Month: April 2023

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Stop chasing prophecies, seek God personally – Christians urged

A minister of the Wesley Methodist Cathedral, Cape Coast, has observed with worry the many Christians, who have left their fates in the hands of supposed prophets and ritualists to determine how they live their lives, especially in marriage and in business.

He said that undermined the significance of the crucifixion of Christ, which gave mankind a direct relationship with God.

The Very Reverend Samuel Bassaw, the Superintendent Minister of the Church, therefore, urged Christians to desist from chasing after miracles and rituals and rather seek God personally.

‘With the death of Christ and by His blood, you have an intimate relationship with God. It means we can depend on God and Him alone.’

‘So, let us stop relying on miracles and prophecies and have the confidence to go to God personally and make our requests known to Him and we will not be disappointed.’

Very Rev. Bassaw gave the admonition in his Good Friday sermon, on the theme: ‘Dying with the Lord.’

He said it was not entirely wrong for a pastor or a church member to intercede in prayers for another, but it should not be a substitute for a personal active interaction with God.

‘We have a great priest who presides over the house of God and that is Jesus Christ, who is the solution to whatever we go through on earth.’

He urged Christians to do away with every negativity and live reformed lives as ‘they died with Christ.’

‘Let us Identify with the Lord, His suffering and grace, and all blessings will be ours,’ he added.

Christians must not let the guilt of their sins weigh them down because God would always forgive them, he added.

‘…But that does not mean we should continue to sin intentionally.’

Source: Ghana News Agency

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Christ’s death brings joy to Christians – Cat. Offei

Catechist (Cat.) Alexander Offei of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Ramseyer Congregation at Baakokrom in Koforidua has said the death of Jesus Christ brought joy to Christians instead of sorrow.

He said over two millennia ago, the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ brought sorrow to Believers, however, today His death has become a good day for humanity.

Cat. Offei was preaching to congregants of the PCG – Ramseyer Congregation on the theme; Dying With The Lord, during the Good Friday celebration.

He said the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ was an invitation to all humanity to share in His death and the benefit it brought.

‘Our acceptance of this invitation means that we die to this world and its sins and live in the strength of the resurrected Christ’, he stated.

Dying with Jesus Christ, he noted was not for Believers to physically kill themselves but to let go of all things which caused them to sin against God.

Again, he noted that the death of Jesus Christ which brought Christians forgiveness, redemption and reconciliation did not permit Christians to continue to sin.

‘It does not mean that Christ has paid it all by His death, so we can continue to live the sinful way, No’, he said.

Cat. Offei, therefore, advised Christians to take advantage of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to live an upright life to obtain the full benefit of the death of Christ.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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Two senior high students perish in gory accident

Two female students of the St. Ignatius of Loyola (Lassia Tuolu) Senior High School in the Wa West District lost their lives in a fatal accident at Gindabuor in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region.

The accident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, claimed the lives of Hidaya Boressah Abudu, a first-year student, from Bole in the Savannah Region, and Cynthia Bong-Yinaa, a second-year student, from Konzokala in the Jirapa District, Upper West Region.

The victims, who were pronounced dead on arrival at the Upper West Regional Hospital, had since been buried.

Five other students were injured and are receiving treatment at the same hospital while one student is on admission at the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Hospital.

Mr Banongwie Emmanuel, the Headmaster of the school, who confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said 14 students were on board a Sanyon minibus hired by the students to convey them to the southern sector.

The school was vacated on Thursday, and the students were travelling back home for the Easter break when the unfortunate happened.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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South West: authorities hold crisis meeting to curb road accidents

A crisis meeting has been held at the Limbe council in the South West region to seek ways of limiting road accidents in the region.

Chairing the meeting attended by the trade union of truck drivers among several authorities, the Governor of the South West region, Bernard Okalia Bilai, said the rate of accidents has been alarming.

He alluded to the March 31 accident in Moliwe, in which a truck carrying sand crushed a bus with students, leaving at least 6 dead.

“We noted that there is so much disorder in the domain, the state of the vehicles, the respect of rules and the morality of drivers. We cannot continue to observe it like that,” the Governor said.

“All of those activities, particularly the sand transporters, we came here to exchange with all the stake holders, and to see how we can stop it,” he added.

A number of resolutions were taken to ensure the respect of road safety laws. This included the creation of a commission whose job will be to monitor the circulation of vehicles in the South West region.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Angola’s judo squad win African junior Cup

Angola’s National Judo Team won Friday in Luanda the Junior African Cup, with four gold medals, 10 silver and 15 bronze.

The four athletes who won the gold medals are Eldimira Segunda (- 48 Kg), Domingas Jaime (- 63 Kg), Suzana Quimbambata (- 78 Kg) and Santos Sebastião (- 81 Kg).

During the competition held at the Kilamba sports pavilion, the athletes Vânia Quissua (- 48 Kg), Augusto Dala (- 66 Kg), Sónia Lourenço (- 52 Kg), Yola Piedade (- 57 Kg), Cresmila Jaime (- 63 Kg), Josefa João (-70 Kg), Zeferino Gabriel (-73 Kg), Odete Pedro (-78 Kg), José Eduardo (-81 Kg) and Nega Silva (-100 Kg) snatched the silver medals.

On the other hand, Vânia Gabriel, Maria Segunda (- 48 kg), More Tchihaluca (- 52 kg), Neomia Bundy (- 57 kg), Barros Menezes (- 60 kg), Paula Gaspar (- 63 kg), Cornélio Chimbinba, Célcio Cândido and Carlos Augusto (- 66 Kg), Leonardo Rabacal (- 60 Kg), Carlos Augusto (- 66 Kg), Joana Moundo (- 57 Kg), David Caterca (- 81 Kg), Marta Gabriel (- 70 Kg) and Yunilde Lopes (- 78 Kg) won the bronze medals.

In the overall standings, Angola edged second-placed Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with two golds and one bronze and third-placed Senegal with one gold and one silver

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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Ukraine to resume electricity exports to Europe after 6 month halt

Ukraine will resume exporting electricity to Europe after a six-month pause due to crippling Russian missile attacks on the country’s infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galushchenko, said on Friday.

“The Ukrainian power grid had been functioning for almost two months without any restrictions on consumption and with a power reserve,” Galushchenko said in a statement, saying repairs had been a success.

He said that exporting the surplus electricity would provide additional financial resources for the reconstruction of the destroyed and damaged energy infrastructure.

An export of a maximum of 400 megawatts to the European energy grid had been agreed. Ukraine was connected to the grid shortly before the war began.

However, the actual amount of electricity exported will depend on the needs of Ukrainian consumers, said Galushchenko, adding that their own electricity consumers “unquestionably” remained their priority.

In the face of the all-out Russian invasion more than 13 months ago, Ukraine continued to export electricity to neighbouring ex-Soviet republic, Moldova, and the European Union from June until October.

This was when targeted Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy supply began.

In 2022, electricity generation in Ukraine fell by over 27 per cent due to the war.

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhya, which has been under Russian control since March, was shut down in September.

Source: News Agency of Nigeria