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Bawku Central lawmaker, Mahama Ayariga has said he has not spoken to former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on his resignation. He said he knows the character and personality of Mr Amidu very well and so has decided to not speak to him on this matter. Mr Amidu has described Mahama Ayariga as his son following claims by Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong that his colleague lawmaker and a former Youth and Sports Minister, Ayariga has medical records of Amidu, claims Mr Amidu has rubbished. Mr Amidu who dragged Mahama Ayariga to court this year when he was…

The family of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings has welcomed any decision to name the University for Development Studies (UDS) after him. According to the family, it has never been against such a ‘forward looking’ decision, thus, it welcomed the naming of the institution after him. “We have quickly checked with her excellency and I have her authority to inform you that the family has never been against this forward-looking suggestion and we would have absolutely no objection if your university can achieve that,” a member of the family and former diplomat, Mr Victor Gbeho, said on Monday…

President Akufo-Addo says former president John Mahama’s quest to return to power after what he describes as an abysmal performance in office is distraction to the country’s current path to development and progress. The president was addressing party faithfuls at Koforidua in the New Juaben South constituency of the Eastern Region at his last campaign rally to end his two-day tour of the region. Speaking to enthusiastic party supporters at the Methodist park in Koforidua, Akufo-Addo said the unlikely return of Mahama to power, will spell doom for the country’s progress he, Akufo-Addo has chalked in the last four years.…

Former president Jerry John Rawlings did not die a natural death, Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempeh, head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries, has said. According to him, Mr Rawlings was killed in the spiritual realm by some prominent politicians in Ghana. He made the revelation on Net 2 television on Monday November 23. “Former president Rowling’s death was not natural, his death was spiritual,” he said. “I had a vision in which I saw three different human hearts popping champagne and jubilating while the lifeless body of Mr Rawlings was resting on the table. These hearts were just jubilating…

The vice presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has urged the people of Wa Central constituency to vote for the NDC in order to ensure the needed development. Addressing a group of women at Wa during her 2-day campaign tour of the Upper West Region Professor Opoku-Agyemang stressed that it’s the NDC that can ensure the kind of development the people need. She told the gathering that “We ask for your prayers. We want your partnership.” “Join us in preaching the message of peace.” Regarding the death of the Founder of the NDC,…

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 elections John Dramani Mahama has been leading attacks against the legacies of the Founder of the NDC, Jerry John Rawlings, the National Democratic Party (NDP), has said. National Chairman of the NDP, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong at a press conference in Accra on Monday November 23 accused Mr Mahama of using some individuals within the NDC to water down the influence of the late Mr Rawlings in the party. “The political henchmen who were utilized for such diabolic assignments have been rewarded with high positions in the NDC under…

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has urged stakeholders to ignore falsehood being spewed regarding the special voting ahead of the elections this year. The elections management body said in a statement on Monday November 23 that its attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social media claiming that the EC has denied Security Agencies the opportunity to register and take part in the Early/Special Voting Exercise slated for Tuesday, 1st December, 2020. “We wish to place on record that the contents of this video are false, baseless and unfounded and we call upon the General Public to…

The Mahama and Ahwoi factions within the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have led various attacks and machinations to destroy the legacies of the founder of the NDC, the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, the National Chair of the National Democratic Party (NDP), the party founded by former First Lady and wife of former president Rawlings, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, has said. At a press conference in Accra on Monday November 23 to clear doubts as to whether or not Mrs Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has pulled out of the presidential race in the December elections following the demise of…

Livingstone Etse Satekla, better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, has noted that he is available to perform for any political party that will engage his services ahead of the elections this year. He said this in an interview with Giovani Caleb on 3FMDrive on Monday November 23. “I am a performer, I am a musician, I am for the people so which of them will ever hire my services to address them; because I hear on one day during December, I mean it is like a party free day where they can do something so on that day should…

The issue of privacy regarding the EC sharing of personal information with political parties by way of an electoral roll had come up in an IT Law class for discussion. This was supposed to be discussed/debated within the precincts of the Data Protection Act, 2012 (ACT 843) and any other relevant legal authorities. We arrived at that discussion because a colleague of ours who belongs to a political party had shown the class what he said was a voters register. According to him, the register was shared with his party in accordance with the law and the party, in turn,…