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The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced two friends to a total of five years imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone and cash at Adankwame. Godfred Wiafe 18, a motor rider and Bashiru Shaibu 21, a driver’s mate pleaded guilty and were convicted on their own plea. Detective Chief Inspector Comfort Amankwaa told the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey that the convicts and the complainant reside at Adankwame in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District. She said on June 22 this year, Shaibu reported his friend Wiafe, to the Adankwame Police for stealing his chain valued at GH¢50.00. Wiafe was arrested and in his cautioned statement admitted the offence but indicated that he took the chain because Shaibu had denied him his share of some item they conspired and stole from the complainant’s room the previous day. Chief Inspector Amankwaa said Shaibu was also arrested and after investigations, they were charged and brought before the court. Source:Adomonline

It can be recalled that Dr. Kuto lost his wife at the Ridge hospital some few days ago. In an interview with news agencies he recounted what happened and what his next step of action will be. According to Dr. Kuto he never intended to let the world know about this. He however rescinded that decision after reviewing the situation. He said he felt he had to let the nation know and prevent needles loss of lives at hospitals in Ghana. Today June 29, 2020, Dr. Emmanuel Kuto was at the studios of Angel FM to shed light on the issue. He couldn’t speak much because he said the doctors at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formerly Ridge Hospital had told called him for a meeting this morning. He recounted how a wrong medication made him lose his wife. Since the story of Dr. Kuto went viral many have come out to share similar experiences at hospitals. Dr. Kuto mentioned that many called to share similar experiences with him and comforted him. Nana Yaa Brefo today sent the whole ‘Ano...

The High Court in Accra has given Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, 30 days to apologise three times on all platforms he used to defame Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako. The Court in a ruling on Friday, June 26, has also ordered him to pay GH¢100,000 as damages and GH¢ as Mr. Baako’s legal cost. This followed the failure by the MP to prove his allegations that Mr. Baako and his protege, Anas Aremeyaw Anas of Tiger Eye P.I, are engaged in illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ and are fraudsters. The MP made the allegations after Anas released part one of his investigative piece on illegal mining dubbed ‘Galamsey fraud’. Mr Kennedy Agyapong had used words Mr Baako deemed were defamatory against him in addition to that, Mr Agyapong dared Baako to pursue a lawsuit against him. Mr. Agyapong faces five other defamation suits including that of Mr. Anas. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Background Mr. Baako had sued the Assin Central...

A pregnant woman has died after she suffered knife wounds during a robbery attack at Heman/Ampatia New-Site, an urban community at Santasi near the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. The incident occurred on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at about 1:30am, the police told Dailymailgh.com. The deceased, Juliana Adusei, 31, was declared dead by the officers at the scene. Police at Suntreso District, which is investigating the case, are appealing to residents in the area to volunteer information as a serious search for the three-member gang begins. Attack Surviving victim and husband, Pastor Francis Adusei, had told the police that the armed men invaded their home while he was asleep together with his wife and his three-year-old daughter on that fateful day. “They were three young men, two wielding kitchen knives and the other holding a pistol. They pushed him inside his bedroom and demanded that he handed over all the monies he recently withdrew from the bank,” a family member narrate...

Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, has appealed to fallen New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) not to abandon the work of Parliament following their defeat at the party’s primaries. He said the outcome of the primaries is usual with politics and so they should not let the defeat affect their contributions to proceedings in the House. Out of 41 MPs who lost their bid to continue to stay in Parliament on the ticket of the NPP only five showed up today. Speaking on the Floor of Parliament, Prof. Oquaye, urged the affected MPs to take the defeat in their stride and not lose focus. Speaker Oquaye told the losing MPs “as far as matters of the House are concerned, you must act as statesmen and assume some circumspection in all we do and in all that we say.” He congratulated those who emerged winners and wished the losers well, encouraging them not to relent in their efforts at helping the government in national development. “We are in a very competitive...

Okyeame Quophi, husband of popular TV broadcaster Stacy Amoateng, has revealed a sickness his wife suffered in 2012 taught him nobody could be trusted in life. According to him, it was the darkest moment of their lives when the sickness began after the visit of a trusted close family friend. Narrating the incident in an interview with Kofi TV, he explained that the person in question was someone the family’s doors were always opened to. “She came to the house around 10:00 am on that fateful day, took her bath, went to pick my wife’s clothes and panty and carried another along,” he narrated. He explained that the person later returned one of the dresses and the rest is history. “After a couple of months, the whole thing (sickness) started. She complained of stomach aches and even went for surgery but nothing was detected. She took her medications as prescribed but this pain just wouldn’t go away but that experience has caused me to believe that evil and ‘juju’ do exist in th...

A 58-year-old farmer, identified as Kudjo Dakudzi, has allegedly been murdered at Somanya in the Eastern region over land litigation. The incident is said to have occurred in front of his two children with whom he was working on his farm on Wednesday. Mr Dakudzi’s assailants reportedly hit him with sticks multiple times in his rib before butchering him right in front of his children. A 32-year-old Martey Joshua, son of the deceased, narrating the incident to Accra-based radio station, Starr FM, said he was also in his farm when he received a call about the incident. “I anxiously rushed to the scene and saw my father lying dead in his farm at Akorley Foah with blood all over his body; with cutlass wounds inflicted on him,” he said. He said the assailants chased his brothers, Desmond and Mamuli, aged 13 and 18 respectively after they spotted them in the farm but they managed to escape. Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis ...

Ghanaian footballer drowns and dies in Denmark Ghanaian young striker Adom Ibrahim, 20, has been confirmed dead in Denmark after drowning in a swimming pool. Ibrahim who joined Hobro IK from third-tier Accra Sporting Club in January on a three-year deal was found unconscious in a swimming pool on Monday. Accra Sporting Club President Fiifi Parker Hanson is quoted by Mohammed Hafiz in a post shared on his Facebook timeline. “I still can’t believe this, it’s just like I did not read the text well. I’m still confused and shocked. An uprising enterprise striker just left without a word,” Hanson wrote. “First and foremost, Adom was somebody who could light up a room with his sense of humor, warmth, and personality. He is excelled with talent, ease, grace, and humility. Nobody did it better upfront when he is on the pitch. “The loss of Adom will be painfully felt by our club, supporters, and indeed all who ever had the pleasure of knowing him. We love you Adom and your memory w...

It will interest you to know that politicians will do everything humanly possible to win the hearts of the electorates at this election period. This, however, is a typical example as a politician in Benue state has donated ropes to the members of his community so that they can tie their goats.  Our portal gathered Daniel Ukpera, who contested for the Guma State Constituency seat in the 2019 Benue State House of Assembly Election under the platform of Labour Party, donated bundles of ropes to the people of Makurdi LGA in Benue State. After making the donation, he assisted the goat owners to tie their goats then posed for photos with the grateful recipients. Ukpera’s donation is reportedly his contribution to the implementation of the Benue State Anti Open Grazing Law. Source: BROADCASTGHANA.NET

The Rent Control Department has cautioned landlords to desist from demanding sex from female tenants as cost, for their rent. The Department told ‘Nyankonton Mu Nsem’ on Rainbow Radio that it is unlawful for any landlord to give out their rooms for rent in exchange for sex or any material thing in place of rent apart from the approved rate. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Department, Mr. Emmanuel Kposu said this is contrary to Section 25 (1) (b) of the rent law. Both the landlord and tenant would go into agreement contrary to the approved rate by the Rent Control Department. This act he added is punishable by law and stressed the need for tenants and landlords to take note of it. The PRO further advised landlords to stop charging more than six months’ rent. He stated that no landlord has the right to charge more than six months’ rent advance. Touching on taxes, he said the law required that landlords pay eight percent of their annual rent income tax to the Ghana...

With the widespread of Coronavirus, health experts have advised persons to eat healthy to help their immune system work better in order to fight the virus when contracted. For that matter, healthy eating has been highly recommended. According to the Medical Director and Superintendent at the Nsawam Prisons, DSP Dr. Lawrence Kofi Acheampong, prisoners across the country with the current amount of GH¢1.80 allocated for their daily meals, lack the balanced diet needed for to boost their immune system. In a call to improve the condition of inmates, he said, “there is the need for the government to increase the daily GH¢1.80 feeding rate per inmate” adding that, “it has become very important to improve on the diet of the inmate in order to build their immune system, to avoid placing them at a lower risk in terms of contracting COVID-19.” Prison authorities have for years been calling for an improvement in the welfare of inmates in Ghana. Over population and state of food prov...

Some parts of Accra are flooded following hours of rains. The rains started during the late hours of Monday, June 8, 2020. The worst affected areas include Adabraka Sahara, Adabraka Timbaland, Adabraka Aponkye, Odorna, Kingsby Junction, Graphic Road, Agbgbloshie and surrounding areas. Some of the residents of Adabraka told Esnewsgh that they started seeing a lot of water rushing through their drains even before the rains started. The Ghana Meteorological Agency has also warned of a rainstorm which is expected to hit the eastern and coastal areas of the country today, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. A statement from the Agency said, although the “thunderstorm” will affect the eastern portions of the country, most places in the coast are also expected to be affected. The statement said the thunderstorm is “expected to affect more places along the coast (Ada, Tema, Ashaiman, Accra, Kasoa, Winneba, Mankessim, Axim and environs) and north of the coast (Agona Swedru, Bawjias...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced that it will cut power supply to some parts of the Greater Accra Region for about seven hours each day. The power cut which takes effect from June 8, 2020 is to pave way for a planned maintenance work to enhance the power distributor’s operations. The outfit, in a statement, said the power will go off each day from 10:am to 5:pm in the affected areas. The affected areas include Haatso, Mallam Junction, MaCharty Hill, Weija Junction, Tetegu, Villagio, West Legon, Adiriganor, Samoa Valley and Dansoman. Meanwhile, ECG has apologised for any inconvenience the power cut will cause.

A prostitute has confessed that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has negatively affected their sex business. Eunice in an interview on Angel 102.9FM’s Evening News on Friday confessed that prior to the coming of the disease into this country, she used to make money from the business but now the ‘sales’ has been affected badly. “This disease has badly affected us negatively, previously we were making some good returns but that is not the case now because of the COVID-19…,” the make-up artiste turned prostitute confessed in an exclusive interview on the news. She revealed that she could make up to GHC 300.00 a night from the business prior to the coming of the disease. “But that is not the case now because of the disease…now we don’t even get people to go for short…business is really bad. The disease has been a curse on us…,” she added. Eunice who confessed that she was forced to go into prostitution to make money to pay for the funeral expenses of her late husband said she...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited Director of News at Angel 102.9 FM, Kofi Adomah, for predicting correctly the contents of President Akufo-Addo’s speech on Sunday. The head of news of the media organisation responded to the invitation Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2020. General Manager of Angel FM, Kwadwo Dickson, accompanied the broadcaster to the Headquarters of the CID in Accra. Mr. Dickson told DJ Willie, the host of Bumper to Bumper drive time show that the invitation followed a video recording aired on Kofi TV, which is operated by journalist, ahead of the address by President Akufo-Addo. In the said video, Kofi Adomah predicted many of the things the president said, including the decision to relax some of the restrictions imposed on the country, as a measure to control the surge in the COVID-19 cases the country had recorded. Source: angelfmonlinegh.com

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The founder and leader of the Life Assembly Centre, Rev. Dr Christian Kwabena Andrews popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom has said that he is not ready to go by the President’s directive for partial re-opening of churches. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, during the presentation of the 10th Address to the nation on actions that the government is undertaking to stop the spread of the disease, announced the re-opening of churches. He further said up to 100 people must be at a worship centre at a time adding that the leadership of various religious centres must ensure that they follow all necessary COVID-19 protocols. Reacting to this directive on Angel 102.9FM’s Midday News on Tuesday, Kyiri Abosom who is also the founder of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) said he is not ready to reopen his church. “I have about 700 congregants, so how can I open the church so that others will come and be behind the gate for them to so that they will later accuse me of having a congregation whi...