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Samuel Koku Anyidoho, a former general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has refuted assertions that parliamentarians of the party, who voted to approve appointees of the government, against the order of the party, are betrayers.According to him, the MPs did no wrong but rather showed that they cannot be controlled by the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah.In a series of tweets shared on Friday, Anyidoho added that the presence of Asiedu Nketiah was what annoyed the MPs the most and made them vote in favour of the government.“How can the approval of Ministers be considered…
Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mark Addo, has urged for calm after Andre Ayew was left out of the starting lineup for the Black Stars’ narrow win over Angola on Thursday.The Nottingham Forest attacker, who is also the captain of the national team, was left on the bench at the Baba Yara Stadium, a decision that has caused some controversy.However, Addo has defended the decision, stating that there is nothing wrong with Ayew being left out. “Andre Ayew was substituted against Uruguay at the World Cup in Qatar, and I see nothing wrong with that,” he stated…
Ghanaian boxer, Richard Commey suffered a Round 11 Technical Knockout [TKO] defeat to American boxer, Jose Carlos Ramirez in their WBC Super Lightweight eliminator in California, USA on Sunday, March 26, 2023.The two-time Olympic champion knocked down Commey twice in the fight to earn the win and inch closer to a world title shot.Ramirez set the bout rolling with powerful shots which left Commey in a very difficult position after the first round. Commey kept on holding on to his right hook in Round 2 as the American kept firing his persistent punches.There was a sigh of hope in Round…
Daniel Asiedu, the man who has been charged with the murder of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu has told the High Court in Accra that he was threatened by the former Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to admit charged and cautioned statement put before him by investigators.Asiedu affectionately called Sexy Don Don also told the court that while the former CID boss, Maame Yaa Tiwah Addo Danquah was threatening him to admit whatever the CID Investigators put before him, she later brought him Papaye…
Following the approval of the latest batch of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees by Parliament, social and political analyst, Mr. Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A Plus, has observed that National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentarians are corrupt.A Plus referred to the NDC MPs as “criminals” because he could not fathom why they would violate convention by casting their vote in favour of the new ministers’ confirmation.The NDC, he said, is a crooked party that has only been made appealing by President Akufo-Addo and his gang of thieves.”Criminals even in opposition!! It is Akufo-Addo and his mafia gand that have made NDC attractive.…
New Pariotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, has serially spoken about financial contributions he has made to the party since its inception.He has also provided funding for recent events including over 2.75 million Ghana cedis towards the April 2022 constituency elections (10,000 cedis to each constituency).Later in December, he again donated 9,000 bags of rice and other items to the party as his widow’s mite towards Christmas.He has opened up on a logistical donation in 2016 when the party was gearing up for elections.“Just this 2016, I bought 240 used pick-ups for NPP campaigns. Today, you are in power…
The national leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress has expressed disappointment over some of its members of parliament voting to approve some six ministers nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.All six nominees of the president secured parliamentary approval through a majority vote on Friday, March 24, 2023.This is despite a directive from NDC to its MPs in the House to reject the nominees.In a statement by the General Secretary of the party, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the NDC said some of its MPs placed their personal interests above that of the party and the nation at large during the…
The leading suspect in a treason case in the country, Dr. Frederick Mac-Palm – who has been accused of trying to stage a coup against President Akufo-Addo, has reportedly died.According to a citinewsroom.com report, even though details of his death are sketchy, he was said to have collapsed in the late hours of Saturday, March 25, 2023.He was confirmed dead upon arrival at the hospital, the report added.BackgroundDr. Mac-Palm together with two others; Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, was on Friday, September 20, 2019, picked up by a joint team from the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and…
Two brothers described as “best friends” were strangled to death at home, while their mother was found hanged, an inquest into the trio’s deaths has heard. Property boss Nadja De Jager, 47, and her two sons nine-year-old Alexander and seven-year-old Maximus were found dead in their house on Mayfield road in Belvedere, south-east London on March 9. An inquest convened to work out how they died found that Alexander and Maximus’ provisional cause of death was ligature compression to the neck. Ms De Jager’s provisional cause of death was given as suspension, a medical term which includes hanging, the inquest…
Mesut Ozil Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has announced his retirement from professional football at age 34. Ozil, who was part of Germany’s World Cup-winning squad in 2014, has spent the past three seasons in the Turkish Super Lig and retires after making four league appearances for Basaksehir, who he joined as a free agent last year. He retired from international duty in 2018 amid a political debate in Germany about an influx of migrants and after backlash over a photograph taken with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, saying he faced “racism and disrespect” over his Turkish ancestry.…
