CJ bribery allegation: My client said he is politically connected - Lawyer
General News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Lawyer Kwasi Afrifra said his client made claims he is highly connected politically• This comes after a bribery allegation by the client, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI• The legal practitioner has however denied the allegationsLawyer Kwasi Afrifa, the lawyer involved in the alleged US$5 million bribery allegation involving the Chief Justice has revealed that the petitioner who doubles as his client has easy access to high-ranking members of the seating government. According to Lawyer Kwasi Afrifa, his client, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI, boasted that he is friends with personalities such as Samuel Abu Jinapor and one Captain (rtd) Edmond Koda who was head of the security detail of then New Patriotic Party flagbearer in the 2016 elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This comes after Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI, in a petition, accused Lawyer Akwasi Afrifa of bribery and failing to efficiently pursue his case as his [Ogyeedom] lawyer despite paying a huge sum of US$1, 000, 000. “In the light of the above, it is incredulous that such a monstrous allegation would be made by the Petitioner against me and I look forward to setting the facts straight.” Kwasi Afrifra Esq noted in his response to the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council. Below is the petition and the response.
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July 11, 2021 12:56 UTC
Efia Odo’s ambassadorial deal suspended over social media break
Entertainment of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Efia Odo was officially signed as the new brand ambassador for Euro Decor Ghana on February 16, 2021. • She signed a 3-year contract to serve as brand ambassador for the décor brand•The actress was suspended after she decided to take a break from social mediaReports indicate that a juicy ambassadorial deal for popular Ghanaian socialite and an active crusader for the #FixTheCountry campaign, Efia Odo with a company named Euro Décor Home Limited has been suspended. The decision to hold on with the agreement follows Efia’s decision to take a break from social media. It can be recalled that the popular socialite took to social media on July 7, 2021 to announce to her fans and followers that she is going on a hiatus. She wrote, “I will like to take this time to let you all know that I’m going on a hiatus.
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July 11, 2021 12:11 UTC
Furniture deficit hits students, teachers at Dakpema D/A primary school in Tamale
Regional News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: Alidu Abdur Rashid, ContributorThe Dakpema D/A Primary and Junior High School in the Tamale metropolis has been hit with a serious furniture deficit as most of the classrooms battle with inadequate furniture. The inadequate furniture has forced most of the students to sit on the dusty bare floor to study which always leaves their informs dirty. Mr. Alhassan also noted the school is facing an infrastructural deficit as the school struggles to find a classroom for the JHS 3 students. He called the Northern Regional Minister, Shani Alhassan Shaibu, the MP, Murtala Mohammed, NGOs, and philanthropists to come to the aid of the school. Interacting with GhanaWeb, the Senior Prefect of the school, Asamoa Godwin lamented on the furniture situation saying it is affecting their concentration level in class.
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July 11, 2021 12:11 UTC
Open defecation heightens at Kodjonya due to dilapidated toilet facility
Open defecation, is however on the rise here as affected residents opt to ease themselves in nearby bushes and open spaces rather than the existing facility. Mr Tettey said though a new site has since been acquired for the project, nothing has been done, forcing the residents to resort to the backward, practice of open defecation. A resident, Michael Akwetey admitted resorting to open defecation but added that he had no options. According to a UNICEF report in 2017, Ghana loses an average of $79 million annually due to open defecation. Ghana is classified among 34 countries with the highest open defecation rates of 15 per cent and above.
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July 11, 2021 12:00 UTC
The petition that led to Chief Justice's US$5 million bribery allegation
Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI pointed that Lawyer Afrifa who was engaged to handle a case at the Court of Appeal, Cape Coast was paid in full on an agreed sum of GH¢300,000. Although I believed in the strength of my case, I decided to give him the money based on the advice he gave,” it explained. This petition became public after Lawyer Kwasi Afrifa responded to the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council on July 8, 2021. In his response, Lawyer Afrifa claimed that the said amount agreed as legal fees as claimed by the Petitioner is untrue. See Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta's VI petition below:
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July 11, 2021 11:37 UTC
Chief Justice, Akoto Ampaw named in US$5 million bribery allegation
According to him, he never suggested to Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI to provide any amount for what he described as 'ways and means'. While Kwasi Afrifa admitted to being Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI’s former attorney, he refuted the latter’s claim of requesting and taking funds to bribe the Chief Justice. “He further informed me that the Chief Justice had demanded a bribe of US$5,000,000 for a successful outcome to his case and that he had already paid US$500,000 to the Chief Justice. After the said demand was made, Afrifa said he rather took a decision to refund the amount Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI paid him for handling his case. He said he wanted the payment in dollars because he was raising the remainder of the money to be paid the Chief Justice, and that currency was the currency of choice.
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July 11, 2021 11:26 UTC
Prophet Badu Kobi gives false prophecy about Brazil winning Copa America
There is nothing that you can say that God is not interested in,” Badu Kobi stated. He added, “Now for the match which will happen tonight between Brazil and Argentina, Brazil will win. Argentina will not win, Messi is part of Argentina, he is a great footballer but the night is not for them, the night is for Brazil and Brazil will win this cup. Messi’s Argentina carried the night and left the Rio Maracana stadium as champions for the first time since 1993. Prophet Badu Kobi is remembered in football cycles for predicting that Hearts of Oak will win the Ghana Premier Leauge but his prophecies about politics have not gone well.
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July 11, 2021 08:48 UTC
Please reject Akufo-Addo’s salary - Ghanaians appeal to Samira Bawumia
Politics of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Some Ghanaians on social media want Samira Bawumia to turn down presidential spouses allowances• Parliament has already approved the decision to pay presidential spouses• The pleas were made under Samira Bawumia’s Facebook postGhanaians on social media have begged the second lady, Samira Bawumia, to reject President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s monthly salary to presidential spouses. The seventh Parliament has approved the recommendations of an emoluments committee constituted by President Akufo-Addo to pay presidential spouses agreed salaries dating back to 2017 when the current government took office. So when wife of the vice President made a post on his official Facebook account about having addressed a Virtual Summit, some social media users took the opportunity to appeal to her to reject the salary. I advocated for our culture and heritage to be safeguarded and further developed through research and shared knowledge. Read some of the comments under Samira Bawumia's post below
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July 11, 2021 08:37 UTC
Ghanaian personalities who attended TB Joshua’s burial: Prof Naana Jane, Amewu, Shasha Marley, others
In this article, GhanaWeb looks at some Ghanaian personalities who joined many others online and through other channels to mourn TB Joshua who was buried on Friday, July 9. High powered NDC delegation led by Prof Naana JaneProfessor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was Mahama’s representative at the memorial service in mid-week. He also mounted the stage to share a testimony about his encounters with TB Joshua. “For me, Dr. Yankey, my definition of love is Prophet TB Joshua. I will say the man is love, love is everything, he is love and I pray he will rest in the love and the bossom of the Lord,” he concluded.
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July 11, 2021 08:26 UTC
Rich nations should put US$30 billion of IMF cash towards Africa investments - Finance Ministers
Business News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: reuters.comRich countries should reallocate at least US$30 billion of new money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards investments in Africa to help countries battling the effects of coronavirus and climate change, four African finance ministers said. In an open letter to the leaders of the Group of 20 leading economies, finance ministers from Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria also urged the rich nations to increase support for poorer countries’ COVID vaccination drive. The IMF has taken steps to implement a new US$650 billion allocation – the largest ever – of its reserve currency, so-called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). “(This would) catalyse investments to Africa, reduce the liquidity premia on sovereign bonds offered by middle-income countries and incentivize green and sustainability-linked investments,” the letter said. “In June alone there was a 290 million shortfall in vaccine supply,” the finance ministers said.
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July 11, 2021 07:58 UTC
Let's demolish 'apartheid Article 71 emoluments regime' – Ablakwa
General News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: classfmonline.comNorth Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the article 71 emoluments system must be demolished. “I have long held the view that the entire Article 71 emoluments regime is in urgent need of a major overhaul”, he wrote on social media, adding: “We need to demolish this apartheid superstructure and create a new condition of service framework for public officials which are more equitable, transparent, justifiable and acceptable to the people who employ us”. Also, former president John Mahama has said the recommendation by the Ntiamoa-Baidu committee to pay cabinet-level salaries to the wives of president Nana Akufo-Addo and vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia, is captured “as part of the emoluments of the president and the vice-president”, adding: “This seems like an attempt to sneak” Mrs Akufo-Addo and Mrs Bawumia “into the article 71 officeholders’ group”. “This is clearly problematic”, the former president said in an article expressing reservations about the recommendation. “The challenge, however, is that the spouses of the president and vice-president are not captured among Article 71 Officeholders and, therefore, there is no legal or constitutional basis for it”, he said.
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July 11, 2021 07:41 UTC
Lecturer advocates research-based nursing practice
Health News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: GNADr Margaret Wekem Kukeba, a lecturer at the Clement Kubindiwo (CK) Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, has called for research-based nursing care practice. She said evidence-based nursing practice would improve patient care across health facilities in the country. The lecturer, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga after a workshop for nurses and midwives, explained that evidence-based nursing practice was the use of research knowledge to underpin the practice of nursing. Research is very important in nursing care,” she noted. “So in our communities, it is very important we adopt evidence-based nursing practice because we don’t have enough resources.
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July 11, 2021 07:18 UTC
When I did 'borga borga' in 2012, I had never travelled - Sarkodie
Entertainment of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Sarkodie is a very well travelled musician who has played at concerts the world over• One of his early tracks is 'borga borga' which talks about migration• According to him, he hadn't travelled out of the country when he released that trackMichael Owusu Addo, known in showbiz circles as Sarkodie, has revealed that as of 2012 he hadn't travelled out of the country yet. Between then and now, he is one of Ghana's most travelled artistes having performed across the continent and the world at top concerts. Speaking about how he manages to draw inspiration relative to issues around which he composes songs, Sarkodie said everyday life experience of himself and others remained key. “When I did Borga Borga, I had never travelled but I knew that people come back and tell us what is happening there so you will have to observe. 'Borga Borga' is themed around the issue of migration where people believe travelling overseas is the only way to make it in life.
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July 11, 2021 06:33 UTC
GH¢250,000 at stake if Hearts wins the Ghana Premier League
Sports News of Sunday, 11 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comEven without a headline sponsor, the Ghana Football Association have promised to reward the winner of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) a cash prize of ¢250,000 plus a league trophy. The Phobians lead the pack with 60 points, three points ahead of second-place Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Hearts will lift the trophy, secure 40 gold medals, ¢10,000 worth of groceries from Melcom Shopping Center and the cash prize of ¢250,000. The new cash prize package is an increment of the GH¢180,000 Aduana Stars received for winning the last league title in the 2016/17 campaign. As the first football club to win the domestic league in its maiden edition in 1956, Hearts could win their 21st league title today.
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July 11, 2021 06:33 UTC
He confessed 'politicians' were after him - Kaaka's brother told police
This is according to a statement his brother, officially accused by police for the gruesome attack, gave to the police late last month. Mohammed Iddi known as Baba Iddi told police that the deceased had expressed worry about having run into problems with some politicians who had threatened to harm him. A local media portal, The Fourth Estate, cited a statement late last month which Iddi gave to the police. "Baba Iddi has since been arrested, arraigned before court and remanded into Police custody and helping in investigations," the statement read in part. A ministerial committee is currently sitting to unravel the circumstances around Kaaka's death and the subsequent violent incidents.
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July 11, 2021 05:48 UTC