Fire Service intervention prevents gas explosion

 
 The timely intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) prevented a gas tanker from exploding at Akotsi Junction, near Budumburum in the Central Region last Thursday.

The gas tanker, which contained 13,880 litres of gas, was heading to Assin Fosu in the Central Region when the driver realised that the tanker was leaking.

The driver was said to have immediately called the fire service whose swift response prevented the gas from exploding.

The incident

Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, Mr Billy Anaglate, said firemen from the Budumburum Fire Station arrived at the scene within seven minutes of receiving the call around 2:54 p.m. last Thursday.

He said within seven hours firemen reduced the temperature of the gas which was on the verge of exploding, with foam chemical.

According to Mr Anaglate, the tanker, with registration number, GN9005-11, had loaded from Tema and was heading to Assin Fosu to offload when the driver noticed the leakage and parked to call the fire service.

The incident, Mr Anaglate said, was caused by a fault in a component of the tanker.

He said the remaining gas was salvaged and loaded into another tanker.

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2 Children burnt to death at Twemasen

Two children were burnt to death beyond recognition when fire gutted a house at Twemasen, a suburb of Offinso in the Ashanti Region.

Identified only as Nhyira, nine months old and Vanessa, two years, the children were said to be sleeping when their house was caught up in flames last Monday.

Their mother, who is believed to be a health worker at the Offinso Health Centre, managed to escape from the house, but she is yet to be located.

Her disappearance has since made it difficult for personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Offinso to investigate the matter.

The remains of the two kids have been deposited at the morgue for autopsy.

The cause of the fire has not been ascertained, but some eyewitnesses have attributed it to a suspected electrical fault.

In separate interviews, they said it was around 10 p.m. last Monday when they heard the mother of the kids screaming for help.

The Acting Offinso Municipal Fire Officer, Assistant Divisional Officer (ADO) II, Mr K.E. Glalah, who briefed the Daily Graphic, said the GNFS received a distress call at around 11:16 p.m. last Monday that a house had caught fire at Twemasen in Offinso.

He said upon arrival at the scene, the fire had already engulfed the boys’ quarters attached to a six-bedroom house.

Mr Glalah said with the help of personnel from the Offinso office of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and residents, the fire was brought under control before the remains of the deceased could be retrieved.

He said the GNFS was investigating the matter.

Ghana Announces Plans for Combat, Trainer, Transport Aircraft Buys

 
 GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama says his government has set aside $300 million for the purchase of new combat, trainer and transport aircraft to support United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Speaking at the opening of the Ghanaian Air Force’s new aircraft maintenance hangar and logistics warehouse at the Air Force Burma Camp in Accra, Mahama said the Air Force will get new Super Tucano light attack/trainer aircraft from Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, one CASA 295 heavy-lift transport aircraft from Airbus Military in Spain, Mi-17, Mi-35 attack and transport helicopters from Russia, and Harbin Z-9 helicopters from China.
He said the new aircraft will be used to secure the country and support UN peacekeeping operations in several nations.
“We must sustain the atmosphere of peace and security needed for the development of all sectors of the country. To do that, we must continue to invest in the latest equipment not only for the Air Force, but for all the security agencies,” he added.
Mahama said the aircraft are due for delivery by the end of 2015. The new aircraft hangar, which has fire fighting facilities, ambulance service, and servicing and maintenance facilities, was financed by the Brazilian National Bank of Social and Economic Development. The hangar is equipped with a bus, a fire combat vehicle, an ambulance, a refueling truck, a self-supporting water supply system and power generators.
The hangar is the Air Force’s third aircraft storage and maintenance facility. The others are located in the cities of Tamali and Takoradi.
Mahama said the commissioning of the new hangar marks a new era in Brazilian-Ghanaian relations as the South American country continues to bankroll the economic and security needs of the West African nation.
Air Vice Marshal Michael Samson Oje, Air Force chief of Air Staff, said the hangar would serve the maintenance and safety needs of all aircraft and improve transport expertise and technology.
“We in the Air Force are not oblivious of the fact that these aircraft maintenance hangars are national assets borne out of the sweat of the taxpayer. We promise to maintain and take good care of these vital assets. We also promise to use them judiciously to perform our tasks efficiently to the benefit of our beloved nation,” he added.
The Ghanaian armed forces is engaged in UN peacekeeping operations in Mali, Ivory Coast, South Sudan and Lebanon.
Brazil is also funding establishment of the Ghanaian Flight Training School, several road projects and the construction of an international airport in the central city of Tamale.

Rockstone Caused My Exit From VIP.... PROMZY Breaks Long Silence At Last

 
Reliable information reaching the Clock Newspaper indicates that Emmanuel Ababio known in showbiz circles as Promzy did not resign from Nima based hip-life group VIP (Vision In Progress) as was initially speculated. Promzy who was part of the formation rocks of the award winning group said he was sacked by hip life grand papa, Reggie Rockstone. He is accusing Reginald Osei, Reggie Rockstone for masterminding the decision to sack him from the Vision In Progress (VIP) group he formed with his partners two decades ago.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with this reporter at the VIP hotel in Patase, Kumasi, Promzy narrated his part of the story for the first time to clarify the news that made headlines in showbiz circles a couple of months back that he had left VIP for personal reasons. Promzy established that he did not leave the group for personal reasons as it has been speculated in the media.
According to Promzy, everything was well with him and his “brothers” until Reggie Rockstone came into the picture, “we were cool and had made plans for a new project we were about to get underway only for me to hear that I had been replaced by Reggie” he noted.

Promzy, who could not hold back his tears during the entire period of the interview challenged his former group members to produce his resignation letter if they claim he resigned or left the group on his own, “where is the resignation letter, ask Reggie to produce the resignation letter that paved way for him to join the group” he said while shedding tears, insisting that the God father of hiplife was the one behind his fallout from the legendary hip hife group, VIP.
It will be recalled that sometime last year, it was highly publicized in the media that Promzy had left music group, Vision In Progress (VIP), after almost two decades of doing music with them for personal reasons. The group, also made up of Joseph Nana Ofori (Prodigal), and Abdul Hamid Ibrahim (Lazzy now Zeal) came out to confirm the news through their manager and consequently through interviews.
VIP went commercial in 1998 and over the years has been one of, if not, Ghana’s best music groups. The group was founded by Friction (Musah Haruna) and an unnamed friend who later left the group for the U.S. to finish his education. Friction later assembled four young talented musicians, Promzy, Lazzy, Prodigal, Bone to form the group. Bone left shortly after that.
Friction, after VIP released their second album, left the group explaining he felt it was time for him to embark on a solo career.
The remaining members of the group, Promzy, Zeal, Prodigal, thrilled Ghanaians with several hit songs and scooping several awards but Promzy suddenly exited the group to the shock and dismay of Ghanaians.

This he said was masterminded by the hip-life grandpapa, Reggie Rockstone who officially joined the group some few months ago.  

Kwaw Kesse denied bail and could face up to 10 years imprisonment.

 
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court has remanded Hiplife artiste, Emmanuel Botchway, popularly known as Kwaw Kese, into prison custody for allegedly smoking cannabis in public. Kwaw Kese was arrested Saturday at a wine shop close to Plus Two pub at Nhyiaseo, a suburb of Kumasi. He was denied bail upon arrest, and was remanded in police custody until he appeared in court on Monday. However, the court, presided over by Judge William Boampong remanded him to reappear on December 8 after persecutors argued that they were still investigating the matter. The self-styled King of the Streets was put before court and formally charged with using narcotic drug without lawful authority A somber-looking Kwaw Kese was escorted into a police van and sent to the Kumasi Central Prison which will serve as his new home for two weeks until he returns to court
According to ASP Charles Appiah, Head of Drug Law Enforcement Unit, a police patrol team saw Kwaw smoking the cannabis on Saturday and arrested him. Kwaw Kese’s lawyer, Kwasi Baoitey, argued that the substance had not been confirmed to be cannabis and there was no justification to continue holding him. He told the court that cigarettes can be mistaken for cannabis and until the substance was confirmed by a laboratory, the musician ought to be presumed to be innocent and therefore granted bail. ASP Appiah however says “We all know cannabis and he will not deny, he hasn’t denied,” the policeman said. Kwaw’s lawyer further argued that there was no justification to continue to detain him because he cannot interfere with any police investigations. ASP Mohammed Tanko, Ashanti Regional Police PRO speaking on Dwaso Nsem on Adom FM earlier, said Kwaw Kese could face a minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment if found guilty

Tiffany’s Sextape: Fuse ODG Finally Breaks Silence On Tiffany’s Sextape

 

Ghanaian-born-UK-based Afrobeats sensation, Fuse ODG has disclosed that female musician, Itz Tiffany’s leaked nude videos will not affect their record label.
Soloist Itz Tiffany, who is known in real life as Tiffany Owusu Hayden, signed onto Off-Da-Ground (ODG) Record Label in the United Kingdom which is headed by Fuse ODG on May 26, 2014.
According to Fuse ODG, born Nana Richard Abiona, there is no way the circulation of her sexually-explicit videos will affect his label’s contract with the bubbly musician.
He said this during an interview with Blakk Rasta on the Taxi Driver Show on Hitz FM. “The sex tapes will not affect the record label,” he said.
The videos, which were recorded while the musician was legally married to Frank Kwame Gambrah, her ex-husband, went viral on social media a few weeks ago.
Fuse ODG said Tiffany is human, an artist, and also a good friend, therefore all he can do is to support her in such trying times.
“She’s an artist and a friend, I’m there for her as a friend so am trying to be there for her,” he added.