Day: July 23, 2023

Businessman, Raymond Archer, has advised the Board Chair of the Ghana Trade Fair Company, Daniel McKorley, popularly known as McDan to pray his party – New Patriotic Party – remains in power forever.

According to him, while McDan continues to enjoy under this government, he should be wary of the dangers ahead should the NDC be voted into office in the 2024 general elections.

Raymond Archer’s comment comes after he was asked his opinion about McDan’s comment that Ghanaian youth are lazy.

The businessman, who had his multi-million dollar company demolished years ago said the NPP was fond of collapsing businesses they think belong to supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He alleged that businesses of NPP supporters including McDan Group were given prominence to thrive.

Speaking on Radio Gold, Raymond Archer said, “They [NPP] have this pattern where they target NDC people when they are in office. They destroy the business, they build their own, destroy the politicians, pop up their own…McDan, he has to pray. I don’t talk too much but he has to pray that his government stays in office forever.”

“Now, he has the McDan Group…a whole lagoon; natural resource was seized and given to him and all those people who lived on that lagoon and I understand about 4,000, 5,000 livelihoods have been taken and given to one man…he is building his empire whiles trampling on other people is who they are and what they have always done,” he stated.

It would be recalled that officials of Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited in 2020 pulled down structures belonging to different companies following a redevelopment project to be taken at the Trade Fair Center.

Raymond Archer, who had his companies Universal Labels and Packaging Co. Ltd (UNIPACK) and Colour Planet Limited were also demolished.

According to him, the court had placed an injunction to stall the demolition exercise, however, authorities of the Trade Fair Company Limited carried out the exercise without prior alert.

He noted that he legally acquired the property, therefore, the actions of the authorities are unjustifiable.

Source: Ghana Web

Radio show host, Mr. Logic has dismissed a claim by Sarkodie that his most recent track ‘Try Me’ was leaked and that it did not have the buy in of his team and allies.

Speaking on the July 22 edition of UTV’s United Showbiz programme, Mr. Logic said it was time Sarkodie apologizes to Yvonne Nelson, who the Try Me track was directed at.

“He apologized because it had to do with a woman, if it was a man, he would have defended his view. He has yet to speak on the matter here at home… when it started, he should have spoken and cleared the air,” Mr. Logic explained.

He weighed in on the issue of the track being a ‘personal’ project and that it was leaked, Logic said the musician should come again.

“But to tell us his team did not know of the track and he sneaked out to record it and all. He is too big for such trivial information because of his brand and its implications… he should have apologized from the onset.

“Sark messed up, he has accepted that he was wrong, he owes Yvonne Nelson and womanhood. That the song leaked was a lie, it did not, we are not kids,” he fired.

Sarkodie made his first comments on the whole Yvonne Nelson episode where he was chastised for heavy handedly hitting at Yvonne because of contents in her memoir about their previous relationship which resulted in her aborting his baby.

The musician who is currently on tour spoke to an American YouTube TV channel in the ‘no-holds-barred’ chat.

Source: Ghana Web

A female student has left internet users astonished after a video of her performing a magic trick during her school’s cultural day observation went viral on the internet.

In the said video, the student who was clad in a dress smock, with a black cloth piece which she used as a belt had suspended a full brick on the mouth-opening of a bottle.

She stood proudly behind her trick while her colleagues stood afar surprised and those who were impressed gifted the student cash for pulling that stunt.

Although GhanaWeb cannot confirm the exact place the incident took place, the language spoken in the background of the video suggests, it had in the Volta region of Ghana.

“Very powerful people. A female pupil in the Volta Region of Ghana performs magic trick during school’s cultural day,” read the caption as shared on Angel TV’s Twitter page.

Source: Ghana Web

At a recent wedding reception that oozed with joy and celebration, an extraordinary moment unfolded, leaving attendees and netizens utterly amazed.

A spirited grandma took the stage and stole the spotlight with her jaw-dropping twerking skills, defying age norms and showcasing an infectious zest for life.

In a mesmerizing video shared by Chopdaily and credited to Asoebibella, the grandma, dressed in an elegant emerald green dress and stylish white heels, wowed the crowd as she twerked her way to the floor.

The heartwarming video has captivated viewers across the globe.

Despite her silver hair adding a touch of sophistication, the grandma’s energy and enthusiasm were nothing short of electrifying, proving that age is truly just a number when it comes to embracing one’s inner dancer.

In the mesmerizing footage, the lively grandma fearlessly went down and up with astonishing agility and grace, leaving onlookers in awe.

At one moment, she astounded the audience by putting both hands on the floor, showcasing her impressive flexibility and dedication to her performance as she twerked.

While the grandma boogied, a gentleman in a suave suit stood beside her, attentively watching over her, making sure she was safe and comfortable during her show-stopping act.

Source: Ghana Web

Ghanaian international and Columbus Crew winger, Yaw Yeboah took multiple-award-winning Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie on a tour around the Lower.com Field, the home venue for Columbus Crew Football Club in the United States.

Sarkodie is currently in the United States for his Jamz World Tour in North America where he will headline shows in major cities which are New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Dallas, Charlotte, Nashville, Minnesota, Phoenix, Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton.

In a video spotted by Ghanaweb, Yaw Yeboah took Sarkodie around the stadium, training facilities, and other areas.

“I really enjoy the tour. We are proud of you and we pray. I know this is the beginning and there I going to be way more to happen. You have made it for Ghana and I urge everyone to throw their support behind our brother”, Sarkodie said in the video.

Yaw Yeboah made 37 appearances for Columbus Crew and scored three goals in the 2022/23 season in Major League Soccer (MLS).

However, Sarkodie who performed at the Columbus, Ohio State on Saturday, July 23 is expected to thrill fans on Saturday, July 29 in Chicago, Illinois.

Source: Ghana Web

Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah tendered in her resignation from the role in a letter dated July 22, 2023.

The letter was addressed to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, among others stating her reasons for quitting and steps she intends to take going forward.

The one-time lawmaker had been mirred in a controversy surrounding the theft of huge sums of monies – in local and foreign currencies – by two former maids at her private residence.

Her letter addressed five topical issues on the controversy. GhanaWeb points out these issues and their significance to the ongoing brouhaha.

Happy to have served

Dapaah stresses that she is proud of her time in public service and thanked president Akufo-Addo for the opportunity to serve in his government and by so doing serve Ghanaians.

“It has been a great privilege and honour for me to have been given the opportunity to serve in your government and an even greater honour to have worked to try and bring your great vision for our country to fruition,” she said.

“I thank you my dear, Mr President, for the honour done me in giving me the opportunity to serve our beautiful nation Ghana,” her concluding paragraph read.

Inconsistencies in media reports

The former minister suggested that the figures being reported are not a true reflection of what she and her husband filed to the police.

“The stories sought to suggest that I own various huge sums of foreign currencies and millions of Ghana cedis which have been stolen from my home.

“Whereas I can state emphatically that those figures do not represent correctly what my husband and I reported to the Police, I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position,” she wrote.

Why I am resigning

According to her, resigning was the right thing in order not to burden the government with her personal issues.

“I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time,” she intimated.

I’m ready to cooperate with investigative bodies

The calls for investigative bodies to probe the issue has come in thick and fast. From calls on the Special Prosecutor to the Attorney-General to the Police and EOCO among others, this, the minister says she is ready to submit to.

“I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts.”

I’ll clear my name in the end

The general public has largely been critical of the issue especially with the amount of monies reported, opposition Members of Parliament have asked for her resignation or sack.

“I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end of the processes, it will be fully established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations that have filled the public domain in the past 24 hours,” she added.

Read the full resignation letter below:

It has been a great privilege and honour for me to have been given the opportunity to serve in your government and an even greater honour to have worked to try and bring your great vision for our country to fruition.

Since yesterday, Friday, July 21, 2023, social and traditional media have been full of stories about a court case involving a theft that took place last year in the home I live with my husband and daughter.

The stories sought to suggest that I own various huge sums of foreign currencies and millions of Ghana cedis which have been stolen from my home. Whereas I can state emphatically that those figures do not represent correctly what my husband and I reported to the Police, I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position.

I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time.

I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts.

I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end of the processes, it will be fully established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations that have filled the public domain in the past 24 hours.

I thank you my dear, Mr President, for the honour done me in giving me the opportunity to serve our beautiful nation Ghana.

Source: Ghana Web

Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super welterweight Africa champion, Patrick Allotey suffered a round one defeat via knock out to Ukrainian Serhii ‘El Flaco’ Bohachuk in a WBC Continental Americas Championship at Chumash Casino Resort in California on Saturday, July 22.

The bout, which is being put together by Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions, is targeted at providing a dependable opponent to champion Bohachuk, who would be making a second WBC Continental Americas title defense.

In a video spotted by Ghanaweb, Allotey was last featured in a bout in May 2022 and was met with a heavy right hook from Bohachuk who fell to the ground in the first round.

Known for his show-stopping knockouts which have accounted for all of his 22 career victories, the 28-year-old Bohachuk made his fifth straight victory, having recorded his fourth via a sixth-round stoppage of Nathaniel Gallimore on January 27, 2023.

Meanwhile, Alottey’s (42-4, 32 KOs) last victories came via knockout in December 2020 and May 2022 against Hamisi Maya and Victus Kemavor respectively.

Among the notable names Allotey has fought as a professional are top-rated middleweight Jaime Munguia, Kanat Islam, Patrick Teixeira, and Charles Manyuchi.

Source: Ghana Web