Jon Benjamin mocks Obinim - He can reappear on discovery channel

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has mocked Ghanaian televangelist, Bishop Daniel Obinim after the National Communications Authority took down the prophet’s TV station OB TV.

In a tweet the gregarious High Commissioner said, “Oh no - Obinim’s TV channel has been taken down? Maybe he can reappear in animal form on discovery channel?.”

OB TV, the television channel owned by the controversial miracle worker and other TV stations including Kessben TV, Angel TV, Nduom's ATV and Capital TV have all been pulled down by K-Net under the instruction of the NCA.

According to NCA sources, the channels do not meet the basic requirement of operation by a television station. In all, over 11 stations have been pulled down.

The regulator has warned a lot more channels will be taken down in the coming days.

police hunt for atebubu ndc suppoters

police hunt for atebubu ndc suppoters
Several people have reportedly been injured at Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo region.

It follows a scuffle between supporters of the Member of Parliament for the area Sanja Nanja and the DCE Sampson Owusu Boateng.

Starr News has also learnt that many properties have also been torched.

Meanwhile, the Atebubu Police Command is on a manhunt for supporters of the NDC who set the party office on fire on Tuesday.

Information gathered reveals that no one has been arrested since the office was set ablaze.

Sources indicate that the party's office was set ablaze by the supporters of the former DCE Mr. Owusu Boateng.

According to the Police Commander for the Atebubu-Amantin, Chief Superintendent Joseph Dzinaku, his outfit has mapped out a strategy to arrest those who were involved in the destruction.
 

CARPENTER ON THE RUN AFTER CUTTING OFF SON’S HAND

CARPENTER ON THE RUN AFTER CUTTING OFF SON’S HAND

A 51-yr-old carpenter, Kwaku Bio Essel popularly known as Kwaku Aportoye is on the run after cutting off his son’s hand over alleged thievery at New Adansi Ayaase a suburb of Adansi Fomena in the Ashanti region.

According to the report, Kwaku Bio Essel cut his 16yrs son by name Daniel’s hand with his carpenter’s saw without reason.

A local journalist in the area, Atta Kwadwo spoke with the 16-yr-old son of the Carpenter; Daniel Mensah narrates his ordeal with Adom News.

Wife of the carpenter, Comfort Kwankyewaa said the husband has been terrorizing them at home but she is afraid to report him to the police.

The case has been reported to the Adansi Fomena Police station, the police has mount search for the carpenter.

BoG governor to retire March-ending

Bank of Ghana Governor, Henry Kofi Wampah, will retire this week, he said on Tuesday, cutting short a four-year term during which he has struggled to curb inflation and stem the decline of the national currency.

Wampah, whose term officially ends on Aug. 5, told Reuters he had informed President John Mahama of his intention to leave by the end of this month, adding the decision was partly linked to presidential and parliamentary elections planned for November.

"I told him I wanted to leave office early and we have agreed that I will exit at the end of March," Wampah said. "It is just fair to leave early in order to give enough room for my successor, whoever it might be, to settle down before we get to the elections."

He said one of his two deputies, either Millison Narh or Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, was expected to serve as interim central bank governor until Mahama chooses a permanent successor.

Once considered a rising star in Africa, Ghana, which exports cocoa, gold and oil, has been dogged by large budget deficits, ballooning public debt and inflation that consistently tops government targets.

Mahama appointed Wampah amid serious fiscal imbalances caused mainly by election spending in 2012 and a burdensome public sector wage bill that complicated the bank's task of managing the money supply.

Wampah responded with a string of monetary policy reforms, including tighter foreign exchange liquidity management to slow inflation.

The bank held its benchmark interest rate at 26 percent in its latest rate decision last week.

As a member of the economic management team, he also helped negotiate a $918 million programme with the International Monetary Fund last year aimed at re-establishing macro-economic stability.

"Its unfortunate that Wampah is not going to be there to complete the IMF program through the election period," said Joe Abbey, director of the Accra-based Centre for Policy Analysis.

BoG governor Kofi Wampah to retire early

Henry Kofi Wampah

By: Graphic.com.gh Date : Tuesday, 29 March 2016 15:39

Published in General News

Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Henry Kofi Wampah, will retire this week, it has been reported.

Reuters reported Tuesday that Mr Wampah will be cutting short a four-year term during which he has struggled to curb inflation and stem the decline of the cedi.
According to Reuters, Mr Wampah has told President John Mahama of his intention to leave by the end of this month, to enable his successor settle in before presidential and parliamentary elections planned for November.
"I told him I wanted to leave office early and we have agreed that I will exit at the end of March," Wampah said. "It is just fair to leave early in order to give enough room for my successor, whoever it might be, to settle down before we get to the elections," he added.
Mr Wampah said he expected one of his two deputies, either Millison Narh or Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, to serve as interim central bank governor until the President chooses a permanent successor.

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Obinim angry over new Kumawood's movie poster

The movie poster

Controversial actor cum director Samuel Ofori who is better known in the film industry of using topical issues as title of his movies has done it again and this time with Bishop Daniel Kwadwo Obinim.

Information reaching seancitygh.com indicates that a leaked poster of the movie has generated a lot of heat in the camp of bishop Obinim.

According to seancitygh.com furious Bishop Obinim has threatened to deal ruthlessly with the movie producer in his own way.

“If he wants to subject my hard earned reputation into public scrutiny then I will also make sure he goes bankrupt", he stressed.

"He will auction majority of his properties, he will beg to eat", he said. But few people who have had a glance of the movie say the movie is a full biography of the bishop, where he comes from and how he started his ministry.

The movie also questions the credibility of Bishop Daniel Obinim. Several attempts to get the producer to react to this issue has proved futile.

NPP not happy about continuous holding of 3 SA police officers

NPP not happy  about continuous holding of 3 SA police officers

The opposition New Patriotic Party has criticized the continuous holding of three ex-South African police officers by the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) despite bail granted by the court. 

The three were in the country to train some members of the NPP flagbearer’s security detail.

Last Thursday a Circuit Court in Accra granted bail in the sum of ¢20,000 each with one surety.

They are charged with conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful training and making false declaration.

Their lawyers protested a decision by the BNI to return the 3 South Africans to custody though the magistrate had ordered they be held at the registry until bail proceedings were completed

But at the NPP headquarters Monday morning, the angry party members demanded their immediate release.

The NPP is also worried about the arrest and detention of Captain Koda, head of security for the party's flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo.  

The party is in no mood to accept what it believes is the flagrant violation of the fundamental human rights of its security capo as well as the South Africans who it invited.

Stop unnecessary kissing in movies – Nana Ama Mcbrown

Stop unnecessary kissing in movies – Nana Ama Mcbrown

Source: Zionfelix.com/kulenunewsblog

Beautiful Ghanaian actress and movie producer, Nana Mcbrown has added her voice to the call for avoiding unnecessary kissing in movies. 

The actress who found mainstream success following her rousing performance in the Twi-language movie, Nsem Pii on Radio Univers suggested that the Ghanaian value should be at heart when shooting a movie than paying attention to the financial benefits the kissing scenes will come with.

The actress stated that kissing in movies cannot be faked or omitted but should be done when needed.

“If you really understand movies, you will realize that kissing cannot be deleted from it but there are some kissing scenes which are really not necessary – the scenes doesn’t call for kissing. Just because the person is your partner does not necessary mean you should kiss.”

“Kids of today have access to the internet and many things which they can use to get hold of our movies at any point in time so as a Ghanaian, you should exhibit our culture, tradition and values first”

She added that “kissing doesn’t belong to the western world but for human beings and that doesn’t mean you should do it anyhow in movies”

The actress born Felicity Ama Agyemang revealed that some kissing scenes are unnecessary but shot in movies for advertisement sake.

“There are so many scenes that do not call for it but because they know if they show those scenes in adverts it will sell the movie then they shoot it. I will read the translate the script with you and if the scene does not call for a kiss, it will be omitted” Mcbrown told Abrantepa, host of the show.

AM NOT VIOLENT-NANA ADDO REACTS

I AM NOT VIOLENT-NANA ADDO REACTS

Leader of the Opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akuffo Addo has said plans by government to project him as a man of violence is false.

According to him, he is the last person who will orchestrate violence in the upcoming elections.