General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA pressure group affiliated with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Cadres for Accountable Leadership is demanding that the NDC party provides the collated results of the just-ended elections. The group earlier this morning, Thursday, April 8, 2021, held a traffic picketing at vantage spots in the capital city, Accra to channel their message to the public. They embarked on this to raise awareness and draw the attention of the leadership to their request. “We held a press conference two weeks ago to drive home our quest for the party to produce to us the rank and file the collated pink sheets or collated results from the 2020 elections, we wrote officially to the party to provide us with those items so that we can all do analysis and better prepare for 2024 elections. The group is demanding all the collated figures and pink sheets of the just-ended elections.

Image source: FacebookMembers of the group within which the post was published responded, with many highlighting breast sucking as a remedy or preventative measure for breast cancer. Dubawa set out to uncover if breast suckling among partners and mother to child can prevent the development of breast cancer. Dubawa has also reached out to BBC to find out if they have ever published a report claiming that breast sucking by partners can reduce chances of developing breast cancer. Image source: CDC.govDubawa also came across articles that clear the air on the claim of breast sucking and breast cancer prevention. However, it may help identify changes in the breast, prompting further tests to ascertain if one has breast cancer.

General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA retired police officer, Chief Superintendent Samson Addae Mensah, has blamed politicians for the recent rise in criminal activities in the country. Samson Addae Mensah said although it’s a known phenomenon that Kasoa is a hideout for most criminals, he admits that the level of criminal activities has increased in recent times. Samson Addae Mensah said, “It’s not a new phenomenon but of late the crimes have increased a lot. Samson Addae Mensah noted that the issue could have been different if fetish priests are banned from adverting their activities in public. Samson Addae Mensah who formerly served at Kasoa stated.

Regional News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe former boss of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Alhaji Seidu Iddi has been enskinned as the chief of Bale in Bole traditional area. After retiring as a lecturer at the University of Development Studies, he proceeded to start up the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) on a two-year contract as the first CEO for SADA. In the cotton sector, he worked as a Cotton Production Officer (CPO) as well as a Cotton Research Officer (CRO). In 1996, when the position of Deputy Regional for Agriculture Minister was abolished, he was elevated to a substantive Ministerial position; Northern Regional Minister for four years. After retiring from the University, he proceeded to start up the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) on a two-year contract as the first Chief Executive Officer for SADA.

President Akufo-Addo issued the order when he announced his acceptance of a report by a committee of experts on Ghana's preparedness for earthquakes. Speaking at the forum to discuss the content of the report of the committee, President Akufo-Addo charged the engineers to perform the audit and advise government on steps to be taken. “Constructing well-engineered structure including dams and roads and retrofitting important public lifeline buildings such as hospitals and schools cannot be compromised. That is why I asked the Engineering Council of the Ministry of Works and Housing to ensure that comprehensive integrity audit of all public buildings and structures is conducted and government appropriately advised,” he said. President Akufo-Addo also disclosed he has instructed the Ghana Geological Survey Authority to furnish the government with information on equipment needed to monitor earthquake-related activities in the country.

Business News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comChief Manager at the central bank’s Supervision Department, Philip Danso has said it has begun investigations into money transfer breaches taking place among banks and other financial institutions. According to him, a wide range of steps are being undertaken to ascertain every paper trail that is related to the money transfer breaches. In an interaction with the B&FT newspaper monitored by GhanaWeb, Philip Danso warned that offenders that are caught up in such infractions will be severely sanctioned. “What I know is that, for now, stakeholder institutions are investigating a lot of transactions which involve money transfer. He assured that, “The Financial Intelligence Centre and Ghana Revenue Authority, with leadership from the Bank of Ghana, are looking at all these infractions.

Business News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has applauded Ghana for cutting down the number of ministers after public outcry over the country’s huge government size. The fund has described the downsizing action as the “right example” and amounted to the government “tightening its belt" under a fiscal consolidation exercise that was expected to span this year and 2025. "The composition of fiscal consolidation, whether spending-based or tax-based, is important. This is also a way to avoid imposing an undue burden on the less well-off in society during fiscal consolidation," he stated. Consequently, the number of ministers, deputy ministers and regional ministers to be appointed will not exceed 85.

General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Ghana Education Service (GES) announced the postponement of the reopening date for all Form 3 Senior High School students to May 5. Checks from various schools confirmed that some students had already reported to their campuses at the time of the GES directive. Speaking on the back of this development, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), has called on school authorities to respect the GES directive by catering for students who are currently in school until they receive money from the parents and guardians to return home. The National Secretary of CHASS and Headmaster of the St. Peters Senior High School, Kwame Owusu Adiomi, in an interview with UniversNews stated that his school also received some SHS 3 students on Tuesday. Read the statement by the Ghana Education Service below:

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General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA fetish priest has allegedly released the nude visuals of an aggrieved woman who visited his shrine to seek his counsel to kill persons she believed were behind the enstoolment of the new Okuapehene. [Fetish priest interrupts], drives away someone who accompanied the woman. The fetish priest asked the woman to touch an amount of money she was holding on her heart area and drop it on the god. Starrfm.com.gh reports that the fetish priest subsequently, directed the woman to inform Odehye Kwasi Akufo not to eat any food that was prepared with palm oil. The fetish priest then makes final incantation while filming the nakedness of the woman.

Business News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working on a draft to present new guidelines on third party and related transactions. The third party and related transactions was the major cause of collapse of fund management firms, forcing the clean-up of the securities industry. Due to that, we have introduced conduct of business guidelines in which we require market operators to issue annual reports. We also found that there were related transactions that were not done transparently, so we’re working on introducing investment guidelines for fund managers”, he pointed. “Don’t chase abnormal returns.

General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFor a long period of time, many people have associated Rastafarianism with smoking and mental instability. The prejudice surrounding these group of people has been passed on from generations to generations, especially in Africa and by extension, Ghana. But reacting to the general perception held by many people on #SayItLoud, a member of the Rastafarian community in Ghana, BlackEye indicated that statistics from psychiatric hospitals; Pantang for example, reveal that the major cause of mental issues in the country is relationship problems. People have to talk with facts because statistically, it is wrong to say that cannabis leads people to psychiatric wards. No, in Ghana’s case, it has been documented that most of our mental problem cases are actually from relationship issues…” Ras BlackEye told GhanaWeb’s George Ayisi.

A Berekum Circuit Court presided by Judge Osei Kofi Amoako made the decision after the prosecutor Emmanuel Sampson failed to show up in court. The Prosecutor also failed to inform the court of his reasons for being absent in court. Farouk Adams, it will be recalled on March 1, 2021 accidentally killed Constable Amos Niganoka Mantey in what is known in the local parlance as ‘hit and run’. Farouk Adams was initially remanded in police custody but was granted bail on his second appearance in court with a condition of ₵60,000 with four sureties. Meanwhile, late constable Amos Niganoka Mattey will be buried on 17th April 2021 at Tampe-Kukuo in Tamale.

General News of Thursday, 8 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comProfessor Ransford Edward Yaw Gyampo has described the BBC documentary dubbed “Sex for Grade” as a useless plot against him. When asked if he was devastated by the BBC documentary, the Associate Professor at the University of Ghana noted that it was a plot against him because he was doing something right. It was a useless plot and I don’t care about that,” he explained. The 'Sex for grades' was a BBC undercover investigation into West African universities. Watch below the BBC documentary.

43-year-old Dennis Mensah, popularly known as Cantona, unemployed was found dead in the room, presumed to have been dead since Saturday, April 03, 2021. “I received a call from the Assemblyman for this area who said he had information that there was a bad odour emanating from Dennis’ room. I spoke to the neighbours who had this information and thereafter accompanied his mother to the Akwatia police station and informed the police,” Christian Baisie disclosed. He said the police subsequently broke down the door and found the deceased lying dead in the room. Asked if neighbours had any suspicions as to how the deceased who stayed alone might have died, Christian Baisie answered in the negative.