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THOMAS PARTEY is reportedly eager to join Arsenal this summer.
But the Gunners must first raise funds to meet his £44.5million release clause.
Goal claims Partey, 27, is ready to quit Atletico Madrid for a move to the Emirates after being targeted by Mikel Arteta.
The Spanish tactician has already landed two pieces of silverware during his short time at the helm.
And Arteta has been making preparations for the new Premier League season by moving for the likes of winger Willian and defender Gabriel.
Midfielder Dani Ceballos is also close to extending his loan from Real Madrid for a second season.
But with Matteo Guendouzi likely to leave, another player is needed for the centre of the pitch.
Partey is Arteta’s top choice for the role after playing 46 times in all competitions last term.
And the Ghana international is equally keen to play for Arsenal as he seeks a new challenge.
However, Atletico have no interest in discussing swaps or payment instalments, instead ordering the Gunners to meet Partey’s £44.5m release clause in full.
And Arteta must offload some dead weight first in order to free up funds.
Chiefs of Wassa Fiase Traditional Council have petitioned the President Nana Akufo-Addo to help reinstate Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II as the paramount chief of Wassa Fiase to restore peace in the area.
A speech signed by the Queenmother of Wassa Fiase Traditional Council, Nana Abena Kunadjoa II requested Nana Akufo-Addo to provide the traditional council adequate security to enable Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II to be reinstated as the Omanhene of the Wassa Fiase Traditional council.
This according to her will restore peace in the area.
The Queenmother also said that Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II has been cleared by both Western and National House of Chiefs to be reinstated to continue his kingship as the Omanhene after his conviction in 2002 by Sekondi High court for contempt.
Meanwhile Nana Abena Kunadjoa II had called for the immediate transfer of the registrar from the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council for overstaying his tenure and demonstrating gross disrespect to Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II and the entire membership of the royal family.
She also called for an immediate audit of all transactions on the finances of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council.
Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II was convicted on 2002 by Seckondi High Court for contempt and subsequently destooled following his conviction.
Odeneho after serving the jail term appealed the contempt charge at the Appeal’s Court and the court quashed his conviction for contempt in July, 2003.
The Judicial Committee of the Western Regional House of Chiefs on August 19, 2015 ruled in favour of Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II, stating that there was no valid destoolment of Odeneho thus the Paramount Chief was not destooled in April 2002.
The Public Relations Officer of Wassa Fiase Traditional Council, Fiifi Ampong in an interview called on the President Nana Akufo-Addo to assist the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council reinstate Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II as the paramount chief of the traditional council.
Nana Kofi Bosompem of Benso also addressing the press accused one Solomon Ntsiakwa popularly known as Kwesi Appiah’s and the registrar of hijacking the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council and destabilizing the peace of the area.
To register their displeasure with the current situation of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council with regards to chieftaincy affairs, the chiefs and the people of Wassa Land demonstrated through the principal streets of Tarkwa and called for the reinstatement of Odeneho Akrofa Krukoko II before the end of 2020.
Multiple award-winning dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy and Ayisha Modi have given singer Fameye huge support on his new project with a pre-order.
The BHIM Nation boss supported Fameye’s yet-to-be-released Greater Than Album with a pre-ordered copy purchase for $1,000 or GHC5,775.
This kind gesture was announced by Ayisha Modi popularly known on social media as She_Loves_Stonebwoy who is noted as Stonebwoy’s Number 1 fan.
Ayisha took to her IG account to announce the good news that Stonebwoy had done a good job in a bid to support an industry colleague.
After posting a photo of the cover art for the Greater Than Album, Ayisha Modi wrote: “God bless you Bhimnation president @stonebwoyb well done blood. @fameye_music My blood @stonebwoyb and myself are pre-ordering your GREATHER THAN ALBUM FOR 1,000 dollars.”
Many fans and followers of the dancehall sensation took to the comment section to applaud the dancehall singer for the move. Ayisha Modi was a special guest at the listening session of Fameye’s Greater Than Album which took place on August 26, 2020, and saw huge media attendance.
During the event, she gifted Fameye a customized box of wine.
Atinka TV’s reporter , Ebenezer Kewaw Madugu has been honoured with the Presidential Global Ball of Service to Humanity Awards at the 7th Global Leadership Service to Humanity Awards, held at the Alisa Hotel last Friday (August 24,)
Madugu Ebenezer was honoured together with Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo, a.k.a Sarkodie, a legal practitioner and Board Chairman of the Minerals Commission, Hon. SK, Boafo, Archbishop Prof. Dr. Asafo Adjei, a medical practitioner, D Black, Nathaniel Attoh of Joy Sports, amongst others for their tremendous role in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Madugu’s honour was based on his Shisha Documentary titled “Shisha: a Smoking Craze,” which focused on all aspects (business, lifestyle, health etc.) of the “transformed” tobacco, popularly known as Shisha or Hookah.
The documentary was in line with the theme for this this year’s World No Tobacco Day celebration, “Protecting the Youth from Industry Manipulation and Preventing them from Tobacco and Nicotine Use”.
According to the Global Public Excellence, organizers of the award, the Documentary has played a significant role to the “Development of Global Youth in Africa”, hence the “honour of Distinction of service to Humanity First class Global Citizen of Media Governance of benefit to Mankind, Africa”
The Ambassador of Global Public Excellence, Dr Kwame O. Foudjour, said the programme is to remember former United Nations Secretary, Dr, Kofi Annan and take inspiration from his leadership and diplomacy.
This year’s edition was chaired by the Iran Ambassador in Ghana, Mr Mohamad Solemani, with the Army Band in attendance with sweet melodies.
Arsenal have signed Brazilian defender Gabriel from Lille for £27m on a long-term contract.
Manchester United, Everton and Serie A club Napoli had all held an interest in centre-back Gabriel, who made 34 appearances in all competitions last season as Lille finished fourth in Ligue 1.
The 22-year-old bolsters Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta’s options in defence that will be further boosted by William Saliba, who spent last season on loan at St Etienne following his £27m signing from the French club last summer. Gabriel, who played in all six of Lille’s Champions League group stage matches last season, is Arsenal’s second major summer signing following compatriot Willian’s move from Chelsea on a free transfer. Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares made their loan moves permanent from Flamengo and Southampton respectively earlier this summer.
Gabriel is the second player to join Arsenal from Lille in the past 12 months, following Ivory Coast international Nicolas Pepe’s move to the Emirates for a club-record £72m last summer.
How do you get rid of the hiccups? The hiccups usually come and the most embarrassing of times and when you get that very first one, try as you might, you just can’t hold them back. No one knows exactly why we get hiccups, but we do know that they are caused when the brain sends extra messages to your diaphragm, making the diagram contract too quickly. While no one understands the cause, everyone has a cure and here are our ten favorite hiccup cures. Some of them may not be very scientific, but then old wives sometimes know what they are talking about!
1. Open mouthed swallowing
Our first tip on how to get rid of hiccups fast is open mouth swallowing. This one takes a bit of practice to perfect and is probably not recommended, if you are in a crowded room. Open up your mouth and keep open, then try and swallow, but keeping your mouth open all the time. Somehow, it seems, the rather awkward action of swallowing, with your mouth open, moves the muscles in such a way that the hiccups stop in a couple of minutes or so.
2. Swallow hard with your ears plugged
If you plug your ears with your finger and swallow, really hard, a few times, this will often stop the hiccups. It feels a bit like you are swallowing back the hiccups.
3. Eating something sour
You’ve heard how giving someone a shock is said to cure the hiccups; well, this is just a variation of that. Eating something like a lemon or a teaspoon of vinegar will make your muscles contract and is believed to stop the hiccups.
4. A spoonful of sugar
Another great trick on how to get rid of hiccups fast is to eat a spoonful of sugar. This is one of the oldest remedies and it’s probably just the act of swallowing that makes this remedy work. Whatever the truth behind this remedy, the kids will love it anyway!
5. Mouth massage
Next suggestion on how to get rid of hiccups fast is to sick out your tongue and gently massage the back of the roof of your mouth. This action stimulates the Vegas Nerve, which stops the spasms in your diaphragm that are the cause of hiccups.
6. Drink warm soda
Drinking a couple of big gulps of warm soda will invariably make you burp and burping seems to stop the hiccups.
7. Take a deep breath
Taking a deep breath and holding it seems to dissuade the hiccups from coming up. While you are holding your breath, try and move your diaphragm, as though you were breathing, and that will make the hiccups disappear.
8. Drinking upside down
Drinking upside down is another good tip on how to get rid of hiccups fast, this one comes from the Old Wives book of patented remedies, but it does seem to work. Sit down with a glass of water, bend at the waist until your head is upside down and then take a couple of bug gulps of water.
9. A spoonful of peanut butter
Another great trick on how to get rid of hiccups fast is to take a spoonful of peanut butter, hold it your mouth for ten seconds and then, swallow it whole, without chewing. The deep swallowing action should ease the hiccups for you.
10. Breathe into a paper bag
This can really help for people who get hiccups when they are nervous. Hold a paper bag to your mouth and then breathe, in and out, will stop the hiccups and it will calm the anxiety too, if you are hyperventilating.
A long-distance swimmer spent 24 hours swimming non-stop in Lake Michigan to raise money for an Illinois diabetes charity.
Marian Cardwell, who previously swam across the English Channel in 2012, said she had originally planned to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Grand Haven, Mich., but her plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardwell instead spent 24 hours swimming non-stop along the Wilmette, Ill., coastline and raised more than $10,000 for the Chicago Diabetes Project.
The swimmer said she is now planning to attempt her cross-lake swim in August 2021, with an aim of setting a world record for the longest unassisted open water swim.
The office of the Local Government Service (OHLCS) has denied issuing fresh recruitment adverts on social media.
In a statement signed by the Head of Public Service, Joseph A Ankamah, said the attention of the Service has been drawn to an advertisement that has gained wide circulation on social media that the service is inviting applications for suitable qualified Ghanaians to fill vacant positions in the office.
According to the statement, the office of the local government Service is not the author of the said recruitment adverts, neither has it contracted any institution or individual to do so on his behalf.
“ The service further wishes to assure the general public that when such opportunities turn up in the future, due processes and procedures will be followed and the general public will be informed accordingly through appropriate channels,”the statement added.
The Service has since asked the general public to disregard the said advert and treat it as scam.
The King and Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, has been praised for bringing peace to the Dagbon Kingdom and by extension the entire Northern Region.
The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong, made the commendation when he led a high-powered delegation accompanied by the Northern Regional Minister, Mr Salifu-Sa-eed, to pay homage to the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, in his Gbewaa Palace in Yendi in the Northern Region.
He said the current peace in Dagbon, and for that matter the whole of the Northern Region, will help woo investors into the region to bring about development.
“I want to use this opportunity to congratulate you first, for your ascension to the skin, and second, for your strenuous efforts in bringing peace to the Dagbon Kingdom—a place where investors some years back felt jittery to invest.”
…but through your ascension to the skin, you have brought peace and development to Dagbon,” Mr Siaw-Agyepong stated.
Pledge Mr Siaw-Agyepong, who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, promised to support Ya-Na Abukari II in any development initiative that he will embark on for the people of Dagbon.
He again commended the Overlord of Dagbon for appointing the Sulta Na as the Chief of Sanitation, stating that this was a good initiative which “my company [Zoomlion] will support to make sure Dagbon and the whole of the Northern Region is always free of filth.”
Opportunity He also used the opportunity to inform Ya-Na Abukari II of his company’s plans to build solid and liquid waste treatment facilities in the Northern Region as part of efforts to improve sanitation in the region.
He revealed that funds and equipment had been secured which will see the two projects commence soon. He said the two projects when completed will create 125 direct and over 500 indirect jobs respectively.”
According to him, Zoomlion which today has gained international fame started its humble beginning in the Northern Region, using tricycles to collect and dispose of solid waste.
“…from a humble beginning, today, Zoomlion is in Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, has an office in China, Dubai and India,” he said.
Peace While acknowledging Dr Siaw-Agyepong for his pivotal role in the development of the country, Ya-Na Abukari II made a passionate call for peace, especially when in few months time the country will be going to the polls.
“Finally, as December 7th is almost at the corner, my humble and persuasive call for peace is in recognition of the tumultuous period of our electioneering campaigns and the palpable tension that it arouses. Dagbon has had its past experiences so long as part rivalries and politicking are concerned,” he said.
Against this backdrop, Ya-Na Abukari II stressed the need for Ghanaians to demonstrate restraint and tolerance towards dissenting opinions.
He gave the assurance that he will continue to champion peace in Dagbon, and, therefore, called on the media to also help in promoting peace across the country.
Frenzy Earlier, at the arrival of the Zoomlion delegation, the Gbewaa Palace was thrown into frenzy as Ya-Na Abukari II was ushered into the palace amidst drumming and dancing to the tune of various traditional songs.
Donation Later, Mr Siaw-Agyepong presented 50 bags of rice, 10 gallons of cooking oil, 100 dustbins, Zoomlion branded T-shirts and executive diaries to the Overlord of Dagbon in support of the celebration of this year’s Fire Festival. He also gave an amount of GHC10,000 to Ya-Na Abukari II and his family and elders of Gbewaa Palace.
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), has called on government to put in place a system to support students and teachers until schools formally reopen in January 2021.
This follows President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement during the 16th Covid-19 update address that the Ghana Education Service, after further consultations, has decided to postpone the remainder of the academic year for all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS 1 and SHS 1 students.
He added that the next academic year will resume in January 2021, with appropriate adjustments made to the curriculum, to ensure that nothing is lost from the previous year.
“The relevant dispositions will also be made so that the presence, at the same time, in school of all streams of students, can occur in safety”, the Akufo-Addo said.
Spokesperson for Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Kyei Baffour in an interview with host of Atinka Fm’s AM Drive, Ekourba Gyasi, explained that e-learning has favored just a few elite depriving majority of students especially those in the deprived areas.
He noted that a structure to take care of the intellectual aspect of the students as well as the economic aspect of the whole situation will do both sides a lot of good.
“ We have been promoting E-learning or virtual learning for some time now, but I must say that it only favors a few students, depriving a majority of them. The system is such that only a few have due advantage over the e-learning. There should be a system to help both sides so that neither the students nor the teachers will be affected by the January 2021 date.
Meanwhile, an Educationist, Daniel Oppong, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow students repeat their respective classes to enhance their knowledge.
“I want the GES to allow these students to repeat the classes so that the students re-learn everything they had already learnt to enrich themselves. I think it would be better than gambling with the health of these students. It’s just one year. Trust me, these students have already forgotten what they learnt before the outbreak of covid-19”, he explained.
