Shops at Opera Square in Accra have been destroyed by a fire outbreak that occurred on Monday April 25.
Information received indicate that the fire started at 4PM and several properties have been destroyed following the incident.
The Ghana fire service quickly responded to situation but had some difficulties in quenching the fire,some shop owners hailed the Ghana Fire Services for their effort.
More update soon.
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has revealed that a president of Ghana got upset with him just because he prayed for the opposition party at some point in time.
Without giving any specifics, the founder of Action Chapel International told the congregation on Sunday, 24 April 2022 during his sermon: “There was a time there was a president in this country; myself and some men of God from outside came and we went to visit him and he was very hostile toward me” but “sweet and nice to everybody else.”
“Very hostile toward me”, he stressed, adding that the president “didn’t even acknowledge me.”
“This is a guy that I prayed for [for] many years even when he was in opposition,” he noted.
“I prayed for him; [he] comes [to] visit me many times; we were that close; he visits me and all that”, Archbishop Duncan-Williams said.
“He was so hostile and after, when we were leaving his office, I allowed everybody to go and I concerned him and I said: ‘Mr. President, what’s going on here?”
“I didn’t even allow security; I said: ‘Mr. President, something is wrong; what’s happening? I don’t like your countenance toward me’. And I said: ‘Something is not right”.
“He said: ‘You are right about it; I’m very upset with you, and I said: ‘Talk to me Mr. President; if you are upset, talk’”.
“And he told me, and I found out that somebody that was so very close to me in my church went to slander me, went to lie and said I was praying for the then-opposition”, Archbishop Duncan-Williams recalled.
“And I said: ‘Mr. President, it is true: I pray for the opposition and I pray for [the] government; what is wrong? I said: ‘I prayed for you when you were in opposition, so, why are you angry with me?’”
“Yea, it’s the truth: I pray for [the] government, I pray for [the] opposition. That’s what the Bible says we should do. 1 Timothy 2 from verse 1 going to verse 4. And I said: ‘Yes, it’s true: I prayed for the opposition just as I prayed for you when you were in opposition, so, what’s your problem?’”
“He said: ‘You know something; you’re right, you’re right.”
“I said: ‘Mr. President, you’re better than this. And I walked off. I just walked off.”
Quoting the Bible to buttress his point, Archbishop Duncan-Williams said: “‘I exalt, therefore, that first of all supplication, prayers, intercession and giving of thanks be made for all men irrespective of their religious background; for kings, for all that are in authority and if we do that, we’ll live a quiet and a peaceable life in all Godliness and honesty,” adding: “That is the only way Godliness and honesty and peace of any country is maintained when prayers go up for those in authority; not when we criticize them. For it is written: ‘Speak no evil of the ruler of my people.”
Archbishop Duncan-Williams, who has been preaching for almost 45 years, said the Bible injuncts men of God to pray for the leaders of the nation rather than criticize them.
“The Bible didn’t call us to speak evil of rulers. It didn’t call us to criticize the people in authority but it says: ‘Pray for them, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our Saviour.”
“We are not anointed to attack and criticize people in authority; that’s not my assignment. The pulpit is not to attack leaders or to criticize leaders, it’s to pray and if you believe in God, then pray.”
Source:classfmonline
A press release signed by Minister for the Interior Ambrose Dery Member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency is urging all Ghanaians to know that His Excellency the President Nana Addo per the Executive Instrument in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holiday and Commemorate Days Act (ACT 601) has declared 2nd May as May Day(Workers Day).
Another release also has declared May 3 as Public Holiday to witness Edi-ul-Fitr and must be observed as such .
Below is the full statement.
The board of Twitter has agreed to an $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk.
Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock.
He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.
The firm initially rebuffed Mr Musk’s bid, but it will now ask shareholders to vote to approve the deal.
Mr Musk is the world’s richest man, according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of $273.6bn mostly due to his shareholding in electric vehicle maker Tesla which he runs. He also leads the aerospace firm SpaceX.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Mr Musk said in a statement announcing the deal.
“I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans,” he added.
“Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”
Bret Taylor, chair of Twitter’s board, said it had full assessed Mr Musk’s offer and it was “the best path forward for Twitter’s stockholders”.
Under the deal, which is expected to close later this year, Twitter’s shares will be delisted and it will be taken private.
Mr Musk has suggested this will give him freedom to make the changes he wants to the business.
Mr Musk’s targeting of Twitter has moved at remarkable speed. It emerged at the beginning of April that Mr Musk had become the largest shareholder in the firm with a 9.2% stake.
He was then invited to join Twitter’s board but turned down the offer before launching a surprise bid for the company on 14 April, saying he wanted to “unlock” its potential as a bastion of freedom of speech.
Twitter responded by putting in place a so-called “poison pill” defence to fend off Mr Musk. The mechanism would have created difficulties for Mr Musk if he attempted to increase his stake in the company
Source:BBC
There seems to be brewing animosity and corporate hostility between key workers at Despite Media’s Okay FM.
Due to that, some of the key journalists have launched an attack on popular journalist Afia Pokuaa aka Vim Lady and asked her to leave the station.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Speaking on Okay FM and venting the collective displeasure of some journalists at the station against what they described as the haughtiness of Vim Lady, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese said they would not sit for her to run the station down.
According to him, Vim Lady had not lived up to expectations. In the company of Nana Kwamena Amo and one other, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese added that Vim Lady had deviated from her core duties at the station.
He also added that Vim Lady was been paid a huge salary but has decided to be hosting shows like EShow that are out of her mandate.
“Does she know how we have worked hard to put this station on the pedestal? You can not come and be doing things the way you want. Hosting Eshow is out of your mandate. Focus on your duty and make sure you deliver.”
Kwame Nkrumah Tikese also dared Vim Lady to leave the station after two weeks if she still did not want to go according to laid-down procedures at the station. According to him, Vim Lady has been off duty for weeks which was not best practice at Despite Media.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Meanwhile, VIM Lady has expressed horror by posting the video of her colleagues lambasting her on Okay FM on her Instagram page.
Other journalists like Ohemaa Woyeje, and Nana Yaa Brefo have reacted with disdain to the unprofessional attitude exhibited by Nana Kwamena Amo, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese and one other lady on Okay FM.
Source: ghpage
The Community Day Senior High School (E-block) in Aflao which President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo told the Chief of Aflao Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti to complete, has started admission even though the construction is yet to be completed.
The Ketu South Education Directorate has decided to open admission.
“Currently, the main placements have been done. The first placement of students is still ongoing. We have also been authroiused by the Regional Director to see to the enrollment of the students that qualify to enter SHS,” Michael Yao Tsuiatorfe, Ketu South Municipal Director, Ghana Education Service (GES), told journalists.
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A level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been murdered.
Kwaku Adugyamfi was a level 200 student in the Biological Science department.
The body of the deceased was seen at Sewuah New Site around 5:20pm Friday.
According to ths Ashanti Regional Polics PRO,ASP Godwin Ahianyo, the Twenty-five-year-old Emmanuel Boateng, a tailor apprentice has been arrested and assisting police investigation,”
The sobbing father Yaw Adu Gyamfi,has confirmed that the son was killed because of an iphone
Exclusive information from some of the students indicates that the deceased was an outgoing type who usually shared photos and videos he took with his iPhone on social media.
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The continuous display of the iPhone did not sit well with some of his friends who envied him and devised ways to take his life away from him.
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron is projected to become the first French president in two decades to win a second term, holding off a far-right challenge by Marine Le Pen that could have upended Europe.
Macron won 58 percent of the vote and Le Pen 42 percent in the initial projected results released by France’s public broadcaster.
Emmanuel Macron was elected to a second term as French president on Sunday evening with 58.2% of the vote, according to an estimate from the Ipsos polling institute. His far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won 41.8% of the vote in an election that saw the country’s highest abstention rate in 50 years. Follow our live blog for all the latest news and reactions.
Source :france24
The was an accident on Saturday April 23 on the Kwame Nkrumah motor way in which the Ghana Police treated it urgently.
the accident involving a saloon car and articulated Truck and the other single roll over rigid truck partially caused heavy traffic.
In a posted cited by countryghana,the Tema and Airport MTTD Accident prevention Squads(APS) were able to control the traffic and had assistance from the Road Safety Management Service to recover and tow the vehicles to the station.
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The Spanish Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Jose Javier Gutierrez Blanco-Navarrete paid a courtesy call on the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command (WNC) who also doubles as the 2 Garrison Commander, Commodore Samuel Walker on Wednesday 20 April 2022.
The visit was to reinforce the cooperation between the Ghana Navy and Spain through the European Union (EU) with regard to maritime security and defence, as the EU was committed to the stability of the Gulf of Guinea.
According to the Ambassador, Ghana remained a top priority when it comes to maritime security because of her achievements in democracy and regional stability.
He mentioned that the Brussels and European Union Member States Capitals were working on their reinforcement strategies to support the Yaounde Maritime Architecture.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He added that, they had analysed an initiative in Brussels where an assessment would be made to determine the best way to implement the initiative in the field of intelligence and maintenance for vessels as well as technical assistance in capacity building which will strengthen the maritime security and defence to enable it fight maritime threats and terrorism.
H.E Blanco-Navarrete reiterated that with the berthing of Spanish Naval Ship Serviola P.71 at the WNC, it was an opportunity for them to cooperate with the Ghana Navy in the fight against maritime threats, know their challenges, and how best they could be supported.
He said there was a good opportunity for Ghana in the context of the EU cooperation with the Yaoundé Architecture because, Ghana had the capacity and will, to play a leading role and also benefit from the European Union schemes.
He added that, in as much as maritime security was a key priority of the EU, the geopolitical changes in some parts of the world were an opportunity for them to promote investment and build a strong partnership with Ghana.
On his part, the FOC expressed his joy to have received the Ambassador and his entourage at the Base and their interest in finding out the challenges that confronted the Ghana Navy.
He said, maritime safety and security was not an individual issue but an international one which needed the cooperation of all countries concerned.
He noted that it was a brilliant idea for Spain to bring their vessel to the shores of the Western Naval Command to engage them on maritime safety and security in order to get first-hand information on what pertains on the ground.
Commodore Walker expressed their readiness to work with Spain in terms of maritime safety and security and hailed the Yaoundé Architecture with the hope that gradual conscientisation and awareness will bring realism to the architecture and its execution, which would help enhance maritime safety and security.
He also called for a capacity-building programme for the naval personnel and other stakeholders in the maritime security domain.
He noted that Ghana was non-aligned to any specific country and was, therefore, ready to work and cooperate with any country as far as maritime safety and security were concerned.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He presented a plaque to the Ambassador as a sign of appreciation.
The FOC led the Ambassador and his entourage to the Paramount Chief of the Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, where they were received customarily.
Nana Nketsia was hopeful that the cooperation between the two countries and their interaction on maritime safety and security will be enhanced to enable them fight against maritime threats within the sub-region.
The Ambassador also presented a plaque to the Chief as a sign of appreciation.
The Ambassador was accompanied by the Deputy Head of Spanish Embassy, Mrs Maria Higon Valasco, Captain of the Spain Naval Ship Serviola, Lieutenant Commander Joaquin Pita Da Veiga and Executive].
Source:citinewsroom
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