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Security analyst, Adib Saani has blamed the police for the incessant attacks by some politically-affiliated vigilante groups in the country. According to him, the inability of the police to effectively deal with such incidents in the past has sent the wrong signal to criminals. About 200 macho men believed to be sympathizers of the ruling New Patriotic Party attacked the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Agyei, on Friday March 24. According to reports, Mr. George Agyei was physically manhandled by the thugs for assuming office as the region’s security coordinator, when in the group’s view he did not campaign for the…

THE CHAIRMAN ELECTION DISPUTE ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE GHANA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION ACCRA Dear Sir, RE: DISPUTE ABOUT THE MANDATE OF THE EXECUTIVES OF THE GHANA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION AND THE LEGALITY OF THE GJA ELECTIONS OF 2017 I write in the spirit of Article 11 (a) and (e) of the 2004 Constitution of the Ghana Journalists Association and as such, plead with your honorable committee to give me audience to be a party in responding to a letter written by Charles Benoni Okine and Enoch Darfah Frimpong, contesting the mandate of the Executive committee and elections committee of the GJA respectively. In a…

Veteran journalist, Kweku Baako is scared the actions of marauding vigilante groups aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party could end Ghana in a banana state. Recounting some instances where some notable vigilante groups including Invisible Forces, Kandahar Boys, and Delta Force have attacked state installations and persons, he said it is becoming frustrating. The latest attack which has attracted a nationwide condemnation is the one on Mr George Adjei, who was appointed as the regional security coordinator by President Akufo-Addo. Some well-built men from the Delta Force allegedly stormed the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council on Friday, March 24 to…

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has finalised preparations to launch flights to three new destinations – Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo – within three days from March 26 to March 28. Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO said: “Three new flights to three new destinations in just three days is one of the greatest expansions in Ethiopian’s long and illustrious history. We are proud that we are able to link these new stations to the Ethiopian network in such a short period of time.” He said as of March 28, its vast global network would add three new destinations which…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday said the Government would soon roll-out comprehensive housing programme for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to address the accommodation challenge. He said under the project, dubbed: ‘‘Barack Regeneration Project,’’ old accommodation facilities would be renovated while new ones would be built to accommodate more military personnel. He, therefore, asked the military to exercise patience as the Government was putting measures in place to remedy the situation. The Vice President, who was the Reviewing Officer at the Graduation Parade of the Special Medical Intake Three of the Ghana Military Academy in Accra, said the…

US President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. Both houses of Congress are controlled by Mr Trump’s Republican party but the bill was withdrawn on Friday because it could not get the votes required. Speaking to the Washington Post, Mr Trump said “We couldn’t get one Democratic vote, and we were a little bit shy… so we pulled it.” The last-minute retraction is seen as a huge blow to the president. Repealing and replacing the healthcare programme known as Obamacare was one of his major election pledges. House Speaker Paul Ryan said he and…

Ghana stands the risk of losing some $ 600 million annually from the United States aid if it continually fails in its fight against human trafficking. The country is also likely to remain on the tier 2 watch-list for the third consecutive time following the US State Departments human trafficking report for 2016. Interior minister, Ambrose Dery, expressed these fears at the handing over of six vehicles to the police anti-human trafficking unit in Accra. In spite of the sustained fight against the menace, Ghana continues to be considered as a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking. The…

Chairman of the committee inquiring into the abysmal performance of the then governing NDC in the 2016 general elections, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey has appealed to angry members of the party to let cool heads prevail. The NDC Election Review Committee, he said has noted with “regret” how some members of the party are resorting to the media to vent their anger as to why the party lost the elections with a wide margin. The former president, John Mahama, lost in excess of one million votes to Nana Akufo-Addo, the man he defeated in the previous election that ended up at…

Parliament continues to approve budgetary estimations for ministries, departments and agencies to execute government business for the 2017 fiscal year. On Thursday, the house approved GHC398, 676,632, GHC349, 152,142 and GHC 60,708,078 respectively for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. Also GHC12,145,580 budget was approved for the Office of Head of Civil Service, and GHC10, 330,099 for the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Defending what has been allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ranking member of the Parliamentary select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Okudzeto Ablakwa said…

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