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Former President John Dramani Mahama is already up with his duty as leader of the Ecowas observer mission for Liberia’s presidential elections. Ghana’s former leader was at some polling stations to monitor how the exercise is going on Tuesday. Liberians are choosing from 20 candidates a successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has served the constitutional two terms in office. READ: Liberia votes to choose Ellen Johnson Sirleaf successor Since arrival in Liberia last Thursday, Mr Mahama has met the chair of the Liberia National Elections Commission. He has also met with the various international elections observer groups. Source: 3news.com|Ghana…

Liberians are going to the polls to choose a successor to Africa’s first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are the main contenders in the race to succeed her. Liberia, founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years. Ms Sirleaf urged people to vote peacefully in a nation still recovering from a 14-year civil war. “Your vote is about you and your family – not party, ethnicity,” she said in an address to to the nation.…

The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Mines and Energy Committee in Parliament to take a look at the sporadic siting of fuel and gas stations across the country. The Assin South Legislator said: “I would want to appeal to the Mines and Energy Committee to take a serious look at the siting of the fuel stations because if the state institutions fail to protect the citizenry, the orderly people will suffer”. Rev Ntim fordjour made the call on TV3’s New Day while commenting on the gas…

The first in a series of trials of more than 6,600 people, accused of being members of militant Islamist group Boko Haram, has opened in Nigeria. The trials are being held in secret by civilian court judges at a military facility in north-central Kainji town. Rights activists say they are concerned about the lack of transparency in what have been described as the biggest terrorism trial in Nigeria’s history. Some 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram’s eight-year insurgency. Only nine people have been convicted so far of being involved in the unrest. Four judges have started the trials…

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will start engagement of various media owners across the country from next week to deliberate on how to institute insurance packages for their workers due to the hazards associated with the job. The GJA says it will not sit down until disasters occur before it acts. Re-elected President of the Association, Roland Affail Monney, made this known to Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Monday while commenting on the death of a camera man from Madina-based Net2 TV while he was covering the Atomic Junction gas explosion on Saturday. The family of the deceased, Mohammed Ashalley,…

Vodafone has announced a significant global change to its brand positioning to reflect a new purpose and visual identity for the future. This represents the first major change to the way the telecom company communicates since the introduction of the ‘Power to You’ tag line in 2009. The repositioning, which was launched on October 6, 2017 and has been rolled out across all its markets including Ghana, is to underline Vodafone’s belief that new technologies and digital services will play a significant role in transforming society and enhancing quality of life in the years ahead. It defines Vodafone’s purpose in…

Ministers from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have called for global solidarity and support of the international community to enable them achieve their ambitious climate change plans. They want global response to climate change to be fair and equitable, to advance the interests and aspirations of poor and vulnerable countries and peoples. In a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss the priorities of the LDC group in preparation towards the 23rd Session of Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, the group noted with serious concern the adverse impacts of climate change to worsen, as…

A cameraman of Net 2 Television was among the victims of last Saturday’s explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra. Seven persons died while 132 were injured at the Mansco Gas Station. READ: Gas explosion death toll hits 7; 132 injured to receive free medicare Mohammed Ashalley Yakubu is said to have fallen off the Atomic Junction overpass, where he was filming the disaster from. He fell from the second explosion, according to reports. He is said to have rushed to the scene to take coverage. Leadership of Kencity Media, managers of Net 2 Television, was at the Flagstaff House on…

Customers of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) have once again been assured of speed banking and innovation in the coming days. Chief Executive Officer of UMB John Awuah, who reiterated the promise at a thanksgiving service, said this is part of efforts to meet the changing demands of customers in the competitive banking sphere. Universal Merchant Bank, since its establishment in 1972 as the first merchant bank in the country, has set itself as one of the best performing banks in the country. The bank played various roles in the acquisition of Societé General Bank and the establishment of the Ghana…