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The Managing Director of the Ghana Publishing Company and convener of Let My Vote Count Alliance, David Asante, has alleged that Thursday’s demonstration under the auspices of the Inter-Party Coalition for National Sovereignty, christened ‘Aagbe wo’ demo was used by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to outdoor former president, John Dramani Mahama, as presidential candidate for the 2020 election. He claims the demonstration was designed by the largest opposition party to put forward its candidate for the upcoming general elections and not to protest the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence as was portrayed. Speaking on TV3’s New Day,…

Police in the Western Region with the support of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Information Service Department (ISD) have begun a sensitization campaign on personal safety in second cycle institutions in the region. The one-week campaign, which will move to the tertiary level on completion, is to calm and assure students of police security and conscientize them on some of the everyday mistakes that make them vulnerable. Schools which have benefited so far are the Adiembra Senior High School, Methodist Senior High School, Archbishop Porters Girls Senior High School and Fijai Senior High School. Speaking to…

The United States National Academy of Engineering has elected Ghanaian business mogul and Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, Samuel Esson Jonah, popularly known as Sir Sam Jonah, as a Foreign Member. His induction into the Academy is in honour of his distinguished contributions to engineering, especially “for leadership and technical contributions in advancing the mineral industry in Africa”. Sir Jonah was previously President of AngloGold Ashanti and is said to have shared the strategic leadership of the company with its CEO, Bobby Godsell. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, nonprofit institution that provides engineering leadership in…

Former Interior Minister Cletus Apul Avoka says calls for the resignation of the Minister of State in-charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, are not justified because that will not be an antidote to political vigilantism in the country. According to the former Majority Leader, it takes more of a committed political will to deal with issues of vigilantism than merely calling for the resignation of individuals. His comments come on the heels of calls from a section of the public, especially from the Inter-party Coalition for Defence of National Sovereignty, for the resignation of the IGP, David Asante Apeatu, the…

GCB Bank has been adjudged the best Bank in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities for the year 2018. According to a research conducted by the Centre for Media Analysis (CMA), a private and independent media and communication research agency, GCB’s CSR projects targeted and made positive impact on the life of people, communities and the country. Out of 19 banks assessed on their CSR activities in 2018, GCB came first followed by Stanbic, NIB ADB and others. The research revealed that, out of a total number of 75 CSR activities undertaken by these banks, GCB carried out the majority as…

A record eight-hour gridlock left hundreds of motorists and passengers stranded Thursday along the Takoradi-Tarkwa road, one of the busiest major roads in the Western Region. A tanker transporting liquefied petroleum gas lost balance and fell on its side at a portion of the road between Nsuaem and Kofikrom around 12:00, cutting off vehicles travelling from both ends. No explosion occurred though the tanker was said to be containing LPG. Emergency services comprising the Police, officials from the Ghana National Fire Service and the National Road Safety Commission were called in on time to ensure the lives of the people…

Ghana will host the Third German-African Business Summit (GABS) from Monday, February 11 to Wednesday, February 13 in Accra, to provide a platform for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Africa and Germany to explore business opportunities. The GABS is Germany’s signature business event in Africa, where top business and government leaders from Germany and Sub-Saharan Africa meet every two years to discuss and promote economic relations between Europe’s largest economy and the fastest-growing region in the world. GABS is to be organised by the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI), which serves as a voice of businesses to…

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has reassured Ghanaians of government’s commitment to maintain the Free Senior High School despite some challenges that have characterised the programme. He admitted the challenges facing the programme that have seen senior high school students in public schools enjoy free education. The minister reiterated government’s effort to addressing the infrastructural deficit, saying “We acknowledge challenges with infrastructure that has led to an interim introduction of the double track system. “We are addressing the infrastructural deficit in our educational institutions through the GETFund and from other government sources,” Dr Adutwum assured. This…

The Ghana Police says it is looking for cartographers to use information so far gathered by investigators to sketch the alleged killers of undercover journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. According to the Police, they have received descriptions of the persons who on January 16, shot and killed the Ahmed near his family home at Madina in Accra, and would require experts to give artistic impression to the faces described by witnesses. “A lot of people have described them [the killers] and we are also trying to get cartographers who can give us artistic impression about who they are, to help in identifying…

All graphic images of self-harm will be removed from Instagram, the head of the social media platform has told the BBC. The move comes after the father of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017, said Instagram had “helped kill” his daughter. Molly’s family found she had been viewing graphic images of self-harm on the site prior to her death. Adam Mosseri said Instagram was trying to balance “the need to act now and the need to act responsibly”. He added the site was “not where we need to be on the issues of self-harm and suicide”. When…