We’ve prophecy of the prophet and prophecy of God, Badu Kobi’s own is not from God — Prophet Yaw Blessing
Prophecy according to Ahlström (2020), in religion is a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation. Although prophecy is perhaps most commonly associated with Judaism and Christianity, it is found throughout the religions of the world, both ancient and modern. To appreciate Prophecy, the term prophet comes in handy. The word prophet comes from the Greek word ‘prophētēs’, “forthteller”. This refers to an inspired person who believes that he has been sent by his god with a message to tell. He is, in that sense, the mouthpiece of his god. There are a lot of prophets in Ghana who makes all kinds of pronouncements which some have come to pass while others don’t. In recent times, Prophet Badu Kobi, founder of the Glorious Wave Church International prophesied about three football events which failed sequentially. This has put the office of the Prophet into disrepute and has generated a lot of negative commentaries. Firstly, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi prophesied that God had revealed to him that Brazil was going to beat Argentina in the Copa America final. After the match, Argentina won by beating Brazil even though that grand finale was played in Brazil. Secondly, he again claimed that Asante Kɔtɔkɔ football club was going to beat Accra Hearts of Oak in the Ghanaian version of El Classico. Kɔtɔkɔ, unfortunately, lost to Hearts of Oak. Thirdly, Badu Kobi prophesied again about the Euro 2020 finals between England and Italy. He is on record to have proclaimed that England was going to win against Italy but the reverse happened after the match. All these, he claimed, were attributed to God. These failed prophecies from the man of God has raised issues about the reliability of prophecy from people who call themselves prophets. In other to appreciate this, this reporter spoke to Prophet Nana Yaw Blessing of the House of Prayer For All Nation Family (HOPFAM), Prophet Eric Kingsley Ansah of The Potter’s Hand Word Ministry International and Reverend Father Domenick Eshun of the St. Teresa of Avila Anglican Parish all in Cape Coast. Setting the tone of the discussion via telephone on GBC Radio Central on 14th July, 2021, The Anglican Priest said that, there are prophecies that come from God and those that are learned and proclaimed. He added that others are based on knowledge. “If I’m knowledgeable in an area, I can look at situation and say something which shall come to pass. It would be attributed to me and God, but it was from my level of knowledge and not a prophecy from God”. Prophet Blessing on the other hand posited that there are two types of prophecy. “The prophecy from God and the prophecy from the prophet”. He said, “I’ve watched Badu Kobi’s video and I can say with certainty that, his is a prophecy from the Prophet and not from God. The prophecy from God doesn’t fail. No wonder his prophecy failed.” Not withstanding, the Potter’s Hand Word Ministry International leader underscored that, there are three types of Prophecy; “The Predictive Prophecy, Conditional Prophecy and Presumptuous Prophecy.” He further indicated that, “Prophecy is meant to inspire, exalt and strengthen the believer. Prophecy has its purpose and it’s not for showmanship”. He stresses that Prophecy can fail or delay depending on some conditions. “The predictive prophecy of the Israelites didn’t happen as it was said, “‘400 years of the Israelites captivity ended up becoming 430 years.’ Thus it came to pass after 30 extra years.” In an example of conditional prophecy, the Prophet Kingsley Ansah said Hezekiah’s prophetic word was overturned by God’s sovereignty. He quoted from Isaiah 38:1-2 and 5 saying, “In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord. “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life’”. From verse 5 of 38 chapter of Isaiah, it can be deduced that even though the prophet had given a word of Prophecy to Hezekiah about his death, he prayed and that eminent death was overturned. Touching on the presumptuous prophecy, the Potter’s Hand Word Ministry International leader referenced from Deuteronomy 18:20-22 which says, “But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death”. “You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?’ If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuous, so do not be alarmed. “In sum, it can be deduced that prophecies are part of religion, especially Christian religion. A lot of people call themselves prophets and have made a lot of public pronouncements which have all failed. Yet such ones are still bold to repeat same behaviour.” Potter’s Hand Word Ministry International leader noted that regarding Badu Kobi’s recent failed prophecies, it can be said that he made a predictive and presumptuous prophecy. According to him, predictive prophecy because he prophesied about three football matches and all failed. He referenced Deuteronomy 18:20-22 saying “all persons who Prophecy and fail, are those who didn’t speak God’s mind and such prophecies should not alarm people.” He stated, “In my fair view, such so called men of God who are parading themselves as prophets and giving false prophecies aren’t from God. Inasmuch as no one knows the god they represent or speak for, all we know is that their prophecies don’t come to pass. “Such false prophecies only go to denigrate them and not God or
NPP Constituency Women’s Organiser granted GH¢1,000 bail for alleged fraud
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Women’s Organizer for Twifo Atti-Morkwa Constituency, Angelina Nyarko, who also doubles as the Zonal Coordinator for the Ghana School Feeding Programme, has been dragged to court for allegedly defrauding a school feeding caterer of GH¢2,800. In court on Friday, July 16, the prosecutor charged Angelina Nyarkoa with fraud contrary to the Criminal Offences Act. According to Chief Inspector Joshua Kusa, the accused used a different account to divert monies belonging to the caterer Agnes Agyeman Duah for her private use. Angelina, who was granted bail at GH¢1,000, allegedly coerced Agnes Agyeman Duah to believe that there was an error with her bank account details. But the complainant said she reported the matter to the police, whose investigations cited the NPP Constituency Women’s Organiser. The complaint also claimed Angelina had made her open another bank account into which she transfers monies of caterers. However, when she refused to withdraw the money for Angelina one time, a quarrel ensued and the Zonal Coordinator assaulted her, prompting the formal complaint at the police station. She lodged the formal complaint along with documented evidence of Angelina’s transactions through the bank account, leading to the arrest. Counsel for the accused pleaded with the court to admit his client and promised she will always appear before the court to defend herself. The Presiding Judge, Maxwell Kpodo, at the District Magistrate Court granted Angelina Nyarko a bail-in sum of GH¢1,000 with two sureties both to be justified. The hearing was adjourned to Monday, August 23 for the criminal offences. In an interview with the media, Agnes Agyeman Duah expressed satisfaction with proceedings and further called on all other school feeding caterers in Twifo Atti-Morkwa Constituency to go to court for their monies. ghanaweb Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Avoid using a mourning ceremony as campaign grounds – Sammy Awuku cautioned NPP
Sammy Awuku, the outspoken National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cautioned Constituency Chairmen of the party to avoid using funeral ceremonies as campaign grounds for some impending Presidential candidates. Mr. Awuku made the pronouncement on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital during the inauguration of the NPP Constituency officers’ welfare. He said the NPP stands a better chance of breaking the 8 if they will be disciplined and be able to maintain unity after the internal elections. He believes such move by party members especially by turning funerals into campaign grounds is a recipe for disaster “There is a growing trend that as Constituency Chairmen we have to be very tough on. Whoever is a beneficiary or victim, we just have to put our foot on the ground. There is a growing sense and strategy of turning funerals into campaigning grounds for would-be Presidential candidates. As much as possible, the Constituencies are expected to preserve the unity of the party. When it turns that because you are active constituency executives, you pray the ostrich, stand aside but send our youth Organizers to mobilize people to cheer Mr. A or Mr. B. Chairmen, they make your work difficult,”. However, he pointed that, if care is not taken to stop the worrying situation, they will end up breaking themselves. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Groupe Nduom wins GHS174 million judgment against Health network Company
The Commercial Division of an Accra High Court On Thursday 15, July 2021, presided over by Justice Shiela Minta ordered Health Network Company (Healthnet) to pay GHS174 million to the Ghana Growth Fund Company/Gold Coast Advisors, a Groupe Nduom Company. The High Court also awarded cost of GHS50,000 to the lawyer of the Plaintiffs. This is the first of a number of court cases pending before the law courts initiated by Groupe Nduom companies. They involve private sector companies, government agencies and regulators. Groupe Nduom in a statement said it believes that when all is said and done, the allegations of wrongdoing made against specific Groupe Nduom companies and shareholders will be put to rest. This particular suit it explained was started by Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim issued at the Registry of High Court, Accra, Commercial Division dated 11th October 2019. After failed attempts to get all the four defendants to be served in the ordinary manner prescribed by the Court rules, an application was brought before the court for substituted service to enable the plaintiff to serve the defendants by substitution which application was granted. The defendants with their lawyers engaged the Plaintiff’s lawyers with Plaintiffs’ representatives also in meetings in an attempt to reach some settlement. In the end, they failed to file a defense. The defendants also failed to demonstrate any good faith and propose a payment plan as the Plaintiffs were made to believe they would. Groupe Nduom noted that on 27th May 2021, before the motion for judgment in default of defence was to be moved, Counsel for Defendants handed over a cheque of GHS 2,000,000.00 to Counsel for Plaintiff in an attempt to stay matters and demonstrate the willingness to settle the indebtedness. The court granted a short adjournment beyond the maturity date of the cheque (4/06/21) to 14th June 2021 to first ensure that the cheque would clear and also for defendants to show cause why the pending application for judgment in default of defence should not be granted on the next adjourned date. The statement said to the disbelief of the plaintiffs and their lawyers, the GHS2 million cheque failed to clear and “the Defendants had allegedly tricked the court and disrespected the office of Justice Shiela Minta.” On the strength of the evidential facts, Justice Minta on Thursday, 15th July awarded judgement for GHS174 million plus GHS50,000 in costs in favour of the Plaintiffs. Groupe Nduom noted that “in our opinion, this ruling proves that regulators acted hastily in revoking licenses of the Groupe’s banking and investment companies.” The Groupe Nduom companies that have suffered regulator closure are Gold Coast Fund Management/BlackShield and GN Bank/GN Savings & Loans. The company said the actions of the regulators “have also caused huge collateral damage to related companies as they have been starved of deposits they placed with their sister companies.” “The judgment, not only absolves our companies of wrongdoing. It also confirms our long-held position that customers’ funds were invested in Ghana with private and government institutions and government projects. It was based on the prudent investments that we stand by our claim that government agencies and the contractors they gave legitimate contracts to owe the Groupe more than GHS3 billion that is continuing to attract interest. Altogether, the court cases we are chasing after private and public entities for will amount to about GHS4 billion,” the statement added. Groupe Nduom has reminded its customers and the general public that even in the face of tremendous pressure, GCFM/BlackShield was able to return over GHS600 million during the period of the run on the company until its license was revoked. “Since then, its offices have been locked and access to files denied leaving the courts as the only independent avenue to go through to collect receivables,” it noted. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
We can starve you of cash, Muturi warns Judiciary
Speaker Justin Muturi has maintained that all state entities will have to appear before Parliament to answer audit queries, adding that Parliament itself appears. In reference to the recent protest by Chief Justice Martha Koome, Muturi said Parliament will be at liberty to withhold funds for any agency that persistently ignores the August House and does not want to be accountable for the expenditure of public resource Muturi made the sentiments at the sidelines of the 80th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association executive committee meeting in Nairobi. The meeting had delegates from Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The speaker said it would be unfortunate for any state agency reported by the auditor general to choose not to present themselves before the Public Accounts Committee and Public Investments Committee. He said it would be more troubling especially when they come from the Judiciary “who should be the best custodians of the principle of no one should be condemned unheard.” “By failing to appear, and there is evidence that they have been invited and they have failed deliberately, then they should not blame parliament in making whatever recommendations it will make,” Muturi said. Justice Koome, in her letter, blocked the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi from appearing before the PAC to explain why the courts have not hired a finance director since the post fell vacant seven years ago. The CJ further stopped the human resources committee of the Judicial Service Commission from explaining to lawmakers why 10 judiciary posts are held by persons in an acting capacity. The events point to an outright war pitting the Judiciary against the legislature and by extension the Executive which it has been feuding for some time. The speaker raised concerns that he first saw the communication from the CJ on social media, saying the event was unfortunate as ‘that is not the way arms of government should relate.’ He held that world over; Parliaments have a constitutional mandate to oversight all arms of government, in which they rely heavily on audit reports. Muturi further holds that when performing the referenced constitutional mandate, Parliament has no option but to go by the rule of “don’t condemn anybody unheard.” The speaker said he hoped that the CJ did not, in her letter, mean that “the judiciary will be rogue and spend public resources as they deem and be accountable to nobody.” “I believe that is not what the CJ means. I don’t think she meant they want to spend public resources and only be accountable to themselves,” Muturi said. “When it comes to matters of accountability, the accounting officers appear before PAC. No one has thus harassed the Chief Justice because she is not the accounting officer.” Parliament usually gets responses for unresolved audit queries being instances where the auditor is not satisfied with the responses given during the review period. The Public Accounts Committee had written to the speaker seeking direction on whether it could proceed and conclude its review of the audit of the national government for the financial year 2018-19 without the crucial evidence it is pursuing from the judiciary. Chairman Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja MP) sought the direction in respect of audit queries bordering on irregular appointments at the judiciary. Non-responsive state entities risk being indicted by Parliament for misappropriation of funds, with the attendance consequence being starved of exchequer allocations. Kenya’s Judiciary and Parliament have had a frosty relationship for a better part of the life of the current Constitution. In 2014, there was a bone of contention between the two institutions on the numerous sanctions the courts issued against Parliament. These were largely on account of governors not wanting to appear before the Senate’s County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. President Uhuru Kenyatta moved to quell the jurisdictional conflict saying all institutions, including the presidency, must be accountable to Kenyans. Edited by Kiilu Damaris Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Unexpected clash between Yenyeya and Shaanxi goes to High Court
A clash that came out of the blue between the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise and the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd has gone to a High Court in Bolgatanga where the former is seriously seeking “relief for damages resulting from injury” reportedly caused by the latter and two other entities. It never was expected that the two parties would end up fighting each other fiercely today as they had worked so close in unbroken harmony since they entered into a business partnership in 2008. The Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd, owned by a Chinese tycoon Wei Xing, had been rendering technical support services to the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise at Gbane, a community in the Talensi District, prior to the clash. The two business entities entered into an agreement in 2008. Reports about an internal discord erupting between the two partners seeped into the public domain when Charles Taleog Ndanbon, a Ghanaian-born Managing Director of the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise who is credited with bringing Shaanxi to Talensi about 13 years ago, began to complain in the open about the same Chinese company. According to Ndanbon, Shaanxi (the guest partner) had initiated a unilateral move to go into a large-scale mining business under the name “Earl International Group (GH) Gold Mining Limited” and had hatched a plot to take over the concession that belonged to Yenyeya (the host partner) and to exclude Yenyeya from the proposed large-scale mining regime. Not too long ago, he also publicly claimed something incredible happened to him as he was making his way one day to his office which was inside the Gbane yard he shared with Shaanxi. He said when he was about to drive into the compound freely as usual of him as a host and a boss, he was disallowed at the gates to the ‘Jericho Walls’ by the security personnel who, according to him, said they had been strictly instructed by the Shaanxi chief, Wei Xing, to keep him off the yard. He also said he reported the development to police upon advice from confidants. And weeks later, he headed for court. But before then, he had recapped some of the complaints in a press statement also seen on social media platforms. Statement of Claim A Statement of Claim attached to the Writ of Summons, which also was dispatched from the High Court to Wei Xing as 2nd Defendant and the Earl International Group (GH) Gold Mining Limited as 3rd Defendant, has the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise also seeking for a court declaration that Shaanxi (the 1st Defendant) is in breach of a “Contract Mining and Management Agreement” purportedly executed between Yenyeya and Shaanxi on September 24, 2008. The Plaintiff (Yenyeya Mining Enterprise) also wants the court to order for the appointment of “an independent professional auditor” to audit the “mining operations and other related activities” that have been carried out inside the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise’s concession from 2008 to date. Besides, the Plaintiff is praying the High Court to pronounce a restraining order “in the nature of a perpetual injunction” stopping Earl International Group (GH) Gold Mining Limited “from doing illegal mining and related activities” in the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise’s small-scale concession and from entering the concession until the court case is over. Furthermore, the Yenyeya Mining Enterprise is seeking “relief for damages resulting from injury caused to Plaintiff’s rights by the willful and malicious conversion of Plaintiff’s ownership of its small-scale mining concession by the defendants”. It is also looking for relief for “damages sustained from injury to Plaintiff’s property resulting from breach of contract and the unauthorised and wrongful exercise of control over Plaintiff’s concession by the defendants”. The Yenyeya Mining Enterprise, in the last paragraph of its Statement of Claim, wants the court to declare an order for Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd to pay the Plaintiff “produce of gold due and owing for the last three years as well as interest on the said debt at the prevailing commercial bank rate until the date of final payment”. By Edward Adeti Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093