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In the midst of the announcement by information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on behalf on His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo directing the finance minister to start negotiation with the IMF for a fund program, the former president has in a facebook post admonished Akuffo Addo to take certain drastic measures in other to secure a succesful program. In his view , the president must relieve the finance minister of his post and make sure he get credible people to lead the government delegation to negotiate with the IMF. The former preaident believes, the vice president must as well not be the one to lead that delegation since he is part of the government's Economic Management team that has mismanaged the economy Below is the full statement of former president John Mahama on what he thinks the president must do to get the country out of the exonomic quagmire in which she finds itself even as we head for an IMF programme. SACK KEN OFORI ATTA , REPLACE BAWUMIAH AS LEADER ...

  A Healthy Heart, Six Ways to Avoid heart Disease! By Raymond L. Havim Heart diseases has become very prevalent lately especially among the youth due to their lifestyle. Cardiovascular  disease is very preventable and many who pay attention to their  life cycle growing up turns to avoid and limit the threats that lead to the menace. In this article we take a look at 6 ways through which heart disease can be avoided. 6 Ways to prevent heart Disease  1. Avoid Smoking of all forms Study has shown that, in every 5 cases of cardiovascular disease, at least one is caused by smoking. Smoking does not only cause lung cancer but also heart disease and stroke. What smoking does is, it leads to the blockade of blood vessels and heart tissues, lowers good cholesterol (HDL) resulting in high blood pressure which can cause premature death. 2. Stay Active Daily: Staying active on daily basis(exercise) is one surest way of avoiding heart related diseases. Just as all mus...

  Prof. H Prempeh WRITES: "When Eastern Chiefs were fighting for Gold Coast independence Ashantis were not part.." ~ Yaw Osafo Maafo By Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh This is the kind of historical illiteracy you get when you represent and teach Gold Coast Colony history as Gold Coast/Ghana history. If Ashanti chiefs, and Ashanti elites generally, did not feel compelled to join E/R chiefs in their fight for their independence, it was because, as far as Asante was concerned, that wasn't their fight. When Ashanti was fighting for its own self-government, they were not joined by E/R chiefs. That independence or internal self-government for Asante was achieved when finally the British assented to the restoration of the Asante Confederacy (and Confederacy Council) in 1935. Restoration of the Asante Confederacy (that is, of Asante as a unit under the headship of the Asantehene-in-Council) had been the primary goal and demand of Asante since the return of Prempeh I. That goal, which ...

  Inm a very short video sighted by trendsghananews.com the female students numbering about four was seen loudly sending a strong warning to wife’s to beware and hide their husbands because they are coming home on vacation.. Many were left shocked for kids at this level to be having such thoughts let alone having the boldness to record themselves in a video.. VIDEO What are your thoughts on this? Leave your comments and opinions in the comment section.

 Even before dust settles on the situation regarding the historic Achimota Forest as to whether it has been sold or otherwise, ace freelance Manasseh Azure seems to know more to this twist. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and Lands Commission has come out to deny the sale of the only green belt forest reserve in the capital after the news broke. However in his latest revelation in a post shared on his page on Monday, 23rd May, 2022, the freelance and renowned journalist has alleged the forest has already been sold. Below is his post as sighted by TrendsGhanaNews.com. The ace journalist was the one to publish the entire WILL of the late Sir John the politician and when a page indicating his involvement in the purchase of the Achimota Forest land was leaked on social media amidst denial from the Ministry and government spokespersons. It appears the Ghanaian might have been fighting an already lost battle all along since news broke concerning the historic forest reserve, i...

In the midst of whether the page revealing the acquisition of the Achimota Forest land by big men in government , The Fourth Estate has released the full Will of the late Sir John which shows properties willed to his family including the Achimota Forest as captured in the Will. Below are the mouth watering WILL as sighted by www.trendsghananews.blogspot.com.  

The Chief Executive Secretary of Lands Commission has denied knowledge of any land ownership by Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie by the commission.   “ There is nothing in our records concerning that. What you read is what I have read. We don’t have anything recorded here for Sir John as far as our records are concerned ,” the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission James Dadson told the media on Monday. This comes after a leaked Will of the late Chief Executive officer of the Forestry Commission Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) founds its way on social media amid fears of the sale of the Achimota Forest by government which has caused a lot anxiety in the general public. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in a press statement by the Minister denied the allegations. However, the surfacing of the WILL of the late chief executive officer of the forestry commission has strongly reinforced the section of the public who believes the land had already been sold. It is in the response...

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  Journalist and Television goddess Bridget Otoo has single handedly gotten the social media languards running for cover in what was rather a very heated exchanges and prove of intellectual debate.. The Metro TV journalist on her social media handle posted and expressed how disappointed she was having been deducted a very huge some of money as E-Levey for a bank transaction she performed electronically. This did not go down well with the social media Army of the NPP party who defends the government. They poured in on the Journalist’s facebook wall attacking her of deceit calling her all sort of unpalatable names including insults.. They (Social media army) had asserted that, the transaction date of the the transaction she claimed to have performed was dated 4th April, when the date she posted her ordeal is 3rd.. As if they had succeeded in nailing the renowned opinionated journalist, it came out eventually that, bank transactions usually take that form . That , all transactions per...

  What is Obesity? Obesity is a health condition that is on the rise globally and very much so Ghana. Most people live with Obesity but unfortunately as a result of less education on the disease, they are not aware until it gets complicated. Obesity is simply, having excessive or high percentage of body fat in your system. Obesity is largely preventable because it is mostly caused by our daily life styles.   How do I know if I am at risk of a possible Obesity? An individual with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 and above is considered obese and needs to consider looking at his/life style. Body Mass Index is the value derived from the mass (weight) and height of your body. Simply calculated by dividing your body weight by your height expressed in kg/m^2. You might want to do this to have an idea of where you stand as far as Obesity is concerned. All you need is your body weight and height. Click on link below to calculate your BMI https://www.nhlbi.nih.go...

Blaise Compaoré sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaoré has been sentenced to life imprisonment over the murder of revolutionary leader and hero, Thomas Sankara in 1987. His former head of security, Hyacinthe Kafando was also jailed for life. One General Gilbert Diendéré who was a military commander during the coup was equally sentenced for life. The final verdict came after series of prosecutions spanning over 6 months after many years of his demise in 1987. The long awaited judgement follows earlier demands by prosecutors who presented charges including, “attack on state security”, “concealment of a corpse” and “complicity in a murder”. Cr Eye Gambia 

  H.E President Akuffo Addo has stated categorically that, Ghanaiains are not impoverished. The president in response to a question posed to him by the renounced BBCnewsafrica Peter Okotcwe on the controversial  E-Levy tax in an interview, as to why impose tax on already impoverished Ghanaian, flatly rejected the assertion saying "Ghanaians are not impoverished" Also read   Economy doing Well- President Akuffo Addo speaks to BBC on the economy and the E-Levy Tax! The president explained that, the telecommunication sector is a huge emerging economy which they sort to leverage on to capture a lot more people into the tax net who hither to do not pay tax. He added, Ghana in the west Africa sub region has a very low tax to GDP of about 13% when it peers  are doing 18% on the average. Video Below 

 

 H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has for the first time in an interview this year on BBC spoken extensively on the economic situation of the country including the controversial E-Levy which was passed last week. INFLATION, COST OF FUEL AND CEDI DEPRECIATION  On the issue of rising inflation, the president explained that, it’s a global phenomenon which was characterized by the Covid-19 pandemic and Ghana is no exception to this. On the depreciation of the cedi against the major currencies like the dollar, the president posited that, it is being dealt with and the cedi has started gaining strength against the dollar and he expects the trend to continue.. The president vehemently disagreed with the interview who suggested that the Ghanaian economy will not be the best destination to put his money if he were a business man as a result of the ever sky rocketing fuel prices. The president pointed out that the price hike in fuel prices wasn’t only peculiar Ghana and asked the interv...

 The beautiful marriage of Brother Sammy, the famous " My God is" Kumasi based gospel musician appears to have hit a snag. Brother Sammy who got emotional revealing the ordeal on  #UnitedShowbiz  told host  Afia Schwarzenegger on Saturday's show. He revealed how one of his boys who lives with him lied to her wife whiles she was on the hospital bed undergoing CS as a result of ectopic pregnancy. According to brother Sammy, his boy told his wife that, he brother Sammy had affair with another woman while she was on admission at the hospital. Per the gospel musician's revelation, her wife believed the story and never asked him about it until one time he was away for a show when her wife called her to accuse him of several ills including the lie told her by his boy. What even broke the camel's back is when her wife on the phone accused him of having used her womb for money ritual after she left to the states. This accusation alone, has made the gospel musician lost any...

How simple is it to download a video from Facebook direct unto your phone?  Its that simple! More often than not, we all desire to have certain interesting videos we come across on Facebook directly in our phone gallery. Its is very simple and we are going to take you through the simple steps to doing this with a video demonstration  of same.  STEPS : 1. Click on the video you wish to download on facebook. 2. At the top right corner of the video, there are three dots there  ( ...), locate and touch/click on the three dots and copy video link. 3. Now leave facebook and open any browser on your phone eg. google chrome, UC browser etc 4. Click or touch and hold the in the space of the address bar at the top of your browser and paste the video link you had earlier copied from facebook and enter/search/go 5. The video will appear here in the browser and the next thing is to download it. 6. Finally press and hold  or touch and hold on the video until the query options...

 It appears the drama with the socialite and mental health advocate Abena Korkor and her sexual escapades with certain personalities will not die anytime soon.. The mental health advocate who has gained  notoriety for stoking controversy with regards to men she had  had sexual relations with in the past.  She has accused several notable personalities in Ghana ranging from politics to the entertainment industry as having had intimacy with her and this phenomenon has taken another twist this week alone.. Readers will recall a story done by Trends Ghana News this week on her latest expose on Stonebwoy. Apparently she came out the next day after her wild allegations to apologize to the Bhim nation president. It is not clear if the allegations she leveled against the music icon was false since she never gave any reason for the apology.. A day after her apology to Stonebwoy, Abena Korkor is in the news again and this time guess who? Our own former black stars captain and f...

Ghanaian music icon and  rapper Sarkodie born Michael Owusu Addo has come under a barrage of social media attacks following his comment on the huge increasing fuel prices for sometime now.. Many Ghanaians are reeling and complaining about the recent hikes in fuel prices which has worsened their already over burdened cost of living. Whereas many believes it is as a result of mismanagement of the current regime, others equally disagree citing the recent war between Ukraine and Russia, COVID 19 amid others as reasons for the sharp rise in fuel prices. Sarkodie who is currently in Dubai for his upcoming concert on the desert took to Twitter to voice out his frustration at the raging fuel debacle. In his tweet as observed by trendsghananews.blogspot.com , the Rap genius intimated  “ Staying indoors when I touch down GH…zoom calls only” To wit he Sarkodie will as a matter of saving cost, resort to zoom meetings for his engagements and other businesses when he returns to Ghana as a ...

The very controversial celebrity “ the almighty “ Abena Korkor is out again with another attack on her next victim and this time it is the well respected and musical superstar, Livingstone Etse Satekla -Stonebwoy In her latest tweet monitored by Trends Ghana News, the vociferous and very intelligent Young lady went Gaga dragging the Ghanaian star describing him as terrible in bed. She wrote “We share what we have! I am miserable so will share my misery. When you can’t harm yourself, provoke people so they harm you. Serial killers wish they could kill themselves but not courageous enough so they kill other people. @stonbwoy your sex is whack!”  It appears the controversial celebrity is not stopping anytime soon and has a lot more in the fridge and will continue to serialize same. It is alleged Abena is suffering from a disorder which she actually admitted in some of her usual posts.. TrendsGhanaNews will keep you updated in further developments as far as this emerging story is conce...