Agradaa goes to jail

So, what’s in the bag today?

• Economic: Ghana’s gold stash just hit 32.99 tonnes. Basically, BoG is out here stacking bling like it’s prepping for a breakup with the dollar.

• Regional: COCOBOD staff are tired of hustling in 2005 conditions — no AC, no labs, and cars older than Ghana.

• Crime: Agradaa got hit with 15 years for holy scamming, and her lawyer says, “Y’all gon’ hear from us Monday morning!”

• Crime: Pragya boys out here turning junctions into Uber hubs but a judge just hit pause on their ‘transport CEO’ dreams.

• Economic: Cedi be flexing in forex streets, but importers are like, “Nice, but where’s the tax reduction, boss?”

• Education: UPSA says “Our bad” after staff member went from Dress Code to WWE SmackDown with a Level 100 student.

• Fact of the Day: The Grand Theft Auto franchise has lawsuits that total over $1 billion.

• Crime: Bro was hired to guard the office but chose to guard the money into his own fridge, wardrobe, and school fees.

QUICK BYTE

• So boom! Remember Agradaa? Yeah, the same one who used to promise double your money miracles like it was Black Friday at the shrine, then switched up and became Prophetess Patricia. Well, the court has called her bluff and handed her a 15-year sentence for flexing fraud in God’s name. Read more in the Deep Dive section

• You’re out here working for COCOBOD, helping Ghana export its “golden beans,” but your office chair has three legs, your car sounds like a vuvuzela, and your monthly pay is doing the mannequin challenge. That’s the situation in Tema, where COCOBOD workers are waving red flags, not out of protest yet, but definitely out of frustration. Read more

• Turns out, Ghana is not just digging gold, we’re actually keeping some. Forget crypto. As of June 2025, Ghana’s gold reserves have hit a sweet 32.99 tonnes up from a humble 8.78 tonnes just two years ago. Ghana’s central bank is stacking real bars. If this keeps up, we might just change the anthem to: God bless our gold. Read more

• You know that annoying moment when your ex apologises... but doesn’t actually change? Yeah, that’s how business owners feel about the cedi right now. It’s saying sorry and flexing gains against the dollar, but guess what? Food and beverage importers are still bleeding at the ports like it's 2023. Uncle Sam Aggrey (not the one from America, the one from F&B Ghana) went on national TV and basically said, “This cedi recovery? E no reach.” The math isn’t mathing. Read more

• So apparently some Pragya riders are out here moving like licensed trotro drivers, parking where they like, picking passengers like it’s Uber, and cruising with no licence. Two of them got caught at Nkawie trying to flex the system, and the judge said “No be today!” Slapped them with a GH¢600 fine or 9 months in jail if they’re broke. Oh, and a quick reminder, commercial use of Pragyas is still illegal. Ghana says “vroom vroom” only if it’s personal use. Read more

• UPSA has a Dress Code Compliance Team, and this team recently went rogue. A staff member decided to enforce the rules with more energy than was needed, and boom, viral moment. Social media did what it does best; record, react, and roast. Before long, the school was trending. The incident featured a Level 100 student who clearly wasn’t having it. The Vice-Chancellor personally apologized, and the staff member had to channel their inner student to write lines like, “I won’t do it again, Sir.” Read more

• Imagine hiring someone to protect your office, and they end up being the inside man. That’s the plot twist NHIS got hit with. Samuel Nortey Botchway, a 40-year-old security guard, went full Netflix heist mode and stole €5,600 in a three-part “series” from the NHIS Head Office. His spending spree? New drip, home upgrades, and a little back-to-school moment. But karma had a CCTV subscription, and now he’s serving 7 years with nothing but memories of the flat-screen he bought with stolen coins. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Agradaa’s in jail, her lawyer’s in his feelings.

Her lawyer, Richard Asare Baffour, is not having it. According to him, this ruling isn’t just harsh; it's giving miscarriage of justice, trial by vibes, and judge-no-dey-understand. He’s fuming louder than Agradaa’s sermons and says the court’s logic was as shaky as a Jenga tower during an earthquake. He’s filing an appeal faster than your ex deletes photos after a breakup.

Meanwhile, the judge wasn’t here for any holy tears. Agradaa tried to pull the “I’m a mum of five and I’m sorry” card, but prosecution was like, “Nah sis, you’ve been out here doing premium deception, no discounts today.” So the court clapped back with 15 solid years and a GH¢300 fine for false advertising.

Well, her church members better keep those prayers going ‘cause Agradaa’s next miracle needs to come from the Appeals Court. Read more

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NEWS SOURCES

Today’s stories are curated from:

1. www.myjoyonline.com

2. www.ghanaweb.com

3. www.citinewsroom.com

4. www.norvanreports.com

5. Channel1news