A Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has questioned the calls by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Mahama for the publication of the audit report on the cocoa roads project. In an interview with Citi News, the Akim Swedru Member of Parliament said the focus should be on how the […] The post Deputy
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A former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro has said that the death of the key suspect in Professor Yaw Benneh’s killing must be investigated. According to him, the police should have paid special attention to his health, considering the fact that he was a key […] The post Investigate
The Volta Regional Police Command has rearrested a suspect who was freed while in the grips of police officers from Kpando. The suspect, Asafoatse Agulo of Gbefi, who was arrested for allegedly making threats of murder, was freed by close to 400 residents over the weekend. The Volta Regional Police PRO, Corporal Prince Dogbatse, told […] The post Kpando: Police re-arrest
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will begin a three-day working visit to the Volta and Oti Regions from today, Tuesday 20th October to Thursday, 22nd October 2020. President Akufo-Addo will on this visit commission road projects, hospitals and security installations. He will also cut the sod for new ones to begin and meet the […] The post Akufo-Addo tours Volta and Oti Regions
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will begin a three-day working visit to the Volta and Oti Regions from today, Tuesday 20th October to Thursday, 22nd October 2020. President Akufo-Addo will on this visit commission road projects, hospitals and security installations. He will also cut the sod for new ones to begin and meet the […] The post Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, October 19, 2020, inaugurated the governing board of the Right to Information Commission at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. The Commission is chaired by Mr. Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, a retired High Court Judge of good repute, with its Executive Secretary being […] The post Akufo-Addo
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu does not think the death of the lead suspect in the murder case of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh will hinder investigations into the case. A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Yaw Benneh was killed at his Adjirigano residence in Accra on September 12, 2020. James Nana […] The post Death
One person is reported to have been killed and several injured in Ivory Coast after security forces opened fire during an opposition protest ahead of a controversial presidential election. Crowds of predominantly young people had set up roadblocks in the southeastern town of Bonoua, near the main city of Abidjan, in protest at President Alassane […] The post One dead after
Guinea’s opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, has declared himself the winner of Sunday’s presidential election ahead of the official announcement of results. Mr Diallo told journalists and his supporters that he had won the first round despite “anomalies”. The electoral commission said vote counting was still ongoing and that it was the only body mandated […] The post Guinea
The authorities in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, have ordered school closures following the widespread disruption caused by ongoing protests against police brutality. The state’s commissioner for education, Folasade Adefisayo, said the safety of students and staff working in schools could not be guaranteed. A new date for resumption of classes will be announced later, but […] The post Lagos
Argentina has become the fifth country in the world to record one million confirmed coronavirus cases. In the past 24 hours, there were 12,982 new infections, pushing the overall number to 1,002,662, the country’s health ministry said. It reported 451 new deaths, bringing the nation’s toll to 26,716. With a population of about 45 million, […] The post Argentina coronavirus
US President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden are feuding over plans for their final TV debate. The Republican president’s campaign accused organisers of Thursday’s showdown of helping the Democrat by leaving out foreign policy as a topic. The Biden camp shot back that Mr Trump was trying to avoid questions about […] The post US election
A deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has rejected claims that the government may be hiding the actual coronavirus figures to create a false sense of security in Ghana. Providing updates on the country’s case count, as of Friday, October 16, 2020, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo indicated that the number of active […] The post Government not massaging
A disqualified presidential hopeful, Marricke Kofi Gane, says he was not given the opportunity to correct all possible errors on his nomination forms that led to his disqualification from the presidential race. Mr. Gane was among five persons disqualified for failing to meet the Electoral Commission’s (EC) requirements. Their disqualifications were announced on Monday by […] The post Marricke
Deputy Minister of Health, Okoe Boye has justified the decision to keep Ghana’s air borders open in the wake of a second wave of COVID-19 in some parts of the world. There is a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in countries across Europe after a successful slow down of the outbreak early in the year. More […] The post COVID-19: Opening Ghana’s air
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced one Emmanuel Bortey, aged 28, to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing his victim and infringing multiple knife wounds on him in the process. Emmanuel Bortey was arrested by the police after a complaint of the incident was lodged at the Nungua Police station on October 6, […] The post Nungua: Man jailed 15 years for robbery, assault
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, says the failure by the current government to complete the E-Blocks is making the free Senior High School policy expensive for parents. The former President said this while addressing a durbar of chiefs and people of Sameraboi in the Amenfi West constituency on day one […] The post Failure
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