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The Supreme Court has adjourned indefinitely, its decision on whether or not the current voters’ ID card can be used in the upcoming voters’ registration exercise to be conducted by the Electoral Commission. A new development in the case Friday caused the court to indefinitely adjourn the case filed by the National Democratic Congress which was to be decided on by the court on June 23. The Supreme Court by a unanimous decision Friday combined the NDC’s case with another one recently filed by Mark Tekyi-Benson, who is challenging the EC’s decision to use the Ghana Card and the Ghanaian…

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party in the Salaga South constituency of the Savannah Region have met to confirm incumbent Member of Parliament, Adam Salifu Braimah, to contest on the ticket of the party in the December parliamentary polls. Mr Braimah who is also the Regional Minister, is expected to be confirmed by some 493 delegates. The Salaga South constituency is the largest constituency in the Savannah region with a total of 94 polling stations. It has a total voter population of over 49,000. The constituency has since 1992 produced four MPs including the incumbent. Each of the three former…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to India, Michael Aaron Nii Nortey Yaw Oquaye Jnr. has presented five motorised tricyles to the Dome Kwabenya Constituency of the New Patriotic Party. The tricycles, presented to the party in fulfilment of a promise by Mr Oquaye Jnr, are to be used by the constituency executives of the party for income generation at the grassroots level. Handing over the keys to the constituency executives through the Constituency Chairman, Solomon Assante Mr Oquaye said the “These Tricycles given this day is to generate income for the Party at the constituency level and it is the first step…

Many have, for years, waited with bated breath to see the day two of Ghana’s fiercest rappers – Sarkodie and M.anifest – will release a song. Considering the history between them, a song between them will definitely ease the tension between the camps of the two artistes as to whether they are still beefing or are now the best of friends. In 2016, M.anifest and Sarkodie were embroiled in one of the biggest rap beefs the country has ever witnessed. M.anifest, in his ‘godMC’ track, threw shots at Sarkodie after he released his ‘Bossy’ song. Sarkodie also quickly replied to…

China has charged two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, have been held in China since December 2018. Their arrest came just days after Meng Wanzhou – an executive of the Chinese giant Huawei – was detained in Vancouver, at the request of the US. Canada called the arrests “arbitrary”, but China denies they were retaliation for Ms Meng’s detention. Both men have been charged with “spying on national secrets” and providing intelligence for “outside entities”. China’s court system is completely controlled by the Communist…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has signed an Executive Instrument criminalizing non-wearing of face mask in public places across the country, with offenders facing a jail term of up to 10 years. Anyone found guilty of not wearing face mask that completely covers his nose and mouth, per the E.I 164, faces either a fine of not less than 12,000 cedis and not more than 60,000 cedis or a minimum of four years in jail or a maximum of 10 years. The courts have also been empowered to hand over both a fine and jail term as punishment for all…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) to help drive standards and quality in some 10,000 low-performing basic schools across the country. Under GALOP, government will invest some 219 million dollars on a comprehensive set of interventions that addresses constraints from teaching to learning in our schools. Launching the project Thursday at the Jubilee House, Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that in spite of the numerous steps government has taken over the last three and half years to improve basic education in the country, a lot more work needs to be done. “We must…

A 30-year old teacher who sodomised a 12-year-old boy has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Seth Kwabena Anim had pleaded for mercy indicating that he was not going to repeat the offence again. Also, he said he was writing exams. The Court presided over by Christiana Cann in sentencing the teacher said he should have known better and served as role model for the young ones. Kwabena Anim was on Wednesday, June 17 arraigned on one count of defiling a child under 16 years of age contrary to section 101(2)…

A taxicab driver yet to be identified died instantly after a tree fell on his car Thursday evening in Kumasi. The incident occurred during a downpour accompanied by strong winds. He was said to parked his car close to the trees few meters away from the Asanteman Senior High School when the tree fell on the car and trapped him inside . His body has been recovered by passers-by and conveyed to the mortuary. The mangled care has also been towed to the Suame Police station. Police officers have been to the scene to investigate the incident. By 3news.com|Ghana