Welcome to Chachachakumasi : 2016-04-17

Ghana: Supreme Court Orders Two Banks To Clear Woyome’s Accounts

The Supreme Court has ordered two banks in Accra, to use all the money in Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s account to defray the GHC51.2million judgement debt he owes the state. Mr. Justice Annin Yeboah gave the order when three financial institutions appeared before him on Thursday, to give the statement of account of the judgement debtor (Woyome) following a garnishee order he granted the Attorney General’s Department about 10 days ago.

Social commentator Sydney Casely-Hayford has said President John Dramani Mahama has been speaking carelessly these days, a situation the financial analysts fears could haunt the president in the long term. To him, Ghanaians were still grappling with economic challenges and hardships, therefore, in his view, it would be best for Mr Mahama to speak clearly without making ambiguous statements.

Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo

Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to Ghanaians to give her husband, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the opportunity to steer the affairs of the country come November 2016.

125 taxi drivers in the Tamale Metropolis have defected from the ruling National Democratic Congress to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying, they regret supporting the NDC. Prince Kwame Tamakloe said the disappointed taxi drivers bemoaned the rampant increment of petroleum products, killer taxes, utility tariffs among other outrageous polices under President Mahama which they claimed is making life unbearable.

Bishop Daniel Obinim, Founder and Leader of the International God's Way Church, has dared his Maker to punish him. Speaking on U TV's "Adekye Nsroma" this morning, Bishop Daniel Obinim didn't mince words as he told host Yaa Konaman that "Jesus Christ is stupid" if he allows him to use juju (voodoo powers) to run his ministry.

The leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned various appointees of government, party functionaries and heads of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies(MMDA’s) to be proactive in the NDC campaign towards the 2016 election, lest have themselves to be blamed in the repercussions thereof.

Captain Edmund Koda (Rtd), the head of the security detail for flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has said that he will continue to discharge his duties without fear or favour within the ambit of the law. According to Captain Koda, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) interference in his work is an infringement on his rights, but he will not be intimidated.

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady and leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), has welcomed a group of defected National Democratic Congress (NDC) members into her party and charged them to join the campaign against the NDC.

In a strange move, a middle aged blind man who could not cope with life as a result of a separation with his wife has allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Kumasi. Mobila Yanam, said to be in his 40s had tried two suicide attempts in the past. He was said to have drunk some poisonous substances in the earlier attempts but was treated at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and became blind about three years ago.

Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the First Vice Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has admitted that President John Dramani Mahama is using his ‘Accounting to the people tour’ to campaign ahead of the November general elections. According to him, the exercise by the President is an indirect way of campaigning.

The Human Rights court has told the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that it cannot under any circumstances stop their suspended National Chairman, Paul Awentime Afoko from, speaking, especially, to the media about happenings in the elephant family.

Hohoe residents in the Volta Region, has been admonished by President John Dramani Mahama to give him four more years because he has executed his mandate as President satisfactorily. According to him, he deserves another term because he has done only a term in office-a term which part was taken by a court litigation yet the party[NDC] has performed so well despite the challenges they encountered.