on Wednesday, according to police.
It is the second attack at a rehab facility in Irapuato, Guanajuato, within a month, and one of the mostly deadly massacres this year.
The motive is unknown but gangs often target clinics where they believe members of rival factions are hiding.
The latest rehab centre to be hit was not officially registered, according to authorities.
The state has hundreds of unofficial treatment centres. The prior attack – at a nearby centre called Starting a New Life – killed 10 people.
Police told local media that, in the latest ambush, several gunmen jumped out of a truck and rushed into the building, where they forced those present to drop to the floor before shooting them.
Witnesses said relatives rushed to the scene and some women – believed to have sons being treated inside – collapsed as the news broke.
Guanajuato’s Attorney General Carlos Zamarripa called it a “cowardly” attack.
A turf war has erupted in Guanajuato, where the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang vies with the brutal Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which has become one of the country’s most dominant organised crime groups.
It is not yet known if either of the groups was involved in most recent attack.
“We have no information on those responsible. There is no data regarding the vehicles or the people,” police told local media in the immediate aftermath.
However, State Governor Diego Sinhue RodrÃguez Vallejo said gangs appeared to have been involved.
“I deeply regret and condemn the events in Irapuato this afternoon,” he wrote on Twitter. “The violence generated by organised crime not only takes the lives of the young, but it takes the peace from families in Guanajuato.”
The state now has the highest number of homicides in the country, according to the National Public Security System (SNSP).
A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency.
The NCA worked with forces across Europe on the UK’s “biggest and most significant” law enforcement operation.
Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded.
More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and £54m in suspect cash have been seized, says the NCA.
While the NCA was part of the investigation, it was initiated and led by French and Dutch police, and also involved Europol – the EU agency for law enforcement cooperation.
Wil van Gemert, deputy executive director of Europol, told a press conference in the Hague that the hacking of the network had allowed the “disruption of criminal activities including violent attacks, corruption, attempted murders and large-scale drug transports”.
The NCA says the Europe-wide operation, which lasted over three months and involved police forces across the UK, has had the biggest impact on organised crime gangs it has ever seen.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, whose force made 171 of the 746 UK arrests and seized £13.3m in cash, described it as a “game changer”.
She said: “This is just the beginning. We will be disrupting organised criminal networks as a result of these operations for weeks and months and possibly years to come.”
Nikki Holland, NCA director of investigations, said the operational team had described it “as akin to cracking the enigma code”.
“They see this as that significant in terms of getting that inside information, effectively having a person inside an organised crime group telling us what they’re up to,” she said.
‘Criminal marketplace’ An estimated 60,000 people, among them up to 10,000 in Britain, subscribed to France-based EncroChat, which has now been taken down.
The system operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided “worry-free secure communications”.
Customers had access to features such as self-destructing messages that deleted from the recipient’s device after a certain length of time.
There was also panic wipe, where all the data on the device could be deleted by entering a four-digit code from the lock-screen.
The NCA says the messaging system has been used as a “criminal marketplace” to co-ordinate the supply of Class A drugs across the world, and import weapons including assault rifles, sub-machine guns, shotguns, pistols and hand grenades.
Law enforcement agencies began getting data from the site on 1 April after the encryption code is believed to have been cracked in March.
Gangs are also believed to have used the handheld devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered.
Threats to life detailed on the site included acid attacks and threats to chop off limbs.
Dozens of organised crime groups have been dismantled, says the NCA, with the bulk of arrests in London and north-west England.
Lockdown “worked in our favour”, says the agency, in that many more suspects were at home when they were raided.
Many of those arrested are said to form the “middle tier” of crime gangs while some are described as the “Mr and Mrs Bigs” of the underworld.
In London, those targeted in the Met operation, codenamed “Eternal”, are alleged to include members of “high-harm” organised crime networks with longstanding links to violent crime and drug dealing.
Dame Cressida said: “These people are in business to make enormous amounts of money. Many of them lead a very respectable lifestyle – and definitely a high-end lifestyle in fancy houses with big cars going to… clubs and restaurants, splashing the cash sometimes, but sometimes being very discreet about it.”
The Met said that earlier this month, its detectives identified a plot by an international drugs and firearms gang to shoot dead a member of a rival network.
According to the force, it managed to prevent the shooting by arresting an individual for conspiracy to murder and seizing a loaded pistol, which was believed to be the planned murder weapon.
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, an ex-girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is facing charges in the US after being arrested by the FBI.
The six charges include enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts and two counts of perjury.
She was reportedly arrested in New Hampshire and is due in federal court later.
She has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sexual misconduct.
Epstein died in prison on 10 August as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.
He was arrested last year in New York following allegations that he was running a network of underage girls – some as young as 14 – for sex. His death was determined to be suicide.
What are the charges?
She is charged with conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts; enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts; conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
There are also two counts of perjury. The charge sheet says she “repeatedly lied when questioned about her conduct, including in relation to some of the minor victims”.
What is the background?
Some of Epstein’s alleged victims say Ms Maxwell brought them into his circle to be sexually abused by him and his friends.
One of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, has accused Ms Maxwell of recruiting her as a masseuse to the financier at the age of 15.
Details of that allegation against Ms Maxwell emerged in documents unsealed by a US judge last August in a 2015 defamation case.
Other women have also made allegations that Ms Maxwell was involved. One, Sarah Ransome, told the BBC’s Panorama that Ms Maxwell “controlled the girls. She was like the Madam”.
Ms Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this year Ms Maxwell sued Epstein’s estate seeking reimbursement for legal fees and security costs. She “receives regular threats to her life and safety”, court documents in that case said.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?
Ms Maxwell is the daughter of late British media mogul Robert Maxwell.
A well-connected socialite, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein’s US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).
Buckingham Palace has said that “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.
Ms Maxwell has mostly been out of public view since 2016.
In a BBC interview last year, the Duke of York said he had met up with Ms Maxwell last year, before Epstein was arrested and charged.
However they did not discuss Epstein, he said.
Last month a US prosecutor said Prince Andrew had “sought to falsely portray himself” as eager to cooperate with the inquiry into Epstein.
US attorney Geoffrey Berman said Prince Andrew had “repeatedly declined our request” to schedule an interview.
The duke’s lawyers previously rejected claims he had not co-operated, saying he offered to help three times.
Prince Andrew stepped away from royal duties last year after an interview he gave to the BBC about his relationship with Epstein.
Experts in business, education, health and international relations have called on countries to cooperate in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
They said to confront the ravages of COVID-19, countries needed to tackle the virus strategically en masse and forge synergies in the collective fight against the global pandemic.
This was in a statement issued at the end of a week-long International Digital Summit with representation from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Wednesday.
It said discussions focused on what countries were experiencing as a result of the pandemic and the need to protect citizens in the current situation and future outbreaks.
The virtual summit laid out recommendations to shape the new norm as it had brought unplanned and unpredictable change in global economic, political and social spheres.
It underscored the need for constructive international cooperation as the best way out of the crisis.
The statement said the pandemic had exposed the contradictions of the modern world and that cooperation was the best way forward to help in achieving balance through information sharing, best practices, and cooperation.
Touching on sustainable development, the statement called on countries to actively promote energy efficiency and conservation by adopting a multi-pronged approach to development, including the adoption of new technologies and innovations.
Deputy Minister of trade and industries, Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has affirmed that, he went to various voter ID registration centers to inspect how things are moving even with his positive coronavirus case on Monday when the Electoral commission began the process.
The Tema West MP said he tested positive a week ago but his doctor said he can go out and so, he took that decision to go and ascertain how the process of registering the people in his area is ongoing.
The MP said even though he tested positive, he is not weak and he still stands fit so the general public should disregard any speculations that may follow his positive case.
The Electoral commission started the compilation of the new Voter’s register on 30th june, specifying safety protocols that the general public should adhere to in other to avoid the outbreak of the virus. But the MP said he took his virus to the centers, meaning not one, to find out how things are going. Is this right? Leave your comments in the box
Many of us do make use or do hear certain acronym but we don’t actually know the full meaning of those words, some of us don’t even know that it is an acronym (the short form of pronouncing it).
Here I will give you 36 acronym and their full meaning. It is advisable for you to screenshot and keep for reference purposes.
1. POS – Point of saleView pictures in App save up to 80% data.
2 IP address – internet protocol address.View pictures in App save up to 80% data.
3Â WWWÂ – world wide web.
4 TLDs – Top level domain names
5Â URLÂ – uniform Resource locator.View pictures in App save up to 80% data.
6. http – Hypertext transfer protocol
7. Wi-Fi – wireless fidelity
8. CV – curriculum vitae
9. E-mail – Electronic mail.
10. GSM – Global system for mobile communication.
11. Google – Global Organization of oriented Group Language of Earth.
12. Yahoo – Yet Another Hierarchical officious oracle.
13. ARPA – Advanced Research Project Agency
14. INTERNET – Interconnected Network.
15. ATM – Automated Teller Machine.
16. MTN – Mobile Telephone Network.
17. GLO – Global Communications Limited.
18. FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation19. AFAIAC – As Far As I Am Concern.
20. ZIP code – Zone Improvement Plan code.
21Â BBWÂ – Big Beautiful Women
22. PIN – postal index number or personal identification number.
23. PUK – personal unlock key.
24. SIM card – subscriber identity module.
25. AWA – As Well As
26. LASER – Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
27. RADAR – Radio Detection And Ranging.
28. ASAP – As Soon As Possible
29. SWAT – Special Weapons And Tactics.
30. BAE – Before Anyone Else.
31. RAM – Random Access MemoryView pictures in App save up to 80% data.
32. JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Groups
33. GIF – Graphics Interchange Format.
34. KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid.
35. CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Human Apart.
36. BMW – Bavarian Motor work
Do you know that internet and world wide web (www) doesn’t mean the same thing?
Internet is a network of networks, while world wide web is a collection of information which can be accessed through the internet.
was this information helpful?
I stand corrected in any of this. You can likewise add yours.
According to him, Oppong Nkrumah while at the Multimedia Group as Morning Show host tried his best at exposing politicians who lied then and people were of the view that his like joining politics will have changed the status quo.
But since coming to power and his appointment as Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah according to A Plus is now the one lying for the politician; a betrayal of the trust reposed in him by a cross-section of Ghanaians.
A Plus who made this known through a post on Facebook said “My brother Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah was the host of Joy fm super morning show. I remember how he used to ask politicians questions and always tried to expose thier lies. Today he is the one who lies for politicians.â€
Accompanying the post was a photo of an untarred road the Minister plies before he gets to his constituency.
A Plus expressed shock at the fact that the Minister was proud in sharing such a photo of a bad road on his page when he has the power to ensure that the roads are tarred.
“He drives on this road in his constituency to go and ask people to come out and register to vote for him. African politicians only care about votes. He is still a very good friend though, if not a brother.â€
Akuapem Poloo is in the news since yesterday for bad reasons. She posted an image of herself and her 7-year-old son on Instagram. In the image, she was totally naked and the son was covering only his genitalia. Again, she stated that she baths together with her 7-year-old son and pleaded for any inconveniences caused by her actions.
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This got social media talking. From Ghana to Nigeria, many netizens have descended heavily on her for exposing the child to such disgusting move. Later yesterday, Akuapem was invited by the CID to report at their headquarters on 1st July. She did. And subsequently apologized.
But upon a cursory gaze at Ghana’s Criminal law on Child’s Right, any sexual abuse on any child is tantamount to 7 – 25 years imprisonment. Experts have registered their displeasure in the action of the fame craving actress Akuapem Poloo. NGO’s and other law experts have also stated what the law says about exposing children to sexual activities.
Ghana criminal human right law, Child’s right criminal law, Electronic Usage Act and social media laws and regulations have been ridiculed at by the action of Poloo.
The Covid-19 which hit Ghana sent the Country into one of its worst states in history.
Corona Virus is not a respecter of persons, race, religion, culture or personality. Some popular people such as the British prime Minister Borris Johnson as well as actors like Edris Elba contracted the disease.
It was no different in Ghana. Joy FM’s Gary Al-Smith contracted same and had to be admitted to the Hospital mid-June.
He was released and discharged about a week ago and is doing well.
Upon his discharge, he voiced out his concerns as a journalist on the state of our health system. However, this was met with skeptism and outrage from some users on social media. Others too rooted for change in the health system upon reading his message.
Late on 1st July, Gary reiterated his previous comments on twitter about the health care sytem. This particular concern was on the delays in testing and the administration of drugs to patients. He made comments on how drugs and testing are given based on ‘who you know’ basis. Below is the ace journalist’s tweet:
Prior to that, Bright Simons, the Vice President of IMANI disclosed his dissatisfaction on how health workers are complaining about politicians who are acting oblivious to the increasing numbers of Covid-19.
In his post, he reports that the health workers threaten to disregard the health of these politicians themselves since they cannot make policies to curb the growing rate of the virus. The health workers also mention that it is those same politicians who call them for advise anytime they think there is a potential symptom of Covid-19, in fear of their own health.
Below is the tweet of Bright Simons:
Gary Al-Smith seems to agree with the stance of the health workers and Bright Simons as well in his tweet.
Gary ended with a message to Ghanaians: “Oman a y3np3 nokor3”
Like, share and leave a comment below. Does the Government have to change its tactics to to curb the growing rate of the virus so that our frontline health workers can feel more at peace? Or is this propaganda being pushed?
A Research fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has revealed the seven centres that were set up to assist the Institute in speeding up Covid-19 testing in the country have ceased operating.
Dr Kofi Bonney said the shutdown was necessary because the centres have run out of essentials needed to undertake testing.
This, according to him has mounted undue pressure on NMIMR and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), the two major testing centres in the country.
“These testing centres have run out of consumables needed for the processing of Covid-19 samples and are yet to be restocked by the Ghana Health Service (GHS),†he disclosed in an interview on Happy FM.
he added that, the machinery of the centres are in good shape but the logistics are what needs in order for testing to resume.
He then admitted that, the current situation is the reason for the enormous backlog of Covid-19 samples.
But, the researcher said Noguchi will begin to use some of the reagents it had stocked earlier to serve as back up in case they not receive any from GHS.
“We will transport some of the samples to the other testing centres and use their machines for the testing. This is a strategy to help us reduce our backlog,†he stated.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted amnesty to 794 deserving prisoners in a bid to mitigate the dangers posed by congestion in Ghana’s prisons, especially after the onset of the Coronavirus.
This is in accordance with Article 72(1) of the 1992 Constitution, which states that the president shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence.
Convicts who were pardoned, according to a statement from the Ghana Prisons Service include 772 first offenders, 16 very old prisoners and 4 seriously ill inmates.
2 other inmates also had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
The amnesty comes at a time when many concerns have been raised regarding the safety of prisoners as the country’s case count of the Coronavirus is on a fast increase.
A video that went viral on social media involving a young man by name Appiah Richard was flagged by the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC communicators on Facebook as allegedly emanating from the home of an NPP guru.
Few days after the video, the young man who leaked the video online and posted a picture of himself sitting on the arranged money has been reportedly found dead and his one week observation scheduled. Pictures of the young man sitting on the money and his one week poster is making rounds.
Its however unclear which New Patriotic Party NPP guru whose home that video emanated from into the public domain.
Others have also debunked the video as emanating from a vault of a Bank and has no link with any personality.
However what remains to be justified is the death of the young man as nobody knows who or what killed him exactly.
Fans of controversial Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin central Constituecy who is in the person of Honourable Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has descended heavily of ace-investigayive journalist anas Aremeyaw anas and his Tiger Eye Pi.
According to one of such fans of Honourable Kennedy Agyapong who goes by the name Kwaku Righteous, Ghanaians should rally and stop Anas from his documentarries as he is with the believe that those said documenatry is only tanishing the good name of Mother Ghana.
Kwaku Righteous further insister that Anas nearly brought Ghana Football from it shine to its dime as his expose of Ghana Football should be a subject for discussion as we should all learn from the ipact of Anas works that according to him is unlawful and intimidating.
The braggart political being, Kennedy Agyapong was recently after the BBC investigative master-mind, Anas as he warned him to even mention his name anywhere or face his venom.
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A 32-year-old businessman has been arraigned before court for allegedly defrauding three nurses of GH¢6,400 on the pretext of getting them enlisted into the Ghana Armed Forces.
Prince Essel Ferguson, who is alleged to have posed as Captain Dankwa of the Ghana Army, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretences when he appeared before the Circuit Court in Accra.
Two others, who are said to have acted with the accused in allegedly defrauding the three nurses of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, are currently on the run.
The court, presided over by Ms Afia Owusu Appiah, granted him bail in the sum of GH¢20,000 with two sureties.
Hearing continues on August 5, 2020.
Facts
Presenting the facts of the case, the prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, said in August last year, Mr Fergurson met one Leticia Lewah, a senior nurse and a witness in the case at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and asked her for assistance.
The prosecutor said the accused introduced himself as Captain Dankwa of the Military Intelligence Unit who was on secondment in Sudan at the time.
Contact exchange
He said Mr Ferguson told Ms Lewah that he was at the hospital to investigate a doctor who had been newly recruited into the Ghana Armed Forces and exchanged phone contacts with the nurse.
Two days later, Inspector Ahiabor said, Mr Ferguson called Ms Lewah and asked her whether she had relatives who were interested in being enlisted into the Ghana Armed Forces.
Slots
The prosecution said Mr Ferguson told Ms Lewah that he had been given three slots in the Ghana Armed Forces, and that he could secure slots for people who were interested in joining the Ghana Army.
Inspector Ahiabor said the nurse later informed two others who were working under her about the opportunity and they expressed interest to be recruited into the force.
The prosecution added that she introduced the accused person to her friends and they began dealing with him in relation with the opportunity.
Payments
He said Mr Ferguson asked each of the nurses to pay GH¢300 for the purchase of the military recruitment form through mobile money.
Inspector Ahiabor said the three met Mr Ferguson separately to fill the forms after which he took GH¢150 from each of them for fuel.
The prosecution said Mr Ferguson again collected GH¢6,400 from the three for various purposes.
Suspicion and arrest
But the nurses became suspicious when Mr Ferguson asked them to pay GH¢800 each to settle some army officers.
They then informed Ms Lewah who eventually reported the matter to the military police.
The prosecutor said Mr Ferguson was, however, arrested and handed over to the police when he came over to meet Ms Lewah for the money he had requested for.
During the investigation, the prosecutor said, Mr Ferguson mentioned one Colonel Samba and Majeed, in his caution statement as military officers who were behind the deal.
A 50-year old office assistant of the Bantama Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church met his untimely death last Tuesday, June 30, 2020 when he was shot by suspected armed robbers in broad daylight in front of the church.
Mark Amofa was shot several times by the robbers who were on motorbikes after they robbed him of an amount of GH¢4,200.
Mr Amofa allegedly shouted for help after he was robbed of the amount just in front of his church and it seems the shout for help angered the robbers who shot him before running away.
Errands
Mr Amofa had been running errands for the church, including assisting the treasurer of the church, and he was sent to withdraw the said amount from the Abrepo Junction branch of Ecobank.
Due to the short distance from the church to the bank, he trekked to the bank and it was when he was about to enter the church premises that he was accosted by the robbers who were on a motorbike.
The first group of two robbers took the money from him and took off and that was when he shouted for help, screaming “thieves, thieves!â€
The shout for help angered the second group of two who were also on a motorbike and they shot him.
Clerk
The Clerk to the church, Mr Stephen Boakye, who confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic, said Mr Amofa was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
He said he left behind three children.
The Suame District Police Commander, Superintendent Twum Barima, who corroborated the story, said the police were on a manhunt for the suspects and they believed that the robbers followed the deceased from the bank to church before robbing him.
Socialite Ms Mona Faiz Montrage popularly known as Hajia4Real says she is not the girlfriend of businessman Ibrahim Mahama.
The lawyers for Hajia4Real in a statement reacting to comments allegedly made by Mr Bernard Antwi Bosiako alias Chairman Wontumi said the socialite has also not received a house or vehicle from Mr Mahama.
Mona posing with the Range Rover gift on her birthday
“Our client considers the publication, excerpts of which have been reproduced above, to be defamatory to the extent that it portrays her as a person with very low morals in society,” the statement said.
“The reputation of our client having severely suffered damage by the malicious publications contained in the video, our client demands an unqualified apology and a retraction of the said publication by both Chairman Wontumi and Wontumi television & Radio within 24 hours of the publication of this statement”.
The statement added that she was preparing to take legal action to vindicate her image and disabuse the minds of the public of the misinformation and defamation of character.
The statement comes days after the founder of Engineers and Planners, Mr Mahama and several high-profile personalities including the CEO of the Afro-Arab Group of Companies, Alhaji Salamu Amadu were spotted at Hajia4Real’s birthday party.
Also in attendance were celebrities including Efia Odo, Deborah Vanessa and Shatta Bandle. The socialite was reportedly gifted the properties at the party.
Deloris Frimpong Manso affectionately called Delay a businesswoman, a broadcaster and now a mother was reported to have given birth despite her denials.
She posted a picture of her baby bump on her social media handles which made people send her congratulatory messages early this year.
Early mid afternoon today, she posted a picture of her breastfeeding her adorable baby, and with the color and beauty of the baby it definitely tells us that the rumors which was made about her giving birth with a foreigner which was not confirmed was true.
Former President John Dramani Mahama says the late former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie made Ghanaian Politics interesting.
Mr Mahama in a post on Facebook Thursday, July 2, 2020, described Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly called ‘Sir John’ as “a feisty and intriguing politician who brought lots of interesting moments to our political discourse.â€
Sir John died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 after a short illness.
Mr Mahama has therefore expressed his condolences to Sir John’s family, saying “My condolences to the family of our dear brother, and my good friend, Sir John, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie.â€
“I also extend my condolences to the entire New Patriotic Party (NPP) family for this painful loss,†he added.
He tested positive for Covid-19 and died while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.
Coronavirus disease is an illness caused by coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sars-cov2.
It was first identified in wuhan city, hubei Province China.
It was first reported to the world health organisation in december 31, 2019.
In January 30, 2020, the world health organisation declared the Covid -19 outbreak a global health emergency.
In march 11, 2020, the WHO declared coronavirus-19 a global pandemic.
coronavirus is still a new disease that scientists are still studying and learning therefore established facts about the virus are subject to change and updates
But scientist do know that coronavirus is zoonotic meaning that in begun from animals and was transferred the human beings
More to what scientists know is how the virus is spread, through droplets when you sneeze and cough and by touching your eyes, nose and mouth after contact with infected surface
Scientists further know the symptoms of coronavirus, they are:
Fever
Coughing
Body aches
Loss of smell
Headache
Muscle aches
Sore throat
Loss of taste
But new symptoms about the virus have been discovered by the CDC, and they are:
Runny nose
Nose congestion
Nausea
Diarrhoea.
Over 10 million people have tested positive around the world for coronavirus and over 6 million people have recovered and there are over 4 million active cases of Coronavirus around the world.
In Africa there are around 419, 035 positive cases of coronavirus and around 198,182 recoveries
In south Africa there are over 1 million conducted test and 159, 333 positive cases and around 76,025 recoveries
Minister of Chiefs and Religions affairs and his deputy are leading a high-powered government delegation to Ketu South.
According to the letter copied to Accra News and delivered to Aflao Traditional council, the ministry of religious and Chiefs affairs was directed to hold meetings with the traditional council to discuss the fallout from a military ‘siege’ in the border areas in Volta regions in recent times.
Minister of Chiefs and Religions affairs and his deputy are leading a high-powered government delegation to Ketu South.
According to the later copied to Accra News and delivered to Aflao Traditional council, the ministry of religious and Chiefs affairs was directed to hold meetings with the traditional council to discuss the fallout from a military ‘siege’ in the border areas in Volta regions in recent times.
Portions of the later, also confirmed the minister of information and his deputy are also to attain the plan meeting expected to take off 6th July 2020.
Excerpts of the full later below
Meanwhile, Accra News sources can confirm NPP is very hot in Aflao, Ketu South.
The government is sending the Minister for Chieftancy, Mr. Kofi Dzameshie, Information Minister Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and his Deputy Pius  Hadzide to go and apologise to Torgbuiga Adzongaga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional area for disrespecting his people and community.
In a related development, government forces are largely withdrawn from the border areas to according to a source speaking on condition of anonymity.
Controversial lawyer Maurice Ampaw has reacted to the law suit against Chairman Wontumi by entrepreneur Hajia4Real.
Hajia4Real filed a law suit against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Wontumi demanding a retraction of a derogatory statement against her and also render an unqualified apology to her within 24 hours.
Chairman Wontumi called Hajia4Real a slay Queen who have been in an intimate relationship with Ibrahim Mahama. He also alleged that the new mansion and the range rover she received on her birthday was bought by Ibrahim Mahama.
Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has however reacted to the suit of Hajia4Real and has described the suit from the chambers of Dwumfour and Dwumfour a love story. He also condemned the act by the chambers by giving the NPP Regional Chairman 24 hours to apologize, he says it has no legal basis making them uncivilized.
According to Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, the law gives a person at least 3 days when you summon him or her making the suit baseless.
Since the novel Covid 19 virus recorded it’s first case in the month of March, it has gone ahead to affect a total of 52 countries in the continent. There has been 8,618 confirmed deaths from the virus in Africa. The first case was recorded in Egypt on the 14th of February 2020. Countries like South Africa, Ghana and Algeria have been hit hard.
According to statistics from the Africa Center for Diseases Control and Infections (Africa CDC), as at June 24th 2020, the number of cases confirmed in Africa so far is 324,696 cases, alongside 154,170 recoveries and counting. The deaths are also 8,618 and also counting.
In case you thought all countries in Africa have recorded deaths, you guessed wrong. Below is a list of the countries in Africa who have recorded cases, but hasn’t yet had anybody dead from the Covid 19 virus.
1. Eritrea
Eritrea is located in East Africa with a police of 3.214 million. The East African country has one of the lowest recorded cases at 143. So far, 39 people have recorded with 104 cases still active. No death recorded.
2. Lesotho
Lesotho is located in Southern Africa and has a population of 2.108 million since last cencus. They have just 17 cases, 2 recoveries and 15 active cases. It’s suprising because they share border with South Africa, who are stunned by the numbers.
3. Namibia
Namibia is also in Southern Africa, with an estimated population of 2.448 million. They have had 72 confirmed cases, with 21 recoveries and 51 still active.
4. Seychelles
The East African country with 97,762 citizens has recorded as little as 11 Covid 19 cases. All 11 have miraculously recovered.
5. Uganda
Another East African country with a population of 45,741,007, have recorded 797 Covid 19 cases, with 699 recoveries. Only 98 cases are still active.
The Deputy Chair Person of the African Union Commission, H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey has admitted that the continent of Africa had in years past not been able to integrate effectively particularly in the area of commerce and economics as a result of deliberate partitioning and division of the African Continent by the Europeans who created the Modern African Nations.
He said this is why the continental body of the African Union had the struggle to use the over half a century period gone by to disentangle the continent politically and now focusing on trading among itself through the formation of the Continental Free Trade Area.
“All that the African Union has been trying to do and with the arrival of the Continental Free Trade Area was for a significant part disentangle the knots we were tied in, bring ourselves closer together and Trade with each other.â€
Speaking to Eye on Port ahead of the celebration of the maiden African Integration Day scheduled for Tuesday, 7th July 2020, the Deputy Chair of the African Union said the continent had initially focused on political integration of its people but the most opportune time has now presented itself for economic integration.
“It was not until the liberation of South Africa that the whole continent was said to be politically liberated and then the issue now is what to do with this independence through this liberation. Because liberation is nothing if you cannot improve your economic lot.â€
He explained that the continent has a lot to celebrate as far as its pursuit for total integration since history clearly shows that International Trade on the continent begun with the capture and sale of human beings.
“Intra Africa Trade is 10%. Whenever there is an increase in Intra Africa Trade by even 2%, GDP rises by a factor of 10. So it is important for us as Africans to move freely within our continent to trade within ourselves and create a larger economic space, which will attract investment.â€
He said the coming into being of the African Continental Free Trade Area is only a first step to many targets set by the continent to liberate itself and develop together.
“And the more the Free Trade Area begins to yield benefits, the more people will warm-up to it. We have to see more and more of the continental interest and less and less the international interestâ€.
H.E. Kwesi Quartey admitted, that one of the major challenges in integrating the continent had been member countries focusing on their national interests far beyond that of the region.
“One also has to be realistic that sovereign nations can only be persuaded and not compelled.â€
He said it had been difficult to push or force sovereign nations to comply with protocols or treaties and policies but added that AfCFTA has been received with a renewed enthusiasm by member countries.
“I think that the Continental Free Trade Area was received with a certain amount of Enthusiasm which has been above average.â€
He commended efforts by member countries and institutions for commitment demonstrated thus far.
H.E. Kwesi Quartey confirmed to Eye on Port that the initial plans to commence implementation of AfCFTA by July 1, 2020, will no longer materialize since member countries have spent the better part of the year 2020 ensuring the survival of their citizens in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think 1st January or so is the time for it to come to operation. We were supposed to have a summit meeting in May, that has been pushed to September, October or so. Everything has been pushed back a little bit.â€
He revealed that though the COVID-19 has greatly affected every facet of the continent, it has also demonstrated coordination among member countries as the continent has exhibited resilience to the amazement of many in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
“It has shown us the extra value of working together rather than working as individual nations.â€
On opening up borders and easing up restrictions as a measure of returning to normalcy in the face of the global pandemic, H.E. Kwesi Quarter advised such initiatives must be on country-specific bases depending on their own preparedness.
The AU Deputy Chairperson urged that the continent has no choice but to economically integrate and to do so now.
“I will quote directly from Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The thesis; Africa must Unite remains unassailable, the logic of history leads us to unity. We have no choice.â€
With each passing day more and more Ghanaians are contracting the deadly COVID-19 disease.
Another renowned personality, pollster and popular journalist Ben Ephson is reported to have contracted the novel coronavirus.
According to inside information reaching us, the renowned pollster tested positive for Coronavirus and has been admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) receiving treatment.
Per what we gathered, Ben Ephson started experiencing breathing difficulties and is currently under observation.
He is not the first journalist to contract the virus in Ghana because some five journalists of Multimedia tested positive for the virus, Joy FM’s Gary Al-Smith was one of those who contracted same and had to be admitted to the Hospital mid-June.
Meanwhile, not long ago, the Sekondi-Takoradi Mayor, Anthony K.K. Sam and former General Secretary of the NPP Sir John died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The disease COVID-19 has no respect for status and can catch anybody.
Born Emmanuel Benjamin Ephson, the ace journalist has distinguished himself among his peers.
He started reporting for the London based monthly Africa Magazine in 1974 and is also a former BBC and Agence France Presse correspondent.
Ghana flagged Tuna Purse Seine vessel called Panofi Frontier that was hijacked by suspected Nigeria pirates in Benin waters on Wednesday at about 1400 hours has been located and guided to the Tema Port by the Ghana Navy.
It is reported that there were 30 member crew on board the vessel, out of which 25 were Ghanaians and 5 were Koreans.
6 crew members, 5 Koreans including the captain of the vessel and a Ghanaian cook called Kofi Opuni onboarded the vessel are reported to have been abducted by the pirates and could still not be found at the time the vessel was brought to the Port of Tema by the Ghanaian Navy.
According to the Ghana Navy, they met the vessel at the Ghana-Togo border and brought it to the Port of Tema anchorage on Thursday, 25th June 2020.
According to the Navy, apart from the 6 crew members who had been captured, the remaining 24 crew were safe and in Ghana but the Navy is still gathering detailed information on the entire incidence.
Security agencies at the Port of Tema including the Port Security, Marine Police, Navy, and members of the Joint Port Control Units have all joined forces to investigate the incidence to unravel the circumstances leading to the hijack.
The Conservation Education Officer of the Ghana Wildlife Society, Louisa Kabobah, has advised the general public to be more cautious in the disposal of personal protective equipment like nose masks, face shield, gloves among others.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, she said that the improper disposal of these plastic PPEs is gradually polluting the environment and has pushed for the use of nose masks made from fabric.
Individuals are now littering the streets with plastic sanitizer bottles, nose masks and gloves in a time where Ghana is still struggling with proper management of plastic waste.
“People should rather go in for the fabric nose masks instead of the disposable ones, it even saves you money. You can use old or new fabrics to make them… the only caution people should take is to wash them properly before your next use,†she said.
Adding that, “There are instances when you are walking on the streets and you see masks on the floor, the best way to go is to properly dispose them into bins that are covered to prevent people from getting into contact with your used masksâ€.
Currently, the government has enforced the mandatory wearing of nose mask in the country, it is an offence to not wear a face mask in public. Persons who are caught violating this directive risk facing a prison sentence of 4 to 10 years or a fine of GH¢12,000 to GH¢60,000 or both.
Disposable PPEs from hospitals and private individuals are now ending up in the sea, this new trend is endangering aquatic lives. In the case of Ghana, Louisa Kabobah told GhanaWeb that laws must be enforced to punish those who are found littering with their PPEs.
“Just as we have sanctions for not wearing nose masks, there should equally be one for improper disposal. If the law deals with people who are culpable it will send a warning to others,†she advised.
The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Mr Ken Thompson has asked the government to deal with the increasing rate of corruption in the country.
He said this will enable the government to raise the revenue that would have gone into wrong pockets, for the needed development of the country especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Thompson told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3 91.7FM Wednesday, July 1 that “these are unprecedented times and we have to take unprecedented actions.â€
He was contributing to a discussion regarding how the government can raise revenue to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said: “We really need to start to look at how to address the issues and how to help the people that are most vulnerable in our society.
“The government has a huge role to pay because the government is in the position to be able to mobilize resources to direct how we behave. The government is all of us and we have to keep talking until we do the right things.
“We have to reset and the resetting involves widening the tax net, the resetting is how do I get people producing things locally? We have to talk about that because if even 500millon dollars or 2bn is done locally, it creates opportunities for all of us.â€
He added: “Underlining all these is we have got to deal with corruption. There must be incentives to do the right things and if you do the wrong thing you must be punished for it. These are unprecedented times and we have got to take unprecedented actions.â€
