Ghana on alert for Nigerian jailbreakers, jihadists

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana on alert for Nigerian jailbreakers, jihadists

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has directed all its regional and sector commanders to institute stringent measures at all points of entry into the country and intensify patrols following another jailbreak in Nigeria. Nigeria, on the night of Wednesday, July 6, recorded a jail break at the Kuje Maximum Security Prison in Abuja, with official reports indicating at least 443 out of 879 inmates that escaped as a result of the jailbreak still on the run. A statement issued in Accra by the GIS said it was believed that the jihadist group, Boko Haram, were behind the attack which saw the use of high end explosives and guns that freed all 64 Boko Haram linked inmates at the prison and were among the escapees still on the run. It said considering current migration trends of Nigerians ...

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Tell The World About Jesus – Apostle Nyamekye To Missionaries

Ghana News, Pentecost News

The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has charged ministers of the church missions field to declare to the world that Jesus Christ has atoned for the sins of the world. Apostle Nyamekye made this charge at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Gomoa-Fetteh, during the just-ended orientation for newly-called missionaries of the church. Addressing the missionaries, the Chairman of the church said that Jesus, who is the atoning sacrifice, did not only come to earth to die for believers, but He died for the sins of the whole world. “When you reject Him (Jesus), you reject the appeasing sacrifice that saves,” he said, stressing that the sceptre of the authority of the Kingdom of God is Jesus. According to the Chairman, Jesus is the only one who takes away the wr...

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

2022 Orientation For New Missionaries Ends

Ghana News, Pentecost News

The 2022 orientation for newly-called missionaries of The Church of Pentecost has ended at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa. The five-day event, organised by the International Missions Office, began on Monday, July 4, and ended on Friday, July 8, 2022. Closing the event with a sermon on the topic, “The Ministerial Call,” the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, stated that the ministerial calling is a life of pure and holy sacrifice. “The whole church is called for the whole mission, but this particular calling is a call to sacrifice for the sake of the house of God,” Apostle Nyamekye said. According to him, the call is a sacrifice for the sake of God and His kingdom. He, therefore, said that the motives of a man when he is being called ...

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

First Urban Accelerated Church Building (UACB) Dedicated In Kaneshie Area

Ghana News, Pentecost News

The Living Faith Assembly, located at Atico near Danrose in Bubiashie District in the Kaneshie Area of The Church of Pentecost, has been dedicated to the glory of God. The project happened to be the first church building under the newly introduced Urban Accelerated Church Buildings (UACB) to be completed and dedicated in the church. The dedication service was officiated by Apostle Dr. Samuel Ofori (Head of Centre for Ministerial Formation, Pentecost University), assisted by the Bubiashie District Minister, Pastor Eric Kweku Ansah. The dedication service was attended by the Chief of Bubiashie, Nii Kpatsakole Kumowuo, and his entourage, as well as the Keneshie Area Chieftaincy Ministry Leader, Nana Imprem VIII of Ekumfi Esiam, and some opinion leaders. Also present were the repre...

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Hard labour Crisis threatens manpower development

Ghana News

Amid the slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the threatening conflict in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) director of the Africa department, Abebe Aemro Selassie, has suggested that labour shortages globally could be the next big threat to economic growth if the continent is not supported in its recovery efforts. In an interview reported by the UK-based Guardian newspaper this week, Selassie was quoted as saying: “In 10 years, one out of every two individuals entering into the global labour force will come from sub-Saharan Africa – the very children whose education the pandemic has disrupted”. He also added that “The human capital we need to motor the global economy is not getting the attention it needs. It’s a massive collective failure”. To him, the intern...

Jul122022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

2 Arrested with human head in Accra

Ghana News

The police in Weija have arrested two persons for possessing a freshly chopped-off male head. The suspects, who are currently in police custody, are Samuel Amemasi, 32, and Joseph Kwesi Mawuwone, 23. Police sources that confirmed the arrest to the Daily Graphic yesterday said the person whose head was cut off was yet to be identified However, residents of Hobor in the Ga South municipality where the arrest took place, suspected the head to be that of a driver said to be a friend of one of the suspects. The police sources said at about 10.30p.m. last Sunday they received information about an accident involving a taxi at Hobor. On rushing to the scene, the human head was found in the car. The police took the head to the Police Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy, w...

Jul82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Unemployed graduate gets over 50 job offers after his placard-hoisting photo went viral

Africa News, Ghana News

The University of Ghana graduate in a photo that went viral has revealed the outcome of his unconventional technique. In the photo, Isaac Kwame Addae is seen standing by the road with a placard appealing for employment. “Please I need a job. Qualification-Bsc Marine Science. Institution-University of Ghana,” the inscription on the placard reads. According to Master Addae, he has received job offers from at least 50 organisations. He said despite being mocked on social media following the viral photo, the courage to put himself out there has paid off. “It was very difficult initially. People kept laughing at me that I decided to move to a different location. When I got there, I was inspired to stay because other people kept telling me I’ll find a job. “I spent about an hou...

Jul82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Health alert! Marburg virus kills 2 in Ashanti region

Africa News, Ghana News

The Ghana Health Service has asked all health workers, especially Regional and Teaching Hospitals to be on the lookout for the outbreak of the Marburg virus disease following two fatal cases in the Ashanti Region. Health workers are to “exercise a high index of suspicion for persons who may present with bleeding tendencies”, a statement issued by the GHS, signed by its Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye counseled. The cases were said to have been recorded in the Adansi North District of Ashanti, and while preliminary investigations have yet to establish a link between the two cases, 34 contacts have been identified and are under quarantine being monitored for the maximum incubation period of 21 days. The statement said no new cases have been reported since the two samples ...

Jul72022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana extradites Nigerian to US over internet fraud, information theft

Ghana News, International

A Nigerian has been extradited from Ghana to the United States over his alleged involvement in fraud and information theft against some victims in Northern Ohio, and other places. 31-year-old Blessing Adeleke had earlier been arrested in Accra by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, March 14, 2022. He is facing 17 counts of indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and 16 counts of bank fraud using an online business. According to the US Department of Justice, Adeleke served as an administrator for an online store – Shad0w.info – between January, 2014 and October, 2016 through which compromised data, such as credit numbers and personally identifiable information (PII), were sold. He reportedly shared some of the details with others, including co-defendant Kyli...

Jul72022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Relationship breakups, graduate unemployment among leading causes of suicides in Ghana – MHA

Ghana News

On a daily basis, Ghanaians have continued to take their lives for reasons that are very flimsy and some that are heartbreaking. The Mental Health Authority (MHA) in Ghana has revealed that relationship breakups (divorce), graduate unemployment and financial distress are the leading causes of suicide in Ghana currently, especially among the youth between 16 and 35 years. Those causes have especially shot up among the youth in recent times, reports Graphic Online's Maclean Kwofi. The authority maintained that they consisted of students, unemployed graduates and few workers. The number of people attempting suicide in Ghana increased from 777 cases recorded in 2020 to 902 cases in 2021. Likewise, the actual suicide incidences recorded for the same period jumped from 69 cas...

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