General News of Monday, 26 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA Ghanaian prophet, Yaw Asante Boateng alias Yesu Mogya has predicted that the United Kingdom will have a new king in 2023. Speaking in an interview with Mama Radio, the prophet said the installation of a new king in the UK in the coming year forms part of a series of events revealed to him. “Some shocking things will happen in 2023, the UK will have a new king,” he said. According to the prophet, 2023 will also be a very difficult year that will come with global economic challenges. He noted that the year will be characterized by famine, food shortage and various events leading to severe economic challenges.
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December 26, 2022 18:54 UTC
Details have emerged that the incarcerated 40-year-old Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, the Nigerian national known by his Instagram handle, “Ray Hushpuppi," owned 15 acres of land in Ghana. The prolific international fraudster's catfish farm is also said to have been discovered after documents were found in his home, according to thisis50.com. The information also showed that Hushpuppi was in the process of expanding operations on the farm. The documents also showed that once, Hushpuppi gave a female waitress $5,000 as a tip, as receipts found in his apartment during his arrest at the Palazzo Versace in Dubai showed. He was extradited to the US, where he was charged with fraud and money laundering.
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December 26, 2022 17:22 UTC
General News of Monday, 26 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has said that the National Buildings Corps (NABCO) programme implemented by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government was a bad policy. According to him, most of the trainees under the programme, who were posted to government agencies, were paid for no work done. I think that the mistake the NPP made was the introduction of the NABCO. “NABCO trainees were posted to government offices and ministries where they were doing nothing and being paid GH¢700 every month. Listen to Kennedy Agyapong’s remarks in the video below (from 3:00):You can also watch an episode of Election Desk on GhanaWeb TV below:IB/BOG
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December 26, 2022 17:18 UTC
Because of the fear of being in the grasp of the law when arrested, many people end up committing blunders that rather implicate them when they are taken to court. They also noted some things police must observe when they have suspects in their custody. Suspects arrested can choose not to give any statement to the police. They are also not to manhandle and torture criminal suspects in their custody and are also not allowed to unnecessarily handcuff suspects. Police are not allowed to create unnecessary prejudicial publicity about the arrest of suspects including organising press conferences on arrests they have made.
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December 26, 2022 00:06 UTC
Coach Sellas Tetteh recovers from sicknessCoach Sellas Tetteh, who led his team to victory in the FIFA U20 World Cup, has overcome an illness that had been bothering him for some time. Silas “Borbor” Tetteh, one of Ghana’s most renowned youth coaches, was apparently in serious health trouble. When the U-20 FIFA World Cup was held in Egypt in 2009, coach Tetteh orchestrated Brazil’s defeat. He held managerial positions in a number of African nations, including Rwanda and Sierra Leone, where he oversaw their senior national teams. The 66-year-old honored coach left his post as the senior national team of Sierra Leone’s interim coach and moved back to Ghana to take over as head coach of Liberty Professionals of the Ghana Premier League.
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December 25, 2022 20:57 UTC
General News of Sunday, 25 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comIt is arguably inevitable to stay on the safe bench as a politician. One may make statements against their opponents or unintentionally make a comment which may provoke some reaction. He further likened the situation to a father who was giving up on his children because of circumstances beyond his control. “It is almost like telling a father to resign from his children because he is changed his mind. — BIIIG MVNNY (@mvnnyfrrevks) October 20, 2022Telling me to resign is like telling a father to resign from his children because he changed his mind’.
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December 25, 2022 20:01 UTC
Entertainment of Sunday, 25 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comFirdaus Iddirus, popularly known as Shatta Bandle, has come under intense criticism on social media over a recent video that has gone viral. On the back of this, some internet users have called on the Ghana Police Service to arrest and warn the internet sensation about his conduct, which they have described as "child abuse." Reacting to the video, internet users have called for the arrest and cautioning of Shatta Bandle, as they believe his actions could have suffocated and killed the baby. A section of them also called on the government to seize custody of the baby from Shatta Bandle because they believed his actions would have detrimental effects on the child. Shatta Bandle and his wife tied the knot in September 2022 days after his then fiancee gave birth.
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December 25, 2022 19:43 UTC
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism over the ability of Ghana's economy to bounce back. But the President is hopeful that the country will rise again. He said “…over the last three years we have been confronted with our own captivity in Babylon moments. “Indeed, there were moments where we doubted our ability to surmount these challenges. Source: Ghanaweb.comDisclaimer : Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com.
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December 25, 2022 17:31 UTC
Nigerian superstars: Burna Boy, Ayra Starr and Rema, have made it to the list of Barack Obama’s favourite songs for 2022. Since 2015, the former United States president has been releasing an annual list of his favourite songs. the songs featured on the list do not necessarily have to be chart-topping songs but simply the ones he enjoys the most. Mostly, the list features songs from America and a few international acts. Check out the full list of Obama’s 2022 favourite songsBarack Obama@BarackObamaI always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs.
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December 25, 2022 16:56 UTC
General News of Saturday, 24 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Member of Parliament for Assin Central (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has made a strong case for the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana. But it (the National Cathedral) will promote tourism in Ghana. Meanwhile, Parliament's Trades and Industry Committee has suspended the approval process for an amount of GH¢80 million allocated for the construction of the National Cathedral. “What the Committee decided was that we cannot just approve this GH¢80 million, we must know how the other GH¢339 million was spent. What constitutes the GH¢80 million, they should give us a breakdown,” he stressed.
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December 25, 2022 07:41 UTC
Parliament on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, approved the 2.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) increase. In a tweet shared on Saturday, December 24, 2022, Dafeamekpor explained that Theresa Awuni was absent because she was seriously sick. “Let Ghanaians know that my sister, Hon Theresa Awuni was unavoidably absent from Parliament on grounds of serious ill-health, the night the vote on 2.5% VAT increment was taken. View the MP’s tweet below:Let Ghanaians know that my sister, Hon Theresa Awuni was unavoidably absent from Parliament on grounds of serious illhealth, the night the vote on 2.5% VAT increment was taken. Hon Awuni is one heck of a pro-poor politician who wouldn't have missed that voting but for her health — Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq.
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December 25, 2022 03:18 UTC
According to Korra, she has the support of her family, who appreciate her talent as a dancer. "My immediate family loves me, but the social media aunties are social media aunties. They are not real, but my immediate family supports me, and they know who I am. The 'Cruise' singer who has a huge social media is unperturbed about people who see everything wrong with what she does in her free space. It is talk and talk is expensive, especially in 2023 where advertising is everything," she said.
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December 24, 2022 23:53 UTC
Politics of Friday, 23 December 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA former Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has said that the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is currently the best politician in Ghana. Speaking in an Akoma FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Obiri Boahen said that Dr Bawumia stands out despite the current hardships in the country now. The former NPP deputy general secretary suggested that Dr Bawumia cannot be faulted for the bad performance of Ghana's economy even though he is the head of the country's Economic Management Team. “When the NPP lifts the ban (on campaigning for the party's flagbearership position), I will be bringing a man called Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). “He (Dr Bawumia) is the only person in Ghana being awarded by the Pan African Magazine as one of the most influential people in Africa.
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December 24, 2022 00:51 UTC
But with the help of the Oman Channel on Facebook, the identity and all there is to know about the wife of the Chief Imam have been documented on video. Speaking to Theophilus Annan through an interpreter, Adiza Osman explained that she and the Chief Imam never quite met until the time of their marriage ceremony. “My grandmother and the Chief Imam were in the same group. My grandmother was taken into marriage through the hands of the National Chief Imam and so it was an arranged marriage. It was through this that I also came into the picture and got married to the Chief Imam.
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December 23, 2022 00:21 UTC
Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK) said that Fifi Kwetey must engage in issue-based politics and desist from spreading lies about his political opponents as he did when he was the propaganda secretary of the NDC. Speaking on the sidelines of an NPP press conference on Wednesday, December 22, 2022, the NPP general secretary added that he is advising Fifi Kwetey because he is senior to him when it comes to the general secretary role. “As you know, I’m senior to him; I became general secretary before he did. So, as a junior general secretary, I gave him advice which is straightforward. He should know that he is no longer a propaganda secretary.
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December 22, 2022 23:45 UTC