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The National Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) George Opare Addo has come under intense criticism. He is on record to have asked the former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama to maintain the governance style of the New Patriotic Party. The lawyer believes that the NPP has shown the way that there is the need for their people to benefit after labouring to bring the party to power. Therefore there is the need for cronies to be given better opportunities to milk the country whiles people who did not play any role are not given opportunities to benefit. “Supporting the one who is NDC because the NPP has shown us the way. Boss when we win the way they are governing the country let’s do the same thing in terms of appointment. We are not going to change anything. Our people must also benefit. Monkey no go work for baboon to chop. Thank You,” he said at a gathering of the NDC in United States of America. Source: MyNewsGh.com / 2022 Adblock test (Why?)

R ight Honorable Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, left parliament in an ecstatic mood when he hurled accolades at the former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. While introducing dignitaries who were in parliament for the President’s State of Nation Address, he acknowledged the presence of the wife of the late Jerry John Rawlings which saw lawmakers cheering up. Mrs. Rawlings following the demise of her husband in late 2020, has not been seen much in public events except in recent times which may have informed the mood of the parliamentarians as she was being introduced. The Speaker in introducing her unlike other dignitaries was quoted to have said “yes she has been a very bold lady and infact I can confirm that she has been one of the catalysts that brought the issue of women empowerment not only in Ghana but globally. We have the presence of Her Excellency Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings” The mention of her name attrac...

Former Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Ibrahim Adam who was indicted in the infamous Quality Grain scandal has revealed that he was always dozing in court. According to him, his name never came up as having played a key role in the matter for which he had been jailed alongside other officials in the erstwhile Jerry John Rawlings Administration. Speaking to Motion TV monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he wondered why he was included as one of the suspects when as Trade Minister at the time of the implementation of the project he was not involved in any of the processes. “I pray every day that one day a lawyer or law student will study the Quality Grain case. I had no business at all. Throughout the trial I was always dozing in court. My name hardly came up…hardly! When I went to give evidence it took me less than an hour. There was nothing to talk about but I paid the price”, he disclosed It would be recalled that on 29 April,  2003, An Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by Just...

Deputy General Secretary for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has asked the people of Ghana not to see the National Democratic Congress(NDC) as an alternative. He argues that the largest opposition is made up of self centered individuals who do not have the development of the country at heart. To him, it is evident in the prices for various infrastructure put up by the NDC that they think about just their pockets and not the people of Ghana so there is the need to rethink going into 2024 elections. Obiri Boahen was speaking on Accra-based OKAY FM when he made this known. “Any opportunity I get, I remind the people of Ghana that it will be a disaster for the country Ghana that NDC will be given the opportunity to govern the country.” “They built infrastructure but at what cost? Look at the passage of the e-levy and their opposition to the levy which led to several fisticuffs in Parliament. I’ve told the NPP not to be bothered by the NDC because this is a g...

R ight Honorable Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, left parliament in an ecstatic mood when he hurled accolades at the former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. While introducing dignitaries who were in parliament for the President’s State of Nation Address, he acknowledged the presence of the wife of the late Jerry John Rawlings which saw lawmakers cheering up. Mrs. Rawlings following the demise of her husband in late 2020, has not been seen much in public events except in recent times which may have informed the mood of the parliamentarians as she was being introduced. The Speaker in introducing her unlike other dignitaries was quoted to have said “yes she has been a very bold lady and infact I can confirm that she has been one of the catalysts that brought the issue of women empowerment not only in Ghana but globally. We have the presence of Her Excellency Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings” The mention of her name attrac...

Issues and developments we may be thinking are local, insignificant and forgotten have been cited in a global report on human rights situation in Ghana painting a very bad picture of the country.  Among the issues referenced is the continuous tradition of arbitrary arrests and detention by state security officials and the human rights abuse record of the Ghana military came under consideration.  According to the 2022 Amnesty International Report, the rampage by military in Wa in the Upper West region was a low point.  On 1 July in Wa, in the Upper West Region, military officers went on a rampage, beating people over a suspected stolen phone. The Military High Command tasked a four-member committee to investigate the incident. Three officers from the Wa Barracks were demoted while eight others were tried and jailed for 30 days by a disciplinary board.” The report said. On the police’s arbitrary arrest and detention, the report said “On 14 January, a police officer ar...

The Minority Leader of Parliament Haruna Iddrisu has expressed shock at the President’s lack of confidence to talk about the true state of Ghana’s economy. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented the State of the Nation’s Address to Parliament on March 30, 2022. The President spoke about various initiatives by the government to ensure that Ghana recovers from COVID-19 and its ruins. He acknowledged that the there is anxiety in the country but called on the people of Ghana to come together to help bring back the country on track. But commenting on the President’s address, Haruna Iddrisu noted that the President did not touch on the economy and the struggles of the people. “we expected him to deliver the true state of the nation that reflect the hardship of the people. Regrettably, he himself does not have the confidence to talk about the economy,” he said. He was shocked that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who was vocal about Ghana’s economy now runs away from commenting on...

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni has acknowledged the tremendous help he received from the father of the current Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in his resolve to go into private practice as a lawyer. According to him, after three years as a District Magistrate which he did not find quite challenging and being transferred from Agona Swedru to the Central Region to Tema in the Greater Accra Region, he decided to quit and go into private practice. He disclosed in an interview on motion TV monitored by MyNewsGh.com the late Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia was of great help to him when he took that decision. Revealing how the late lawyer and the paramount chief of Kperiga helped in shaping him he said  “When I decided to quit from the judiciary in 1980, I decided that I was coming back home and that when I come home, I was going to set up a practice in law. When I came, the later Mr. Mumuni Bawumia of blessed memory was like a father to me…he was jus...

President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the government has so far spent GH¢17.7 billion to manage every aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020 when the disease was reported in Ghana.  Giving a breakdown of the cost, Akufo-Addo said it included providing free water and electricity and hot meals to school kids among others.  It also covered the procurement of accoutrement and gadgets to manage the spread of the pandemic.   “We provided nearly five million (5 million) households and over ten million (10 million) people with electricity and water subsidies at the time they were most needed. In all, data from the Ministry of Finance tells us that an amount of GH¢17.7 billion (or 4.6% of GDP) has been spent on containing the pandemic since 2020.” He said during the 2022 State of the Nation Address in parliament today. “It took an unbudgeted GH¢1.9 billion to ensure that our children and teaching staff went back and stayed in school safely. Some, including a ...

Marriage and Relationship coach Rev. D.Y Donkor has said that most married women in Ghana are ungrateful. According to him, these women see what their husbands do for them as their responsibility and therefore do not appreciate whatever they do for them. D.Y Donkor made this known when speaking on Accra-based OKAY FM. To him, it’s imperative for women to be appreciative of husbands who go the extra length to ensure that life is good for their families. “Married women should always learn how to say thank you to their husbands for the little things he does. Most married women remember only the ills of their husbands and do not know how to say thank you. As a married woman, there are other men who also have similar responsibilities but failed to do them. So there is the need to be grateful to your husband if he does some of these things to ensure life is good for you and your children. Most married women don’t know how to say thank you to their husband, most of them are ungrateful”...

The much anticipated “showdown” promised by an alleged former girlfriend of President Akufo-Addo Evelyn Serwaa Broni on the birthday of her ex “boyfriend” has been postponed over the Ghana–Nigeria match. Serwaa Broni had nsisted her threat to teach Akufo-Addo a lesson on his birthday still stands as the date approaches but has now changed her mind after reaching an agreement with Vlogger Kevin Taylor. Today, March 29, 2022, President Akufo-Addo celebrates his 78th birthday and has been receiving well l wishes and good will messages across the length and breadth of the country. Serwaa Broni who promised to marr the President’s day in a sit down with “tell-it-all” interview with Kevin Taylor says she wants maximum attention to her exposé hence the postponement.  The Ghana born Canadian has repeatedly claimed soke wrongs have been done against her by the President in the period she allegedly “knew” him intimately. “I will be the last woman to suffer such a crime and let him get ...

Former Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni has revealed that being a Judge or Magistrate is a high-risk job. The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu in the Northern Region who became a District Magistrate at age 26 in the Central Region revealed that it comes with various temptations suspects and aggrieved parties trying to compromise members of the bench to rule in their favour. Recounting his life experience as a young Magistrate in an interview with Motion TV monitored by MyNewsGh.com , he revealed that beautiful ladies are sometimes contracted to trap judges “It’s a high-risk job no doubt about that, very tempting. People will want to bribe you; people will want to compromise you in different ways. They will even send women if they know you have a proclivity towards referral sex, they will send pretty women after you”, he revealed. He however revealed that even though he stood his ground and refused to be corrup...

Ghanaian musician, Kofi Nti has expressed high optimism that the Black Stars will beat Nigeria’s Super Eagles at Abuja to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. In an interview on Cape Coast-based Kastle FM with Amansan Krakye, Kofi Nti said this current Black Stars team is the best he has seen in the last 10 years. “For the past 10 years I’ve not watched a Black Stars match that I felt so happy just that we couldn’t score a goal against Nigeria,” he opined. He added, “I pray that just like they performed well the other day more motivational words should be said to them and I think this current team is the best team ever for the Black Stars. “God is on our side but people always say that God is in every country it’s true God is everywhere but I believe he’s more favourable to us than any country,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll score Nigeria in Abuja because the game I watched the other time the boys really proved to be good and I was surprised,” he ended on the Kastle Entertainment Show. S...

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) for 3 Music Sadiq Adulai has opened up on how prayers saved 3 Music Award s after a major setback. Before 3 Music Awards was set in motion, the event had to be on hold for almost forty minutes. According to the Chief Executive Officer, the mixer used in the OB Van had gone off entirely and their backup mixer also failed to work. He said he almost lost it because it was going to affect the whole production and the beautiful event they had set out to produce. Sadiq Abdulai who was speaking on Accra-based OKAY FM indicated that he had to call his father to call on the Chief Imam for prayers to be said for the team at 3 Music. Although it was late in the night his father obliged and reached out to the Chief Imam. The team working on the production he said also went on their knees to pray to God for a miracle since both their main plan and backup plan was backfiring. “I went into my car to pray, Tony and co went to pray. Tony said everybody should go...

‘Odo Filla’ hitmaker, Dorcas Opoku Dakwa known in showbiz as Abrewa Nana has advised the youth to do good music that will stand the test of time. In an interview with Amansan Krakye on Cape Coast-based Kastle FM, Abrewa Nana said most musicians nowadays only sing about profanity because they’re short-sighted. “Music shouldn’t be about dancing alone but some should be in the form of advice, motivation, prayers and others too should be about love,” she said. She added, “It shouldn’t be that music should always be about dancing alone but now I don’t know the system cos we’re about to change the mindset of Ghanaians. “I don’t know what’s happening that nowadays most people sing about love or profanity but some people are also short-sighted in doing music,” she ended on the Kastle Entertainment Show. After more than two decades in the Ghana music scene, Abrewa Nana’s songs continue to enjoy constant airplay after getting her first Ghana Music Awards nominations in the year 2001. Sour...

Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin Central the Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has said the New Patriotic Party risks having another independent candidate in Fomena of incumbent Andrews Amoako Asiamah is allowed to go unopposed.  The NPP said it is important the party allows anyone interested to contest the election and win the mandate from the people instead of imposing a candidate.  His reaction comes after some party members in the Fomena Constituency said they will resist a plan to impose Andrews Amoako Asiamah, their Independent MP, as a candidate for Parliament on the party ticket as a thank you for his cooperation with the party. They argued that Article 3(9)(1) of the NPP constitution indicates that: “a Member of the Party, who stands as an independent candidate against the officially elected member of the party, or who joins or declares his or her support for another political party, or for an independent candidate, when the party has sponsored a candidate in a genera...

Special Aide to the 2020 running mate of opposition candidate John Mahama, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has taken on former National Chairman of the NDC Dr. Obed Yao Asamoah and ex-National Organizer Yaw Boateng Gyan over the alleged ‘flop’ of the 2020 running mate of the NDC. Dr Obed Yao Asamoah had stated that the 2020 running mate for John Mahama, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang failed the party in the 2020 elections and did not add anything to the fortune of the party. This is not the first time a party top figure is criticizing the 2020 running mate of the opposition NDC. Former National Organizer of the NDC, Yaw Boateng Gyan also described Naana Opoku-Agyemang the NDC’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2020 elections, as a “monumental flop”.  “The decision to make Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman as our running mate was very poor. She was a bad choice. She added nothing to our fortunes. I would say she was a monumental flop as running mate to Presiden...

Former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has said that he has decided not to respond to Kennedy Agyapong’s attacks because he cannot be seen wrestling with a pig. The former President of Ghana was in the United States of America to meet with some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress. This is part of rebuilding the NDC into a solid front for the 2024 elections. John Dramani Mahama was asked by one of the members why he seems not to give energy to attacks thrown at him by especially Kennedy Agyapong. The NDC leader in the 2020 elections said “there are two proverbs in English and Twi. I will start with that of the English that says you don’t wrestle with a pig. And then second one our elders say if you’re bathing and some person who is not correct comes and take your towel you don’t jump out and follow,” he said. John Dramani Mahama said if he spends time responding to those attacks he will spend his time responding to them but he does not have that time. ...

Female singer and songwriter, Abrewa Nana known in real life as Dorcas Opoku Dakwa has diagnosed why Ghana music can’t go far and cross boundaries. Talking to Amansan Krakye on the Kastle Entertainment Show, Abrewa Nana said most musicians only think of what they can make out of the songs within a month or two. “Maybe that’s one of the reasons why our music in Ghana doesn’t go far because we’re not creative in doing the music,” she remarked. She continued, “They think of what they can make out of the song within a month or two or three maybe that’s the impression they have about the music industry but that’s not how it is”. Abrewa Nana revealed on Kastle FM in Cape Coast that we often blame Nigerians when our songs don’t go international because our concepts have become ‘one-way’. “So if it happens like that all our concepts become one way and maybe that’s why we can’t go far with our music and we always blame Nigerians,” she concluded. Source: MyNewsGh.com/ Amansan Krakye/2022 ...

Reverend Dr. Mrs. Charlotte Oduro has argued that not all gifted Pastors are marriage materials indicating that people misconstrue their spiritual gift to their marriage lives. She disclosed that those gifts spiritually are different from they not performing their roles as pastors urging ladies who are interested in marrying pastors to focus on the man instead of his gift. “Don’t marry the gift marry the man. We have men who have gifts like Men of God and people love them. Like you Abeiku you are a gifted man when it comes to the media but to be a husband is a different thing”, she revealed on Accra-based Okay Fm monitored by MyNewsGh.com . The controversial marriage counsellor added” You can see a Man of God prophesying manifesting the power of God in him he may be gifted on the alter but not gifted as a husband. Let’s not add the two because they are different things altogether. The man being celebrated cannot be the man you celebrate at home. He has the blessings of pastoral dut...

Actor Will Smith has slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars. The audience and television watchers initially thought it was a stunt until Will shouted angrily twice from his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out your … mouth. The comedian had made a joke about Will Smith’s wife’s hair loss. Will Smith later apologised when he mounted the stage to claim his first Oscars after three decades of acting. Will Smith had been nominated for best actor in 2007 for “The Pursuit of Happyness” and in 2002 for “Ali.” He previously lost to Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. He finally won an Oscar for starring in “King Richard” as the coach and father of Venus and Serena Williams. He later apologised while taking his prize, but not to the man he slapped. Adblock test (Why?)

Nigerian Actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu has denied soliciting for funds. Mr. Ibu is currently receiving treatment over an undisclosed ailment at Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja. There were reports that the ailing actor was soliciting for funds to support his health. But in a video which has since gone viral the actor denied the claim. “Some people have sold me like this, they don’t even want to hear from me, all they do is to sell me free of charge to the devil, it won’t work, God has raised me up. I am not going anywhere to beg anybody for money, I am not saying that all my friends who are supposed to pay me a visit and give me cannot give me, they can give me; no problem but it is not as critical as they are saying, so anybody whose business is to criticize my sickness, they should stop.” He, however, asked his friends not to stop giving him money when they visit him at the hospital. Mr Ibu is one of Nigeria’s prolific comic characters; his acting prowess ...

Member of Parliament(MP ) for Nhyeaso in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Stephen Amoah has called on the government to ensure all appointees pack their Land Cruisers and High fuel Consuming vehicles. He believes that whiles working in the nation’s capital, appointees of various state institutions need to use cars with low fuel consumption capacities. Stephen Amoah was made this known when he was speaking on Accra-based Joy News’ News and Current Affairs programme News File. Sticker as he is popularly known as said the use of low fuel consumption cars will save the economy a lot of cash to help in these trying times the country has had to suffer. “I will also let any Land Cruiser being used that is paid for and maintained by the government, fueled by the government be packed so when you are driving outside your region you can use but in the capital towns you use small cars. These are some of the things we all agree.” The lawmaker indicated that he is hopeful government will listen and ta...

Member of Parliament(MP) for Navrongo Central Sampson Tangombu believes the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is an arrogant man who thinks he knows it al l. According to him, this posturing by Ken Ofori Atta has led to the failure of the government in the management of the Ghanaian economy. The lawmaker was speaking on Bolgatanga-based A1 Radio when he made this observation known. He said “This man thinks that he knows everything. When you call him to appear before Parliament and answer some questions related to the economy, he will not come. He thinks that he knows everything. And that is where we are as a country”. On government’s move to decrease fuel prices by 15 pessewas, he indicated that “Can 15 pesewas even buy pure water? We are saying that they should take off the petroleum levy. This Minister does not know what he’s doing. He has failed this country yet failed to plead with the people of Ghana for his gross incompetency”. On the suggestion that Members of Parliament s...

The Akwapem North Constituency Organiser of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has been suspended from all party-related activities following the outcome of investigations into his recent conduct. According to a letter signed by the Eastern Regional Secretary of the NPP, Jeff Konadu Addo, it follows a petition filed one Mr. Carlos Jeffrey Abinginale, a member of the party in the area invoking the jurisdiction of the Regional Steering Committee about the conduct of the embattled Youth Organiser. He is being cited for violating Article 3 clause 5 of the NPP Constitution after he was alleged to have at a press conference accused the President of the Republic of destroying the party in the Constituency, accused the Party’s National Chairman and General Secretary of destroying the party in the Constituency.  threatened and blackmailed the government on Facebook live, with the E-Levy Bill, threatened to collapse the party in 2024 by projecting his own parliamentary c...

Embattled former Director of the Ghana Law School, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang has openly admitted he indeed illegally admitted 10 students into the law school, but has also explained that those admissions came with some benefits — not to him as a person — but to the Law School. In what looks like a “bribe” or “inducement” to someone at an influential level inside Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology whose name he didn’t mention in his written statement, the former Law School Director said a student was offered admission and as a result of that “concessionary admission”, he revealed that “a whole building was released at KNUST which [currently] serves as the Kumasi Campus of the Law School”.  Mr. Opoku-Agyemang also revealed that he did not benefit directly in anyway from any of the “illegal” admissions which have since been reversed by an order of the General Legal Council.  “Indeed, it should be made known that one offer of admission paved the way for the releas...

Renowned Marriage Counsellor Dr Mrs Charlotte Oduro has revealed that age and religion are forcing a lot of ladies into wrong marriages that do not also last the test of time. She revealed that it is one of the major factors leading to increased divorce cases in the country urging ladies not to allow themselves to be pushed into marriages they may live to regret. Speaking on Accra-based Okay Fm monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the celebrated marriage counsellor noted that men are not hard to come by and urged ladies who have come of age to be a bit patient in their search. According to her, most of them rush into marriage with the view that they are trickling to the age of menopause and may not get anyone to marry them but warned that such marriages do not last. “Some times we think we are passing the age of marriage, we are in a hurry because our mates are getting married, we are being frustrated by the society and we are allowing religion to force us into marriage. Sister marriage is...

“As a lawyer, I am also qualified to proffer legal advice to my grandfather, even if he has not asked me for one. Don’t forget that it took a child to be candid to tell the King that he was naked. Kings need their grandchildren around them. Those misleading my grandfather should put a stop to it. Your legal dishonesty will undermine the great reputation of the Mamprugu Kingdom, as it now is…” The above are some of the words of Bawku Central Member of Parliament Mahama Ayariga in an official statement he released following an earlier publication by MyNewsGh.com regarding the Bawku Peace process from the Nayiri, the overlord of Mamprugu. The Bawku Central MP issued the statement in a direct reaction to the overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional area Na Bohugu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga who had earlier issued out a letter to President Akufo-Addo disputing the finality of a 2003 Supreme Court ruling. The 2003 Supreme Court had put finality to the Bawku Chieftaincy dispute and had also ruled ...

Celebrated Television personality Kafui Dey has raised serious concerns about children not getting enough sleep lately. His emphasis has been on children in the nation’s capital of Accra . Kafui Dey notes that with the work patterns and parents desire to beat traffic in order to be early for work make their children go through stress they should not go through at their age. The Ghana Television (GTV) Morning Show host made this observation known in a tweet. He said “Many children in Accra are not getting enough sleep. Work patterns of their parents cut their sleep short. Parents have to wake up early to beat traffic so the children also have no option but to wake up early too. As early as 5AM you see children with school bags on streets” He aslo observed that “Oh and parents, please check your children’s school time table so they don’t pack their school bags full with books of all subjects. You see children carrying very heavy saggy school bags that look they are going for pilgr...

North Tongu Member of Parliament(MP) is in dilemma on what to do about suggestions that Members of Parliament need to accept pay cuts as the country has now in economic distress. He is unsure especially with the record of the current government and it’s corruption and extravagant lifestyle of especially the President. Okudzeto Ablakwa says although he is ready to accept pay cut up to 40% to support the country, he is unsure this government with its record will be wise enough to spend the money wisely. He is seeking public opinion on whether to invest the money in his constituency’s social interventions rather allow government to use it to sponsor the President’s luxurious lifestyle. “My dilemma: though I am convinced and determined to take a pay cut by as much as 40%, I am torn between giving it to a govt that has proven over the years to lack frugality, and whether I shouldn’t rather be spending the cut on my constituency social initiatives. Your advice pls?” The Minister for In...

“In addition to the 1,045 students, the school offered concessionary admission to 10 students upon request from key stakeholders who have contributed immensely to the school and the nation as a whole. This brought the total admission to 1,055, compared to the 450 admitted in 2018/2019 and the 128 students admitted in 2017/2018 academic year. Admittedly, the offer of the 10 concessionary admissions was made without the approval of the General Legal Council but was not done in secrecy.”  The above is a portion of a statement confirmed by MyNewsGh.com to have been issued by embattled former Acting Director of the Ghana Law School, Mr. Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang whose nomination to the Appeals Court has sparked controversy. The “confession” by Mr. Opoku-Agyemang that he indeed facilitated “concessionary” but yet illegal admissions to persons who have actually failed the Law School exams provides further ammunition to people who are mounting a campaign to have him arrested and to stop hi...

Fresh Men and Women at the Law Faculty at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) have been advised to prioritize their mental health as they start the Journey to become Lawye rs. According to Hon Diana Asonaba Dapaah who is Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, it’s imperative that law students do not take the essence of extracurricular activities for granted. She is of the belief that a better balance between academic work and extracurricular activities in the University will ensure the sanity of the students. Diana Asonaba Dapaah made this known when she spoke at the Law School’s induction on March 24, 2022. The Deputy Attorney General also used the opportunity to remind the students of the need to ensure that they build healthy relationships while on campus as it will go a long way to help them after they have left campus. “On a lighter note, do not be dismissive of the importance of the extracurricular activities that abound on campus, parti...

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has denied claims that monies meant for the Techiman water project have been squandered by officials in Ghana. The Government of Ghana has secured funding of $100 million from the Korea Exim Bank for the Techiman Water Supply Project in the Bono East Region. Reports in the local media suggested that the cash had been disbursed but some local officials had squandered the money. But speaking in an interview on Link Agoo AM Show Managing Director for Ghana Water Company Limited, Ing.Dr. Clifford Briamah denied the reports indicating that the money will not be paid to Ghana. He said what the Ghana Water company has done so far is to write its report to the Korean Exim Bank after advertising for contractors to put in their bids for the contract but cannot tell when exactly the work will start. He clarified that the money will be with the Bank of Korea and will only be paid to the contractor who is a Korean when work is done and evaluated. “We ha...

The Overlord of Mamprugu Traditional Area, Nayiri Naa Bohugu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga has reiterated his commitment to finding a lasting peace to the protracted Bawku Chieftaincy conflict. Following recurring violence that has rocked the area for decades, the Mamprugu Overlord who is worried about these developments that are drawing back development wants a civil approach in dealing with the matter to avert further loss of lives and properties. “A civil approach would help avert further needless loss of lives and destruction of properties with consequent disastrous effects,” he suggested He also indicated that issues of such nature should be settled through time-tested institutions while denying any Supreme Court ruling on the matter as was contained in a claim made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a meeting. “Since my meeting with you at the Jubilee House where you told me about a Supreme Court ruling that brought finality to the Bawku Chieftaincy matter, I have ...

A 73-year old driver who was arrested by the police in Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region in December has claimed that he was detained in cells for 6 days and forced to pay a bribe of GHC 2,100 before he was released. Haruna Seidu says he was arrested for carrying 4 sheep and goats which were allegedly stolen by his passenger from his father’s farm at a village near Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South West District. Speaking in an interview with Ali Baba Dankambary on Kumasi-based Angel FM on Wednesday afternoon, Haruna said the livestock he was transporting were also seized alongside his vehicle by Adama Boahen, the policeman who arrested him. “He put me in the cell and demanded that if I was able to pay him GHC 2000, he would release me and hand over the car and the animals back to me. It took me 6 days before I could raise the money through a friend who sent it in bits over the period. He released me on the sixth day but refused to give me the car a...

Race for the apex positions of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is getting keener with all the signs showing a John Boadu straight win after the withdrawal of a key contender and the emergence of new faces who are mostly rated “weak” by observers. John Boadu who is seeking re-election as General Secretary of the NPP come June 2022 is facing “competition” from the CEO of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Justin Kodua Frimpong, Nana Obiri Boahen and former Tamale Mayor now Deputy Forestry Commission boss Musah Iddrisu Superior. Mr. Kodua declared his intention to contest for the General Secretary ahead of the party’s conference in July and describes his decision to contest the national executive position as a ‘calling’.  The YEA boss disclosed his appetite for the NPP General Secretary position during a mini get-together with a section of his constituents at Asokwa on February 13 this year.  The oldest contender, Nana Obiri Boahen who was seen as the closest to a real c...

An Immigration officer, Wilson Dela Atieku who is stationed at the Tema Passport Office has declared that every Ghanaian who was born and bred within  the boundaries of Ghana must, as a matter of fact, be able to speak Twi otherwise the person’s nationality is suspect. This comes after persons of Ewe extraction lament the fact that their Ghanaian citizenship is questioned anytime they are unable to speak Twi and are accused of being Togolese for lack of Twi. The Ewe officer Dela Atieku who has been exposed to be using the “Twi test” at the passport Office in Tema is reportedly doing so with the support and connivance and encouragement of top officials of the Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Wilson Dela Atieku who was enlisted into the Immigration in 2019. Dela Atieku who was vetting the nationality of one Maryam Suleman, daughter of a popular Muslim Cleric in Kumasi doubted her nationality because she did not speak Twi and didn’t understand any word of Twi or a...

Popular dancer, singer and scriptwriter Korra Obidi’s husband Dr Justin Dean has revealed how he lived side by side with serial cheat who allowed other men to have their way with her despite being married to him. The latest revelations comes after he announced plans on divorcing his nightclub dancer-wife two weeks earlier. Her serial cheating notwithstanding, her husband says he doesn’t doubt the paternity of their children and will be supportive of their growth in all spheres as a father. Korra’s husband who took to his Instagram page weeks ago after the birth of their second daughter said divorce is the best option for him to heal from Kora’s narcissistic behaviour and blackmail. Dean expressed his reasons for such action, was the way Korra had been treating him in their marriage. The American doctor says she was a narcissist, a cheat, and he was treated like a prisoner in his own home. After the announcement which caused chaos l, prayers and warrant some mental support f...

Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has exposed Ministers of Works and Housing and Sanitation for releasing Ghc100,000,000 to a company, Dredge Masters to desilt the Odaw drain. Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni who blew the cover of the government on the deal wondered why Ibrahim Mahama was able to do same work at no cost to the state but today same costs Ghc100,000,000 to execute. The two ministries behind the deal have kept silent since the scandal broke.  Manasseh Azure who leads the Fourth Estate Ghana, an investigative website wondered why a temporary solution like fetching sand out of the Odaw will cost Ghc100,000,000 to execute even as a letter has been issued for withdrawal from Ghana’s Sanitation and Pollution Account to pay Dredge Masters. “In 2015, President Mahama’s brother Ibrahim Mahama used the government’s equipment to dredge the Odaw for free. Hell broke loose with all manner of accusations from the opposition NPP. In this hardship when even Nationa...