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A former Municipal Chief Executive for Bawku, Abanga Abdulai, has been elected as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Binduri constituency for the 2020 general elections. He polled 332 votes against as against Mr. John Atubiga Arabogo, who had only 14 votes and businessman Alex Joseph Avoka Asuma, who secured 68 votes. A total of 415 delegates comprising 375 polling stations Executives, 5 elders, 5 patrons, 13 electoral coordinators and 17 constituency executives cast their votes in the Saturday primary in the constituency. In his victory speech, Mr Abdulai called on the losing candidates, sympathizers and supporters…

Second deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has questioned government claim of “an elaborate plot” to overthrow Ghana’s president and destabilise the country that has been under democratic regime for over two decades. He argued the five persons arrested and being held for the alleged treasonable offence lack the competence to carry out such crime. “We know the type, calibre of people who can organise and stage a coup and we know what they mobilise to be able to do that. So far there is no evidence from anywhere to support that these group of people they have picked… could…

TV3 Talented Kidz has been adjudged the best television programme for the year 2018 at the prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing awards. For 10 years, the kids talent hunt programme has entertained, educated as well as helped unearth and shaped talents of several children some of who have become influential in and outside Ghana, including DJ Switch. Audience of the children show refers to it as the ultimate Kids programme on airways which goes beyond entertainment. The award sets the bar higher in kids’ entertainment on television today. Head of entertainments, Events and Lifestyle, Kenneth Nana Addo and business desk…

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has revealed at least 20 more people will soon be put before court for prosecution as his office winds up investigations into allegations of corruption against them. These new cases will add to the eight persons already being prosecuted by the Office for various corruption charges. For Mr Amidu who has come under criticism over the last year for his inability to walk the talk of his utterances due to various challenges he’s faced with, the new cases will be a major feat for his office. Speaking one-on-one with David Ampofo, the Special prosecutor declined…

Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has been laid to rest in the rural village where he was born, three weeks after his death at the age of 95. He was buried in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, about 90km (55 miles) west of the capital Harare. Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September, nearly two years after a coup ended his 37 years in power. The Mugabe family decided on a private burial in Kutama after weeks of argument with the government. Ministers had wanted the body to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.…

Ghana’s longest serving legislator, Alban Bagbin, says the systematic mass failure in the law entrance exams by law graduates is an indictment on the various law schools and their teachers across the country. One thousand, six-hundred and ninety-two law graduates from various law faculties in the country who wrote the Ghana School of Law entrance examination this year, failed to make the cut to enable them undertake the professional law course. Only 128 graduates of the total 1, 820 who sat for the exams passed, sparking agitation among the hundreds of law graduates and students across the country whose fate…

A Deputy National Security Coordinator at the Kotoka International Airport, Hopeson Adorye, has been elected 2020 NPP parliamentary candidate for the Kpone Katamanso constituency. Mr. Adorye polled 321 votes, beating four other contenders – Prince Dadzie, who polled 56 votes, William Ofosu Asante with 203 votes, Mark Fuachie-Sobre, 22 votes and David Quaye Annang, who polled 46 votes. Overall, 652 votes were cast in the primary, with 4 rejected votes recorded. The Kpone Katamanso seat is occupied by Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, who is expected to abdicate the seat before the 2020 polls. Source: 3news.com Ghana

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has revealed his office has put a total of eight people before the courts for corruption-related offences, six of whom he disclosed are public servants. He, however, wonders why the six public servants, though facing the courts, are still allowed to hold their offices when the law requires that such officers either be suspended or interdicted. Speaking on Time With David, Mr. Amidu, bemoaned such acts do not augur well for the fight against corruption. “When a public servant is suspected of crime and he is being charged, he is expected either to be suspended…

Former Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) Paul Ansah Asare has won the NPP parliamentary primary in the Asuogyaman Constituency. He polled 539 votes, beating his contender Kwame Adu Danquah, who polled 131 votes. Mr. Ansah Asare is seeking to reclaim the seat from current NDC MP, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, in the 2020 elections. No political party has retained a seat in the area since the 2000 elections. The former GPHA boss hopes to keep the trend by beating the incumbent NDC MP for the seat in next year’s polls. The NPP parliamentary primaries was held in…

Dr Mohammed Amin Anta[/caption] A Deputy Energy Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Anta, polled 385 votes to be elected NPP parliamentary candidate for the Karaga Constituency. He beat competition from three other contenders –  Alhassan Abdulai, Affa Sulke and Dr. Suyati – to emerge winner in the parliamentary primaries held in some 100 orphan constituencies across the country. Dr. Amin Anta will contest the 2020 elections on the ticket of the NPP and he will come up against current NDC Member of Parliament, Alhassan Sualihu Dandaawa. The Deputy Energy Minister is confident he will win the seat for the NPP in…