Supreme Court judges appear tough, but behind the veneer of power lays a softness that the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo revealed as she bows out of the country’s highest court saying she found Otumfuo Osei Tutu II shoulders very strong to lean on. At her last spell at the Supreme …
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EC finalized timetable for 2020 polls
The Electoral Commission has concluded its timetable for the 2020 general elections and will soon make it available to the various political parties. According to Dr. Serebuor Quaicoo, Director of Elections at the Electoral Commission,the EC will soon commence the compilation of the voters roll for next year’s elections. Dr. …
Read More »DR Congo to ‘relocate families from cobalt-rich area’
The authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo will relocate some 10,000 families from a southeastern town rich in cobalt estimated to be worth billions of dollars, the AFP news agency reports. DR Congo produces 60% of the world’s supply of cobalt. The rare mineral is used to produce lithium-ion batteries …
Read More »Ghana loses GH¢19 million to fire outbreaks
The country lost about GH¢19 million to fire outbreaks between January and September this year. According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), this had come about as the consequence of 4,476 fire outbreaks that were recorded within the period. From statistics made available by the service, the fire incidents …
Read More »More than 100,000 children ‘forced from homes in Mali’
The charity, Save the Children, says more than 100,000 children have been displaced by recent conflict in Mali. A third of a million children are not being educated as insecurity has forced hundreds of schools to close. The aid group said a fifth of Mali’s population was now in need …
Read More »NDA boss fired, new CEO appointed
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Alhaji Dr. Haroun Majeed, has been relieved of his position. A letter sighted by DAILY GUIDE and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, read: “Reference is made to our letter 6th April 2018 with No. …
Read More »Courts can sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. This brings to an end the age-long practice where persons are arrested and kept beyond 48 hours because weekends and holidays are not …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Methodist pastor called ‘Antoa’ on soldiers after receiving dirty slaps in Akrokerri
A couple of hefty slaps from some operatives of Operation Vanguard at Akrokerri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region was just what it took for a Methodist Pastor to abandon his Christian faith and run for refuge under the dreaded Ashanti deity, Antoa, MyNewsGh.com reports. Rev. Shadrach Ato …
Read More »VIDEO: How ‘Aponkye’ misled Ghanaians to believe he had won assembly elections
Popular candidate for the assembly membership election in the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti Region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim (alias Aponkye) who paraded himself as the winner of the election actually lost miserably. Results show that he came last of the four candidates who contested, managing an …
Read More »New Supreme Court justices take office
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday swore in three female Supreme Court justices to replace justices of the court who have gone on retirement. The new justices — Justice Mariam Owusu, Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson and Justice Gertrude Araba Baaba Torkornoo — swore the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath and …
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