When you’re leaving office, leave the office cars behind too.😂😒

Happy Republic Day, Happy Thanksgiving Day, my people!

• National: The GBA wants the Chief Justice reinstated. But gov’t says unless the Constitution now has soft life settings, that’s not happening.

• Entertainment: Kuami Eugene is in his “big bro finally giving credit” era, and the spotlight’s on Amaarae.

• Crime: Police caught a woman with more weed than a reggae festival, and now Sophia’s singing like she’s on The Voice.

• Crime: Ghana’s Most Expensive Couple?” Hannan Wahab and Wifey Get Bail Fit for Billionaires

• Crime: Dr. Hanna Bissiw said “you know me from way back” doesn’t clear illegal mining charges, bro.

• Fact of the Day: Did you know this about letter “E”?

• National: NIA staff paused their strike after gov promised their coins by August.

QUICK BYTE

• Remember how in old Nigerian movies, the uncle on the father side will be in custody of his late brother’s property on behalf of the children, and before we know it, he’s acting like everything is his? Well, former GIHOC MD Maxwell Kofi Jumah allegedly did Ghana dirty in the same way. The man reportedly dipped with not one, not two, but three state vehicles like they were party souvenirs. Police didn’t let him flex too long though. They pulled up, retrieved the cars, and now he’s sitting at CID like, “I can explain.” Bro, explain it to the judge. Get the 411 in the Deep Dive section below

• That's kinda what the GBA did at a solemn memorial for murdered judges. They pulled out a side quest and told the government to “have a heart” and bring CJ Torkornoo back. But Felix Kwakye Ofosu wasn’t having it. Man basically said, “This isn’t Kumkum Bhagya, it’s the Constitution we’re dealing with.” According to him, the CJ’s suspension followed all the right legal vibes, prima facie case? Check. Article 146? Check. Presidential approval? Check. Read more

• You’re Abdul Hannan Wahab, former CEO of Buffer Stock. Life was going smooth, until EOCO came in like reality TV producers; surprise arrest in Accra and Tamale, like a special double eviction on Big Brother. Wahab and his wife got dragged into legal drama over tax evasion and money laundering. Normal wahala, you’d think, until the judge said, “Okay, GH¢80 million combined bail.” You read right. GH¢50m for him, GH¢30m for madam. Even your fav scammer is shook and the minority in parliament is angry. Read more

• You know how you discover an underground artiste and suddenly feel like a music prophet? That’s Ghana right now with Amaarae. Except, turns out she’s been popping since before some of y’all even got your first Bluetooth earphones. Kuami said the issue wasn’t talent, it was taste. Amaarae’s sound was too global, too alté, too spicy for the regular “masa gimme azonto” crowd. Read more

• Sis really pulled up in a tipper truck full of 52 sacks of kush curriculum vitae and thought nobody would notice? LOL. The driver dipped faster than your crush when you say “let’s define the relationship,” leaving Sophia to face the music solo.

  Police in Tema say they caught her red-handed with nearly 4,000 slabs of what they strongly suspect is Indian hemp. As we speak, the CEO of “Ganja & Co. Ltd.” is in custody. Read more

• If you passed by an NIA office recently and thought, “Ei why is the place looking like a church on Monday?” I t’s because staff were on a full-blown strike. No ID cards, no updates, just crickets. Why? They were owed Operational Support Allowance from January to June, and they’d had enough. The government, after trying the usual “let’s talk about it” tactics, finally got the National Labour Commission involved. NLC was like, “Guys, cute strike but… technically illegal.” (Apparently, only the top-tier union bosses can declare a strike, not just any group of angry employees with a WhatsApp group and strong feelings.)

  So, strike declared unlawful, and government now promises to pay the arrears by July and August. Read more

• Someone pulled the do-you-know-who-I-am card on Dr. Hanna Bissiw, trying to sweet-talk her into freeing some arrested galamseyers. And sis? She aired it all out on live radio like it was a diss track. No names, but the message was loud and clear: “I’m not that girl.” Read more.

DEEP DIVE

When you’re leaving office, leave the office cars behind too.

Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, the former boss of GIHOC Distilleries (yes, the same people who give us Castle Bridge and Alomo), has allegedly been cruising around town in state-owned cars.

The company basically said, “Uhm, hello? Where are our cars?” and next thing you know, the Ghana Police Service secured a warrant and swooped in like a Netflix crime doc. And boom, three missing GIHOC vehicles were recovered from Mr. Jumah’s possession. Man was reportedly hoarding them like collector’s items.

Jumah is currently chilling (well, probably sweating) at the CID headquarters, “assisting with investigations.” Translation: he’s answering a lot of “so where were you on the night of…” type questions. No charges have been slapped just yet, but with public pressure rising and folks already fed up with state officials treating national assets like personal property, the heat is on. 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