NPA cuts petroleum prices by 10%

Prices of all petroleum products will be reduced by at least 10% effective January 1, 2015, according to sources at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).
The regulator has therefore directed Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to effect this change at all retail outlets.
The decision takes a balance position of continuous effort to reduce outstanding under-recoveries and at the same time reflect falling prices of petroleum products on the world market,  the NPA said.
Petrol currently sells at about Ghȼ17 per gallon, a price the public considers outrageous in the light of considerable dip in the price of crude oil on the world market.
The price of crude oil currently stands at $53 a barrel.
Despite halving debts owed BDCs, the NPA had maintained it would not review petroleum prices downwards until it is able to clear all its debts.
The NPA was hoping to capitalise on the falling prices of crude oil to clear debts owed the distributors.
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has so far cleared about half of some GH¢412 million debt owed importers of petroleum products.

HEALTH:Red Meat now linked to cancer

Red meat may be linked with cancer because it contains a chemical that is unnatural to the human body, scientists say.

Previous studies have linked red-meat consumption to a number of cancers, especially colorectal, breast, prostate, ovarian and lung cancers. 

Now, U.S. researchers believe the culprit is a sugar molecule called Neu5Gc, found in beef, pork and lamb.

When eaten, the body sees it as a foreign substance - and the immune system attacks it.This leads to inflammation in the body, which over time is known to promote the formation of tumours.

Couple Charged With First-Degree Murder After Neglecting Hungry Baby In Car Seat To Die

A couple, Ruby Stephens, 23, and Roy Stephens, 48, of Indiana have been charged with first-degree murder for neglecting their 22-day-old baby to die of hunger while strapped in her car seat at the back of their car while they went in to eat at a Florida restaurant. 

The mother who came out hours later to check the baby, found out she was completely unresponsive and cold to the touch and called 911.

The police later arrested the couple and the mother confessed she had strictly breastfed the baby every two-three hours on their long trip to Florida. 

Chinese Businessman Is Jailed For 13 Years For Buying And Killing Tigers To Eat

A wealthy Chinese businessman has been jailed for 13 years for hiring poachers to kill three tigers so he could eat their penises and drink their blood. Xi Pat had 'a special hobby of grilling tiger bones, boning tiger paws, storing tiger penis, eating tiger meat and drinking tiger blood alcohol'.

A court heard he ate the genitals and drank the animals' blood before giving the rest of the meat to his business friends and partners.

Agya Yaw comes out as winner of The Challenge Season 6

On Thursday, December 18 at the La Beach Hotel in Accra, Agya Yaw Nsiah Agyemang was announced winner of The Challenge Season 6 Reality Show.

For winning the competition, Agya Yaw has won a full scholarship to pursue a Master's Degree programme at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland and other packages.

25-year-old Victoria Maame Esi Aidoo, an old student of Holy Child School picked the second position while Anthony Kofi Annan, a graduate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology was adjudged third.

For their prize, they won full scholarships to pursue a Master's Degree programme in two universities in the UK; Northumbria University in Newcastle and University of Salford in Manchester.

Give me national service personnel to train — Apostle Safo

The Founder and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana, Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka (Dr), has called on the National Service Secretariat (NSS) to post engineering and technology graduates to the Kantanka Automobile Company, a subsidiary of the Modern Kosa Company Limited.

Situated at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region, Apostle Safo Kantanka said the company was adequately resourced and prepared to train and equip students with the needed skills for the job market as they undertake their national service.

Cops: Man hoped to meet Pennsylvania teen for sex

 JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A South Carolina man has been jailed on charges he drove to western Pennsylvania hoping to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he met online.

Instead, police in Conemaugh Township learned of the contacts from the girl's mother and were waiting for 29-year-old Jeffrey Michael Sill to arrive Sunday, when he was arrested.

Online court records don't list an attorney for the Rock Hill, South Carolina man who faces a preliminary hearing Jan. 8 on charges including unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of a minors, and transmitting explicit materials to a minor.

Police say Sill contacted the girl on Skype and other online platforms and sent her nude photos and videos of himself starting Dec. 7.

Police say the girl didn't know any better and thought she was in love.

KKD Was Taken To Wrong Court

Kwasi Kyei Darkwah was Tuesday brought before a Kaneshie District Magistrates' Court which remanded into police custody for allegedly raping a 19-year-old lady.

But private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini says, "Rape attracts between 5 to 25 years (prison sentence on conviction). A District Court has jurisdiction in criminal matters only to the extent that the punishment for the offence does not exceed 2 years."

Teacher’s Arm Slashed, Face Disfigured

Two persons, arrested for allegedly slashing off a teacher’s hand and disfiguring his face at Putubiw in the Abura- Asebu- Kwamankese District of the Central Region, have been remanded into Prison’s custody.

 The Cape Coast Circuit Court charged John Kwesi Mensah, 23, Driver’s mate and Richard Amenfi, 23 with a common purpose to commit crime and attempting to murder. Their pleas were not taken and would be re-arraigned on Monday January 12, 2015.

 Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Okyere Andam, who prosecuted, prayed the court presided over by Mr Kofi Seshie Ametewee to remand the accused persons since investigations had not reached the expected stage due to the victim’s condition.

President to deliver New Year Message at 7pm

President John Dramani Mahama will today deliver his New Year Message to the people of Ghana at 7pm on Ghana Television (GTV).
Shortly after the New Year Message, the President will at 10pm join Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare and his Perez Chapel Congregation at the Dzorwulu Junction in Accra for a watch night service to usher in the New Year, 2015. 
Wishing you all a Happy & Transformative New Year. 

Reports Of Attempted Coup In The Gambia

Heavy gunfire has erupted near the presidential palace in The Gambia's capital, Banjul, reports say.

Details are sketchy but military and diplomatic sources say soldiers from the presidential guard tried to stage a coup, AFP news agency reports.

The fighting was reported while President Yahya Jammeh is abroad.

Minister Orders VRA To End Dumsor

The Minister of Power, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has given the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Takoradi International Company (TiCO) a six-month ultimatum to end the country’s current power crisis.

“I urge you to put measures in place to end the current power crisis within six months”, he stressed.

Dr. Donkor, who assumed office last week, indicated that he would authorise all power generators at the various VRA bungalows and chief executive officers’ residences to be disconnected if the crisis continued after the six-month period.

He noted that his intended action would make workers of VRA and TiCO experience how it feels to sleep in darkness as being experienced by ordinary Ghanaians.

Court remands KKD till Jan 8 for rape

Fashion icon Kwasi Kyei Darkwah has been remanded in Police custody till January 8, 2015 by a Court.

KKD appeared in a Magistrate court in Accra Tuesday for the first time following his arrest and detention for alleged sexual assault against a 19-year-old girl.

The CEO of the Finest Productions will therefore be spending the next week behind cells at the Airport Police Command.

One of KKD’s Lawyers, Nana Asante Bediatuo had earlier said his client had a strong case for bail.

Man Kills Wife For Demanding Bride Price

A 35-year-old man at Ewusi-Joe in the Ahanta West District in the Western Region has shot and killed his wife for asking him to perform the marriage rites to legalise their 15-year-old marriage.

The marriage, which produced eight children, had the wife, Janet Yankeh, as the sole breadwinner of the family until her untimely death.

Currently, the eight children are in the custody of their grandmother, while their father, Jerry Essoh, is at large.

Janet, whose husband did not want to do any work but depended solely on her, had asked him to perform the marriage rites or she would leave the matrimonial home.

UCC Student Stabs Colleague

A First year student of the University Of Cape Coast (UCC), who stabbed his colleague in the armpit with a broken bottle, for mocking him, was on Monday granted bail by a Cape Coast Circuit Court.

 Jeffery Obeng, a 24 year old Mathematics and Business student, was granted bail in the sum of GHC5, 000.00 with two sureties.

He pleaded not guilty to intentionally and unlawfully causing harm and would reappear before the court on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

Kwaw Kese finally granted bail

Embattled hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese has been granted bail.Abodam’ who is facing charges for publicly smoking weed has been on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) after he was taken ill.

He has been on remand for over a month at the Kumasi Central Prison since his arrest in November.

Lawyer for “The man insane” Kwasi Boaitey confirmed his bail to StarrFMonline.com but failed to explain the conditions under which it was granted.

Kwaw Kese was originally scheduled to reappear in court on January 5, 2015. He had been denied bail on several occasions prior to Tuesday.

Read the blow-by-blow account of how KKD “raped” Effe in the bathroom

The prosecution in the 'KKD rape saga' has told a District Magistrate Court in Accra that the fashion icon sexually assaulted a 19-year-old girl now identified as Ewuraffe Orleans Thompson, as the victim was applying “powder” on the 49-year-old ace broadcaster’s face - at his behest - in the bathroom of a suite at the African Regent Hotel Saturday night.

According to the charge sheet read in court on Tuesday December 30, 2014, “the complainant is a 19-year-old student residing with her parents at Katamanso.”

The accused, Kwesi Kyei Darkwah is a broadcaster and resides at Tema.

KKD officially charged with rape

Ace broadcaster Kwesi Kyei Darkwah has been officially charged with rape.

The CEO of the Finest Productions was arrested on Saturday night at the African Regent Hotel following the rape incident of a 19-year-old girl identified as Ewuraffe Orleans Thompson.

He has been in the custody of the Airport Police Command since his arrest and was only sent to Court for the first time Tuesday December 30, 2014.

How to Survive a Heart Attack When You Are Alone

Heart attacks do not come with an announcement, and many people have to struggle with it without any help. If you suddenly feel that your heart beats “wrong” and that you are about to faint, you have just about 10 seconds before you lose your consciousness.

What people do not know is that they can actually help themselves. To do so, the most important thing is not to panic and not to lose the consciousness – start coughing, as much as you can.

Miraculous Drink That Cures All Diseases

Nature offers a great number of healthy foods, but fruits and vegetables are your best allies when it comes to maintaining your overall health. However, many people still prefer processed foods over healthy and all-natural diet.

We strongly recommend this recipe, as it is super-easy to make, and with the help of a few organic fruits and vegetables you will significantly improve your health.

Now is the best time to change your dietary habits, so you better go to your kitchen and make yourself some nice and healthy juice.

Powerful Drink That Burns Fat, Cleans Your Body And Gives You Energy

If you seek for an instant solution to boost your metabolism and burn more calories, try this all-natural drink.

Proper diet is as essential as regular exercising when it comes to getting a nice and well-shaped body. Nutritionists would agree that it is more than important to eat foods that stimulate the fat-burning process. It is the easiest way to get rid of excess pounds without cutting off some foods from your menu.

Best Morning Detox Drinks

Poor dietary habits and lifestyle choices are the root cause of toxic buildups in the organism. In this article we give you the healthiest detox drinks, and it is up to you to choose the one that works best for you.

These drinks are packed with vitamins and minerals, and they will help you lose weight naturally.

Man drives into crowd of pedestrians in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — An elderly Chinese man drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians outside a popular Beijing sports stadium Friday morning, injuring eight people in what appeared to be a protest against an unfavorable court ruling, police said.

The Beijing man, with the surname of Jin, had recently lost the a property dispute in court, according to a statement by Beijing police. The Beijing Times website said his car had the word "injustice" painted on it as it drove through the crowd Friday morning. The man was wearing a piece of fabric on his head bearing the same word.

His car finally came to a stop after slamming into other vehicles at the south gate of Workers' Stadium.

Such attacks on schoolchildren, pedestrians and other innocent bystanders have become regular occurrences in China, as people vent their frustrations over legal disputes, slights and other perceived injustices.

Have Early Dinner To Prevent Pot Belly - Health Minister Tells Ghanaians

The Minister for Health Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah has advised Ghanaians especially the youth to adopt safe and healthy practices in order to stay safe during the yuletide. He said Ghana needs a strong and healthy population for the year 2015.

The admonition was contained in his Christmas and New Year Message to Ghanaians, in which he outlined some health tips to ensure a healthier and happier year.

Below is the full message:-

Merry Christmas to every Blaco Smiless Blog Reader

Thanks for being a Part of my online family.Merry Christmas to every Blaco Smiless Blog reader! Merry Christmas to all my ardent readers! May God give you all a reason to smile this season. It’s been such a beautiful year and I am sure we all can’t wait for it to end so we can begin a new one! Merry Christmas once again all!. Love you all so very much.May God’s blessing shine down upon you and your family this holiday season. Sending love from me to you.

Mahama and family spend X’mas back home in Bole

President John Dramani Mahama and his family have arrived in his hometown, Bole, in the Northern region for the Christmas Holiday.

Accompanied by his wife, Lordina, and the children, President Mahama will spend both Christmas and Boxing Days with his kinsmen and town folks.

Several Ghanaians are attending church services today to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Others will be with their families or visiting friends to take stock of what has happened to them throughout the year 2014.

Five crushed to death on Tema motorway

Five lives have been lost through a motor accident on the Accra-Tema Motorway on Christmas Day.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Thursday morning and involved a Hyundai vehicle heading towards Aflao in the Volta region.

Ghana Premier League set to commence on January 7

The Ghana Football Association has scheduled Wednesday January 7, 2015 as the date for the start of the 2014/2015 Ghana Premier League season.

The First Capital Plus Premier League which was scheduled to begin in September was halted by a court case filed by King Faisal FC which prevented the GFA from holding its annual congress to usher in the new season.

However after an Accra Human Rights Court dismissed the club’s application for an injunction, the GFA can now go ahead to hold its congress and begin the new football season.

The GFA congress has also been scheduled for Tuesday December 30 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, Prampram.


Source: GFA

Katanka Automobile Company To Showcase Locally-Made Vehicles

he Kantanka Automobile Company will release about 1000 to 2000 vehicles manufactured by the company onto the Ghanaian market for sale by January 2015, the Public Relations Manager of the Kristo Asafo Group, Mr Kwame Osei Bempah, has said.

According to him, all the necessary authorisation had been given by the appropriate authorities, adding that the vehicles had now been certified to meet international standards.

Mr Bempah disclosed this in an interview in Accra last Monday. 

He was speaking in connection with the upcoming technology exhibition to be hosted by the Kristo Asafo Group in Accra. 

5 arrested for heroin at Kotoka

Five clearing agents at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the export of five parcels of heroin weighing 1.2 kilograms.
The suspects, Derrick Appiah Kubi, Edwin Quincy Arthur, Nii Sai Ashley, Daniel Kofi Asare and Freder­ick Ato Hawkins, were put before a court presided over by Francis Obiri and charged with conspiracy to com­mit crime and doing prohibited busi­ness relating to narcotic drugs.
They have pleaded not guilty and have been remanded on the orders of the trial judge while the case has been adjourned to January 7, 2015.
DSP Aidan Dery, the prosecutor, who presented the facts of the case, said the suspects are all clearing agents except Asare who is a loading man and they all operate at the Aviance Cargo Village at KIA.

Water to flow in Adenta as Mahama turns on valves at Kpone water site

President John Mahama has turned on the valves at the Kpong Water project site that would allow residents of Adenta and its environs to have access to pipe borne water for the first time in over a decade.
The first phase of the project has been completed and residents are expected to have their taps flowing with water by end of day Tuesday,  December 23, 2014.
The Kpong water supply expansion project is set to pump 20 million gallons of water for use by residents.

Judge “Probably” Wants To Teach Kwaw Kese A “Solid Lesson” – KSM

Celebrated Ghanaian comedian, Kwaku Sintim-Misa, has claimed that embattled Hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese would have been released from prison but for the fact that the Judge wants to teach him a “very solid lesson.”

'The Man Insane' today personally made an emotional appeal to the judge in open court for a bail in order to seek proper medical attention, but was declined.

Kwaw Kese has been battling with ill-health since December 11, when he was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after suffering some abdominal discomfort.

Accra and the Christmas season

The Central Business District (CBD) of Accra is under siege as hundreds of shoppers make last-minute efforts to buy items for the Christmas season.

As a result, pedestrians, motorists, shoppers, traders and hawkers, as usual, are caught in heavy traffic.

Roads leading to the CBD are clogged with vehicular and human traffic. For instance, traffic thickens from Achimota through the Kwame Nkrumah Circle to Accra and from the Mallam Junction through to Kaneshie to Accra and also from Adenta through the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange to the 37 Military Hospital to Accra.

Kwaw Kese to spend Christmas, New Year behind bars

Hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese would spend the Christmas and the New Year behind bars after the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court refused to grant him bail.
At hearing Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Judge William Boampong refused the bail application despite the pleas from counsel for the defendant to be released on health grounds.
Luv FM’s Erastus Asare Donkor reports from the courts that, Kwaw Kese, who was in tearful mood, personally begged the judge because, “I’m suffering” but Judge Boampong refused.

Chrysler And Mercedes-Benz Used As Taxis In Ghana – Photos

Easy Taxi http://www.easytaxi.com has partnered with Carmudi to add a couple of luxury Taxis to their fleet. Easy Taxi is releasing a Mercedes Benz and Chrysler over the coming week to spice up the Christmas holidays.
Over the coming holidays, commuters will spot a Chrysler and a Benz serving as Easy Taxis on the streets of Accra.

The family with 34 children - and counting

Jeane and Paul Briggs have 34 children - 29 of whom were adopted from other countries including Mexico, Ghana and Ukraine. Now their family is about to get even bigger
In 1985, Jeane Briggs was at church when she was shown a photograph of a two-year-old boy. He was living in an orphanage in Mexico, was blind and had been beaten so badly that he was in a body cast - his legs were broken and he had suffered brain damage.

Shortly after seeing that picture, Jeane and her husband Paul went to Mexico to visit the orphanage and met the little boy. "I saw him knowing that he could be our child," recalls Jeane. "I knew instantly that we should adopt him." Several months later they did just that.


Abraham is now 31 and lives at the family home in West Virginia - he has a girlfriend and, despite his injuries as a child, is a naturally talented musician who can play the piano and guitar and composes his own music.

How NDC Delegates Voted...FULL List Of New Executives

The dust has finally settled and this new dawn brings to fore, a mixture of old and new executives elected by delegates to lead the National Democratic Congress. 

The poor display by some old executives got jaws droppings whilst other results came to pass as expected. 

Dr. Kofi Portuphy is the new National Chairman, Johnson Aseidu Nketiah got his mandate renewed whilst Kofi Adams swept aside Yaw Gyan.

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was the choice of the delegates for National Treasurer and Solomon Yaw Nkansah got elevated as National Communications Officer.

Sam George Is More “Disabled” Than Ivor Greenstreet – Charles Owusu

A Communications Team member of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Charles Owusu has said Sam George’s comment on the CPP’s General Secretary, Ivor Greenstreet was unfortunate and malicious.

According to him, the NDC’s communication team member, Sam George is rather deformed and disabled than Ivor Greenstreet.

“That boy [Sam George] don’t respect. He is more disabled than a disable person. He should carefully compare his picture to Ivor Greenstreet and see who the real disable person is,” he noted on Adom FM

Sam George's ‘Elevation’ gaffe 

I Knew Yaw Boateng Gyan Was Going To Lose - Asiedu Nketia

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the re-elected General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he realized the immediate past National Organizer of the party would lose from the response he had from delegates at the congress grounds.

To him, though there was no pointer to his loss before the congress day, many factors could tell how a candidate would perform before the elections.

“..I was surprised Yaw Gyan lost because nothing indicated to me he would have lost. I saw he was going to lose at the Congress Grounds. From the response he had any time he was mentioned, it was an indication of what was going to happen,” he said on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia program.

Why I Was Booted Out – Yaw Boateng Gyan

We ask for change when the person has not performed…but there are some who feels there should be a change so that new energy will come in…nonetheless, I will do whatever it takes for NDC to retain power because if we don’t and we lose the elections, it will take a very long time before we can get it back” said former National Organiser of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan lost his seat to Kofi Adams, spokesperson of former President Jerry John Rawlings at the just ended National Delegates Congress of the party.

Kofi Adams polled 2,543 votes while the incumbent, Yaw Boateng Gyan polled 734 votes.

Silver Star Boss Jailed For Contempt

Chief Executive Officer of Silver Star Auto Limited, Kalmoni Nouhad, has been jailed for 21 days for contempt by an Accra commercial court.

Mr. Kalmoni defied a Supreme Court order to deliver a brand new mercedes Benz (E Class) to the former Director of Ghana School of Law, George A. Sarpong.

The court, presided over by Justice George K. Koomson, had convicted the Silver Star boss on December 1, but deferred the court’s reason and sentencing to yesterday.

The application had been filed by Mr. Sarpong claiming that mr. Kalmoni had defied the court’s order.

President Mahama Slashes Parliament's Budget By 30%; MPs Furious

President John Mahama’s decision to cut budgetary allocation to Parliament by 30 percent has incurred the wrath of members of the legislature.

The MPs allege the President’s decision is a deliberate attempt to render the house ineffective by starving them of the needed funds.

Parliament a while ago approved an amount of 185 million cedis for the services of the house for 2015, which is 30 percent short of what the service presented to the president for approval.

Federation For Disabled To Sue Sam George For Defamation

President of the Ghana Federation for the Disabled, Yaw Ofori-Debrah has advised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator, Sam George to apologize to the CPP General Secretary, Ivor Greenstreet or face their wrath.

Mr. Greenstreet on Saturday December 20, 2014 during the NDC national congress accused government of ignoring the hardships of Ghanaians while sharing goodies among themselves.

George however posted a comment on his facebook wall that Greenstreet had unfairly attacked his party and President Mahama and he need "some elevation to see the Better Ghana.”

I 'll Punish Corrupt Government Officials – Prez Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has said government will not spare any official who engages in corrupt practices.

He said government will take all the needed measures, including suspension of salaries of the officials if they were found to be engaged in any form of corrupt practices.

“We will go after them…no matter whose ox is gored…we shall continue to fight corruption and will not be deterred by anybody,” he threatened.President Mahama, who was addressing the last meeting of the Council of State at the Peduase Lodge in the Eastern Region, said he had written letters to all Ministers to implement the 2012 Auditor-General’s Report.

I 'll Never Return To NDC – Nana Konadu Rawlings

Former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has served notice that she will not return to the fold of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

She noted that the conviction with which she joined the NDC is lost and although her husband may have extended that hand of invitation out of a good heart, her return to the party should not be envisaged.

“You join something with conviction. He might have said it with a good heart but you join something with conviction. When those convictions are no more there, what is the point?” she asked.

Nana Akufo-Addo To Meet Ghanaians In The UK

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, flagbearer and Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 elections, will be meeting with Ghanaians in the United Kingdom to interact and share ideas with them on Sunday 28 December 2014 at the Dominion Centre, 9 The Broadway, High Road, Wood Green, London N22 6DS from 6pm to 9pm.

Discussion at the town-hall meeting will centre on the state of Ghana’s economy, the current political and social climate, the urgent need to implement electoral reforms and Nana Akufo-Addo’s message of hope for Ghanaians.

Don’t beg for Kwaw Kese – Rev Frimpong-Manso

The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana, Paul Frimpong-Manso has ve­hemently kicked against moves to plead for the release of hip life artiste Kwaw Kese.

Some musicians and respectable per­sonalities in the country are seeking the release of the controversial artiste, known in real life as Emmanuel Botchway.

Murdered Ecobank manager tried to unmask one of us - Suspect

Suspected armed robber, arrested in connection with the murder of Richard Sallah has spoken up about the attack which left the Abrepo Ecobank branch manager dead.

Samuel Kwame Boadi, a.k.a. Baffa today disclosed that the Manager was shot and killed when he attempted to unmask a member of the gang attacking his home.

Luv FM's Erastus Asare Donkor reports that the twenty-year-old has confessed to being one of four masked men who raided the home of the 39-year-old banker.

The suspect named his accomplices as Alex, alias Tupac aged 30; Emmanuel Adusei aged 25, brother-in-law to Baffa; and one Yaw.

Canada man finds woman for free trip around world

A Toronto man who made headlines last month by offering a free round-the-world air ticket to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend has found Ms. Right.Jordan Axani, 28, and his then girlfriend, named Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their relationship ended and he didn't want her ticket to go to waste. The ticket had a strict no-transfer policy, but since passport information was not required when booking, it can be used by any Canadian named Elizabeth Gallagher.

Axani posted his offer last month on the popular Reddit social media website, and received thousands of emails, including 18 from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with Canadian passports.

He's now chosen his travel mate, Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher, a 23-year-old student and part-time office administrator from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.

"It's strictly a platonic trip. It's going to be great," Axani said.

'Now that I talked to him it's less creepy'



At first the new Elizabeth Gallagher thought a trip with a stranger whose ex-girlfriend's name is the same as hers was "crazy" but she hit it off with Axani after talking on the phone with him for hours.

"It definitely did seem a little bit creepy at the beginning but now that I talked to him it's less creepy and more awesome," she said.She already has a boyfriend though.

"This is totally sort of like as friends," she said. "I have a pretty serious boyfriend. We've been together for a while. We're planning on buying a house and we have a puppy, so yeah I'm not really looking for anything at all."

She acknowledged her boyfriend isn't thrilled.

"He understands that I've always wanted to travel so while he's not happy I'm taking off for nearly a month at Christmas with a random guy he's smiling through it," she said.

3 continents

Axani, who works for an international real estate development and advisory firm, said the tickets were purchased for a couple of thousand dollars, but their cash value today is around Canadian $5,000-$7,000.The trip is scheduled to start Dec. 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ending in Toronto on Jan. 8. Axani said that after the breakup he deferred all other planning for the trip, such as making hotel reservations.

But since the story became public, Marriott International offered to put him and the new Elizabeth Gallagher up, in separate rooms, during their trip.

Axani said the trip will be documented and shared online. He said that he was so moved by some of the emails — including one from an 8-year-old boy who said he was going blind and wanted to see the world before that happens — that he and his brother created an organization called A Ticket Forward to help people who desire to see the world but lack the finances to do so.

source:http://www.thecanadianpress.com/

Bill Cosby’s Daughter Defends Her Father On Facebook

Bill Cosby’s daughter, Evin Cosby, is on Facebook actively defending her father against allegations that he drugged and raped women decades ago.
Evin is breaking her silence in a series of Facebook posts in which she questions the veracity of the women’s stories. Coincidentally, Evin’s mom, Camille Cosby, also spoke out yesterday in defense of Cosby. She questioned why the media is so willing to take Cosby’s accusers at their word.

Asylum seeker babies to stay in Australia under Muir deal

Thirty-one babies already born to asylum seekers who were transferred from Nauru to Australia before December 4 will be allowed to remain in Australia, Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison announced on Thursday.

They will have their protection claims assessed as part of the legacy caseload under a deal with Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir, whose vote secured the passage of new migration laws through the Senate this month.

CRIME: Psychologist 'drugged, murdered and decapitated abusive husband with chainsaw before scattering remains across city'

A psychologist accused of murdering and decapitating her husband before scattering his remains across Mexico City is said to have sent text messages from his phone so friends and family would think he was still alive.

Maria Alejandra Lafuente Caso, 40, allegedly drugged Allan Carrera Cuellar, 41, by slipping sleeping pills into his drink at their home then took his chainsaw and chopped his body up.

Brooklyn Rapper Arrested in Sting Involving Drug Trafficking, Shootings

An up-and-coming rapper from Brooklyn is among several people arrested in an investigation into a series of gang-related shootings and drug trafficking in New York City.
Authorities said Wednesday that Ackquille Pollard was taken into custody shortly after he left a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall in midtown. He performs under the name Bobby Shmurda.A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office says the 20-year-old Pollard is among a group of defendants named in an indictment that will be unsealed after their arraignments Thursday.
The Brooklyn-born Pollard is best known for the hit song "Hot Boy" and for a music video that popularized a dance move called the "Shmoney dance."The name of Pollard's attorney wasn't immediately available.