General News of Wednesday, 9 June 2021Source: happyghana.comCommunication Team Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Padmore Baffour Agyapong has called for the immediate dismissal of members of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s security detail. “I have a big issue with handlers of the Vice President and even the police to have allowed the drumming, dancing and all that to have happened around Dr. Bawumia. Why would you put the country’s Vice President at risk? Someone will say the Vice President should’ve withdrawn from the crowd but let’s not focus on that. If I had my way, I would’ve fired the security detail of Dr. Bawumia who were with him on that day,” he said.

General News of Tuesday, 8 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•John Boadu has said he has never been involved in mining•The NPP General Secretary also denied ever owning excavators•He believes such allegations are meant to tarnish his imageThe General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has refuted claims of being involved in illegal mining. Mr Boadu in a statement described illegal mining allegations levelled against him as malicious. Whether acquired and operated legally or illegally and have not authorized anybody to operate a mining concession on my behalf”, Mr Boadu said. He further denied ever owning an excavator or been involved directly or indirectly in any form of mining activity. The NPP General Secretary cautioned perpetrators to desist from spreading such falsehood.

Business News of Tuesday, 8 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• An Economist has said the government used monies from the stabilization fund to fight the pandemic and not the loan facility given out by the IMF. According to him, the country used the stabilization fund to help tackle the situation by providing foods, water and electricity among others to the people. Speaking in an interview with GhanaWeb’s Amos Ekow Coffie, Mr Domfe said, money used for Ghana's Coronavirus fight came from the stabilization fund, which is meant to be an emergency fund. We have the stabilization fund, annual budget stabilization fund and the heritage fund. Meanwhile, the Country Director for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr. Albert Touna Mama, has said the IMF gave Ghana about $1billion to help sustain the economy in the face of the pandemic.

At the Doninga Junior High School, school authorities have moved the students to an old pavilion that was previously used by the lower primary. Headmaster of the Doninga Junior High Schools, Godwin Amwagsi, said the situation is seriously affecting effective teaching and learning at his school. “Currently, we are been hosted in one of the old structures of the Doninga primary school while we wait for intervention from the District Assembly and Education directorate. The situation is affecting us very seriously because that old structure does not have windows and doors. I also wrote a situational report to the DCE through the education director and I am hoping that they also do something.

Madam Agyei, a farmer, narrates to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) from her hospital bed that her husband, Yakubu Naru, refused to provide food and housekeeping money and yet wanted to be served food. She said food has always been a problem for them and she has to manage to prepare food for the children and starve herself. She said anytime her husband returns home and there was no food for him, she becomes the cause and receives beatings on regular instances. The suspect, a farmer, has since gone into hiding upon hearing that the case has been reported to the Nkwanta South Police. Superintendent of Police, Mr Lawson Lartey, the Nkwanta South Municipal Police Commander, who confirmed the incident assured that the suspect would be arrested and brought to justice.

According to the Speaker, parliament as an institution is clothed with the legitimacy and authority to make a difference in the lives of the people and urged African parliaments to wake up to that realization. The Speaker was addressing a Kenyan Parliamentary Delegation on Defense and Foreign Relations led by Hon. Speaker Alban Bagbin used the occasion to reiterate his call for increased cooperation among sub-Saharan countries and their counterparts in the East. I think we need to do better, we need to start looking more at each other rather than outside. He also stressed the importance of deepening parliamentary democracy.

GhanaWeb's police sources revealed that Prosper Negble during police investigations said he stabbed Believe Sackitey, 28, after disarming her when she attempted stabbing him with a knife she had in her bag. This was during a misunderstanding between the two following two phone calls Believe received when the two were lodging in the guest house. While at the guest house, suspect told police that his estranged girlfriend received a call, apparently from a man which generated into minor exchanges between the two. However, Believe received a second phone call later on in the night which the suspect didn't take kindly to. BackgroundA District Magistrate Court in Somanya presided over by His Lordship, Justice A. Alafa, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, remanded Prosper Negble who is suspected of the murder of Believe Sackitey at Somanya.

General News of Tuesday, 8 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•The minority leader in Parliament says Ghana Beyond Aid is unattainable due to the President’s limited time in office. On assumption into office, President Akufo-Addo had hopes of transforming Ghana into prosperity and self-reliance. This was to be achieved through various policies and programmes implemented by the government, under the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda. He believes the Akufo-Addo-led government will not be able to unattainable Ghana Beyond Aid by the end of the second term. “I have no hesitation calling on President Akufo-Addo, knowing that he has only three and half years now as a mandate to be President of Ghana, to focus on Ghana beyond Covid and not Ghana beyond aid,” Mr.Iddrisu said.

General News of Tuesday, 8 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Captain Smart quit Angel FM to join Onua FM as their morning show host• Two reporters have also resigned from Angel and joined him at Onua FM• Angel have also poached Benjamin Owusu from Atinka FMThe Angel Broadcasting Network has in the last 24-hours lost two of its reporters to Onua FM and TV which belong to the Media General conglomerate. Isaac Ansah Apagya, a member of Angel FM sports team has crossed carpet to Onua FM in a move that sources tell GhanaWeb was engineered by Godsbrain Captain Smart who first spotted Ansah Apagya in Tarkwa. The producer of the Angel FM’s Sports show Nathaniel Obeng has also confirmed his switch to Media General where he will reunite with Apagya and Captain Smart. Captain Smart it will be recalled joined Onua FM after resigning from Angel Broadcasting Network following an indefinite suspension imposed on him by the owner of ABN, Kwaku Oteng. Captain Smart was suspended over what management at ABN described as misconduct and insubordination after he refused to backdown on attacks on specific government officials.

The Black Stars will engage the North African side in the first of two friendlies lined up for this month. Speaking to the GFA media channel ahead of the game, Akonnor said that he has done a comprehensive analysis of his opponents. CK Akonnor also admitted Ghana’s preparation for the game has been far from ideal with players joining camp as and when they arrived from Europe. Tactically, we have done some good work, which we believe will work for us if we are able to assess the opponents correctly. The Black Stars will engage Ivory Coast in another friendly at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Saturday, June 12, 2021.

This, he explained will help government with the waste management problem the country is faced with. He said, "Mr President if you permit me, with the collaboration of the Regional Coordinating Council in the Greater Accra, very soon, the Assemblies will pass a bye-law called Operation Clean Your Frontage. The main objective of the operation is "to maintain a high level of cleanliness within the Greater Accra Metropolitan area to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases, protect public health and the environment," Mr Quartey added. He noted that the newly unveiled trucks will boost their Clean Accra Campaign. The Minister who also serves as Ayawaso Central Member of Parliament urged Ghanaians to avoid littering and dumping of refuse indiscriminately.

General News of Tuesday, 8 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Nigel Gaisie has paid glowing tribute to Prophet TB Joshua who died on Saturday• He says he is a great man of God whose death has hit him really hard• Nigel Gaisie God revealed the death of TB Joshua to him in 2020Prophet Nigel Gaisie, leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel is claiming credit for correctly prophesying the death of renowned Nigerian Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua). TB Joshua died in the late hours of Saturday, June 5, 2021, after a service at his church in Nigeria. Shortly after news broke, a GhanaWeb video of Nigel Gaisie predicting the death of a man of God was dug up by his supporters as proof of his prophecy. But speaking in a Neat FM interview, Nigel Gaisie confirmed that the said ‘man of God’ in the Prophecy he delivered on December 31, 2020, was Prophet TB Joshua. He eulogized him and said it will take forever for the ministry to be blessed with a man like TB Joshua.

The widow, speaking with some selected journalists the day after he died, indicated that her husband died “prayerfully", reports saharareporters.com. He spent about three hours in prayers before the last service on the mountain and was looking very healthy. “His statements were spiritual and suddenly, he left the stage and went to his inner chambers,” she is reported to have said. Evelyn then waited a few minutes and thereafter decided to check on him. “I met him sitting on the chair like someone reflecting but unconscious.

Speaking on Neat FM, Reverend Owusu Bempah confessed to having encountered TB Joshua once on phone. Reverend Owusu Bempah added he spoke with TB Joshua via phone; adding that the famed prophet later asked to pay him a visit in Ghana. The message was that TB Joshua wanted to speak with me so we spoke on phone. Reverend Owusu Bempah was speaking on the death of TB Joshua which occurred on Saturday, June 5, 2021. TB Joshua who died at age 57 was survived by two children and a wife.

He quickly got in contact with the Chief of Army Staff who invited him over for deliberations on the matter. “Just a day to the funeral I called the Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, that I needed help to transport the body of his brother (Sir John) home. “I have heard that we’ve built a house for Sir John and some don’t understand. If I could build a storey building for Sir John I would have built it. It is not my duty to build classroom but its my duty to find a good place of rest for Sir John.