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A report issued by the Coalition of Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO) has noted that the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has intensified preparatory activities towards the December 7, 2020 elections. CODEO said activities observed to have been undertaken by the EC include the exhibition of the voter register at district offices of the EC (for participants in the extended voter registration exercise), recruitment/training of election staff, nomination of candidates, and transfer of votes/receipt of applications for proxy voting. The report added that similar to CODEO’s observations in the month of September, civic and voter education activities were generally low across…

Club President of Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns, Patrice Motsepe has declared his intentions to contest for the upcoming CAF elections in March 2021. Regarded as one of the wealthiest people on the African continent, Motsepe will be competing with incumbent Ahmad Ahmad and Jacques Anouma who have both made their intentions to contest for the top position known. The South African has been officially backed by his home federation SAFA as well as Nigeria, Botswana and Sierra Leone. “Caf must improve its global standing. He is the most appropriate person we could offer for the leadership of CAF.…

Oil prices soared by 10 percent and WTI Crude topped $40 a barrel on Monday morning, after vaccine developers announced 90-percent efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, instilling hopes on the markets that life could soon return to normal. As of 9:38 a.m. ET, WTI Crude prices were surging by 10.37% at $40.92 and Brent Crude was soaring by 9.02% on the day, at $43.01. Oil jumped and followed other markets globally on Monday after Pfizer and BioNTech said that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The vaccine candidate was found…

A member of the Communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elikem Kotoko has described the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu as a joker for saying that Mr Mahama must avail himself with two of his lawyers for investigations into the Airbus bribery scandal. The Special Prosecutor has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to be bold and submit himself for investigations regarding the Airbus bribery scandal. His comments come after Mr Mahama had challenged Mr Amidu to investigate and prosecute him if he is convinced that he was the one described as Government Official One in the Airbus bribery…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has the penchant for insulting persons he disagrees with in the society, Mike Ocquaye Jnr, Ghana’s High Commissioner to India, has said. He asked the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to learn how to present his points without insults. This comes after the Special Prosecutor (SP) Martin Amidu had revealed in his observations on a corruption risk assessment report on the Agyapa Royalties deal that he submitted to the Office of the President on October 16, 2020 that Mr Mahama is the one described as Government Official One in the Airbus bribery…

The Time is Now to find the best voices in Africa. Online entries to Old Mutual Amazing Voices Season 2 opened on 28 October 2020, with a grand prize of US$100 000 up for grabs. This Pan-African acapella singing competition is a search for talented unsigned singing groups from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Groups of four, six and eight who sing Gospel, Pop or RnB are encouraged to enter the competition and submit a two-minute audition video on http://www.oldmutual.co.za/amazing-voices before 26 November 2020. Entrants will have their video submissions reviewed by a team of experienced and in-country talent…

A member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has revealed that the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has so far created 139,331 jobs. These, he said, include direct and indirect jobs. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, November 9, the Chief Executive Officer of the State Transport Company (STC) said: “The effect of 1D1F, that is president Akufo-Addo’s efforts to industrialise the country are beginning to show. “As of July 2020, 139,331 jobs have been created comprising 18,811 direct jobs  and 120,520 indirect jobs.”…

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said the hopes of the youth in Ghana are dwindling under the current government. According to the language professor, her experiences with the youth in Ghana paint a picture of waning despair. She disclosed this in an interview with TV3’s Berla Mundi Monday, November 9 on Election 360. “The hopes of the youth are waning. They are losing hope gradually. We need to let them feel included. We need to let them know this hope that situations can change. We need to  let them be…

An economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has predicted that the impact of the coronavirus on economies around the world may take a period of 100 years before these economies can recover. He however, noted that some countries are likely to recuperate quickly due to the prudent measures they have instituted to deal with the ravages of the virus. The Covid-19 pandemic has put a severe strain on government budgets, manifesting in petroleum revenue shortfalls as a result of plunging crude oil prices, shortfalls in import duties, other tax revenues, and non-tax revenues. Speaking at the Ghana Economic Forum on Monday November…