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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Pusiga: Nana’s ‘all-die-be-die’ comment pops up in mock BECE question

Some parents of candidates registered for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region, are expressing worry over questions in a mock examination they say is politically tainted. As part of preparations for the examination, the Pusiga District office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) organised the rehearsal...

Personnel believed to be drawn from the Ghana Police Service and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on Thursday evening raided the office of the Danquah Institute in Accra. A Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party, Perry Okudzeto told Citi News that they included a Police officer in uniform and six others in mufti. He narrated that when...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is accusing the Mahama-led administration of deliberately putting the life of their Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, in danger. According to the party, it has obtained credible intelligence report that suggests that the President and some individuals sympathetic to his government are plotting to bring harm in the way of their standard...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has defiantly stated that it will resist any form of intimidation from the government ahead of the November polls. The NPP is alleging the government masterminded the arrest of their three South African security consultants and the Head of the Security detail of their Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo and his running mate Dr. Mahamadu...

Acting NPP Chairman, Freddie Blay The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has served notice it will go all out to “legitimately” protect its flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo because it has picked up intelligence that his life and that of his vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia are in danger. The acting National Chairman of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition Freddie Blay said the party will not be...

Atta Akyea NPP MP for Abuakwa South has slighted charges against the three South African ex-servicemen picked up by the BNI for acts that compromise the country’s security. Atta Akyea has predicted that charges against the three foreigners - who are in the country at the behest of the NPP to train the party’s security detail - would fail in court. Major Ahmed Shaik...

DEPOSITS DROP BY GH¢960 IN JUST ONE MONTH Total deposits in the banking industry dropped by GH¢40.3 billion at the end of January 2016, according to the latest Summary of Economic and Financial data by the Bank of Ghana. DEBT CRISIS CRIPPLING BUSINESS Ghana’s debt distress is weighing heavily on the operations and survival of businesses in the country, economists...

The three South African ex-Police Officers who were arrested on Sunday for training private security personnel of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo and his running mate Dr. Bawumia, have been charged. The three, Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (rtd), 54; Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe, 33, and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani, 45 have been charged...

Police have deployed anti-terror personnel to Kwahu in the Eastern Region ahead of the annual Easter celebrations. Following the upsurge in extremists’ activities in West Africa and Europe, the Ghana Police said it will not take chances and has fashioned out measures to protect citizens who will be gathering at public places to celebrate Christ’s deat...

District Chief Executive for Asante Akim North is asking residents to protect themselves against possible attacks by nomadic herdsmen. Paul Kingsley Averu wants residents especially farmers to move in groups and carry weapons as attacks by nomadic herdsmen continue. At least four persons, three nomadic herdsmen and one indigene have been killed this week alone at Agogo...

NPP/NDC machomen clash at late Bantamahene’s funeral

President Mahama at funeral grounds There was a scuffle between ‘machomen’ of the two main political parties, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the funeral of the late Bantamahene in Kumasi on Thursday. This happened when President John Dramani Mahama arrived at the funeral grounds of the late Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V. As part...

Mahama shaking hands with people on his arrival Some mourners that thronged the funeral of the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V reportedly hooted at the President, John Dramani Mahama and his entourage at the funeral grounds. According to Nhyira FM’s Ruthy Danielson, who was at the funeral grounds, the mourners - clad in black and carried the flag of...

David Philip McDermott A British national has been arrested in Ghana upon the request of the British authorities to their counterparts in Ghana. David Philip McDermott is currently in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), having fled the United Kingdom following a drug related offense. The fugitive faces extradition to the UK. According to Radio...

Rawlings never liked me – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has revealed that former President Jerry John Rawlings disliked him when he first assumed the Presidency of the country. According to him, that feeling of animosity later turned out to be a great relationship between them. The Asante Monarch and the former military leader who assumed the highest office of the land, first through a coup d’etat in 1979, have an enviable friendly relationship. Their closeness have...

Brochure fiasco: I forged letterhead – ISD boss

Francis Kwarteng Arthur The acting Director of the Information Services Department (ISD), Francis Kwarteng Arthur, has boldly revealed that he ‘forged’ the letterhead on which the department issued an apology for the error-ridden brochure used at the 59th Independence parade. Following intense public criticism of the incident that some have described as an ‘international...

Maria Sharapova Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer cut ties with Maria Sharapova on Tuesday, the latest sponsor after Nike and Porsche to distance itself from the world’s highest-paid female athlete following her failed drug test. The swift response on the heels of Sharapova’s announcement on Monday signaled a change in attitude among high-profile corporate backers following...

General Sani Abacha Former Nigeria president Nigeria and Switzerland have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of more than $300 million confiscated from the family of the Nigeria's former military ruler, Sani Abacha, the office of Nigeria's vice president said on Tuesday. Transparency International, a corruption watchdog, has accused Abacha of stealing...

Error ridden brochure The printing of the error-ridden brochures distributed at Ghana’s 59th Independence Day celebrations was taken away from the Information Services Department (ISD) and given to politicians and presidential staffers at the Flagstaff House so that those individuals will get kickbacks from the contract, Ranking Member of the Communications Committee in...

Mahama’s evidence-based SONA exercise in mediocrity – Akufo-Addo

Nana Akufo-Addo The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo has described President John Mahama’s ‘evidence-based’ State of the Nation Address as an embarrassing exercise in mediocrity.According to him, the act of calling out names of the supposed beneficiaries of government interventions undermines the seriousness that must be attached to the state of the...

– Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle says the rights and freedoms Archbishop Charles Palmer Buckle of gays and lesbians must be respected – Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle argues that it remains ungodly for Christians to trample upon their rights The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle has argued...

Mahama presented 'untruths' – Minority

Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has accused President John Mahama of presenting “palpable untruths, half-truths, and embellished truths,” during his State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Thursday February 25, 2016. Addressing the media after the president’s three-hour address, the Minority leader expressed dissatisfaction...

President John Mahama President John Mahama says he has kept his promise to end a four-year power crisis that crippled businesses and left many jobless. Delivering his 2016 State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, the President expressed his excitement at dealing with the nagging problem. He said, “I stood before this very august house and promised to fix...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ablekuma West MP Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has summed up President Mahama’s first term in office as characterised by ‘an institutionalization of mediocrity’. Moments before the President delivered his State of the Nation Address, the critical voice from the opposition party said key highlights of the President's first term are based on...

Nana Akufo-Addo Embattled national chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Paul Afoko has revealed that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo snubbed efforts by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene in his “illegal” suspension. According to Mr. Afoko, the Asantehene attempted to resolve the party’s issues relating to his...

Mahama delivers State of the Nation today

President John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama is expected this morning to present a report on the status of the country as he appears before Parliament to give his last State of the Nation Address. His address would cover the economic and social gains made as well as the various challenges that faced the country in the past year, and the various interventions...

Swedish Teen Rescued From ISIS in Iraq: 'It Was a Really Hard Life'

by REUTERS IRBIL, Iraq — A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIS said life under the militants was "really hard" and that she was duped into going there by her boyfriend. In her first interview since Kurdish special forces recovered her in northern Iraq, the 16-year old told a Kurdish TV channel she had met her boyfriend in mid-2014 after dropping out of school in Sweden. IRBIL, Iraq — A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIS said life under the...

Audio: Obinim 'exposed' by alleged spiritual master

Reports reaching newsghana.com, indicate that a native doctor or traditional priest Nana Yaw Appiah claimed he is Bishop Obinim’s Spiritual father and he is the source of Obinim’s church growth in Tema etc. According to our analyst, Nana Yaw Appiah has thrown a challenge to Bishop Obinim to meet him face to face, where by both of them will lay down in closed Coffins for 30 minutes. Fetish priest Nana Yaw Appiah even called Bishop Obinim “Kwadwo”...

Rt. Rev Stephen Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu Superintendent Minister of the Dzorwulu Circuit of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Stephen Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu, says the posture of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei and her team, has convinced him that there is a scheme to impose President John Mahama on Ghanaians after the November 7 polls. Rt....

SHATTA WALE Hours after the dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, was disqualified from contesting in this year’s edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, the fans of the artiste are calling on him to ignore Charta House. Shatta, who posted a pain-laden message on Facebook on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, had his fans ‘consoling’ him to forget them [Charta House] and move...

New US Ambassador to Ghana calls on Akufo-Addo

Robert Porter Jackson and Nana Akufo-Addo Robert Porter Jackson, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to Ghana, on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, called on the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at his Nima residence. Accompanied by the Political Chief at the US Embassy, Robert Carlson, the purpose of Ambassador...

Police grab Bunkpurugu ‘talisman’ as many desert the area

Mannah Sambian A man believed to possess some spiritual powers and a ringleader in the Bunkpurugu deadly family clashes has been arrested by the police. Mannah Sambian, 22, was arrested Friday evening and is currently being watched under police custody. Over 30 houses have been torched in the renewed clashes in the Northern Regional township, leaving at least two...

One person was butchered to near death and many houses torched in Labtanga in the Bumburiga electoral area of the Chereponi constituency in a conflict that broke out between the Bimobas and the Chakosis. The injured are receiving treatment at a clinic at Bumburiga. The two families were fighting over the right to fishing in the Kpempi River, a water source of the Oti River,...

The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament has queried the reason for which Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh would be made to brief the House in a closed door sitting rather than a public hearing on Friday. They contended that the issue is of public interest. Addressing a press conference at the Parliament House in Accra, the Minority said there are...

Ms Hanna Tetteh – Minister for Foreign Affairs The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Hannah Tetteh, was in Parliament on Friday to apprise a closed sitting of the House on Ghana’s hosting of the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees. The two Yemenis – Mahmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, 36, and Khalid Shayk Mohammed, 34 – were transferred from the...

Be truly independent – Kuffour counsels EC

Former President John Agyekum Kuffour has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to be truly Former President J.A Kuffour independent in the discharge of its mandate as a referee in the November 7 polls. Officials of the Commission, he said, should be guided by truth, patriotism and the fear of God, to ensure a peaceful election, bearing in mind that they are citizens...

Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala set off stun grenades and loosed tear gas volleys outside the A supporter of opposition leader Kizza Besigye sets up a burned barricade in Kampala, Uganda headquarters of Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party as tensions rose after a largely peaceful ballot held a day earlier. Besigye was later detained for the third...

WATCHEYE: EC suspends steering committeerahul

WATCHEYE: EC suspends steering committee: Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the EC The Electoral Commission has suspended the controversial election steering committee after an Int...

Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the EC The Electoral Commission has suspended the controversial election steering committee after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting Friday. The committee, which was inaugurated this month was expected to coordinate the activities of the various stakeholders within the electoral process to ensure successful elections. The Committee...

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North has accused government of deliberately withholding Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh the facts and details surrounding the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay ex-detainees to the country. Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh, appeared before parliament for an in-camera briefing on Friday 19 February over the hosting of the...

Dr Mensa Otabil The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the Founder of the International Central gospel Church (ICCG), Mensah Otabil, as a threat to national security and a secret supporter of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Communications Director of the NDC, Solomon Nkansah,said on Thursday that Pastor Otabil was openly biased against the...

Arrest and fraud claims overshadow Uganda vote

Uganda's opposition leader has been released after being arrested by police, with the country Opposition leader briefly held just before polls closed in election wrapping up voting for a presidential election alleged by the opposition to have been rigged in favour of the incumbent Yoweri Museveni. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb, reporting from the capital Kampala on Thursday,...

Francis had gone to appeal his jail term A Manchester Crown Court in the United Kingdom has increased the jail term of a Ghanaian immigrant, Francis Kofi Okrah, for raping a 22-year-old lesbian. Okrah, 36, is reported to have appealed his seven year jail sentence but had six weeks added to it. According to a report by the Daily Mail, Okrah had gone to the court to have...

Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah The founder and leader of the Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah has warned drivers to be very vigilant on the road, because some ‘satanic human spirits’ are depending on them for human blood to accomplish their mission this year. “Ghanaians must know that accidents are caused by some devilish spirits yearning for human...

NDC Chastises Fanteakwa North MP For Comments On Fulani herdsmen

Constituency Executives of Fanteakwa North NDC organized a press conference on 12 February to condemn the MP of Fanteakwa North Constituency, Hon. Amankwa Asiamah, for his untoward utterances on the Fulani Herdsmen saga. The party picked issues at his tacit attempt to blame the DCE and the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Fanteakwa North, Hon. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe, for the atrocities being committed by some Fulanis in the district. Incidentally,...

The Police has mounted a manhunt for a 35-year old driver for allegedly pouring acid on his girlfriend for quitting their romantic relationship. Peter Kwasi Boadi is said to have committed the act after a quarrel with the lady. The victim, Patience Okoegye, a 24-year old trader, who is on admission at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,...

Transport Minister , Fifi Kwetey Minister of Transport, Fifi Kwetey, has accused the Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr Mensah Otabil, of bias towards the NPP. According to Kwetey, the popular motivational speaker preaches of hope and optimism when the main opposition New Patriotic Party is in power but changes his message to that of doom and despair...

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured cocoa farmers in Ghana of a massive overhaul of the sector if he wins powers. He said the objective is to ensure that the dwindling fortunes of the sector, as witnessed over the last eight years of the National Democratic Congress government, are reversed. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo According...

President John Dramani Mahama with EC Chair, Charlotte Osei The Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF) has served notice of their intention to ensure the removal from office of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Madam Charlotte Osei. The anti-corruption group has in effect petitioned President John Dramani Mahama for onward transmission to Her Ladyship the...

Fifty-three people died Wednesday when a Metro Mass transit bus and a truck rammed into each other in a fatal accident at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region Wednesday evening. Twenty-three other people have sustained severe injuries and are receiving treatment at the Kintampo Government Hospital, police say. Among the deceased is a 3-year old child. Joy News received...

We have to wrest Ghana from incompetence – Otabil

Ghanaian citizens must fight to save the destiny of their country from incompetence and from the DR Mensah Otabil state, Dr Mensa Otabil has urged. Speaking at the launch of a book titled 'Dare to Dream' on Albert and Comfort Ocran’s Springboard roadshow, the motivational speaker and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) called for a citizens’...

Two MPs attacked by armed robbers

Two National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament have been attacked by armed robbers in their homes in Accra. The MPs are Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, MP for Amasaman and George Loh, MP for North Day...

A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ayikoi Otoo, has refuted claims that the late JB Danquah Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, JB Danquah-Adu lent some money to the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, for his campaign, during the party’s presidential primary. Rumours had been rife on social media that the...

A 26-year-old Canadian with Ghanaian descent Gyimah Andrew Boateng is facing charges in The suspect Gyimah Andrew Boateng Toronto, Canada, for packaging rice and selling it off as IPhone. According to prosecutors, the first victim met with the suspect in the area of Islington Avenue and Dixon Road after seeing a posting on kijiji- an advertising platform - advertising...

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has been summoned by the Parliament of Ghana to brief Seth Terkper -Finance Minister Members on the circumstances that led to the collapse of some micro-finance institutions in the Brong-Ahafo and the three northern regions that have brought chaos among the people. Terkper, according to the Business Statement of the House, would be...

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