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Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has hinted that the second part of his exposé on the coronavirus pandemic will show how some persons profiteered from measures taken by government to ease the burden on Ghanaians during the lockdown in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi. He cited the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) as complicit in the sale of food meant to be distributed freely for residents. “I recall when the announcement was being made of the food that should be given to the poor and I was driving to AMA because my source had told me that while the President was…

Ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he was driven by the need to protect the public from herbal medicine peddlers in undertaking his latest investigation. The latest undercover work, which was premiered on TV3 on Monday, June 29, exposes quack doctors who sold herbal medicine said to cure the novel coronavirus to unsuspecting members of the public. Before the premiere on the piece titled ‘Corona Quacks’, many were expectant another high-ranking public official will be exposed. But same appeared disappointed since the work did not cite any public officer. https://twitter.com/Mr_Ceyram/status/1277708565290024963?s=20 https://twitter.com/eli___k/status/1277717443826405379?s=20 https://twitter.com/sir_virgi69/status/1277706561247424517?s=20 https://twitter.com/archipalagodb/status/1277564796322435072?s=20 But in an exclusive interview on…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Professor Joshua Alabi has been named John Dramani Mahama’s Campaign Manager for the December 7 elections. Prof Alabi, who challenged Mr Mahama in presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) last year, was named as the National Campaign Manager after a meeting of the party’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC) on Monday, June 29. The former Member of Parliament will be assisted by former Deputy Chief of Staff Dr Alex Segbefia, who was also instrumental in getting the late John Evans Atta Mills elected in 2008. These were contained…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed that any Ghanaian who aids an ineligible person to register in the forthcoming registration exercise will be made to face the full rigours of Ghana’s laws. He said the December 7 elections must be one for only Ghanaians and not for other West African nationals. President Akufo-Addo, therefore, urged all eligible Ghanaians, no matter political persuasion, and of age and of sound mind, to go out and register so that they can exercise their civic responsibility on December 7. He made this known in a televised address on Monday, June 29. The Electoral…

More than 40,000 hybrid oil palm seedlings are expected be distributed to about 500 farmers in the Mpohor District of the Western Region. The distribution of the seedlings, which is an initiative under the Tree-Crop Module of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) through the Mineral Development Fund is meant to create more employment and to facilitate development, particularly at the local level. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in collaboration with the Local Government Ministry across the country. It forms part of government’s plan to provide additional revenue to farmers in mining…

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Jean Adukwei Mensa has urged Ghanaians to disregard assertions within some quarters that the new voter registration exercise is aimed at disenfranchising a group of voters. She insisted that the rationale behind the exercise is not to achieve anything like that. “On the contrary, it is to ensure that all our citizens who qualify are accorded the opportunity to register and cast their votes,” Mrs Mensa said on Monday, June 29. She was addressing journalists on the eve of the nationwide voter registration exercise. The exercise starts at 7:00am and ends at 6:00pm…

GhanaWeb has spearheaded the creation of online election polls in Ghana with the launch of the Ghana Election Poll in June to gauge opinions and perceptions of Ghanaians on the most pressing political and economic issues, as well as current events leading to the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. This scientific poll is powered by GhanaWeb and the Africa Consumer Panel which is a cooperation between the digital publisher Africa Business Communities and renowned market research firm MSI-ACI. The Ghana Election Poll solicits answers from Ghanaian adults aged 18 years and older who are living within or outside the borders…

Ghanaian international Majeed Ashimeru has won his first Austrian league title with FC Salzburg. The 22-year-old told TV3 he is elated to win the league with the team and hopes to do more. “It is my first league title in Europe and for me it feels really good and I know there is more to come but the first title is always a proud moment and I will never forget this day, it’s a good time for my teammates and I.” The midfielder says winning Die Mozartstadter’s 14th league title was special because of everything around Covid-19, and how it…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has heaped praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for their performance after just three-and-a-half years in government. He said their telepathy is worth-emulating, hoping they will get four more years to add on to their achievements so far in government. The former president was speaking over the weekend at the acclamation of the president by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Aside that formality, Dr Bawumia was also overwhelmingly endorsed by the Council to partner Nana Akufo-Addo yet again into an election. It is going…

A Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has described as “unfortunate”, “reprehensible” and “deplorable” comments made by former President John Dramani Mahama after the Supreme Court judgement on the new voter register. The renowned lawyer said Mr Mahama’s reaction should be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians as it is an attack on the judiciary. For him, as a statesman, the former president should have chosen his words carefully, and probably taken a cue from what current president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in 2013 after the Supreme Court judgement on the election petition. Mr Dame was speaking on The Key…