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Adwinsa Publications marks 21st Ghana Int’l Book Fair with children’s show
Adwinsa Publications has organised a Children’s show to mark this year’s 21st Ghana International Book Fair.
The programme was to educate children on the dangers that comes with polluting water bodies particularly through the activities of illegal mining (Galamsey).
The Ghana International Book Fair (GIBF) is an annual event organised to celebrate the rich Ghanaian culture through books. The fair attracted publishers across the globe to exhibit their books.
Dubbed ‘Poisoning our water, poisoning our future’, the show enlightened the children on the negative effects of ’Galamsey’ on water bodies.
Addressing audience at the event, the Deputy Chief Administrator, Guidance and Counseling Unit of the Ghana Education Service, Mrs Sarah Kumi Yeboah-Boadu, said it was important to develop the habit of reading as it helps discover what has been hidden for many years.
“We organised this programme to encourage school children to develop the habit of reading as one can discover what has been hidden for ages only through reading and also to expose them to the happenings around,” she said.
Mrs Boadu said some of the negative effects of water pollution on our health may be cases of cancer and shortage of food supply.
Some of the dignitaries present at the event were Mr Kwaku Oppong-Amponsah, C.E.O of Adwinsa Publications, Mrs Catherine Agyapomaa Appiah-Pinkra, Executive Director, Complimentary Education Agency and Master Kobby Onan Adjei Johnson, Mountain High Academy.
The programme was climaxed with a thrilling cultural display by school children from the North Legon School Complex, poetry recital and a dance performance by Potters Orphanage
By Elizabeth Agyeibea Ackon
Miniser for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed a major shake up at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following recent power outages.
In a post on Facebook, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control center.
Also, he further noted that there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.
“At 2pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Abu Trica’s extradition case: Prophets, fetish priests demand pay for spiritual solution …Lawyer reveals
Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for embattled Frederick Kumi, affectionately called Abu Trica and has made a shocking revelation over the behaviour of some members of the clergy.
According to him in a post on social media, the difficult part of Abu Trica’s trial is not the law but the number of ‘Men of God’ and fetish priests demanding financial sacrifices to help resolve the matter spiritually.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, “The most difficult part about the Abu Trica case; is not the law.”
He continued: “It is the number of, prophetesses, evangelists and fetish priests, who have called or messaged to ask us to pay for spiritual solutions.”
It would be recalled that in March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Abu Trica, challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
The court, presided over by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, in its ruling held that the offences forming the basis of the extradition, particularly wire fraud, constitute extraditable offences under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
He was then given 15 days counting from March 27 to appeal the decision of the court or be surrendered for extradition to the US.
Against this backdrop, he was on Tuesday, April 22, granted a bail in the sum of GH¢30,000,000 by an Accra High, pending the appeal of his extradition
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, alleging that he played a role in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
