General News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Captain Smart was suspended from Angel FM in May this year under very controversial circumstances• He started Smart TV and later announced his resignation from Angel FM• 3news.com announced that Smart has now joined their family and will host their morning show on Onua FMAfter leaving Angel FM under very controversial circumstances, and then setting up Smart TV, news just coming in indicates that Captain Smart has got a new home at Media General. In a 3news.com story, it announced, “Captain Smart has joined Media General after announcing his resignation from his previous media house. Captain Smart, however, retorted that the decision to suspend him had arisen as a result of pressure on his boss by some persons in the corridors of government who felt slighted by his usual criticism of the government’s failures. Owing to the circumstances surrounding his suspension, Captain Smart after establishing his own media brand had given public indications of an unlikely return to Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN). Maybe if I come back, they will collapse your business so I won’t come back,” he said.

Regional News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Amrahia Health Centre has appealed to Corporate Ghana to come to their aid in order for them to render better healthcare to Ghanaian citizens. They made this known after Hisense Ghana Limited, one of the the country’s leading household and Electrical appliances on Monday donated items worth thousands of Cedis to the Amrahia Health Centre in Adentan near Dodowa. The items included a huge refrigerator, air conditioners, washing machines and LED Television sets, and are provided to aid health care delivery at the centre. Marketing Executive of Hisense Ghana Madam Abena Konadu pointed out that the gesture forms part of her outfit’s decision to support society. We believe the items donated would be used for the intended purpose.”Physician Assistant in charge of the health centre Marian Tenortey.

Sports News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A Chelsea fan in Ghana offered a special offering for Champions League glory • Chelsea beat Man City by 1-0 to win the trophy •The congregation were shocked at the gesture when announcedAn excited Chelsea fan on Sunday paid a special offering to God for helping the Blues clinch the UEFA Champions League trophy after nine years of waiting. Chelsea who came into the Champions League finals as underdogs against Manchester City, defeated their English foes by a lone goal. It was all merry and fun across the world as Chelsea lifted the Champions League trophy for the 2nd time in their club’s history. The-yet-to-de-identified Chelsea fan went to church on Sunday and offered a ‘Special Offering’ to God for helping his club win the trophy which has eluded them for nearly a decade. At the Good Shepherd Methodist Church, Kaneshie North Circuit, the moderator announced that one of the members had given a ‘special offering’ to thank God for helping Chelsea win this season’s UEFA Champions League trophy after nine years of waiting.

Our understanding is that it is a result of a religious belief.”“Are we then going to say that the rules and regulations of Achimota School supersede the 1992 constitution? We cannot accept this Mr Speaker,” Sam George is recalled to have said. However, the Human Right Division of the Accra High Court in its ruling on Achimota School versus the two Rastafarian students ordered the school to immediately admit and allow the students to pursue their education. According to the court, Achimota School committed illegality in rejecting the two Rastafarian students, Tyron Marhguy and Oheneba Nkrabea, on grounds of their hairstyle. Vamos, Tyron Marhguy!” Sam George wrote.

Journalist Caleb Kudah was arrested for filming some abandoned MASLOC cars parked within the premises of the National Security Ministry. Following his release, Caleb Kudah has been recounting harrowing experiences during his time with the National Security operatives. For this person to treat this young man (Caleb Kudah) like this because he has done something you (Col. Agyeman) consider inappropriate? Process him for court, this is what we call due process.”“If he did anything wrong, he is wrong, and wrong is wrong. You come and turn everything upside down in the name of primitive National Security,” he recounted.

Andre Ayew’s hope of helping Swansea City qualify back to the English Premier League was dashed for the 2nd time over the weekend when his side lost 2-0 to Brentford in the Championship play-offs. Prior to this season, Brentford defeated Swansea City in the first round of the English Football League [EFL] Championship play-offs in the 2019-2020 season. Abedi’s arrival in France saw Chamois Niortais earn promotion to the French Ligue 1, scoring 14 incredible goals for the club in the only season he spent with the club. However, instead of offering him to their opponents in the Ligue 1, Chamois Niortais sold Abedi back to a Second Division club, Mulhouse. Chamois Niortais lost Abedi’s ‘Midas touch’ after his departure and after just one season in the French elite League, Chamois Niortais were relegated never to return to French League 1 till date.

He said has always been a characteristic of his colleague, the North Tongu MP. Afenyo-Markin advised, “appropriately we should wait on the Speaker whether the question is even admissible then we can take it up from there. GH¢2,828,432.80 at the current exchange rate on his recent 9-day visit to France, Belgium, South Africa and back to Ghana. According to the MP, Akufo-Addo hired G-KELT aircraft which the manufacturers describe as “the most outstanding ambassador for Airbus Corporate Jets”. In a post on his social media timeline, Okudzeto Ablakwa wrote, “per Flightradar24, the G-KELT aircraft left Accra with the President to Paris on the 16th of May — a 6 and half-hour duration.

According to him, the NAGRAT president’s comments are completely out of place as his interpretations of the court’s decision is misinformed. That if you take your child to school, obey school rules. “Any form of hairdo, Mohican hairdo – is a hairdo, Rasta is a hairdo, bushy afro hair is a hairdo, ‘sakora’ is hairdo. “Why will Mr Carbonu come and belittle this huge evidential matter that the court reasoned around to jerry curls and Mohican hair? This is very unfortunate for a man who is the President of NAGRAT.

When asked if the judgement will open the floodgate to all manner of hairstyles in various secondary schools, Angel Carbonu said:“We raised concerns that let us obey school rules. That if you take your child to school, obey school rules. If the court feels that the school rules are not necessary, so be it. “Any form of hairdo, Mohican hairdo – is a hairdo, Rasta is a hairdo, bushy afro hair is a hairdo, ‘sakora’ is hairdo. Someone wants to wear togas, trouser, another wants to wear shorts, are they all not pants?” Carbonu asks.

Regional News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: Okunyin Boaz Orlan-Hackman, ContributorIn a few weeks to come, Ghana will conduct its third (3rd) Population and Housing Census (PHC) and fifth (5th) Census since the first one in 1960, after independence. In her address, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA), Hon. MCE and MCD, for their total support and commitment towards ensuring the smooth preparation and conduct of the exercise. Jesse Nii Noi Anum, Chairman of the Ga East Council of Churches, Rev. Listing of houses will take place between 9th and 13th June while the Census Night and the Census itself will take place on the 27th and 28th June, 2021, respectively.

According to Happy FM, the body was left unattended from about 5 am when the thunderstruck to about 9 pm in the evening. When the event happened, the police did not even want to touch the body because they said it was caused by thunder so if certain rites aren’t performed, there is no way they can touch the body. A 23-year-old identified as Naomi was killed by a thunder strike in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti region, after some rains. Sources have it that she relocated from the Northern region to the Oti region after her husband had promised to help her learn a trade in the Oti Region. While some sections of the town believe that the metallic object she held attracted the thunder strike, some also believe she was struck by the thunder as a result of a curse placed on her by some unknown persons.

Business News of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng, has charged Ghana to capitalize on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to sell its cocoa. According to the former ambassador, the country has more room to come up with products from cocoa. Mr. Boateng raised concerns on the need for Ghana to give attention to processing and exporting its cocoa and gaining market ground on the continent. The former ambassador’s assertions are because the AfCFTA is a trade agreement between 52 African states that seeks to remove trade barriers amongst the participating countries. The agreement creates the largest free trade area in the world measured by the number of countries participating.

Crime & Punishment of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Central Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a spiritualist who allegedly directed a couple to bury their two-year-old son at Breman Brakwa. On May 27, 2021, the father of the child, Paul Adobaw allegedly buried alive his ward alive. Paul Adobaw was subsequently arrested by the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa Police. According to CitiNews, the spiritualist named Ama Nkansah allegedly convinced the couple to kill their child because the baby was a spirit child. Paul Adobaw is currently in police custody assisting investigations.

General News of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAid for Girls Foundation, an NGO that promotes adolescent sexual and reproductive health has donated items worth thousands of Cedis to five schools in the Tema West Municipality. The items comprising boxes of various types of sanitary towels were distributed among Baatsona JHS A, Baatsona JHS B, Kotobabi JHS, Old Lashibi JHS and Old Lashibi Primary schools in commemoration of this year's World Menstrual Hygiene Day. The Chief Executive Officer of Aid for Girls Foundation, who is also Girl Child Education Ambassador Joyce Konadu Idun in her addresses touched extensively on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health. Girls' Education Coordinator of Tema West GES, Miss Yacoba Otoo in like manner admonished the girls to be particular about their Sexual Reproductive Health as well esteem education. Amos Bortier expressed profuse thanks to the Aid for Girls Foundation CEO who is also a beauty queen (Queen of Tertiary Africa 2019) for the gesture.

According to him, the bank will be utilised to steer affairs of national development and fill the void the other development banks have created over the years. “BoG was part of the team that drafted the supervisory and regulatory framework the development Bank of Ghana. I believe the act that has been passed for development finance institution. He further stated that the development bank will operate as a bank and follow the rules of how every development bank operates but this will be regulated and ensure it does something different from what the others are doing. Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison has stated the Bank of Ghana hospital is almost ready for use by the general public.