Goalkeeper Eric Antwi Ofori made two fantastic saves in the penalty shootout to see Ghana beat Burkina Faso 5-4 in the quarterfinals of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after regulation time ended 1-1 at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Friday.
It was the perfect start for Burkina Faso who opened the scoring after only four minutes when a free-flowing move down the right side concluded with Ilias Tiendrebeogo tapping home a pin-point cross from Mody Cisse for the 1-0.
Ghana almost hit back eight minutes later when Augustine Okrah tried his luck from long-range, but his powerful effort went just wide of the post.
The Black Stars persisted in attack after that and managed to find the equaliser in the 38th minute when Mumini Shafiu headed a left-sided cross from Joseph Esso past the keeper to see the half end 1-1.
The second half saw Ghana continue their dominance of the game, but their passing in the final third let them down.
The first decent chance of the half came in the 62nd minute when Okrah found some space on the edge of the box, but he fired his shot inches over the target.
Burkina Faso saw very little of the ball in the second 45 although Tiendrebeogo almost grabbed the winner for them in the 84th minute when a loose ball fell to him just inside the box, but the striker blazed narrowly over the crossbar.
The game ended 1-1 and went to penalties to decide the winner where Ghanaian keeper Ofori saved two spot-kicks to see his side win 5-4 in the shootout.
Ghana will now face the winner of the match between Ivory Coast and Togo in the semifinals of the Cup competition on Oct. 9.
The Duke of Sussex has begun legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.
Documents have been filed on behalf of Prince Harry over the alleged illegal interception of voicemail messages, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
His wife Meghan this week began legal action against the Mail on Sunday.
It is accused of unlawfully publishing a private letter to her father.
A spokeswoman for News Group Newspapers (NGN) – the publishers of the Sun and the News of The World – said: “We confirm that a claim has been issued by the Duke of Sussex.”
The details of the duke’s new legal action were first reported by the website Byline.
The BBC understands the duke’s allegations against NGN predate 2010, but it is not yet clear when his claims against the Mirror date from.
A source at Reach, which owns the Mirror, told the Press Association it was aware proceedings had been issued but had not yet received them, so was unable to comment further.
Jonny Dymond, the BBC’s royal correspondent, says the presumption is the legal action goes back to the phone-hacking scandal of the early 2000s.
Allegations of phone-hacking at the News of the World led to the closure of the tabloid in 2011 and an eight-month trial.
The story dates back to around 2007, when Clive Goodman, the then News of the World royal editor, and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator were convicted of intercepting voicemail messages left for royal aides and subsequently jailed.
The technique saw journalists hack into voicemail messages of celebrities by using a default factory-set PIN number and subsequently use the information to write news stories.
Princes William and Harry and the then Kate Middleton were all named among the victims in the 2011 trial, which led to a public inquiry.
One journalist pleaded guilty to phone-hacking at both the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror, while a judge in a civil trail against the Mirror ruled that phone-hacking at the paper was “widespread”.
Between them, the two newspaper groups have paid out almost £500m to victims of phone-hacking in settlements and legal costs.
The duke’s fresh legal claim comes just days after he accused the British tabloid press of “relentless propaganda” in his statement announcing his wife’s legal action.
In the statement, which was issued during the couple’s tour of southern Africa, Prince Harry said the “painful” impact of intrusive media coverage had forced them to take action.
The Duchess of Sussex recently launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday
Referring to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, the prince said his “deepest fear is history repeating itself”.
“I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person,” he said.
‘Years of abuse’
Brian Cathcart, co-founder of Hacked Off, a campaign group which represents phone-hacking victims, told BBC News the move was a “measure of how far the couple have been pushed”.
“For years and years the royals have been a free shot for the press,” he said.
“This man has suffered very badly because of that – we know what happened to his mother.”
He added: “I think we’ve moved on from the idea that celebrities are not entitled to privacy.
“The duke and duchess need to draw a line, they’ve had years of abuse.”
The two newspaper groups could face a total bill for phone-hacking of up to £1bn, Hacked Off said earlier this year.
Dozens of celebrities have settled claims with the Mirror group, including actor Hugh Grant, while Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and Heather Mills settled claims against News Group Newspapers earlier this year.
Paul Connew, former deputy editor at the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror, told the BBC the duke was “determined to attack the popular press” in suing over “allegations which date back about 15 years.”
Mr Connew suggested that the duke had launched the claim following “the rather over the top statement earlier this week attacking the press as a whole”.
He added: “Prince William has a more mature take of the press and I expect that in the long run Prince Harry could come to regret this.”
Media lawyer Mark Stephens said royals “rarely” take legal action because it can be a “high-risk strategy”.
He told the BBC that the processes of legal disclosure of information between lawyers and then the royals being cross-examined could take them to “places they don’t really want”.
“So it is a high-risk strategy because things are outside their control.
“But it’s also a high-risk strategy for the editors who are going to have to give evidence, too.”
The Ambassador of Israel to Ghana, Her Excellency Shani Cooper paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah on Friday.
The visit among many other things saw the two top government officials discussing different ways of improving the provision of portable water whiles strengthening the ties between the two countries.
Israel despite being made up of 70% of dessert does not battle with water scarcity. They have managed to make good use of modern technology to recycle and reuse water for both domestic and industrial purposes.
Though Ghana is blessed with over 52 billion gallons of surface water, the constant misuse and contamination of water bodies often result in its shortage in several parts of the country.
Whiles the Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources continues to work tireless to make potable water accessible to all, the Israeli embassy is looking to also collaborate to help in many ways.
This was disclosed today when Her Excellency Shani Cooper interacted with Hon. Cecilia Dapaah at her office.
“I am very happy to be here. First of all, it is a courtesy call because I am coming formally to meet with you. Secondly, we are coming towards similar projects in water and obviously before we begin and before we even plan and do the goals of the project, we wanted to hear your opinion and to consult with you”, Her Excellency Shani Cooper noted.
On her part, the Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah expressed her delight to the visit while admitting that Ghana needs help in curbing the use of pollutants that end up contaminating water bodies.
“What concerns me and my Ministry is that we need help. In the sense that we want to identify the pollutants and the contaminants that have been introduced into our water bodies. We have an idea but we need collaborative data to make sure we can tackle the menace”, she stressed.
The Minister further appealed to the entire populace to take a cue from Israel’s idea of making every drop of water count.
This she believes will go a long way to ensure the provision of potable water to communities at all times.
“Like you said you have mastered the water sector in a way that every drop counts. And this is a good motor and philosophy for us as well.
“Ghanaians should make sure that every drop counts”, Hon. Cecilia Dapaah stressed.
Her Excellency Shani Cooper took advantage of the visit to invite the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources to a conference in November which will give her the opportunity to interact with experts who have been successful in the work being undertaken by the sector.
The Ghana Black Stars B team has today defeated Burkina Faso 5-4 on penalties to advance to the semi-finals of the 2019 ESPN WAFU Cup of Nations tournament which is currently ongoing in Senegal.
The victors emerged as Champions of the last edition when it was hosted in Ghana last 2 years. They are now hoping to go all the way to ensure they see to the successful defense of the trophy.
Faced with Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals, they had to rely on the penalty shootout to book a place in the last four following a pulsating encounter at the Stade Lat Dior.
The first half ended 1-1 with Ilina Teindrebeogo opening the scoring for the losers after 3 minutes of play. They could however not defend that goal and conceded on the 37th minute following an impressive display from Ghana.
A good piece of play from Hearts of Oak poster boy Joseph Esso was finished off by Ashanti Gold marksman Shafiu Mumuni courtesy a thumping header from the left side of attack.
A nervy second 45 minutes of soccer action could not produce any other goal, forcing the quarter-finals to be decided by the lottery of the penalty shootout.
Ghana remained focused throughout the period and eventual won 5-4 to progress into the semi-finals.
They are well on course to defending their title but coach Maxwell Konadu and his charges still have a lot of work to do in the next stage.
Stonebwoy has made a passionate appeal to the government to invest in the creative industry since it’s a huge avenue for job employment for the youth.
Stonebwoy said, “there are so many job opportunities to be created through creative arts”.
Stonewbwoy was invited as a guest speaker at the launch of the Youth Employment Agency’s Job Centre.
He said:
There is so much job to be made around even the creative arts. Me as I roll out here at least I can count up to not less than 10 of people who are employed around me just to keep me running; devoid of the production, devoid of the managerial and all these things” he said.
”These ones create opportunities for people to put monies in our pocket. People print my T-shirts in the North, in the west and the East, people create BHIM fanbases and they sell stuff over there to eat and fend for themselves. I do not go attacking them whatsoever because this is what we can also do indirectly” he added.
”So we’ll just urge that the government would also look at the creative art sector beyond the artisan or whatever because it creates employment for people as well,” he concluded
Present at the YEA Job centre launch was the vice president of the republic of ghana Mahamudu Bawumia
A school known for it’s high excellence in learning and maintaining discipline in students beautifully located inside the Burma camp with the supervision of the military never hesitated to welcome their own student and the multiple award-winning songstress Euni Melo as she officially presented her 2 awards to the entire student population in an assembly on Thursday 3rd October 2019.
This was accompanied by her strong and juicy performance.
It all begun when Euni Melo and her management paid a courtesy call to the school authorities requesting to officially present her honors to the school she studies in.
The diva who grabbed awards as the best new act in Gome Awards (Ga Dangbe) and Dancehall song at the Emerging music awards, was excited to involve her school since that was where her talents were fully discovered and nurtured.
The headmaster was happy and stated how proud he and the school is of Euni Melo and prayed she win more honors and soar even higher, the assistant headmaster also seized the opportunity to declare a day within the school calendar as a Euni Melo Entertainment day, a day to allow her to display her full talent to the school
Euni Melo currently has 10 released singles with 3 official videos and 2 awards under her sleeves just 8 months into her professional music career.
Nothing less is expected from the PPP records artiste who is gradually gathering momentum into hitting mainstream fully.
The Duke of Sussex has begun legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.
Documents have been filed on behalf of Prince Harry over the alleged illegal interception of voicemail messages, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
His wife Meghan this week began legal action against the Mail on Sunday.
It is accused of unlawfully publishing a private letter to her father.
A spokeswoman for News Group Newspapers (NGN) – the publishers of the Sun and the News of The World – said: “We confirm that a claim has been issued by the Duke of Sussex.”
The details of the duke’s new legal action were first reported by the website Byline.
The BBC understands the duke’s allegations against NGN predate 2010, but it is not yet clear when his claims against the Mirror date from.
A source at Reach, which owns the Mirror, told the Press Association it was aware proceedings had been issued but had not yet received them, so was unable to comment further.
Jonny Dymond, the BBC’s royal correspondent, says the presumption is the legal action goes back to the phone-hacking scandal of the early 2000s.
Allegations of phone-hacking at the News of the World led to the closure of the tabloid in 2011 and an eight-month trial.
The story dates back to around 2007, when Clive Goodman, the then News of the World royal editor, and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator were convicted of intercepting voicemail messages left for royal aides and subsequently jailed.
The technique saw journalists hack into voicemail messages of celebrities by using a default factory-set PIN number and subsequently use the information to write news stories.
Princes William and Harry and the then Kate Middleton were all named among the victims in the 2011 trial, which led to a public inquiry.
One journalist pleaded guilty to phone-hacking at both the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror, while a judge in a civil trail against the Mirror ruled that phone-hacking at the paper was “widespread”.
Between them, the two newspaper groups have paid out almost £500m to victims of phone-hacking in settlements and legal costs.
The duke’s fresh legal claim comes just days after he accused the British tabloid press of “relentless propaganda” in his statement announcing his wife’s legal action.
In the statement, which was issued during the couple’s tour of southern Africa, Prince Harry said the “painful” impact of intrusive media coverage had forced them to take action.
The Duchess of Sussex recently launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday
Referring to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, the prince said his “deepest fear is history repeating itself”.
“I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person,” he said.
‘Years of abuse’
Brian Cathcart, co-founder of Hacked Off, a campaign group which represents phone-hacking victims, told BBC News the move was a “measure of how far the couple have been pushed”.
“For years and years the royals have been a free shot for the press,” he said.
“This man has suffered very badly because of that – we know what happened to his mother.”
He added: “I think we’ve moved on from the idea that celebrities are not entitled to privacy.
“The duke and duchess need to draw a line, they’ve had years of abuse.”
The two newspaper groups could face a total bill for phone-hacking of up to £1bn, Hacked Off said earlier this year.
Dozens of celebrities have settled claims with the Mirror group, including actor Hugh Grant, while Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and Heather Mills settled claims against News Group Newspapers earlier this year.
Paul Connew, former deputy editor at the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror, told the BBC the duke was “determined to attack the popular press” in suing over “allegations which date back about 15 years.”
Mr Connew suggested that the duke had launched the claim following “the rather over the top statement earlier this week attacking the press as a whole”.
He added: “Prince William has a more mature take of the press and I expect that in the long run Prince Harry could come to regret this.”
Media lawyer Mark Stephens said royals “rarely” take legal action because it can be a “high-risk strategy”.
He told the BBC that the processes of legal disclosure of information between lawyers and then the royals being cross-examined could take them to “places they don’t really want”.
“So it is a high-risk strategy because things are outside their control.
“But it’s also a high-risk strategy for the editors who are going to have to give evidence, too.”
The Ambassador of Israel to Ghana, Her Excellency Shani Cooper paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah on Friday.
The visit among many other things saw the two top government officials discussing different ways of improving the provision of portable water whiles strengthening the ties between the two countries.
Israel despite being made up of 70% of dessert does not battle with water scarcity. They have managed to make good use of modern technology to recycle and reuse water for both domestic and industrial purposes.
Though Ghana is blessed with over 52 billion gallons of surface water, the constant misuse and contamination of water bodies often result in its shortage in several parts of the country.
Whiles the Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources continues to work tireless to make potable water accessible to all, the Israeli embassy is looking to also collaborate to help in many ways.
This was disclosed today when Her Excellency Shani Cooper interacted with Hon. Cecilia Dapaah at her office.
“I am very happy to be here. First of all, it is a courtesy call because I am coming formally to meet with you. Secondly, we are coming towards similar projects in water and obviously before we begin and before we even plan and do the goals of the project, we wanted to hear your opinion and to consult with you”, Her Excellency Shani Cooper noted.
On her part, the Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah expressed her delight to the visit while admitting that Ghana needs help in curbing the use of pollutants that end up contaminating water bodies.
“What concerns me and my Ministry is that we need help. In the sense that we want to identify the pollutants and the contaminants that have been introduced into our water bodies. We have an idea but we need collaborative data to make sure we can tackle the menace”, she stressed.
The Minister further appealed to the entire populace to take a cue from Israel’s idea of making every drop of water count.
This she believes will go a long way to ensure the provision of potable water to communities at all times.
“Like you said you have mastered the water sector in a way that every drop counts. And this is a good motor and philosophy for us as well.
“Ghanaians should make sure that every drop counts”, Hon. Cecilia Dapaah stressed.
Her Excellency Shani Cooper took advantage of the visit to invite the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources to a conference in November which will give her the opportunity to interact with experts who have been successful in the work being undertaken by the sector.
The Ghana Black Stars B team has today defeated Burkina Faso 5-4 on penalties to advance to the semi-finals of the 2019 ESPN WAFU Cup of Nations tournament which is currently ongoing in Senegal.
The victors emerged as Champions of the last edition when it was hosted in Ghana last 2 years. They are now hoping to go all the way to ensure they see to the successful defense of the trophy.
Faced with Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals, they had to rely on the penalty shootout to book a place in the last four following a pulsating encounter at the Stade Lat Dior.
The first half ended 1-1 with Ilina Teindrebeogo opening the scoring for the losers after 3 minutes of play. They could however not defend that goal and conceded on the 37th minute following an impressive display from Ghana.
A good piece of play from Hearts of Oak poster boy Joseph Esso was finished off by Ashanti Gold marksman Shafiu Mumuni courtesy a thumping header from the left side of attack.
A nervy second 45 minutes of soccer action could not produce any other goal, forcing the quarter-finals to be decided by the lottery of the penalty shootout.
Ghana remained focused throughout the period and eventual won 5-4 to progress into the semi-finals.
They are well on course to defending their title but coach Maxwell Konadu and his charges still have a lot of work to do in the next stage.
The investigation into a knife attack in which an IT staffer stabbed four colleagues to death at Paris police headquarters has been handed over to the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office, sources said on Friday. The investigation into the attack on Thursday has so far been handled by the Paris public prosecutor but had now been passed to the Parquet National Anti Terrorisme (PNAT) sources at both prosecutors’ offices said.
Three men and a woman — three police officers and an administrative worker — died in a frenzied 30-minute attack with a kitchen knife that ended when the attacker was shot dead.
A fifth person was critically injured and was being treated in hospital after the deadliest attack on police in France in years, which sent shock waves through an embattled force already complaining of low morale.
Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz, who initially led the investigations, initially told reporters that a murder probe had been opened, while emphasising that no terror investigation had begun. But on Friday, he transferred the case to the PNAT, that deals exclusively with terrorism.
The PNAT is relatively new but differs from other Paris-based tribunals that it exclusively deals with terrorism. It was created in July 2019 and headed by Jean-François Ricard.
IT worker
The attacker, a 45-year-old IT worker in the police intelligence department, had converted to Islam 18 months ago, the sources said.
The man, who was born in the French Caribbean territory of Martinique and had worked for the police since 2003, suffered from deafness, the sources said.
Stonebwoy has made a passionate appeal to the government to invest in the creative industry since it’s a huge avenue for job employment for the youth.
Stonebwoy said, “there are so many job opportunities to be created through creative arts”.
Stonewbwoy was invited as a guest speaker at the launch of the Youth Employment Agency’s Job Centre.
He said:
There is so much job to be made around even the creative arts. Me as I roll out here at least I can count up to not less than 10 of people who are employed around me just to keep me running; devoid of the production, devoid of the managerial and all these things” he said.
”These ones create opportunities for people to put monies in our pocket. People print my T-shirts in the North, in the west and the East, people create BHIM fanbases and they sell stuff over there to eat and fend for themselves. I do not go attacking them whatsoever because this is what we can also do indirectly” he added.
”So we’ll just urge that the government would also look at the creative art sector beyond the artisan or whatever because it creates employment for people as well,” he concluded
Present at the YEA Job centre launch was the vice president of the republic of ghana Mahamudu Bawumia
A school known for it’s high excellence in learning and maintaining discipline in students beautifully located inside the Burma camp with the supervision of the military never hesitated to welcome their own student and the multiple award-winning songstress Euni Melo as she officially presented her 2 awards to the entire student population in an assembly on Thursday 3rd October 2019.
This was accompanied by her strong and juicy performance.
It all begun when Euni Melo and her management paid a courtesy call to the school authorities requesting to officially present her honors to the school she studies in.
The diva who grabbed awards as the best new act in Gome Awards (Ga Dangbe) and Dancehall song at the Emerging music awards, was excited to involve her school since that was where her talents were fully discovered and nurtured.
The headmaster was happy and stated how proud he and the school is of Euni Melo and prayed she win more honors and soar even higher, the assistant headmaster also seized the opportunity to declare a day within the school calendar as a Euni Melo Entertainment day, a day to allow her to display her full talent to the school
Euni Melo currently has 10 released singles with 3 official videos and 2 awards under her sleeves just 8 months into her professional music career.
Nothing less is expected from the PPP records artiste who is gradually gathering momentum into hitting mainstream fully.
A vegetable farmer at Awutu Bereku in the central region says the reconstruction of traditional earthen dams will help transform the lives of thousands of villagers in Ghana rsquo;s most arid regions and even across Africa. According to Chief Osman Moro Fukuyama, if the fast disappearing traditional technology has helped transform th …
A Deputy Secretary of the opposition NDC in the Asante Akim Central Constituency who doubles as a Communications Team Member of the Ashanti Regional NDC, Emmanuel Opoku Mensah, has said on Fox Morning drive that the only legacy Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed to bequeath to Ghanaians is the LGBT.
“If we do not take care, the biggest legacy Nana Akufo-Addo would bequeath to Ghanaians will be gaysm, lesbianism and the like…,” he said in a dejected tone.
He attributed his claim to the back and forth position assumed by the Education Minister relative to the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as part of the new curriculum introduced at the basic schools in Ghana this academic year.
According to Mr. Opoku, the NPP communicators initially dismissed the guidelines on the CSE which was in wide circulation; however, paragraph five of a statement issued by Cassandra Twum-Ampofo, the GES PRO referenced same document giving credence to the fact that the guidelines were not a creation of the NDC or its assigns.
He further argued that he had in his possession, a video of the minister for education telling the world that the government would implement the Comprehensive Sexuality Education in September this year.
The vociferous communicator said his belief in the secret intentions of the Akufo-Addo government to surreptitiously creep the program into the curricula is fuelled by what Prophet Kwabena Tawiah once said that the Nana Akufo-Addo government has turned its back to God after he (Prophet Tawiah) led the NPP to seek God’s favor for electoral success in election 2016.
Speaking to journalists in Kumasi after the program, Mr. Opoku added that he has chanced on documents culled from Ghanaian Language and English Language curricula all of which had the controversial CSE incorporated in them.
In buttressing his claim further, he referred journalists to page 86, paragraph 369, of the 2019 budget statement which also had captured the CSE program already to be implemented in September 2019.
“According to the budget statement, the finance minister said inter alia, ‘…the National Population Council (NPC) in collaboration with other stakeholders developed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) to incorporate into the national education curriculum’.
…Having quoted this from this year’s budget statement, do you still want us to take the education minister seriously giving the clear quagmire of lies he’s entangled in?”, he quizzed.
The worried-looking communicator questioned why the minister has turned blind eye to technologically-based curricula America Germany and even China have evolved for their children but rather, he is advocating curricula that would not only destroy our moral fibre as a people but would see to the extinction of our cultural practices and norms.
According to him, some parents are even threatening not to enroll their children in schools for the fear that CSE may introduce their children to the abhorred homosexuality among other bad practices.
“In view of this, I call on the media especially, the civil society organizations, the Christian and Muslim communities, the traditional priests, our traditional rulers, and all God-fearing persons to wage an unrelenting war against this abomination the NPP through the education ministry is clandestinely introducing into our society,” Mr. Opoku passionately appealed.
A fraudster who funded luxury holidays by conning people out of their bank details in “an industrial scale” text message scam has been arrested and jailed.
Emanuel Poku, 24, of Enfield, was pictured enjoying a helicopter ride in Mexico, and posed next to a luxury car by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
When arrested, Poku had 500,000 phone numbers and 35,000 bank card numbers, linked to more than £2 million of reported losses, on laptops and mobiles.
He used dozens of Sim cards to trick customers into giving away financial and personal details.
Thousands of “smishing” text messages imitating banks and mobile phone companies were sent containing links to fake websites. The details given by unsuspecting victims were then used to steal money from people’s accounts.
Poku, who was found with more than £12,000 in cash in his home, went on a number of luxury holidays abroad funded through the proceeds of his crimes. City of London Police estimated more than £5.8 million worth of fraud was disrupted or prevented as a result of its investigation.
At Inner London crown court Poku admitted £50,000 of fraud between January and April this year, pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud, possession of an article used in fraud and possession of a false passport. He was jailed for two years and nine months.
Detective Sergeant Ben Hobbs said: “Emanuel Poku was committing fraud on an industrial scale, funding luxury holidays around the world by stealing money from unsuspecting victims. His devices had been used to send ‘smishing’ text messages to thousands of customers, trying to trick them into giving away their details before using Sim swaps to complete fraudulent transactions.”
He added: “We would urge people to always be on the lookout for this kind of scam. Never automatically click on a link in an unexpected text message or email, as it could be a fraudster trying to harvest your personal and bank details.”
The Youth of the New Juaben South branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the Eastern region led by its Youth Organizer, Louis Appiah, aka Odifo, has held a massive clean-up exercise in the constituency as part of efforts to deepen sanitation consciousness.
The prime object of the exercise was to sanitise the area and to further help impact positively on the lives of residents in order to prevent diseases.
The event which was held last week recorded a huge turn out in the area with a display of youthful enthusiasm throughout the period of the sanitation campaign.
In an interview with the media, Louis Appiah stated that during the exercise, the group swept the streets and the surroundings.
“We also distilled the drains in and around the Koforidua Trotro and Central Police Station areas. Luke 11:25 says and I quote ‘And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order’ emphasising the Bible’s position on God and his cleanliness nature,” he said.
He expressed his profound gratitude to the various youth groups and individuals who helped to make the event a big success,
“I will like to use this opportunity to thank my youth wing, Staunch Queens and All Nations Tescon, for taking part and making this exercise a success. To my deputy (Afia Mai) and Secretary for the Youth Wing – (Bature); I say God bless you Richly. Little by little, with each and everyone involved, we will succeed together
The cleanup exercise was climaxed with a fun-packed Kenkey Party, as a side attraction at the Constituency Office.
Louis Appiah hinted that the next activity will be held within this month of October 2019.
A vegetable farmer at Awutu Bereku in the central region says the reconstruction of traditional earthen dams will help transform the lives of thousands of villagers in Ghana rsquo;s most arid regions and even across Africa. According to Chief Osman Moro Fukuyama, if the fast disappearing traditional technology has helped transform th …
A Deputy Secretary of the opposition NDC in the Asante Akim Central Constituency who doubles as a Communications Team Member of the Ashanti Regional NDC, Emmanuel Opoku Mensah, has said on Fox Morning drive that the only legacy Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed to bequeath to Ghanaians is the LGBT.
“If we do not take care, the biggest legacy Nana Akufo-Addo would bequeath to Ghanaians will be gaysm, lesbianism and the like…,” he said in a dejected tone.
He attributed his claim to the back and forth position assumed by the Education Minister relative to the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as part of the new curriculum introduced at the basic schools in Ghana this academic year.
According to Mr. Opoku, the NPP communicators initially dismissed the guidelines on the CSE which was in wide circulation; however, paragraph five of a statement issued by Cassandra Twum-Ampofo, the GES PRO referenced same document giving credence to the fact that the guidelines were not a creation of the NDC or its assigns.
He further argued that he had in his possession, a video of the minister for education telling the world that the government would implement the Comprehensive Sexuality Education in September this year.
The vociferous communicator said his belief in the secret intentions of the Akufo-Addo government to surreptitiously creep the program into the curricula is fuelled by what Prophet Kwabena Tawiah once said that the Nana Akufo-Addo government has turned its back to God after he (Prophet Tawiah) led the NPP to seek God’s favor for electoral success in election 2016.
Speaking to journalists in Kumasi after the program, Mr. Opoku added that he has chanced on documents culled from Ghanaian Language and English Language curricula all of which had the controversial CSE incorporated in them.
In buttressing his claim further, he referred journalists to page 86, paragraph 369, of the 2019 budget statement which also had captured the CSE program already to be implemented in September 2019.
“According to the budget statement, the finance minister said inter alia, ‘…the National Population Council (NPC) in collaboration with other stakeholders developed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) to incorporate into the national education curriculum’.
…Having quoted this from this year’s budget statement, do you still want us to take the education minister seriously giving the clear quagmire of lies he’s entangled in?”, he quizzed.
The worried-looking communicator questioned why the minister has turned blind eye to technologically-based curricula America Germany and even China have evolved for their children but rather, he is advocating curricula that would not only destroy our moral fibre as a people but would see to the extinction of our cultural practices and norms.
According to him, some parents are even threatening not to enroll their children in schools for the fear that CSE may introduce their children to the abhorred homosexuality among other bad practices.
“In view of this, I call on the media especially, the civil society organizations, the Christian and Muslim communities, the traditional priests, our traditional rulers, and all God-fearing persons to wage an unrelenting war against this abomination the NPP through the education ministry is clandestinely introducing into our society,” Mr. Opoku passionately appealed.
A fraudster who funded luxury holidays by conning people out of their bank details in “an industrial scale” text message scam has been arrested and jailed.
Emanuel Poku, 24, of Enfield, was pictured enjoying a helicopter ride in Mexico, and posed next to a luxury car by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
When arrested, Poku had 500,000 phone numbers and 35,000 bank card numbers, linked to more than £2 million of reported losses, on laptops and mobiles.
He used dozens of Sim cards to trick customers into giving away financial and personal details.
Thousands of “smishing” text messages imitating banks and mobile phone companies were sent containing links to fake websites. The details given by unsuspecting victims were then used to steal money from people’s accounts.
Poku, who was found with more than £12,000 in cash in his home, went on a number of luxury holidays abroad funded through the proceeds of his crimes. City of London Police estimated more than £5.8 million worth of fraud was disrupted or prevented as a result of its investigation.
At Inner London crown court Poku admitted £50,000 of fraud between January and April this year, pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud, possession of an article used in fraud and possession of a false passport. He was jailed for two years and nine months.
Detective Sergeant Ben Hobbs said: “Emanuel Poku was committing fraud on an industrial scale, funding luxury holidays around the world by stealing money from unsuspecting victims. His devices had been used to send ‘smishing’ text messages to thousands of customers, trying to trick them into giving away their details before using Sim swaps to complete fraudulent transactions.”
He added: “We would urge people to always be on the lookout for this kind of scam. Never automatically click on a link in an unexpected text message or email, as it could be a fraudster trying to harvest your personal and bank details.”
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