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The management of Rufftown Records has allayed public fear following news about a car accident involving its artiste, Wendy Shay. A statement signed by the record label’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Ricky Nana Agyemang, popularly known as Bullet, indicated that the popular singer is in ”stable condition and expected to make full recovery.” Wendy Shay reportedly sustained injuries Saturday night on the road between ACP and Kwabenya in Accra when a tipper truck hit her Jeep Wrangler from the back. ‘The singer was immediately rushed to the hospital, where she received prompt medical attention. According to the latest medical reports, Wendy Shay is in a stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. ‘Rufftown Records, family, and friends would like to thank everyone for their prayers and for the outpouring of love and support from fans and well-wishers. We still ask for your prayers for Wendy Shay during this time,’ the statement said. The CEO, in the statement, thanked everyone for their pray
ers and outpour of love and asked for more prayers for the singer during the period. Social media users have reacted to Wendy Shay’s unfortunate accident, wishing for her speedy recovery and a strong comeback.

Source: Ghana News Agency

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two persons to 45 months imprisonment each for stealing bales of ladies’ underwear valued at GHC129,600. Samsu Abdul, a trader, and Rashiru Yakubu, a businessman, charged with conspiracy to steal and stealing, unlawful entry, pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah, however, found them guilty at the end of the trial. Kwame Arhin, Jabril Iddrisu, Zouberiru were however found not guilty, and the court therefore acquitted and discharged them. Enusah and one Zaraku, accomplices, are said to be at large. Prosecution led by Chief Inspector Benson Benneh said the complainant was Mathias Agbo, a businessman residing at Korle-Bu, Accra. Prosecution said On February 22, 2022, the complainant visited his warehouse at Kantamanto and realised that some goods kept in the warehouse were missing. It said the complainant therefore played the CCTV footage mounted at the warehouse and saw some young men opening the padlock to his warehouse with their keys and carry
ing three bales of ladies’ underwear valued at GHC14,400 cedis. Prosecution said the complainant, who wanted to nab the thieves, decided not to change the padlocks to the warehouse. It said the same young men came to the warehouse and opened the padlocks with their own keys and carried four bales on March 3, 2022, and two bales on March 12, 2022. Prosecution said in all, nine bales, valued at GHC129,600 were stolen. According to the prosecutor, Abdul was arrested, and he admitted having stolen two bales of the ladies’ underwear while his accomplices carried seven bales The Prosecutor said Abdul failed to lead the Police to the abode of his accomplices and the receiver of the items could also not be traced. On April 25, 2022, Yakubu was picked, following intelligence gathering. Yakubu mentioned Kwame Arhin, a key cutter, as the one who cut the master key used in opening the complainant’s warehouse. It said Arhin was picked up at his shop. Yakubu mentioned Jabril Iddrisu as the person they sold the ladies under
wear to, and he was also picked up.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Tullow PLC has commended the Government for the outstanding leadership demonstrated, which has facilitated the pouring of its first oil from the Jubilee South East Area of the Greater Jubilee Field. Mr Phuthuma Nhleko, the Board Chairman of Tullow PLC, said the Ministry of Energy offered the needed technical scrutiny, support and approval that paved the way for the implementation of the Greater Jubilee Plan of Development (PoD). Mr Nhleko said this when he addressed Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector stakeholders at a commemorative lunch at the weekend in Takoradi. The event was to celebrate the first oil from the area, expected to produce an additional 30,000 bopd, bringing production in the Greater Jubilee Field to over 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Production, according to Tullow, began on 13th July, 2023. ‘I want to commend the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for his excellent role; approving the Greater Jubilee Plan of Development,’ Mr Nhleko said. He gave the assurance that Tullow re
mained committed, together with by its partners, to optimal production in the spirit of sound investor relations with the Government. Dr Prempeh, on his part, said the sustained discussions, which started in 2017, between the Energy Ministry, Ghana National Petroleum Commission and the Jubilee partners, eventually led to the approval of the Greater Jubilee Full Field Development Plan. ‘One thing was certain in all the engagements back then: that the Jubilee field was going to be an investment that would lead to increased production in a mature field and pave the way for immense value and benefits for the country,’ he said. The Minister said 90 per cent of the human resource working on the Jubilee South East project were Ghanaians and assured of the continuous provision of direction to improve lives and the economy. ‘Our role as a Ministry is to work with the regulators and other stakeholders from the Government side, to formulate policies and strategies that will give the key sector players confidence an
d optimism to continue harnessing resources and investment to transform the industry’. The Jubilee South East project was a stepping stone to other successes the country could chalk, he said. The government was committed to supporting the negotiation of the gas sales agreement to give a further boost to the oil and gas sector, especially the aspect of tapping into domestic natural gas to power electricity. The commemorative lunch was preceded by a visit to FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, offshore, by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Energy Minister, senior officials of the Jubilee partners and other government officials who received full briefing on the project.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Somali National Army with the support of the local forces on Monday captured El Garas town about 70 kilometers east of Galgudud region under Galmudug State in Somalia.

Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Abdirahman Yusuf Al-adala told Somali National News Agency that Al-Shabaab militants fled the town after the joint forces surrounded the area, saying the army is currently conducting clearance operation aimed at ensuring the safety and security of the town after the terrorists.

“Removing Al-Shabaab from El-Garas is big significance reached on the offensive operation against the group”, Adala added.

The operation comes as the Somali National Army and local forces intensified onslaught operations against Al-Shabaab in the south and central Somalia. It also came a day after over 60 Al-Shabaab fighters including misled children killed in Awdhegle town in lower Shabelle region after the group militants attempted attacks at SNA bases there.

Source: Somali National News Agency

A popular Sunyani-based radio presenter is in the grips of the Police for allegedly having anal sex with her 11-year-old biological daughter. The suspect, Clement Oti, also a taxi driver, known in the media space as ‘Shabatee’ had purportedly had sex including anal sex, consistently with the victim for the past one year. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the mother of the victim explained she realized some abnormalities on victim’s body and when she questioned her, the victim confirmed the immoral act between her and the suspect. Mrs. Ahensah said she reported the matter to the Sunyani District Police Command and subsequently the suspect was arrested and placed in Police custody. She said a medical report confirmed the act, and therefore appealed to the Police to be expeditious in their investigations. A reliable Police source that confirmed the story told the GNA the Bono Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) was handling the matter.

Source: Ghana News Agency

A Fiapre-based building contractor has expressed appreciation to the government for payment of part of its debts owed to building contractors in the country. Mr Dominic Kwame Agyemang, the Managing Director of DK Agyemang Company Limited, a building construction firm, also appealed to the government to endeavour to settle the remaining indebtedness. This would enable contractors to complete on-going and some abandoned projects and also prevent shoddy works, he told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality on Monday. Mr Agyemang emphasised the readiness and commitment of contractors to execute excellent work and complete it on time, but regretted that sometimes the delays in payments slowed down the execution of projects. He said though contractors understood and appreciated the current economic situation in the country, the government must also do more to pay some of its indebtedness to enable them to resume work on some abandoned projects. ‘We are all Ghanaians,
and no contractor is happy when a project is abandoned, but sometimes we don’t have any other option’, he stated. Nonetheless, Mr Agyemang entreated his colleague contractors to endeavour to avoid shoddy works,and try to find alternative funding to complete for use some of the abandoned projects, especially those in the health and education sectors. Education and health, he indicated, remained critical components of national development, saying ‘when we abandon some of these critical projects, it’s our women and children who suffer in the long run. ‘ Mr Agyemang said he was hopeful the government would listen, consider and address the immediate concerns of contractors to enable them to execute quality work. He promised to complete on-going work on the Kunsu Agenda 111 hospital, Duayaw-Nkwanta Serwaa Kesse Girls Dormitory and the Fiapre market projects being executed by his company. Other development projects being executed by the construction firm include the Fiapre market, Three-unit classroom block for the
Fiapre Ahmadiyya basic school and the 12-unit classroom block storey building for the Seventh Day Adventist Senior High School at Fiapre. During a visit to some of the project sites, the GNA sighted construction works were steadily progressing on the projects.

Source: Ghana News Agency