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Kemi Badenoch has dismissed the idea the Conservative Party could merge with Reform UK ahead of the next election in her first major speech of 2025. The Tory leader used her first major speech of the year to hit out at the Government and rival party Reform UK as she promised the Conservatives would tell the British public “the truth.” It comes after former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman told LBC she would be open to a coalition between the Conservatives and Reform UK in order to take down Labour at the next general election. Hitting out at this idea,…
The Home Secretary has announced plans for government-backed local grooming gangs inquiries. Five new inquiries will be set up, including one in Oldham, looking into child sexual exploitation as part of a pilot, all of which will be funded and assisted by central government. Outlining the new plan to tackle grooming gangs in the Commons on Thursday, Yvette Cooper unveiled the government will now fund five local inquiries into child sexual exploitation as part of a pilot. Ms Cooper said local inquiries will be able to “delve into far more local detail and deliver more locally relevant answers” than a national probe.…
A man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison after his partner took her own life following years of abuse. Ryan Wellings, 30, from Bispham in Lancashire, had been accused of the manslaughter of his girlfriend Kiena Dawes following a sustained period of domestic abuse. Dawes had written a suicide note saying “Ryan Wellings killed me” shortly before leaving their nine-month-old daughter with a friend and taking her own life on a railway line on July 22, 2022. On Monday, Wellings from Bispham, in Lancashire, was found guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour towards his partner by…
Eighteen-year-old Hassan Sentamu has been found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Elianne Andam in south London, in a row over her friend’s teddy bear. A jury at the Old Bailey rejected his defence that autism meant he wasn’t in control. 15-year-old Elianne, from Croydon, had gone with her friend to swap belongings with her ex-boyfriend Sentamu on September 27, 2023, before school. But when he failed to bring her teddy to the meeting point, by the Whitgift Shopping Centre, aspiring lawyer Elianne went to grab a bag back containing some of his clothes. It led to a vicious attack, as Sentamu…
George Oti Bonsu, a financier of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), lamented the party’s neglect after spending his funds to support its activities.According to him, he has been treated unfairly by certain party leaders despite financing most of its campaign programmes.”Former General Secretary of the NPP Agyenim Boakye came to me that I should come and support the NPP with my finance. Those days when Kufuor was in power, I took 1 billion each from people to support some MPs and also financed a party for Kufuor.”I rented an office space at Tesano for the foot soldiers…I was the one…
President John Dramani Mahama is drawing praises from a section of the public for his visit to Bawku and Nalerigu as part of efforts to find a permanent solution to the Bawku chieftaincy crisis.One picture from Mahama’s visit to the Bawku Naba’s palace is particularly earning him more admiration from the public.The president was captured quietly sitting on a plastic chair as he was being addressed by the Bawku Naba, Naa Alhaji Seidu Abagre Kuluga.This image stands in sharp contrast to the visuals from a similar visit by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who travelled to the Bawku Naba’s…
One of the main issues observed in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, which became a major campaign topic for the 2024 general election, was the numerous corruption scandals under the administration.The frequency of these scandals were alarming, with key figures in the erstwhile government, as well as some persons close to the presidency, often implicated.Another worrying trend were accusations of abuse of power by leading government figures, including Akufo-Addo himself.President John Dramani Mahama, as part of his campaign promises for the 2024 election, pledged to investigate all the corruption scandals that occurred under the Akufo-Addo government.He also announced the…
President John Dramani Mahama has officially announced another set of ministerial appointments.Haruna Iddrisu, Kwame Governs Agbodza, and George Opare-Addo are among the list.In the list released by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Acting Spokesperson to the President, it said that the new set of appointments includes nine cabinet positions and three regional ministers.Leading the list of high-profile nominees is the distinguished Tamale South lawmaker, Haruna Iddrisu, who is tipped to head the Ministry of Education.Another prominent figure is Kwame Governs Agbodza, a veteran parliamentarian representing the Adaklu constituency, who, according to the intercepted document, is set to lead the Ministry of Roads…
A 39-year-old carpenter, who deled his ex-lover’s nine-year-old girl at Yareyeya, a community in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour. Peter Asamoah, who pleaded guilty with explanation was convicted by the Tarkwa Circuit Court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu. The convict alleged he was under the influence of alcohol and pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy. Prosecuting Police Chief Inspector David Owusu said the complainant was 34 years old and the mother of the victim residing at Yareyeya. He said Asamoah resided in the same community as…
The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over the exclusion of private Senior High Schools (SHS) from the Free SHS programme, urging President John Dramani Mahama and the Finance Minister-designate, Cassiel Ato Forson, to fulfil their campaign promise to include private schools. Dr Gideon Boako, Member of Parliament for Tano North, addressed a press conference on the matter, criticising the Minister-designate’s dismissive attitude during his vetting on Monday, January 13. According to Dr Boako, Dr Ato Forson appeared evasive when questioned about extending the Free SHS programme to private institutions, a policy outlined in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) manifesto.…
