When Chief Muda Dayo Ogunsola, the only son of his Nigerian parents, migrated from Nigeria with his uncle to settle at Bolgatanga, capital of then Upper East Region of Ghana in 1966, at the tender age of 12 years, he knew he had found home far away from home. To him the enabling environment in Ghana, coupled with the presence [...] The post Back home from
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has stated that the attack of Police in Tamale by some few soldiers was an attempt to mar the Police-Military relationship. He questioned “Why would anybody want to attack the Police? Where would those soldiers report their cases if crimes against their person and or property were committed?” Mr Asante-Apeatu stated [...] The post IGP
The Police and Military High commands have agreed to set up committees at all regions with a military base to oversee peaceful co-existence between personnel of both services. A statement signed yesterday in Accra by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) David Eklu, Director-General, Public Affairs Directorate, Ghana Police Service and Colonel Eric Aggrey Quashie, Director, Public Relations, Ghana Armed Forces, [...] The post Military,
The Acting Secretary of the Forum For Rebuilding the Convention People’s Party (FRCPP), Peterkin Kwame Kin-Adano has stated that the proposed conversion of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) from crude refinery into a tank farm for the storage of fuel was worrying and visionless. “We register our strongest protest against this massaging attempts being made by the NPP government to [...] The post CPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that it will be a waste of time for anyone to contest President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo internally. The party’s Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, explained that the current president will be the party’s 2020 presidential candidate and there would be no room for anyone to contest him internally. He described the performance [...] The post No
Reverend Samuel Mensah Setor, Headmaster, A.M.E Zion Vocational-Technical Institute (AMEZVOTECH) at Klikor-Satsimadza in the Ketu South Municipality has chastised politicians for taking electorates for granted and making themselves not worthy of trust. “I advise politicians to stop talking without walking the talk so as to stop frustrating and discouraging people who trust them”, he said. Rev. Setor’s comments were prompted [...] The post Make
Ranking Member of Parliament’s Employment Committee, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has admonished the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ban all vigilante groups linked to them. “At the national level, we should ban these groups,” he stressed. Dr Donkor, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pru East, expressed worry about the level of insecurity [...] The post NPP,
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei has charged officials of the Commission to be well resourced and knowledgeable in order to overcome the challenges they will face in 2019. “2019 will be a challenging year for the commission as there will be two referendums with regards to the creation of the new regions and the election [...] The post EC Boss: 2019 challenging
The Minister of information, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has reiterated the call for Ghanaians to consolidate the peace the country has enjoyed over years to ensure macro-economic stability. According to the Minister, it was important for people to put behind them their political defferences and foster unity, understanding and respect for one another. Dr Abdul-Hamid made the call at the launch [...] The post Charitable
The Minister of Health,Kwaku Agyeman Manu, says government will soon take over the expenditure for the postgraduate training of medical doctors in the country. This, he said, was part of the government’s effort to ensure that Ghana attains Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and improve the low doctor to patient ratio. Speaking at the launch of the 60th anniversary celebration of [...] The post Govt
Violence and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa forced 15,000 people from their homes every day in 2017, double the previous year’s figure. An international monitoring centre said this on Wednesday, urging more help for those displaced within their own countries. The region accounted for nearly half the 11.8 million people worldwide who were displaced within their countries by conflict last year, [...] The post Vicious
The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly hard to control. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km (80 miles) from the area where the first cases were confirmed earlier this month. The city is [...] The post Ebola outbreak spreads to DR Congo
Burundi went to the polls yesterday to vote in a constitutional referendum, which could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule to 2034. He is a former rebel leader who came to power at the end of Burundi’s ethnically-charged civil war in 2005. His run for a controversial third term in 2015 set off a wave of violence and an attempted coup, [...] The post Burundi votes on longer
It is said that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This was what exactly happed in Tamale on Wednesday that sent members of the public scampering for cover to save dear lives. The public condemnation is largely due to the fact the personnel are the custodians of arms, meant to protect and defend ordinary people but [...] The post MILITARY, POLICE CLASHES MUST STOP! appeared
A 24-YEAR-OLD driver in Ho, Courage Dogbey, who engaged the service of his unemployed friend to inject his pregnant teenage girlfriend and administer a cocktail of other drugs to her to terminate a pregnancy was sentenced to two years imprisonment on Wednesday by the Ho Circuit Court. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetment of criminal abortion. Dogbey’s accomplice, Dieu-Donne [...] The post 2
Four foreigners have been arrested by Operation Vanguard Joint Task Force at Broniamah, a community in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region, on Tuesday, for allegedly engaging in illegal mining popularly called ‘galamsey’. The suspects, one Chinese, Lin Chanquo, 44, and three Togolese, Kwame Musah 28; Kombete Kudjo ,48 and Ano Nabro, 21, were arrested together with their [...] The post 4
Six out of the ten accused who attacked Dome Kwabenya District Police Station in January 2018 and freed suspects in custody have been discharged by the Accra Circuit Court yesterday. This is because the prosecution failed to adduce evidence against them. They are Theodore Banda, a trader, Owusu George, Edward Lartey, George Yeboah, George Sarbah and, Elvis Asante. Presiding [...] The post 6
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