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The former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, has questioned the basis for the 10 regional chairmen of the National Democratic Congress to endorse former President John Mahama for the 2020 general elections. Apart from Alban Bagbin who has officially declared to contest the flagbearship of the party, a number of leading personalities, including former President Mahama, Ekow Spio-Garbrah and Prof. Joshua Alabi have shown interest in leading the party into the 2020 elections. The regional chairmen issued a communiqué Thursday urging the former President to accept the request of the party supporters to lead the NDC…

Serve us justice or there will be a curse on the police and government for innocently killing our son, that is the threat of the family of a 38-year-old Awudu Osman allegedly brutalized to death by the police in Ashanti Region. The police named Awudu alias “Burger” among suspects who use motorbikes to rob their victims at gun point. Police PRO, ASP Juliana Obeng, told journalists the suspects,  Lukeman Mohammed and Awudu Osman, were traced and arrested at their hideouts. The two confessed they had arms – pistols – hidden in an uncompleted storey building at Sepe, a suburb of…

A pathologist has ‘refused’ an order of an Accra Magistrate to release a post-mortem report on the former member of parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B. Danquah-Adu, who was murdered last year at his residence. Dr Lawrence Adusei of the Pathologist Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra was ordered to make available the full post-mortem report to the court by Friday, November 10, 2017. When the case, in which two persons are standing trial resumed Friday, prosecutors informed the court that they were yet to receive the post-mortem report from the pathologist, though he was said to have been…

Four years ago this was the biggest game in Africa, World Cup qualifiers for Brazil 2014, but when Ghana face Egypt in the final qualifying game in group D there will be nothing at stake. Egypt are already through to Russia 2018 but for Ghana the stakes may still be very high. Here are FOUR reasons why this will still matter a lot to the Black Stars. Restoration of pride  Ghana has not won a single game at home in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers so far which is a miserable record for a country that has consistently made home a…

Actress Portia de Rossi has accused actor and producer Steven Seagal of sexual harassment. The Arrested Development actress, who is married to US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, made the allegation in a tweet posted on Wednesday night. She alleges that during a film audition Mr Seagal told her “how important it was to have chemistry off-screen” before unzipping his trousers. Mr Seagal’s manager told BBC News that the actor had no comment. My final audition for a Steven Segal movie took place in his office. He told me how important it was to have chemistry off-screen as he sat…

A 41-year-old amputee farmer, who inflicted cutlass wounds on the forehead of a teacher due to a misunderstanding over electricity bill, has been remanded in prison custody. John Asuming has pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing harm to the teacher, Patric Brako Darkwah of the Maase Methodist Junior High School in the East Akim municipality of the Eastern Region. Three prosecution witnesses, including the teacher, have testified in the case being heard by the New Tafo-Akim District Magistrate Court. Investigator in the case was expected to have given his evidence on Thursday, but was engaged in another case…

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress has warned party members to cease vilifying prospective candidates for various executive positions within the party. A statement signed and issued Friday by the National Chairman of the party, Kofi Portuphy expressed worry about the pronouncements by some supporters of these prospective candidates on social and traditional media. “We have observed that some potential aspirants and their followers have resorted to insults, and vilification of potential contestants. This abuse takes place, at times in a highly toxic manner on social media and sections of the media,” the statement said. It…

Former Vice Chairperson of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Rhodaline Ayana-Imoro has questioned the economic ratings by some international agencies suggesting the Ghana’s economy is stable. She observed such assessments of the economy have not translated into the living standards of the ordinary people, hence cannot be said to be economic development. Ms. Ayana-Imoro made the observation on TV3’s magazine show, New Day, while commenting on President Nana Akufo-Addo’s assertion that his government has built the foundation for economic development to take off. “Are the local populace saying things are okay? If we the local people say things are okay,…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Saudi Arabia’s attorney general says at least $100bn (£76bn) has been misused through systemic corruption and embezzlement in recent decades. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said 201 people were being held for questioning as part of a sweeping anti-corruption drive that began on Saturday night. He did not name any of them, but they reportedly include senior princes, ministers and influential businessmen. “The evidence for this wrongdoing is very strong,” Sheikh Mojeb said. He also stressed that normal commercial activity in the kingdom had not been affected by the crackdown, and that only personal bank accounts had been frozen. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said…