NEWS RELEASE: FALSE ACCUSATION!!!

NEWS RELEASE: FALSE ACCUSATION!!!

It has come to my notice that, there is a video circulating on twitter and follow up comments by one @classtalkative and others about my supposed sex tape with a 14-year old girl whom he claims is my house-help.
I would like to state emphatically that this is UNTRUE and is only an attempt to defame me and ruin my hard earned reputation and image.
First of all, I live ONLY with my mother and older sister; a fact that close friends can attest to. We have NO house-help.
Secondly, the video footage is that of a story reported by Joy fm a year ago, involving a female JSS student and her boyfriend, for which she was dismissed from school and later got MARRIED to. A story popularly referred to as the "Apaapa Kamasutra".
Please read the story here:
Apapa Kamasutra Story1
Apapa Kamasutra Story2
Apapa Kamasutra Story3
The video also fails to show the face of the culprit so that astute members of the society like you could compare the culprit's image to mine and ascertain the deception in his claims. I have gone through a lot of research to prove my innocence since as a PR practitioner, my reputation means a lot to me.
I honestly don't know what the instigator of these rumors wants to achieve but I will urge all my friends and affected family members, who have suffered innocently from dehumanizing insults for the past 24-hours to remain calm and ignore the accusation.
This attempt to mislead the general public and defame the character of hard-working individuals of society by this fellow, @classtalkative should be frowned upon. It has led to mischief whereby some people try to bring shame upon others and destroy their social image by sending false information to Him which he then reposts to gain followers and increase popularity.
 
 

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1st semester n more

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SWINE FLU

SWINE FLU

What you need to know and how to help protect yourself from infection.

By the Editors of MSN Health

Swine flu in the U.S.? If you're worried about the flurry of news on pandemics, epidemics, and public health emergencies, here are some key facts provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help you understand how swine flu is spread and what you can do to help prevent infection. Current updates on the spread of swine flu are available at the CDC's Swine Flu Web site.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease normally found in pigs and caused by type A influenza viruses. While outbreaks of this type of flu are most common in pigs, human cases of swine flu do happen. In the past, reports of human swine flu have been rare—approximately one infection every one to two years in the United States. From December 2005 through February 2009, only 12 cases of human infection were documented.

How is it spread?

Humans with direct exposure to pigs are those most commonly infected with swine flu. Human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses have been documented; however, it's not known how easily the spread occurs. Just as the common flu is passed along, swine flu is thought to be spread by coughing, sneezing, or touching something that has the live virus on it.

If infected, a person may be able to infect another person one day before symptoms develop; therefore, a person is able to pass the flu on before they know they are sick. Infected individuals may spread the virus for seven or more days after becoming sick. Those with swine flu should be considered potentially contagious as long as they are showing symptoms, and up to seven days or longer from the onset of their illness. Children might be contagious for longer periods of time.

Can I catch swine flu from eating pork?

No. The CDC says that swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food. Properly cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills all bacteria and viruses.

What are the symptoms of swine flu?

Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of a regular flu: fever and chills, sore throat, cough, headache, body aches, and fatigue. Diarrhea and vomiting can also be present. Without a specific lab test, it is impossible to know whether you may be suffering from swine flu or another flu strain, or a different disease entirely.

What precautionary measures should I take?

The same everyday precautions that you take to prevent other contagious viruses should be used to protect yourself against swine flu. "The best current advice is for individuals to practice good hand hygiene. Periodic hand washing with soap and water, or the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when hand washing is not possible, is a good preventive measure. Also, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth, as germs can more easily gain entrance into your body through those areas," suggests Rob Danoff, D.O., an MSN health expert. Covering your mouth with a disposable tissue when you cough and sneeze is also a good practice.

The CDC recommends avoiding contact with sick people and keeping your own good health in check with adequate sleep, exercise, and a nutritious diet.

What should you do if you think you are sick with swine flu?

Contact your health care professional, inform them of your symptoms, and ask whether you should be tested for swine flu. Be prepared to give details on how long you've been feeling ill and about any recent travels. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed. If you feel sick, but are not sure what illness you may have, stay home until you have been diagnosed properly to avoid spreading any infection.

Watch for these symptoms in children. Seek emergency medical care if your child experiences any of the following warning signs:

• Fever with a rash
• Dehydration
• Fast breathing
• Bluish skin coloration
• Slow to wake or sluggish interaction
• Flu-like symptoms improve, but then return and cough worsens
• Severe irritability

For adults, emergency medical care is needed if you experience these warning signs:

• Difficulty breathing
• Dizziness
• Confusion
• Severe or persistent vomiting
• Pain or pressure in the chest or stomach

Remember that the symptoms for swine flu are almost identical to those you might experience with the regular flu. Only your doctor can give you the correct diagnosis.

Are there medicines effective in treating swine flu in humans?

The current strain of the swine flu appears to respond to the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), or zanamivir (Relenza) for those infected. For treatment, these antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within two days of the appearance of symptoms), and for that reason, it's important to notify your health care provider right away if your symptoms are severe.

Are there a vaccine available to protect against swine flu?

No, there is no vaccine to protect humans from this new strain of swine flu. Steps have been taken to start developing one, though the process is complex and can take months.

Would a recent vaccination for the seasonal flu help protect against swine flu?

The CDC reports that those individuals who received the seasonal flu vaccine do not have added protection against the swine flu. The human H1N1 viruses are very different from the H1N1 viruses responsible for the recent outbreaks of swine flu. Therefore, a seasonal flu vaccine would not protect against the swine flu.

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TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LILIAN ANANDA NUTSUKPO BY A COLLEAGUE-Marcelinus Inkoom

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LILIAN ANANDA NUTSUKPO BY A COLLEAGUE-Marcelinus Inkoom

Our first lecture as students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism had come to an end on the22nd of September 2008. At approximately 1:00 pm, someone just called me from behind. I turned to see who it was.’’Hey boy,why are you so quiet?I will like to be your friend’’. As quoted, this were the very first words the late Lilian Ananda Nutsukpo whose mortal remains lie before us today said to me .This is how I got to know the late Lilian. Who would have believed it would only be for a short time?

      The piety that radiates from noble Lillian is a true reflection of her Christian upbringing. Honesty, generousity, amiability, cordiality and altruity characterized her personality. Her amiability and cordiality extended to everyone in our class she came into contact with. We parted ways after the first semester for vacation on 21^st January 2009. Who would have believed that it was the last time we would see you? The class especially I, will never forget the contributions you made in class during lectures or group discussions that removed some doubts from our minds or gave us some clarification about things we didn’t understand. I spoke to Lilian on phone barely three days before she met her untimely death and said she will surely see me in school three days later. But that did not materialise. We are tempted to ask so many questions because we don’t understand why this had to happen. But as the saying goes,’’it is God who gives and it is God who takes’’. Hence God who knows what is good for his people has taken you away.

   Lilian, the class misses you, but we believe you have been called for a better purpose above since you are needed more above than here on earth. The Ghana Institute of Journalism has lost a gem, the Ananda Nutsokpo family has lost a treasure full of  talents and the level 100 class of the Ghana Institute of Journalism has lost a colleague and a dear friend. We are not saying goodbye, for we will surely meet again some time to come.

       Farewell Lilian!!!!

       Lilian Ananda Nutsukpo,rest in perfect peace!!!!!

 

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TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LILIAN NUTSUKPO

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LILIAN NUTSUKPO

TRIBUTE BY ANTHONY DERRICK AKPAI TO MY BELOVED SISTER AND FRIEND LILIAN ANANDA NUSTUKPO AKA BOURGEOISIE

“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
A soul that rises with us, our life’s star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home”
                                  WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (ODE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY)


Two eyes are sleeping, two willing hands are still at God’s will, two cute lips are speechless. How?
When I heard the news about your death, everything came to a standstill. I told myself it was only a nightmare and prayed it never came true. I refuse to believe that you were no more among the living and still refused to face the fact that you were gone. In fact when Enyonam called me that since morning they were trying to reach your phone on that fateful day but to no avail, I encouraged her and thought it was your usual trick that you’ve been playing on us by putting you phone off. Little did I know that your lifeless body was lying at Winneba morgue.
Sister Lilian, you’ve been plucked wickedly from us without a word. You have wounded our hearts, and the vacuum created remains unfilled. But why so suddenly? And where am I to derive the love, the care, and the concern that you were so full of? It is really a painful loss that we are experiencing. Who will share my joy and sorrows with me? And who will study with me? Who will call me, “Derrick! Where are you, are u in traffic”, when am not in school on time? All these questions are left unanswered. Is it because you knew that you will be leaving soon that you gave me a substitute? I would have wished that you stay a little bit longer but not to leave too soon. But we take consolation in the fact that as you kept the faith you are with the Lord and your fond memories will continue to linger in my memory.
I hope we will meet in Abraham’s bosom someday where we will meet and part no more, where all tears will be wiped away from our eyes and there shall be no more death, sorrow, crying or pain.
Lilian Rest In Peace
Lilian Demirifa Due, Due ni amane hunu
Lilian Hede nyuiee…
Que la terre recoit legere

Anthony Derrick Akpai
(Ghana Institute of Journalism)

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A LETTER TO MY FUTURE WIFE:

A LETTER TO MY FUTURE WIFE:

Why guys dump girls!

My Sweetheart,

Thank you very much for accepting my plea to tone down on your make-up. I’m particularly happy you have removed all your artificial nails, eye lashes and have retained the natural beauty God gave you. I’m extremely happy you wrote to apologise for the harm you might have caused me. Let me say I’m too glad to forgive you and hope you’ll not hesitate to draw my attention anytime I go wrong. I don’t know how some friends of yours got the letter and had my mail box inundated with a countless number of messages. Some were congratulatory, others derogatory. Remember to sign out properly after reading this one. I want everything to be between you and me.

I’m writing this time to advise you on the concerns you raised over your younger sister’s relationship. Did you say she wants to give in to her so-called lover’s demand for sex in order to keep the relationship? That’s quite interesting and at the same time annoying or rather pitiable. I’m happy she confides in you everything about her, and in order to keep that trust, I have decided to talk to her through you. She may feel betrayed if she gets to know that a third party privy to all her secrets confided in you.

Long before I met you (or rather we met), a lady once told me an ordeal she had gone through in trying to get a “promised” lover as she put it. We had just finished lectures and I was revising my notes when she came. Jane is her name. She was a beautiful young lady, I must admit. Her cheerful look was uncharacteristically absent and my curiosity forced her to tell me her story.

“I’m not sick,” she said when I enquired why she was looked so gloomy. “A guy nearly killed me. I thought he was my final destination until I met someone else in his room last night. Why are you guys so wicked?” she asked. She was not expecting any answer from me in particular, but I offered to answer. She was becoming emotional.
“How are we guys?” I asked, with a mischievous smile.
She told me how boy after boy (or rather man after man) had dumped her “after getting what they wanted. The greatest shock of my life is this very last one. Could you imagine it took two and a half years for me to accept his proposal?” she asked me.
“Wh-a-a-t?” I gaped. “Then he must have been a genuine lover!” I added.
“That’s what every naïve girl like me would be made to believe, but Frank is the devil’s grandson,” she interposed. We had a very lengthy chat and I must confess her openness gave me a great insight into the mistake young girls seeking genuine lovers make. I can confidently say that she felt somehow relieved after our discussion, trust my counseling prowess.
Attraction between the opposite sexes at a certain stage in life is natural and inevitable. I remember I admired one girl called Agbebli Esther even in Class One. I Mean Primary One (P1) when I could still not clean my anus properly! I never proposed to her (neither did I intend to) but I felt I loved her. It was a great pleasure to share a desk with her. She left when we got to primary 2 and I’ve since not heard about her, but my childhood infatuation with her has permanently left her name in my mind, at least for as long as I live. I know I’m being silly, but don’t worry. You now occupy every available space in my heart and mind, and there is no place for Esther even if she is still alive.

All that I’m trying to emphasise is that the temptation to be in a relationship among youngsters is very high and your sister’s case isn’t exceptional. If I were God, I would put that feeling in a man or woman only when they are ready to marry. That’s, however not the case, and so teenagers are usually caught in a web of confusion as to what to do. The dreaded part of it is the pre-marital SEX. Even though fornication is considered a “legal sin” in society today, the bible warns that it is one of the deadliest sins.
I’m not going to preach because your sister doesn’t fail church service and she has heard this number without times. I just want to talk about the social consequences of it, minus teenage pregnancy and STDs like almighty HIV/AIDS. What then am I going to talk about, if you may ask? I want to talk about the dignity of your sister. She is as intelligent and beautiful as you, and her virginity is her dignity, and not any academic laurels. This is debatable; you may think, but let me prove my point.
Boys and men in general are cheats. I’m aware some of you ladies are, but ours is notoriously peerless. I’m guy, but for the sake of sincerity I won’t defend my gender. Jane told me that the young man who traumatized her happened to be her ninth boyfriend (or man friend). I mean nine (9). At the tertiary level, I know some girls have far exceeded this number and still counting, and without the faintest idea about who will marry them and when. And the greatest revelation she gave me was the fact that all of them started “misbehaving” after she started having an affair with them.

Remnants of the SHS Economics in my poor skull remind me that the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility can be applicable to relationships as well. The law states something like “as more and more units of a commodity is consumed, marginal utility (satisfaction) increases, attains equilibrium (maximum) and afterwards decreases. My Economics tutor (“Chaser,” we called him though he wasn’t that type) usually used water as a common example. “If you are very thirsty and you are given three cups of water,” he would say, “the satisfaction you derive from the first cup will certainly be greater than the preceding cups and a time will come when a drop of that same water cannot be forced down your throat.”

That is how pre-marital sexual relationship is. Just tell her that and she will understand it.

I attended a boarding school and I’m still in a hostel here. I can say if girls would ever have the chance to hear what guys say about ladies, they would be wiser. Listen to this conversation between three of my mates here, when we sat on campus one afternoon. The conversation started when a beautiful lady was passing by.

“Charlie, this shoddy dey bii oo!” Bingi started. “I no see um for this university before.” “Ah! You no sabi um? She dey tear Business Admi for Business School,” Jadu cut in. “Even I chop um before,” he added, with a sense of pride lightening all over his face. “Even if you make wild, you too fit chop um some. She dey bii kwa, her conning no hard.” This bloke of a university student did not end there. He went ahead to give full details of how it all went.
My Sweetheart, imagine how your image would be if you were this beautiful Business Administration undergraduate. Trust me this is what goes on even when some respectable men meet. The discussion doesn’t usually end there. The next time that lady is seen even without her “ex-lover”, someone else would remark, “She dey bii, but she be yawa girl. Bingi sef chop um before.”

So where lies your dignity, beautiful girl? Staying chaste does not only protect you from STDs and traumatic heart breaks but it is also a way preserving your dignity. So my heart aches to hear your sister is ready to give in. Sex is not and can never be the only way to prove that you love someone. It is the beginning of mistrust in a relationship because we guys have a saying: “If she falls for you easily, so shall she fall for someone else easily.” A truly genuine lover who wants to marry a lady will stay happily in a platonic relationship. Take it or leave it!

Just tell her to concentrate on her studies because the very relationship she intends to save will automatically break if she gives in. Being in a relationship at her age is itself not good. Since she trusts you so much that she tells you everything, talk her to resist or quit and wait until she is mature enough to distinguish between love and lust. Don’t forget to tell her that you and I are in a platonic relationship until that day when we shall look at each other in the face and answer, “Yes, I do!” What a great day that day will be!
Thanks for being there for me!
By Manasseh Azure Awuni [azureachebe2@yahoo.com]
The writer is a Level 300 student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

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