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Former President Jerry John Rawlings was in Lome, Togo on August 30, to commiserate with the family of Édouard Kodjovi Kodjo, a former Prime Minister of Togo, who passed away in April this year. The late Mr Kodjo, popularly known as “Edem Kodjo”, was also a former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). A statement issued by Mr Kobina Andoh Amoakah, the Communications Director of the Office of the former President, which was copied to the Ghana News Agency said the former President was received in Aflao by Togolese Minister of Security, General Yark Damehane, Professor Robert Komlan…

The Savannah Regional Coordinating Council has inaugurated a foundation in memory of 90-year-old Akua Denteh, who was lynched at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality. The Coordinating Council also swore in an eight-member committee charged with the responsibility of engaging stakeholders to curb the menace. At a short inaugural ceremony at the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council, the Savannah Regional Minister, Adam Salifu Braimah, noted that the recent attacks on women is a threat to security in the region. He indicated that the foundation will provide an avenue to enlighten the people of the region on the negative effects of witchcraft…

Independent presidential aspirant Kofi Koranteng has described the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as “scandal brothers”. He said these two political parties who have ruled Ghana the most have been bedeviled with scandals in all their reigns, hence his description. Mr. Koranteng was speaking in an interview on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Monday. “NDC and NPP are scandals brothers. They scratch each other’s back. They are the same.” He explained that these two parties who governed and are governing now are full of corruption which does not…

Two armed robbers have been shot dead by police officers from the Asankragwa Division of the Ghana Police Service in the Western Region. The two were reportedly gunned down Monday afternoon in a shoot-out with the police in their attempt to rob a Chinese national. Narrating events leading to fatal incident, Samuel Kakyire Obuobi of Ahobraseye FM told 3news.com that eye witnesses recounted to him that four young men Monday afternoon stormed Adowahu in the Amenfi West Municipality to rob a Chinese national suspected to be carrying gold. Fortunately, the police received a tip-off on the intention of the four…

Real Sociedad’s former Manchester City midfielder David Silva has tested positive for coronavirus. The 34-year-old Spaniard joined the La Liga club this month after 10 years with City in which he made 436 appearances and won 14 trophies. He is not displaying any symptoms and is self-isolating. The Spanish side confirmed the news on the same day the playmaker was revealed in his new club’s colours at Sociedad’s Anoeta Stadium. https://twitter.com/RealSociedadEN/status/1300480922815430657?s=20 Source: BBC

Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in politics and current affairs. The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. Rubadiri is the sixth winner of the award, following in the footsteps of Solomon Serwanjja, Waihiga Mwaura, Amina Yuguda, Didi Akinyelure and Nancy Kacungira. She…

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has trained and deployed 65 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) across the 16 regions. These specially trained observers are to monitor the pre-election environment in 65 constituencies from Tuesday, September 1 to Sunday, December 6. A statement issued by CODEO’s National Coordinator Albert Arhin on Monday, August 31 said the observers will be monitoring activities of key stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), the security agencies, political parties, traditional and religious leaders, civil-society groups as well as the media. “Among other things, the LTOs will be…

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by Andrew Prince Cudjoe has remanded all five persons who were arrested in connection with the attack on Madam Meri Ibrahim. The accused persons are Atta Alhassan, 57, Haruna Jebuni, 56, Iddrisu Sayibu, 35, Salifu Issahaku, 45, and Zakaria Abdul Karim, 30. They have been charged with conspiracy to cause harm and causing harm. The are expected to reappear in court on September 19. Police arrest The Damongo District Police Command on Sunday, August 30 went to the Sumpini community and arrested the five suspects in connection to the attack on some four women…

The National Communications Director for New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has said that the postponement of the launch of the manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) shows that the largest opposition party has no message for Ghanaians ahead of this year’s elections. The NDC shifted the date of the launch from Monday, August 31 to Monday, September 7. But at a press conference in Accra on Monday, August 31, Mr Buaben Asamoa said the NDC cannot even be trusted to launch its manifesto as scheduled. “Months before Covid-19 hit the world, John Mahama’s NDC set up a…