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25/07/2022

POLICE STAFF PASSES ON IN A GORY ACCIDENT AT TEMA COMMUNITY 25 ESTATE JUNCTION

A Staff of the Ghana Police Service met his untimely death at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch on Sunday, July 24, 2022.

The Motorway Command of the Ghana National Fire Service received the distress accident call at 2152 hours and got to the accident scene only to realise a gory accident involving a Sino Tipper Truck with registration number GG 1887 – 21 and a BMW with registration number GR 772 - X.

It was observed that, the Sino Tipper Truck which was loaded with sand and heading towards Tema had crushed a BMW that was heading towards Dawhenya, killing instantly the occupant identified to be a Staff of the Ghana Police Service.

The trapped lifeless body of the affected person was however extricated and retrieved by Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service and handed over to the MTTD of the Ghana Police Service for preservation and further investigation.

The BMW was badly mangled beyond repairs while the Sino Tipper truck suffered some partial damage on its lower portions of the head compartment.

The cause of the accident is not readily known. The occupants in the Sino Tipper Truck were not affected by the crash.

15/07/2022

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17/09/2021

*Owusu-Bempah shares cell with 70 inmates – Asa B reveals*

The Director-General of State Interests and Governance Authority, Stephen Asamoah Boateng has alleged that the founder of Glorious World Power Ministries International Reverend Owusu Bempah is sharing the same cells will seventy others at the Cantonments Police Station following his remand.

He was remanded into police custody for seven days after an Accra High Court denied him bail on Monday, September 13, 2021.

Owusu-Bempah was arrested by the Police for threatening to harm Patricia Oduro, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, and also attacking Police officers.

In an interview with Kofi Adoma Nwanwani on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo morning show, Asa B, who stated that he will send food to the accused noted that Owusu Bempah is in the same custody with other inmates.

“He is with about 70 inmates at the Cantonments police cells, yes I said 70, even though it’s strange because I doubt Cantonment cell is that spacious, so with this number, I think they’re congested,” he stated.

The former Member of Parliament for the Mfantsiman West constituency of the Central Region however asked Rev. Owusu-Bempah to adjust to the conditions at the cells since there’s no difference in treatment of persons who are sent there.

Stephen Asamoah Boateng continued that, “Owusu Bempah should be a little patient because we [the NPP] have not forgotten him. He will definitely be granted bail but things will take its course through the process of law.”

17/09/2021

*Security takes over KNUST campus*

The police and the Operation Calm Life team which includes the military will take over the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from Saturday, September 18.

Already, the police water canon has been detailed on campus.

The University Relations Office tells TV3’s William Evans-Nkum the directive forms part of a recommendation made by a committee that investigated the July clashes between the University Hall and Unity during the SRC vetting.

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been warned not to remain on campus after midday on Saturday, September 18.

Only foreign students and students permitted by management can stay, the regional minister has directed.

According to the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC), it has picked intelligence that some “unruly” students are planning some disturbances on campus on Friday, the eve of vacation.

In a press statement issued on Wednesday by the Head of REGSEC, Simon Osei-Mensah, who is also the Regional Minister, the campus is still a security zone as declared in 2018.

“It is instructive to remind the student population that the declaration of the University Campus as a security zone in November 2018, is still in force and, therefore, it is an offence to demonstrate within the security zone,” he stated.

He announced the deployment of security personnel on campus to “ensure peace and security and prevent any unruly behaviour by any group of students”.

17/09/2021

*You're our 'spiritual father' but the laws must work - Wontumi to Owusu Bempah*

Founder and Leader of Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah is a member of the New Patriotic Party and still is in the good graces of the party, Ashanti Regional Chair of the NPP has stated.

According to him, the ‘spiritual father’ of the NPP will never be thrown under the bus “but laws in Ghana must work because no one is above the law.”

Reacting to claims that the NPP has abandoned the man of God, Chairman Wontumi declared, “We have not disowned Reverend Owusu Bempah and never will. There is a difference between a political party and Ghana. There is a difference between a political party and the law, and obviously no one is above the law.”

In an interview with Happy98.9FM’s Don Kwabena Prah on the Epa Hoa Daben political talk show, Chairman Wontumi noted that no matter the standing of any Ghanaian, they are not an exception to the law. He believes everyone must face the full rigors of the law if they break it.

With the NPP being a party with a high regard for law and order, Chairman Wontumi indicated the party will never interfere with the law in the case involving Owusu Bempah and hopes other party members who feel invincible, will learn from this.

The head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, and three others were arrested by the police earlier in the week.

They were arrested for the “creation and circulation of multiple videos containing threats, and the brandishing of a weapon and the assault of some police personnel”.

This is according to a statement issued by the police on Sunday, September 12, 2021, and signed by its acting Director of Public Affairs, ACOP Kwesi Ofori.

The Police say they arrested the suspects “after critically analyzing the said videos and based on intelligence gathered”.

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has however been granted bail of GH¢200,000 with two sureties

17/09/2021

*Prime Time News Thu, 16 Sep 2021*

Good evening

*President Akufo-Addo, Mahama meet face-to-face in Koforidua*

President Akufo-Addo and John Mahama met at the one-week ceremony of Nana Agyei Twinie

• John Mahama attended the ceremony with his running mate Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and other NDC executives

• Mahama also attended the one-week ceremony of a former member of the Council of State

The passing of Nana Agyei Twinie of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region saw a meeting of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his predecessor John Dramani Mahama over the weekend.

A Dailyguide report indicates that President Akufo-Addo and John Mahama both attended the one-week ceremony of Nana Agyei Twinie which was held in the Eastern Regional capital of Koforidua.

John Mahama according to the report arrived at the ceremony in the company of Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman, 2020 running mate, Julius Debrah, a former Chief of Staff, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman of Opposition NDC and other party bigwigs.

John Mahama is reported to have proceeded to the one-week ceremony of Nana Kodua Kesse II who is a former member of the Council of State.

President Akufo-Addo however could not attend that ceremony but delegated the Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for New Juaben North, Nana Agyei Boateng to represent him.

President Akufo-Addo and John Mahama have recently been engaged in some verbal attacks, criticizing each other for his management of the Ghanaian economy.

In an interview with the BBC, John Mahama said that President Akufo-Addo’s management of the economy has been atrocious.

“The economy messed up before Coronavirus set in. If the economy was so good, why is it in shambles? Côte d’Ivoire’s economy is surviving despite Coronavirus. This government is just engaged in propaganda. Life is hard for citizens,” he insisted.

But President Akufo-Addo hit back stating that, Mahama cannot lecture him on econ

17/09/2021

*'Do or die' vs 'all die be die': Mahama giving the same excuses Akufo-Addo gave*

In 2011, it was "All die be die" by then Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) then in opposition were eager to grab power from the hands of the National Democratic Congress by all means.

"They have intentions to intimidate us in 2012 because they believe that we are soft and cowards. If that is the thinking, then we shall see. At least, during the Atiwa by-election, we showed a little of our colours there.

"You must understand that this party was formed by courageous people. Our leaders who formed this party that has now become the biggest political movement in Ghana were not cowards. So in 2012, we need to be courageous because all 'die be die'. All die be die," Akufo-Addo repeated.

In raising a defense, the NPP said the "all die be die" was not a call for violence but to motivate the grassroots.

This generated furore with the NDC tagging the NPP as violent. Other political pundits called on him to apologize which he subsequently did.

Ten years down the line history seems to have repeated itself; this time from the NDC.

Former President John Mahama has been caught in a web of controversy over a "do or die" comment.

According to him, “the 2020 elections were rigged for the NPP. We have however accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court for the sake of peace. However, come 2024, the NDC will be extra vigilant at the polling stations because that is where the elections are won. So at the polling station (in the next election), it will be do or die. I am not saying all die be die. I’m saying it will be ‘do or die’ because the right thing must be done".

Following pressure on him to retract and apologise the former President and the NDC said the "do or die" comment was an “idiomatic expression” and a wake-up call and not a call to violence.

They believe they have nothing to apologise for.

Reacting to this on Peace FM's morning show 'Ko

17/09/2021

*Final funeral rites for Bawumia’s mum slated for Oct. 24*

The family of Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has scheduled the final funeral rites for the late Hajia Mariama Bawumia to be held on Sunday, October 24.

The mother of the Vice President passed away peacefully on Monday, September 13 in Accra.

Her body was, then, taken to Walewale in the North-East Region, where she was buried on Tuesday, September 14 in accordance with Islamic customs.

Several dignitaries including religious and traditional leaders were in Walewale to mourn with the Vice President and his family.

On Thursday, September 16, the third-day adu’a prayers were held.

All 16 regional imams in Ghana were in Walewale to recite the entire chapters of the Holy Qur’an to seek the mercy and favours of Allah towards the departed Hajia Mariama.

Another round of recitation was done for the members of the family and all sympathisers who have been mourning with the family.

17/09/2021

*WAEC yet to set date for leaked WASSCE papers*

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it is yet to settle on dates to re-write the two papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

WAEC says this is as a result of the fact that the examinations are conducted on the regional continent and not Ghana alone.

WAEC on Wednesday, September 15 announced the rescheduling of the two papers – Physics Part 2 and 1 and Business Management due to leakages in the system.

The Head of the Council’s Test Administration Division, George Ohene-Mantey, explained at a press conference that “the cheating social media groups were in full swing prior to the conduct of the Mathematics and the English Language papers on 9th and 13th September”.

Reacting to the issue on when the examination body would fix dates for the rewriting of these papers on Onua TV News hosted by Daakyehemaa Adwoa Asantewaa on Thursday, Madam Winifred Ampiaw of the Public Affairs Department explained that “the papers were Physics Part 2 & 1 and Business Management and we have not fix a date for that”.

She said “it is an international exam. It’s not only Ghana. Other African countries are also involved so it will involve other member countries to take a decision”.

Madam Ampiaw assured that “we shall report back to the public if any decision is taken”.

16/09/2021

*Breakfast News Thu, 16 Sep 2021*

Good morning

*Yaw Boafo elected Ghana Bar Association President*

The outgoing National Secretary of the Ghana Bar Association(GBA), Yaw Acheampong Boafo, has been elected President of the Association.

He beat his only contender, Efuah Ghartey, wife of former Railway Development Minister, who is a second timer in the presidency contest having contested the 2018 election.

Mr Boafo will succeed Anthony Forson under whose administration he served as National Secretary.

The election of National Executives is one of the highlights of this year’s Annual General Conference held in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. Over 700 registered members of the bar cast their votes manually and electronically.

Boafo’s supporters took over the conference hall in a jubilant mood and were later joined by the newly elected president of the Bar.

About the GBA President-elect

Yaw Acheampong Boafo is the Partner in charge of the Kumasi office of S.K Boafo and Co. He joined the firm in 1995 after being called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1994 and enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers in 1995. Under his leadership, the firm has grown from a two-man firm to a firm of 24 lawyers in both Kumasi and Accra offices.

He has 25 years of experience as a Lawyer and his area of specialization is commercial practice, civil litigation, land matters and administration of estates. He has a wealth of experience in handling diverse commercial cases having dealt extensively with a variety of commercial and corporate clients. He has served as the President of the Ashanti Region branch of the Ghana Bar Association and also a member of the General Legal Council from 2013 to 2016.

Since January 2013 he has been a member of the Legal Service Board representing the Ghana Bar Association and was the Head of the Legal Department of Asante Kotoko Sporting Club. He is the National Secretary of the Ghana Bar Association and now the President-elect.

16/09/2021

*Eduwatch petitions CID to investigate leakage in 2021 WASSCE*

The African Education Watch (Eduwatch) 2021 has petitioned the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department to investigate the source of the overnight and dawn leakage in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination

The policy think tank petitioned the CID following the alleged leakage 5 papers including today’s re-scheduled Physics paper 2, Food and Nutrition 3, English Language 2, Elective Mathematics 2 and NAPTEX English Language 2.

However, the think tank says it would unable to share the content of the petition since it could interfere with investigations.

“We will keep working with state agencies to improve accountability and credibility in Ghana’s pre-tertiary assessments sector,” it added.

Two papers have been rescheduled in the ongoing WASSCE over alleged leaked examination questions.

According to WAEC, it has detected evidence of possible exam leakage on social media and on “rogue” websites prior to today’s exams.

“The cheating social media groups were in full swing prior to the conduct of the mathematics and the English language papers on 9th and 13th September,” the Head of Council’s Test Administration Division, George Ohene-Mantey, said.

Mr. Ohene-Mantey said, “the Council’s monitoring revealed the circulation of numerous versions of questions, both printed and handwritten.”

He added: “After the administration of the test, careful scrutiny of the several versions [of suspected leaks] received indicated that extracts of parts of the questions in mathematics elective two and section A of English Language two were circulated on social media platforms.”

16/09/2021

*Guinea Coup: Akufo-Addo hosts ECOWAS Heads of State today*

Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayokor Botchwey has announced that Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be hosting the Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Thursday, September 16 over happenings in Guinea.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, Madam Ayorkor Botchwey said the summit is to enable ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to discuss issues in Guinea and how to resolve them.

“The forthcoming extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority is, therefore, being held to enable the high-level mission report to the Authority after which the latter will deliberate and consider the next steps to be taken towards the restoration of the country to the path of democratic governance and constitutional rule.”

“The summit will, therefore, have a single agenda where I will lay before the Authority the report of the ECOWAS High-Level Mission to Guinea, which was undertaken on Friday, 10th September 2021,” she added.

She further revealed that ECOWAS attempted to deal with the situation in Guinea that resulted in the coup d’etat.

She explained that a delegation, of which she was a member was sent to Guinea by heads of state of ECOWAS countries to engage with all stakeholders and also with the now ousted President Alpha Conde but it didn’t materialized.

On Sunday, the members of Guinea’s armed forces announced that it had seized power and detained President Alpha Conde.

ECOWAS received flak from some quarters following the development.

For instance, the Dean of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Professor Vladimir Antwi-Danso said the imposition of protocols on countries after the coup are not helping but rather a punishment to the citizens living in the country.

Speaking on the Sunrise morning show with host Alfred Ocansey on 3FM 92.7, Prof Vladi

16/09/2021

*14 doctors have rejected postings to Oti Region - Minister*

The Oti Regional Minister, Joseph Gmayenaam Makubu, has expressed concern over the rejection of postings by 14 medical doctors to his region.

According to the Minister, no reasons have been assigned for the unfortunate development but he pointed out that some Ghanaians have the perception that the Oti Region is not well developed because it is a new region.

Mr Makubu said even though Oti is a new region, it is competing with some old regions in terms of development.

Speaking with Kaakiyre Ofori Ayim, host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive on Wednesday, Mr. Makubu indicated that, several follow-ups have made at the Ministry of Health in Accra to get the doctors to report to work but the efforts have yielded no results so far.

The minister, however, gave the assurance that he will not relent until he gets doctors posted to his Region.

He said, none of the 14 posted doctors showed up or even came around to tour the Region to access for themselves the situation on the ground.

“I can tell you that data available to me now has it that, from 2020 till now, about 14 doctors who were posted to my region have rejected the postings and have never seen any of them reporting to their assigned hospitals, “he told Ofori Ayim.

He said, “there are several health facilities in the Region which need doctors but it seems everyone now wants to work in the big cities. This is unfair!”

He said rural dwellers deserve quality healthcare regardless of their geographical locations.

In other News: Owusu Bempah granted GHC200,000 bail

The Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has been granted bail in the sum of GHC200,000 with two sureties.

Rev Owusu-Bempah was arrested and remanded into Police custody by an Accra High Court after he stormed the residence of Agradaa, in real life, Patricia Oduro Koranteng.

Rev Owusu-Bempah and four others Mensah Ofori, Michael Boateng,

16/09/2021

*Ghanaian man jailed 40 months for scamming 68-year-old American widow*

A 38-year-old Ghanaian man, Richard Yaw Dorpe, has been jailed for 40 months in the United States of America for cruelly scamming a 68-year-old widow of her valuables including a cash amount of $300, 000 and electronic gadgets. He was led to jail last Friday.

Mr Dorpe, who carried out the crime while in Ghana was extradited to the US to face the charges in January 2021 after the FBI made a request to the Government of Ghana. He pleaded guilty at the Court in the Eastern District of Virginia and was accordingly sentenced for romance scam.

Details of Scam

Between August 2016 and January 2017, Mr Dorpe joined an online dating site, OurTime, a site meant for persons in their fifties with the sole aim of duping unsuspecting users, since he was not qualified to join the site.

Mr Dorpe who is married with a child, professed love for the recent widow, claiming that he was a single 57-year old Caucasian, bald man based in Virginia Beach and a dealer in jewelry and gold.

He manipulated his victim into giving him over $300, 000 and valuables items such as a computer, clothes, a watch and jewellery. First, he lied that he had damaged his laptop. About $3,000 was immediately wired to him to replace the laptop with which he chatted with her. An Apple watch was added for his comfort.

A greedy Dorpe requested some money for the down payment for some gold he was purchasing. The widow sent him some $100, 000. And the demands continued unabated.

Somehow, the poor widow, who was still mourning the loss of her husband realised that she was the victim of a romance scam.

Through FBI investigations, the scammer was identified, indicted and Ghanaian authorities contacted. With their collaboration, Mr Dorpe was extradited to the US, prosecuted and jailed.

16/09/2021

*We're your children too, stop GUTA from locking our shops – Nigerian traders to Akufo-Addo*

The Ghana-Nigeria trade war has reared its head up again

• GUTA wants the retail taskforce to close down shops without proper documentation

• But NUTAG has called on President Akufo-Addo to intervene

Nigerian traders have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to come to their aid by preventing the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) from locking up their shops.

This comes after GUTA called on the Committee on Foreign Retail Trade to resume the closure of shops owned by foreign retail traders.

According to the President of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association of Ghana, Chief Chukwuemeka Nnaji, several Nigerians would be left helpless if this exercise is carried out because most of them have their shops locked up for the past two years.

He indicated that Nigerians are the children of President Akufo-Addo too because he is the ECOWAS chair.

In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb, Mr Nnaji said, “We are therefore appealing to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to urgently intervene and prevent GUTA from attacking our members as they are promised by their press release. We are appealing to His Excellency not to succumb to people who want to railroad him into an exercise which is purely an eviction disguised as concession.”

“This exercise is carried out; thousands of Nigerians will be made to suffer going back to Nigeria with little or nothing as many of them had their shops locked for almost two years now. Please, your Excellency, we are also your children by virtue of you being the current chairman of the ECOWAS Heads of Governments,” he added.