The National Women's Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kate Gyamfua has assured the Constituency Executives and people of Upper East Region and Sissala Zone of the Upper West Region that President Akufo-Addo will address their developmental challenges in his second term in office. Speaking at the 2nd phase of the Nationwide Thank You Tour, she said "The NPP party is so grateful and it thanks the Constituency Executives and the people of Upper East Region and Sissala Zone of the Upper West Region for your votes and support shown President Akufo-Addo in the last Elections. I can assure you that President Akufo-Addo will address all of your developmental challenges" READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-thank-god-for-saving-me-from-hell-asamoah-gyan-s-ex-wife She also called on the people to leave their differences behind, come on board and work hard to ensure that, the party breaks the 8 years chain of governance. She was confident that President Akufo-Addo will deliver as promised in his 2nd term. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-aged-99-pictures Below are some pictures: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s “strength and stay” for 73 years, has died aged 99. Flags on landmark buildings in Britain were being lowered to half-mast as a period of mourning was announced. Prince Philip’s health had been slowly deteriorating for some time. He announced he was stepping down from royal engagements in May 2017, joking that he could no longer stand up. He made a final official public appearance later that year during a Royal Marines parade on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Since then, he was rarely seen in public, spending most of his time on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, though moving to be with her at Windsor Castle during the lockdown periods throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and where the couple quietly celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary in November 2020. He also celebrated his 99th birthday in lockdown at Windsor Castle. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final The duke spent four nights at King Edward VII hospital in London before Christmas 2019 for observation and treatment in relation to a “pre-existing condition”. Despite having hip surgery in April 2018, he attended the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a month later and was seen sitting beside the Queen at a polo match at Windsor Great Park in June. He and the Queen missed Prince Louis of Cambridge’s christening in July 2018, but he was seen attending Crathie Kirk near Balmoral in August, and driving his Land Rover in the surrounding Scottish countryside in September. Despite living quietly out of the public eye, he made headlines when involved in a car crash in January 2019. Two women needed hospital treatment after he was apparently dazzled by the low sun as he pulled out of a driveway on the Sandringham estate. A nine-month-old baby boy in the other vehicle was unhurt. The Crown Prosecution Service decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute the duke after he later voluntarily surrendered his driving license. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers Born on the island of Corfu, Prince Philip, who once described himself as “a discredited Balkan prince of no particular merit or distinction”, played a key role in the development of the modern monarchy in Britain. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh wave to crowds in 2005 as they leave a show marking the end of the second world war. Photograph: Anwar Hussein CollectionThough never officially given the title of prince consort, he lived a life of relentless royal duty, relinquishing his promising naval career, which some believed could have seen him rise to become First Sea Lord, for a role requiring him to walk several feet behind his wife. Having made this choice, he immersed himself wholeheartedly in national life, carving out a unique public role. He was the most energetic member of the royal family with, for many decades, the busiest engagements diary. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video The Duke of Edinburgh greets a young wellwisher in Canberra at the start of a five-day visit to Australia in 2006. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty ImagesEven when well-advanced in years, he could be seen on walkabouts hoisting small children over security barriers to enable them to present their posies to his wife. Often he received little public recognition for his endeavors. In part, this was due to his uncomfortable relationship with the press, whom he labeled “bloody reptiles” and whose coverage often focused on his gaffes. He once told the former Conservative MP and biographer Gyles Brandreth: “I have become a caricature. There we are. I’ve just got to accept it.” The duke could be blunt and outspoken to the point of offensiveness. He claimed to have coined the word “dontopedalogy”: a talent for putting one’s foot in one’s mouth. Prone to bad-tempered outbursts, he never suffered fools gladly. Equally, he could be charming, engaging, and witty – and displayed such genuine curiosity on his official visits that his hosts were flattered. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures Queen Elizabeth and the then US president Barack Obama pose with first lady Michelle Obama and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace before a state banquet in 2011. While constitutionally excluded from major areas of the Queen’s professional life – he held no constitutional role other than as a privy counselor and saw no state papers – he set about modernizing a monarchy he feared could end up as a museum piece. It was at his instigation that the practice of presenting debutantes at court was abolished in 1958. He initiated informal palace lunches to which guests from a variety of backgrounds were invited. Garden parties were broadened. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/current-power-outages-has-nothing-to-do-with-lack-of-funds-or-fuel-napo-clarifies-video Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip meet guests at a Buckingham Palace garden party in 2012. He chaired the Way Ahead Group – composed of leading royal family members and their advisers – to analyze and avert criticism of the institution. The Queen, who deferred to him in private, would say: “What does Philip think?” on any major matter concerning the royal household. Big decisions, including her, finally agreeing to pay tax on her private income, the abolition of the royal yacht Britannia, and her letter to Charles and Diana suggesting an early divorce were taken after consultation with the duke, according to insiders. He set out his views on the monarchy on several occasions, recognizing it could not be all things to all people and therefore would always find itself in a position of compromise – or risk being kicked from both sides. But, he argued: “People still respond more easily to symbolism than to reason.” People instinctively understood the idea of a representative rather than a governing leader, and it was important for national identity, he maintained. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/stop-exposing-faces-of-teenage-murder-suspects-child-rights-international-to-media He had a keen interest in religion and conservation, despite dispatching a 2.5-meter (8ft) tiger with a single shot on an official visit to India in 1961, the same year he became president of the World Wildlife Fund UK. Prince Philip (left) with Prince Jagat-Singh (with his foot on the tiger’s head), the Maharajah of Jaipur, Queen Elizabeth and the Maharanee of Jaipur. The tiger was shot by Philip during a hunt on the royal tour of India in 1961. Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesIndustry, science, and nature were other passions. One of his most famous speeches was in 1961 when he told leading industrialists: “Gentlemen, I think it is time we pulled our fingers out.” And he loved gadgets. From the outset he took a keen interest in young people through the Duke of Edinburgh award, which he launched in 1956, inspired by his school days, and organizations such as the National Playing Fields Association and the Outward Bound Trust. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/ghanaian-journalist-bridget-otoo-mocks-sonnie-badu-amid-phd-scandal With his youthful good looks and sporting prowess, Philip was a pin-up. He played polo until, in 1971, injury forced him to retire, after which he took up four-in-hand carriage driving – a coach with four horses – which he continued to compete in at international level well into his 80s. He was a crack shot, a qualified pilot and an accomplished sailor. As the searchlight control officer on the battleship HMS Valiant, he was mentioned in dispatches in 1941 for his role in the Battle of Matapan against the Italian fleet. His wartime service also saw him present at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945. His love of the outdoors and physical pursuit was nurtured in childhood at Gordonstoun, the Morayshire school founded by Kurt Hahn, which encouraged self-reliance in pupils. Hahn had a profound influence on the young prince, who rarely saw his parents as a child. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-thank-god-for-saving-me-from-hell-asamoah-gyan-s-ex-wife Born at the family home of Mon Repos, apparently on the kitchen table, on Corfu on 10 June 1921, Philip was the youngest child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece, an officer in the Greek army, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The family fled when his father was charged with high treason in the aftermath of the heavy defeat of the Greeks by the Turks. They were evacuated in a British warship, with one-year-old Philip being carried in a makeshift cot fashioned from an orange box. He had an unsettled and peripatetic childhood. His parents separated; his father settling in Monte Carlo where he amassed significant gambling debts, and his mother, who was deaf, going on to found an order of nuns before becoming depressed and being admitted to an asylum. He later said of his family’s break-up: “I just had to get on with it. You do. One does.” Distantly related to the Queen – they were third cousins – their paths crossed several times before he became a serious suitor in 1946, though she was said to have fallen in love with him when she was 13. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/shocker-fetish-priest-leaks-nude-videos-of-woman-who-wants-akufo-addo-okuapehene-others-dead A highly ambitious and complex man, he faced many obstacles in the early days of marriage at the palace. With no money and no title, the establishment thought him a little “below the salt”. George VI was dismayed his daughter wanted to marry the first man she had met and thought her too young. Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, and never knowingly subtle, mischievously referred to him as “the Hun”, a reference to his mixed Danish, Russian and German heritage. Her brother, David Bowes-Lyon, dismissed him as “a German”. Courtiers saw him as an outsider – with barely a suit to his name – and a little too Teutonic. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip enjoy a walk during their honeymoon at Broadlands, Hampshire. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesBut he succeeded in overcoming prejudice and set about creating a role in which he would become the linchpin of palace life. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/majority-leader-should-stop-fooling-boakye-agyarko Describing her reliance on him, the Queen said in a speech to celebrate their golden wedding in 1997: “He is someone who doesn’t take easily to compliments. But he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know.” Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Clarence House with Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew for a dinner to mark the couple’s diamond wedding anniversary in 2007. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesThe bishop of London, Richard Chartres, once told the unauthorized biographer Graham Turner: “If one of the standard English aristocrats had married the Queen it would have bored everyone out of their minds.” The Duke of Edinburgh was many things, but one thing he was not was boring. See pictures below: Source: The Guardian

Former President John Mahama has refuted reports that he is demanding President Akufo-Addo returns his brother’s bauxite concession before he gets along with him. In a statement Thursday signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, he explained that the 2020 NDC flagbearer has never made such a demand. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final Mr Kwakye Ofosu said the reports are “nothing but a figment of the imagination” of those making the claims. He said in the aftermath of the election petition, John Mahama had made it clear that although he disagrees with the judgement, ” he was nonetheless bound by the verdict.” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers The former Deputy Information Minister said John Mahama, “has remained a statesman and remained true to his commitments to multiparty democracy. There are reports that one of the reasons why Mr Mahama does not appear to ‘gel’ with President Akufo-Addo and his administration is because of the bauxite concession that the NPP government took from Ibrahim Mahama in 2017. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video The NDC leader is said to have made some demands before letting the Minority Caucus in Parliament act jointly with their Majority counterpart since they both have 137 members each. Chief among the demands was the return of the Nyinahin Bauxite concession in the Ashanti Region. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures The multi-billion long lease bauxite concession was granted to Exton Cubic a few days prior to John Mahama handing over power on December 29, 2016. Although the company tried to start operations, it was stopped by both the district and regional authorities, compelling Exton Cubic to go to court to challenge the decision. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/current-power-outages-has-nothing-to-do-with-lack-of-funds-or-fuel-napo-clarifies-video Since then, there have been a lot of legal battles regarding the right of the company to mine. This development reports have suggested is the reason why the former President does not see each to each with his successor. But his Office has questioned, “What form of ‘gel’ does the government want with former President Mahama, and for which reason he will even consider making any demands?” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/stop-exposing-faces-of-teenage-murder-suspects-child-rights-international-to-media It said being the true statesman that he is, John Mahama will “continue to have respect for the constitutional structures and has at no time made any request, nor suggested any conditions, let alone ask for the return of bauxite concessions by any person or entity as a precondition for cooperation.” Credit: Myjoyonline.com

Social media especially Twitter was taken by surprise after an alleged impostor with the stage name “Wisekid” pulled a fast one on unsuspecting Wizkid fans. The artiste, Wisekid, born Hosea Yohanna, was alleged to have uploaded a replica of Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos’ album on Apple music, thereby diverting traffic to his music. The tracklist of the replica album dubbed “Lasgidi Made”, shares an identical title to Wizkid’s album, hoodwinking unsuspecting music lovers, especially Wizkid fans. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final What appears surprising is most streamers either did not notice the difference or clicked on his album in error. Checks by The Nation also revealed the dubbed album had amassed over 9 million streams translating to a profit of about N30 million monthly, equivalent to $78,729 in streams and sales revenue being shared with him. This was brought to the notice of the public when fans shared screenshots of their Apple Music replay. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers A Twitter user, Chemical Brother, shared screenshots and stated that even after listening to Wizkid for over 26 hours, Apple Music distributed the traffic to both Wizkid and Wisekid. According to African Facts, Wisekid has been raking in N30million monthly from Digital stores since he uploaded the replicated album in October 2020. However, reacting to the allegations Waisekid said he knows nothing about the developement adding that Freeme Digital has been the one distributing all his songs. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video “Please am not the one distributing Wizkid’s album on Apple Music. I have my company that distributes my music for me so I know nothing about this news spreading all over the internet. Thank you.” “I don’t know who does that. I just accessed my apple artist name I saw streams I just wanted to get people to check me out nothing more. I didn’t share Wizkid’s streams. I don’t know who that,” he added. But Freeme Digital, in a statement denied, distributing Wisekid’s music. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures “It has come to our notice that an artiste by the name of “Wisekid” claims to distribute an album titled ‘Lasgidi Made’ with our organization. While it is true that he distributes some of his contents through our organisation, we will like to make it categorically clear that the said, ‘Lasgidi Made’ album was not distributed via our platform,” the statement read. Freeme Digital added that “we will be deleting the rest of Wisekid’s content on our platform and we have informed our legal team to immediately commence investigation on the issue and prosecute the matter to the full extent of the law.” Social media users especially Wizkid fans, while calling out the artiste, wondered how he pulled the stunt on many unsuspecting fans listening to Wizkid’s song on gigital stores by Refixing all Wizkid’s “Made In Lagos” album. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/current-power-outages-has-nothing-to-do-with-lack-of-funds-or-fuel-napo-clarifies-video A Wizkid fan wrote, “The part that killed me is that he did not even try this with upcoming artistes or smaller artistes.. Wizkid Really Dfkm”. Another fan added, “I don’t even know what to say about this. You mean WizKid and his entire management had no idea of this? Not even his record label? I’m so angry right now.” One user, Asiwaju Lerry, stated, “So one certain Wisekid has been illegally sharing streams and album sales with Wizkid’s Made in Lagos yet the album still remains in its top spot?? Imagine if there was nothing like such!” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/stop-exposing-faces-of-teenage-murder-suspects-child-rights-international-to-media Another fan, JoeyAkan, wrote, “WiseKid failed one cardinal rule, that’s why he was caught: Don’t talk while eating. Because I don’t know what level of village people syndrome will make a man who has struck illegal gold to publicly announce his numbers on social media.” Below are embed tweets: Credit: thenationonlineng.net

A journalist working with Kenya’s state broadcaster was shot dead at her home in the outcasts of the capital Nairobi. Two gunmen entered Betty Barasa’s home as she was driving in from work on Wednesday evening. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final They ordered her husband and children to lie on the ground and one of the gunmen took Ms Barasa to her bedroom. The family later heard two gunshots and the gunman walked out of the bedroom and left with the other one. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers Police in Ngong area say Ms Barasa succumbed to injuries to her head. The motive for her killing remains unclear. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video The media council has condemned the killing and called for a speedy investigation: Below is an embed picture: Credit: BBC

Following Citi News’ report on fishmongers in Axim preparing some of the dolphins that were washed-ashore last week for sale, the Nzema East Municipal Chief Executive, Frank Okpenyen, with the support from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Police have moved in to confiscate it. When the team arrived, they found a basket full of already smoked dolphins together with about 20 dead dolphins. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures They subsequently seized the dead sea mammals and the smoked ones. Speaking to Citi News in Axim, the MCE said he is working hard to retrieve all the dolphins that were washed ashore but taken by individuals to their homes for sale or consumption. He said he is doing to ensure the safety of the public. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video Authorities are of the view that more of the dolphins are in the custody of individuals in the community as it estimates that about 132 of the dolphins that were washed ashore on Easter Sunday are in the hands of residents. After the dolphins washed up on Brawire Akyenim coast, “residents who were around at the time they appeared started to attack, kill and sent some home for domestic and commercial purposes.” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers The assembly in a statement indicated that some 200 dolphins were washed ashore, and it was able to retrieve 68. “Out of these, 30 were alive and 38 were dead. The team released the live dolphins back to the ocean and buried the dead ones at the Assembly’s refuse disposal site. The remaining 132 washed-ashore fishes are in the hands of the residents.” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final The assembly says it is currently working with security agencies, the Environmental Health Officer and Chief Fishermen “to retrieve the remaining fishes sent home by some individuals for domestic and commercial purposes.” Below are some pictures and video: Credit: Citinewsroom

A fetish priest has allegedly leaked naked videos of a woman who visited his shrine to kill persons behind the enstoolment of the new Okuapehene. The videos captured the woman – Attaa Magali chanting to kill President Akufo-Addo, Okuapemhene Oseadeyo Kwasi Akufo II, Victor Newman a presidential staffer now deceased, and other persons who supported what she calls the illegal enstoolment of the current Okuapehene. The woman claimed he is sister to Odehye Kwasi Akufo – a candidate who was also wrestling the Okuapehene stool. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final In one of the videos leaked from the shrine of Torgbe Shitor a fetish Priest operating in Akyem Kukurantumi of the Eastern Region, the woman in a piece of cloth around her waist incanting to the gods that “agoo agoo, nananom it is me Attaa sister to Kwasi Akufo who is being denied the Okuapehene stool. I am the one putting this photo into the coffin. Anyone who is part of this grand scheme from the family must be killed and summoned to the wilderness to answer”. [Fetish priest interrupts], drives away someone who accompanied the woman. The fetish priest asked the woman to touch an amount of money she was holding on her heart area and drop it on the god. The Fetish priest subsequently, directed the woman to inform Odehye Kwasi Akufo not to eat any food that was prepared with palm oil. The fetish priest also warned the woman to inform Odehye Kwesi Akufo not to get closer or sit on the stool because the god was going to sit on it for a while to work therefore anyone who sits on the stool will die. “Madam listen very well, the stool must be left to be where it is, this is what the god is saying. It is going to sit on it to work, therefore anyone who sits on it will be cleared by the god.” it’s not about finances, it’s just that if you’re renovating your house, sometimes, it’s more complicated and it’s more expensive than even building a new house” He further explained that some lines got strung. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers The spiritualist took the woman to another room where he made incantations for minutes and gave her a knife to stab a photo believed to be that of new Okuapenhene Oseadeyo Kwasi Akuffo II multiple times while enchanting on the photo to hand over the stool to odehye Kwasi Akufo. The woman is seen in another video leaked by the fetish priest, being asked to undress in front of him and make incantation over a concoction prepared in a bucket and mention the names of persons who are working against Odehye Kwasi Akufo and his family. “Those who have tied our souls in the middle of the Akropong so that we don’t get the support of the subjects must be dealt with -Sammy Mfum, Nana Ofei, Baamuhene, Victor Newman, President Akufo Addo are all included. Nananom deal with them and also protect our family. Now, I bath this concoction to cancel any death on our family and send it back to them “. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video In another leaked video, the woman was sent naked to an open bathhouse where another shrine is located. The woman was directed by the fetish priest to bath the liquid concoction put in a locally weaved basket and chant for goodwill upon her brother Odehye Kwasi Akuffo but wish evil for his opponents including President Akufo Addo. The fetish priest then makes final incantation while filming the nakedness of the woman. He asked the woman to fill a plastic bottle with the concoction and take it away together with an egg to give to Odehye Kwasi Akufo for similar incantation. The video is believed to have been taken during the heat of the Akropong Chieftaincy dispute last year. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures Background The new Okuapemhene was enstooled and outdoored on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Odehye Kwadwo Kesse, 34, was given the stool name Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo II. He becomes the ninth Chief to ascend the Ofori Kuma Stool. The Akropong stool has three ruling houses – Nketia, Amogyaa, and Sakyibea. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/current-power-outages-has-nothing-to-do-with-lack-of-funds-or-fuel-napo-clarifies-video It was the turn of the Sakyeabea ruling house to select a candidate to be installed as Okuapehene to ascend the Ofori Kuma Stool which became vacant for almost five years after the demise of Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwah III, Okuapemhene who reigned for 41 years due to dispute in the family. In 2017, while Odehye Kwasi Akuffo was nominated by the Paramount Queen mother -Nana Afua Nketia Obuo and began processes to install him as successor to the late Okuapehene, the Abrewatia of Sakyeabea Royal family also nominated Odehye Kwadwo Kese for the same stool. Lilian Nana Agyemang who is the Abrewatia of the Sakyeabea Royal family petitioned the Regional House Chiefs challenging the traditional capacity of the Paramount Queen mother in nominating and installing Odehye Kwasi Akuffo to ascend the stool. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/stop-exposing-faces-of-teenage-murder-suspects-child-rights-international-to-media Following the nullification of nomination and enstoolment processes of Odehye Kwasi Akuffo by the Judicial Committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Delivering the judgment Thursday, April 30, 2020, the Eastern Regional House of Chief upheld that, selection of a legible royal to be enstooled as Paramount Chief is the prerogative of the Abrewatia of the ruling family whose turn it is to select a candidate and submit the name of the chosen royal to Asonahene to be sent to the Queen mother. The House upheld that the Queen mother failed to provide evidence that the right traditional procedures were followed before initiating processes to install Odehye Kwasi Akuffo as Okuapemhene. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/ghanaian-journalist-bridget-otoo-mocks-sonnie-badu-amid-phd-scandal The House also stated that, the Queen mother alone cannot select a candidate from the Royal Family without the involvement of the Abrewatia, adding that, the involvement of the Abrewatia and the elderly female is an aged-custom which does not take away the powers of the Queen mother in presenting the candidate for final enstoolment, therefore declared that, the nomination and processes to install Odehye Kwasi Akuffo is null and void with no traditional effect hence should not parade himself as Okuapehene. The house directed that due traditional processes must hence be followed in enstooling a successor. The Regional House of Chiefs awarded Ghc25,000 cost against the Queen mother. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-thank-god-for-saving-me-from-hell-asamoah-gyan-s-ex-wife The Akropong Chieftaincy dispute is however still ragging on in court as the queen mother and odehye Kwasi Akufo family are still in court pursuing justice. Credit: Starrfm

The ex-wife of former Black Stars captain Asamoah ‘Baby Jet’ Gyan, Gifty, has thanked God for saving her from her hellish marriage. Gifty, in a new post on social media, says she’s looking forward and would never ever look backwards! READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/lifestyle-spotlight-on-lisa-joy-ale-jay-youtuber-beauty-content-creator “I vow to never look back unless it’s to see how far I’ve come. So help me God,” she wrote. Her relief comes from escaping her toxic marriage to Gyan, who after over a decade together and three kids surprisingly came to her to allege she was cheating and that none of his children are his. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama Gyan requested a DNA test to prove paternity of his kids. In the end he was humiliated as it turns out the kids were his. Gyan just wanted a way to annul his marriage so he could move on with his new alleged slay queen bae. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/watch-sarkodie-sips-malta-with-swag-video Who wouldn’t be thankful to escape such a mess? Check out Gifty’s new post on social media below… Credit: Ghanacelbrities.com

Child Rights International has issued a caution against the exposure of details and images of the teenagers alleged to have killed and buried a 10-year-old at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region. The organization in a reminder said such actions are against the sections of the Juvenile Justice Act that protects the rights of juvenile offenders. While expressing regret over the incident, Child Rights International said publications that expose the image and identity of the deceased and the suspects are unethical and does not protect their privacy and dignity. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/watch-young-man-pounds-fufu-with-2-pestles-simultaneously-at-nkoranza-video-pictures “Teenagers and victims are being displayed on various media platforms and this is against the Juvenile Justice Act. It is the duty of the media to treat this issue with all seriousness, considering the teenagers involved. Although some people may not see anything wrong, it is not lawful to publicly parade and expose the identity and pictures of the two teenagers,” it said in a statement. Child Rights International thus urged the public to be circumspect in dealing with the issue and allow the law to take its course without further exposing the teenage suspects to potential danger. Read the full statement below: Child Rights International has expressed dismay in the murder of a 10-year-old boy by two teenagers in Kasoa, a suburb of Central Region. The organisation, which is committed to the inherent dignity of every child, condemns the act and expresses its condolence to the family of the murdered boy. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/akufo-addo-cuts-sod-for-5m-ghana-award-house However, as a child-centred organisation, the reportage from the media is unethical and does not protect their privacy and dignity, the victim and the two suspects are teenagers and therefore must be protected and handled lawfully. Section 3 (2) & (3) of the Juvenile Justice Act states that: (2) A person shall not in the course of arrest, investigation or trial of an offence connected with a juvenile, or at any other stage of the cause or matter, release any information for publication that may lead to the identification of the juvenile. In (3); Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on a summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/so-when-will-we-learn-ghana-how-can-you-say-this-to-a-world-star-shattawale-fumes-at-bloggers In view of the above, the teenagers and victims are being displayed on various media platforms and this is against the Juvenile Justice Act. It is the duty of the media to treat this issue with all seriousness, considering the teenagers involved. Although some people may not see anything wrong, it is not lawful to publicly parade and expose the identity and pictures of the two teenagers. We understand the public is upset, judging how the two teenagers planned and carried out the act. Notwithstanding, we should try and protect their identity, bearing in mind that any public exposure of the teenagers could also put them in danger. We are, hereby, appealing to the media and relevant stakeholders to stop displaying the identity and pictures of the suspects. We entreat them to allow the law to take its course to avoid any potential danger to the two suspected teenagers. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/live-turn-unto-ghana-oh-lord-and-have-mercy-on-us-aglow-gh-international-video 'Ritual murder' Citi News reported on Saturday that two teenagers, Felix Nyarko and Nicholas Kini had been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly killing an 11-year-old boy supposedly for money rituals at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa. Some eyewitnesses said the suspects allegedly lured the deceased, known as Ishmael Mensah by his peers, into an uncompleted building and smashed his head with a club and cement blocks killing him instantly. They subsequently buried him in the building. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/champions-league-bayern-s-lewandowski-set-to-miss-psg-quarter-final Police said the suspects planned to recover the body at midnight for the supposed rituals. The two suspects were remanded in police custody on their first appearance in court on April 6, 2021. They are to reappear in court on April 20, 2021. Credit: Citinewsroom

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has taken a swipe at the Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, for his recent comments on the upcoming NPP Presidential Election. Mr Mensah-Bonsu had recently made what is described as "unpalatable and unnecessary remarks" that the NPP shall select its next Flagbearer by "consensus", in contravention of the NPP's constitution. He further made an ethnocentric pronouncement on the upcoming elections within the NPP, saying it was time for a non-Akan person to lead the NPP. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/criminality-on-lgbt-is-non-negotiable-and-our-cultural-practices-frowns-on-it-adwoa-safo-pics The Majority Leader in an interview with Accra-based Joy News said it’s unwise for the NPP to present another Akan as flagbearer for the party in 2024. “Inwardly, I know I also have the competence but is it wise for me now immediately after two Akans; Kufour had been the president, Akufo-Addo follows from the Eastern Region and there is a third Akan to follow? Doing introspection, I think it may not hold well for a party that is accused by some as being overly Akanistic party. But not everybody agrees with me. And that is the beauty of democracy,” Mr Mensah-Bonsu said. But speaking in an interview with Oman FM, Mr. Agyarko, a senior member of the NPP expresses disappointment in the Majority Leader for making such utterances, describing them as “bloody fool” and “infantile”. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures “Instead of ensuring that the party is deeply rooted for Ghanaians to know that we are serious people and that when we are given the mandate we do things right, we are there fooling. Why are we disturbing the party? The party has a constitution. For me normally, I will not have mentioned names but I’m disappointed with the majority leader. Are you the one to bring about this noise in the party? he said. Mr Agyarko believes such remarks should be coming from young people within the party and not the Majority Leader. He could not fathom why Mr Mensah-Bonsu who should know better as a lawmaker who wants to disrespect the Party's Constitution apparently for parochial interest. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/watch-young-man-pounds-fufu-with-2-pestles-simultaneously-at-nkoranza-video-pictures Credit: Modern Ghana

Popular Ghanaian journalist, Bridget Otoo has joined the increasing list of Ghanaians trolling Gospel evangelist Sonnie Badu over alleged academic fraud. Recall a Twitter user on Monday, called the celebrated gospel artiste out for parading certificates without the wherewithal to prove them. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/criminality-on-lgbt-is-non-negotiable-and-our-cultural-practices-frowns-on-it-adwoa-safo-pics Otoo has, however, weighed in with a claim that Badu had always been a fraud. In another mocking tweet, she adopted Twitter’s Pull Him Down (PhD) acronym which has been used to address Badu’s PhD status. She tweeted: “Please call me ‘Dr. Bridget Otoo PHD’ I had the Holy Spirit visit and conferred on me. I cannot for the life of me disobey such favour from the ‘headquarters of divinity’ Thank You If you don’t obey God, my lawyers would write to you.” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/accra-aglow-ghana-defies-rain-holds-first-intercessory-prayer-after-lockdown-pictures The tweet was also a mockery of Badu’s tweet about having legal counsel take up the defamatory comments he recently received. Below is an embed tweet: Credit: African Entertainment

Ghanaian hiplife songstress Sista Afia has released the much-awaited music video for her recently-released ‘Broken’ song. ‘Broken’ talks about a girl who is deeply in love with her partner but does not feel the same quantum of love reciprocated. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/criminality-on-lgbt-is-non-negotiable-and-our-cultural-practices-frowns-on-it-adwoa-safo-pics The situation has subsequently left her broken. Directed by revered music video director Prince Dovlo, ‘Broken’ is apt in bringing to life the true message embedded in the audio. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/watch-young-man-pounds-fufu-with-2-pestles-simultaneously-at-nkoranza-video-pictures Enjoy the video below: Credit: African Entertainment