General News of Wednesday, 3 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comAn investigation by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Corruption Watch has uncovered the nefarious academic activities rife in two senior high schools in the Bono Region of Ghana. “The schools are: Ejisu Senior High Technical School located at Ejisu, Anlo-Afiadenyigba Senior High School at Afiadenyigba, Tepa Senior High School at Tepa, Yeji Senior High Technical School at Yeji, King David College at Somanya, Ideal College, Sunyani, Christ the King Senior High School, Obuasi, Modern Senior High School, Kpong and another Modern Senior High School at Kintampo, Oyoko Methodist Senior High School, Klo Agogo Senior High School.”But the investigation by CDD-Ghana’s Corruption Watch discovered even more startling details. It added that the two schools, All For Christ Senior High/Technical School and Duadaso Number 1 Senior High/Technical School, were discovered to have been at the center of a syndicate that was promoting exams malpractices among their students. “Corruption Watch discovered syndicated schemes for cheating before and during the WASSCE at All For Christ Senior High/Technical School and Duadaso Number 1 Senior High/Technical School. “All For Christ Senior High/Technical School is a popular private second cycle institution located at Kato, a suburb of Berekum, whereas Duadaso Number 1 Senior High/Technical School is a state-funded institution located at Duadaso Number 1, a cashew-growing community near Sampa,” it added.

General News of Wednesday, 3 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPopular veteran Ghanaian actress, Grace Omaboe, famously known as Maame Dokono, has described the devastating last moments of her late former colleague, Prince Yawson (Waakye) before his death at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. Waakye was pronounced dead on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after he suffered a stroke, reports said. Narrating how she got to hear about the news, Maame Dokono told JoyNews that she was also informed that apparently, Waakye was only treated on a stretcher at the Emergency Ward of the hospital. She added that this was after he had encountered a no-bed situation at 37, following the earlier one from the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) on the same day. He told me that, that morning, Waakye had a stroke and that he has been rushed to Ridge but the hospital said there were no beds.

Pulse GhanaBefore Maame Dokonu's comment, actor Ekow Blankson also told ghanaweb.com that Waakye "was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering from a mild stroke but upon getting there, there was no bed. Luckily one of the guys from ‘Obra’ who works at the hospital got him a bed after a while". In a report by myjoyonline.com, Maame Dokonu affirmed the report when she said "at the 37 Military Hospital, they also had no hospital beds so he was attended to on a stretcher. The actor, popularly known as ‘Waakye’, has featured in many prominent movies in the Ghanaian space. Speaking to broadcast journalist, Kofi Adoma Wawani, the actor who became a man of God, emotionally narrated a recent near-death ordeal.

Nana Arhin DuahNana Arhin Duah is former striker of Asante Kotoko and Ashanti Gold. Emmanuel Osei KuffuorEmmanuel Osei Kuffuor played for both Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Stephen OduroStephen Oduro is an Asante Kotoko legend who served the Reds for 17 years. Osei KwadwoAnthony Osei Kwadwo Mensah is a former goalkeeper for Ashanti Gold, Asante Kotoko and Black Stars in the 1990s. Mark Adu AmofahMark Addo Amofah joined Asante Kotoko from Real Sportive in 2006.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is ostensibly the removal of female organs for cultural reasons. Ghana's government outlawed female circumcision in 1994; however, it is still being practiced in some parts of Northern Ghana. Studies have pegged the prevalence of FGM in Ghana at 4%. This reporting project will thus highlight the surge of FGM during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the experiences and complications of FGM survivors. It will also seek to proffer viable suggestions on reducing the prevalence of FGM and possibly ending its prevalence in Northern Ghana.

Business News of Tuesday, 2 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comBusinessman, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has issued an open letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. All Cocoa roads and projects funded by COCOBOD must be given to indigenous Ghanaians and their companies. Take firm steps to ensure indigenous Ghanaian control (ownership) of the financial sector - banking, insurance, investment, pension and others at all levels. All new and renewed concessions for gold, bauxite, oil and gas, diamond, timber must have a minimum of 25% indigenous Ghana ownership. The digitalization agenda must be placed firmly, 100% in the hands of indigenous Ghanaians and their companies.

General News of Tuesday, 2 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comLawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini, the host of JoyNews' Newsfile, has stated that colleague lawyer, Martin Kpebu, was not forced to retract his criminal syndicate comment aimed at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. To him, Lawyer Martin Kpebu was just a whistleblower who used the news analysis programme on JoyNews to express his reservations about the corruption fight to those in power. Lawyer Martin Kpebu on Saturday, July 23, issued an apology to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for describing him as a member of a criminal syndicate at the Jubilee House. “Akufo-Addo is part of the criminal syndicate at the Jubilee House. “Abysmal failure – so this is 419,” Lawyer Martin Kpebu stressed.

We begin with the Asantehene:Otumfuo Osei Tutu IIOver the past weekend, GhanaWeb chanced upon a rare image of the revered Asante King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, online. In the image, the king is seen on his knees, receiving special prayers in church from the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, Justin Welby. According to additional online information, the archbishop welcomed the King of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana to the Lambeth Palace on August 1, 2014. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who is an Anglican by faith, was on a private visit to the United Kingdom and requested an official visit with Archbishop Justin Welby. Rev Dr. Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the second Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana, at Asante-Mampong, in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, 27th February 2021.

General News of Monday, 1 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed what he says will be ‘the last feat of his political career;’ – handing over to another New Patriotic Party (NPP) president come 2025. The president has therefore appealed to the rank and file of the NPP, to play their roles in ensuring that the agenda dubbed, “breaking the 8” will materialize, that the NPP will retain political power for the third consecutive term after the 2024 General Elections. The occasion was the NPP’s 30th Anniversary and National Thanksgiving Service held at the Kofi Ohene-Konadu auditorium. It was under the theme; 'NPP@30: Our Shared Traditional, Holding and Working Together a Stable and Prosperous Nation.' Party Chairman, Stephen Ntim, reiterated his resolve to lead the party into victory come 2024.

Abronye as he is popularly referred to has over the years showed no relent in defending the New Patriotic Party. Abronye’s latest academic acquisition is a Masters Degree in Energy Economics from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Before his graduation from GIMPA, Abronye had under his belt a Chartered Energy Economist certificate from the Global Academy of Finance and Management in the United States of America. Abronye graduated from Kaaf University College for his LLB, the school is affiliated with GIMPAAbronye is currently pursuing a Professional Law Course at the University of Sydney in Australia. Watch the new episode of People and Places below:Meanwhile, GhanaWeb is accepting nominations for the prestigious GhanaWeb Excellence Awards – Youth Edition.

General News of Sunday, 31 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA social media user, Solomon Kusi has reported an alleged assault meted on him and some other people by a retired military officer. Kusi alleged that the said Major Konadu assaulted him and others and later called a military team led by one Abu who came to assault him some more. Sounds of gunshot is heard in one of the amateur videos shot by Solomon Kusi who at one point sees himself being confronted by the alleged soldier for recording the incident. The post by Solomon Kusi has attracted various reactions on social media including some who have sympathized with him for the ordeal. Sorry for that experience, Solomon Kusi,” Kofi Ofosu Nkansah who is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP) posted on his wall.

General News of Sunday, 31 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA security analyst has disclosed that terrorists are using Ghana as a central warehouse citing reports submitted to the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, earlier this year. Adib Saani explained that the concept of a warehouse entails launching attacks on neighbouring countries but regrouping in Ghana to strategize and launch more attacks. According to Saani, who works with the Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, Mr. Adib Saani, it is the reason why terrorists have not launched any attack on the country. “They are not attacking Ghana not because they don’t have the capabilities or abilities, but because Ghana is being used as a central warehouse as indicated in reports submitted earlier this year to the UN Security Council about the presence of a terrorist warehouse in Ghana, Togo and Benin,” he said. "I think one of the most important things we have to do is to improve intelligence.

Africa’s media has a lot to do in projecting African trade to make it very attractive. How can a dynamic synergy be created between media owned by the African-American community in the United States and the media in Africa? A synergy can be created between both countries’ media if there is a mutual cooperation and agreement. For instance, by Ghana putting a spotlight on what in Nigeria are worthy of investing in; and, same as Nigeria doing for Ghana. Well, Africa can evolve its own global media brand if stories being published are full of aspirations.

The 18-year-old's vehicle runs on fuel with almost no challenge as it moves with no impediments on the road. Danso told Ghanaweb on BizTech that he always dreamt of building a vehicle, and through determination, he finally made it a reality. Photos of Obed Obeng Danso. Credit: GhanawebSource: UGCDespite his little resources, Danso's resilience led him to buy scrap parts of a discarded three-wheeled vehicle, known in Ghanaian parlance as 'Aboboyaa', to finish his work. The boy, whose name is yet to be known, built the machines with cheap materials but managed to achieve his goal.

Adu Asare alleged that Koku Anyidoho had little or no respect for the office of the Vice President which was occupied by John Dramani Mahama. Using the word ‘mafia’ to describe Koku’s treatment of John Mahama then, Adu Asare said Koku Anyidoho did not accord Vice President Mahama the respect that he deserved. “Workers and security of the Vice President did not have access to some corridors at the Castle because of Koku. At the time we won the 2008 elections, Koku had been sacked by President Mills. He ‘mafiad’ the bodyguards of the Vice President then.