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Detty December finish, eye clear! We hope you remembered to save some cash to last you till Jan 99. If you didn’t, best believe your ears are gonna be real hot.😂😂
Chale, happy new year. Cheers to more vibes and Ws in 2025!
So how’s the year starting?
National: CETAG: ‘No pesewa, no class’—striking a deal or just striking?
National: Mahama’s got the big chair, but he says nation-building ain’t a solo track.
Health: Cholera’s on a roll, and it’s not the vibe—37 lives lost so far.
Regional: Anloga cries out for justice for their beloved ‘Base’"
Regional: Kantamanto kicks off 2025 with a glow, but not the kind you’d post on IG.
Politics: Collation wahala: EC seeks court’s green light to finish the job.
Fact of the Day: Learn how to tell the difference between limes and lemons.
Crime: Radiologist bounces between genders and GHC500K bail.
QUICK BYTE
CETAG is done asking nicely. They’ve gone full “Don’t play with it” mode, declaring an indefinite strike starting January 2. Teachers are shutting it all down—classes, project supervision, macro-teaching—until the government coughs up every pesewa owed. With previous strike notices ignored and the NLC dragging their feet, CETAG says they’re just matching the government’s energy. Guess who’s not seeing their lecturers anytime soon? Students. Tough break—or maybe not. Read more
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Mahama pulls up to the mic at a December 31st church service, fresh off a major dub in the elections, and what’s the vibe? Confidence? A little chest-beating? Nah. Uncle John hits us with a “guys, I can’t do this alone” moment. It's giving serious group project energy— where even the backbenchers gotta chip in. “Together” is the keyword here, people. And when he said, “I was on the ballot paper, but this isn’t just about me,” it lowkey felt like when your class prefect wins Best Student but still says, “This is for all of us.” Like, okay, John, we see the humility, but we’re still watching. Read more
Kantamanto market didn’t start 2025 with resolutions—it started with a fire. A 1:00 a.m. blaze turned Accra’s favorite thrift plug into ashes, with 13 fire tenders battling to stop the flames from making things worse.Get the 411 in the Deep Dive section below
Cholera is making rounds like your favorite gossip. So far, 37 lives have been snatched, with 359 confirmed cases as of December 26.Now, the Ghana Health Service is doing the absolute most, tracing over 9,000 contacts, running food tests, and launching vaccination campaigns. If you're out there sipping just any sachet water or eating that corner waakye without side-eyeing its origins, bro, you’re playing with fire—or worse, cholera. Wash your hands like you're auditioning for a soap ad, and if the food smells off, sis, just leave it alone. Read more
FACT OF THE DAY
Lemons float in water, but limes sink.
Visa fraud but make it extra: Christabel Sarkodie Tuffour is out on GHC500K bail while police figure out her gender—she’s been switching between man and woman like someone flipping through Netflix profiles.
Victims? 15 young dreamers who lost stacks of cash chasing visas. Christabel claims she handed the money to her accomplice Ebenezer, who’s like, “What money? Get the 411 in the Deep Dive section below
Collation in Tema Central is stuck in limbo, and the EC's lawyer, Justin Amenuvor, is basically begging the court like, “Please, let us finish this work ooo, before chaos becomes the norm.” NPP says results were declared by someone not even EC-certified—an A4 sheet-holder, no less! Meanwhile, NDC is standing by their declaration like it’s a “till death do us part” situation. Read more
Anloga is grieving hard after the brutal murder of their favourite resident chef, Dorcas Korkor Tetteh, aka The Base of Anloga Kportorgbe. She was found lifeless in her home, sparking outrage and a petition demanding justice. Early signs point to a break-in—strangled, with a forced window as the grim clue. Anloga isn’t taking this lying down, though. The community, led by concerned citizens, has petitioned the police for answers. Madam Dorcas. She wasn’t just a name; she was their own Gordon Ramsay, minus the yelling, plus all the vibes. Read more
DEEP DIVE
New Year, New Tears: Kantamanto Starts 2025 on a Fiery Note
You know that “New Year, New Me” vibe we all try to manifest? Well, Kantamanto market said “Hold my obroni wawu” and went for New Year, New Chaos. Just when the city was snoozing off from all the New Year jams, an inferno decided to drop its mixtape at exactly 1:00 a.m., turning the market into a scene straight out of a tragedy.
Firefighters pulled up in 13 tenders, looking like a scene from "Fast and Furious: Accra Drift." They fought like their jollof was at stake to tame the blaze before it pulled a “Ghana must go” on the entire market. Shops didn’t survive, though. Kantamanto, the OG thrift plug for second-hand drip, now looks like a deleted scene from “Game of Thrones.”
As if we didn’t already know 2025 was coming for us, this fire was the universe’s way of saying, “Your glow-up will require fire-proof vibes.” The cause of the blaze is still a mystery.
But this isn’t Kantamanto’s first rodeo with flames. This market has been playing tag with fire incidents for years. Read more
The Radiologist’s fraud saga
Imagine getting scammed out of your life savings by someone who can’t even decide whether to be a bro or a sis. Wild, right? Well, meet Christabel Suphar Sarkodie Tuffour, the accused radiologist with a resume so shady it’s practically wearing sunglasses. She’s been granted a GHC500,000 bail as police wait for a gender report.
Sometimes Christabel posed as a man, other times as a woman. This gender mystery has the police scratching their heads, and the court is like, “Let’s sort this out with a hospital visit.” Christabel, however, is saying, “Nah, I’m good,” refusing any physical examination. Now, the whole case feels like a crossover episode between Suits and Sherlock Holmes.
Christabel is accused of pulling off a “visa guru” hustle, promising young dreamers visas to Germany and Canada in exchange for hefty sums of cash. We’re talking pounds, euros, dollars, and cedis—this girl didn’t discriminate against currencies. With her accomplice Ebenezer, she allegedly ran an elaborate scheme, even staging a fake marriage for a spousal visa hook-up. Can’t blame her for creativity, but still... fraud is fraud.
The victims, young folks with dreams of escaping dumsor and chasing a better life abroad, handed over their hard-earned cash, thinking they’d secured their golden ticket. Instead, they got played, and Christabel’s in court insisting Ebenezer took the money. Ebenezer, on the other hand, is pulling a “Who, me?” It’s a hot mess. Read more
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