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Abdel Razaq Zorgi, a 32-year-old journalist has died after setting himself on fire over harsh living conditions in Tunisia. His death sparked protests in the city after dark and clashes overnight with police who fired tear gas at dozens of people who had set tyres ablaze and blocked the main street. Six members of the security forces were injured and nine protesters were detained, interior ministry spokesperson Sofiane al-Zaq said but after a brief morning calm, protesters were back on the streets of Kasserine in the afternoon after Zorgi’s funeral. Authorities also deployed reinforcements on the main streets of Kasserine, 270 kilometres (165 miles) from the capital Tunis. “For the sons of Kasserine who have no means of subsistence, today I start a revolution. I am going to set myself on fire,” Zorgi said in a video published before his death. Source: france24.com

A woman believed to be a Togolese, on Thursday, died on board a Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) bus she was travelling in from Koforidua to Aflao, en-route Lome, Togo. The deceased, who was travelling alone, was called only as Victoria, aged 34. Other details about her were not immediately available. An eye-witness told the GNA at Aflao that the deceased, who looked healthy, joined the bus with registration number, GW 1506 Y, which set off at dawn with other passengers on that Thursday, December 27, this year, from its Koforidua terminal. The witness said after a brief stopover at the transportation company’s Sokode-Lokoe terminal, near the Ho Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) office, at about 0750 hours, the bus continued the Aflao bound journey. Some minutes after leaving Ho, the passenger next to the deceased, awakened from sleep and found the deceased’s posture strange and not responding to his nudge and also seeing foams on her lips, raised an alarm. The...

 A controversial pastor has stepped down from his position as the leader of Agape For All Nations Church following allegations that he had sex with his married daughter. Walter Masocha, a UK-based Zimbabwean pastor, was once in the news for allegations of sexually molesting his members. Now, he has allegedly taken his crimes closer to home. According to UK-based writer Jean Gasho, Walter Masocha was exposed after his son-in-law allegedly discovered explicit messages and nude pictures that his wife had been allegedly sending to her own father. He then took this incriminating evidence to his mother-in-law, Judith. Judith is reported to have confronted the pastor and he allegedly confessed to having had an incestuous relationship with his daughter. Judith is now reported to be divorcing her pastor husband for having sex with his child. In a statement, one of the leaders of the church, Francis Aturia said that Masocha was stepping down due to a “serious moral fall”. S...

                                        blood knife A 40-year-old woman, Abena Marry, a trader, has allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old man whose name was only given as Suleiman in the Brong Ahafo region. The trader reportedly stabbed Suleiman for impregnating her 14-year-old daughter. An eye-witness told Rainbow Radio that the suspect stormed the residence of Suleiman and rained curses on him. The situation he revealed led to a confrontation where the suspect allegedly drew the knife she had kept under her dress to stab Suleiman in the back of his shoulder. Abena Marry is said to have justified her action because her only daughter who she expected to become a responsible person has currently being deprived from going to school because of the pregnancy. She is currently on the run whereas the victim is on admission at the hospital battling for his life. Source: Rainbow

A woman in her late forties (name withheld) has been stripped naked for allegedly stealing four fowls at Dua Yaw Nkwanta on the Brong Ahafo region. The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. A local reporter narrating the incident on Accra based rainbow Radio, said it took the intervention of some good Samaritans before the woman was rescued. He indicated that the woman was not only stripped naked but assaulted by the individuals who claimed were owners of the stolen fowls. The incident is currently under investigation. Source :Adomonline

Evangelist Dr Lawrence Tetteh, the Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to reflect on the goodness of God and live in unity and forgive one another during this Christmas. The renowned international evangelist said Jesus Christ came to the world to reconcile humanity to God, therefore "we should reflect on such bountiful love and forgive those who had offended us in the course of the year and co-exist peacefully". Dr Tetteh, also an Honorary Canon of the Anglican Church, said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Monday. He said as a nation, we should use the Yuletide to thank God and pray for God's continued blessings and prosperity. Dr Tetteh noted that Christmas was the time to show love and reconciliation and not for undermining others and asked for God's wisdom for the political leadership of the nation as well as peace and harmony for the citizens. Meanwhile, Apostle Dr Peter Wils...

Fella Makafui and her boo, Medikal gave a taste of their hands this week as they featured on Yvonne Okoro’s Dining with Cooks & Braggarts. On Dining with Cooks & Braggarts, the two lovebirds were asked to compete in the preparation of a local food called “Zowe or Adakwaa” as they hold equal ingredients. In the video, Medikal and Fella could be seen busy preparing their delicious meal as the host feed them with several questions about their controversial relationship. However, the host asked the actress a nice question about how she gained her entrepreneurial skills and how she developed so much enthusiasm in the business world. Given an answer to the question, Fella revealed that her interest in entrepreneurship developed at age of 5years when she was making some sales for her mother. The young actress added that before she was introduced into the acting world she was already working as an entrepreneur. She emphasized on the fact that people always make assumption...

The bill Asamoah led Actors’ Guild in the Garden City, Kumasi has written a very sweet love letter to the Creative Arts Council of Ghana and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts to express their total displeasure about the manner they have been treated in recent times. In a letter from the group to the Creative Arts Council cited by zionfelix.net, they state that the council has ever since it started its work always neglected them in everything they did. The Kumawood actors used the recently held end of year town hall meeting of the council as a clear example to back their case. The Bill Asamoah signed letter also made the point that even though they are very important stakeholders in the arts industry, the ministry and its council have decided to turn a blind eye to them on not just this occasion of the town hall meeting but other important meetings as well. The Actors’ Guild in Kumasi warned the council to be wary about the manner they are treating them. They reiterated ...

A fifty-four-year old woman, Theresa Nkrumah, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly burning her husband and his girlfriend to death. The accused, whose plea was not taken by Oda District Magistrate Count, will reappear before the court presided over by Mr. Kwesi Apiatse Abaidoo, on January, 8, 2019. The incident happened at Akyem Gyadam near Oda in the Eastern Region. Bodies deposited in morgue The body of the deceased man, 55-year-old Emmanuel Kwame Osam has been deposited at the morgue of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital while the corpse of his deceased girlfriend, Akosua Tiwaa aged 34, has been deposited at the mortuary of the Oda Government Hospital awaiting autopsy. The facts of the case as presented by the prosecutor, Inspector Rosemond Mensah Aryee were that, for some time now, Nkrumah realised that her husband with whom she had three children, was flirting with Tiwaa and quarreled with them on several occasions but their relationship persisted. Around 12:...

Dr. Kwabena Duffuor II, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Ato Essien and Mike Nyinaku President Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that there will soon be prosecution of all those found culpable in the collapse of some private banks that put the banking sector and the entire economy on the brink of collapse. “No one found complicit will be spared,” he said at the media encounter in Accra on Wednesday evening. Former managing directors of the defunct banks and top directors, including Dr. Kwabena Duffuor II, uniBank; Johan Rheeder, Sovereign Bank; Mike Nyinaku, Beige Bank; Osei Asafo, Royal Bank and Pastor Mensa Otabil of the defunct Capital Bank, among others, are all under investigations for the roles they played in the collapse of the banks. Some of the directors, including William Ato Essien of Capital Bank, have been accused of diverting funds from their banks and undertaking insider trading to deny the respective banks of the needed funds to operate. In August, 2017, the Bank of Gh...

It appears President Akufo-Addo has incurred the wrath of some Ghanaians over his comment that he prefers drones flying to deliver medicines and blood to Guinea fowls flying to Burkina Fado. “I prefer drones delivery flying to deliver essential medicines to our people than an investment in guinea fowl that allegedly fly out to Burkina Faso without any trace,” he said during his encounter with the media Wednesday. But the reaction has been swift and harsh. “The most useless president ever we voted for “Nana addo”!” “We have really voted for a mess,he was telling histories whilst journalists needed much of his time to asks him relevant questions!…….. The most useless story telling president ever in history!………….. Talkative vissionless president!” “But president he built terminal 3, kejetia market, UG hospital, circle n kasoa interchange, kumasi airport expansion, E blocks etc. Are those ones still photoshop to you?” “And we hope in 2020 u will bring drones to carry us ...

                                  Convict Kwabena Adjei The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old unemployed man, Kwabena Adjei, to 14 years’ imprisonment for stealing a Samsung Galaxy J7 phone worth GH¢1,200 at Poano, near Anwiankwanta. The man, who has previously served jail term, was convicted by the court on his plea. He was charged with unlawful entry and stealing, contrary to sections 152 and 124(1) of Act 29/60. The court, presided over by Fredrick Nawura, sentenced him to 14 years’ imprisonment in hard labour on each count. The sentences are to run concurrently. He admitted stealing the phone from the complainant’s room on November 5, 2018 at about 5:30 am and selling it to someone for GH¢700 about three weeks later. The prosecutor Detective Inspector Stephen Ofori said that the complainant realized that the mobile phone was missing after he woke up. According to Ins...

Mr. Oswald Essuah-Mensah, Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs Directorate, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), said the new mobile renewal system for clients would help reduce fraud in operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The NHIS mobile renewal gives opportunity to clients of the Scheme to renew their membership through mobile phone, by using an application to generate a code and pay through mobile money. Addressing the press and stakeholders on the new NHIS mobile renewal in Ho, Mr. Essuah-Mensah said the innovation would address situations where some service providers defrauded the Scheme by requesting for claims on behalf of subscribers who had not visited health facilities within the period. He said the mobile renewal system would also take away administrative bottlenecks and ease human traffic at the NHIS offices. Mr Essuah-Mensah said the mobile technology, which uses the code *929#, would take away transportation cost for clients, attract...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sacked three High Court judges who have been implicated in acts of bribery and corruption with immediate effect. The judges are Ayisi Addo,  Paul Uuter Dery, and Mustapha Habib Logoh who were all on suspension following investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s exposé on the judiciary. A letter under the signature of Communication Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, stated “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has, by letter dated Thursday, 6th December, 2018, removed Mr. Justice Ayisi Addo, Mr. Justice Uuter Paul Dery, and Mr. Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh, from office as Justices of the High Court”. The letter added the dismissal was occasioned by recommendations of a committee established by the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo to investigate a complaint lodged against the three judges by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Consequently, “The President, in accordance with the provisions of Article 146(9) of ...

I always get this creepy feeling anytime I hear a female celebrity in the news. You know why? Because they always make the headline for the wrong reasons as usual. Why will a well-trained girl, lady or a woman go naked all in the name of fame and money? I always ask myself if they are of themselves. After my piece on Christabel Ekeh on July 14, 2017, during my days at Joy FM, I have not been able to write any piece on entertainment due to my strong passion for football. However, on Friday, December 14, 2018, I arrived at the office at 07:47 AM and I was stunned when I saw a notification with Salma Mumin’s picture. The story was about the actress who was celebrating her birthday. When I opened the story, your guess is as good as mine. So, I logged in to my Instagram page to see exactly what she posted and on her Instagram page, she posted a naked picture with the inscription, “ON THIS DAY A QUEEN WAS BORN IN A BATHTUB FULL OF WATER MELONS ???? ????. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. LOR...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says a single dose of 75 milligrams (mg) of tramadol can produce euphoria similar to heroin and therefore poses serious danger to public health. The Authority is concerned that despite the increased public education about the dangers, there were still unapproved quantities of the drug sold in the open market. “The FDA has approved only two different doses of the medicine, the 50mg and 100mg for sale,’ Mr Albert Ankomah, FDA Upper West Regional Head, said in a speech read on his behalf at a road safety campaign in Nandom. “It is however, evident that unapproved doses such as the 120mg and 225mg are being sold on the streets. These are very dangerous to our health, tramadol, even at 75mg single dose can produce euphoria similar to that from heroin.” He added “now compare this to consuming a single dose of either 120mg or 225mg”. Mr Ankomah expressed worry that some drivers abused legal drugs that had the potential to affect their mood duri...

Those who have been smoking weed aka ‘obosam tawa’ do so with reasons known to only them, but we’ve been told some of them smoke it to boosts their retentive memory, some claim it cures cancer and also one of the best painkillers to cure headaches. Even though the Ghanaian laws do not permit the smoking of weed and anyone who smokes weed could be arrested and dealt with according to laws of this nation. Ghanaian rapper, Yaa Pono regardless of the illegalities surrounding the smoking of weed, has disclosed that he gets his musical inspirations from smoking weed. The Tema based rapper disclosed this during an interview on Hitz FM’s Daybreak show with Andy Dosty. According to him, his music morale won’t be up if he has not heated his body with weed. “My lyrical inspiration comes from smoking weed. I smoke heavily before I enter the studio but it’s not something I do daily. I only smoke when it’s time for recording,” Yaa Pono revealed. Source: ghanacelebrities.com

An Aflao Circuit Court has sentenced three armed robbers to a total of 176 years’ imprisonment in hard labour. The verdicts on three separate incidents are considered a breakthrough against crime in the area. The convicts, Julius Gbede alias “Bible”, 25, got a total of 82 years; Kofi Kunya alias “Sponsor”, 27, 79 years and Malik Mohammed Urmaru Suna, 24, 15 years. According to police sources Gbede, who is considered leader of the group in all the three incidents, pleaded not guilty to three counts of conspiracy, stealing, preparation to commit crime, illegal possession of firearms, causing harm, unlawful damage, unlawful entry and two counts of robbery. The court, presided over by Ali Baba Abature, sentenced him to a jail term of five years on each of the conspiracy charges; five years each for stealing firearms, preparing to commit crime, possession of firearms without authority and unlawful entry. The rest are three years for unlawful damage, four years for causing harm and...

                                            Kwaku Manu Kumawood actor cum musician, Kwaku Manu has stated that due to the many hardships in Ghana currently, many married men are even afraid to sleep with their wives. The comic actor added that because many men are afraid of the cost they will have to bare to bail their wives from the hospital, they have decided to live in fear of engaging in sexual intercourse with their spouses. The ‘Kwaku Manu Educational Complex’ owner used the examples of the cases he witnessed when he visited the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with his ‘mom’, Prophetess Vida Osei Mensah on December 5, 2018, to make his point. He disclosed that a lady told them that her husband left her in the hospital because he expected her to give birth to only one child but instead the lady gave birth to twins. Also, another man told them that if Prophetess ...

The skipper of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has shocked the Accra Family Court hearing the case of marriage annulment between him and Gifty Gyan that he is walking around a “broke man” and has not been paid for some months now. The court had ordered Asamoah Gyan to ensure he paid for the air ticket of his wife and all their three children traveling from the UK to Ghana for a DNA test to be conducted. The court demanded that the children must be protected from the stigma of the ongoing court process for which reason it was suggested Asamoah Gyan booked a business or 1st class ticket for them and their mother as well as prepare an accommodation for them in Accra. Asamoah Gyan, however, told the court he is broke and cannot afford a business or 1st class ticket because he has not been paid for some months. This is after he told the court in August that he can only afford Ghc3000 a month for the upkeep of the 3 children and the wife who are based in the UK. A source close to t...

R2Bees in a latest interview have revealed how much they were paid for their first ever show in Cape Coast. The award winning duo reminiscing on the beginning of their career revealed they were paid 4 million Ghana cedis for the group to perform to their hit single Yawa Girl in Cape Coast. “I remember our first show was at Cape Coast and it was with Shatta Wale but then he was called Bandana and we were paid 4 million Ghana cedis” PaeDae told Joy FM. “That’s when we realized we had to to take the music thing serious. “Yawa Girl” was hard but we decided to do more commercial songs.” Source: YFM

                                Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has warned his rival, Shatta Wale to stop disrespecting him. According to him, his rival has been trying to disregard him as an artiste and has been trying to tarnish his image. Speaking in an interview with KMJ on Showbiz Now on Joy Prime, the ‘Wame’ hitmaker had some strong words for Shatta Wale. “I will accord respect to him [for abing] able to achieve for himself but he should stop; once again…stop disrespecting me!” Stonebwoy warned. “I’m talking for myself stop trying to disregard me…it wouldn’t work, its only showing more of who he is,” he added. In November this year, a concert at the O2 Academy Islington in London that had Stonebwoy as the headlined act was cancelled leaving some fans very disappointed. Stonebwoy told KMJ that he received a lot of flak from some of his fans and people for cancelling ...

 In this age when people are in the craze of having lavish weddings and splashing pictures over social media, a couple in Ghana decided to do something different which has received plaudits from many people. The couple, Simon Dakudzi and Faustina Aklika (now Mrs. Dakudzi) went out of the ordinary to use a tricycle, locally referred to as “Aboboyaa” or “Tuk Tuk” as referred to in India, during their wedding. The tricycle which is popular in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, was introduced in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, about two months ago. The two, who attracted a lot of cheers as their well decorated wedding ‘getaway’ car rode through the principal streets of Ho, told this reporter that “there is nothing to be shy about. We are happy and that is all that matters.” They indicated that although they both lived and worked in Accra, they had to have the wedding in Ho where the bride’s family lived. The tremendous excitement from people at the Remar Anointing Church a...

                          Dr Owusu Afriyie-Akoto Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has stated that the 2018 National Farmers’ Day celebration to be held in Tamale tomorrow, Friday, December 7, is likely to face challenges due to inadequacy of funds. Briefing Parliament yesterday on the situation, Dr Afriyie Akoto said the organisation of the event was dependent largely on private donors since the GH¢2 million allocated has not been enough. “The National Farmers’ Day as the name connotes is a big event that has serious budgetary implications. “The constraints of the national budget have been a major drawback to this year’s preparations given that some budgetary allocations of GH¢2million approved for the fiscal year 2016 and 2017 was maintained for 2018. “In effect, the Ministry has had to rely heavily on sponsorship of corporate Ghana and other development partners to ensure a successful ce...

                       Cardi B and Offset are calling it quits. After over a year of marriage, the power couple has announced their split. Taking to Instagram on late Tuesday evening (Dec. 4), the “Bodak Yellow” rapper shared the shocking news with her 36.5 million followers. “So, everybody been bugging me and everything. And you know, I been trying to work things out with my baby father for a hot minute now,” Cardi said in her video. “And we’re really good friends and you know we’re really good business partners and you know, he’s always somebody that I run to, to talk to and we got a lot of love for each other, but things just haven’t been working out between us for a long time.” She continued, “And it’s nobody’s fault. It’s just like I guess we grew out of love. But we’re not together anymore. I don’t know it might take time to get a divorce. And I’m going to always have a lot of love for him because he is my daugh...

Three young men from Kumasi, including a teenager, who went to swim at the Nungua Shinning Beach whilst visiting Accra to attend a wedding ceremony, reportedly drowned last Sunday. The victims, whose identities are yet to be known, were part of a team of 20 people who travelled from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to attend a wedding in Accra. Before the wedding, the victims, aged between 17 and 22, joined their friends to go to Nungua Shinning Beach to swim but reportedly drowned in the process. The bodies of the three are yet to be found. Search team Confirming the incident to Graphic Online in Accra, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mrs Effia Tenge, said a team had been deployed to search and retrieve the bodies. She said the police received the information regarding the incident around 5:30 pm last Sunday, adding that efforts were being made to retrieve the bodies of the three young men. Source: ...

The Bursar of Bole Senior High School in the Bole District of the Northern Region, Alexis Kaguah has been beaten to death by an angry soldier on suspicion he was flirting with his girlfriend, MyNewsGh.com can report. According to MyNewsGh.com checks, the incident occurred at Fou, near SSNIT flats a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region. The identity of the soldier is yet to be established as eyewitnesses say they only know him as ‘soldier … soldier’. Alexis Kaguah, the deceased it has been established, had a broken rib and suffered a head injury as a result of the severe beatings he received in the hands of the military man and went into a coma for five days prior to his death. He was rushed to a private clinic and later transferred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where a brain surgery was conducted by draining some blood but he went into a coma for days and could not survive. The body has been deposited at the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue. The story first...

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has Okayed the wearing of miniskirts by ladies stating that the fact they are worn is not an invitation to men to rape them. Founder of the 31st December Women’s Movement who said she was fond of wearing miniskirts as a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as known in the present day, explained that wearing miniskirts does not make one bad. Making an appearance on Metro TV Good evening Ghana, the wife of the former Military ruler stated emphatically that she is not among the bandwagon who criticize ladies for wearing skimpy dresses. “I don’t…no I don’t. I was one of the people who said it is wrong for people to think that because a style is in fashion, it makes the person who wears it bad. No that is not it…the person just wants to be fashionable and wear a mini skirt why not” she justified. In her view, though she never wore hot pants which came after miniskirts her colleagues did. “They ...

17-year-old first-year student of a Senior High School in Koforidua in the Eastern region has been defiled at knifepoint in the School’s bathroom. The victim(name withheld) was allegedly defiled at night by an intruder when she went to the bathroom to change her pad after prep since she was menstruating Thursday. The suspect is believed to have scaled over the main wall of the school and the Girls Dormitory to commit the crime. The Victim has since been examined and treated by a gynaecologist at the Eastern Regional Hospital after a medical form was issued upon report at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU). The medical report, according to Superintendent Eunice Annor, the Regional Officer in Charge of DOVVSU indicates a broken hymen. Meanwhile, one intruder found days later after the incident wondering on campus has been arrested to assist in investigations. The Victim traumatized by the incident has been counseled, but asked to go home to recover. ...