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The Electoral Commission (EC) will this week announce a new vendor to supply the Commission with hardware and software equipment to be used for the compilation of a new voters’ register for the December 2020 general elections. Parliament has approved 390 million cedis for the procurement of a new biometric system said to have a facial recognition technology. Four companies, according to the EC, have already been shortlisted through open tendering. “The hardware, I know we have four companies but I can’t give them off head now. We did open tendering and we have screened them to four, out of…

The Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo has dedicated her Grammy award to the Nigerian singer Burna Boy who was up against her to win the music prize. They were set against each other in the World Music category of the US music awards on Sunday night. But Kidjo won, for the fourth time, leaving Burna Boy still waiting to win his first. She said that he is changing Africa: “Four years ago on this stage, I was telling you that the new generation of artists coming from Africa are going to take you by storm. “And the time has come. This…

Two out of four persons thieves who stole 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi in the Oti Region have been arrested by the Police in Savannah Region. Ibrahim Imoro and Amadu Imoro were said to have taken the stolen cows to a farm settlement near Kosorgbor in the Savannah Region. They were arrested from their hideout Sunday night, a police statement said on Monday. “Their arrest was made possible due to information given by a patriotic Ghanaian, whom we salute this morning,” the statement said. “We are using this story to also encourage you to support your Police with information, to help…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered air strikes against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers in Niger state. On Saturday gunmen killed 11 people and kidnapped four women during door-to-door attacks, reported Sahara Reporters and The Daily Sun. President Buhari described the repeated attacks by the bandits “as a disaster”. Pres. @MBuhari has authorized deployment of @NigAirForce to support troops & policemen deployed to fight bandits, kidnappers & cattle rustlers in the forest area bordering Kaduna, Niger and Zamfara to fight bandits. NAF will in line with this set up refueling facilities in Minna. — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) January 26, 2020…

Health officials are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus in Ivory Coast, the country’s health ministry has announced. An unnamed student, who returned to the West African country from Beijing on Saturday, is undergoing further tests after showing flu-like symptoms. If confirmed, it will be the first case of the deadly virus in Africa. The virus, which first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has spread to over 2,000 people and killed 56. The 34-year-old woman is currently in isolation, officials said. The traveller has lived in China for the past five years, according to the statement released…

The Electoral Commission says biographical data of Ghanaians who possess voter’s ID card will not be captured in the upcoming voter registration exercise to compile a new voters’ register for the December 2020 general elections. It explained Saturday that bio details on the current voter ID card will be transferred onto a new voter ID card to be issued to eligible voters who show up at polling stations across the country to register. Persons with the current voter ID cards will thus have only their fingerprints and photos captured in the registration exercise which is set to begin from April…

Ashley Young assisted a goal on his Inter Milan debut as they were held by Cagliari. The 34-year-old former England international joined Serie A’s second-placed team for £1.28m from Manchester United last week. Playing for Antonio Conte’s Inter at right wing-back, he crossed for Lautaro Martinez to head in their opener. But Radja Nainggolan, on loan from Inter, equalised against his parent club with a long-range deflected shot. Goalscorer Martinez was sent off in injury time for two quick-fire bookings, the second for dissent. Young, the first Englishman to play for Inter since Paul Ince in 2007, has now managed more assists…

Danny Garcia claims Ivan Redkach said “Mike Tyson” to him when the Ukrainian bit him during the American’s win by unanimous decision on Saturday. Garcia says Redkach bit his left shoulder during the eighth round of their welterweight fight in Brooklyn. Evander Holyfield had part of his ear bitten off by Tyson in their 1997 bout. “I might be the second fighter in history to be bit, right?” said Garcia, 31. “Evander Holyfield and Danny Garcia, put me in the history books.” Garcia improved his record to 36-2 with the win over Redkach, 33, in what was billed as a…

“…Over the years, we have learnt that it is not enough or not sustainable for government to focus on direct receipts from oil and Gas activities…one area we look at as ensuring sustainable benefits from the exploitation of resources is through local content policies or initiatives…” Director of Local content-PC “…Where are the legacies? The legacy, what are we going to point out to say this is what we have been able to achieve, that is what local content is for… Are we developing local companies to take over”?  CEO, Zormelo and Associates, Douglas Zormelo. “For me, I applied direct;…

Businessman Seidu Agongo has described Ghana’s environment as hostile, stating it is not conducive for local entrepreneurs to blossom. “As an entrepreneur with appreciable number of years of experience, there is no gainsaying that an indigenous entrepreneur is five times likely to fail where his/her foreign counterpart would easily succeed,” the founder of the now-defunct Heritage Bank said in an article. “That has nothing to do with intellect; it is an ‘environment’ challenge”, he observed, adding: “And like good and bad, this has been unfortunately suffered by many entrepreneurs on the continent, with Ghana not being an exception. In short,…