Compensate brutalised civilians – Wa Naa to government
Regional News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: classfmonline.comThe government must provide some compensation to all the innocent civilians in Wa who were recently brutalised by armed soldiers, the overlord of the Wa Traditional Area, Wa Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has said. The traditional leader also said the unprofessional behaviour of the soldiers must not go unpunished. “It took all of us by surprise last night when we saw the video of people in military uniforms on the streets of Wa challenging civilians”. “They are subject to the military code of discipline and we will apply the appropriate sanctions”, he promised. “Again, I want to reassure you that we wouldn’t let this single occurrence mar our relationship at all,” Major General Oppong-Peprah said.
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July 03, 2021 12:56 UTC
VIDEO: Emotional Bawumia consoles grief-stricken daughter of late Macho Kaaka in Ejura
The little girl had stepped forward to say thank you to Dr. Bawumia after he made a cash donation of 20,000 to each of the bereaved families. But as she approached the Vice President, she burst into uncontrollable tears and a visibly emotional Dr. Bawumia pulled her into his arms and gave her prolonged comfort as a dad would do to a crying daughter. The touching spectre, left many, including the National Chief Imam, extremely emotional. Attempts by persons around the Vice President to separate the young girl from him proved futile as he patted and consoled her to make sure she was okay. The timeframe for the committee according to government is 10 days, after which they are to provide a comprehensive report with recommendations for appropriate action by July 09, 2021.
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July 03, 2021 12:33 UTC
We must interrogate the institutional culture and training in the military - Kwesi Aning
It has become clear, lately, that there seems to be a trend of too many security personnel, including the military, running amok, terrorizing citizens and meting out injustices on innocent people. He explained that there is also the need to properly interrogate the understanding that the men and women in uniform have of their fundamental jobs, in line with the visions of the military. "It raises a fundamental problem of the institutional culture and the nature of the training that immediately they've formally been given this attire, gives them a sense of ... and the powers conferred on them by the state to bear weapons on its behalf to protect both the state and its citizenry. That is the institutional culture that we need to interrogate and to ask whether, during the training, [and here, I'm hoping that my two dear friends: the minister of Defence, Mr. Nitiwul, and then General Oppong-Peprah] that we can have a conversation of as to whether we can include institutional cultures in the training. Dr. Kwesi Aning was speaking on Saturday, July 3, 2021 edition of NewsFile on the JoyNews channel, monitored by GhanaWeb.
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July 03, 2021 10:52 UTC
Breaches, failure to pay compensations cost Ghana GH¢1.89bn in judgment debts since 2000 - Report
General News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana has been paying judgment debts for decades• A report has said that they have been due to breaches in contracts and failure to pay compensation promptly• It added that Ghana has paid a total of GH¢1.89 billion since 2000 till 2019In the last 20 years, Ghana has accumulated a total of GH¢1.89 billion alone on judgment debts, a Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) report has stated. The report, which shows the total amount the country has had to pay off in judgment debts since the year 2000 till 2019, noted that the above figure is equivalent to 135 percent of new multilateral loans contracted by the government in 2019, reports citinewsroom.com. Giving reasons for how and why the country has had to pay so much for judgment debts, the report stated that the debts ranged from breaches in contracts to the failure on governments’ part to pay compensations promptly in its compulsory land acquisitions, as well as statutory breaches committed by public officials in the line of duty. The report continued that 73 percent of the total judgment debt payments were because of contractual breaches, while portions of the rest covered judgement debts accumulated due to failure to promptly pay compensations. In essence, judgement debt due to failure to promptly pay compensations and statutory breaches accounted for 25 percent and 1.6 percent in that order, with the report adding that the largest amount of judgement debt payments made in a year was in 2010: GH¢356.6 million in total.
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July 03, 2021 10:49 UTC
Spezia wants 3 million Euros from Torino for Ghana forward Emmanuel Gyasi
Sports News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: ghanasoccernet.comSpezia is demanding 3 million Euros for Torino target Emmanuel Gyasi. The Black Stars winger has emerged on the radar of Torino as exclusively reported by GHANASoccernet earlier this week. The 27-year-old had a good Serie A debut season with AC Spezia, helping the Ligurians maintain their Serie A status. Gyasi was outstanding for Spezia last season where he made 37 appearances and scored 4 goals with 6 assists. Also, watch this week's episode of the Friday debate on GhanaWeb TV with Joel Eshun in the post below:
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July 03, 2021 09:33 UTC
Ejura Killings: Be candid when you appear before 3-member committee – NPP man
A three-member ministerial committee has been set up to investigate the disturbances that occurred at Ejura. Marie Louis Simons from the office of the Attorney General is the secretary to the committee. “The President is deeply saddened by the deaths of Ibrahim Mohammed, alias ‘Kaaka’, Abdul Nasir Yussif and Murtala Mohammed. “Let us all be very candid when we appear before the committee because there is a plethora of stories going round.”Kamal Deen further observed that several fake news characterized the happenings in Ejura. He stated that the laws permit the men and women in uniform to use lethal force when their lives are in danger.
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July 03, 2021 09:22 UTC
Agbogbloshie onion sellers make U-turn, laud Henry Quartey for the relocation
General News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAgbogbloshie onion sellers have heaped praises on the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, for relocating them to Adjen Kotoku. The traders had earlier resisted the move, stating that Adjen Kotoku was not spacious to accommodate them, they have now lauded Henry Quartey for embarking on this initiative. Some of the traders who spoke to GhanaWeb's Ernestina Serwaa Asante said they were comfortable with the new onion market as compared to that of the Agbogbloshie market. At the time the news team visited the Adjen Kotoku new market, the onion trucks had arrived and buyers trooped into the market to make a purchase. The price for a sack of onion remains unchanged despite their move from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku.
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July 03, 2021 08:15 UTC
Kennedy Agyapong reveals three things a woman must have in marriage
These three qualities, according to the NPP MP are, good sex, good food and being respectful. Speaking on the Attitude show on Net2 TV, Friday, July 2, Kennedy Agyapong argued that for a marriage union to stand the test of time, the woman must have these three things. “For a woman to succeed in marriage you must sex good, cook good and respect and you will the heart of the man. You must sex good, cook good and respect and that’s it. Any woman who wants a successful marriage must have these three things or forget it.
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July 03, 2021 07:07 UTC
Ghana to get more judgment debts soon – A Plus warns
The government of Ghana in its decision to clamp down the activities of illegal miners which is destroying the environment and water bodies asked the inter-ministerial military task force to confiscate the mining equipment and burn them. It also ordered the government to pay the mining company an amount of GH¢600,000 as general damages and cost. Commenting on this, A Plus questioned how much the country is going to pay to Kate Gyamfua, the NPP women's organizer and many others who have their mining equipment destroyed by the task force. If Akufo-Addo is not confused and inconsistent, then he is in the business of creating loot and share! He is at liberty to choose any of the two aforesaid.”
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July 03, 2021 06:45 UTC
GFA dismisses Hearts of Oak protest against Accra Great Olympics
After their matchday 28 fixture that ended 1-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Hearts of Oak petitioned the GFA, questioning the eligibility of Great Olympics’ player Kwame Rhule. It however suspended the player in question and also charged him and Koforidua Suhyen FC who sold the player to Accra Great Olympics. “That in accordance with Article 28(2)(b) of the GFA Premier League Regulations, Accra Great Olympics FC is not the guilty party in this instant case and the results of the Ghana Premier League match between Great Olympics FC and Accra Hearts of Oak SC shall stand. Respondent again stated that Accra Great Olympics FC is unaware of any registration of the player with any other club in Ghana or abroad in a name different from the name that the player was transferred to Accra Great Olympics FC. 2.That in accordance with Article 28(2)(b) of the GFA Premier League Regulations, Accra Great Olympics FC is not the guilty party in this instant case and the results of the Ghana Premier League match between Great Olympics FC and Accra Hearts of Oak SC shall stand.
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July 03, 2021 06:33 UTC
Blow by blow account of how Macho Kaaka was murdered in Ejura
Macho Kaaka at Ejura in the Ashanti region. The 45-year-old Macho Kaaka died on Monday, June 28, after some unknown assailants allegedly attacked him Saturday dawn at his Ejura residence. Chief Superintendent Blagodzi said that Kaaka was beaten by the accused persons until he became unconscious. Chief Superintendent Blagodzi noted that the accused persons have since been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and murder, contrary to Section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act (1960), Act 29. Her Worship Akua Adu Boahen agreed, and remanded the accused persons to reappear on July 22, 2021.
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July 03, 2021 06:22 UTC
The current Hearts team is an 'infantry' – Amakwah Mireku
Sports News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: Evans Amewugah,contributorFormer captain of Accra Hearts of Oak Amakwah Mireku has described the current team as an Infantry. I will describe this current Hearts team as Infantry. The Hearts of Oak team that won the treble in 2000 were nicknamed the 64 Battalions. Daniel Afriyie Barnie scored the only goal as Hearts of Oak beat Kotoko 1-0 in the Super Clash on Sunday. Hearts have taken a giant step towards the league title, a trophy they have not won since 2009.
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July 03, 2021 06:22 UTC
Minority walkout: Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu got it wrong – MP
The Minority MPs staged a walkout on Wednesday when four Deputy Ministers designate were to be approved by Parliament. The Majority MPs, however, went ahead with the approval of the Ministers. He argues, “He [the Majority Leader] has been teaching us that we are bound by the collective decisions of the House. In his stead, it was the Deputy Majority Leader, Afenyo Markin, who handled business. The majority Leader got it wrong!
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July 03, 2021 06:11 UTC
Ghanaian woman gets 70 months imprisonment in U.S. for ‘sakawa’
They committed a series of business email compromises and romance scams against individuals and businesses located across the United States, including in the Southern District of New York. They had an objective to use the business email to compromise fraud schemes which was to trick and deceive businesses into wiring funds into accounts controlled by the Enterprise. These fake email accounts were specifically designed to trick other employees of the company with access to the company’s finances into thinking the fake email accounts were authentic. The fake email accounts were used to send instructions to wire money to certain bank accounts and also included fake authorization letters for the wire transfers that contained forged signatures of company employees. Mensah opened and maintained multiple business bank accounts in the name of an auto sales company to receive funds stolen from victims and launder them to co-conspirators based primarily in Ghana.
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July 03, 2021 03:00 UTC
How these kayayei women mobilized to put out fire at a police station
That was when and how these head potters, commonly known as kayayei, mobilized themselves, one head pan or bucket at a time, and got water enough into the fire scene to put out the fire. When a fire tender from the Ghana National Fire Service eventually arrived, after the fire had been completely put out, the people who had gathered in the compound decided to vent their spleen on the officers. With that, they hooted at them, preventing the fire tender from gaining access into the yard. The fire destroyed among other things, documents, electronic appliances, and furniture. Watch how some of them reacted to the GNFS when they arrived at the fire scene almost two hours after they were called to come attend to the fire:
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July 02, 2021 19:52 UTC