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Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged murder of law Professor, Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, have been discharged by the Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday September 30. The three discharged were, Christian Pobee, 32, cleaner; Isaac Botchwey, 41, houseboy; cleaner; and Adams Mensah Mansur, 52, gardener. One person has however been caged. The trial judge, Elleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchway, said charge of murder did not implicate the three. Prof Benneh is said to have been murdered at his Adjiriganor residence in East Legon after his mutilated body was found on Saturday morning. His legs and arms were…

The CEO of Naaviq Company Limited, Victoria Naashika Quaye, has made history once again for winning the Social Entrepreneur category at the 40 Under 40 Awards for the second time in a row. The enterprising young CEO has been at the forefront in water treatment and philanthropy works in Ghana over the years. Speaking after picking the award at the 2020 edition of the Forty Under 40 Awards, Ms. Quaye said she least expected she will retain the title this year, thanking all her clients for their support and encouragement. “As the host called out the nominees for the category, I was…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has passed his first test as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr Franklin Cudjoe, President of policy think tank, Imani Africa, has said. This comes after ECOWAS under the leadership of Mr Akufo-Addo ensured that Mali was restored to constitutional rule. On Monday Colonel Assimi Goita, who headed a junta of young military officers who seized power on August 18, ousting elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced that Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel had been designated Mali’s interim president. It is recalled that ECOWAS placed sanctions on Mali…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Joseph Boahen Aidoo has justified why they requested USD1.3billion syndicated loan. Parliament approved US$ 1.3 billion loan facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions to finance the purchase of cocoa for the 2020/21 crop season by the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The loan is expected to be used to purchase an estimated 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa beans from farmers through the Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) as well as finance other operations of the Board for the cocoa season. Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo told journalists in Accra after…

Royal Dutch Shell has said it plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and included 1,500 people who were taking voluntary redundancy. It gave no indication of where the job losses would happen. The move comes five months after it cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said the job cuts were “the right thing to do for the future of the company” as it…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) introduced its flagship Free Senior High School (FSHS) education policy in September 2017, as the Presidential Initiative was party’s anchor promise to the Ghanaian electorate ahead of the 2016 general elections. Since its launch, due to sheer numbers of beneficiaries, the Free SHS initiative has gained traction and generated citizen participation and interest in the promises made by political parties on how they intend to improve the education sector and also expand the reach of the initiative. In its latest 2020 manifesto, while touting its Free SHS initiative, the governing party has made new promises,…

The secessionist group that besieged Juapong last Friday fomenting troubles in the Volta Region must be dealt with severely because they are a threat to the nation, Koku Anyidoho, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said. He told Stephen Anti on the Elections 360 on TV3 Wednesday September 30 that this matter can be cancerous in the country if not nipped in the bud immediately. “I like the strength with which movements are being made to stop them from spreading. This thing can be cancerous. If it is not nipped in the bud now…

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has said he felt disrespected by the conduct and utterances of the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu after he lost the internal elections against him. He explained in an interview with Stephen Anti on Election 360 on TV3 Wednesday September 30 he suffered humiliation and embarrassment in the hands of Mr Asiedu when the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ampofo was invited to the Police CID office for interrogations over a comment he was reported to have made. He said Asiedu Nketia interrupted an…

Board Chairman of the National Commission on Small and Light Arms, Rev Professor Paul Frimpong Manso, has called for swift actions to be taken against the secessionists who besieged Juapong last Friday. A statement he issued on Wednesday September 30 commended the security for being able to retrieve the weapons that were stolen from the Aveyime Police station by the group. “We call on the security agencies and the authorities to expedite actions in fashioning out a lasting solution to this unfortunate situation before it is too late. We believe that the security agencies would continue to perform their duties…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) over plans to register voters on Thursday October 1. The main opposition party is seeking “a declaration that the Electoral Commission has acted ultra vires in its attempt to reopen and/or conduct registration of voters  on Thursday 1st October, 2020 when the Electoral Commission has not caused to be published in the Gazzette, twenty one (21) days’ notice of this voters registration to the political parties and the general public. “A declaration that the EC cannot proceed to reopen and /or conduct the voters registration exercise…