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Yul Edochie admonishes Nigerians abroad to return home following tensions in Ghana

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Yul Edochie

Nollywood actor and politician Yul Edochie has sent out a passionate appeal to Ndigbo in the diaspora, especially those currently facing hostility abroad, to return and invest in their homeland.

In a strongly worded message shared on Instagram, Edochie spoke directly to his fellow Igbos, encouraging them to turn their backs on rejection and seek purpose back home.

“Ndi Igbo come back home and invest in Igbo land,” he wrote. “If you’re facing rejection on foreign soil, it’s not a sign to fight anybody, it’s a sign to return home. We have wandered for too long. Home is calling.”

His message comes in the wake of escalating tensions in Ghana, where a series of public protests have seen some Ghanaian citizens demanding that Nigerians, particularly those accused of criminal activities, leave the country. The situation has created fear and uncertainty among Nigerian communities living abroad, including many Igbos.

Edochie framed the current events as a spiritual and cultural wake-up call.

“Our ancestors and spirits in Igbo Land are calling us to return home and develop home. A new dawn has come in Igbo land. It’s time to return home,” he emphasized.

Ending his message with a powerful Igbo proverb, he added:

“Ana amalummasinauno wee puoilo,” — loosely translated as “Beauty is best appreciated when it starts from home.”

KK Fosu eulogises Daddy Lumba in emotional tribute song 

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KK Fosu

Highlife star Kaakyire Kwame Fosu, a.k.a. KK Fosu, has released a tribute song for the late Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.

Ghanaians have been mourning the legendary musician who passed on a few days ago, with a National Candlelight Vigil held last Saturday in celebration of his illustrious musical career.

KK Fosu, in the newly released song titled “Lumba,” expresses his condolences to the bereaved family, urging them to stay strong in these difficult times.

Speaking in an interview after the release, KK Fosu said Daddy Lumba was a music icon he always looked up to and also paved the way for younger artistes like him.

“This tribute song is to celebrate the good works of Daddy Lumba and the impact he has had over the past four decades. He is an inspiration for all younger Highlife artistes and for me personally, he shaped and inspired my career,” said KK Fosu.

The newly released single, which is available across various streaming platforms, also comes along with a visualiser that was shot by Zizi.

King Charles is a fan of Daddy Lumba and has his song on his phone-Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner

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King Charles

At the home of late Daddy Lumba, the Deputy High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. Keith McMahon, visited the family of the late music legend, to offer condolences on behalf of Britain and the world.

Mr. McMahon expressed his sympathy, highlighting Daddy Lumba’s status as a cultural pop icon whose influence extended far beyond Ghana’s borders. In a shocking revelation, Mr. McMahon said that King Charles, the British monarch, was a fan of Daddy Lumba’s music and had even listed him as one of his favourites on his iPhone.

This gesture, according to Mr. McMahon, demonstrates the breadth and reach of Daddy Lumba’s impact across the globe. “I want to express Britain’s, I think the condolences of the world because Daddy Lumba was a cultural pop icon,” Mr. McMahon said. (Read Daddy Lumba: An enigma goes home)

“I want to express Britain’s and the world’s because Daddy Lumba was a cultural pop icon. As many of you may know, King Charles, my King was such a fan of Daddy Lumba and he said just earlier that he has an Iphone list and one of his favourites was Daddy Lumba.

“So I think that shows the breadth and the reach that Daddy Lumba had across the world and very influential to so many people across the world.

“It was important to come here today and say that to his family, and remind them that although he could not live longer with us, his influence lives for a long time. God bless Daddy Lumba,” he said.

The visit by the Deputy High Commissioner is part of a growing list of dignitaries who have paid their respects to the late music legend. Other notable figures who have visited the family include Former President Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. (Read VIDEO: How fans remembered Daddy Lumba’s life at emotional candlelight vigil)

Daddy Lumba’s passing has triggered an outpouring of grief across Ghana and beyond, with tributes pouring in from fellow musicians, fans, and national leaders. His legacy as a highlife legend and cultural icon continues to inspire and influence new generations of music lovers.

Ivan Quashigah appointed Chairman of new NFA Board

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NFA Executive Secretary, Kafui Danku Pitcher, Minister for Tourism Dzifa Gomashie and Chairman of NFA Board Ivan Quashigah

Film maker Ivan Quashigah has been appointed as the Chairman of the newly inaugurated Board of the Ghana National Film Authority (NFA).

His appointment, made by the President in accordance with the Development and Classification of Film Act (Act 935), places him at the helm of the board tasked with regulating, promoting and supporting Ghana’s film industry.

The inauguration was done on Monday, August 4, 2025.

The National Film Authority, established in 2016 under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, oversees the classification of films, industry regulation, and advocacy for filmmakers.

Quashigah, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Farmhouse Productions, is one of Ghana’s most celebrated creative minds. Trained in directing and scriptwriting at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), he also holds an Executive Master’s degree in Governance and Leadership from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

His career spans decades of groundbreaking work, including producing and directing the highly acclaimed youth television series Things We Do for Love and Yolo (You Only Live Once), among a litany of other film and television productions. Yolo dominated the 2016 Ghana Movie Awards, winning seven out of eight nominations, while Quashigah has earned more than 18 international and local accolades, including recognition at FESPACO for Best Short Feature.

As Chairman, Quashigah is expected to lead the board of the Authority in tandem with the Executive Secretary, to advance its mission to improve industry standards, champion Ghanaian storytelling and enhance the country’s presence on the global film stage.

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Hong Kong battles floods amid heaviest August rainfall since 1884

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Hong Kong battles floods

Hong Kong has been hit with record-breaking rains that have seen schools and courts shuttered, hospitals disrupted, and roads badly flooded.

More than 350mm (13.8 inches) of rain had drenched the territory by 2pm (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the city’s weather authorities said – the highest daily rainfall for August since 1884.

The storms follow deadly flash floods in Southern China over the weekend, which left five dead in Guangdong province and prompted a large-scale search operation involving more than 1,300 rescuers.

Videos showed water cascading down steep hillsides, breaking into whitewater streams as they rushed down the many staircases linking Hong Kong’s multitiered cityscape.

Weather authorities extended their highest “black” rainstorm warning until 5pm local time (09:00 GMT).

This was the fourth such warning issued in just eight days, breaking the record for the most frequent issuance of the city’s highest weather alert within a single year, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.

The water had risen to ankle height outside Hong Kong’s largest hospital, as medical authorities announced they would be closing clinics across the city due to the downpour. Meanwhile, cars were reported submerged in water.

The weather service warned on Tuesday afternoon that a “persistent rainstorm will cause serious road flooding and traffic congestion”.

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Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 -US media

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A concept image of NASA's Fission Surface Power Project

US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media.

It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface.

According to Politico, the acting head of Nasa referred to similar plans by China and Russia and said those two countries “could potentially declare a keep-out zone” on the Moon.

But questions remain about how realistic the goal and timeframe are, given recent and steep Nasa budget cuts, and some scientists are concerned that the plans are driven by geopolitical goals.

Nations including the US, China, Russia, India and Japan are rushing to explore the Moon’s surface, with some planning permanent human settlements.

“To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and to strengthen our national security in space, it is imperative the agency move quickly,” US transport secretary Sean Duffy, who was appointed temporary head of Nasa by President Donald Trump, wrote to Nasa, according to the New York Times.

Mr Duffy called for proposals from commercial companies to build a reactor that could generate at least 100 kilowatts of power.

This is relatively small. A typical on-shore wind turbine generates 2-3 megawatts.

The idea of building a nuclear reactor as a power source on the Moon is not new.

In 2022 Nasa issued three $5m contracts to companies to design a reactor.

And in May this year, China and Russia announced they plan to build an automated nuclear power station on the Moon by 2035.

Many scientists agree that it would be the best or perhaps only way to provide continuous power on the lunar surface.

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Besieged Sudan city residents face starvation, UN warns

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Sudan city residents face starvation

The UN’s food agency has warned that families trapped within the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher face starvation. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had not been able to deliver food to the city in the western Darfur region by road for more than a year.

El-Fasher has been surrounded by paramilitary fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly 16 months – determined to seize it from Sudan’s army. The WFP warning comes as local activists have already begun reporting deaths by starvation in the city, which is still home to about 300,000 people.

Sudan was plunged into a civil war in April 2023 after a vicious power struggle erupted between the army and its former ally, the RSF – creating one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

The UN’s children’s agency (Unicef) has also issued a statement saying malnutrition is rife across the country, with many children “reduced to skin and bones”.

The WFP warning echoes a recent appeal for urgent support from the North Darfur Governor Al-Hafiz Bakhit, who said the living situation in el-Fasher had become unbearable.

Bakhit is aligned with Sudan’s military-led government, which is trying to retain control of the city, its last foothold in Darfur. The RSF’s battle to seize el-Fasher from the Sudanese army has intensified in recent months, after the paramilitaries were driven out of the capital, Khartoum.

UN statistics in early July showed that 38% of children under the age of five in camps for internally displaced people within and near el-Fasher suffered from acute malnutrition.

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Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip when he meets his security cabinet, Israeli media say.

“The die has been cast. We’re going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Hamas,” local journalists quote a senior official saying.

Responding to reports that the army chief and other military leaders oppose the plan, the unnamed official said: “If that doesn’t work for the chief of staff, he should resign.”

The families of hostages fear such plans could endanger their loved ones, with 20 out of 50 believed to be alive in Gaza, while polls suggest three in four Israelis instead favour a ceasefire deal to return them.

Many of Israel’s close allies would also condemn such a move as they push for an end to the war and action to alleviate a humanitarian crisis.

Within Israel, hundreds of retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies, issued a joint letter to US President Donald Trump on Monday, calling for him to pressure Netanyahu to end the war.

One of the signatories, ex-domestic intelligence agency chief Ami Ayalon, told the BBC that further military action would be futile.

“From the military point of view, [Hamas] is totally destroyed. On the other hand, as an ideology it is getting more and more power among the Palestinian people, within the Arab street around us, and also in the world of Islam.

“So the only way to defeat Hamas’s ideology is to present a better future.”

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Turkish, Ghanaian charged with stealing 

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Dansoman Circuit Court

A Turkish national, Kuran Demir Gokhan and a Ghanaian, Mohammed Awudu, have been arraigned before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly conspiring to steal two vehicles belonging to LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited.

The two, Gokhan, 45, a former Country Manager of LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited, and Awudu, 31, the current Head of Operations have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and stealing, offences contrary to Sections 23(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

They appeared before Her Honour Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit on July 30, 2025 and both pleaded not guilty.

The court granted each of the accused persons bail in the sum of GH¢460,000, with two sureties, one of whom must be justified with title deeds equivalent to the bail amount.

Chief Inspector Kwadwo Aboagye, prosecuting for the Republic, was directed by the court to file all disclosures and witness statements ahead of the case management conference (CMC) scheduled for August 25, 2025.

Brief Facts of the Case

According to police records, the complainant, Mehmet TalatTanfer, a Turkish national and the CEO of LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited, reported the case to the Regional CID, Accra, on February 19, 2025.

Investigations revealed that on or before January 9, 2025, the accused persons allegedly conspired to sell two vehicles — a Ford F-150 (registration number GS 4680-23) and a Kia Sorento (GC 2433-19) — without the knowledge or approval of the CEO.

The Ford F-150, valued at GH¢450,000 was later traced to Mr. Ibrahim Catalsakal, a buyer who reportedly purchased the vehicle in good faith after due diligence at the DVLA.

The vehicle has since been retrieved and impounded at the Regional Police Headquarters.

During interrogation, Gokhan denied the allegation, claiming that he had verbal approval from the complainant to sell the vehicles.

He further asserted that he had sold over ten company vehicles in the past with similar verbal instructions.

He stated that the proceeds of US$30,000 from the sales were handed to the complainant, with an additional US$6,450 allegedly used for company operations.

However, police investigations found that Gokhan, after being granted police enquiry bail, fled the country to Turkey, despite his passport being retained due to flight risk concerns.

Awudu is accused of assisting in the preparation of a change of ownership document to facilitate the transaction involving the Ford F-150. Following the investigations, the two were charged and brought before the court.

The case is expected to resume on August 25, 2025, for the next hearing.

 

 

Unemployed man jailed 6 years for GH¢350 Itel phone robbery at Nungua

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A court gavel

A 38-year-old unemployed man, Thomas Kwabena Vordzorgbe, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Circuit Court in Accra, for robbing a Nigerian national of an Itelmobile phone valued at GH¢350.

The sentence was handed down on Monday, August 4, 2025 by Her Honour Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, after a full trial in which the accused was found guilty of robbery, contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

Vordzorgbe had pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The case, which began on November 11, 2022, was initially presided over by His Lordship Isaac Oheneba Kuffour and later concluded by Her Honour Adjei-Tawiah.

Prosecution was led by Chief Inspector John Gohoho and later taken over by Inspector Rosemond.

Incident Details

According to the brief facts presented in court, the complainant, Blessing Nenya, a Nigerian national from Delta State and resident of Nungua Cocoa Beach, was returning from a night out at a popular joint near Spintex on November 7, 2022.

Around 3a.m. he arrived at the Nungua Shell Filling Station in search of a taxi home.

The accused, Thomas Vordzorgbe, who resides at Nungua Kings-Way, reportedly spotted the complainant and trailed him to the station.

He then confronted Nenya and demanded he surrender his belongings. When Nenya resisted, Vordzorgbe pulled out a machete and slashed the victim on the left hand, leaving him injured and helpless. The assailant then made away with Nenya’sItel phone.

The victim later reported the incident to the Nungua Police Station and was issued a medical form for treatment.

Later that evening, Nenya received information that Vordzorgbe was attempting to sell the stolen phone at the Nungua Lorry Station.

With the help of others, he confronted and identified the accused, leading to his arrest.A search conducted on the suspect revealed the stolen phone in his possession.

In his caution statement to police, Vordzorgbe admitted to the offence.

Following investigations led by Detective Sergeant Simon Ndeog-NaabMigida, the accused was charged and subsequently arraigned before the court.

The six-year custodial sentence is seen as a stern warning to would-be offenders amid rising reports of petty street-level robberies in parts of Accra.

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