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I will write a song for talented Ebony – Pastor Joe Beecham

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Renowned gospel musician, Pastor Joe Beecham, has described Ghanaian songstress Ebony Reigns as a brilliant artiste with a sensational voice.

According to him, whenever he hears Ebony sing, it touches his heart hence he wants to write a song for the ‘sponsor’ hitmaker.

Throwing light onto the gift of the 90’s ‘Bad Gyal, the man of God said “when I hear the sponsor song, I am like the talent is amazing. The melodies and rhythm in the song is so beautiful.’ He told host Mike 2 on Adom FM’s Entertainment Hall show on Saturday.

Pastor Beecham stressed that, Ebony’s career has been ordained by God as such he believes the ‘Maame Hw3’ song maker can change the lives of people through her music.

“I just want to see the face behind the music. Maybe I can also write a song for her. I told Becca I will write a song for her and I have done that. It could be inspirational [song] or about the love of God. She has the voice and audience and she can carry a certain message…” he maintained.

Asked if he would want to collaborate with her on a song, he stated clearly that ‘I never said collaboration but I will only write for her.’

Myjoyonline

Woman disguised as nun  steals $35,000 from  money exchange office

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Police in Kenya have launched a manhunt for a woman disguised as a nun who robbed a money exchange office and escaped with $35,000 (£25,000).

The speed of the incident has baffled investigators.

The whole robbery took less than ten minutes and even guards manning the entrance did not realise it had happened.

CCTV footage of the incident on Sunday in Nairobi's wealthy Karen suburb shows the suspect walking to the service counter after an entry search at the door.

She then speaks to the attendant before being allowed to go to a backroom through a secure steel door.

After a short conversation the attendant opens a safe, she then slumps into a chair before the woman empties the contents from the safe and calmly exits.

It follows another audacious robbery in November, when robbers in the nearby town of Thika dug a 30-metre tunnel underground to break into a bank safe and stole $500,000 dollars.

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Man's throat ruptured after holding his nose during forceful sneeze

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A 'fit and well' man's attempt to contain a sneeze put him in hospital for a week after he ruptured his throat.

The 34-year-old unnamed man found himself unable to swallow or speak when he held his nose as he sneezed, causing a spontaneous perforation of the pharynx.

It's an unusual condition that occurs after trauma such as vomiting or heavy coughing.

The pharynx is the part of the throat that is behind the mouth and nasal cavity.

He told doctors at hospital in Leicester that he had developed a popping sensation in the back of his throat and this had suddenly swelled up after he tried to hold in a sneeze by shutting his mouth and pinching his nose at the same time.

Doctors then heard the popping and crackling sounds in his neck, which extended all the way down to his ribcage. The sounds indicate that air bubbles had found their way into the deep tissue and muscles of the chest, which was later confirmed by a scan.

He had to spend seven days in hospital, being fed through a tube and given antibiotics through an IV drip, as doctors were concerned about complications that could arise.

Writing in the BMLJ case studies, the team said holding a sneeze in by clamping the nose and mouth shut is not a good idea and could lead to "numerous complications".

"Halting sneezing via blocking (the) nostrils and mouth is a dangerous manoeuvre, and should be avoided," the authors said.

"It may lead to numerous complications, such as pseudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (ballooning blood vessel in the brain)," they added.

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Ghana’s economy will top Africa in 2018

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Ghana is tipped to lead Africa as the fastest growing economy in 2018 with a growth rate of eight per cent as a result of increased oil and gas production, which boosts exports and domestic electricity production.

In its latest report dubbed: “Global Economic Prospects: Sub-Saharan Africa,” the World Bank has forecasted that growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will pick up at 3.2 percent in 2018, and Ghana will lead the economies in Africa with eight per cent followed by Ethiopia and Tanzania, which is expected to grow at 7.2%

Ghana’s economic growth, which had slowed from 4.0% in 2014 to 3.7% in 2015,  recover to 5.8% in 2016 and 8.7% in 2017, following consolidation of macroeconomic stability and implementation of measures to resolve the crippling power crisis.

However the forecasted recovery in economic growth in 2018 will depends on fiscal consolidation measures remaining on track, quick resolution of the power crisis, two new oil wells coming on-stream, and improved cocoa harvest and gold production.

“Growth in non-resource intensive countries is anticipated to remain solid, supported by infrastructure investment, resilient services sectors, and the recovery of agricultural production,” the report stated.

On the Sub-Sahara outlook, the bank said growth in the area was forecast to pick up to 3.2 per cent in 2018.  It also predicated a moderate rise in commodity prices.

Per capita output, which was projected to shrink by 0.1 per cent in 2017, is also expected to increase to a modest 0.7 per cent growth pace over 2018-19.

“At those rates,” World Bank said “growth will be insufficient to achieve poverty reduction goals in the region, particularly if constraints to more vigorous growth persist”.

Growth in South Africa, the second biggest economy in Africa, which is projected to rise to 0.6 per cent in 2017, is expected to accelerate to 1.1 per cent in 2018. Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, which is forecasted to go from recession to a 1.2 per cent growth rate in 2017, will gain speed to 2.4 per cent in 2018, helped by a rebound in oil production.

Growth is forecast to jump to 6.1 per cent in Ghana in 2017 and 7.8 per cent in 2018 as increased oil and gas production boosts exports and domestic electricity production. However the bank noted that militants’ attacks on oil pipelines could hold the key.

“If militants’ attacks on oil pipelines in the country decreases further the Nigeria economic will grow further”

 Myjoyonline

Dep. EC Chair erred in defying EOCO orders – Lawyer Garry Nimako

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A private legal practitioner, Garry Nimako, has described the decision by the Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission to defy the orders of EOCO and report to work as unlawful.

Officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Monday 15th January 2018 stormed the Electoral Commission (EC) to force the Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission Georgina Opoku Amankwa out of her office.

Mrs. Amankwaa defied the order of interdiction by the EOCO and reported to work, Monday.

Georgina Opoku Amankwa is the subject of an investigation after several allegations of financial impropriety were made against her.

Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, lawyer Garry Nimako stated that, Mrs. Amankwa was on interdiction and leave and that she had no right to report to her office until she is asked to do so.

“One thing we must understand is that, we are supposed to order our lives according to the constitutional regime. We live under a rule of law and not under a rule of mess”, he stressed.

According to Nimako, no person has the right to put the laws into her own hands. There are right channels to go through.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Only registered commercial users will enjoy 14% cut in electricity tariffs – Energy Ministry

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The Public Relations officer (PRO) for the Ministry of Energy, Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah, has clarified that, only registered commercial users will benefit from the 14% cut in electricity tariffs announced by the President.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced that, as from January this year, non-residential users of electricity in the country would enjoy an average of 14% reduction in electricity tariffs.

According to President Akufo-Addo, not only has government succeeded in normalizing the power situation in the country,  but "now want to boost private business in our country.”

“From January this year, the non-residential tariff rate, which is the rate which includes all of you here, is being reduced by an average of 14%. For barbers, it is being reduced by 18%; for hairdressers and beauticians, 15.7%, and for tailors, 9.8%,” he said.

However, speaking  with  Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive Tuesday, Nana Oppong Damoah stated that the cut in electricity tariffs will only be enjoyed by non-residential consumers of electricity who have registered.

He stated that, the reduction was based on the average bills non-residential users of electricity were paying prior to the reduction.

“Users who acquired the meters for residential users but use it for commercial purposes will not benefit from the 14% cut since the meters will be classified as residential meters,” he explained.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

I was never privy to NCA, IDL contract documents– NCA lawyer  tells court

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The Director of Legal Administration at the National Communications Authority (NCA), Abena Asafo Adjei, has submitted to the Commercial court hearing the case of The Republic vrs. Eugene Baffoe Bonnie and four others that she was never privy to contract documents covering the Procurement agreement between the NCA and Infralocks Development Limited. Mrs. Asafo Adjei made this disclosure when she was called as the first prosecution witness of the State in the trial of the five accused persons.

Accused Persons

The Accused persons in the case are The former Director General of the NCA, William Matthew Tetteh Tevie, the former board Chairman of the NCA, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie,  Nana Owusu Ensaw and Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman,both former members of the Governing Board of the NCA and a private businessman, George Derek Oppong.

Before the Commencement of Trial

The court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour after recording the presence of all five accused persons and the legal representation for both the State and the defence team ordered that the trial will be carried out in accordance with Section 171 of the Courts Act (Act 30) which is the section for regulating Summary trials.

Preliminary Objection

Lawyer for third accused person Samuel Coudjoe raised an objection to the effect that the Attorney General’s Department failed to furnish the defence team with all documents as ordered by the court. Lawyers for all remaining four Accused persons associated with the application and demanded an adjournment for the State to compile with the previous order of the court before the trial starts.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, pointed out that the application by lawyer for the second accused person at the last court sitting for the AG’s department to supply them with all documents was a kind gesture and not necessarily grounded in law.

In a short ruling, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour’s court over ruled the objection stating that the AG had made all documents available at the registry of the court and that it was the duty of the defence Lawyers to apply for them.

First Prosecution Witness

The State called it’s first prosecution witness, Abena Asafo Adjei, the Director of Legal Administration at the National Communications Authority (NCA). She has been in the employ of the NCA since 2003. She indicated that with the exception of the fifth Accused person, all the accused persons are known to her.

She indicated to the court that 1st Accused is the former board chairman of the NCA, 2nd accused person is the former Director General of the NCA. 3rd and 4th Accused persons she said were members of the Governing Board of the NCA.

Contract Documents

IDL and NCA contract document according to the first prosecution witness who is the Custodian of all contracts of the NCA as Director of Legal Administration, indicated that she has never seen nor worked on the said contract ever in the cause of her work. She also indicated that she only saw the document when the investigator in the case before the court brought it to her attention for identification. The document after it was considered by the court and the defence team was admitted into evidence and marked as IDA.

Source: Wiberforce Asare

Adults and children found chained to their beds in a US home

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Twelve siblings ranging in age from two to 29 have been found shackled to their beds in their homes with chains and padlocks.

A 17-year-old girl managed to escape and tell police her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive by their parents.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigated, ABC News reported, and found the rest of her siblings in a dark and foul-smelling room.

The children's parents were unable to provide a logical explanation as to why the children were restrained in the house, in Muir Woods Road, Perris, California.

One neighbour told ABC news: "They were very very pale-skinned, like they had never seen the sun. It was mostly girls, they were tiny, they looked a little malnutritioned [sic]."

David Allen Turpin, 57, and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin were interviewed and taken to a detention centre.

Police said the victims, six adults and seven children, appeared to be malnourished and very dirty.

They were given food and water after telling police they were starving.

The six children were eventually taken to the Riverside University Hospital System (RUHS) and the seven adult children were moved to Corona Regional Medical Centre, according to reports.

The parents were detained under violations of torture and child endangerment.

Their bail was set at $9m (£6.5m) each.

In a statement, police said: "Deputies located what they believed to be 12 children inside the house, but were shocked to discover that seven of them were actually adults.

"The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty."

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One village, one dam ready to commence – Bawumia

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The Northern Development Authority will in the coming weeks advertise in the national dailies for would-be applicants to bid for projects under  the One Village, One Dam policy.

The Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this at the 69th Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra Monday, January 15, 2018 assured of transparency in the bidding process and called on all qualified companies to put in their bid for a successful project.

The Year’s New Year School and Conference was on the theme: “Job Creation for Accelerated National Development: The Role of the Private Sector.”

Acknowledging the importance of the theme, the Vice President noted that, the high unemployment is the key and most pressing issue of our time and the government is putting in measures to deal with it.

According to him, unemployment is a national security issue, assuring the government will not look on for it to escalate into a time bomb.


“This is why the President has placed job creation as the number one priority of government. It goes without saying, however, that the government’s role is to put in place the enabling environment for the private sector to drive job creation,” Vice President Bawumia stated.

Dr Bawumia said the country needs to do things differently, since the same things cannot help us achieve the needed results.

“After 60 years of independence, it is clear that we have to do things differently because you cannot do the same things and expect different results. Countries such as China, South Korea, Malaysia, UAE, etc. have shown that transformation can be achieved in one generation and therefore it is possible for Ghana to do same,” he said.

The New Year School is under the aegis of the School of Continuing and Distance Education under the College of Education. The 69th Annual New Year School and Conference is under the theme: “Job Creation for Accelerated National Development: The Role of the Private Sector” from Monday, 15th January 2018 to Friday 19th January 2018.


Ghana | Atinkaonline.com

Ghana's Akwasi Frimpong qualifies for 2018 Winter Olympics

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Former Utah Valley University track and field sprinter and Dutch-Ghanaian skeleton athlete Akwasi Frimpong has earned himself a spot in the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first male West-African skeleton athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics.
 
A 2013 graduate of UVU, Frimpong will represent Ghana in the skeleton in the PyeongChang Winter Games held from Feb. 9-25. Ghana's first-ever athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics, Frimpong will begin competition in the male skeleton events set to start on Feb. 15.
 
"To me, the Olympic Games are about giving people like myself the opportunity to go against the best in the world," said Frimpong. "I'm grateful to have Cocoa from Ghana step into my life as an athlete when it was needed the most. Their support has definitely helped me focus on qualifying for the Games and becoming a better skeleton athlete. I'm now ready to represent Ghana for the first time in history in the skeleton event at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games."
 
On the road to the Winter Olympics, Frimpong can count on both Dutch and Ghanaian support in the form of Cocoa from Ghana – a Dutch initiative that aims to raise awareness of Ghanaian cocoa. Cocoa from Ghana recently entered into a sponsorship agreement with Frimpong.
 
"We are incredibly proud that Akwasi has qualified for the Winter Olympics," said Joost Bellart, spokesperson for Cocoa from Ghana. "He is a phenomenal athlete with the willpower to succeed even in the face of setbacks."
 
As a sprinter, Frimpong became the Dutch National Junior Champion and won four bronze, four silver, and eight gold medals at several national and international sporting events. After suffering an injury, Frimpong began focusing on bobsledding. He made his debut as a skeleton athlete in 2016 and is now going to the Olympic Games.

Frimpong joins Chris Fogt as one of two former Utah Valley student-athletes heading to PyeongChang, South Korea, for this year's Winter Games.

"I'm excited for him to go to the Games," said UVU track and field head coach Scott Houle, who coached Frimpong throughout his collegiate career. "Adding Chris [Fogt] and Akwasi [Frimpong] to the list of our former athletes continuing to have success in Winter Olympic sports, along with Noelle [Pikus-Pace] in the past, is great for our program. More importantly, it is a great cause for celebration for all of UVU athletics."


About Akwasi Frimpong

Born on 11 February 1986 in Ghana
Moved to the Netherlands at the age of eight
Lived in Amsterdam's Bijlmer district
Trained at the Johan Cruyff Academy to hone his sprinting skills
Obtained a residence permit thanks in part to the efforts of former Dutch football player Johan Cruijff
Now lives in the United States, where he sold vacuum cleaners to help finance his Olympic dream


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