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Teacher trainees fighting for their coins.

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Chale News
February 05, 2025

So, what’s in the bag today?

  • Education: Teacher trainees to Education Ministry: If allowance no dey, how we go take do ‘Our Day’?" 😩

  • Crime: From loan recovery to fashion business—where did the 784 dresses go, gentlemen?

  • Crime: No evidence? Case closed. But the mystery? Still wide open.

  • National: Gold-for-Oil? More like Gold-for-‘Ebe like some people chop inside.

  • Politics: Uncle Joe says, “Minority, play chess, not street fight.”

  • Fact of the Day: Can you eat an airplane? You’d be the shocked the answer could be a yes.

  • Politics: Adongo: No bad blood here, just a little political reshuffling—nothing to see, move along!" 😏

  • Crime: When school drama escalates to the point of “pistol, please”... 😳

QUICK BYTE

  • Teacher trainees woke up to find their allowance chilling on the edge of a cliff, and the Education Ministry is threatening to push it off. They say student loans are the new wave, but TTAG says "no be so we plan am." Their President is fighting for an increase instead, because how else will students survive? Of course, the government says this student loan thing will be enhanced. But we all know how these things go. Today, enhanced loan. Tomorrow, interest rates looking like SHS boarding school rice—plenty and dry. All eyes on February 19. Will the Ministry listen, or are we about to witness another “you go explain taya” moment? Read more

  • Tudu businesswoman takes GH¢50K loan, misses a few payments, and next thing you know—955 dresses gone! Two Bridge Micro Credit managers, stormed her shop, packed her goods, and left her with an empty store. Now, they’re in court, struggling to explain where 784 dresses vanished to. Want the deets in full? Check out the Deep Dive section.

  • If you thought there was some WWE-style beef brewing between Jacob Adongo and Malik Basintale, you might wanna sit down because Adongo just shut that narrative down—hard! The Deputy CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA) says there’s no bad blood between him and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) boss, despite the political history they share. Sure, Adongo once went toe-to-toe with Basintale for the Deputy National Communications Officer role (spoiler alert: he lost). But here’s where things get interesting—Adongo was originally appointed Deputy CEO of YEA, only for the plot to plot twist! Reports say his appointment got revoked. Next thing? He’s reassigned to NYA. Hmm. Read more

  • So the Gold-for-Oil programme nu, it’s got so much “opaqueness” even the Energy Minister himself, John Jinapor, is saying, “Yeah, nah, this ain't it.” He said the whole thing is as clear as palm oil, and that even the Auditor General has flagged it like a bad road on Google Maps. Apparently, no one really knows how companies were chosen, how the deals were structured, or why the programme is running like a sakawa operation with no receipts. And if you’re thinking, “Okay, but maybe they’ll fix it?”—nah. Jinapor said they’re scrapping the whole thing like a leaked exam paper. Read more

FACT OF THE DAY

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A man once ate an entire airplane—it took him 2 years.

  • Frederick Owusu, a 54-year-old herbalist, just walked free after spending over a year in custody on suspicion of murdering his wife. The reason? Not enough evidence. It all started on September 22, 2023, when Owusu told police that his wife, Doris Owusu Asiamah, had committed suicide in their children’s room. But when officers arrived, things weren’t adding up. So, they launched an investigation, and guess what? Owusu lied about his whereabouts. Fast forward, the Attorney General's Office said, “We don’t have enough to pin this on him.” So, the charges were dropped. But here’s the real question: If he didn’t do it, then what really happened? 👀 Read more

  • You know how annoying it is in a WhatsApp group where one only one person has all the admin powers, and you’re just there watching them delete messages and add their guys. Annoying, right? That’s basically how the Minority in Parliament sometimes feels, but Joe Ghartey is here with some “Big Uncle” advice to stop throwing hands and channel their main character energy into the parliamentary rulebook This whole thing started when four MPs got benched last week. Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has lifted their suspension. Read more

  • Salaga SHS just went from zero to a hundred real quick! 😳 A violent clash broke out at the school, leaving one student stabbed and 20 others in handcuffs. Cars got wrecked, property was damaged.🙄Now, the reason for this whole showdown? Still unclear, like when your Wi-Fi cuts off and no one knows why.

    In the middle of all this chaos, the police found a locally made pistol and some ammo—Meanwhile, the school is probably sitting there like, “We’re just trying to teach some standard deviation, please stop bringing the drama.”

    Of the 20 students arrested, 17 got bail (lucky them), but 3 are still in police custody. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Where did the 784 dresses go, gentlemen?

Now, this is why they say, “Read the fine print before signing anything.” Imagine taking a GH¢50,000 loan, missing a few payments, and waking up to find 955 pieces of your goods missing like Thanos snapped them away. That’s exactly what happened to one businesswoman at Tudu after two loan managers from Bridge Micro Credit stormed her shop and packed her entire inventory like they were doing December shopping for the whole family.

The drama started when Sally Naadei Neequaye, the victim, took out a loan in April 2024 and agreed to pay GH¢11,249 monthly. She managed to pay the first installment in August, but after that, life said “hold my beer.” By December, the managers, Gideon Yeboah and Godfred Bright Eku, decided they were done waiting. So, along with six other people (because why do debt collectors always move in squads?), they entered the shop, collected 955 women’s dresses, packed them into bags, and dipped.

Now, the law has caught up with them. The two managers have been dragged to court for conspiracy, unlawful entry, and stealing. And here’s where things get spicy—after police investigations, they only managed to return 166 dresses. The rest? Poof! Gone! Maybe sold, maybe worn to weddings, maybe distributed among side chicks. Either way, the missing stock is now valued at GH¢513,000. And unless these guys have a very convincing explanation, it’s looking like they might have to serve some time instead of serving customers.

So, let this be a lesson to everyone—if you owe loan sharks, at least sleep with one eye open because your belongings might just start walking away on their own. Read more

Investigative Spirit

So this labourer, Ishmael Ayangah, really decided to go full "Ocean’s Eleven," except the execution was more "Kumawood Chronicles." One evening, his employer comes home to a chaotic scene straight out of a robbery skit. Cash? Gone. Phones? Gone. Other valuables? Yup, you guessed it—gone. Total damage? A cool GH¢9,500.

Instead of lamenting his loss or shouting "God will punish them!" like a Nollywood uncle, the man switched into FBI mode. With a little co-tenant gist (because you know neighbours can’t keep quiet), he found out Ishmael and his friend Latif were last seen coming out of his room. Classic rookie mistake—no escape plan, just vibes.

The police pulled up and arrested Ishmael. During questioning, dude folded like kelewele in oil. He confessed quicker than a toddler caught raiding the biscuit tin. His partner in crime, Latif, though, pulled a Houdini and disappeared. Maybe Latif is out there plotting a Netflix special titled "When Plans Backfire."

Now, Ishmael is chilling in remand, waiting for his next court date on December 3. If you’re thinking about a life of crime, let this story serve as a warning: in Ghana, it’s not the police who’ll catch you first, it’s your nosy co-tenants and their sharp eyes. Stay woke. Read more

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