Afriwave Telecom provides quality water for the people of Ekye-Amanfrom
Thanks to Afriwave Telecom, the chiefs, and people of Ekye-Amanfrom can now boast of having access to potable water. Mr Francis Poku assured that Afriwave Telecom will continue to invest in the communities it is operating in. Additionally, Afriwave Telecom also provides interconnect clearinghouse services to locally licensed International Wholesale Carriers. The operations of the ICH have brought several benefits to the Ghana telecom sector and Afriwave telecom has future plans of extending its services to other parts of Africa. The Chiefs and Assembly members of Ekye Amanfrom expressed their appreciation to Afriwave Telecom for supporting the community, adding, ‘We thank God and Afriwave for helping us’.
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September 18, 2021 11:37 UTC
I was shocked to know my illness was caused by ‘Juju’ – Frank Gharbin
Entertainment of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: etvghana.comPopular Ghanaian moviemaker, Frank Fiifi Gharbin has expressed shock at the revelation he has received concerning his current predicament. In an earlier video making rounds on social media, Frank Gharbin who seemingly cannot move his legs was seen in the company of two men who carried him into a waiting vehicle. This was after reports that Mr. Gharbin's predicament was caused by a spiritual attack. Speaking on Happy FM’s Ayekoo After Drive Show with host, Doctar Cann, the film director expressed that he was very shocked to hear from the herbalist that his condition is spiritual and not just a normal leg illness. Also, since the initiation of the Kumawood awards, I have received awards twice in a row and no one has been able to do that,” he added.
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September 18, 2021 11:15 UTC
Ghana generated over US$6.5 billion in oil revenue in 10 years - PIAC report
Business News of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: GNAThe Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s (PIAC) Report on Oil Revenue shows that Ghana has bagged over US$6.5 billion over the last ten years of mining the “black gold”. Out of the US$6.550 billion received from 2011 to 2020, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation received $2,012.16 billion, representing about 30.72 percent, Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) had $2,557.12 billion (39.04 percent), the Ghana Heritage Fund had $0.587 billion (8.97 percent), while the Ghana Stabilisation Fund received $1,393.18 billion (21.27 percent). Professor Kwame Adom-Frimpong, the Chairman of PIAC, disclosed this at a forum in Takoradi for stakeholders in the Western and Central regions. Prof Adom-Frimpong said as a citizen-led group, the PIAC would continue to engage the people to have collective views on the usage of revenue from the resource. He urged the PIAC to create more visibility and employ lots of languages for effective communication among the populace.
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September 18, 2021 10:41 UTC
England and Chelsea star Husdon-Odoi close to switching nationality to play for Ghana
The Chelsea forward refused an invitation to play for England Under 21 team in the European Championship qualifiers against Romania and Kosovo earlier in the month. The 20-year-old's reluctance to play for the European country's youth side has sparked concerns by the England boss Southgate that the Blues youngster is on verge of switching nationality to play for Ghana. “It’s something that I already had in my mind, set on already playing for England. England came and I said 'Yeah, let me go and play for my country. You’ll never know, so.”Considering that timing, he would secure his nationality switch papers from FIFA in time to play for the Black Stars for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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September 18, 2021 08:48 UTC
Ugandan school girl gives birth twice in lockdown
The girl, whose name has been withheld because she is a minor, was at a special needs school in Jinja District. The school supports children with visual and hearing impairments and mental illness. The minor’s 50-year-old mother on Wednesday said her daughter was sexually abused twice; first in 2020 and again early this year, and conceived on both occasions. She said following the second incident, her daughter is now undergoing family planning for three years to avoid being sexually abused again. He said when the little girls are in school, there are fewer chances of them being sexually abused.
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September 18, 2021 07:07 UTC
Hawa Koomson recounts how a night of prayer led her from Islam to Christianity
Fisheries Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson has recounted how a night of prayer with her Christian husband changed her religious leaning from being a staunch Muslim to a Christian. She shared her journey to Christianity when she appeared on the September 16 edition of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana programme. “Marrying a Christian wasn’t a problem because the conclusion was that I was going to remain as a Muslim woman and he will remain in his Christianity, but when I gave birth to my firstborn, I had a terrible dream,” she recounted. When she woke up, she called her husband and they had a Christian prayer and the problem was later solved so she joined him for that Sunday’s service and ever since then has held on to her faith. She disclosed that her husband who is a civil servant was a Methodist, “so I joined the Methodist and since then, I have been a Methodist.”
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September 18, 2021 06:33 UTC
IGP Dampare ‘fighting’ Owusu Bempah because of T.B. Joshua – Bempah’s aide alleges
The aide whiles recounting the treatment meted to Owusu Bempah at the Police Hospital in Accra earlier this week said, “the IGP made up his mind to settle personal scores that he has with Owusu Bempah, so he will deal with him. That he is using Owusu Bempah to set an example in the country,” Charles Owusu alleged. That at the hospital, a policeman arrived and handcuffed the bedridden Owusu Bempah stating that his instruction was because of orders from above. Viral videos showed Owusu Bempah in a car with some aides bearing guns in front of the residence of Agradaa. What Owusu Bempah said days after Joshua T.B's deathSpeaking on Neat FM, Owusu Bempah confessed to having encountered TB Joshua once on phone.
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September 18, 2021 06:11 UTC
Kidnappers of pregnant woman in Takoradi demand ransom
Josephine, 28, went missing on Thursday, September 16, 2021, when she went out for her usual morning walk. Simons, according to Asaase report, told the police that, the alleged kidnappers of his wife established contact with the family and demanded a ransom. “They called and gave the phone to her to talk to her mother to make some demands. “We wanted to know what they want, but we’ve lost contact since then. DSP Adeku, however, stated that, the police will follow the leads which could help them discover the whereabouts of the pregnant woman.
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September 18, 2021 06:00 UTC
‘I was cheated as the main character in Taxi Driver series’ – TT
Entertainment of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Psalm Adjeteyfio says he was paid GH¢10.00 during the production of the Taxi Driver series• He said he was cheated• He made this revelation to Metro TVPsalm Adjeteyfio, known popularly as TT in the ‘Taxi Driver’ series has indicated that he was cheated as the lead character in the production. TT told Metro TV in an interview monitored by GhanaWeb that, during the production of the ‘Taxi Driver’ series, he was paid one hundred thousand old cedis – which is today’s ten Ghana cedis. He indicated that, one John Kay of blessed memory told him that, if the series ‘Taxi Driver’ will go places, it depends on him [TT], therefore he instructed that he should be paid three hundred thousand cedis – which is today’s thirty Ghana cedis – per episode. If ‘Taxi Driver’ is going to do well, if ‘Taxi Driver’ is going to go places it’s you,” Psalm Adjeteyfio recalls his conversation with the late John Kay. “So, you could imagine, if we did thirteen episodes, somebody was richer by 2.6 as against my 1.3; that was what happened in ‘Taxi Driver’.
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September 18, 2021 06:00 UTC
'I don’t speak big English, my kind of ‘brofo’ is what I speak' – Hawa Koomson
General News of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Hawa Koomson has spoken about her modest use of English words• She is proud of her past two-decade long teaching experience• She is happy and content with her kind of basic EnglishMinister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson has explained her difficulty in expressing herself using 'big' vocabulary. For some people, English speaking and articulation was not a measure of competence whiles others argued that as a representative of the president there was the need for a minimum level of fluency to better discharge her duties. But I taught in the public school and I also taught the small ones. “With the GES, we believe that you need to communicate and communicate well to the child’s understanding and so we don’t use big words and that is why I don’t use big words. “But sentences that I can also use to defend myself as we are doing (I am speaking English even though once in a while I use Twi)… but then I don’t know why the people keep saying… Yes, I don’t speak big English, my kind of ‘brofo’ is what I speak,” she told show host Paul Adom-Otchere.
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September 18, 2021 05:48 UTC
Why Guineans celebrated Akufo-Addo, slammed Ouattara in Conakry
General News of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Akufo-Addo was in Guinea as Chair of ECOWAS to meet the military junta• He was met in Conakry by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara• Guineans celebrated 'democrat' Akufo-Addo and protested against Ouattara, who they called a 'copy of Conde'President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo along with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara were in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Friday, September 17, 2021. The duo met with deposed Guinean president Alpha Conde and also with the military junta that ousted Conde led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya. According to reports from the Guinean capital, citizens hailed the presence of Akufo-Addo whiles they expressed open opposition to that of the Ivorian leader. “Particularly President Ouattara from Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, people are asking what advice he will give to Doumbouya, he really adds nothing to a real democratic Africa,” Diallo stressed. He said Ouattara arrived in Conakry as a persona non grata because of what he did back home.
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September 18, 2021 05:48 UTC
MMDCE nominations: Akufo-Addo has turned the process on its head – NDC MP
According to him, beyond the unwarranted delay in the nominations especially for a president who inherited himself – as in secured reelection – the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government seem to have turned the normal process on its head. He wondered why a list submitted to the president will now to transmitted to the sector minister instead of the other way round. Is it the president who is asking the Minister for Local Government to accept his nomination or what? “List of MMDCE nominees finalized by President Akufo-Addo; it will be submitted in the morning to the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Hon. It is, however, unclear if the President’s list submitted to Dan Botwe is based on the same recommended persons from the vetting committee.
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September 18, 2021 05:26 UTC
Partner me to change the story - Educational Minister appeals to World Reader International
The investment will be felt in the areas of English proficiency, and mathematics which shall see the development of community libraries in those areas. The program is targeted at equipping at least ten percent of students in these communities to be English proficient. Providing further clarification on this initiative, Dr Yaw Adutwum said that communities will be christened after organizations that pick them. He cited the example if World Reader settles on community A, that Community will be named World Reader Community A. He said that educational facilities will be made available to the organizations to enable them to improve their English proficiency and knowledge of mathematics.
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September 18, 2021 05:15 UTC
Meet Akufo-Addo’s new prophet whose prophecies come true
The said prophet, one Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng has not only warmed his way into the President’s heart but has successfully won over several people around the president by giving them personal life prophecies that came true, MyNewsGh.com was told. Insiders tell MyNewsGh.com Prophet Kusi Boateng has always been in the picture but was not as close to the president as now, and this, they say, is due to the role Kusi Boateng played in the 2020 election. Prophet Kusi Boateng who is the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project was already at the vice president's residence when President Akufo-Addo arrived. Kusi Boateng was seen in close contact with the president as he walked him to his vehicle. In the video sighted by MyNewsGh.com at the Bawumia residence, Prophet Kusi Boateng is seen in a tete-a-tete with the president.
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September 18, 2021 01:52 UTC
I am still the Upper Axim traditional area Nkosuohemaa - Nana Ezra Nkrumah II denies report
Regional News of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comNana Ezra Nkrumah II, the Upper Axim Nkosuohemaa, has denied reports that she has been destooled as the Nkosuohemaa for the Upper Axim traditional area. According to her, she still remains the Nkosuohemaa for the Upper Axim traditional area. Nana Ezra Nkrumah II denial comes after some online news portals reported that she has been destooled by the Upper Axim traditional council. I assure all natives of Upper Axim Traditional Area and Axim at large of my continuous support and commitment towards their wellbeing as well as adhere to the rules and norms that binds the traditional leadership of Axim. ThanksSignedNana Ezra Nkrumah IINkosuohemaa of Upper Axim Traditional Area
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September 18, 2021 01:41 UTC