Another Akufo-Addo’s Ambulance has been found hiding at a wayside mechanic shop in the Northern Region of Ghana. According to reports, the Ambulance belongs to the Wulensi Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana. The Ambulance which was released to the constituency just before the 2020 election is in a bad state and seem to have been involved in an accident. Sadly enough, the name of the constituency has been taken off the ambulance and it has been covered to prevent the public from having a better view of the ambulance. This comes weeks after one of the ambulances was…
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The Koforidua Circuit Court has admitted five(5) accused persons including an Akyem Abuakwa chief who claims to be a National Security Operative to bail in the sum of GHC200,000 cedis with 2 sureties. The accused persons are Nana Barfuor Sarpong, Nana Barima Twum Tarbiade II, both sub-chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa. The rest are Jonathan Martey ,Eric Yaw Obeng ,Victor Ahenkora Koranteng ,and others at large . They were arraigned before court on Friday June 19, 2021 on seven charges which are; conspiracy to commit crime to wit kidnapping, Kidnapping, causing unlawful harm, stealing, conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, possession of…
Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, says the use of the word ‘insecurity’, to describe the recent surge in crime in the country, deviates from the reality. According to her, the supposed sense of insecurity results from an abuse of media privilege by some key personalities who take every opportunity to spread fear and panic in the country. Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile Saturday, Sheila Abayie-Buckman, responding to concerns about the recent attacks on citizenry leading to the death of at least two police officers, maintained that Ghana is a safe country and there was…
Pharmacist and Fellow of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kwame Sarpong Asiedu says the issue with Ghana’s use of intermediaries to procure Covid-19 vaccines is not about the quality of vaccines but the legality of the procurement process. “The issue is not about quality; it is about legality, ” Dr Asiedu said. Explaining his point on Joy News’ Newsfile Saturday, he said, “The issue with the middle man, not about the FDA not doing their job, it is about that middleman not having a contract with the local holder of the Emergency Use Authorization, that’s where the issue…
Special aide to former President John Mahama has received love and congratulatory messages on social media after successfully delivering triplets. In a Facebook post, Joyce Bawah Mogtari is seen in a picture carrying one of the babies while her husband, Hudu Mogtari, a former CEO of Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Mr Mahama carry the other two. Social media users could not hide their joy but celebrate the former Transport Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration who is now a mother of four.
Hon. Alhassan Suhuyini is the one raising issues against gifty ampofo on the basis of some vote buying allegations the cdd leveled against her in the primaries. for diana asonaba-dapaah, lariba zuweira abudu and amidu issahaku chinnia, it is because the minority didn’t take part in their vetting on friday the 11th of june 2021 because they had left to plant trees. the report is that, they had expected the majority side of the appointments committee to defer vetting until monday the 14th of june 2021. conflicting signals came up as the media reported their absence was due to a…
The Minority in Parliament has tabled an urgent motion calling on the house to commission a bi-partisan probe into the procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines by the Health Ministry. According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, there are several questions to be answered regarding the transaction, which indicates that the government agreed to purchase a dose of the vaccine at $19 per unit instead of $10 per dose. He filed an oral application of the motion during proceedings on the floor of Parliament on Friday, June 18, 2021. “We have filed an urgent motion into Ghana’s procurement of every Sputnik-V vaccine.…
Exactly 13 years ago today ( June 18, 2008) legal colossus, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata was wrongfully convicted by an Accra High Court of willfully causing financial loss to the state. On the day of his conviction, Mr. Tsikata’s lawyer was not with him in court -he had travelled and Mr. Tsikata was to bring this to the attention of the court and to seek adjournment. Indeed, the business of the day was to hear a pending application by Tsatsu’s lawyer. No judgment was scheduled for the day because there were two other pending applications at the Court of Appeal and…
Trial of former COCOBOD CEO Dr. Stephen Opuni has been put on hold. This is as a result of a petition he has sent to the Chief Justice seeking his intervention. Dr. Opuni has on two occasions pushed for the judge hearing the case, Clemence Honyenuga, to recuse himself. Both attempts have failed with Dr. Opuni ordered to open his Defence. This was to happen on Friday, June 18. Justice Honyenuga announced on Friday that he had received a copy of the petition sent to the Chief Justice. He did not indicate the contents of the petition or what it…
An eight-year-old girl is receiving treatment at the Walewale Government Hospital after her father assaulted her with fire for allegedly stealing ¢10. The victim, who has lost three fingers of her right hand, was accused by her stepmother of stealing the money from her grandmother. The girl is said to have denied the accusation and was exonerated by the grandmother, but her father, Alhassan Maijida, insisted the money was with her and attacked the little girl. He beat her with a giant stick leading to an eye injuries before setting her hand on fire. The victim was abandoned after the…