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The Bole District Court presided over by His Worship Andrew Prince Cudjoe has remanded the five suspects arrested by the Savannah Regional Police Command over the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh for three weeks. The five – Haruna Aness, 34, Issifa Tanko, 35, Shaibu Muntala, 29, Sulemana Ali, 35, and Issifa Zakyibo, 32 – were charged with conspiracy and murder. The case, which was first under investigation at the Salaga District Police Command, was moved to the Savannah Regional Police Command. Prosecutor Chief Inspector Abdulai Awini prayed the court for three weeks to enable him probe further into the case.…

Authorities and residents of the Upper Manya Krobo District in the Eastern Region want an increased enrollment on the Livelihood and Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) project to support prospective beneficiaries. According to them, though the project and other social interventions by government has closed poverty gaps, there are still over one thousand people yet to be captured The Upper Manya Krobo district was created in 2008. It is among the districts with a higher percentage of its population categorised as “pro-poor”, made up of peasant farmers. Currently 2,690 of its population in 79 communities are LEAP beneficiaries. Testimonies of beneficiaries…

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) seeking for a review of the Court’s judgement on the compilation of a new voters’ register. The dismissal of the application follows the refusal of the lead lawyer for the NDC, Tsatsu Tsikata, to move the party’s application in court. Mr. Tsikata decided not to move the application due to the fact that he only received the response to their suit from the Electoral Commission (EC) while in court. According to Mr. Tsikata, he had not had the time to go through the EC’s response, hence…

Ghana has been thrown into a reverberating political excitement following the official acceptance speech of the running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman (NJOA). Whilst this excitement presents good news for the Electoral Commission by getting more floating voters to register for their voter cards and to turnout in their numbers on election day, it shoots the confidence of the opposition NDC to snatching power in the December elections. In this brief, I make a latent analysis of the new candidate, NJOA, what she brings to the table, the dynamics of this year’s elections due…

The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) have distributed outboard motors at highly subsidised prices to fishers in the Volta Region. The intervention, which is funded under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), is aimed at empowering fishers by building their capacity with the provision of essential equipment to do their business more sustainably. An event was held on Tuesday 29th July, 2020 at the forecourt of the Keta Municipal Assembly at which the equipment was handed over to Municipal and District Chief Executives for onward distribution to shortlisted fishers in their…

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Oko-Boye, has said there is no need to test Senior High School (SHS) students who are currently in school for Covid-19 before they go home after their examinations. He says being in school does not put the students at a higher risk of contracting the virus than their relatives who are at home. Final years students and gold track students were made to return to school amidst the pandemic. The final year students were to prepare and write their final exam, the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), while the gold-track students were…

Congratulations once again, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang! As President John Dramani Mahama emphasised, your nomination as his Running Mate for the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections is “over and above affirmative action.” The nomination is a reflection of your undoubted competence, your innovative approaches to public policies, your admirable integrity as well as gender equality. It is also a bold statement of intent that gender should never be an obstacle in the way of leadership. Professor Opoku-Agyemang, in your acceptance speech, you proved President Mahama right for nominating you to the admiration of the millions who watched you live. You…

Ghana’s longest serving finance minister and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has explained why he did not partner John Mahama as his running mate for the upcoming elections. Even though the respected economist was tipped to be one of the ideal persons for the NDC’s vice presidential candidate ticket, it eventually went to former education minister, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. Asked if it was the case that he was approached but declined to avail himself for the position, Prof Kwesi Botwey said that is far from it. “No, I didn’t reject it [offer to be…