General News of Thursday, 15 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn April 15, 2020, the managing director of the State Transport Company, Nana Akomea including nine others were sued for trespassing on a private property owned by Mariville Home Limited a real estate company. The suit comes as a result of the plaintiff stating that the defendant started a reconstructive exercise reconstruction exercise on its property without its consent, which is also a clear violation of the various sub-lease agreements between the plaintiff and the defendants. Read the full story originally published on April 15, 2020 on Ghanaweb. A private real estate company, Mariville Homes Ltd, has sued the MD of state transport company STC, Nana Akomea, and nine others for trespassing on its private property. Therefore, the decision of the tenants is “illegal and must be stopped.”

President Akufo-Addo explained that the move was to facilitate handwashing among the public as well as lessen the economic hardships created by the Coronavirus pandemic. The free water and electricity was welcomed by Ghanaians with neighbouring countries commending the country's leadership for good work done. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his last address to the nation, said government had absorbed full electricity bills for all lifeline consumers and 50 per cent for both residential and commercial consumers for the months of April, May and June. The Government has also absorbed the water bills for all citizens to facilitate the handwashing with soap and generally lessen the economic hardships on the public for those three months. The Ghana Energy Awards aims to recognise the innovation, excellence and efforts of stalwarts within the energy sector.

Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 15 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA 31-year-old man has been given a 15-year jail sentence for stealing monies that belonged to the Hohoe branch of Star Oil Company. Yussif Abubakar a former supervisor of the company was convicted and sentenced for misapplying GH¢139,118. The now convict pleaded not guilty to the charges of stealing but was found guilty after trial with judge Yaw Opoku Acheampong condemned him to 15 years in prison. Abubakar was ordered to pay back the money to the company. Graphic claims that it emerged during the trial that Abubakar spent the money on betting but could not win any of the bets to aid him to resettle the money he took.

General News of Thursday, 15 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPeter Boamah Otokunor, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has rejected a report by the European Union’s Election Observation Mission on the 2020 elections. The EU EOM’s assessment of the election was made public on Tuesday, April 12, 2021, at press conference chaired by Javier Nart, the Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission to GhanaThe EU EOM expressed satisfaction with the overall conduct of the elections, stating that it met international standards. "However, shortcomings already identified by previous EU election observation missions remain, such as the misuse of state resources, the abuse of incumbency, vote-buying, and unregulated campaign finances. Otokunor reasoned that that the elections were fraught with irregularities, some of which the EU EOM captured in their report. why were you not monitoring security?” he quizzed.

General News of Thursday, 15 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will serve Parliament with a list of persons to be vetted as deputy ministers today, pro-government news portal Asaase.com reports. The reports states that in line with the dictates of the constitution President Akufo-Addo will release the list of deputy ministers with some interesting names featuring. It is indicated in the report that the Finance Ministry will have three deputy ministers while Oppong Nkrumah will have two deputies. The deputy communications director at the Office of the President, Fatimatu Abubakar will leave the seat of government to join Oppong Nkrumah as one of two deputies. Asaase claims that unlike the substantive ministerial list, the deputy ministerial will have more women than men.

General News of Thursday, 15 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comActress and social media influencer Akuapem Poloo could spend a maximum three years in prison, a lawyer has proffered. Speaking in a Citi FM interview, private legal practitioner Bernard Owiredu Donkor disclosed that the actress could be jailed for three years. According to private legal practitioner, Bernard Owiredu Donkor, Akuapem Poloo can only face a maximum sentence of three years as her offence was a misdemeanour. “The offence she was charged with is a misdemeanour, and with a misdemeanour, you could be fined, you could be cautioned, and you could go a for a custodial sentence. He noted that the responsibility lies on the lawyers of Akuapem Poloo to convince the judge on why it will be appropriate to hand her a sentence less than the three years.

Ya shaida wa BBC cewa: "Lokacin ibadar aikin Hajji, da watan Ramadan, da lokacin Ashura da Tasu'a suna da alaka da watannin Musulunci. Maram Kairé, shi ne shugaban kungiyar masana taurari a Senegal, ya kwashe shekara da shekaru yana kokarin ganin an yi amfani da ilimin kimiyya wajen ganin wata. Amma duk da haka wasu musulmai na kasar suka yanke shawarar fara azumi ta dogaro da ganin watan da wasu kasashen duniya suka yi. Ma'aikatar harkokin addinin Musulunci da Hubusi, ta sanar da ganin wata da fara Azumin Ramadan a ranar Laraba 14 ga watan Afirilu 2021. Hakan ya faru saboda rashin ganin watan a ranar Talata kamar yadda kwamitin ganin watan ya bayyana.

Business News of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGovernment’s cost of interest on short term domestic borrowings have recorded a marginal drop. Though government could not meet it's expected like borrowing target, it will record some savings in interest payments. Currently, interest cost on the 91-day and 182-day T-Bills has fallen slightly. Meanwhile, the government weekly T-bills target fell short by 23% as it could not mobilize or exceed the target of GH¢1.54 billion. Securities Bids Tendered (GH¢) Bids Accepted (GH¢) Interest rate91 Day Bill 850.66 million 850.6 million 12.80%182 Day Bill 153.66 million 153.66 million 13.60%364 Day Bill 166.56 million 166.56 million 16.44%Total 1.170 billion 1.170 billionTarget 1.540 billion

Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Eastern Region:In yet another case of spousal murder rocking the country in recent times, a 40-year-old farmer has confessed to killing his wife, police have said. A District Magistrate Court in Somanya in the Eastern Region presided over by His Lordship, Justice A. Alafa, has remanded Prosper Negble who is suspected of the murder of his wife, Believe Sackitey, aged 28 at Somanya. He was arrested on Saturday, April 10, 2021, for allegedly killing his wife at the Gameli Guest House in Somanya when the two checked into the facility on April 5, 2021. Police together with the complainant then proceeded to the guest house where they found Believe Sackitey in a pool of blood on a bed in the room. It was later discovered that the suspect checked into the guest house with the Pseudonym, Charles Tetteh.

The situation on the other hand is creating business for people in the sale of sachet water and vulcanizers in the Bolgatanga market. Ghanaweb's Upper East Regional correspondent, Sarah Dubure, interacted with some 'pure water' sellers and vulcanizers in the Bolgatanga market. She explained that she could hardly sell mere three bags of water previously, but now, she sells as much as ten bags of water." You can sell ten bags of water if the water is cold," She noted. As of the time Ghanaweb visited her shed, all bags of sachet water were finished, with more people trooping in for more.

Business News of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comInformation reaching GhanaWeb indicates that there is storm brewing between workers and employers of AirtelTigo. According to GhanaWeb’s sources, several employees are anxious about their status as conversation regarding government’s takeover of the company remains incomplete. In October last year, government of Ghana announced the complete takeover of the Telecommunication giant. Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, while responding to developments about the takeover, reaffirmed that government would be done with the process soon. Among other things, our sources have noted that “Both shareholders (Bharti Airtel and Millicom) don't want to pay employees’ bonus for 2020.

Opinions of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Columnist: Sadiq Adu-TwumIn 2019 about 13,826 deaths were recorded from terrorist attacks. There is a strong disagreement between practitioners and scholars over both the meaning of terrorism and which groups and actions can be considered” terrorist” in nature. Third, there must be some kind of overarching political objective behind terrorist violence. Terrorist groups operate discretely among a civilian population, making government counter measures run the high risk of netting innocent civilians. Ghana, currently stand a high risk of possible attacks by terrorist and violent extremist groups within the West African sub-region.

General News of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Source: 3 NewsGaps in Ghana’s laws were exploited to free the galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, who was deported after being arrested for allegedly taking part in galamsey, Mr Ben Aryee, advisor to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said. However, the president is so passionate about this that subsequent to that, you will notice that there have been two amendments to the law. “When 900 was passed he said no, this is not punitive enough and he caused 995 to be passed. One of the things it does is to say if a foreigner is caught doing illegal mining first and foremost the sanctions will be applied. “It is expressly stated in the law now before you can be deported.”

Well, technically, not literally, but his ‘food work’ took Ghana to Britain’s Royal Palace; Buckingham and to France’ Presidential Palace, Élysée. Chef Elijah Amoo Addo, is the Executive Director and founder of Food For All Ghana, an organisation that feeds the homeless and vulnerable in Ghana. He won the admiration of England’s Queen, Elizabeth II, and got to be awarded the Queen’s Young Leaders Award. At the palace, he decided to don his chef jacket, and that’s what ‘caught the queen’s attention’ he said. GhanaWeb’s Wonder Ami Hagan caught up with Elijah Amoo Addo on this edition of ‘People&Places’ and this is what he had to say.

Sports News of Wednesday, 14 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comKwame Opoku might have had a short spell with Asante Kotoko but his impact on the club’s campaign this season has been enormous. Having scored 9 goals in 16 matches, the young man’s effort was awarded with a call up into the Black Stars but before his dream of playing abroad was relished with a deal from Algerian side, USM Alger. The 21-year-old who joined the Porcupines from Division One League side, Nkoranza Warriors has been a delight to watch and he would surely be missed in the Ghana Premier League. Opoku left the shores of Ghana on Tuesday to his new club, but before getting on the flight, the striker had a few words for his fans in the country. According to him, his success in the domestic league has been as a result of good luck from God and the belief the Porcupine fans have invested in him.