Bloggers’ Forum: Abena Korkor shames Nkonkonsa, Kuami Eugene sued
Entertainment of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAbrantepa sits with his able panellists to discuss arts and entertainment-related issues that made headlines this week. This episode of GhanaWeb TV’s Bloggers’ Forum focuses on a song theft allegation that has hit Kuami Eugene of Lynx Entertainment. Nigerian artiste Oduma Essan has sued Kuami Eugene over his song ‘Show Body’ as he alleges that the latter’s is a duplication of his original work. He is requesting GH¢120,000 for damages for the cost of his video production, sound engineering, mixing and promotion of the song. Because, the truth is that, when you don’t protect your child, you allow people to enter your house to attack them.”“Kuami Eugene keeps getting attacked regularly because they have come to see that when you attack Kuami Eugene, you make news.
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June 12, 2021 09:22 UTC
Accra robberies: Police know their CCTV cameras do not work - Security expert
Adam Bonah stated that the spate of robbery attacks in the capital are as a result of the Police not making good useof the CCTV camera’s mounted at vantage points in the capital. In the course of the week, three separate robberies were recorded on Wednesday, June 9 between 2pm to 7pm in the capital. I would have wished that we have CCTV cameras where videos have gone viral so that we see who these people are. But they know we have installed some CCTV cameras and they are not working,” Adam Bonaa told Joynews as monitored by Ghanaweb. The citizens have been left to our fate.”The security expert disclosed that many Ghanaians have lost trust in the police because they have failed to discharge their core mandate of apprehending criminals.
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June 12, 2021 08:48 UTC
Articulator truck falls off at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass
General News of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The articulator truck fell off at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass• The truck failed its brakes whilst trying to make it to the top of the overpass• No death was recorded from the accidentAn articulator truck carrying gallons of engine oil fell off at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass on Friday, June 12. The accident occurred at around 9pm on the Ring road stretch toward Kaneshie when the articulator truck with registration number GT 8387 X failed its brakes whilst trying to make it to the top of the overpass. An eyewitness who was riding a motorcycle behind the truck recessed after the tyres burst before the metallic container fell off. This is the third time a similar event has occurred on the Ring road stretch where a metallic container on an articulator truck fell off at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle overpass. Another cargo truck fell on its side on the overpass when the driver of the truck carrying raw materials for the production of diapers and sanitary pads lost control of the truck in 2019.
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June 12, 2021 08:48 UTC
8 touching things Nkonkonsa has said to his wife after Abena Korkor’s ‘exposé’
Attached was a photograph of his wife smiling broadly while sitting on a couch with her legs crossed. Mrs. Osafo-Nkansah was clad in a nude straight dress and heels to match. Eugene began his post with how ashamed he is about the accusation and the public ridicule before hailing his wife for the good traits embedded in her. I am strong in the midst of all this because of ONLY one person in my life, my powerful wife, VICTORIA LEBENE MEKPAH now MRS. OSAFO-NKANSAH. I celebrate you as a symbol of hope that there are still some good, beautiful, hardworking, faithful young woman out there.
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June 12, 2021 08:37 UTC
Ex-convict makes shocking revelation about Mobile money fraud in Nsawam prison
General News of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Daniel Ofori says mobile money fraud is committed often from prison• He narrated that officers force them to insect packs of cigarette in their anus• Daniel Ofori was released in June 2021An ex-convict has made some shocking revelations about how mobile money fraud are committed and illicit drugs are sold to prisoners at the Nsawam medium prison. Daniel Ofori who was arrested for drug peddling in 2011 disclosed that most prison guards are neck-deep in the affairs of inmates who are allowed to use iPhones for fraudulent activities. “For Opetey, he seizes mobile phones and demanded money to the tune of 150 cedis for smartphones and 30 cedis for analogue phones,” Ofori said on UTV. He added, one of the tormenting things at the prison was the spate of anal sex, where old inmates take advantage of new inmates. He disclosed that, he was released from jail without being given any money to travel back home to where he resides.
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June 12, 2021 08:15 UTC
Professor Gyampo reveals why Kan-Dapaah was excluded from new cabinet list
General News of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPolitical Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has revealed what he contends to be the reason behind President Akufo-Addo decision to exclude the National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah from the list of his cabinet ministers. The list of the 19-member cabinet was released on Thursday, June 11, 2021 with Kan-Dapaah among the major omissions. Speaking on Neat FM, Professor Gyampo said he was taken aback initially over the development but was calmed after his checks revealed that the National Security Ministry has never been part of cabinet“I was worried when I didn’t find his name in the list” – but “cross-checking, the National Security Minister has never been a cabinet member but attend cabinet meetings.”“Previously, there was no ministry for National Security, we had national security Adviser to the President until this current President set up a whole ministry for it.”“Even though he is not part of the cabinet, he is always available for cabinet meetings,” he told NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’. Below is a list of the President Akufo-Addo's cabinet ministersMr Ken Ofori-Atta – Minister of FinanceMr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen – Minister of Trade and IndustryMr Dominic Nitiwul – Minister of DefenceMr Ambrose Dery – Minister for the InteriorMs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame – Attorney General and Minister of JusticeDr Owusu Afriyie Akoto – Minister of Food and AgricultureDr Mathew Opoku Prempeh – Minister of EnergyDr Yaw Osei Adutwum – Minister of EducationMr Kwaku Agyeman Manu – Minister of HealthMr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Minister of Parlamentary AffairsMr Dan Botwe – Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural DevelopmentMr Samuel Abdulai Jinapor – Minister of Lands and Natural ResourcesMs Cecilia Abena Dapaah – Minister of Sanitation and Water ResourcesMr John-Peter Amewu – Minister of Railways DevelopmentMr Ignatius Baffour Awuah – Minister of Employment and Labour RelationsMs Mavis Hawa Koomsn – Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture DevelopmentMr Ibrahim Awal Mohammed – Minister of Tourism, Arts and CultureMr Francis Asenso-Boakye – Minister of Works and HousingThe President, per the 1992 Constitution, can constitute a cabinet of not less than 10 and not more than 19 ministers and also appoint a Secretary. The President and the Vice-president are also part of the cabinet which by law the President will chair the cabinet meetingThe vice-president takes up that responsibility in the president’s absence.
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June 12, 2021 06:45 UTC
Kufuor reveals biggest achievement as President of Ghana
According to Kufuor, the guarantee of freedom of Ghanaians and the sense of belonging and patriotism felt by Ghanaians are the biggest achievements of his era. He believes under his tenure from 2000 to 2008, Ghanaians felt proud of their country and had their lives developed. That Ghanaians could have power to question government decision and enjoy their freedom was my major achievement. The dignity of the human individual is the biggest achievement of my administration”. The ultimate aim was to improve the life of every Ghanaian and I believe that is my biggest contribution,” he said.
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June 12, 2021 06:33 UTC
Why Ken Attafuah made ‘political neutrality’ comment – Kweku Baako reveals
Speaking on Asaase Radio, Baako said that it is imperative that the comment by the Executive Director of the National Identification Authority is interrogated within the right context. He revealed that Professor Attafuah was responding to calls and threats against him over the hiring of team leads for an ongoing NIA exercise. On the same platform, Professor Ransford Gyampo said that Professor Attafuah ought to be commended for his decision to depoliticize the NIA. “My position is that the president may have given those instructions to Attafuah, in my view, he should have just implemented these instructions on the quiet. But coming out publicly to make these pronouncements would also necessarily infuriate those through whose support you got your job.
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June 12, 2021 06:33 UTC
Professor Gyampo defends under-fire Ken Attafuah, says he shouldn’t be made to apologise
General News of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Professor Ken Attafuah is under attack for saying that the NIA will not hire members of the NPP• Professor Gyampo says Professor Ken Attafuah should not be made to apologise• He however believes that he should not have disclosed the conversation he had with President Akufo-AddoProfessor Ransford Gyampo, a lecturer at the University of Ghana has challenged the New Patriotic Party to find a way of turning the controversy around Professor Ken Attafuah’s statement into their favour. He added, “He does not want to leave a legacy of employing his party members and packing them into a particular sector. No.”Speaking as a panelist on Asaase radio’s morning show, Professor Gyampo said that Professor Attafuah should not be compelled to apologise for something that serves the interest of the country. Though Gyampo would have wished that Professor Attafuah did not make his conversation with the President public, he believes that he deserves commendations for making steps to sanitize the NIA and rid it of partisan politics. I think that he shouldn’t be made to apologise.”
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June 12, 2021 06:22 UTC
Expensive coronavirus vaccine: Ayorkor Botchwey must resign – Stan Dogbe fires
According to him, the failure of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey to use diplomatic means to get the vaccine is a manifestation of ‘weak international relations”. “He wondered why other countries could deal directly with the Russian government and negotiate a price that is far lower than Ghana is paying for the vaccine. “My reading of Ghana’s Ministry of Health’s response to the reported fraud in the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines reveals a very disappointing and image denting development for Ghana. “What we are being told in paragraph 4, is that, under the government of Nana Akufo-Addo, himself a former Foreign Minister, Ghana’s international relations and positioning is totally weak. “And for me, if indeed what the government is telling is true, then I want to call for the immediate resignation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway.
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June 12, 2021 06:22 UTC
If you are not scared of me, let me interview you next week – Nana Aba dares Delay
Entertainment of Saturday, 12 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Nana Aba has challenged Delay to interview• She claims Delay is scared of her• Nana Aba says she has been chasing Delay for an interview since 2008Ghanaian broadcaster Nana Aba Anamoah has revealed that she has since 2008 made attempts to interview the celebrated host of the Delay Show, Deloris Frimpong Manso. Nana Aba in a Twitter post alleged that Delay as she is popularly known has been turning down her interview requests for more than a decade. She dared Delay to avail herself for an interview by her next week if she is not scared of her. “To all those mentioning me under this post, Delay will never allow me to interview her. Nana Aba was replying to a post where Delay threw a challenge to her fans to nominate journalists they believe will do a good job interviewing her.
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June 12, 2021 06:11 UTC
Let’s make tree planting part of our national holiday celebrations – Annoh-Dompreh appeals
According to him, the prospect of being part of a project that seeks to safeguard the country’s forest reserves for future generations should be enough to motivate Ghanaians to participate in the tree planting exercise. Annoh-Dompreh commended the government for initiative but expressed the hope that the tree planting exercise will become a common feature of public holiday celebrations in the country. This should not be an annual exercise, we can do this on our national holidays," said Frank Annoh-Dompreh. Annoh-Dompreh made the remark when he joined his constituents to plant over thousands trees to mark the Green Ghana day. He promised to coordinate with the relevant stakeholders in the constituency to ensure that Nsawam-Adoagyiri becomes a model for the Green Ghana project.
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June 11, 2021 21:33 UTC
NDC@29: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve mother Ghana – Rachel Appoh
In a statement in celebration of the party’s 29th anniversary, Rachel Appoh explained that but for the opportunity given her by the party she would not have actualize her dream of serving Ghanaians. “At least I can now boast of being the 1st MP for Gomoa Central constituency, the 1st Woman to represent on Public Account Committee in the history of Ghana. The 1st Woman to become a Minister in the history of these two constituencies under one District, Gomoa East and Central respectively. “I really appreciate this great NDC party as we celebrate 29th anniversary today. NDC @29 Happy Anniversary NDC.
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June 11, 2021 20:26 UTC
Police bust robber attempting to carjack a vehicle on GIMPA-Fiesta Road
Ghana Police in a tweet on Friday, June 11, disclosed that at about 2 PM, arrested a man who attacked the driver of a Nissan Pathfinder with registration number GE-8088-11. He, however, attempted to make a run for it in a nearby bush on the stretch after the driver alerted police officers on patrol in the area. Man Arrested for Attacking a Vehicle on GIMPA - Fiesta Royale Road. "The Police have sighted on social media a video of a motorist claiming to have been attacked on the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) road in Accra," the statement said. "The appeal is also extended to any person who may have been attacked on the GIMPA road to report to us.
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June 11, 2021 18:45 UTC
CCTV cameras to be used to monitor destroyers of planted trees
General News of Friday, 11 June 2021Source: classfmonline.comThe Kumasi Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi, has said the KMA will be using CCTV cameras to trace and arrest recalcitrant residents who have been destroying trees planted in the metropolis. He said the gadgets will be installed at the various areas within the metropolis where trees have been planted to trace those intentionally destroying them. The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has targeted planting over 500,000 trees as part of the Green Ghana Project. According to the Mayor, some recalcitrant residents have destroyed most trees planted in the metropolis by applying chemicals on them while others cut them down. They also donated 250 cages to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to support the Green Ghana Project to guard trees.
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June 11, 2021 18:00 UTC