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Ghanaian comic actor, Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, on Saturday, married his new found love Rita Asiwdu in London. The actor is re-marrying three years after the messy marriage breakdown with his then wife, Victoria Darko, popularly known as Akua Vic. Saturday’s wedding took place at the Lancaster house fifth floor, 70 Newington Causeway elephant and castle London and was attended by some Ghanaian entertainment personalities including Kaakyire Kwame Appiah and Amakye Dede.

The mortal remains of highlife musician, Daasebre Gyamenah has arrived in Koforidua. The remains arrived in Koforidua on Friday around 1 p.m and has been deposited at the St. Joseph Hospital Morgue. The remains of the musician were conveyed from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) where he passed away Friday, while he was on admission. Family sources have said that the highlife musician, who was a Muslim, died of a heart-related disease. Daasebre Gyamenah’s family earlier Friday stated that they will not allow the late musician to be buried in line with Islamic tradition. According to the family, the musician, although a Muslim will not be buried in line with Islamic tradition because he was a royal from the New Juaben Traditional Area. Scores of wailing people including family members welcomed the body at the St. Joseph Hospital Morgue.

Scientists at Belgium’s University of Ghent say they’ve created a machine that turns urine into potable water, and fertilizer, using solar energy. The scientists have since crafted small batches of Belgian ale from the recycled water. "We call it from sewer to brewer," Sebastiaan Derese, one of the researchers from the University of Ghent, told  Reuters . "We're able to recover fertiliser and drinking water from urine using just a simple process and solar energy." The machine collects urine in a big tank which is then heated in a solar-powered boiler. As the heated water evaporates it passes through a membrane, which separates the H2O from nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen. Those nutrients can then be used to enrich fertilizers for plants.The water is then diverted to a separate tank. Since the system requires no electricity, the researchers hope it can be used to provide clean drinking water for people in developing coun

Donald Trump has “actively encouraged” foreign powers to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton, her camp says. Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as part of an investigation into her private email server as they contained private details. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr Trump said on Wednesday. “I think you’ll be rewarded mightily by our press.” The emails would contain some “beauties”, he said. Soon after, he wrote on Twitter that if anyone had the emails, they should hand them over to the FBI. His appeal comes as Russia stands accused of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for Mr Trump’s benefit. Both Russia and Mr Trump deny the allegation. “This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,” Jake Sullivan, Mrs Clinton’s senior policy adviser, said. “This has gon

One person is feared dead and several others have sustained injuries in a car crash at Mankrong near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Two Articulated trucks collided head-on after one tried to overtake a Kia truck heading to Kumasi from Accra in the early hours of Thursday. The driver of the Kia truck, believed to be in his forties died instantly after his car skidded off the road in the process of the crash. A VIP bus driver who tried to avoid ramming into the other vehicles veered off the road into a nearby bush., injuring some passengers on board. Joy News’ Kofi Siaw reported that seven passengers who were injured have been conveyed to the Suhum Government Hospital for treatment. Two days ago, scores of passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after the vehicles they were traveling in were involved in an accident also on the Accra-Kumasi road. source myjoyonline.com

The Supreme Court has ordered government to produce its agreement with the US which informed the decision to admit into Ghana, two former terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay. According to the court, the agreement which government insists was a note verbal is not covered by the state Secrecy Act and this can be given to the lawyers and admitted into evidence. Two private citizens, Margaret Bamful and Henry Nana Boakye were reported on January 20,to have sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, together with the Minister of Interior, accusing President John Mahama of illegally bringing in the two former Gitmo detainees in contravention of the laws of Ghana. The two plaintiffs are seeking among other reliefs a “declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, that President of the Republic of Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih

Popular hiplife artiste, Adjei Yeboah Maradona, known in showbiz as Guru, is predicting President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will lose the up-coming elections unless they 'sort out' challenges in the country. The rapper drums his message home in his latest single, “My Take’’ which highlights hardship Ghanaians are enduring under the present government. He insists that, the truth must be told to the President, irrespective of how his supporters feel about it. The song released about a week ago has typical ‘political’ composition by musicians and stirred controversy, as some individuals tagging the rapper as a sympathizer of the opposition party. Speaking on Nhyira FM’s Kasahare Movement, an entertainment show over the weekend, Guru said he speaks for himself and his fans through the song. Though he refused to be drawn into discussing government performance, the ‘Lapaz Toyota’ hit-maker pointed out the current energy crises is one

One of Ghana's foremost entrepreneurs,  Alhaji Adam Iddrisu, the owner and Chairman of Global Haulage Group Limited (GHGL) has died at age 72. Family sources tell Myjoyonline.com Alhaji Iddrisu  passed  Wednesday dawn. His final funeral rites will be performed after the Asr (late afternoon) prayers at the  at the Global Haulage compound at Achimota in Accra. Global Haulage Group Limited  consists of  Global Haulage Company, Imperial General Insurance,  Isudam  Construction, Cocoa Merchant, Royal  Bank, Federated Commodities, Trans Royal Ltd, Royal Commodities and Global Automobile Limited. Alhaji Iddrisu also made an investment in agriculture with GG Farms as well as real estate with Global Haulage Real Estate.  Ahaji Iddrisu started Global Haulage Company in 1953 around Timber Market in Accra's business district.  In December last year, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate.  He left behind  23

A presenter and two panellists of an Accra-based radio station, Montie FM, who were convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court last week have been sentenced to four months in prison. The owners of the station which includes Edward Addo, Harry Zakuor, Ato Ahwoi and Kwesi Kyei Atuah have been fined 30,000 by close of day tommorrow. The panellists, Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and a host of the show, Salifu Maase and owners of the radio station were found guilty of contempt charges following threats by the panelists to kill the Judges. Presiding judge Sophia Akuffo said the directors were irresponsible and careless because they are to direct the broad vossion of the station. The panelists, on a discussion programme on the station, threatened to kill judges, with specific reference to Justice Sulemana Gbadegbe and Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood. Background The two Justices who were specifically mentioned in the contemptuous comments recused themselves fr

The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has slammed Ghanaian movie actor, John Dumelo for working against the Dankwa-Busia-Dombo tradition which claimed to have taken care of him[Dumelo] years back. The NPP has warned the movie actor to refrain from vicious attacks and propaganda set to destroy it and give the opposition party a bad name ahead of the general polls. The Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Anthony Karbo in an interview said Dumelo should be advised that he cannot ride on the back of the NPP to bring himself to the limelight in the political realm. “If Mr. Dumelo is interested in getting into the dirty gutter and unguarded politics of attack, he should know that this is the very party that took care of him sometime ago, when he was a student at KNUST, the party was there for him,” he cautioned in an interview. The actor, launched a scathing attack on the opposition NPP calling it a stock of violent people, a comment that the party has taken offen

An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president's orders. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a "hyena", was the subject of a BBC feature last week. He told the BBC that he did not mention his HIV status to those who hire him. President Peter Mutharika said the police should investigate and charge him over the cases of defilement he had seemingly confessed to. The BBC's Ed Butler, who covered the story about Malawi's sexual "cleansing practices", says in some remote southern regions of the country it is traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a man after their first menstruation. Some of the girls are as young as 12 years old, he reported. What is known as a "hyena" in Malawi culture is usually a man who has sex with widows or married women who cannot fall pregnant. 'Horrific practices' "While we must

Medeama put up a stunning performance to record their first win and maintain hopes of qualifying to the semi-final of the CAF Confederation Cup. A brace from Medeama's Confederation Cup top scorer Abass Mohammed and a goal from Daniel Amoah helped the Tarkwa-based club to a resounding 3-1 win over Young Africans in Sekondi on Tuesday. The win sees Medeama still occupy the third position with the same points, five, as second placed MO Bejaia who have a game in hand against table toppers TP Mazembe. For Young Boys, they are no more in contention to reach the semis. The Yellow and Mauves showed their intent right from the blast of the referees' whistle as  they mounted ceaseless pressure on their opponents. Under 20 defender Daniel Amoah opened the scoring in the 7th minute. However,Malik Akowuah squandered a wonderful chance to double the lead as he miss a penalty. But Abass redeemed Akowuah by scoring the second goal, much to the delight of fans at the Sta

On July, 23, young Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah who is currently on location in Atlanta, Georgia was honoured for his excellence in art at the African Youth Excellence Awards. The event which took place in Worcester (Massachusetts) saw Master Attah picking up the honorary award for his achievements and was also presented with a key to the city of Massachusetts by the Mayor Joseph M. Petty. In a citation, the Mayor congratulated Master Attah on his achievements as a young actor. He stated in the citation: “Your award winning performance captivated world audiences; those profound strides serve strides serve as inspiration for young actors like you”. The African Youth Excellence Awards is an annual event which highlights the accomplishments of pursuers in the areas of art, education, information technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and humanitarianism. It’s objectives are to recognize and shine the light on young Africans pursuing excellence and also create and env

The Kumasi branch of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) says government’s initiative to convert the polytechnics into technical universities will boost academic progression in addition to their technical and vocational mandate. POTAG is angry with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana over what it considers negative comments about government’s bid to convert polytechnics into technical universities. Members describe as baseless, unfounded and unfortunate, suggestions by Professor Ernest Aryeetey that the policy will not solve problems of polytechnics. Speaking at the 25th Anniversary celebration of NDK Financial Services in Accra, Professor Aryeetey said that, in principle, he is not opposed to the conversion but believes government cannot solve any problem simply by converting the polytechnics into universities. “Do you solve the problem by re-designating them?” he asked, adding, “Everybody knows polytechnics are poorly equipped and if yo

It is gratifying to know that a spiritual leader of Reverend (Dr.) Emmanuel Asante’s caliber appears to have almost similar, genuine concerns as mine that more Ghanaians have become “overly spiritual” at the expense of critical thinking and pragmatism. Here is the reverend minister’s brilliant observation: “As soon as something terrible happens, instead of us [Ghanaians] investigating—finding out what might have been the cause and therefore trying to find a solution—we go for the cheap way, spiritual, and that mitigates any attempt to do serious investigations to try to find what is the actual cause of an event” (ref: Myjoyonline.com, Wednesday, 20, 2016). What makes the foregoing viewpoint most interestingly significant is where it comes from. Besides his recent retirement from the prestigious position as the presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Dr. Emmanuel Asante has been serving as a professor of religion and as such spiritual philosophies over the pa

The Ghana Immigration service (GIS) invites job applications from suitably qualified Ghanaians for enlistment into the service. Qualification Required & Experience All candidates are to satisfy the following requirements •   Must be Ghanaian citizen by birth with no criminal record •   Holds SSSCE/WASSCE Certificate with four (4) credits including English Language and   Mathematics  •   A minimum age of 18 and not more than 25 years •   Physically and medically fit by para military standards •   A minimum height of 1.73 metres (5ft 8inch) for Males and 1.63 metres (5ft 4inch) for Females Career Development The GIS has a flexible Human Resource Development Policy that promotes and facilitates further education How To Apply For The Job Interested candidates should purchase application forms at the cost of from the various Regional and District EMS Offices across the country. Completed forms should be mailed to the address The Director Ghana Immigration Ser

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has lost his mother. The hiplife artiste’s mother, Christiana Addo also known as Aunt Christie died on Sunday, July 24 after battling liver disease for some time. Obour, who is yet to come to terms with the fact that his mother is no more, confirmed the news to Myjoyonline.com Tuesday morning. He did not give further details but THE PARROTS gathers that he is preparing to hold the one-week celebration of his mother, who was a pillar in his life and music career,  on Sunday, July 31. Obour said in a brief statement that, “we did our best but I believe God had his own plans for my mum.” “She was a strong believer hence I am in no doubt of her final resting place,” he added.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship James K. Botah, for robbing his lover of her belongings after sex in a hotel at Tweneboah, Accra. Mohammed Issah was sentenced on his own plea by the court. The convict, who hails from Tamale, lures his women to a hotel, have sex with them after which he robs them of their valu­ables while they are rest­ing, according to the police. Modus operandi A police source told Daily Guide that Mohammed Issah meets how victims on Facebook and establishes friendship with them. After chatting for a while, the convict, who usually claims to be a busi­ness man and imports mobile phones from Cana­da and Germany, will then propose love to them. Later the convict would arrange for them to meet at a hotel and after sex he robs the women of their valuables and absconds, the source said. Mohammed was about to use the same means to rob another victim when one o

  When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a new study confirms. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in). The research,  published in the journal eLife , has tracked growth trends in 187 countries since 1914. It finds Iranian men and South Korean women have had the biggest spurts, increasing their height by an average of more than 16cm (6in) and 20cm (8in). In the UK, the sexes have gone up virtually in parallel by about 11cm (4in). "Mr Average" in Britain is now 178cm (5ft 10in) tall; Ms Average stands at 164cm (5ft 5in). This contrasts for example with men and women in the US, where the height of the nation's people started to plateau in the 1960s and 1970s. Over the century, they have seen increases of just 6cm and 5cm (a couple of inches), respectively. Indeed, Americans have tumbled down the rankings. Back in 1914, they had the third tallest

Two Fulanis, Bello Alahassan and Abubakar Mohammed, are currently in the grips of the Atebubu police in the Brong-Ahafo Region for allegedly pulling a pump action gun on a num­ber of farmers. They reportedly resorted to that action after they (farmers) had com­plained that their (Fulanis’) cattle were destroying their crops. The incident, which happened at Hiamantsine in the Atebubu Amantin District, is being investigated by the police whilst the suspects are in police cells. Brong-Ahafo Police Public Rela­tions Officer, ASP Christopher Tawiah, told Daily Guide that cattle belonging to Alhaji Mohammed Denjuma destroyed beans and yam farm of one Kwaku Libaleyo at Hiamant­sine. Mr Kwaku Libaleyo, together with 10 others, went to the cattle ranch and confronted the two Fulani caretakers on the farm and asked them why they allowed the animals to destroy the crops. This resulted in an argument. In the confrontation that ensued, Bello pulled out a pump action gun on t