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The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has cautioned the media to be careful and clear on the category of persons who can speak for and on behalf of the government. This comes on the back of some comments by the Member of Parliament for the Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond, which suggested that the government deployed military men to Ketu-South to prevent persons believed to be Togolese from registering as voters in the country. The comments of K.T Hammond, who later said he was misconstrued, attracted a lot of criticisms from the public including the minority NDC who described the…

Ghanaians will from Wednesday begin paying for water supply from the Ghana Water Company Limited as the free three-month water package given to customers by the government ends on Tuesday, June 30. The government has from April 1 absorbed water bills for all domestic water users in the country as part of stimulus package to cushion Ghanaians in the midst of the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. Consumers will however from July 1 begin to pay for the water they use, the GWCL said in a statement Monday. “Customers of GWCL must please note, that from hence, the payment of water…

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, along with more than 30 others Iran accuses of involvement in the January 3 attack that killed General Qassem Soleimani, face “murder and terrorism charges”, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Alqasimehr did not identify anyone else sought other than Trump, but stressed Iran would continue to pursue his prosecution even after his presidency ends.…

The outgoing queen of the Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) pageant, Ekua Mends Bannerman, has extolled the competition for being the perfect launch pad for greatness. Ekua who won the crown in 2019 for the Central Region said the GMB competition gives ladies the platform to display their beauty and culture to the world. Speaking during the unveiling 16 constants for this year’s competition, the 2019 queen said the platform makes queens an asset to the world. “GMB gives every young lady an outmost opportunity to display the rich culture to the world. Aside the exposure you get from being a…

Government has justified the military deployment to parts of the country, but rejected assertions that the action is intended to intimidate eligible Ghanaians from registering in the nationwide voter registration exercise which begins Tuesday. The presence of the security officers, some having mounted tents and others in a sortie, has been a source of concern for some residents of the Volta Region including the Volta minority caucus in parliament. According to them, the action is part of government’s agenda to disenfranchise eligible Ghanaians in their electoral strongholds. NDC gives 24-hr ultimatum to gov’t to withdraw military deployment in Volta But…

The Volta caucus of the minority in parliament has given a 24-hour ultimatum to government to withdraw the military personnel deployed to the Volta Region ahead of Tuesday’s nationwide voter registration exercise. Condemning the military deployment, leader of the caucaus, Emmanuel K. Bedzrah at a news conference in Aflao Monday said the fact that they are peace-loving people does not mean they are cowards. He thus demanded the immediate removal of military personnel from the area. “The fire has been lit and we the Voltarians are ready. We are not cowards, we don’t fear people, we only respect and therefore…

Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, has touted the achievements of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government high above all else in the 4th republic, including that of former president John Agyekum Kufuor. According to him, the achievements of Akufo-Addo in all sectors of the economy are enviable, the reason the NPP party has decided to give him a second opportunity to do more. Akufo-Addo was on Saturday, June 27 acclaimed by the NPP at a National Executive  Council meeting in Accra as the presidential candidate for the party in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. He in…

The Sekondi-Takoradi Education Directorate in the Western Region says some 56 students of the Adiembra Senior High School who were sacked for breaching covid-19 protocols will not be reinstated. The students, all male, claimed they left the school campus Friday and Saturday without permission to fetch water but the school authorities claimed the behaviour of the students put their mates, teachers and non-teaching staff at risk of the pandemic. The students justified their action saying the school had no water. However, Metro Director of Education, Elizabeth Akuoko, in confirming the sacking of the students on Onua TV Monday denied claims…

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has raised concern over what he described as “intimidating behaviour” of government in the Volta and Oti regions where armed security personnel have been deployed. Armed military personnel have since last week been deployed to the area, raising concerns among the people in the area who claim the military is there to intimidate them from taking part in the voter registration exercise which begins from Tuesday, June 30. There have been conflicting statements regarding the actual motive behind the deployment. Municipal Chief Executive of Ketu South, Elliot Edem Agbenorwu has justified the military presence in the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to address Ghanaians this morning on the controversial voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) set to commence on Tuesday, June 30. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced this in a social media post Sunday night after the President delivered his 13th national address to update the nation on the novel coronavirus situation in Ghana. No further details have been given. The decision to register eligible Ghanaians for the compilation of a new voters’ register for the conduct of the December 7, 2020 presidential and parliamentary election has been…