Why Togbe Afede gave Adom-Otchere his BMW 7 series for his wedding
Photos of Adom-Otchere's wedding and Togbe Afede's BMW 7 series vehicle went viral on social media, with people saying that Paul Adom-Otchere is ungrateful to Togbe Afede. Reacting to the claims on his TV show, Paul Adom-Otchere admitted that Togbe Afede's BMW 7 series was part of the vehicles he had used for his wedding, but it was just for two hours. "I was talking to Togbe Afede about this wedding. [I asked what cheque] and she said the money that Togbe said we should organise for your school fees. Paul Adom-Otchere quizzed.
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June 10, 2022 13:36 UTC
Many unapproved chemicals still in use in Ghanaian agriculture
General Secretary of the Ghana Agricultural Workers' Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh, has disclosed that some unapproved chemicals in the agricultural business are very rampant in the country. According to him, these chemicals are very harmful to human lives and other living things and can affect the crops around the area such chemicals are used on. Kareweh noted: "There are many chemicals that have not been approved and get they are within the system. There is also another chemical known as the 'condemn' which is sprayed on weeds to kill them and they also have effects on other living organisms. As to what will happen to the crop thereafter these chemicals have been sprayed and killed the weeds is a major concern to us.
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June 10, 2022 12:47 UTC
Headmaster, Old Boys Association of Kumasi school sodomising students - Foh-Amoaning alleges
Speaking to the media when members of the coalition including some Members of Parliament visited the Tema Motorway on Thursday, June 9, 2022, Mr Foh-Amoaning revealed that the group is currently dealing with a matter where the headmaster and some old students of a boys school in Kumasi have retorted to sodomosing students in the School. I give you one instance, in Kumasi, there is a secondary school where the headmaster together with the old boys association have teamed up and they are sodomising the boys. There are about 2,000 boys within that school," he noted." He mentioned that the situation is not akin to the Kumasi school alone as such cases are spread all over the country. “It is not only that particular school; schools from Nsawam, Wa, we have got invitations from all over the country,” he emphasized.
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June 09, 2022 22:04 UTC
Call Me A Monkey If I Contribute To National Cathedral Project
The founder and leader of Heaven's Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei, has criticised the government for its stand on the National Cathedral project though many important issues remain unresolved. Prophet Osei, who is popularly known as Kumchacha, said that the money the government is using for the cathedral project could be used to fix the roads in the country. If I support the project with a penny, then call my a Monkey," he said in Twi. Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the National Cathedral is the missing link in Ghana's development. According to him, the project is equally important as any development project in the country.
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June 09, 2022 17:22 UTC
Anti-LGBTQ+ bill: You can't fault me for doing my job – Anyimadu Antwi to Muntaka
General News of Thursday, 9 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comKwame Anyimadu Antwi, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament, has indicated that the Minority cannot blame him for doing his job in the right manner. Kwame Anyimadu Antwi noted that the Committee recently completed the public hearing on the proposed Bill and will proceed with the clause by clause consideration of the Bill and submit its report to the plenary. Article 106 (14) says a bill introduced in Parliament by or on behalf of the President shall not be delayed for more than three months in any committee of Parliament. Which President introduced this bill that he is talking about? Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Minority Chief Whip, said the Chairman of the Committee is deliberately delaying the passage of the Anti –LGBTQI Bill therefore, they [Minority] will continue to oppose any bill brought before the House by the Executive.
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June 09, 2022 15:56 UTC
This is how much work has been done so far on the National Cathedral
General News of Thursday, 9 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comWhile the government has made it clear that it is not funding the construction of the ‘personal-pledge-to-God’ National Cathedral, as stated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, latest information suggests otherwise. This, according to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the move is a “grave constitutional violation” caused by the Minister of Finance. It has also emerged that construction work on the National Cathedral has since February 2022, stalled, with little activities going on there. But how much work has been done on the cathedral so far? Edem Srem, one of Ghana’s foremost drone pilots and documentary producers, took some aerial shots of the progress of work at the site of the National Cathedral and has made them available to GhanaWeb.
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June 09, 2022 12:48 UTC
The Pro LGBTQ+ Billboard Mounted On The Tema- Accra Highway
The Pro LGBTQ+ Billboard Mounted On The Tema- Accra HighwayGeneral News of Thursday, 9 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comSam George, others charge IGP over LGBTQ+ billboard on Tema Motorway« PrevNext »Comments (25)Listen to ArticleWhatsAppFacebookTwitterEmail ThisSam GeorgePro LGBTQ+ billboard spotted on the Tema- Accra highwayMembers of parliament threatens to defend the constitution if pro- LGBTQ+ billboard is not pulled downArrest, prosecute those behind pro-LGBTQ+ billboard, For-AmoaningMember of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, has given the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, a 24-hour ultimatum for an erected illegal LGBTQ+ promotional billboard on the Tema-Motorway stretch of the N1 to be pulled down. Sam George, who is lead sponsor of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 joined other members of the Anti LGBTQ+ group on Thursday morning to address the press on the issue. According to him, the erection of the billboard is a violation of the laws of Ghana specifically section 104 of the Criminal Offenses Act. Failure to take action, as citizens we will take action as enjoined in our constitution to defend the constitution,” he said. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.
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June 09, 2022 12:15 UTC
Ghana deports Nigerien beggars on the streets of Accra
General News of Wednesday, 8 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comAt least 562 Nigeriens deported from GhanaFirst batch of Nigerien deportees from Ghana arrive in NigerThousands of Nigerien beggars to be deported from GhanaGhana has deported at least 562 Nigeriens who were illegally staying in Ghana, including the beggars that are often seen on the streets of Accra. According to BBC Hausa, the first batch of deportees arrived in the country’s capital on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. “The first plane from Ghana carrying 562 Nigeriens landed in Yamai city today Wednesday,” a post BBC Hausa shared on its Facebook page read. Earlier, the Nigerien Embassy in Accra said that it was in collaboration with the government of Ghana to kick-start the process to repatriate some Nigerien beggars on the streets of Accra. According to Mohamed Hassan, the deportation is necessary to help rid the streets of Accra of the nuisance of seeing persons who are Nigerien nationals begging on the streets of Accra.
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June 09, 2022 09:34 UTC
We Have Plans To Increase ‘Alawa’ Beyond GH¢800 – NSS
National Service Scheme has hinted at plans to increase the allowances paid to service personnel from the current GH¢559. In an interview with Accra-based Joy News, Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, said that it had already tabled a proposal before the Education Committee of Parliament for consideration. "The NSS has already submitted this thing [proposal for an upward adjustment in allowances] and it's not because we are seeking for. NSS personnel have in recent times been lamenting over the inadequacy of their allowance together with delays in its payment. A group calling itself Coalition of Suffering National Service Personnel took to the streets of Accra on Monday to protest their unpaid allowance.
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June 09, 2022 09:19 UTC
We Will Resist Passage Of Other Gov’t Bills Over Delay Tactics On Anti-Gay Bill - Minority
According to the group, it will do so by preventing the passage of other government bills in the House. He said such delay tactics were deliberate on the part of the committee chairman to stall the bill. “If this is the method the chair of the Constitutional, Legal committee wants to use to delay that bill…that bill was in this House before soo many other bills. “We will make sure that that bill as long as it stays there, no other bill passes through this House. It was subsequently referred to the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, committee for consideration.
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June 09, 2022 09:08 UTC
Ofosu Ampofo had nothing to do with last-minute rescheduling of Duffuor’s ‘Ahotor’ project event - NDC
General News of Wednesday, 8 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has clarified issues regarding the cancellation of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s Ahotor project event at the party’s headquarters. Former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffour officially launched the Ahotor Project for grassroots members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ashaiman. The event scheduled to take place at the party’s Headquarters at Adabraka on 7th June 2022 in Accra was however cancelled. Below is the full press release from the NDC:For immediate release9th June, 2022RE: OFOSU AMPOFO GOES DIRTY. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has resorted to some dirty manoeuvres to undermine the smooth take-off of the Ahotor project being sponsored by Dr. Kwabena Duffour, a former minister of finance during the Mills/Mahama administration of the NDC.
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June 09, 2022 00:25 UTC
Obiri Boahen shreds critics to pieces over Togbe Afede’s Ex-gratia
But Obiri Boahen believes critics hitting at Togbe Afede following his actions are being irrational and childish. Togbe Afede was a Council of State Member and they gave him Ex-gratia. “The arguments about Togbe Afede, people are putting on political lenses….If you don’t understand spiting govt, go and do more research. Togbe Afede says he won’t do. If we want to do politics, let us do clean, responsible, and politics with civility.
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June 08, 2022 12:33 UTC
Obiri Boahen Shreds Critics To Pieces Over Togbe Afede’s Ex-Gratia
Deputy General Secretary for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen, has hopped on to the conversation around the return of Ex-gratia by Togbe Afede XIV. But Obiri Boahen believes critics hitting at Togbe Afede following his actions are being irrational and childish. Togbe Afede was a Council of State Member and they gave him Ex-gratia. “The arguments about Togbe Afede, people are putting on political lenses….If you don’t understand spiting govt, go and do more research. If we want to do politics, let us do clean, responsible, and politics with civility.
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June 08, 2022 10:32 UTC
The most talked about man in Ghana now
Togbe Afede XIV is his name. Many have jumped on to some of these platforms to commend Togbe Afede XIV for his act of bravado. “Togbe Afede XIV! Togbe Afede must be celebrated generations after generations and must be taught in schools for students to admire and emulate his lifestyle. Togbe Afede XIV is the Agbogbomefia or Paramount Chief of the Asogli State in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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June 08, 2022 00:36 UTC