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Fake Red Label and Bacardi producer busted in Kumasi

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 48-year old man who is involved in the production and distribution of local and foreign alcoholic drinks suspected to be harmful.

Yaw Nambu Dosu, alias Joe, was arrested after the International Federal of Spirit Producers (IFSP) lodged a complaint about his operations.

Police also retrieved 48 boxes of the suspected harmful alcoholic drinks at his Ejisu residence.

The suspected harmful alcoholic products included; Black Label, Red Label, Barcadi, Lion Aromatic Schnapps and Smirnoff.

Others included Lord Jack, Lord Kingsley, Sir Edwards, Bony Black and other assorted alcoholic products.

According to Police, the suspect was denied a license by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in 2007 to engage in the production of Lion Bitters.

Police said the FDA on 30th July, 2007, wrote back to the suspect explaining their reasons for the refusal to give him the license to operate.

Police investigations also revealed that the suspect rented an apartment at Ejisu near Anita Hotel junction to produce the products after he was denied the license.

Addressing journalists in Kumasi, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah, said the suspect disclosed that the composition of the drinks are Ethanol, water and color, while he used disposed bottles in the packaging of the products.

He said the empty bottles retrieved from the residence of the suspect were used to produce Black and Red labels as well as Jack Daniels.

The Police Commander indicated that the suspect said he was not alone in counterfeiting of the foreign trade marks, and mentioned one Mr. Kwotie based at Nungua in the Greater Accra Region as his accomplice.

The suspect and his accomplice who have been in the illegal business for the ten (10) years, have succeeded in distributing their products in Accra and Kumasi.

Police said efforts are underway to arrest his accomplice believed to be operating in Nungua, Accra and Aflao to assist in investigations.

COP Ken Yeboah advised the general to be circumspect when patronizing such products.

-Citifmonline.

Ghana FA confirms this weekend to start Ghana Premier League New season

The top-flight will finally start this weekend after weeks of continuous legal tussle between the football association and the Wonder Club

 

The 2017-18 Ghana Premier League season is expected to finally commence this weekend, Ghana FA has confirmed.

Great Olympics saw their injunction against the football association thrown out on Thursday by an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Yeboah. Any ruling in favour of Olympics would’ve seen either Elmina Sharks and Bechem United relegated while they rather survive.

” The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the sporting public that the 2017/ 18 League season commences this weekend,” a GFA statement read.

 

Matchday One fixtures

“This comes after Thursday’s court dismissal of the case between Great Olympics FC and the GFA for an interlocutory injunction on the start of the Premier and Division leagues.

“All clubs and stakeholders are to take note accordingly,” the statement added.

The game between Aduana Stars and Liberty Professionals has been postponed following the formers’s participation in the Caf Champions League. The Fire Club will play Algerian side E.S Setif in the second leg of the last qualifying round in their bid to make it to the group stage of the competition for the first time in their history.

They head into the game with a 1-0 advantage.

Chelsea supporter Nana Yaw confirmed dead in Kumasi after defeat to Barcelona

The football fan could not survive the humiliation his side suffered in the hands of Barcelona at Camp Nou

Chelsea FC fan Emmanuel Offin collapsed and later confirmed dead in Asuoyeboah, suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, after the 3-0 thrashing suffered in the hands of Barcelona in the round of 16 second leg of the Uefa Champions League.

A brace from ‘demigod’ Lionel Messi and another striker from youngster Dembele did the work for the Spanish giants at Camp Nou and qualified them to the quarterfinals of the competition with a 4-1 aggregate scoreline following a 1-1 stalemate in the first leg.

The 24-year-old also known as Nana Yaw, was a Mobile Phone dealer and according to his family members, the die-hard Chelsea supporter who always leave the house to watch Premier League giants’ matches with his friends, died few minutes after the final whistle and efforts to save him by those around ended fruitless.

The deceased Chelsea supporter

According to Otec News’ reporter Rhoda Dankwa, who visited the family house of the late Nana Yaw at Asuoyeboah on Thursday, reported that the body has been deposited at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Morgue for autopsy.

AshesGyamera understands that the family Will observe his one-week traditional celebration on March 21 before the final date for his burial service and funeral rites is announced.

Niibi Osekan places another injunction on Ghana Premier League

The gentleman insists that he is a gracious informant who wants the football association to put its house in order before the start of the new season

An Accra-based football fan, Mr. Enoch Niibi Osekan has placed an injunction on the start of the 2017-18 Ghana Premier League season.

According to the gentleman, he wrote to Fifa a letter to Fifa in December last year asking them advise Ghana FA to apply their general regulations in the case involving Ghana FA and Great Olympics since the latter’s petition/protests against Elmina Sharks and Bechem United were wrongfully thrown out.

In a reply sighted by AshesGyamera, Fifa responded on February 12, advising that it is purely an internal matter, hence Ghana FA has to do the needful but per Mr. Osekan’s satisfaction, nothing realistic has been done about it.

Fifa’s letter to Ghana Football Association and Mr.Osekan

Already, Great Olympics have placed an injunction on the kick off of the season and it is expected to be heard on Thursday (March 15, 2018) at the Accra High Court.

 

Past sports ministers under NDC government left behind ¢51 million debt, says Hon. Asiamah


Ghana’s youth and sports minister, Isaac Asiamah, has made an interesting revealation during the Meet the Press in Accra on Tuesday solely on the state of sports in the country.

According to the Atwima Mponua member of parliament, the previous ministers in that sector under the watch of the past government, embezzled funds and left behind huge debts which has made his tenure a bit frustrating.

“I am sorry to report to you that we met a negative balance of ¢51 million, that is the debt we inherited… There was nothing at the Ministry of Youth and Sports,” Hon Asiamah said.

“All these things that have been able to happen are through creative minds that’s what has happened here. So if we have been able to achieve a lot, that is why I am grateful to my able lieutenants, they are creative people and they are helping us to achieve a lot at the Ministry of Youth and Sports”.

He added: “As it’s said, you come and fix challenge, so we are fixing the challenge through creative means.”

Asiamah succeeded Nii Lantey Vanderpuye after New Patriotic Party won the 2016 general elections.

According to AshesGyamera sources, the figure quoted by the minister has a lot of weight but, majority of the debts incurred date back to contracts awarded during Ghana’s hosting of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, since subsequent governments and ministers failed to settle the debtors.

Completed market left unused at Mpobi, 18 years after commissioning

Traders at Mpobi in the Afigya Kwabre district in the Ashanti region have refused to do business in an ultra-modern market 18 years after commissioning which was constructed at the cost of Five Hundred million old Ghana Cedis (GHC 500, 000,000).

The market project was completed in March, 2000 and commissioned by the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings but traders have failed to utilize the facility, siting wrong location as their reason for abandoning the market.

The traders told OTEC news that the new market was too far from town, therefore no one was interested in walking there to do business. They said sending perishable items such as vegetables to the new market was a burden on traders because the goods get rotten easily and costing them a fortune.

The traders argued that construction of the market could have been substituted for a school in order to attract school going children from adjoining communities.

Mpobihene Nana Akwasi Akyeampong stated that recalcitrant traders in and around Mpobi community have chosen to sell their wares at several unauthorized places.

Nana Akwasi Akyeampong intimated that he done everything possible to get the traders relocated but they have always proved to be recalcitrant.

Assembly member for the Mpob electoral area, Yakubu Issifu, expressed his commitment get the traders to the abandoned ultra-modern market. Yakubu Issifu disclosed that the absence of bye -laws to regulate hawkers in the Mpobi community was an incentive to traders to keep hawking around the community.

“I am making all efforts in collaboration with the unit committee members to cut down the tree which provide shade for the recalcitrant traders in order to relocate them to the new market” Yakubu Issifu stressed.

He promised to help the relocation all traders selling at unapproved by the end of 2018.

Source: otecfmghana

Zylofon boss Nana Appiah Mensah apologises to Stonebwoy

The Zylofon record label boss has issued a statement to settle issues with the dancehall artist following the fracas last weekend

The owner and bankroller of Zylofon Group of Companies Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM 1) has send a heartfelt apology to dancehall artist Stonebwoy after his car was almost forcefully taken from him on Saturday.

Stonebwoy’s camp was alleged to have ordered that all Zylofon materials be taken down before and during his performance at University of Ghana despite the former being the sponsors that night.

That action, according to reports, led to some section of the Zylofon crew led by the transport manager to attack Stonebwoy and tried to take away his Benz which they insisted that it belonged to the their company at the Champs Bar, and the musician gave out some warning shots to disperse the crew and later drove off.

Stonebwoy was signed to Zylofon Music label last year but he has shown signs of unhappiness following the arrival of his rival Shatta Wale, especially the hype that surrounded his signing and unveiling.

AshesGyamera understands that the traffic manager has been suspended indefinitely but Stonebwoy is in the process of officially cancel his contract with the label since he feels unsecured.

Koomson & Yahaya have shown me that I’m a fool, Eleven Wonders owner cries foul

 

Techiman Eleven Wonders bankroller Nana Ameyaw has revealed that former Asante Kotoko midfielder Larbi Koomson and former King Faisal captain Iddrisu Yahaya have gone AWOL from the club after disagreement on their residential situations.

The duo, who joined the Ghana Premier League newbies few months ago and were part of the club’s squad that participated in the Ghalca G8 tournament, rejected the apartment secured for them by club, insisting that it doesn’t meet their standard.

“The two players have duped me and shown me that I’m a fool to give them part payment of the contracts they signed with my club,” Nana Ameyaw said.

“The contracts they signed were two and three years each. I’ve even rented a ‘self-contain’ apartment for them but they’ve refused to stay there, packed all their belongings and left without a word.”

He added: “I will everything to God because I don’t want to have any discussion with them anymore. It’s God who settles issues for the fool so I leave things in his hands.

“If my club’s management members will hold talks with them again, that won’t include myself.”

Wonders will host Hearts of Oak on opening day of the season if the legal tussle between Ghana Football Association and Great Olympics is settled in the coming days.

Kumi Guitar jabs Stonebwoy on Zylofon brouhaha, calls him ‘selfish’

 

As the beef continues between dancehall guru Livingstone Etse Setekla known in showbiz as Stonebwoy and Zylofon Music record label, Highlife act Kumi Guitar, who’s a member of the latter has joined the fray to throw shots at his ‘former’ colleague describing him as selfish.

According to Kumi, Stonebwoy has persistently shown signs of selfishness and has always gone contrary to what is expected of him as an ambassador of Zylofon which led to the signing of his fierce rival Shatta Wale.

The decision to bring on board Shatta Wale, of course, did not go down well with Stonebwoy and the latter has even revealed that he wasn’t notified and wouldn’t have joined if they alerted him initially that another dancehall artist will be on board later.

“I was the first artist to be signed onto Zylofon but no one informed me when you Stonebwoy was getting signed,” Kumi Guitar told Zylofon FM.

“Stop being selfish because I wasn’t even informed when Becca, Joyce Blessing or even Obibini were being signed. So why is Stonebwoy acting this way saying he wasn’t informed about Shatta’s signing. Does he own shares in the company to be informed before the label takes such decisions?” he quizzed.

“What I heard was that you got angry because Shatta [Wale] was signed. If you won’t give him what he wants, automatically he [Nana Appiah Mensah – Zylofon Media CEO] will fail to give you what you want or better still, he will go look for somebody who can do the job for him if you cannot do it.

He added: “You are an ambassador representing Zylofon, how many times are you hashtagging Zylofon? This is where our boss also has a problem and he has told you several times, you’ve gone for meetings?”

On Saturday, it was reported that Stonebwoy clashed with some crew members of Zylofon at an event organised by University of Ghana and sponsored by Zylofon Cash but Stonebwoy’s manager Black Ceddi, according to reports, instructed the organisers that all materials on stage, behind and beside it bearing Zylofon’s inscriptions and adverts must be taken down before his artist will perform and that was actually done.

The decision raised eyebrows especially when Bulldog of Zylofon fame was notified and that led to a scuffle behind the stage.

It was later reported that some members of Zylofon crew followed Stonebwoy to the Champs bar where his ‘apprentice’ Kelvin Boy was having his concert in a bid to seize a car and other items given him by Zylofon which resulted into chaos as Stonebwoy fired some gunshots to protect himself and other properties.

AshesGyamera understands that Kumi Guitar has taken the beef to another level by actually releasing a diss track for Stonebwoy while the Traffic manager of Zylofon has also been fired after the confusion with Stonebwoy.

Allegri denies talks to replace Wenger at Arsenal

Juventus coach Max Allegri has insisted thata there is no proposal or talks between him and Arsenal in a bid to replace embattled Arsene Wenger after the season.

Wenger has come under increasing pressure following Arsenal’s shambolic performance in the Premier which sees them currently sitting sixth on the log and likely to miss Uefa Champions League slot unless they win the Europa League trophy.

“No, [there is no talks or contract]. I’m not even studying!” Allegri told Mediaset Premium.

Juventus defeated Udinese 2-0 on Sunday thanks to a brace from Paulo Dybala to go atop of the Serie A table and the side’s performance has been lauded by the manager.

“We haven’t achieved anything yet, as the season ends in May,” he said.

“On Wednesday, we got past Tottenham to reach the next Champions League round, we beat Udinese and can now focus on Atalanta.

“We suffered a little at the start today, but can only compliment the players for doing so well. Dybala is improving, the two goals against Lazio and Spurs gave him a boost mentally.

“Gonzalo Higuain is doing well too, even if he didn’t convert the penalty, as he provided the assist for Dybala’s second goal. On Wednesday there’s another crucial game that we have to win against Atalant,” he added.

Juventus have qualified to the quarterfinals of the Champions League after eliminating Premier League Tottenham Hotspur last week.