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Flying 'wizard' crash-lands at Kasoa A man believed to be in his 70s, who claimed to.be a wizard, was on Wednesday found on the banks of the Okrudu River at Kaimebre, a settlement near the Kasoa New Market in the Central Region.. The man, who gave his name as Charles Atta, looked frail, pale and bore protruding breasts like that of a teenage girl. His body was smeared with mud from the bank of the river where he was found by two brothers, Liberty Obeng and Innocent Obeng, who claimed they found the strange man crying for help. The two brothers told Daily Guide reporters that the self-acclaimed wizard confessed to them that he was in the company of colleagues, including a medical doctor and were flying to Cape Coast for a meeting when he was forced down. According to him, they were flying over a church where an all-night vigil was being held when he crash- landed at Servant Kings International School. "When we asked him where he was comin...

Flying 'wizard' crash-lands at Kasoa

Juju exhumed in classroom   The A.M. E Zion basic school at Ho in the Volta Region has witnessed a bizarre situation as Prophet exhumed spiritual items from one of the classrooms on Friday to redeem pupils and teachers of failures in examination, finance and marriages. The items exhumed included female thunder stone/bolt (flat and round stone with hole at the center), pieces of red and black calico, a wood carving in the form of a human being, piece of chalk, quantity of cowries and others. The prophet also exhumed two sheets of papers with the inscription “some teachers will die and the performance of the pupil shall see more disgracing circumstances” According to one of the teachers (name withheld), he has been experiencing spiritual and demonic attacks in his dreams alluding that to his financial and marital failure. He narrated that the attack has been extended to the academic performance of the pupils since great efforts put in the academic excellenc...

Headmasters will be sanctioned- Okudjeto The Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, has indicated that the ministry of education would sanction headmasters who charge unapproved fees. According to him, some of the headmasters deliberately flout the directive of the ministry. He said “We had some headmasters deliberately flouting the directive. The names have been taken, and they are going through the disciplinary process. I can assure you that they will be sanctioned. There is no doubt at all. We have also said that sanctions will not be enough and that the extra fees, the extra charges must be deducted from the fees of the next term”. He expressed dismayed at the way some of the heads of schools charge extra fee from students. The headmaster of Toase Secondary School, Mr Annor Yeboah, in the Ashanti region has been suspended for charging exorbitant fees. He was indefinitely suspended and asked to hand over to the regional director of ...

President Mahama cuts sod for 5,000 affordable housing units As part of government’s plan to reduce housing deficit by 2016, the President, John Dramani Mahama has cut sod for the commencement of 5,000 affordable housing units for low and middle income earners across the country. Speaking at the ceremony, the President indicated that government expects a significant number of the houses to be completed and delivered by Construtora OAS, a Brazilian construction firm, before end of 2016. This construct adds to several partnerships between the two countries with the latest being a 74 million euros Brazilian government loan to fund a three-tier interchange at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. According to the president, government was finalising a deal with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), to take over the funding and completion of the 5,000 abandoned housing units in Accra, Kumasi, Wa and Tamale. He disclosed that negotiation between Brazilian...

AMA evicts traders at Tip Toe Lane for Kwame Nkrumah Interchange   Hundreds of traders along the popular Tip Toe Lane at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra were yesterday forcibly ejected in what the police said was the beginning of a widespread exercise to pave the way for the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange. Container shops, a prayer space for Muslims, kiosks and other wooden structures were all pulled down, while their owners salvaged their property. But the exercise left in its trail bitter comments between the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso Central, Mr Henry Quartey, and the Greater Accra Regional Police Director of Operations, Chief Superintendent Mr Sylvester Bayuo. The MP accused the police of using needless force to carry out a politically motivated exercise targeted mainly at supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), while the police boss, in turn, accused the MP of inciting the agitated traders against the polic...