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A woman believed to be in her late 50’s was nearly lynched by some angry youth who alleged she is a witch. Meiri Ibrahim was attacked in her house around 10:00 pm Saturday, August 29 by machete-wielding young men at Sumpini in the West Gonja District of the Savannah region. Narrating her ordeal in Gonja, Madam Meiri said, the youth accused her of being behind the death of a young man in the community. According to her, she pleaded with her assailants but to no avail; they went ahead to attack her, inflicting deep cutlass wounds on her arm and…

Imani Africa, one of the Civil Society Organizations that have objected the Agyapa Royalties deal, has pointed out that the Relationship Agreement in the Agyapa Royalties deal is structured in such a way that the investors who buy the shares of Agyapa following the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in London can circumvent policies favouring Ghana’s national interest if such policies do not align with the share price maximisation goals of traditional investors. According to Imani, to expect that a vehicle structured this way can become part of some kind of Ghana-determined industrialisation strategy whether in the mining sector or elsewhere…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that the government will soon announce a bailout package for clients of the 53 defunct Fund Management Companies (FMCs). “Prior to the Official Liquidator realising value from assets, the Government, mindful of the plight of Investors, has reiterated its commitment to a bailout package for clients of the FMCs in the form of a social intervention similar to what was done for depositors of the failed SDIs and MFIs,” a statement on Saturday said. “The first phase will cover clients of the twenty-two (22) companies currently under official liquidation per Court orders,…

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that the Mahama administration was able to reduce teacher absenteeism at the basic and second cycle levels from the 27 per cent they inherited to 7 per cent. He told host Abena Tabi on The Key Points on TV3 Saturday, August 29 that the administration also managed to remove 65 per cent of the schools that were under trees. This, according the former Deputy Minister of Education, was as result of the remarkable investment Mr Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made in the educational sector. Contributing…

Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Second Cycle Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said the Akiufo-Addo administration is making education in the country fit for purpose. He said the education under this present government is directly responding to the socio-economic needs of the nation and its people. Speaking on The Key Points on TV3 Saturday, August 29, Dr Adutwum noted the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration only tackled the symptoms of the problems in the sector and left the actual problem unattended to. The Bosomtwi lawmaker said: “If you solve teacher absenteeism and not take a look at…

Management member for Ghana’s U-20 team, Albert Commey has explained the rationale behind the 70 players who were invited to begin preparations ahead of the team’s WAFU “B” U-20 qualifiers. The Black Satellites will begin preparation in earnest for the WAFU ‘B’ U-20 qualification tournament to be hosted by neighbouring country, Togo. The former Aduana CEO supervised the call ups of up to 70 players from the Premier League and Division One in the run-up to a training camp. The number has generated massive conversation among football fans. “When the league started the coach was looking at players in the…

The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has postponed the date for the launch of its 2020 manifesto. This is to enable the National Executive Committee and the Council of Elders approve the policy principles and strategies promised in the manifesto, according to a statement released on Friday, August 28 and signed by Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the party’s General Secretary. The new date for the event is Monday, September 7, expected to be held in Accra. The statement said the Functional Executive Committee of the party took the decision to move the event later by one week. “The…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he will institute a committee to investigate the alleged military brutalities on Ghanaians during the recently held voters registration exercise. The president at a speech at Anlo in the Volta region Thursday said he took this decision after a meeting with some chiefs of the region who visited him. “The lingering anxiety about the deployment led to a delegation of Chiefs from the Volta Regional House of Chiefs led by its president, coming to see me at Jubilee House on what I believed was termed ‘the military invasion of the Volta Region. “We…

Two suspected carjackers have been shot and killed at Asamankese in the Eastern Region during a dawn operation on Thursday, August 27, 2020, after they the struck owner of a Nissan Murano vehicle in Accra. The police said the suspects, now deceased, absconded with the vehicle from Accra to Asamankese but were accosted in that part of the Eastern region, leading to exchange of fire. According to the Greater Accra Regional Police Command in a statement, the two suspects were killed after sustaining gunshot wounds. The statement further noted that one other accomplice identified as Erasmus Somuah Sekyi was, however,…

The National Democratic Party (NDP) has said it will hold its third National Delegates Conference on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September, 2020 at the GNAT hall in Accra. The event according to the party will be under the theme: “Shared Leadership for national Transformation Human Empowerment and Anti-corruption.” A statement signed by Secretary General of the NDP, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) had earlier on Thursday August, 20 unanimously affirmed the choice of the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings from a shortlist of three presidential aspirants for the NDP Flagbearer. “Delegates will be…