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Thursday, 6 February 2014
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Ronaldo handed three-game ban
The Spanish football association (RFEF) has decided to hand Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo a three-game ban following his red card against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend.
The Portugal international received his marching orders in the 76th minute of Sunday's La Liga encounter after an altercation with Athletic's Ander Iturraspe and Carlos Gurpegui.
Ronaldo consequently risked a suspension that could cover anything from one game to in excess of three and the RFEF has now opted to keep him out of action for three matches.
The attacker was slapped with a one-game ban for the incident with Iturraspe, while getting an additional two games for his offensive gesture after his dismissal.
The 29-year-old will miss the Liga games at home against Villarreal (February 9) and Elche (February 23) as well as the away match versus Getafe (February 16).
However, Ronaldo will be available for both legs of the Copa del Rey semi-final tie against Atletico Madrid, with the first leg to take place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Agape: Police intensify patrol after ‘scarecrow’ notice
The police have however lightened the seriousness of a notice directing residents to pay not less than GHc500 through an MTN mobile money.
DCOP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Greater Accra police commander told Joy News on Wednesday that the notice was nothing but a "scarecrow".
Some residents told Joy News’ Beatrice Adu they are scared and not feeling safe.
“What we want is total security. I think we need the police and we the neighbours can also assist,” a resident told Joy News.
But DCOP Tetteh Yohunu assured residents they have increased presence there which should give them no cause to fear.
Meanwhile, the gang leader of the supposed robbery association has been arrested, the Regional Commander confirmed. The suspect, Samiru Salifu, who had been on the police wanted list for five years, was arrested after exchanging gunshots with the police from his hideout at Ablekuma Fan Milk, near Agape.
The police are also on the heels of about 80 persons suspected to be members of the association.
“The trembling message started sometime in November through December”, but the police moved in to ensure their safety, DCOP Tetteh Yohunu noted.
“What we are saying is that this message of come to pay money... we consider it as a scarecrow. It is something that somebody somewhere wants to use as a means to extort money from residents. We have not taken it lightly and so police patrol has been intensified and some notorious armed robbers have been arrested in this community”.
Below is the notice from A.R.A.
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Paul Walker leaves all his $25m fortune to 15-yr old daughter and nothing for GF of 7years
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The 40-year-old actor's will named 15-year-old child, Meadow Rain Walker, as the sole beneficiary of his entire estate in his will.He also appointed his father Paul Sr. as the executor.
He left nothing for his 23 year old girlfriend Jasmine who he had dated for 7 years. He was 33 and she 16 when they started dating
Her first photo days after his death below
Robbers demand GH¢500 (US$ 1,000) from each household
The gang had given the residents of the community a deadline of December 30, 2013 to pay not less than GH¢500 per tenant in each household to avoid incurring its wrath.
But the residents have failed to meet that deadline, for which reason the gang continues to harass them.
“We don’t know what to do. We are living in fear because we do not know when they will attack us,” one resident told the Daily Graphic yesterday.
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One day in December, 2013, the residents woke up to find notices posted on their walls, gates, electricity poles and other places, directing them to pay the said amount through MTN mobile money.
The notice, which was issued by the President of the ARA, had the MTN number 0544133436 as the number to which the residents were to pay the money.
After paying the amount, the residents were also expected to call the same number to inform the association that the money had been paid and also indicate their house numbers.
The notice indicated further that the decision to solicit money from the residents was taken at a board meeting of the association.
A copy of the typed notice, titled Armed Robbers Association and printed on an A-4 sheet, read:
“We thank God for your life’s. The year have ended and we want every body to celebrate the New Year in peace.(sic)
“ARA went for a board meeting and we decided that all tenantes should pay something small to us, but no less than five hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢500.00). (sic)
Mobile Money
“Please send the money to MTN mobile money number: 0544133436.”
Beneath the notice was a handwritten note in red ink which said, “If you send your money, call us and give us the number of your area.”
Calls made by some residents to the mobile number were sometimes answered by a man who described himself as the president of the ARA, while in some cases the phone was switched off.
Resident speaks
A resident of Agape told the Daily Graphic that the landlords association of the area organised an emergency meeting to discuss the way the issue could be addressed after the notices were seen.
She said initially the residents agreed to ignore the threat, but the gang sent a second threat that its operation would start with the burning of cars and property.
Another resident, who said he moved to the area after completing his house in 1995, said, “Most of us have enforced security in our home. But we cannot tell if we are safe.”
The Police
The issue was immediately reported to the Anyaa and Odorkor Police, which sent officers to the ground and intensified their patrols.
However, the threats persisted and the Odorkor Police Command, therefore, re-enforced its search for the members of the gang.
The Odorkor Police District Commander, Superintendent Abraham Acquaye, confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic.
He said investigations had established that there were about 80 members of the association.
He assured the residents that “the police are on top of the issue. We are working around the clock to ensure that they are safe”.
Kingpin Arrested
The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Christian Tetteh Yuhuno, told the Daily Graphic that the police had arrested a man suspected to be the kingpin of the association.
The suspect, Samiru Salifu, who had been on the police wanted list for five years, was arrested after exchanging gunshots with the police.
He was arrested from his hideout at Ablekuma Fan Milk, near Agape, on Thursday, January 2, 2014 on a tip off.
The 27-year-old unemployed had been on the police wanted list for allegedly engaging in robbery at residential areas and filling stations, and for other violent crimes.
Items retrieved from the suspect included two pump action guns, a pistol, a long dagger, 60 rounds of pistol pellets, six rounds of AA cartridges and three mobile phones.
Source: Daily Graphic
Nadia Buari's Sister Releases First Single
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The beautiful youngster, who is known in showbiz as Esbee has released her first single, two years after she started music career, as a leading member of female group, D3.
The new song, titled Rebirth (download: http://ow.ly/2aFQoF ) features Phil Blak and introduces Esbee as a solo artiste. “Rebirth, because it’s the renaissances of my rap career as a solo artiste.
Rap is my passion. I feel I communicate more to people through rap music,” the 20year-old explained. Esbee grew up listening to 2Pac, Eve, Notorious, Jay Z, Eminem and Coolio. She is inspired by these great acts.
However, she also adds her own creativity and that makes her style outstanding among her pals.
She showed some matured on the new song with her ability to rap and she hopes to keep the family’s music legacy alive as she strives for a brighter music career.
Drunk in love- See Kanye gazing lovingly at Kim way back in 2008
Kanye West has made it clear he always loved Kim for years but now,there is photo evidence to prove it. Kourtney posted this throwback photo taken way back in 2008. At the time Kim was dating Reggie Bush and Kanye was with Amber Rose.
Kanye's eyes were glued to Kim while they posed for photos at Flaunt Magazine's 10th anniversary.
The couple began dating officially in 2012..Kanye has always been a sucker for love
Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys On How ‘The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete’ Became Michele Obama’s ‘Guiding Post
See Alicia Keys and First Lady Michelle Obama present the White House screening of "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete":
With Jennifer Hudson and Alicia
Keys working together on the same movie, there's a good bet it's going
to be a powerful piece, but when you add First Lady Michelle Obama's
unwavering support, powerful is pretty much a done deal.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete"
is that kind of movie. So much so, that before executive producer Keys
screened it at the White House last month, the First Lady told a group of influential educators,
“This is truly one of my favorite films this year, and it obviously has
moved me, and it will be the guiding post for my work over the next
three years.”
High praise for director George
Tillman's independently produced survival tale/coming-of-age story, and
unexpected praise at that.
"I was very shocked that she even
screened the film. I was like, 'Wow!' I was a little nervous about it,"
Hudson said, speaking by phone Monday from her home in Chicago. "I
actually didn't know until the day that she was doing it. I was like,
'Michelle is screening this at the White House? Oh my God that's
amazing!' And to see a project reach that far and to be screened by the
First Lady was amazing. That makes an impact to the people that can help
make a difference."
That Mrs. Obama wanted to show
influential educators the film is what surprised Keys the most. "When I
first was looking at this piece and what it meant to me, I didn’t really
look at it in that way. But to actually look at it through that scope
of how education plays such a huge part in our directive, and where we
go in our life, and the support in our life, and how that brings parents
and teachers together, and how that allows young people to have
opportunity through a whole other different level is an underlying theme
of this piece, even though I didn’t recognize it off the bat," Keys
told us in a separate phone call yesterday from New York City.
Keys's surprise might stem from
the fact that very little of the film takes place in an actual school.
Most of the action centers around two inner-city kids, Mister (Skylan
Brooks) and Pete (Ethan Dizon), falling hard and fast through the
proverbial cracks. After Mister’s mom (Hudson) gets arrested, the two
friends spend the summer dodging the housing authorities, trying to feed
themselves, and fending off the dangers of their Brooklyn projects.
All the while, Mister clings to his dreams of being an actor.
Alicia Keys & Jennifer Hudson at a 2013 screening of 'The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'. (Photo by Henry …
"You make the dream. Don't let it
make you," said Hudson on the topic. "Because a lot of times people
lose themselves along their journey of discovering their dream and
realizing it and achieving it. So, it depends on if you can hold on to
your character, remain who you are, and not let it change you or take
you over."
"Dreams are so important to have,
and they save us. They save us because they make us get up that one
more day and try one more time to do one more thing. And that’s really
all that everything is about, because if we do it long enough it will
happen," said Keys. "So I do think the dark side of dream chasing is not
having a dream at all."
Certainly Mrs. Obama has big
dreams about kids like Mister and Pete realizing their own dreams, which
she outlines in the video below. While it will take plenty of effort,
the First Lady's got two real-life dream-achievers in Hudson and Keys to
help her get the job done.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is available today on DVD, Digital HD, Video on Demand, and Pay-Per-View.
Watch the trailer for "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete":
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
What Madonna, Beyonce, others wore to the 56th Grammy Awards
It was a night of parade of eye-catchimg outfits and the display of
fashion ensembles as stars looking glamorous and daring stepped out at
the red carpet event –the 56th Grammy Award held at Staples Center, Los
Angeles, United States of America, last Sunday.
The event was regarded by the American music industry as the ‘ biggest night of the year’. Present at the ocassion were music super stars like Kathy Perry, Beyonce Knowles, Jay Z, Ciara, Madonna, Pharrel Williams, Taylor Swift, Swiss Beats, and other multi-platinum music icons.
The event was regarded by the American music industry as the ‘ biggest night of the year’. Present at the ocassion were music super stars like Kathy Perry, Beyonce Knowles, Jay Z, Ciara, Madonna, Pharrel Williams, Taylor Swift, Swiss Beats, and other multi-platinum music icons.
Ghana President John Mahama Brother Settles Merchant Bank
Engineers & Planners Company Limited (E&P) has settled its outstanding debt of $28 million to Merchant Bank.
According to sources close to the deal, the payment, made last Friday, represents the total amount owed Merchant Bank by Ibrahim Mahama, a brother to President John Dramani Mahama.
The amount was transferred by Afrexim Bank to the offshore account of Merchant Bank through Citi Bank N.A., New York.
The move has been commended by market watchers who believe it will help improve the financial position of the bank, which has been through trying times recently as a result of some huge debts.
It would be recalled that Merchant Bank Ghana Limited gave a 21-day ultimatum to its known debtors through an advertisement in the newspapers on Tuesday, January 14, 2013, a week after President Mahama tasked the bank to form a task force to go after its debtors.
The defaulters were required to settle all their indebtedness to the bank from the date the advertisement was published in the newspapers.
The new management of the bank, led by Niila Selormey, said it was determined to recover the monies, regardless of the personalities involved.
The bank stated that failure by the debtors to honour their debt obligations would compel Merban Assets Recovery Trust (MART), its subsidiary to publish their names and the amounts of money they owed it after a grace period of five working days from the deadline indicated in the advertisement.
Fortiz Private Equity Fund announced that it was the legal and registered owner of 90 per cent shares of Merchant Bank.
Fortiz made full payment for shares of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Limited by the transfer of funds held at the Bank of Ghana into the operating account of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Limited.
The remaining 10 percent shares of the bank are split between SSNIT and SIC Life, which respectively own 8.96 percent
and 1.04 percent.
Nana Ama McBrown Celebrates One Year of Her Accident At Teshie Orphanage
Thursday January 30 2014 was exactly one year since actress Nana Ama McBrown was involved in an accident on the N1 High way with her boyfriend Maxwell Mensah which almost claimed her life.
To mark the one year and thank God for her life, the actress donated several items to the Teshie Orphanage with her family and her boyfriend Maxwell to share the day with the orphans.
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Microsoft names Satya Nadella to replace Steve Ballmer
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Technology giant Microsoft has announced that Satya Nadella will be its next chief executive.
Indian-born Mr Nadella is currently Microsoft's head of Cloud
and Enterprise, which builds and runs the firm's computing platforms
and developer tools.He takes over from Steve Ballmer who announced plans to step down last year.
Company founder Bill Gates said there was "no better person to lead Microsoft".
Mr Gates is stepping down as chairman, it was also announced, but will take up a new role as a technology adviser and will also retain a seat on Microsoft's board.
Microsoft's lead independent director John Thompson will take over as chairman.
'Proven leader' "Microsoft is one of those rare companies to have truly revolutionised the world through technology, and I couldn't be more honoured to have been chosen to lead the company," said Mr Nadella.
Mr Nadella, 46, is Microsoft's third chief executive. The Hyderabad-born executive joined the company in 1992 and has degrees in electronics, computer science and business administration.
He previously led its server and tools business before being put in charge of the unit that built Microsoft's Cloud OS service, which powers products such as Bing, Skype and Xbox Live.
"During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella," said Mr Gates.
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