UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that major powers are “fully committed” to a peaceful resolution in Libya after a summit in Berlin. World leaders have pledged not to interfere in Libya’s ongoing civil conflict, and have vowed to uphold a UN arms embargo. The conflict pits powerful General Khalifa …
Read More »Shelter, school for street children coming – Bawumia
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government has secured a piece of land to build a shelter and school for street children in the national capital. “Land has been provided by the government through the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for the construction of accommodation and a school for street …
Read More »Drama as angry Sogakope residents dump corpse at police station
There was drama on Saturday January 18, 2020 when angry residents of Sogakope in South Tongu district of the Volta Region dumped a coffin containing a dead body at the charge office of the Sogakope Police Station in protest against moves by the police to stop the burial of the …
Read More »IMANI Africa states reasons why CSOs oppose the new biometric voter system
The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one. A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the …
Read More »UniBank collapse: I won’t honour your invitation – Duffuor to SIT
Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said he will not honour the invitation of the Special Investigative Team (SIT) which is probing the collapse of uniBank – which he founded. The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana has also asked the head of the SIT, COP Edward Tabriri, …
Read More »‘Following me around will not win us 2020’ – Mahama
Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has charged members of the party to work together for victory in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections. He said the party members must work hard to rescue “our drowning country” from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr. …
Read More »Victims identify robbery suspects at parade; guns retrieved at Koforidua
Some victims of last Thursday”s highway robbery on Koforidua to Adukrom road have identified two suspects arrested by Police in an identification parade organized at the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters in Koforidua. The suspects- Razak Mohammed, 26 and Iddrisu Issah, 23, were among a gang of about six highway robbers …
Read More »GSA, police raid chemical producers at Odorkor
Staff of the Ghana Standards Authority’s (GSA’s) and personnel of the Ghana Police Service have raided some individuals producing unapproved pesticides, insecticides and household chemicals at South Odorkor, a suburb of Accra. The raid became necessary following reports from residents that the operations of the individuals in question were posing …
Read More »Escorting police officer arrests a suspected highway robber
The bravery of a police officer has led to the arrest of one out of three suspected highway armed robbers who attacked a distribution van on the Bole- Bamboi highway in the Savannah Region on Friday afternoon, January 17, 2020. The Police officer, General Lance (G/L) Corporal (cpl), Edmond Kyei …
Read More »You couldn’t arrest the cedi with your 170 questions after all? – ‘Cedi police’ Bawumia ‘mocked’
It was challenge after challenge to the National Democratic Congress, from the camp of the New Patriotic Party. Under the Mahama administration and with the late Kwesi Ammissah Arthur as Vice President and Former Governor of the Central Bank, then Economist, and running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia threw some 170 …
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