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Ghana Models Awards 2021 successfully held
The 4th edition of the annual Ghana Models Awards has ended successfully in Accra.
The event held at the Accra City Hall, witnessed 35 presentations of awards to persons who had in one way or the other, contributed to the gradual transformation and growth of the modelling industry in Ghana.
According to the Founder and Executive Director of the Ghana Models Awards, Jerry Wonder Sampson, this year’s event was an upgrade as more model agencies participated compared with last year, which was progressing and gaining international recognition.
“We have really worked hard in promoting Modelling as a respectable profession in Ghana and now, it seems to have caught the attention of some industry stakeholders on the international front,” he said.
He noted that “there’s a bright future for models in Ghana, and very soon, it will become a reality.”
There were solidarity messages from special guests including the Country Director of UNAIDS, Madam Angela Trenton-Mbonde.
Some of the winners on the night were, Angela Bamford , The Citizen & Philanthropist, Hajia Adiza B. Faila (Shamfiz J), Leadership & Innovation, Timah Agyei, Contribution to Modelling by Individual,Abeiku Santana, Transformational Drive & Advocacy for ‘Modern Tourism’ and Nini Amerlise picking up the Break Out Model of the Year award.
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Shake up in Police: IGP reconstitutes Management Board
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno has today,
March 19, 2025 made the following changes.
The new command changes are expected to ensure effective management and
operational control of the Ghana Police Service.
The command changes are;
1. COP/Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwa Addo-Danquah, Director-General/R&P.
2. COP/Mr. Paul Manly Awini, Service Workshop, Accra.
3. COP/Mr. Daniel Kwame Afriyie, Director-General/PSO
4. COP/Dr. Ernest Kwabena Owusu, Director-General/SVCS
5. COP/Mr. Mohammed Fuseini Suraji, Director-General/NPD
6. COP/Dr. Sayibu Pabi Gariba, Director-General/Technical,
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NACOC arrests long-time drug target
An intelligence-led operation by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, resulted in the arrest of a 56-year-old Nigerian, Uchechukwu Chima at Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra.
A statement signed by the Acting Director, Public Affairs and International Relations,Francis Opoku Amoah a search conducted by the NACOC team at the suspect’s hideout uncovered substances suspected to be narcotic drugs.
He added that field tests conducted on the suspected substance proved positive for cocaine and heroin, both narcotic drugs.
The suspected narcotic substances, with a total weight of about 192kg of cocaine and 0.42kg of heroin, are estimated at a street value of Two Million, One Hundred and Twenty-one Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty United States Dollars (US$2.1 Million).
The suspect, Uchechukwu Chima who has been a target for NACOC for some time now, is noted to be the brain behind some seizures/arrests made by NACOC in the past.
NACOC, by this seizure and arrest, has taken this substantial quantity of drugs from the street, saving millions of lives of people who would have otherwise perished from abusing these hard drugs.
NACOC remains committed to making Ghana an unprofitable destination for drug trafficking and thus protecting the safety and well-being of all Ghanaians and the international community.
