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Mr Martin Amidu should not have resigned as Special Prosecutor in spite of the challenges he claimed he was facing, Justice Emile Short, a former Commissioner at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said. Justice Emile Short explained in an interview with TV3’s Thomas Adotei Pappoe on Wednesday November 18 that the Act that established the office of the special prosecutor, Act, 2017 (Act 959), gives him the power to ignore any orders or interference from anyone including the president. Therefore, he said, there was no need for him to have resigned on the heels of…

Dancehall artiste Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known as  Stonebwoy has reacted to Shatta Wale’s  comments that he Stonebwoy stopped picking up his calls after the Asaase Radio Sound Clash competition. Shatta Wale said in an interview said that Stonebwoy does not answer his calls anymore after the Asaase Radio Sound Clash competition. The competition which saw the two leading artistes go head-to-head in what culminated in an event where the two battled it out lyrically ended in a deadlock – with both parties claiming supremacy over the other. Shatta Wale said his relationship with Stonebwoy have since not been the…

Despite the many interchanges in the capital city Accra, the problem of traffic congestion still persists. Motorists are worried that the situation is not getting any better; even in places where interchanges have been constructed to ease the flow of traffic, they more often than not do not achieve their purpose. Media General’s Evelyn Tengmaa has engaged an expert who have explains why things are the way they are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUcP0B7wrs By 3news.com|Ghana

Son of the late Jerry John Rawlings, Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, has reported to the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Criminal Investigations Department, a fake twitter account which reportedly impersonates him. Office of the of former President Rawlings in a statement, Wednesday November 18, disassociated Kimathi from the account which has for some time now been posting tweets construed as being political. “The attention of the Office of former President Jerry John Rawlings has been drawn to the creation of a fake Twitter account that is publishing falsehoods attributed to the son of the former President, Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings. “The fake…

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s views on Martin Amidu as someone who is committed to his work has not changed.  ‘’ First of all, we must be quite clear, what we think of Mr Amidu as a person and his commitment to this country as expressed by the president has not changed or diminished in anyway,” he said in an interview with Berla Mundi on Elections 360 on TV3 Wednesday November 18. Mr Oppong Nkrumah said that the President has not dropped his admiration for Amidu in spite of his resignation…

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Arma, known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, has revealed his colleague Stonebwoy stopped picking up his phone calls after Asaase Radio Sound Clash competition. The competition saw the two leading artistes go head-to-head in what culminated in an event where the two battled it out lyrically. A voting system was also instituted to gauge which of the two artistes had the largest fan base. The highest voter, who was a Shatta Wale fan walked away with a car prize, but which of the two artistes won the contest came to controversial end – both parties claiming…

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called on religious leaders and pastors to rebuke politicians who turn out to their churches to seek protection of God through prayers. The Council noted that politicians throng the various churches for prayers ahead of a major election but they are the same people who mostly incite the youth to engage in violence during elections. Rev Abraham Opoku-Baffour, who is the Director of the Interfaith Ecumenical Relations at the Council, made the call at the Abatuo Ne Banbo forum organized by Onua TV/Onua FM and Connect FM on Wednesday. The forum is under…

Over 62,000 security personnel would be deployed to various polling stations across the country for the December 7  elections, Director of Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Shilla Kesse Abayie Buckman has revealed. She made the revelation on Onua TV/ Onua FM/Connect FM’s Election Command Forum dubbed: “Abatuo Ne Banbo” [Elections and Security] on Wednesday November 18. She said the officers have been dawned from the police, immigration, fire service, prisons service, customs and the Ghana Armed Forces. DSP Buckman said these officers are ready to provide protection to law abiding citizens during the polls. “We have…

The National Chairman of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) John Ackah has urged Ghanaians to vote for his party in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections in order to deal with corruption-related issues facing the country. In his view, the two major political parties in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have failed to deal with graft issues that have saddled the nation over the years. He revealed that the LPG will set up a committee to ensure that persons engaged in corruption are held liable for their actions. Speaking on the…

Deputy Minister of Health and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku constituency, Dr. Benard Oko-Boye, has stated the Akufo-Addo-led government has been so charitable to Martin Amidu that he could be liken to a “spoilt child”. Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, resigned from his position Monday, November 16, under circumstances he claimed were presidential interference with his work and threats on his life. Martin Amidu said the production of a corruption risk assessment of the controversial Agyapa Royalities deal which involves government appointees and persons deemed as close associates of President Akufo-Addo provoked a reaction from the presidency which traumatized…