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Chronology of Events Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremanteng Agyarko died unexpectedly 19 days to his 61 birthdays on November 21, 2018.  The By-election In accordance with article 112(5) as amended of the 1992 Constitution, the Electoral Commission scheduled January 31 as date for the By-Election The NPP settled on the wife of the late MP, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the NDC repeated its defeated candidate of 2018 so did the PPP. The Violence Two hours into the elections across 137 polling stations, a shooting incident was recorded at the house of the NDC candidate near the…

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency has recounted how he was silenced in the heat of the “action movie” at the recently held Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Sam Nartey George indicated to the Emile Short Commission investigating the violence during the election that he stopped protesting about the brutalities being meted out on civilians by armed masked security operatives, sensing someone may intentionally shoot him and blame it on stray bullet. The violent activities at the Ayawaso West Wuogon have attracted round criticism as security capos try strenuously to justify some of their actions. Ayawaso Violence: Armed masked…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Mr Yofi Grant, has said that Africa has the potential to be a major trading hub in the world. “This is a continent that has about 30 per cent of the world resources such as oil, gas, gold, diamond, bauxite, among others, which takes to develop and thus Africa will develop in the coming years”, he said. Speaking at a breakfast meeting held by the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (AMCHAM) with the members of the National Black MBA Association (NBMA) in Accra last Friday, Mr Grant stated that…

File picture: Rawlings (L) stressing a point to John Mahama[/caption] Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reminded members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Saturday’s presidential election is just a step into recapturing power in 2020. John Dramani Mahama, who lost the 2016 national elections to NPP’s Akufo-Addo, won the February 23 primary with a wide margin. He obtained 95.23 percent of the total valid votes cast to beat six other contestants. Read: ahama beats 6 others to become NDC flagbearer again Mr. Rawlings, who founded the NDC, on Monday congratulated former President Mahama on his election as the…

President Sall looks to have secured a majority for a second term, reports say Pic: GETTYIMAGE[/caption] Senegalese President Macky Sall is headed towards a second term in office, his prime minister has alleged. Mohammed Dionne said preliminary results suggested Mr Sall had secured about 57% of the vote in Sunday’s elections, but an official result will take days. But rival candidates warned against declaring the result prematurely. Mr Sall faced four challengers in the vote, but was accused of preventing his main rivals from running. Two well-known opposition figures were barred from taking part, after being deemed ineligible because of…

Award-winning songwriter and singer Akwaboah Jnr says he is expecting “plenty” nominations for this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). He said he expects to win at least four awards this year. In an interview on TV3’s Music Music on Saturday, Akwaboah Jnr born Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr said he is highly expectant of the 20th edition of the flagship music awards. Nominations for the awards were opened in January. The musician behind the Matters of the Heart album said videos of songs on that album will be out in 2019. Among the hit songs on that album are Hye…

K.K. Amoah[/caption] Former Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Frank Adu Poku (retd) has been appointed the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). He is taking over from Mr. K.K Amoah, who will leave office by end of this month. K.K. Amoah has been ordered to hand over to COP Frank Adu Poku on Thursday, February 28, myjoyonline.com reports. K.K. Amoah is over 60 years and has reachedretirement age. He was on a two-year contract at the anti-graft agency that ends this month. Controversy In November last year, K.K. Amoah came under public criticism for suspending the…

Regina King’s best supporting actress award was her first Oscar win Pic: AFPvic[/caption] This year’s Academy Awards have been handed out in Los Angeles – here’s a complete list of all the winning and nominated stars and films. Best picture Winner: Green Book BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Roma A Star Is Born Vice Best actress Winner: Olivia Colman – The Favourite Glenn Close – The Wife Yalitza Aparicio – Roma Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Best actor Winner: Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Christian Bale – Vice…

This year’s Academy Awards have been handed out in Los Angeles – here’s a complete list of all the winning and nominated stars and films. Best picture Winner: Green Book BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Roma A Star Is Born Vice Best actress Winner: Olivia Colman – The Favourite Glenn Close – The Wife Yalitza Aparicio – Roma Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Best actor Winner: Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Christian Bale – Vice Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate…

The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has denied media reports that, it has presented a budget of $7.2 million to the government for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. A statement signed by Mr. Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Spokesperson of the Committee said, “We wish to state unambiguously that the said publications are false. “The Normalization Committee has not submitted any budget to government for the impending competition and would like to alert the general public to disregard any such reports,” it stated. It said reports that, per diem for the Black Stars players, has been…