Welcome to Chachachakumasi : 2016-01-24

Election 2016: Joyce Aryee calls for new voter register

Dr. Joyce Aryee has said it will be more prudent for the Electoral Commission to compile a new register for the November

general elections rather than have the flawed 2012 register used for this year’s polls. “Personally, I wish that we could have a new register and my reason is simple. When there’s so much controversy, you don’t want to promote that controversy, you don’t want to create a situation where that controversy, that perception leads to a situation of lack of peace…I think that’s the way to go,”

Nigeria’s former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of massive fraud that characterized arms procurement during his tenure.

The ruling National Democratic Congress government has set its vote buying machinery in motion, with the commencement of the distribution of seized and pirated textiles to folks in villages across the country, The Catalyst can confirm. This vote-buying strategy, which was initially earmarked for the swing regions in the country, namely the Brong Ahafo, Central, Western and Greater Accra Regions, has seen a change in strategy with the Ashanti Region being the new target of gurus of the NDC.

Ismaila Ali Horoya (right) with Koku Anyidoho at an NDC function

The Ayawaso East constituency organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ismaila Ali Horoya, has been arrested by British security agents in London for transporting cocaine into that country. His arrest has been confirmed by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, after weeks of speculations, with NDC members not ready to broach the topic.

Two people have reportedly been killed in fresh clashes between residents of Sekyere Odumase in the Ashanti region and some Fulani herdsmen who are resident there. The row was triggered Thursday afternoon following the killing of a commercial driver by some suspected Fulani robbers. The driver was reportedly transporting some market women from Ejura-where he hails from- to the Sekyere Odumase market when he was accosted and killed by the bandits.

Four Senators from the United States of America (USA) have petitioned the Senate Appropriations Committee to cut off foreign aid to Ghana should the small West African country fail to keep the two ex-detainees from Guantanamo Bay from escaping to “re-engage in terrorism against the United States”.

Trade minister Ekow Spio Gabrah has said the increment in utility tariffs is dangerous for the Mahama-led administration, especially in an election year. In his view, the increment should have been staggered instead of being introduced at a go in order to ease the financial stress on Ghanaians.

A fire that broke out on the night of Tuesday January 26, 2016 in a building at Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region killed a set of triplets. The children, aged three, died while their room caught fire at about 9.30pm, an eyewitness told Accra News Thursday January 28.

The district pastor of Emmanuel Presbyterian (EP) Church, Reverend Stephen Azodem, on Wednesday at Nankese near Suhum in the Eastern Region, stormed one Abena Addobea’s house with police at dawn to eject her from the house, which belongs to her grandfather.

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a former teacher of the Evangelical Presbyterian Primary school in Tamale, David Ananga, for allegedly defiling a 14 year old student of the same school, resulting in pregnancy. David Ananga is also alleged to have defiled 9 other students, but they fortunately escaped pregnancy.

A SWISS national, Mrs. Sirpa Amoah, married to a retired Ghanaian engineer for the past 40 years has observed Ghana is a peaceful country. Mrs. Amoah, an IT specialist was addressing guests during the celebration of her 60th anniversary which coincided with the 40th anniversary of marriage to her Ghanaian husband.

Deya probed over Aids, cancer cure claims

British authorities were last evening investigating fraud allegations against Kenyan-born televangelist Gilbert Deya, who is accused of duping his congregation that he has a cure for cancer and Aids. Should he be found guilty, the preacher could be extradited to Kenya, where he is wanted for child trafficking charges over the “Miracle Babies” saga.

Angry and daring residents of Gikingo Village in Tharaka-Nithi confronted and accosted three armed robbers, who had stolen money from a trader and injured a pupil, and lynched two of them. The gang had attacked Ms Virginia Mumbi while she was riding on a motorbike on her way to Kathangacinoi market to buy cereals.

Two men, Innocent Egbuna, 33, and Jide Ajayi, 21 who allegedly had anal sex inside a jeep, were on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused are being tried for a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and act of gross indecency.

Stephanie whispers to Jeremy: 'I love you... me love you.' The two can be seen snuggling up together on the sofa, looking as intimate as ever and very much like a proper couple. He replies, before kissing her on the head: 'I love you too.'


Murdered: Migrant centre worker Alexandra Mezher, 22, was stabbed to death

The mother of the young Swedish social worker who was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old asylum seeker at a shelter for refugee children wept today and said, 'She was not just my daughter, she was my angel.' Alexandra Mezher, 22, was working alone with ten youths aged between 14 and 17 when she was attacked at the home for unaccompanied young migrants in Mölndal, near Gothenburg.

Trouble: The patient had been suffering pains for two years

A meat-lover who had a two-year stomach pain was horrified when doctors said a 6-metre long tapeworm had grown inside him. Doctors told him it had been caused by his love of raw beef. The patient had been complaining about vomiting, general weakness and a lack of appetite to various doctors over the past two years.

EXPLORER Henry Worsley, who was on the brink of making Antarctic history with a solo crossing across the ice, has died, his family has announced.

The 53-year-old victim is seen being flung violently into the air after being hit by a Fiat 500 as he crossed Montague Place in the Kemptown area of Brighton. A witness could be seen holding their hand to their mouth in apparent shock at the point of impact at 3.40pm on Thursday January 14.

Blac Chyna seemed completely oblivious to the media storm she created earlier in the day when she posted a series of revealing shots on her Instagram account. Tyga’s ex sent the internet into meltdown when she shared a very cosy-looking picture with Rob Kardashian, who was identifiable by his distinct arm tattoos.“The beginning,” she captioned it.

The car mounted the pavement on Fernhill Road, Rutherglen, and struck the 14-year-old boy

POLICE are hunting a maniac who tried to kill two teens by running them over. The boys, aged 14 and 15, were walking along a street in Rutherglen, Glasgow, when a light green Vauxhall Corsa mounted the pavement and struck the younger lad. They were making their way along Fernhill Road at around 2.15pm on Saturday when the incident happened.

Chiefs of the Andani Royal Family

Tension is mounting in Dagbon as the Andani Royal Family readies itself for what it describes as engagement with the Abudus over the funeral of the late Regent Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV. The threat by the chieftaincy gate has compelled the security agents to be on alert for any eventualities, given the fractious nature of such engagements.

The British Government has acknowledged that Ghana’s controversial voters’ register is bloated by at least 10 percent. According to a correspondence from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a copy of which is available to DAILY GUIDE, the British Government was adequately informed about the trend in the country regarding the register.

A Zimbabwean has been killed by a pride of lions while he was showering in a camp in the country's north. The man was attacked while using an outside shower at a fishing camp near Mana Pools National Park, Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwean Conservation Task Force told German news agency DPA.

A pastor in Zimbabwe has been released from prison after being arrested in December for staging a one-man demonstration against President Robert Mugabe's ruling party. Patrick Mugadza, 45, traveled 300 miles to protest outside a luxury hotel in Victoria Falls where Mr Mugabe and 6,000 delegates from his Zanu PF party were holding an annual conference.

The hijacked bus in Mandera, northern Kenya where 28 people were killed in 2014

A group of Muslims traveling on a bus in the north east of Kenya took a stand against gun-wielding Islamists, refusing to point out who on their bus were Christian despite the terrorists threatening to kill them all. Shukri Farah, driver of the bus, said the Muslims stood on either side of the Christians, to shield them from view.

Hassan Ayariga has formed a new political party called the All People’s Congress (APC), on which ticket he intends to run for president in 2016. Green and cream are the prominent colours of the new party, which has a broom as its emblem.

A Brazilian prisoner has apparently attempted to break out of jail by diving head first down a communal lavatory in a Shawshank Redemption style escape. The man trying to wriggle through an excrement-coated hole in the ground.

Pressure group Organised Labour, have said they have not given up on their planned strike action, which was supposed to have followed their nationwide demonstration. The pressure group on Wednesday, held a nationwide demonstration in protest of what they described as killer taxes on petroleum products and exorbitant hikes in utility tariffs.

British tourists were shocked to see crocodiles eating a man as they took a sunset cruise along the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The group and their guide spotted the crocodiles feeding on something as they moved down the river from their camp on the Zambian side. When they got closer, they realised it was the bottom half of a human.

A 29-year-old American researcher has been killed in Zambia after she was trampled by an elephant. The woman, named by local media as Margarita Metallinou, was working in the Kafue National Park in central Zambia with two male colleagues when the accident happened at around 1.30pm last Tuesday.

Abuja - An Enugu couple have expressed both shock and hope after giving birth to conjoined twin girls, Punch reports. The twins, Miracle and Testimony, are joined at the groin and despite their condition, appear to be two very healthy children. Despite admitting to initially being traumatized, the babies' father, Segun, has expressed optimism, saying that his faith gave him the courage to pull through. Doctors have revealed that the twins share no vital organs and defecate and urinate normally, given that they have separate genitals and legs. The twins, who are still being treated at the Intensive Care Unit at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, are said to be visited by their mother every day.

Zambia swaps football and beer for Sunday prayers to save economy

A man holds a bottle of Mosi, Zambia's national lager, as the country swapped football and beer for Sunday prayers to save economy

President Edgar Lungu appeals for divine intervention in a host of problems including lower copper prices, electricity shortages and a record drop in the national currency. Football matches were cancelled and bars banned from opening on Sunday as Zambians took part in a national day of prayer and fasting in a bid to halt the sliding value of the country’s currency, the Kwacha.

An attack by three suicide bombers in Maiduguri on Friday, January 22 was foiled by the military just a kilometre into the troubled town, Nigerian troops fighting the insurgency in the northeast have recorded successes against Boko Haram fighters in recent times.

Nairobi - Police in Nairobi, Kenya arrested two foreign nationals with a stash of fake Euros and US dollars amounting to KES 111bn. The two, a Cameroonian and a Nigerien were arrested in the Kilimani area and Diamond Estate on Mombasa Road with the fake currency as well as money minting machines.

Port Harcourt – Nigerians resident in Gauteng Province of South Africa have protested against the alleged extra-judicial killing of a 34- year-old man, Timothy Chinedu, by the police. Mr Mathew Okafor, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union in Gauteng Province, said on phone from Johannesburg that Chinedu was allegedly suffocated to death by the police after his arrest at 9.00 a.m. on Saturday.

Gregory Afoko

The bill of indictment on Gregory Afoko the suspect, who allegedly poured acid on the late Adams Mahama, Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, would be ready at the court’s next sitting. According to Mr Mathew Amponsah, Chief State Attorney the bill of indictment was almost ready and assured the court it would be ready at its next sitting.

Corporal Alexander Kyeremeh

The Ashanti regional Police force, have launched manhunt for four highway robbers believed to be of Fulani origin who shot a police corporal at Kasei near Ejura in the Ashanti region. The 30-year-old Corporal Alexander Kyeremeh stationed at Bimbila in the Northern region was shot in the ribs for disobeying orders of the robbers to passengers to surrender all their possessions.

Corporal Alexander Kyeremeh 30, a police officer stationed at Bimbilla in the Northern Region met his untimely death last Friday afternoon when he was shot in the right rib by armed robbers suspected to be of Fulani descent. The incident occurred around 1pm on the section of the road between Ejura and Hiawonwu in the Ejura Sekyedumasi municipality.

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