Barely five days after criticizing Manhyia Palace of allegedly playing a role in the galamsey menace in the Ashanti region, the office and staff of the founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPC), Akwasi Addai, popularly known as Odike, has been allegedly attacked. The incident, which occurred on Monday 22nd August, 2022 at about 4:30 pm local time by unknown gunmen, saw cars parked in front of Mr. Odike’s office vandalised and the workers physically assaulted. The armed men, according
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has again found itself in the bad books of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). This time, the Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, has directed the Commissioner of the Customs Division, Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, to immediately halt and discontinue all auction sales, till investigation is concluded. The directives, according to the OSP, stems from suspected corruption and corruption related offences in respect of auction sale of vehicles
President Akufo-Addo has appealed to the security agencies in the country to put in their maximum sacrifice to ensure that peace and security prevail in the country. Interacting with some of the state security personnel at Wa, as part of his tour of Upper West Region last Sunday, he explained that the role of the security personnel for peace in every nation is critical and that they should put their lives in line of danger to protect others. According to the president, they “don’t have the luxury,
So far, Ghana remains the only country in the West Africa sub-region not to have been attacked by terrorists, but the Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitwul, says this does not mean the public must go to sleep. To him, it is important that the public looks for suspicious characters and report them to the security agencies. He said even though government has prioritised security and is continuously retooling the Ghana Armed Forces, the public has a role to play by supporting security efforts for the
The Chief of Kwahu Nkwatia in the Kwahu East district of the Eastern region, Nana Boamah Ayiripe III, has pledged to make education a topmost priority within his traditional jurisdiction, in an effort to help improve quality and accessibility. According to the respected chief, the time has come for parents and well-meaning residents of the area to invest in their children’s education, since that is the only way they could develop economically. Nana Boamah Ayiripe III was speaking at a durbar
Over the weekend, the chiefs and people of Alajo, in the Ayawaso Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, exhibited what has been described as a spectacular day of tradition. They celebrated their Homowo with a series of traditional rites. Key among them was the sprinkling of the traditional food, Kpekple, to hoot at hunger and other fun-packed activities. Patrons of the main celebration, which took place last Saturday at the Alajo palace, were enthused about the orderliness with which the
A youth group in Obuasi, which goes by the name Appianin/Bonsec Fun Club, has petitioned the President, Nana Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to intervene to save AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine from illegal miners. They are said to have started to ply their trade at the company’s underground concession. Last Sunday the group embarked on a protest through the principal streets of Obuasi, holding placards, some of which inscriptions read: “Save AngloGold and save Ghana”,
King Manuel, 37, an alleged Personal Assistant (PA) of Nii Ahene Numoo III of Abola, in Accra, has been remanded into lawful police custody for possession of firearm and ammunition. King Manuel was remanded last Tuesday by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour Afia Owusuaa Appiah, to reappear before it today. The accused was arrested on August 8, 2022 at about 3:00 pm, by the Alpha Swat Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, during the sprinkling of ‘Kpokpoi’ to mark the Homowo
The abridged version of the Customs Act 2015 (Act 891) provides for the imposition, collection, and accounting of customs duty and tax and for related matters. Section 59 (1) states that a person who imports a motor vehicle into the country and does not enter and clear the motor vehicle within sixty days after the final discharge of the ship or aircraft, or in the case of a motor vehicle imported over land, the date on which it crossed the national borders into the country, shall forfeit the motor
The Ghanaian youth, especially young graduates, have been encouraged to acquire entrepreneurial skills as a guarantee for employment in the job market, instead of relying on government for unavailable white colour jobs. Mustapha Alhassan Badini, Chairman of Adansi-Mossi Youth Association made the call at the celebration of this year’s World Youth Day held in Obuasi. According to him, is time the youth in Obuasi and its surrounding communities do not only depend on Anglogod Ashanti (AGA) for
The Koforidua Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Dr Emmanuel Aware Kusi, has called on well-meaning leaders and the body of Christ to live above the principles of Christianity and discourage false prophecies. Speaking at the dedication service and commemoration of 90 years anniversary of Emmanuel Methodist Church of Asiakwa in the Osiem circuit, under the Koforidua Diocese, Rt Rev. Dr Emmanuel Asare Kusi stated without mincing words that, he is not against prophecies but against false prophecies.
The newly elected Eastern Regional Chairman of Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Mahamood Shakil Kpedau, has charged members of the Association to, as a matter of importance, stop the seeming tensions, bickering and show of bravado among themselves. According to the Eastern Regional CLOGSAG chairman, the interest of CLOGSAG supersedes individual interests and that it was high time members arrested the self-cantered spirit and rather work together to improve the lives
President Akufo-Addo says no government has constructed more roads than his government has done in the history of the 4th Republic. Responding to questions in an interview on Radio Upper West, on Monday, 22nd August, 2022 at the start of a 2-day working visit to the Upper West Region, President Akufo-Addo disclosed that the Upper West Region alone has 18 road projects completed since 2017, with 110 more road projects ongoing. Whilst serving notice of the re-packaging and award of the contract for
At a colourful event at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi on Saturday 20th August, 2022, a total of 30 Western Region Artistes and Creative Arts Players were awarded for their work in 2021. Headlined by 610Music, the Western Music Awards also introduced categories to award people in the Sports sector. “In collaboration with the Western Region branch of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, we have introduced categories to award sports men and women from the region and also a club
Kofi Kinaata has emerged as the winner of the Artiste of the year at the Ghana Music Awards USA, an annual event in the USA that celebrates Ghanaian Artistes and Creative Arts playersbased in Ghana and in the diaspora, particularly in the USA. The ‘Things fall apart’ crooner contested the flagship Artiste of the year category with Black Sherif, KiDi, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Kuami Eugene. He was crowned Artiste of The Year on Saturday 20th August, 2022 at a colourful event at the opulent Lincoln
Amerado has apologised to Shatta Bandle, a social media sensation for including him in a recent lyrical beef with Lyrical Joe, the reigning Best Rapper of the year at the Ghana Music Awards. AmeradoBurna in one of the diss songs included Shatta Bandle, the young rich self-acclaimed billionaire in the lyrical war. The rapper on his ‘Sin No More’ diss track compared Lyrical Joe’s streams to the teeth of Shatta Bandle. A reference that incurred the wrath of the young rich billionaire who launched
Time check: Friday 19th August 2022 circa 0400 hrs. I was tossing up on my bed with an insoluble matrix: how do I go to Court at 0900hrs go to 37 Hospital at 0900hrs, attend Omanhene’s summons at 0900 hrs and attend former IGP C.O Lamptey’s funeral at State House also at 0900hrs??? Finally I made up my mind, health first. Go to 37, and after that show up in the court, dash to State House to catch the funeral and finish up with the Omanhene. As God would have it, just as I entered 37 Hospital
Labour Party’s Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar appeared in person at the conference. The NBA had earlier said two other presidential candidates – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) – did not confirm their availability for the conference. However, Vice-Presidential candidate of the APC, Kassim Shettima, was present at the conference. The Presidential candidate of the African
At least two children have died after another building collapsed in on Adeleye street, Ladilak in the Bariga area of Lagos on Sunday. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, three adult males also sustained injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals. “The Agency activated its response to the above incident and upon arrival at the incident scene, discovered that the tank scaffolding of a two-storey building collapsed on a bungalow beside it and affected two rooms,” a statement
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said the prices of selected food items increased in July. The bureau stated this in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for July 2022, released in Abuja on Monday. The NBS stated that the average price of 1kg of white beans rose by 23.22 per cent from N444.21 in July 2021 to N547.38 in July 2022. “On a month-on-month basis, the price increased by 2.09 per cent from N536.17 in June 2022 to N547.38 in July 2022,’’ it added. The report stated also
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