President Akufo-Addo has extended a congratulatory message to Joe Biden following his victory in the US Presidential elections. According to BBC’s projections, Mr Biden has won he has reached 273 electoral college votes, meaning that he’ll become the president in January, pending the outcome of any legal challenges. The US …
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President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech
President-elect Joe Biden spoke to a deeply divided nation tonight, making a plea for unity and understanding after four years of turmoil and conflict fomented by President Donald Trump, who showed no indication Saturday that he plans to concede and continued to push the falsehood that he had won the election. …
Read More »Biden to name Covid advisers on Monday
Biden says the first task is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. “That’s the only way we can get back to living,” he says. “On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the Biden-Harris Covid plan and convert it …
Read More »Narcotics Commission destroys $3m cocaine haul
The Narcotics Control Commission yesterday destroyed $3 million worth of cocaine which was seized in a joint operation at the Terminal Three facility at the Tema Port on September 2, this year. It followed a destruction order the Accra High Court granted the commission last Wednesday to undertake the exercise, …
Read More »Employ us, School of Social Work graduates beg government
Graduates of the School of Social Work have appealed to government to immediately recruit them to fill vacancies at the various district social welfare departments across the country to stabilize society. The over 400 trainees, some of whom completed their studies in 2010 and 2012 made the plea at a …
Read More »Mugabe reveals deep secret about Sarkodie and the NPP
Mugabe Maase of Power FM has taken Sarkodie to the cleaners over his ‘Happy Day’ song. Speaking on Inside Politics on Power FM, the NDC media man warned the rapper not to joke with the NDC because they can destroy his career. He then alleged that Sarkodie took money from …
Read More »Driver and mate crushed to death in gory accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast highway
A driver and his mate have been crushed to death while six passengers are in critical condition in two separate accidents which occurred on the Kasoa Cape Coast highway in the Central Region, Saturday. The first accident happened at Potsin Junction while the second occurred at Okyereko Junction. According to …
Read More »How Ghanaians reacted to news of Biden’s win
Though not official, Joe Biden, leader of the Democrats in the United States of America has been elected the 46th president. This follows his 20 electoral votes win in Pennsylvania which pushed him ahead of the incumbent, President Donald Trump. Congratulatory messages, from all parts of the world, including leaders …
Read More »Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians fear social media sanctions
In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why the Nigerian authorities are worried about social media and its impact in the era of #EndSars protests. Over the past week, some Nigerian state governors and public officials have called for some …
Read More »EC restores names of 51 persons on register after court ruling
Fifty one persons, who challenged the Electoral Commission’s decision to expunge their names from the 2020 voters register in court due to various alleged irregularities, have had their names restored onto the register. Chairperson of the Commission Jean Mensa told Parliament on Saturday, November 7 that the 51 were part …
Read More »Mahama is capitalising on people’s vulnerability – Abraham Osei Aidoo
A former Majority Leader of Parliament, Abraham Osei Aidoo says former President John Mahama is capitalising on people’s vulnerability to make promises he cannot fulfill. Mr. Aidoo in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said the National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer did not have any good thing for Ghanaians as …
Read More »VIDEO: I won’t apologize to Ken , Everybody will die– Tracey reacts to dɛath prophecy
Tracey Boakye has reacted to Prophetess Comfort Konadu’s revelation about her imminent death should she fail to apologize to Kennedy Agyapong. The Canada based prophetess says God revealed to her that Tracey Boakye will die in 8 weeks time if she doesn’t apologize to the member of parliament. Reacting to …
Read More »US Election 2020: Biden to address the nation tonight
Joe Biden was spending the morning with his family at his home in Delaware when he saw the news that he was projected the winner of his native Pennsylvania and will be the 46th president of the United States. He will address the nation tonight, an official tells CNN. A …
Read More »US Election Postmortem: Why Donald Trump Lost (VIDEO)
(CNN)In the final, furious days of his reelection campaign, President Donald Trump often turned his public rallies into personal therapy sessions, at which the embattled and embittered President rued what might have been. “Four or five months ago when we started this whole thing before the plague came in, I …
Read More »Police Identify Persons Who Died In Tricycle Crash At Anloga Junction
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ashanti Regional Police Command says it has identified the victims of an accident at Anloga Junction in Kumasi on Thursday. According to the police, their families have been contacted. Three persons were burnt beyond recognition after a loaded truck hit a …
Read More »Donald Trump refuses to accept Joe Biden as President and says: ‘This isn’t over’
Donald Trump has refused to accept that Joe Biden has beaten him in the US presidential election and said: ‘This isn’t over.’ The current president released a statement after Biden was named winner Saturday, saying: ‘We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and …
Read More »2 dead, 6 in critical condition in separate accidents on Kasoa-Cape Coast highway
Two persons have died and six are in critical condition following two separate accidents at Pottsin junction on the Kasoa-Cape Coast highway. Adom News’ Kofi Adjei explained that the first accident happened in the wee hours of Saturday when a KIA Bongo traveling from Madina to Cape Coast made a …
Read More »WATCH: People dancing in the streets across US as Joe Bidens wins election
Huge cheers and celebrations erupted on the streets of major US cities within minutes of Joe Biden being announced as the next president. The news was greeted with wild celebrations by Democrat supporters who have been following every twist and turn of the election count. People have been seen dancing …
Read More »Donald Trump is leaving power with Akufo-Addo
A deputy spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress election 2020 campaign Madam Margaret Ansei popularly known as Magoo has opined that from the results of the American election compiled so far, everything shows clearly that the incumbent president Donald Trump is leaving power and Ghana’s President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo will …
Read More »Breaking: Joe Biden Wins US Elections to become the 46th president of the United States
America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning to a veteran voice who has projected calm and compassion promised a more empathetic and scientific approach to the pandemic and pledged to stabilize American politics after four years of Donald Trump’s White House chaos. Biden, who …
Read More »Speaker of parliament declares Fomena seat vacant
The decision of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena, Andrew Amoako Asiamah to contest as an Independent candidate amounts to a vacation of his seat in Parliament. This is according to Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye. On October 13th, 2020, the NPP wrote to the Speakerof Parliament to trigger …
Read More »Minority opposes ‘duplicated’ $100m traffic management deal
The Minority in Parliament is questioning the propriety of a 100 million dollar Accra Intelligent Traffic Management project currently before the Defence and Interior Committee of the house. According to the Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee, Governs Agbodza, a similar agreement was approved by the house in …
Read More »Elderly to receive grants at 60 years
The Equal Opportunities Commission is recommending for the age of the beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) to be lowered from the current 80 years to 60. While speaking to Daily Monitor, yesterday Ms Harriet Nalukenge, the acting commissioner legal and investigations, said the recommendation was reached …
Read More »Three Georgia counties elect the first Black sheriffs in their history
Three counties in Atlanta are going to have the first Black sheriffs in their respective history after the three men, who are all Democrats, were elected to fill the seats during Tuesday’s election. According to Channel 2 Action News, Craig Owens, a police major, defeated long-time Cobb County Republican Sheriff …
Read More »American rapper says he got Trump to pledge $500B to the Black community, but social media isn’t buying it
Veteran rapper and actor Ice Cube is still trying to justify his earlier decision to work with Donald Trump’s campaign team after claiming he got the current US president to commit some capital funds to the Black community. But social media is still not having it. In October, Face2Face Africa …
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