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A popular Nigerian politician; Ike Ekweremadu, has been convicted together with his wife and a doctor for engaging in organ trafficking.The 60-year-old former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife; 56, and the said doctor; Dr. Obinna Obeta; 51, are said to have conspired to facilitate the travel of a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London, with the intent of exploiting him for his kidney.The 3, through this, sought to get the young man whose name is withheld for legal reasons, to become a donor for the senator’s daughter who was sick, a report by UK’s portal; theguardian.com said.The…
The wife of Reverend Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, founder and leader of Resurrection Power New Generation Church (RPNGC), Yaa Asantewaa (Mrs. Boakye) has been barred from performing widowhood rites in honour of her husband.This was made known by the current leadership of the church when they informed the membership about the upcoming one-week celebration of the passing of the late preacher.“When we went to Otumfuo’s Ankobiahene Baffour, something came up that we need to explain to avoid any misrepresentation. What happened was that Maame Yaa Asantewaa was called but she refused to honour the invitation and the Ankobiahene based on that…
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is today (23rd, March, 2023) leading government’s delegation to engage Chinese investors on Ghana’s debt restructuring programme. The engagements are expected to end on Friday 24th March, 2023. The Ghana delegation is made up of Technical Officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Ghana. The team will engage representatives of the Chinese government and their counterparts from China’s Ministries of Finance, and Foreign Affairs as well as the Central Bank of China. Mr. Ofori-Atta leads the team after attending a UNECA High Level meeting in Ethiopia, where he also engaged…
The Convention’s Peoples Party (CPP) has called on qualified members who desire to lead the party into the 2024 elections to present themselves when nominations are opened. This comes on the back of a decision by the Central Committee of the party to hold its flagbearer elections come Monday, 12 June 2023. At a meeting held by the Central Committee on Monday, 20 March 2023, a congress committee to fashion out and put together modalities as well as oversee the Flagbearer elections was formed. The committee is made up of seven members including: “Comrade Wing commander Patrick Sorborjor (Rrd), Comrade…
A 32-year-old agent of Alpha Lotto Company, who allegedly stole GH₵253,680.00 from the firm has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Ernest Larbi is facing a charge of falsification of accounts and stealing.His accomplices, Belinda Afful, a 20-year-old, and Madam Theresa Afful, who are both lotto writers have also been charged with abetment of crime and falsification of accounts. Larbi and Belinda have pleaded not guilty to their respective charges.Madam Theresa Afful is currently at large. The Court presided over by Mrs Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie, admitted Mr Larbi and Belinda to bail in the sum of GH₵200,000.00 each,…
In Ghana, one person dies every hour from Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) related diseases that are preventable. As a result, the United Nations (UN) is calling on authorities to, as a matter of urgency, salvage the situation by increasing investment in the WASH sector to make safe water accessible to every member of the public. The Chief WASH, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ghana, Mr Ramesh Bhusal, who made the revelation at an engagement with the media ahead of UN’s 2023 Water Conference, said poor sanitation conditions posed serious public health risks, therefore prioritising WASH services in the country…
Authorities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital have disabled the hospital’s computer systems to prevent staff from using social media during working hours. The move is intended to keep staff focused on patient care and to improve the quality of health care at the facility. This is one of several measures and interventions implemented by the hospital’s administration to improve patient safety and comfort at the facility. Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, says the lives of patients who visit the facility, which serves as a referral hospital, cannot be jeopardized. He said they have blocked…
The Ministry of Education’s approved budget allocation for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) Programme between 2017-2021 amounted to GH¢7,623,783,456.00 says Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister for Education. Dr Adutwum disclosed this on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday in response to a question from Mr Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akatsi North, for the National Democratic Congress. During the year under review, he said the Ministry of Finance released a total of GH¢5,182,205,131.91 to the Education Ministry for the execution of the Free SHS Programme. The Free SHS Programme was introduced…
It is reported that the Headmistress for MalamKrom L/A Primary School in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, Gifty Pomah, has suspended teaching and learning activities over her missing GHC 2,000. Information gathered revealed that the money got missing from her bungalow. According to sources, she had gone to her house at Techiman to spend the weekend and returned to her bungalow to find her room had been broken into and her money box looted. Madam Pomah closed down the school and threatened academic activities will not take place until she finds the money. The students since Monday, March…
Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has revealed that as a conservative man, he will not support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+).However, he believes that the act and the people involved should not be criminalized.The former scribe of the NPP says even though he will not support any move to criminalize LGBTQI+ and its related activities, this is not a behaviour that should be condoned in Ghana.“I’m very conservative, so although I respect people’s rights, I’m not going to advocate for that kind of behaviour. I think that we should not criminalize…
