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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has formally reacted to a Facebook post by Prof. Ransford Gyampo of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana.In the said post dated February 25, 2023; the professor set out to share “Some Thoughts on the Electoral Commission’s Attempt at Introducing a New Constitutional Instrument (CI) to make Ghana Card the only Source Document for Voter Registration.”Out of his detailed nine-point write up, points five and six extensively critiqued the NIA vis-à-vis its operations with respect to dealings with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as well as other stated operational challenges.In…
Prophet Oduro, founder, and leader of the Alabaster International Ministries have beckoned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to repent.In a sermon delivered in his church shortly after the State of the Nation Nation Address on March 7, 2023, Prophet Badu Kobi explained that the entire country is on the wrong side of God due to the sinful ways of the citizenry.He explained that the process of repentance and purification must begin with President Akufo-Addo who he claims has veered off the path of God.According to him, the president and leadership of the country must set an example for the rest…
The Ghana Police Service in a statement posted on social media, late Friday, March 10, 2023; confirmed the arrest of the main suspects involved in the murder of a young military trooper, Imoro Sherrif.It is the first time the Police are speaking to the issue which started on March 4, when the death of Sherrif went viral on social media platforms especially on Twitter.The police have since been lauded by social media users – both on Twitter and Facebook, most commenters are happy that the police quietly did their job even when the military opted to conduct a swoop which…
The Ghana Police Service in a statement posted on social media, late Friday, March 10, 2023; confirmed the arrest of the main suspects involved in the murder of a young military trooper, Imoro Sherrif.It is the first time the Police are speaking to the issue which started on March 4, when the death of Sherrif went viral on social media platforms especially on Twitter.On March 7, the military invaded a part of the Ashaiman township where Sherrif was reportedly attacked and killed by assailants in what the Ghana Armed Forces called a ‘swoop.’Their action was widely condemned for being illegal…
Ashaiman is known to be a town in the Greater Accra Region, it is also the name of a municipality and yet still name of one of the largest constituencies in the capital region.The town, municipality or constituency, if you like, has hogged news headlines since last week for all the bad reasons.First, was the March 4, 2023 killing of a young soldier (Trooper Sherrif Imoro) and then came resultant swoop (March 7) by the military ostensibly to find the killers.The sitting and former Members of Parliament have been busy defending innocent residents who may have been caught in the…
Former minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has denied allegations that state seized 500 excavators that had vanished during his tenure in office.According to the heart surgeon, the allegations were baseless and mere fabrications which were made against him to cause his removal from the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government.Speaking in an exclusive interview on March 10, 2023 with GBC News he reconted how members of his own political party were sabotaging him internally, including persons at the Jubilee House, who were indulging in the galamsey (illegal small-scale mining) activities.“No 500 excavators went messing, it…
Kennedy Agyapong, a presidential aspirant hopeful of the New Patriotic Party has threatened to spill secrets about the party that will spell the end of the party.In an interview with Sompa FM, Kennedy Agyapong claimed that there was a plot by the government to collapse his companies.He sounded a word of caution to the party if the persons deployed to cripple his companies are not withdrawn, he will embark on activities that will also kill the party.“You are going there because Kwame Agyapong is a loudmouth. You want to collapse my companies because I want to contest. I’m being nice…
A gunman opened fire and killed at least eight people at a Jehovah’s Witnesses centre in the German city of Hamburg. An unspecified number of others were wounded, some seriously, on Thursday evening in the attack that stunned Germany’s second-biggest city. Police gave the casualty figure on its website, and there was still no word on a possible motive. “According to the current state of affairs, we assume that there is one perpetrator,” police said in a message on Twitter. “Police activities in the surrounding area are being successively discontinued. Investigations into the motives behind the crime are continuing.” German…
Mozambican authorities say 158,000 people could be affected by Cyclone Freddy in its epicentre in the central province of Zambezia. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on the coast of central Mozambique late on Friday. Cyclone Freddy is headed back to Mozambique after it wreaked havoc in late February. It could end up in the record books for the longest-lasting tropical storm on record. The national agency for natural disasters says 8,000 of those affected could be in need of immediate humanitarian assistance, according to their projections. The provincial government has ordered the closure of all schools from this…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his first deputy, Riek Machar, are expected to meet on Friday at the State House in the capital, Juba, to discuss the recent dismissal of Defence Minister Angelina Teny. Mr Kiir also swapped the ministries of defence and interior, taking defence to his political party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the interior ministry to Mr Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO). The SPLM-IO termed the presidential decrees “unilateral” and “a violation” of the revitalised peace agreement and demanded that Ms Teny be reinstated to her position. The peace agreement gives…
