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The show will go on! The 2020 BET Awards will air June 28 as planned, the network announced Wednesday – but it will come together virtually. The show will be produced “using an array of innovative techniques and artist-generated content,” the press release said, promising an all-star lineup and allowing audiences to participate in the “celebration of black love, joy, pride, and power” they’ve come to expect from BET. This year’s show marks the 20th anniversary of the BET Awards and 40th anniversary of the network. The official nominations for this year’s BET Awards will be announced at a later…

The Savanannah Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress, has petitioned the Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tutumba Boresa I, over what they describe as “disrespectful” sentence of Alhaji Osman Mimina Salifu, a subchief from Gonjaland. Tagging the sentence as one that is politically motivated, Mr. Malik Basintale, the Regional Communications Officer of the party noted that, the decision to incarcerate the revered chief was without recourse to customs, norms and tradition. Alhaji Osman Mimina is among the three former NCA board members sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra High Court last week. In submitting the two…

The Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON) branch of the NPP in UK has held its annual conference despite the insurgence of the global Covid-19 Pandemic. Unlike previous years, this year’s conference maximized technology through the use of the Zoom APP to reach its numerous members spread across the country and beyond. The conference was attended by high-ranking personalities within the Youth wing of the NPP. Dignitaries such as Richard Gyamfi (Youth Organizer, NPP-UK), Samuel Annobil a.k.a SNOW (TESCON Coordinator, Ghana), Eunice Acheampomaa (Deputy Youth Organizer, UK), Oheneba Boakye (Youth Wing Secretary, UK), Mark Boansi (Interim President, TESCON-UK), Akosua Konadu (Interim…

Dr Michael Owusu, a virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), has called for separate data on situational report of COVID-19 for all the affected regions in Ghana. He said the data generated on the situation in Accra cannot be used to do an assessment of the situation in Kumasi and in other parts of the country because the regional curves aren’t the same. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3FM Thursday May 21 that about 70 per cent of the data they are relying on to carry out their work in the regions are…

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has appointed renowned legal practitioner and Executive Secretary to the Emile Short Commission of Inquiry, Ernest Kofi Abotsi, as the new Dean of its Law Faculty. An announcement on the UPSA website on Wednesday, May 20 broke the news of his appointment. “The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ernest Kofi Abotsi as Dean of its Faculty of Law. Dean Abotsi joins the University at an important time in its history, and during a period when the institution seeks to leverage on its innovation and creativity…

Lawyers of Willaim Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, who is standing trial for allegedly collapsing the bank, has told the Accra High Court that their client is willing to refund GH¢27.5 million back to the state. The amount is what the state has accused Essien of using as business promotion and which he allegedly carried in jute bags to be distributed to some people. Counsel for Essien, Mr Baffour Gyewu Bonsu told the court Thursday that his client had already paid GH¢1.4 million of the GH¢27.5 million to the state, reports Graphic Online’s court reporter, Emmanuel…

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Cyril Fayose, says as long as the number of COVID-19 cases keep rising in Ghana, the churches should continue to remain closed. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise Show on 3FM Thursday May 21 that any decision to reopen the churches in the midst of the increasing cases of COVDI-19 in Ghana would mean the country shooting itself in the foot as far as the fight against the pandemic is concerned. As part of the efforts to deal with the problem, President Nana Addo Dakwa Akufo-Addo placed a ban…

The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery has declared Monday a public holiday as Muslims across the country marks Eid-Al-Fitr on Sunday which is a Statutory Public Holiday. “However, 24th May, 2020 falls on a Sunday and by Executive Instrument (E.I), His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (601) has declared Monday, 2Sth May, 2020 as a Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country”. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated…

Parliament on Wednesday approved four nominees by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo to the Supreme Court. They are Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga and Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, both Justices of the Appeals Court; Mr Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, a private Legal Practitioner; and Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, a retired Law Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana.The approval follows recommendation by the Appointments Committee of Parliament that the nominees have exhibited character, competence, independent thinking and depth of knowledge of the law during their vetting, which took place last week.The nominees also assured the Committee of the will to be…

The general public has been urged not to misconstrue that Members of Parliament who absent themselves from the house have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Parliament House on Wednesday begun the mandatory testing of all the 275 MPs and parliamentary staff against the COVID-19. This follows a directive by the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday asking the Medical Directorate of the legislative house to embark on mandatory testing of all the MPs and staff to serve as exemplary to the entire nation. Reacting to a question which was posed on Onua TV’s Maakye by the host, Bright Kwasi Asempa…