‘Sakawa’ woman reveals secrets

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• william 12 years ago

  STOP LOOKING FOR SHORT CUTS AND THE EASY WAY OUT! READ BIOGRAPHIES OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE NOT SUCCUMB TO BAD PEER PRESSURE! AND ABOVE ALL BELIEVE IN GOD AND IN YOURSELF, NOT MATERIALS AND 'gods'!

  STOP LOOKING FOR SHORT CUTS AND THE EASY WAY OUT! READ BIOGRAPHIES OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE NOT SUCCUMB TO BAD PEER PRESSURE! AND ABOVE ALL BELIEVE IN GOD AND IN YOURSELF, NOT MATERIALS AND 'gods'!

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• NEMESIS ARROW, UK 12 years ago

  GHANAIAN "SAKAWA" CRIMINAL "ENTERPRISE EXPOSED!
  
  PUBLIC AWARENESS ADVISORY REGARDING ""SAKAWA" OR "ADVANCE FEE FRAUD" SCHEMES
  
  SAKAWA AND SEKADRO Schemes frequently use the following tactics:
  
  An individual or company r ...
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  GHANAIAN "SAKAWA" CRIMINAL "ENTERPRISE EXPOSED!
  
  PUBLIC AWARENESS ADVISORY REGARDING ""SAKAWA" OR "ADVANCE FEE FRAUD" SCHEMES
  
  SAKAWA AND SEKADRO Schemes frequently use the following tactics:
  
  An individual or company receives a letter or fax from an alleged "official" representing a foreign government or agency;
  An offer is made to transfer millions of dollars in "over invoiced contract" funds into your personal bank account;
  You are encouraged to travel overseas to complete the transaction;
  You are requested to provide blank company letterhead forms, banking account information, telephone/fax numbers;
  You receive numerous documents with official looking stamps, seals and logo testifying to the authenticity of the proposal;
  Eventually you must provide up-front or advance fees for various taxes, attorney fees, transaction fees or bribes;
  Other forms of 4-1-9 schemes include: c.o.d. of goods or services, real estate ventures, purchases of crude oil at reduced prices, beneficiary of a will, recipient of an award and paper currency conversion.
  If you have already lost funds in pursuit of the above described scheme, please contact the U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C. at 202-406-5850 or by e-mail.
  
  Ghanaian "SAKAWA" Advance Fee Fraud Overview
  
  The perpetrators of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as "4-1-9" , SAKAWA or SEKAKURO.
  
  Unfortunately, there is a perception that no one is prone to enter into such an obviously suspicious relationship. However, a large number of victims are enticed into believing they have been singled out from the masses to share in multi-million dollar windfall profits for doing absolutely nothing. It is also a misconception that the victim's bank account is requested so the culprit can plunder it -- this is not the primary reason for the account request -- merely a signal they have hooked another victim.
  
  In almost every case there is a sense of urgency;
  The victim is enticed to travel to Ghanaian or a border country;
  There are many forged official looking documents;
  Most of the correspondence is handled by fax or through the mail;
  Blank letterheads and invoices are requested from the victim along with the banking particulars;
  Any number of Ghanaian fees are requested for processing the transaction with each fee purported to be the last required;
  The confidential nature of the transaction is emphasized;
  There are usually claims of strong ties to Ghanaians officials;
  A Ghanaian residing in the U.S., London or other foreign venue may claim to be a clearing house bank for the Central Bank of Ghanaian;
  Offices in legitimate government buildings appear to have been used by impostors posing as the real occupants or officials.
  The most common forms of these fraudulent business proposals fall into seven main categories:
  
  Disbursement of money from wills
  Contract fraud (C.O.D. of goods or services)
  Purchase of real estate
  Conversion of hard currency
  Transfer of funds from over invoiced contracts
  Sale of crude oil at below market prices
  The most prevalent and successful cases of Advance Fee Fraud is the fund transfer scam. In this scheme, a company or individual will typically receive an unsolicited letter by mail from a Ghanaian claiming to be a senior civil servant. In the letter, the Ghanaian will inform the recipient that he is seeking a reputable foreign company or individual into whose account he can deposit funds ranging from $10-$60 million that the Ghanaian government overpaid on some procurement contract.
  
  The criminals obtain the names of potential victims from a variety of sources including trade journals, professional directories, newspapers, and commercial libraries. They do not target a single company, but rather send out mailings en masse. The sender declares that he is a senior civil servant in one of the Ghanaian Ministries, usually the Ghanaian National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The letters refer to investigations of previous contracts awarded by prior regimes alleging that many contracts were over invoiced. Rather than return the money to the government, they desire to transfer the money to a foreign account. The sums to be transferred average between $10,000,000 to $60,000,000 and the recipient is usually offered a commission up to 30 percent for assisting in the transfer.
  
  Initially, the intended victim is instructed to provide company letterheads and pro forma invoicing that will be used to show completion of the contract. One of the reasons is to use the victim's letterhead to forge letters of recommendation to other victim companies and to seek out a travel visa from the American Embassy in Accra. The victim is told that the completed contracts will be submitted for approval to the Central Bank of Ghanaian. Upon approval, the funds will be remitted to an account supplied by the intended victim.
  
  The goal of the criminal is to delude the target into thinking that he is being drawn into a very lucrative, albeit questionable, arrangement. The intended victim must be reassured and confident of the potential success of the deal. He will become the primary supporter of the scheme and willingly contribute a large amount of money when the deal is threatened. The term "when" is used because the con-within-the-con is the scheme will be threatened in order to persuade the victim to provide a large sum of money to save the venture.
  
  The letter, while appearing transparent and even ridiculous to most, unfortunately is growing in its effectiveness. It sets the stage and is the opening round of a two-layered scheme or scheme within a scheme. The fraudster will eventually reach someone who, while skeptical, desperately wants the deal to be genuine.
  
  Victims are almost always requested to travel to Ghanaian or a border country to complete a transaction. Individuals are often told that a visa will not be necessary to enter the country. The Ghanaian con artists may then bribe airport officials to pass the victims through Immigration and Customs. Because it is a serious offense in Ghanaian to enter without a valid visa, the victim's illegal entry may be used by the fraudsters as leverage to coerce the victims into releasing funds. Violence and threats of physical harm may be employed to further pressure victims. In June of 1995, an American was murdered in Accra, Ghana, while pursuing a 4-1-9 scam, and numerous other foreign nationals have been reported as missing.
  
  Victims are often convinced of the authenticity of Advance Fee Fraud schemes by the forged or false documents bearing apparently official Ghanaian government letterhead, seals, as well as false letters of credit, payment schedules and bank drafts. The fraudster may establish the credibility of his contacts, and thereby his influence, by arranging a meeting between the victim and "government officials" in real or fake government offices.
  
  In the next stage some alleged problem concerning the "inside man" will suddenly arise. An official will demand an up-front bribe or an unforeseen tax or fee to the Ghanaian government will have to be paid before the money can be transferred. These can include licensing fees, registration fees, and various forms of taxes and attorney fees. Normally each fee paid is described as the very last fee required. Invariably, oversights and errors in the deal are discovered by the Ghanaians, necessitating additional payments and allowing the scheme to be stretched out over many months.
  
  Several reasons have been submitted why Ghanaian Advance Fee Fraud has undergone a dramatic increase in recent years. The explanations are as diverse as the types of schemes. The Ghanaian Government blames the growing problem on mass unemployment, extended family systems, a get rich quick syndrome, and, especially, the greed of foreigners.
  
  Indications are that Advance Fee Fraud grosses hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the losses are continuing to escalate. In all likelihood, there are victims who do not report their losses to authorities due to either fear or embarrassment.
  
  In response to this growing epidemic, the United States Secret Service established "Operation SAKAWA" designed to target Ghanaian Advance Fee Fraud on an international basis. The Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service receives approximately 100 telephone calls from victims/potential victims and 300-500 pieces of related correspondence per day.
  
  Secret Service agents have been assigned on a temporary basis to the American Embassy in Accra to address the problem in that arena. Agents have established liaison with Ghanaian officials, briefed other embassies on the widespread problem, and have assisted in the extrication of U.S. citizens in distress.
  
  If you have been victimized by one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by e-mail.

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• CONTEMNOR 12 years ago

  What are ‘Nigerian 419’ scams?
  
  A ‘Nigerian’ scam is a form of upfront payment or money transfer scam. They are called Nigerian scams because the first wave of them came from Nigeria, but they can come from anywhere ...
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  What are ‘Nigerian 419’ scams?
  
  A ‘Nigerian’ scam is a form of upfront payment or money transfer scam. They are called Nigerian scams because the first wave of them came from Nigeria, but they can come from anywhere in the world. The ‘4-1-9’ part of the name comes from the section of Nigeria’s Criminal Code which outlaws the practice.
  
  The scammers usually contact you by email or letter and offer you a share in a large sum of money that they want to transfer out of their country. They may tell you about money trapped in central banks during civil wars or coups, often in countries currently in the news. Or they may tell you about massive inheritances that are difficult to access because of government restrictions or taxes in the scammer’s country.
  
  Scammers ask you to pay money or give them your bank account details to help them transfer the money. You are then asked to pay fees, charges or taxes to help release or transfer the money out of the country through your bank. These ‘fees’ may even start out as quite small amounts. If paid, the scammer make up new fees that require payment before you can receive your ‘reward’. They will keep making up these excuses until they think they have got all the money they can out of you. You will never be sent the money that was promised.
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  Warning signs
  
  You receive an offer out of the blue to ‘help’ someone from another country transfer their money out of their country (e.g. Sierra Leone, Nigeria or Iraq).
  The offer sets out a long and often sad story about why the money cannot be transferred by the scammer. This usually involves an inheritance or profits from natural resources that the scammer might say they are trying to protect from taxes or a corrupt government.
  You are offered a percentage of the total amount transferred in return for your assistance.
  The amount of money to be transferred, and the payment that the scammer promises to you if you help, is usually very large.
  The email or letter is in very polite, but broken English.
  
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  Protect yourself from Nigerian scams
  
  If it looks too good to be true—it probably is.
  
  Remember there are no get-rich-quick schemes: the only people who make money are the scammers.
  Do not let anyone pressure you into making decisions about money or investments: always get independent financial advice.
  Do not open suspicious or unsolicited emails (spam): delete them.
  NEVER reply to a spam email (even to unsubscribe).
  Never send your personal, credit card or online account details through an email.
  Money laundering is a criminal offence: do not agree to transfer money for someone else.
  
  As well as following these specific tips, find out how to protect yourself from all sorts of other scams.
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  Do your homework
  
  If you have been approached by someone who claims to need your help transferring money out of their country, delete the email, throw away the letter or hang up the phone.
  
  Ask yourself—why would this person choose me to help them? You should also remember that money laundering could be a crime, and if you agree to help out the scammer you could be getting yourself in trouble.
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  Decide
  
  This type of approach is ALWAYS a scam. You should NEVER give out your personal or banking details to somebody you don’t know. Don’t let the fact that a letter sounds enticing or genuine trick you. If you still think the letter may be genuine, make sure you seek the advice of an independent professional (lawyer, accountant or financial planner) before committing any money
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  Report them
  
  If you have received a Nigerian scam offer, you can report a scam through the SCAMwatch website. You should also spread the word to your friends, family and colleagues to protect them.
  
  If you have sent money to someone overseas, or given out your bank account details, you should contact your bank immediately. You should also report it through the report a scam page of SCAMwatch.
  
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  See a money transfer scam example
  
  If you are able to recognise the warning signs, you can take an active role in reducing the likelihood of being a victim.
  
  We have published a range of example scams so you can see how the scammers trick you. Visit see-a-scam to help you learn how to recognise the warning signs.
  
  If you read the information on transferring money for someone else and study our money transfer scam examples, you will stand a much better chance of staying ahead of the scammers.
  
  Prevention is the most effective tool against scams.
  Have you been scammed?
  What to do if you've been scammed; Scams & the law; Report a scam.
  
  Similar scams:
  
  Up-front payment scams
  You are asked to send money upfront for a product or ‘reward’. You will end up with something much less than you expected, or nothing at all.
  
  Transferring money for someone else
  If you agree to transfer money for someone you don’t know, you let scammers use your bank account to ‘launder’ their dirty money. This puts you and your money in the firing line.
  
  Cheque overpayment scams
  You are sent a cheque for something you have sold, but it is for more than the amount agreed. The scammer hopes you will refund the extra money before you notice that their cheque has bounced.
  
  Requests for your account information ('phishing' scams)
  Phishing emails are fake emails usually pretending to be from banks or other financial institutions. They make up some reason for you to give your account details and then use these details to steal your money.
  
  Charity scams
  These scams play on your generosity and involve a scammer posing as a genuine charity in order to fraudulently collect money.

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• NEMESIS ARROW, UK 12 years ago

  Ghana is 3rd third most corrupt country - Latest Gallup poll report
  General News of Thursday, 31 October 2013
  Source: Joy Online
  
  Ghana has been ranked third most perceived corrupt country among 129 countries with free pr ...
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  Ghana is 3rd third most corrupt country - Latest Gallup poll report
  General News of Thursday, 31 October 2013
  Source: Joy Online
  
  Ghana has been ranked third most perceived corrupt country among 129 countries with free press.
  
  This is the latest corruption perception index report issued by Gallup. Ghana scored 89 percent behind Czech Republic and Lithuania.
  
  The Gallup report comes on the back of series of investigative reports pointing to corruption in various sectors.
  
  The latest Gallup poll was conducted between April and May 2012 on perception of countries with free and limited press around the world. Ghana was recognized among the countries with free press.
  
  The report shows that majority of people in the 108 out of 129 countries surveyed in April and May 2012, view corruption as widespread in their government. Ghana scored 89 per cent alongside Portugal, South Africa, Italy, Costa Rica and South Korea, all of which are recognized as free press countries.
  
  Among countries with a free press, the percentage of adults who say corruption is widespread in their government reaches as high as 94% in the Czech Republic and as low as 14% in Sweden.
  
  The ranking means that Ghana is now placed third among free press countries with the highest corruption perceptions worldwide.

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• CONTEMNOR 12 years ago

  NIGERIANS WERE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED ON THAT LIST.
  1. THEY HAVE NO FREE PRESS, HENCE NIGERIAN IDIOTS SUCH AS NEMESIS COME ON GHANAWEB TO FEED HIS IDLE IDIOTIC, ALATA,AKATA, 419 INFESTED BRAIN THAT NEARLY RUPTURED HIS MUMS MAGG ...
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  NIGERIANS WERE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED ON THAT LIST.
  1. THEY HAVE NO FREE PRESS, HENCE NIGERIAN IDIOTS SUCH AS NEMESIS COME ON GHANAWEB TO FEED HIS IDLE IDIOTIC, ALATA,AKATA, 419 INFESTED BRAIN THAT NEARLY RUPTURED HIS MUMS MAGGOT INFESTED PUSSY DURING LABOUR
  
  2.EVERYONE KNOWS THAT NIGERIA IS A FAILED STATE, NATION OF SCAMMERS, LOUD, UNCIVILICED, FOOLS
  
  3.GHANA IS GRADUALLY BEING INFLUENCED BY HUNGRY NIGERIANS HIDING IN OUR COUNTRY HENCE THE REPORT REFLECTS THE NATURE OF NIGERIANS IN GHANA

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• NEMESIS ARROW, UK 12 years ago

  Corruption has become a culture — Dr Akwetey
  General News of Sunday, 17 November 2013
  Source: graphic.com.gh
  
  The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has observed t ...
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  Corruption has become a culture — Dr Akwetey
  General News of Sunday, 17 November 2013
  Source: graphic.com.gh
  
  The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has observed that corruption is becoming a cultural problem in Ghana.
  
  “Ghanaians now tolerate corruption. It is a habit that has become a culture. It is like fire that is engulfing us. Money has become our greatest value which we have traded with integrity, honesty, moral code and so on. We need to fight the culture of corruption,” he said.
  
  Dr Akwetey was speaking in Accra, at the launch of “Speak–Up Accountability Media Watch Project”, an anti-corruption campaign aimed at educating Ghanaians on the anti-corruption laws and encouraging the public to report corruption.
  
  He stated that, “our society had become so engulfed by corruption that people no longer condemned those who stole from the public purse but rather praised them.”
  
  “People now know that when they go to jail and come back they will be treated as superstars,” he said.
  
  In politics, he added, politicians gave money to the electorates to get their votes “the understanding is that once you give me money to vote for you, when you are elected you must give me more money. That is why we hear our members of Parliament crying that the demands from the public are too many.”
  
  Dr Akwetey observed that the presidency, instead of empowering the anti-corruption law implementation agencies, were the focus whenever the issue of fighting corruption emerged.
  
  He said the implementation agencies were not living up to expectation because of the lack of resources and political interference.
  
  “We must advocate for the implementation agencies which are under-resourced to be resourced and strengthened, then we can monitor them to ensure that they work,” he said and added that those institutions were to fight corruption by investigating and making sure that corruption was punished.
  
  Speak–Up Project is a 14-month campaign by the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition and the Global Media Alliance, with support from Star Ghana to curb corruption, especially in the educational and health sectors.
  
  It is also to influence policy change relating to anti-corruption issues and would be implemented in the Western, Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana.
  
  Using the media platform, the project would educate the public on the Whistle Blowers Act 720 (2006) with the aim of encouraging people to ‘speak-up and stand up against all forms of corruption’
  
  Anti–corruption agencies and other stakeholders in the fight against corruption would be engaged in radio and television series on some selected media channels with the objective of educating the public on the Whistle-blower Act and the appropriate channels of reporting corruption issues.
  
  The Communications Officer of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, Beauty Nartey, explained that the public had little knowledge of the Whistle-blowers Act “but with this campaign, we will increase public education on the effect of corruption and let people know what the Whistle-blowers Act is all about and the role they have to play.”

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• CONTEMNOR 12 years ago

  'Like a butcher attacking a joint of meat': Court hears graphic details of how (NIGERIAN) Muslim convert held unconscious Lee Rigby by the hair as he hacked at his neck with cleaver
  
  Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael A ...
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  'Like a butcher attacking a joint of meat': Court hears graphic details of how (NIGERIAN) Muslim convert held unconscious Lee Rigby by the hair as he hacked at his neck with cleaver
  
  Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, accused of killing Fusilier
  Lee Rigby, 25, was 'mutilated and almost decapitated', Old Bailey hears
  Pair allegedly hit him at 40mph, dragged him into road and murdered him
  'They wanted public to see consequences of their barbarous acts,' jury told
  Suspects armed with 'meat cleaver, knives and a revolver', prosecution says
  Drummer Rigby's family, fiancée, and estranged wife all at the Old Bailey
  Suspects deny murdering Fusillier Rigby and attempted murder of policeman
  
  By Chris Greenwood, Rebecca Evans and Martin Robinson
  
  PUBLISHED: 10:52, 29 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:49, 29 November 2013
  
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  A Muslim convert held a British soldier by the hair and tried to hack off his head 'like a butcher attacking a joint of meat' after knocking him down with a car at 40mph, the Old Bailey heard today.
  
  Drummer Lee Rigby was 'mutilated, almost decapitated and murdered' by Michael Adebowale, 22, and Michael Adebolajo, 28, who ambushed him outside military barracks in Woolwich, South East London, the jury was told.
  
  The father-of-one, 25, almost had his head sliced off when his 'motionless' body was attacked in a 'cowardly and callous' execution, the prosecution has said.
  
  The family, fiancée and estranged wife of Lee Rigby were at the Old Bailey, but left the courtroom in tears when the jury was shown CCTV of the moment he was knocked down, dragged into the road and hacked to death.
  In the dock: Michael Adebolajo, 28, left, and Michael Adebowale, 22, right, surrounded by prison officers as they stand accused of murdering the Fusilier as he walked back to Woolwich Barracks on May 22
  
  In the dock: Michael Adebolajo, 28, left, and Michael Adebowale, 22, right, surrounded by prison officers as they stand accused of murdering the Fusilier as he walked back to Woolwich Barracks on May 22
  
  First day of trial: Family members and loved ones of murdered soldier Lee Rigby (left to right) Ian Rigby, his stepfather, fiancee Aimee West his sister Sara McClure and his mother Lyn Rigby arrive at the Old Bailey
  
  First day of trial: Family members and loved ones of murdered soldier Lee Rigby (left to right) Ian Rigby, his stepfather, fiancee Aimee West his sister Sara McClure and his mother Lyn Rigby arrive at the Old Bailey
  
  Death: Lee Rigby was allegedly run down in the street and hacked to death in south-east London in May
  
  Death: Lee Rigby was allegedly run down in the street and hacked to death in south-east London in May
  
  Opening the case against them today, a jury was told the men committed a 'heinous' act.
  
  Richard Whittam QC said Drummer Rigby was hit by their car at up to 40mph as he crossed the road, leaving him helpless on the ground, before his alleged killers dragged him into the road.
  LEE RIGBY: OLD BAILEY TOLD ABOUT LIFE LOST AT WOOLWICH
  Drummer Lee Rigby relaxing on leave from the army
  
  Lee Rigby, right, joined the Army in July 2006 and joined the Corps of Drums and posted to the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the jury was told.
  
  His first posting was in 2006 to Cyprus. In 2007, he joined the Corps of Drums in the machine gun platoon on a mission to Jordan where he learned to be a machine gunner.
  
  The battalion returned to London in 2008 and he became an 'integral member' of the Corps of Drums.
  
  His public duties included being part of the Household Division’s Beating the Retreat on Horse Guards, a 'special honour for an infantry Corps of Drums.'
  
  In 2009, he joined operations in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, serving as a machine gunner as part of a fire support group.
  
  On his return to Britain, he completed a second tour of public duties and then moved to Germany where he was held in readiness for 'contingency operations' as part of the Small Scale Contingency Battle Group.
  
  In 2011, Fusilier Rigby took up a recruiting post in London where he also assisted with duties at regimental headquarters in the Tower of London and was based at Woolwich barracks.
  
  He was 'callously' murdered on May 22 this year, the prosecution said today.
  
  'The two men were armed with a meat cleaver and knives. They also had a firearm, a revolver, with them,' Mr Whittam said.
  
  'The driver (Adebolajo) was carrying a cleaver in his hand. He knelt down by Lee Rigby and took hold of his hair. He then repeatedly hacked at the right side of his neck just below the jawline with considerable force.
  
  'At the same time as Michael Adebolajo used the meat cleaver, Michael Adebowale was using a knife to stab and cut at Lee Rigby's body.'
  
  Amanda Bailey saw the events from inside her Peugeot 206, the jury heard.
  
  She saw the Tigra strike Fusilier Rigby and carry him until the car crashed into a road sign.
  
  'The young man flew off the bonnet and landed about two feet in front of the car,' Mr Whittam said.
  
  'She (Bailey) saw that his eyes were open but they looked frozen.'
  
  Shopkeeper Ibrahim Elidemir and Saraj Miah, who described the car hitting Lee Rigby at a 'terrible speed', the court heard.
  
  Mr Miah told the two men 'Don't kill him' but the passenger took out a gun and aimed it at him.
  
  Greenwich Borough Council electrician Thomas Seymour, saw a man attack the neck of Fusilier Rigby.
  
  Mr Whittam told the jury: 'Mr Seymour 'instantly believed that he was trying to cut the victim's head off'.'
  
  Another witness, Gary Perkins, described the defendant's actions as being 'like a butcher attacking a joint of meat'.
  
  Mr Whittam added: 'They wanted the members of the public present to see the consequences of what can only be described their barbarous acts.
  
  'They had committed a cowardly and callous murder by deliberately attacking an unarmed man in civilian clothes from behind using a vehicle as a weapon and then they murdered him and mutilated his body with that meat cleaver and knives.'
  Opening statements: Michael Adebolajo (left) and Michael Adebowale (second left) sat quietly as the prosecution accused them of running down Lee Rigby before hacking him to death
  
  Opening statements: Michael Adebolajo (left) and Michael Adebowale (second left) sat quietly as the prosecution accused them of running down Lee Rigby before hacking him to death
  
  Father-of-one Mr Rigby, from Middleton, Rochdale, Lancs, died from multiple wounds after being attacked shortly after 2pm on May 22.
  
  Adebowale, also known as Ismail Ibn Abdullah and Adebolajo, also known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza, sat in the dock in silence.
  
  The two defendants, both wearing casual clothes, were flanked by seven prison guards.
  
  Relatives, friends and colleagues of Drummer Rigby sat a short distance from the men, screened by paper erected against the glass of the side of the dock.
  
  Adebolajo and Adebowale deny murdering Drummer Rigby, conspiracy to murder a police officer and attempted murder.
  Security: A prison van carrying accused Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale arrives at the Old Bailey
  
  Security: A prison van carrying accused Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale arrives at the Old Bailey
  Police: An armed City of London convoy escorts the prison van containing the Woolwich murder suspects
  
  Police: An armed City of London convoy escorts the prison van containing the Woolwich murder suspects
  SUSPECT BOUGHT FIVE KNIVES AND AND SHARPENER FROM ARGOS ON DAY BEFORE LEE RIGBY'S 'MURDER'
  Michael Adebolajo
  
  The Old Bailey jury were today told about what Adebolajo, right at a previous hearing, and Adebowale did in the 48 hours before Fusilier Rigby died.
  
  The jury was shown images including maps indicating where each suspect lived, and an aerial photograph of the barracks.
  
  Adebowale last saw his father on May 19 and they arranged to meet the following day but Adebowale failed to show up at Charing Cross station, the court heard.
  
  Mr Whittam added: 'The next time his father was to see him was when he watched the news on May 22.'
  
  The Vauxhall Tigra allegedly used to knock down Lee Rigby was seen in Lewisham at 1.52pm on May 21, and at 2.01pm Adebolajo went to the Lewisham branch of Argos where he purchased a five-piece set of kitchen knives in a block and a knife sharpener, the jury was told.
  
  The vehicle was seen leaving the area around his home at 8am on May 22 with Adebolajo driving, the court heard.
  
  Adebolajo filled up with petrol but told the shop he did not have any money or identification, Mr Whittam said, and produced a Koran, but did not want to leave the book there.
  
  He offered his phone as security and told the shop assistant not to answer if it rang, the jury heard.
  
  After a trip home, Adebolajo returned and paid for the petrol and then headed towards Adebowale's address at around 9.30am, It is alleged.
  
  Father-of-one Mr Rigby, from Middleton, Rochdale, Lancs, died from multiple wounds after being attacked shortly after 2pm on May 22.
  
  Earlier, Mr Whittam told the jury the circumstances of Drummer Rigby's death are 'shocking'.
  
  He said: 'It is important that you do not let emotion or sympathy affect your judgement in this case.
  
  'The prosecution seeks only true verdicts on the evidence as you find it to be, nothing more and nothing less.'
  
  Mr Whittam said the attack was in 'distinct contrast' to the 'bravery and decency' shown by witnesses.
  
  He said: 'Despite the abhorrence of the scene one woman went up to the lifeless body of Lee Rigby and stroked him to provide some comfort and humanity to what had unfolded.
  
  'Others went to see if they could provide first aid. Another woman engaged Michael Adebolajo in conversation despite the fact that he was still holding the meat cleaver and his hands were covered in blood.'
  
  After the murder Adebolajo 'brandished' the gun at a lorry driver as the killers passed the weapon between them, the court heard.
  
  Mr Whittam said that they used the gun to frighten off bystanders as they waited for police.
  
  When a police vehicle stopped in the middle of the road, both men moved 'immediately' towards it.
  Adebolajo moved more quickly, raising the meat cleaver above his head and getting 'very close' to the officers.
  
  Adebowale, who was running along a wall, raised the gun - which was not loaded - and aimed it at police.
  
  Mr Whittam said: 'The vehicle contained armed police officers who were forced to engage with both defendants with live ammunition.'
  
  Both men were 'shot and detained' before police started first aid which saved their lives, the jury was told.
  
  The court heard the risk to the public was 'very real' and the attack took place 'within yards' of Mulgrave Primary School.
  
  Children returning to school from the library were turned back by members of the public so they did not see the 'awful scene'.
  Grief: Flowers were left at the spot in Woolwich where Drummer Lee Rigby died on May 22 this year
  
  Grief: Flowers were left at the spot in Woolwich where Drummer Lee Rigby died on May 22 this year
  
  'Others did see what happened, the young, old, and a heavily pregnant woman took refuge on a bus once she heard gunshots,' Mr Whittam said.
  Tragedy: Drummer Lee Rigby relaxing on leave from the army in the year before his death
  
  Tragedy: Drummer Lee Rigby relaxing on leave from the army in the year before his death
  
  Some of the bullets fired by police missed the men and hit an adjacent wall and a wiring box below a block of flats.
  
  The jury were told they will be shown CCTV and photographs showing how close innocent people were to the atrocity.
  
  Michael Adebolajo was born in Lewisham and is aged 28, the Old Bailey heard.
  
  At the time of the attack he was living at the time in Forest Hill, south London.
  
  Michael Adebowale was born in Eltham, South London and is aged 22. He lived in Greenwich.
  
  The court heard he was brought up a Christian and converted to Islam when he was 17.
  
  His parents continued to call him by his middle name, Tobi, even after his conversion to Islam when he adopted the name Ismael.
  
  Mr Whittam told the jury that both men 'planned to kill Drummer Rigby and took weapons to the scene.
  
  He said they also conspired to kill a police officer, waiting at the murder scene for officers to arrive.
  
  'It is clear there was an agreement to attack police when they arrived,' he said.
  
  Mr Whittam said the pair also attempted to kill a police officer and almost succeeded.
  
  He said: 'What would have happened if the police officers had not been armed, or that the police officer in the rear seat had not acted as swiftly and effectively as he did?'
  
  He added that Adebolajo may claim he was trying to force police to shoot him.
  
  Mr Whittam said: 'It matters not that he might have caused a police officer to shoot him or that he might have lost his life in the process.'
  
  The trial continues.

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• NEMESIS ARROW, UK 12 years ago

  Gory: Father beheads stepdaughter for ritual purposes
  Crime & Punishment of Friday, 11 October 2013
  Source: Daily Graphic
  
  
  The entire Kyekyewere community in the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality in the Western Region was thro ...
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  Gory: Father beheads stepdaughter for ritual purposes
  Crime & Punishment of Friday, 11 October 2013
  Source: Daily Graphic
  
  
  The entire Kyekyewere community in the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality in the Western Region was thrown into a state of shock when a resident of the community beheaded his four-year-old stepdaughter.
  
  The suspect, identified as Kwesi Qaison, 45, was said to have beheaded the stepdaughter, Effua Otoo, for ritual purposes, but an angry mob lynched him afterwards.
  
  After beheading the girl, Qaison wrapped the head in a plastic bag and headed for the lorry station.
  
  But the bloodstains on his trail led a passer-by to locate the headless body of the girl in a room.
  
  The passer-by then shouted for help, resulting in neighbours giving Qaison a hot chase to the lorry station.
  
  Although the suspect had boarded a vehicle, some passengers alerted the driver to stop, since there was a mob chasing the vehicle.
  
  When the vehicle pulled up, Qaison was mercilessly beaten up by the mob before being handed over to the police, who then rushed him to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly on arrival.
  
  The bodies of the little girl and Qaison have been deposited at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, while the police continue their investigations.
  
  Little Otoo’s mother, stunned by her husband’s action, collapsed after she had been told of what had happened to her daughter.
  
  When contacted, the Tarkwa Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Paul Ayitey, said the police expected Otoo’s mother to help the police in their investigations when she regained consciousness.

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• CONTEMNOR 12 years ago

  I HATE NIGERIANS PERIOD

  I HATE NIGERIANS PERIOD

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• NEMESIS ARROW, UK 12 years ago

  I'M VERY VERY HAPPY THAT I SUCCEEDED IN MAKING YOUR BLOOD BOILS. THE NEXT THING FOR YOU MOTHERFUCKER GHANAIAN BASTARD SON OF KAJETIA PROSITUTE BITCH, 'CONTEMPTIBLE CONTEMNOR' IS TO DISAPPEAR FOREVER. YOUR HATRED FOR NIGERIAN ...
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  I'M VERY VERY HAPPY THAT I SUCCEEDED IN MAKING YOUR BLOOD BOILS. THE NEXT THING FOR YOU MOTHERFUCKER GHANAIAN BASTARD SON OF KAJETIA PROSITUTE BITCH, 'CONTEMPTIBLE CONTEMNOR' IS TO DISAPPEAR FOREVER. YOUR HATRED FOR NIGERIANS WILL SURELY GIVE YOU HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION AND YOU WILL DIE LIKE A CHICKEN AND WE NIGERIANS WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND PROSPER FOREVER AND EVER. YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBER CONTEMNOR.
  
  I AM YOUR NEMESIS
  nemesisrocket@rocketmail.com

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• ROMANO 12 years ago

  YES U ARE A FOOL, STUPID AND IDIOT PLUS AN ASS @ WISE-TALK CONCEIVED THRU ANAL & BLOW JOB, COCK SUCKER BABY LIKE U. THE BEST WISH IN LIFE FOR ANY NIGERIA MAN IS TO DATE OR MARRY GH WOMAN,...ABI NA DIS ONE BE TRUE TALK OH OLON ...
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  YES U ARE A FOOL, STUPID AND IDIOT PLUS AN ASS @ WISE-TALK CONCEIVED THRU ANAL & BLOW JOB, COCK SUCKER BABY LIKE U. THE BEST WISH IN LIFE FOR ANY NIGERIA MAN IS TO DATE OR MARRY GH WOMAN,...ABI NA DIS ONE BE TRUE TALK OH OLONG. THAT BE WHY MOST OF UR ANAGO MEN DEY RUN TO THAT UR 419 SCAM PROPHET TUBERCULOSIS JOSHUA FOR DELIVERANCE .JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT GH WOMEN ARE BETTER THAN UR ALATA WOMEN, MY GH SISTER'S ARE CLEANER,BEAUTIFUL,NO BODY SMELL SWEET & TIGHT PUSSY, DIG DAT HUH ? HAHAAAA ALATA WOMEN DEY STINK WELL WELL, U GO FIT BANG GH WOMAN ALL NIGHT NO PROBLEM BUT THE MOMENT ANAGO WOMAN TAKES OF HER UNDERWEAR FOR SEX ABI WAHALA IN PARADISE . YEYE MAN FROM YEYE COUNTRY OLOODAAA

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• CONTEMNOR 12 years ago

  NEMESIS SON OF LAGOS PROSTITUTE. YOU WILL DIE LIKE RAT, STUPID FOOL, OMOBRUKU, OLUSHI, NIGERIANS WILL BURN IN HELL.YOU NEVER SUCCEED IN LIFE, ABOA BI BA, KWASEA TO. PAYIN KWASEA, WO NI TWEASE.

  NEMESIS SON OF LAGOS PROSTITUTE. YOU WILL DIE LIKE RAT, STUPID FOOL, OMOBRUKU, OLUSHI, NIGERIANS WILL BURN IN HELL.YOU NEVER SUCCEED IN LIFE, ABOA BI BA, KWASEA TO. PAYIN KWASEA, WO NI TWEASE.

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• AKK 12 years ago

  Someone just thought this story. Bull crap.

  Someone just thought this story. Bull crap.

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• NOT DESPERATE BUT DETERMINED 12 years ago

  This woman is ready to work. And she is willed to take up a job. Very DETERMINED and of course DESPERATE IN HER FRUSTRATION. When government employers will demand sex before interview and subsequently deny her of the promise ...
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  This woman is ready to work. And she is willed to take up a job. Very DETERMINED and of course DESPERATE IN HER FRUSTRATION. When government employers will demand sex before interview and subsequently deny her of the promised job, what do you expect.

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• Tettegah 12 years ago

  How is this lady who decieves people into giving her money with promises of homosexual/heterosexual relations different from the boss who demands sex for a job? With her skills on the computer why can't she come up with an h ...
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  How is this lady who decieves people into giving her money with promises of homosexual/heterosexual relations different from the boss who demands sex for a job? With her skills on the computer why can't she come up with an honest idea for making a living. She wants to be a civil servant so that she can also chop some of the government money without accountability.

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• Say it again 12 years ago

  Why cant she pay for the GHC 600 from the dollars she had earn so far?

  Why cant she pay for the GHC 600 from the dollars she had earn so far?

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• Pro G H A N A 12 years ago

  Yes, there are jobs! But there are many just graduate, who think, they have to get a top-job with top-payment, as the are GRADUATED and are now so educated... Just see Ghanaweb Job classifieds..!
  No graduate can expect to ge ...
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  Yes, there are jobs! But there are many just graduate, who think, they have to get a top-job with top-payment, as the are GRADUATED and are now so educated... Just see Ghanaweb Job classifieds..!
  No graduate can expect to get a top-job, after just finishing that few years education! But yes, there are jobs! What about sales agent? Earn as you WORK! Graduates think, I am now EDUCATED, I am someone. I have to get THAT job... office job if possible...
  Folks! Stop being graduate idiots! Accept, that there are every year lots of graduates, expecting exactly the e same! Apply for a NURSING training! There are so many useful jobs out there!

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• K.Y. Asante 12 years ago

  They should go abroad and see. Some Ph.D holders are driving taxis just to survive. Asabee and Kofi Jumah were driving taxis in London and Newark, NJ respectively.
  
  However, the Ghanaian graduate would not take anything b ...
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  They should go abroad and see. Some Ph.D holders are driving taxis just to survive. Asabee and Kofi Jumah were driving taxis in London and Newark, NJ respectively.
  
  However, the Ghanaian graduate would not take anything below his standard. Because they think they have been to university so they are better than everybody.
  
  If they can't get government jobs they should set-up their own businesses. The government cannot give employment to every Ghanaian.

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• YAW 12 years ago

  how do you set up your own business without capital or enough co-lat security to secure a bank loan?

  how do you set up your own business without capital or enough co-lat security to secure a bank loan?

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• sisi 12 years ago

  Indeed, you can set up your own business without a bank loan if you really think creatively. people start up in their rooms,internet cafes´etc. If you know where you are going you will not mind starting from the bottom. I on ...
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  Indeed, you can set up your own business without a bank loan if you really think creatively. people start up in their rooms,internet cafes´etc. If you know where you are going you will not mind starting from the bottom. I once advised a national service girl whose family sold waakye to see her through university to deliver hot packs at lunch time to offices while waiting for permanent employment and she was offended. How does she think Koko King or KFC started - with brightly painted shops and delivery vans on the first day?

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• Janet 12 years ago

  Look,I am a graduate in marketing and supply .
  What does it mean? I am doing my own business,buy and sell,big time.

  Look,I am a graduate in marketing and supply .
  What does it mean? I am doing my own business,buy and sell,big time.

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• DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

  She claimed of becoming a civil servant in a government institution in the capital and yet after “Sakawaing” for years, she still was unable to go back to the so-called government administration that according to her dema ...
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  She claimed of becoming a civil servant in a government institution in the capital and yet after “Sakawaing” for years, she still was unable to go back to the so-called government administration that according to her demanded GH¢600.00 off from her previously after making hundreds of dollars as INTERNET SAKAWA BABE? Oh please!!!
  
  In fact, this liar of a fraudster should have been arrested instead after her interview with the press, period.

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• ZIGI 12 years ago

  SAKAWA WOMAN REVEALS SECRETS

  SAKAWA WOMAN REVEALS SECRETS

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• Ghanaian 12 years ago

  Nonses! That's all I cam say to her.

  Nonses! That's all I cam say to her.

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• Shamu 12 years ago

  Do you want to tell me that is the reason why our politicians steal from nation coffers? This is a real stupid journalist. What secret is in this story. What I know is that, she a thief. She has to go to jail. Black has noth ...
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  Do you want to tell me that is the reason why our politicians steal from nation coffers? This is a real stupid journalist. What secret is in this story. What I know is that, she a thief. She has to go to jail. Black has nothing in mind other than to steal, rob, kill and so on. Nothing positive comes out of black mind.

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• Energy 12 years ago

  I agree. Most graduates want to be employed!
  The university education is supposed to make you think. Two or three graduate friends or mates could meet and decide how to start their own business. This is what we did after we ...
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  I agree. Most graduates want to be employed!
  The university education is supposed to make you think. Two or three graduate friends or mates could meet and decide how to start their own business. This is what we did after we graduated in 2003. As a graduate your IQ is supposed to be lie between 110 and 145. Stop being lazy.

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• DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

  She's not lazy but rather a smooth liar and a thief. She was never near any university under the Ghanaian sun and it clearly show in her statement.

  She's not lazy but rather a smooth liar and a thief. She was never near any university under the Ghanaian sun and it clearly show in her statement.

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• GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 12 years ago

  WILL SHE SELL HER BODY?

  WILL SHE SELL HER BODY?

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• GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 12 years ago

  WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS NOT EASY. IF IT WERE, WE WILL ALL BE MILLIONAIRES. YOU MUST WANT IT BAD LIKE U WERE LOSING UR ABILITY TO BREATHE...LIKE U WERE DROWNING N WOULD CLAW N DO ANYTHING TO REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS. SLEEP LES ...
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  WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS NOT EASY. IF IT WERE, WE WILL ALL BE MILLIONAIRES. YOU MUST WANT IT BAD LIKE U WERE LOSING UR ABILITY TO BREATHE...LIKE U WERE DROWNING N WOULD CLAW N DO ANYTHING TO REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS. SLEEP LESS, SPEND LESS, SAVE MORE, WORK MORE

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• TALKTRUE 12 years ago

  Education is a hoax. Education this education
  That no job . Life is short don't chase paper
  Start young build your own business . Any
  Sound mind can make money . Don't fall
  For that trap of the education sermon . It is ...
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  Education is a hoax. Education this education
  That no job . Life is short don't chase paper
  Start young build your own business . Any
  Sound mind can make money . Don't fall
  For that trap of the education sermon . It is
  A mirage

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• NYARKO U.S.A. 12 years ago

  PLEASE TELL THIS TO THAT STUPID HIGH EDUCATED SO CALLED " CARDINAL " WHO THINK HE IS THE MOST EDUCATED SON OF A BITCH AS WELL AS HIS SO CALLED BASTARD FRIEND OSEI YAW.
  THANKS TALKTRUE

  PLEASE TELL THIS TO THAT STUPID HIGH EDUCATED SO CALLED " CARDINAL " WHO THINK HE IS THE MOST EDUCATED SON OF A BITCH AS WELL AS HIS SO CALLED BASTARD FRIEND OSEI YAW.
  THANKS TALKTRUE

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• NAKED 12 years ago

  Good one there at least I have seen a sensible person who can reason and think, first and foremost, what is education at all? In a country where I come from, they defined education as anyone who can read and write English lan ...
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  Good one there at least I have seen a sensible person who can reason and think, first and foremost, what is education at all? In a country where I come from, they defined education as anyone who can read and write English language that is how they defined education in Ghana. A country where a lot of people look down upon those who can't speak and write English language do you think such country can develop no wonder Ghana is a country with good resources but the citizens are mentally weak unable to think and reason as well, they are still slaves to the so-called Europeans. They are still colonized mentally and physically but the reason is that they don't know that they are still under colonization. So in s nutshell that is how illiteracy is defined in Ghana. Then one may ask that how about the countries who are using their own language to study are they illiterates? a country like France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Finland, Norway, China etc can we classify their education system as substandard because they are not using English language to teach in their institutions? Africans will always embraced everything from west and east without thinking deep and its side effect in the future and we hate our own things so tell me are we humans? We always lionize the oppressors and disowned ours and we called ourselves educational elites now listen to a proverb from Europeans to Africans “you can take a monkey from bush but you can't take bush from monkey" how are we going to interpret it? it's simple to Europeans, Africa is bush let's see how they describe Africa they use the word Sub-Saharan and the question is do we have sub-Europeans or sub-Asians or sub-Americans, etc look how they have cited Africa in a World map, Africa as a continent is always at the bottom of the World map, the question is why they didn't cite Europe, Asia, America and Australia at the bottom but only Africa think about it brothers and sisters, the proverb means an African a monkey can come to western or eastern country to study or do anything but because he/she is from Africa you can't take Africa mentality from him or her then the stereotype goes, they are less humans, they don't have food to eat, always fighting among themselves etc so why Africans shouldn't cling to their own and abandoned their stupid act but yet still Africans are upholding their language and their barbaric culture, 500 years we are still slaves so when are we going to emancipate ourselves as a people created by YHWH.
  The time has come for Africans to come together as one people and put their difference away and unit as people it has been a long time in slavery and colonization. The time has come for Ghanaians to put away their difference and unit to develop their nation it has been a long time in slavery and colonization.
  God of our fathers have mercy on us especially banana republic of Ghana. Ghana, Ghana a country with good resources I had wanted to gather my people under one canopy as hen gathered it chicks but my people have abandoned their wisdom through thinking and now following the way of westerners through their devilcracy which is called democracy so now my people cannot be able to manage their own affairs, my people do not appreciate things manufactured in their country, my people preach devilcracy and practice vices, my people preach patriotism but they are not patriotic, my people have lost their sense of judging and now we are in a doom state they can't differentiate good things from bad ones and now engulf with tribalism which has become a canker in the country through bogus so-called educational elites and stomachticians who called themselves as politicians to separate the people in other not to come together to fight against their evil planning. A voice calling from within shouting my people, my people come together to build your nation we were created in the same image not let this stomachticians separate you they are doing it for their own selfish gain so wise up, awake from your slumber, the day is far spent and the night is near so let's ignore all these tribalism stuffs and come together as one people because together we can build a better nation.
  The only way Africans can develop is to use their own language to study and do everything and stop patronizing anything from east or west, a small country like Ghana we can’t develop it why? Because we have pseudo intellectuals who always claims that they are the best but in reality they are at the bottom of the pit, our education system is not good, our education system does not allow us to think inside and out outside the box so for Ghana to develop it needs critical thinkers and nature incliners who can put things together other than that it will take millions of years we will still be where we are. Anyone who wants to study Nature University can contact me wellsbrains2000@yahoo.com, whatspp 008613566124757 when you contact me tell me which my article that you are interested so we can discuss it deeply because I have presented numerous articles on this web

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• NYARKO U.S.A. 12 years ago

  THANK YOU NAKED. I LIKE THIS YOUR NICE COMMENT AND WILL CONTACT YOU AS WELL.
  I HOPE THOSE SO CALLED " CARDINAL AND OSEI YAW " WHO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE MOST EDUCATED IDIOTS WILL TAKE TIME TO READ YOUR WISE AND SENSIBLE COM ...
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  THANK YOU NAKED. I LIKE THIS YOUR NICE COMMENT AND WILL CONTACT YOU AS WELL.
  I HOPE THOSE SO CALLED " CARDINAL AND OSEI YAW " WHO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE MOST EDUCATED IDIOTS WILL TAKE TIME TO READ YOUR WISE AND SENSIBLE COMMENTS

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• Asea Ho 12 years ago

  "She claimed she was once asked to pay GH¢600.00 before being given an appointment into a local government institution ... in the capital."
  
  This is "akosualeak: and Sir John should petition the CJ to investigate and bring ...
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  "She claimed she was once asked to pay GH¢600.00 before being given an appointment into a local government institution ... in the capital."
  
  This is "akosualeak: and Sir John should petition the CJ to investigate and bring the local government institution officer concern to book. Our politicians must respond to real issues and not to focus political gossips for cheap political gains.

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• OGA 12 years ago

  Any that the poor does is seen has evil .what will you say about those who deal in cocaine,fake drugs and those that rob the nation of Millions of dollars.
  Black man will never learn.
  please check the history of scam ,it st ...
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  Any that the poor does is seen has evil .what will you say about those who deal in cocaine,fake drugs and those that rob the nation of Millions of dollars.
  Black man will never learn.
  please check the history of scam ,it started hundred of years ago in Spain

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• ftk aara. 12 years ago

  normally that is what some of the officers are in institution require before giving a chance of employment to the employees,it is wonder,if the person can acquire a same of 600.00per a month do mean the seek for employme ...
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  normally that is what some of the officers are in institution require before giving a chance of employment to the employees,it is wonder,if the person can acquire a same of 600.00per a month do mean the seek for employment,so i wonder how some of the directors are find of doing that.

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• Chris 12 years ago

  Five of our year graduates in agric formed a company in farming up there, and today,we can say hell to civil servant jobs. Please think of doing something with your HEAD. You need money to start and you have already got some ...
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  Five of our year graduates in agric formed a company in farming up there, and today,we can say hell to civil servant jobs. Please think of doing something with your HEAD. You need money to start and you have already got some from your sakawa,so why cant you stop it?

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• sisi 12 years ago

  with this english how do hope to get a job in an office? you listen to people who say education is not important, a time will come you won't get a job as a househelp in someone's house if you don't speak good English. Create ...
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  with this english how do hope to get a job in an office? you listen to people who say education is not important, a time will come you won't get a job as a househelp in someone's house if you don't speak good English. Create your own job and be your own boss but you have to start from somewhere so be humble and persevere, you will succeed

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• De Asempa 12 years ago

  Take small jobs with salary or alawonce first to gain the required experience.
  Look, there are many small businesses hungry for Secretaries, Accountants, Administrators etc but, can not afford the big pay.
  Use your head, ...
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  Take small jobs with salary or alawonce first to gain the required experience.
  Look, there are many small businesses hungry for Secretaries, Accountants, Administrators etc but, can not afford the big pay.
  Use your head, negotiate and accept what the Business can afford to pay you.
  Work for a year or two and then see what happens next.

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• Webmaster 12 years ago

  The reason why one NPP MP wants prostitution to be legalized in Ghana.
  Stella, go & contact this MP to connect you.(search him here in the Ghanaweb news archives)
  Afterall, prostitutes & pornostars are well ...
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  The reason why one NPP MP wants prostitution to be legalized in Ghana.
  Stella, go & contact this MP to connect you.(search him here in the Ghanaweb news archives)
  Afterall, prostitutes & pornostars are well paid nowadays & they're having & enjoying better life than an average low wages civil servants.
  Put all taboos behind you & apply at www.adult-empire.com to become a rich star!!! (just a tip)
  Stella, be smart to make a living to escape these hard times!!!!

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• ghanaba 12 years ago

  stay in the sakawa business until satan terminates your appointment. all this while start praying, telling God that in time of wrath, he should temper or remember mercy. put your heart to your prayer in submission. the last t ...
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  stay in the sakawa business until satan terminates your appointment. all this while start praying, telling God that in time of wrath, he should temper or remember mercy. put your heart to your prayer in submission. the last thing is for you to be sincere when God's yes, no, or wait answer comes. dont allow sakawa spirit that you possess now be imminent. although you are qualified but for God to test your humility and sincerity, he may ask you to start very low. the prayer receiving angels, the prayer response angels and at most the gratitude expression packaging angels are most ready. the ball is in your court. the purpose of love that God shared his own blood is still at stake and streaming. the answer is repentance. His nickname is impossible. amen

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• Koffi parker 12 years ago

  those who don't believe in "duabo" scocery,witchcraft and wizards should come again,hypocrites

  those who don't believe in "duabo" scocery,witchcraft and wizards should come again,hypocrites

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• Adjoa B 12 years ago

  And even after making hundreds of dollars, you still want a civil service job. Can't you invest the money you made from the sakawa business? Or like Zacccheus you have given it back to the owners or given it to the poor

  And even after making hundreds of dollars, you still want a civil service job. Can't you invest the money you made from the sakawa business? Or like Zacccheus you have given it back to the owners or given it to the poor

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• Dr. med.William Acquah,Germany 12 years ago

  A graduate believing in spiritual pacification from different spiritualists for fortification and also bring a human skull? OMG!How very primitive can some people be?

  A graduate believing in spiritual pacification from different spiritualists for fortification and also bring a human skull? OMG!How very primitive can some people be?

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• EFUA 12 years ago

  so what have you benefited from all this. Iam sure you are still not happy.This young generation think of nothing but making money they don't care if they have to kill to get it and that's exactly what you did.Y OU MUST BE AS ...
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  so what have you benefited from all this. Iam sure you are still not happy.This young generation think of nothing but making money they don't care if they have to kill to get it and that's exactly what you did.Y OU MUST BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.ONE WOULD THINK YOU WOULD ADVICE YOUR FRIENDS TO STAY AWAY FROM IT SINCE IT DIDNT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.ASK GOD FOR FOGIVENESS AND DONT THINK THAT BECUSE YOU WERE NOT CAUGHT YOU ARE FREE.YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT,GOD IS NOT MOCKED

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• NYARKO U.S.A. 12 years ago

  GHANA YOUTHS ARE MORE DANGEROUS SPECIALLY THOSE SOCALLED SAKAWA YOUNG LADIES FULL OF LIES ,DECIETFUL THAT MAKES GHANA VERY DANGEROUS PLACE FOR FOREIGNERS AND GHANAIAN LIVING ABROAD TO CONDUCT SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
  BEWARE GHAN ...
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  GHANA YOUTHS ARE MORE DANGEROUS SPECIALLY THOSE SOCALLED SAKAWA YOUNG LADIES FULL OF LIES ,DECIETFUL THAT MAKES GHANA VERY DANGEROUS PLACE FOR FOREIGNERS AND GHANAIAN LIVING ABROAD TO CONDUCT SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
  BEWARE GHANAIANS ABROAD WE ARE THE MOST TARGETS OF THOSE CRIMINALS TO WIPE US OF OUR HARD EARNED LIFE SAVINGS

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• FACTUALITIES 12 years ago

  The other tribes folk in Ghana will never go this far. Even a female.

  The other tribes folk in Ghana will never go this far. Even a female.

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• Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 12 years ago

  EWE women always send me sakawa facebook messages.

  EWE women always send me sakawa facebook messages.

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• goofy 12 years ago

  WHEN YOU ARE DESPERATE YOU DO DESPERATE STUFF ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE LUCKY BUT YOU DO NOT NO YOU THINK SAKAWA IS WORKING BUT NOT WHO IS THE FOOL THE ONE WHO IS HELPING YOU OR THE ONE TAKING YOUR MONEY IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE ...
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  WHEN YOU ARE DESPERATE YOU DO DESPERATE STUFF ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE LUCKY BUT YOU DO NOT NO YOU THINK SAKAWA IS WORKING BUT NOT WHO IS THE FOOL THE ONE WHO IS HELPING YOU OR THE ONE TAKING YOUR MONEY IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY MAY GOD BLESS WE ALL WHO ARE DESPERATE

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• Kwadwo Agona 12 years ago

  I am just appalled when I hear criminals and losers blaming all and everyone for their activities or lack of it on their families and friends. They never blame themselves for their stupidity. If you are smart enough to get on ...
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  I am just appalled when I hear criminals and losers blaming all and everyone for their activities or lack of it on their families and friends. They never blame themselves for their stupidity. If you are smart enough to get online to dupe innocent people of their hard earned cash, you are capable of using your brains. Stop winning and do stuff for yourself legally.

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