THE GHANAIAN CHRONICLE

"Kill one Chronicle staff and NDC will have peace", is a front page headline in the Chronicle. The accompanying story says the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Nana Akwasi Agyeman has warned that if one of Chronicle reporters is assassinated, the paper will be forced to stop criticizing leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The Chronicle says Nana Agyeman gave this gruesome warning in Kumasi last Monday when one of the paper's reporters called on him to react to information that he had since July, this year, physically assaulted two people in the metropolis. According to the paper, Nana Agyeman fuming with rage, declared "I don't care about Chronicle publications about me because at the end of the day, people will use the paper as toilet roll". GRI

In another front page story the Chronicle says at a time when Ghana has been embarking on expensive roadshows to attract foreign investment, 48 foreigners have been duped to the tune of nearly 47 billion cedis by fake Ghanaian gold dealers, quoting a recent publication in the state-owned media. The story says the foreigners who fell victim to Ghanaian conmen, include Italians, Swiss, Russians, South Africans, Saudi Arabians, Nigerians, Hungarians, Germans and Belgians. The Chronicle says the foreigners arrived with very high hopes of purchasing gold but ended up being fleeced in what is now becoming Ghana's version of Nigeria's internationally known "419" scam. The paper says in the end, most of them returned home with bitter tales of what is now overshadowing the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality, "Ghanaian crookedness". GRI