Zimbabwean pastor arrested for prophesying Mugabe’s death

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a
church pastor for announcing a
prophecy that President Robert
Mugabe would die this year in October. Patrick Mugadza is facing charges of undermining the authority of the president for making the claim. Mugadza’s lawyer says his client doesn’t believe what he said was an offence. The pastor last week held a press conference, at which he predicted Mugabe would die on 17 October. Defence lawyer, Gift Mtisi, says that his client believes he was merely
conveying God’s message. Dozens of people have been arrested
and tried in recent years on similar
charges of undermining the president. Mugadza was also arrested and detained in 2015 for holding up a placard telling Mugabe that his people were suffering.

Two police officers in robbery gang arrested at galamsey site

The Dunkwa District Police has
arrested four men including two police officers for robbery at a galamsey site in Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Central Region.
The men were arrested on Monday,
January 16 by mine workers and were nearly lynched but for the timely intervention of the District Police Command.
The officers as well as one of the two civilians are said to be stationed at Cape Coast Kotokuraba Police Station. They are said to carry out their robbery activities at mining sites in Dunkwa-on-Offin. Efforts to reach the Dunkwa Police Commander for confirmation proved
futile.

Nana Addo Has No Excuse But To Keep All His Promises - Kwesi Pratt

Kwesi Pratt, Editor-in-Chief of the
Insight newspaper, has implored
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo to keep all his promises to
Ghanaians. According to Mr. Pratt, President Akufo-Addo has no excuse but to ensure that he completely delivers onhis promises.
Speaking on Radio Gold's 'Alhaji and
Alhaji', he alluded to some of Nana
Addo's campaign promises, calling on the President to surely create a dam in every village, establish a factory in very district, disburse 1 million cedis to all the 275 constituencies among others.
“I’m exceedingly happy that he will
keep all the promises he made in the
campaign and that should be
gratifying. That should make every
Ghanaian very [very] happy. Because if the President keeps his word and
there’s no reason why the President
should not keep his word, corporate
taxes will be reduced from 25% to
20%. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!
“If the President keeps his word and
there’s no reason why he shouldn’t
keep his word, 17.5% VAT on Local Air Travel tickets will be abolished. Who would not want this? If the President keeps his word, VAT on Real Estate sales will be abolished. If the President keeps his word, import duty on machinery and raw materials for manufacturing in Ghana will abolished. If the President keeps his word and there’s no reason why he shouldn’t keep his word, Senior Secondary Schools will be free,” he said. Kwesi Pratt wished the current administration good luck in improving the economy.
“I am so [so] happy and I see a very
[very] prosperous Ghana under the
leadership of His Excellency Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo if he keeps all his promises,” he added.

Don’t Spare Corrupt Past Officials –Amidu Tells Nana

Former Attorney General Martin
A.B.K. Amidu has claimed some
influential people and chiefs are
trying to persuade new President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not
to prosecute perceived corrupt
officials under the previous Mahama
administration.He said President Akufo-Addo’s anti-corruption efforts would be meaningless if he takes the path of reconciliation instead of probity and accountability.
In a statement released recently, Mr.
Amidu, who is a member of the NDC
and renowned for his anti-corruption
exploits, said “I assure every
Ghanaian that the evidence of
criminal and unconstitutional conduct is overwhelming, but unconstitutional attempts are being made through influential chiefs and elders to let bygones be bygones contrary to the demands of the Constitution for accountability, transparency and fairness in governance.” He accused the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of assisting the previous Mahama administration to loot the country and hoped that the current 7th Parliament will not attempt to “compromise the President’s anti-corruption agenda in the name of reconciliation.” “The President’s anti-corruption drive will be still-born with such compromises and reconciliations.

Stop Blowing Cash On Jams – A-Plus Cautions NPP

Controversial musician A-Plus, after
aggressively campaigning for the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be
voted into power has raised red flags
over what he calls “wasteful
expenses which could create a bad
name for the party”.
A-Plus raised the alarm in reference
to a victory jams cum street carnival
the NPP advertised to be held at
Kwaku Abetifi with live performances
from some of Ghana’s best musicians including Shatta Wale,
Amaakye Dede among others.
“We campaigned against the NDC
because its leaders were seen to be
blowing money all over and it made
the masses annoyed. This is the
same thing this MP is doing by
organizing jams to spend huge
amounts of money. I think the MP
there (Bryan Acheampong) could
have used the money to do
something more useful for his
constituents.”
“The party is having victory jams and
the artistes on the bill are Amakye
Dede, Kojo Antwi, Shatta Wale, and
some others, we are all in the
industry and we have an idea what
those artists charge for performance.
At the end of the jams, over GH
¢200, 000 would have been spent on
the event…..This is alien to the NPP.
There are people living in Abetifi who
want jobs and potable water…It is
not my job to tell the MP in that
area how to spend his money. But I
can tell him that the NPP is not
ready for such things”, A-Plus
complained through a video he
posted on his facebook wall.

Mahama is still my ‘dad’ with or without politics – Tracey Boakye

Kumawood star actress and film producer Tracey Boakye says despite the NDC losing this year’s
election, her love and respect for outgoing President John Dramani Mahama will never cease. The actress on her social media page monitored by ghanawinds.blogspot.com added President John Dramani Mahama is still her ‘dad’ with or without
politics. “With or without politics, you still my Daddy.. God bless you soo much JDM”, she posted

God Will Punish Central Region for Voting Against me - Mahama

The 2016 parliamentary elections have recorded shocking results as some parliamentary giants
representing the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have lost their seats. The NDC has lost 10 seats in the Central region alone.
Mahama has said God will judge the Central region for voting against the NDC. According to him, Kotokuraba Market in Cape Coast is NDC’s biggest achievement in the region
and the indigence assured him of victory. He gave his achievements in Central region as follows:
On infrastructure development, bridges rail sector airport expansion projects and the construction
of hospitals government had put up for the welfare of Ghanaians. On Energy, he said the energy sector forms part of the critical areas that the government is working on to ensure that industries had enough
power to do business and that government has been able to solve the energy situation. On infrastructure development, some of the roads , bridges rail sector airport expansion projects and the construction of hospitals government had put up for the welfare of Ghanaians.