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Chale News
February 20, 2025

So, what’s in the bag today?

  • National: Nana B is ready to square up in court over “ghost names,” but Fourth Estate isn’t backing down—this beef is hotter than shito on waakye!

  • National: Afenyo-Markin is serving lawsuit threats like fufu on a Sunday—if his name pops up in the ORAL report, it’s court o’clock!

  • Crime: Three armed men traveled from Accra to Assin North to rob a cocoa dealer. The plan failed.

  • Politics: Mahama said "President for all," but Bawumia is asking, "All minus who?" as mass dismissals hit public sector workers.

  • National: Government says they’re "far advanced" in repealing LI 2464, but Ghanaians are asking, "Far advanced like Ghana Card printing or actual progress?"

  • Fact of the Day: There’s one place where you are already one year old on the day you’re born.

  • Regional: Mamprugu overlord says the Walewale curfew must go—because at this rate, the soldiers are staying longer than some in-laws.

  • Economic: BoG is checking those remittance receipts—because $6.65 billion isn’t small money.

QUICK BYTE

  • Fourth Estate says NSS has 50,000 ghost names on payroll, but Nana B is screaming, “Lies! Defamation! Court!” According to Fourth Estate, their math exposes a scheme where people get paid for service they never did. But Nana B claims the missing figures are just people posted at different times. Now, it’s a full-blown legal showdown; Nana B swears he’s taking them to court, while Fourth Estate is standing ten toes down, daring him to try. At this point, we’re just waiting for the judge to enter and say, “All rise… for yet another Ghanaian political drama.” Read more

  • Government says it’s "far advanced" in scrapping LI 2464—the law allowing mining in forest reserves—but Ghanaians have heard "far advanced" before, and it usually means "don’t hold your breath." Environment Minister Murtala Muhammed says we should expect news "within days," but, we’ve heard also "within days" before, and it sometimes means "next election cycle." People just want to know: are we actually reversing this, or is this another political lullaby meant to put citizens to sleep while the bulldozers keep moving? Read more

  • If there’s one thing some Ghanaian communities don’t joke with, it’s their cocoa money. Three men—two Ghanaians and a Nigerian—have learned this the hard way after their attempted robbery in Assin North went from “perfect plan” to “prison sentence.” Their grand scheme? Travel from Accra to Wawase-Semanhyia, armed with a short gun and other weapons, to rob a cocoa-purchasing clerk. Get the 411 in the Deep Dive section below

  • Afenyo-Markin is ready to swing lawsuits like Ali in the ring if ORAL dares to include his name in their corruption investigations. The committee allegedly flew drones over his property, suspecting it was state land, but he says they’re barking up the wrong mango tree—he’s owned that land since 2006. His bigger beef? He thinks this is less about fighting corruption and more about political targeting. Read more

FACT OF THE DAY

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In South Korea, a baby is considered 1 year old at birth.

  • The Mahama government has decided to revoke appointments made by the previous administration, and if you got hired during that time, you might want to start dusting off your CV. The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, signed the dismissal letter like it was a wedding invitation, and now, civil servants are getting laid off faster than a football coach after three straight losses. Bawumia, doing what opposition leaders do best, went on Facebook to say, "Boss, this is not democracy; this is musical chairs with people’s livelihoods. Fix it, and be a president for all. Read more

  • You ever borrow something from a friend, and now they’re acting like it’s theirs? That’s how the people of Walewale feel about this curfew. The government slapped it on like a stubborn mosquito and promised to lift it in five days if all was calm. Well, it’s been more than five days, and the only thing not moving is the curfew. The overlord of Mamprugu, Naa Bohagu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, has had enough. Through his delegation, he’s telling the government, "Boss, time’s up. We want our town back." The curfew has turned Walewale into a ghost town. Shops are shutting down, kids can’t go to school, and people are struggling to survive. It’s like being on house arrest when you didn’t even commit a crime. Read more

  • Bank of Ghana has decided to put on its inspector hat and audit all the dollars, pounds, and euros that landed in Ghana from October to December 2024. Why? Because remittances brought in a cool $6.65 billion—way more than foreign investors did. And when money rains like that, BoG wants to make sure no one is washing funny money. All banks and remittance services have been told to behave and show their receipts. Read more

DEEP DIVE

From robbery plan to prison time

But clearly, they didn’t factor in the vigilance of rural communities because the moment they touched down, someone spotted them and raised the alarm. What followed was straight out of an action movie—suspects bolting into the bush, a community-led manhunt, and two of them even attacking commuters in a desperate bid to escape.

In the end, the village proved stronger than their weapons. Three were arrested, convicted, and handed a total of 50 years behind bars: 15 years each for the driver and tricycle rider, and 20 years for the Nigerian beautician-turned-criminal, who also assaulted innocent bystanders during his failed getaway. Meanwhile, the fourth suspect is still at large, possibly rethinking his life choices as the police close in. Read more

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