February 19, 2021 - Ghana News Express

Meghan and Harry confirm they will not return as working royals

19Feb

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Meghan and Harry confirm they will not return as working royals

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be returning as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said in a statement. The Queen confirmed that they would not “continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service”. “While all are saddened by their decision, the Duke and Duchess remain much loved members of the family,” the Buckingham Palace statement said.© Thomson Reuters Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive at the Endeavour Fund Awards in London, Britain, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2020 PACKAGES. The pair’s responsibilities and duties, such as honorary military appoint...

Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace forward will stop taking the knee before matches

19Feb

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Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace forward will stop taking the knee before matches

Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha says he will stop taking the knee before games. BBC Sport understands the 28-year-old will no longer follow the initiative adopted in the Premier League last season after the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. On Thursday Zaha said players "should stand tall", reiterating his view that taking the knee is "degrading". "It's becoming something that we just do now," he added. Zaha continued: "It feels like we are isolating ourselves from these things that are not working anyway." Last week, Zaha questioned the purpose of taking a knee before the start of matches while speaking to the On The Judy podcast. He also said: "Why must I even wear Black Lives Matter on the back of my top to show you that we matter? This is all deg...

Hearts of Oak name Laryea Kingston as interim coach

19Feb

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Hearts of Oak name Laryea Kingston as interim coach

Ghanaian giants Hearts of Oak is reported to have named their former player Laryea Kingston as the interim coach of the Phobians ahead of their game against Ebusua Dwarfs. The Phobians will face Ebusua Dwarfs in matchday 15 of the Ghana Premier League at the Accra Sports Stadium. With Hearts of Oak coaching job being vacant following the resignation of Kosta Papic, the former Black Stars winger has been appointed to lead the team in the interim. Laryea Kingston is currently having his coaching attachment with Right to Dream Academy and is stepping in to support the side he made his name in the early 2000’s. He will join his brother Richard Kingston on the touchlines on Sunday after the former national goalkeeper began training with the club earlier this week. The Kingst...

Tamale: 24 houses burnt in chieftaincy dispute

19Feb

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Tamale: 24 houses burnt in chieftaincy dispute

Twenty-four (24) houses have been burnt in a chieftaincy dispute between two rival chiefs in Yong Dakpem Yili, a Suburb of Tamale metropolis. Food produce harvested by some farmers in the area have also been destroyed in the violence that erupted Thursday evening An eyewitness, Noah Nash Hoenyefia, told Starrfm.com.gh that the conflict has forced women and children to take refuge in nearby towns. It is unclear what might have sparked the latest disturbances but sources, however, say one of the faction was performing funeral rites which the other faction said they did not have the legitimacy to do so. Currently, security personnel have been deployed to help bring the situation under control. Source: Starrfm.com.gh

Nigerian court freezes Shell accounts ahead of Aiteo lawsuit

19Feb

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Nigerian court freezes Shell accounts ahead of Aiteo lawsuit

A federal court in Lagos has issued an injunction barring Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiares from withdrawing money at 20 local banks until it ringfences potential damages in a lawsuit brought against the oil major by Aiteo Eastern E&P. Aiteo is seeking about $4 billion in total over alleged problems with the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) pipeline it bought from the Anglo-Dutch group in 2015 and over claims Shell undercounted its oil exports. Court documents seen by Reuters show that Aiteo is seeking compensation over what it says was the poor condition of the pipeline and associated lost oil sales. Aiteo also accuses Shell of deliberate improper metering of the Nigerian company’s oil exports from the Bonny Light terminal. It is seeking $2.7 billion over the pipelin...

Ghanaian musician M3nsa crowd funds new album

19Feb

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Ghanaian musician M3nsa crowd funds new album

Ghanaian musician Mensa Ansah more popularly known as the artist M3NSA has been busy during lockdown. He’s just released a new EP of three tracks paving the way for his first new album in 10 years which is in the pipeline. On top of that he is raising the funds through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to cover the costs of releasing the album independently of a record label. He told Focus on Africa he plans to take control of his music and pay attention to content as opposed to management. “I felt like I was tired of speaking to record labels presenting me with these templates of how things should be done and not really paying attention to what the content is,” M3nsa says. The album is like a mission statement that is who he is now. “This is who I am this who I s...

Too much propaganda on court ruling on Mahama’s application for interrogatories – Gabby

19Feb

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Too much propaganda on court ruling on Mahama’s application for interrogatories – Gabby

Private legal practitioner Gabby Otchere Darko has said that there is too much propaganda spin on the Supreme Court ruling denying the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing. There’s a lot of propaganda spin on the ruling of the Court denying the petitioner his application for interrogatories. “Some even say the Court said Tsatsu Tsikata would have the opportunity to put the questions to Jean Mensa in the witness box. That’s not true. Read for yourself.” The Supreme Court earlier dismissed an application filed by John Dramani Mahama asking it to review a decision to disallow him from asking the Electoral Commission some 12 questions. Lead Counsel for the petitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata argued that the interrogatories were relevant as, in his view, it would help the...

Wisa Greid’s wife makes shocking revelation about the size of his manh*od

19Feb

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Wisa Greid’s wife makes shocking revelation about the size of his manh*od

Ghanaian singer Bella Tee, who is mostly based in Canada and married to singer Wisa Greid, says her husband’s manhood isn’t small in nature. According to her, though many Ghanaians claim to have seen it after Wisa Greid showed it during a live performance in 2015, she can boldly say they didn’t see it correctly. The court found him guilty of gross indecency during his performance at the ‘Decemba 2 Rememba’ concert at the Accra International Conference Centre on December 24, 2015. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKq1BIxhXw1/?utm_source=ig_embed The court ruled that the Centre was a public place and found Wisa Greid guilty of the offence and sentenced him accordingly. But reacting to this in an interview on Okay FM, Bella Tee said they were not dating at the time the u...

S.C. dismisses Petitioner’s review application on EC chairperson

19Feb

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S.C. dismisses Petitioner’s review application on EC chairperson

The Supreme Court has affirmed its decisions not to compel Mrs Jean A. Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, (EC) to testify in the Election 2020 Petition trial. This was after it unanimously dismissed a review application of John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner, challenging the decision of the Court not to compel Mrs Jean A. Mensa to testify in the trial. The nine-member panel, led by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, ruled that the Petitioner could not properly invoke the review jurisdiction of the Court. The Court held that the Petitioner could also not demonstrate any exceptional circumstance to merit the grant of a review, adding that the Petitioner did not raise any new arguments in the review application. The Court, comprising seven justices, o...

19Feb

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Aphrodisiac patronage high among youth

Mr Abdul Sadique a pharmacy assistant at Al-Max Pharmacy on Thursday said the youth from 18 to 40 years are using Aphrodisiacs for sexually activities. Mr Sadique said aphrodisiac usage without prescription could have dangerous side effect but the youth in their desire to impress their female partners refuses to listen to counselling from pharmacists. The Pharmacy Technician in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Tema, explained that some attributed the usage of aphrodisiac “to teach their female partners a lesson for spending their money and not reciprocating their love”. He explained that there were different types of aphrodisiac for both for internal and external usage and noted that an over dose of the any type of aphrodisiac has the potential of creating problem f...