The highly opposed reshuffle in the leadership of the Minority in Parliament, largely described as a coup d’état, allegedly orchestrated by the camp of former President John Dramani Mahama, has ignited some rancor in the NDC. Apart from opposition from some party supporters in the Northern and Ashanti regions, with some even massing up at the regional offices, the Minority Caucus is also now divided. At the time of filing this report yesterday, some 60 NDC MPs had signed a petition against
Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has justified the decision of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to reshuffle its leadership in parliament, saying the move is to prepare the party for the 2024 elections. The largest opposition party on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 announced a change in the party’s parliamentary leadership. In a letter signed by the General Secretary of the party, Fifi Kwetey, it said“the new leadership would be charged to recommend consequential
A Deputy Director at the Ghana Geological Survey Authority, Innocent Kakateche, alias Honourable, has been accused together with a tiler, Charles Bijabe, and nurse at the Ridge Hospital, Gideon Tigah, with fraud. The accused persons were put before the Accra Circuit Court ‘9’, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah, yesterday. They are standing trial for attempting to commit a crime, to wit defrauding by false pretences, and defrauding by false pretenses. Charles, aged 28 years, pleaded guilty
Students’ unrest is increasingly becoming a common phenomenon in Ghana. Though many resolution mechanisms are being adopted by school authorities to remedy the situation, it still continues to occur as little efforts are done to stop it completely. Last week, it was reported that students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute demonstrated over poor examination results. The students vandalised vehicles, smashed windscreens, destroyed school properties and assaulted some of their
Dauda Mohammed Nazir, one of the alleged rioters at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Cape Coast Youth and Women Congress, was scheduled to be sentenced yesterday, but that decision has been rescinded by the trial court. Out of the four counts of prohibition of vigilante groups and activities leveled against him, the accused, earlier pleaded guilty to the second count, which particulars of the offence were that on December 10, 2022, in Cape Coast, Dauda, together with the others, armed themselves
Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, commonly known as REDD+. The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) paid Ghana $4,862,280 for reducing 972,456 tonnes of carbon emissions for the first monitoring period under the program (June to December 2019). “This payment is the first of four under the country’s Emission Reductions Payment Agreement
Mrs. Patricia Adusei Poku, Executive Director of Data Protection Commissions (DPC) has tasked Data controllers to file and register under section 46/3 as the law requires with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) to safeguard users of information for security purposes. Speaking at the 2023 Data Protection and Privacy Week celebration in Kumasi, she explained that shifting this year’s celebration to the Ashanti region was to announce the setting up of the Commission’s office in Kumasi
Engendering high compliance in the African shipping industry would greatly boost the fortunes of the sector, panellists at the Regional Maritime Stakeholder Conference on Global Best Practices in Vessel Clearance have said. Speaking on the topic: “Positioning our Ports and Terminals for the Blue Economy and the AfCFTA Opportunity”, the panellists agreed that there are vast opportunities to attract more vessels to the continent provided that strict adherence to regulations that govern the
The Agortime traditional area would soon collaborate with the Church to promote and spread the gospel, as well as promote traditional and cultural practices. The collaboration would ensure that the celebration of Rata –Twins festival established by the Ascend Church of Christ, would be celebrated by the church and the traditional area, few weeks after the celebration of the Agbamevorza (Kete festival). The Traditional Priest of Agortime Traditional Area, Togbe Gbedesi Adzakpa made this known
In order to ensure sufficient financing of the maritime space in West and Central Africa to harness the resources for economic development, stakeholders convened at the 17th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) yesterday. The delegates from the over fifteen countries attending the conference are expected at the end of the conference to agree on a budget and an action plan for the progress of MOWCA. Delegates are also expected to ensure
Black Sherif, Camidoh, The Compozers, and Gyakie are the Ghanaian music stars who have been announced as part of the first wave of performers announced for Afro Nation Portugal 2023. The musicians join a list of others from across the world including Burna Boy and American hip-hop star 50 Cent, also this year’s biggest breakthrough Asake, Fireboy DML, Ayra Starr who will also make a memorable moment at her Afro Nation debut this June French-Malian afro pop superstar Aya Nakamura , Djadja, Pookie,
The rest of the world seems to be moving a little faster than the African Continent. The Continent is arguably, the richest in terms of resources. This, however, has not seen a correspondent response in terms of its development. Africa has been battling with structural vulnerabilities for years. The Continent has been over-relying on natural resource exports. Africa, no doubt, needs to, with much urgency, take greater control of its destiny. It is in this light that AfCFTA was birthed. Since its
Thirty-nine students of the Krobea Asante Vocational Institute at Effiduase arrested for their involvement in the violent demonstration at the school on Sunday have been remanded into Police custody by the Asokore-Mampong District court. The students made up of 27 juveniles and 12 adults, will reappear before the court on February second, 2023. They were arrested by the Police during the violent demonstration in the school on Sunday dawn, which resulted in extensive damage to many school and private
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to provide a US$3 million grant to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to enhance its operational capabilities, Mr. Albert Kofi Owusu, General Manager, has said. The financial support, he said, would see the nation’s wire service rehabilitate five of its regional offices, including the Head Office in Accra, as well as acquire modern equipment to enhance its news gathering activities. The package will also enable the GNA to train its staff to build their capacity.
The Talensi Mining Communities Initiative (TAMCI), a civil society organisation in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, has renewed demands for compensation for the families of 16 miners, who died in a mining pit in 2019 at Gbane in the district. According to the non-governmental organisation (NGO), dependents of the deceased had been going through hardship to fend for themselves without any form of compensation. It called on the government and the Minerals Commission to ensure that
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the March 11 governorship election in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne is dead. DAILY POST learnt that he died on Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja. He had earlier received treatment at a United Kingdom hospital. Ikonne’s demise was confirmed by his son, Chikezie, in a statement he issued on behalf of the family. The statement read, “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who
The Federal Government on Tuesday said there is no official register for missing persons in Nigeria. Adding that there are no reliable national data on the number of missing persons because there’s no official register The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk made the disclosure during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the ministry in collaboration with the National Human Right Commission, NHRC, the International Committee
Nigerians have continued to lament the hardship caused by the scarcity of petroleum products across the country as businesses and households that depend on generators for power supply groan in darkness. In recent weeks, motorists across Nigeria have had a hard time getting petroleum products just as commuters continue to lament the ripple effects of the scarcity as a result of skyrocketed transport fares in major cities. Despite the government’s repeated claims it had enough petroleum products
Many vigilantes were reportedly killed in an air raid by a yet-to-be-identified aircraft in Galadima Kogo, a community in Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State, on Tuesday. Several members of the vigilante group, including its leader, were also injured in the bombing, locals said. The vigilante members were bombed as they were preparing to counter an attack against terrorists who had earlier attacked their community. A community leader told PREMIUM TIMES that during the attack, several villagers
A Madina District Court has sentenced Peter Michael Ifaenyi aka Peter Yaw Asare, a Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian Passport twice. Ifaenyi, 26, who was charged with attempting to obtain Ghanaian passports by false declaration, pleaded guilty. The Court therefore sentenced him on his own plea and handed down a custodial sentence without an option of a fine. Prosecution led by Chief Superintendent of Immigration Adolf Assenso, informed the
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