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With friends like these, who needs enemies?

The plot twists are writing themselves at this point.

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Chale News
March 17, 2025

So, what’s in the bag today?

  • Crime: So boom, imagine your best friend is actually the villain in your life story.

  • National: Ken vs. Kissi: Ghana’s latest heavyweight legal showdown!

  • Regional: If Kpandai had a nemesis, it would be the wind.

  • Regional: Bawku’s tension levels just hit ‘military-grade.’

  • Crime: When a teacher trades textbooks for scams—$44,400 gone with the wind.

  • Fact of the Day: Today’s fact will make people with a FUPA gasp!

  • Crime: Customs just hit ‘block’ on a GH₵20M opioid shipment—somewhere in Niger, a dealer is crying in 4K!

  • National: Drivers are blaming spare parts for fare hikes, but Abossey Okai dealers are like, ‘Abeg, shift!’

  • Regional: Fire roasts Labone.

QUICK BYTE

  • If life was a crime documentary, this case would be the episode that makes you pause and say, “Wait, what?!” Because plot twist: Ahmed Suale’s so-called “close friend” just got arrested for allegedly playing Judas. Yep, the same person who probably used to pull up to his house uninvited and claim “we outside” might have been the reason he never made it back inside. The police, with a little help from their FBI besties, finally caught up with this guy at a hair-plaiting salon of all places. Want the deets in full? Check out the Deep Dive section.

  • Ghana Customs just pulled the ultimate you shall not pass on a GH₵20M opioid shipment at Tema Port. The consignment, allegedly on its way to Niger, had enough drugs to stock a whole Adabraka pharmacy. Somewhere, a dealer is hyperventilating—not from drugs, but from stress. The Health Minister says Ghana won’t be a transit point for drug cartels, and the government is beefing up security to block future attempts. Read more

  • Labone SHS just got hit with the worst group assignment ever; a fire outbreak that roasted three girls' dorms and left 100 students looking for Plan B. Parents pulled up aggressively, turning the school into an unplanned moving day, while students tried to recover whatever the fire didn’t eat. Spoiler alert: not much survived. Fire officials are still investigating what caused the blaze. Read more

  • If Ghana had a legal drama series, this episode would be trending. Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng are locked in a legal back-and-forth so intense, even courtroom chairs are shaking. The whole wahala started when the OSP warned that if Ofori-Atta doesn’t show up for questioning on June 2, he’ll be re-listed as a wanted man. But Ofori-Atta’s lawyers aren’t having it. They say he already agreed to the June 2 date, so why the rush? Ofori-Atta’s lawyer, Frank Davies, is basically telling the Special Prosecutor to stop doing press conferences and actually respond to the lawsuit filed against him. Read more

  • Kpandai just took another L from Mother Nature as a third windstorm in one month left schools roofless, homes flattened, and even a radio station silenced. Students now have impromptu open-air classrooms, over 20 families are without shelter, and ASASE 91.5 FM is off the air after its transmission tower came tumbling down. Even the wind doesn’t want people listening to the news anymore. The affected schools and families are now pleading for urgent support. Rebuilding efforts will take time, money, and a whole lot of goodwill. Meanwhile, meteorologists might need to check if Kpandai owes the wind some debt, because this level of harassment is getting personal. Read more

FACT OF THE DAY

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The brain is the fattest organ.

  • Bawku’s security situation just took another dark turn as unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Ghana Armed Forces officer in broad daylight. The yet-to-be-identified soldier, believed to be a warrant officer, was reportedly walking when he was ambushed and fatally shot. News of the attack spread like wildfire on social media, sending shockwaves through the already volatile town. Just last month, a woman and her two daughters were killed in their home allegedly by men in military uniform. Now, with armed men turning their guns on soldiers, the conflict seems to have entered a whole new phase. Read more

  • You’d expect a teacher to impart knowledge, not scam lessons in fraud, but here we are. Ernestina Koranteng, a 47-year-old teacher, is standing trial for allegedly swindling a Ghanaian resident in the U.S. out of a cool $44,400. Her grand scheme? Selling a dream home and a pharmacy that never existed. According to prosecutors, Koranteng promised to develop a house at Ablekuma-Joma and open a pharmacy with the funds sent between 2020 and 2024. She even went as far as leading the victim to a short-stay rental at Dansoman, claiming it was the house she purchased. When asked for a tour, she conveniently blamed the "caretaker" for being unavailable. The supposed pharmacy? Poof—didn’t exist. Read more

  • If you thought Ghana’s Parliament was a fortress of security, Speaker Alban Bagbin has a reality check for you. Speaking at the inauguration of the Ninth Parliamentary Service Board, he admitted that MPs and staff are increasingly at risk, thanks to shocking security lapses. According to Bagbin, intruders have managed to breach parliamentary grounds, sometimes even attacking staff. The worst part? These trespassers can escape by simply scaling the walls and disappearing into nearby forests. If criminals can walk in and out that easily, it raises serious questions about how vulnerable lawmakers truly are. Read more

  • The latest event? Drivers are pointing fingers at Abossey Okai spare parts dealers for their upcoming 20% fare hike, and the dealers are not having it. They’ve basically come out swinging with a loud "Keep our name out your mouth!" In a fiery press release, their Chairman, Henry Okyere Jnr, called the claims false, misleading, and unwarranted. In short, he said, “We ain’t do nothing!” According to the dealers, spare parts prices haven’t even gone up so why are drivers suddenly crying about “high costs”? Mr. Okyere Jnr insists that market conditions are stable, import duties haven’t changed, and the price of essentials like engine oil and filters is the same. The way he’s talking, it sounds like drivers just needed an excuse to slap on a fare hike, and Abossey Okai was the easiest scapegoat. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Life comes at you fast.

So apparently, back in 2019, this dude, Daniel Owusu Koranteng aka Akwasi Amakye allegedly handed over Ahmed Suale’s pictures to a “big man” politician. Shortly after, Suale was gunned down near his family home in Madina. Now, if you ever needed a masterclass in how not to be a best friend, this is it. He even ran away to the UK when the police started connecting the dots. But Ghana police said, “We dey come,” and waited until he sneaked back into the country to grab him.

And this isn’t just gist; FBI investigations and call records have tied him to the crime.

And just when you think justice is about to justice, another wahala enters the chat—a top police official is allegedly trying to interfere in the case, pushing for Amakye to be granted police enquiry bail instead of facing court. This is the part in the movie where the audience starts yelling at the screen. Like, “Really?! After all this stress, you want to give VIP treatment?” The drama at the police headquarters is apparently tense enough to make a telenovela jealous.

But let’s be honest, Ghana has seen enough crime stories where “big men” wiggle their way out of consequences. So the real question is—will this be another one of those? Or is this the moment where Ghana actually gets to see a proper ending to a real-life crime thriller? Read more

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