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In spite of several efforts and initiatives to resolve the long-standing conflict between the Nkonya and Alavanyo communities, innocent lives continue to perish in these areas. Six lives were lost between April and May this year but no arrest has been made by the security agencies. In yet another effort to end the about century-old conflict, the Volta regional house of chiefs, on Wednesday held a dialogue with the leadership of the two communities in the Volta regional capital, Ho. The well attended meeting sought to identify hidden issues leading to brokering a lasting peace in both areas, TV3’s Peter…

One of the Commissioners of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Georgina Opoku Amankwa, has proceeded on leave following a recommendation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). EOCO is reported to be investigating the loss of about GH¢480,000 from the Endowment Fund at the Commission. Two other senior officers including the Chief Accountant, Kwaku Owusu Agyei-Larbi, has also been asked to proceed on leave over the same issue. These were contained in a letter dated July 4, 2017 and written to the Chair of the Commission, Charlotte Osei. Written by Acting EOCO Executive Director ACP KK Amoah (rtd), the…

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that government is preparing to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund later this month. A team from the IMF led by Joël Toujas-Bernaté, earlier visited Accra on the 10th of February this year to welcome the government’s intention to conduct a full audit of outstanding obligations under the External Credit Facility (ECF). Ghana entered into the ECF facility with the Fund for a total of 918 million over a three year period in 2015. The fund in January 2016 approved a third disbursement of $114.6 million for Ghana. Speaking at partnership…

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is asking the Akufo-Addo-led government to stop the ongoing “dismissal and selective transfers” of workers on political grounds. Expressing “grave concern” about the political vigilantism and the violent takeover of public organizations by alleged party foot soldiers of the New Patriotic Party, the unionised body challenged the president to unite all Ghanaians for economic and social development. This was contained in a statement by the TUC reviewing the socio-economic and political situation in the country within the first six months of 2017. Under the subtopic, ‘Politicization of the Public Service”, the TUC statement signed by…

An Accra High Court has discharged 13 more suspects in the murder trial of Major Maxwell Mahama by residents of Dekyira Obuasi in the Central region in May this year. This follows an earlier discharge of some 32 others earlier in June after investigations found no credible evidence against them. The police said some of the discharged 13 would be used as witnesses in the trial. Meanwhile 13 other suspects are on the run and wanted by the police in connection to the murder. This leaves 19 more suspects including one woman in police grips who would be going through…

It is now emerging that the boy who told police he was 12 years old when he was arrested in connection with the murder of a senior military officer in May had drastically reduced his age. The suspect, Ebenezer Asamoah, is in fact 22 years old, a document produced in court by police investigators revealed. The police investigations pointed out that the suspect was 19 years old when he sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination in April 2015. The evidence presented by prosecution to the Accra Central District Court Thursday was gotten from a spreadsheet investigators obtained from the…

The Ghana National Service Secretariat has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP)  to revamp the National Service Program and its related youth initiatives.   The intent of this effort is to deliver better outcomes than the current tapestry of programmes. “This is something long overdue and a priority the current government recognizes needs to be done to develop the potential of every child, making their skills relevant for our development needs both on the public and private side,” said the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The MIT REAP Admissions Committee selected Ghana…

In recent years, some young Ghanaian music talents have released interesting songs that fall within the contemporary Christian music genre. Also known as urban gospel music, this trend is fast gaining grounds on the local music scenes. Chosen YesuBa is one of these talents pushing hard to register Ghana on the global stage with his inspirational urban gospel songs and poetry pieces he performs as Spoken Word. His new spoken word piece titled ‘Virtuous-Christian-Woman’ is the first off his upcoming poetry album titled ‘Spiritual-Erection-Series’. He dropped his debut single titled ‘Go-Higherrr’ in 2015 off his ‘One-God-Supremacy’ album project. In 2016,…

Mr Emmanuel Asante, care-giver and grandfather of a five year old girl with cerebral palsy is urging government to facilitate the creation of centres for children with cerebral palsy. Five-year-old Nhyira with cerebral palsy now needs an urgent surgery; she is also deaf and blind. Mr Asante further called for services such as physiotherapy services and other therapy services to be extended to homes of children with cerebral palsy to enhance their quality of life. “Children with cerebral palsy tend to get heavier as they grow and it becomes almost impossible to carry them for services such as physiotherapy in…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to turn the valve on the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) barge – named after former president John Agyekum Kufuor – offshore Cape Three Points on Thursday. The ceremonial turning of valve is to mark the commencement of commercial oil exploration from Sankofa Gye Nyame Fields. A 63-kilometer submarine pipeline is expected to transport gas from the Fields to onshore receiving facilities (ORF) at Sanzule for power transmission. The ceremony offshore is expected to be followed by a durbar of chiefs and government functionaries onshore. ENI is the operator of the Offshore…