We’re trying to protect the sanctity of the voters’ register – EC justifies limited voter registration exercise

Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe, says the Electoral Commission as part of its mandate is concerned with protecting the sanctity of the voters’ register. According to him, those calling for the extension of the limited voters’ registration from the district offices to the electoral areas are only concerned about increasing the number of new registrants and not the…

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Hundreds of Students Feared Missing After Attack at Nigeria School

Hundreds of Nigerian students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in the northern state of Katsina. The military later exchanged fire with the attackers in a forest. Gunmen stormed the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, in Nigeria’s north, on Friday.Credit…Abdullahi Inuwa/Reuters Hundreds of students in Nigeria are feared missing after gunmen stormed a secondary school…

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Ghana re-elects Nana Akufo-Addo as President

Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has been re-elected as the president of Ghana for the next four years and will be inaugurated on January 7, 2021. President Akufo Addo who was elected president in 2016 after failing twice in 2008 and 2012 has been declared as winner by the electoral commissioner in the January 7, 2020 presidential election after obtaining…

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President Akufo-Addo responds to matters raised in Amidu’s resignation letter

The Secretary of the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo (on behalf of president Akufo Addo) has responded to Mr Martin Amidu’s allegation of interference in his work as Special Prosecutor following which he resigned on Monday. Below is the full response from the Presidency I refer to your letter dated 16 November, 2020 pursuant to which you resigned your position…

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Prez Akufo Addo orders payment of Martin Amidu’s salaries

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, to ensure that all emoluments and benefits due the immediate past Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, are paid. Mr Amidu who resigned from the Office of the Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, cited what he described as “political interference in the independence of his office”…

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Martin Amidu accused Prez Akufo Addo of interference

In his resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, directly told the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces that he could not direct him about as far as his handling of the corruption and anti-corruption assessment report of the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal was concerned, and refused to “bargain” with the President, who…

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Contracts for sale: CHRAJ ask Akufo Addo to sack CEO of PPA

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei should be sacked by President Akufo-Addo. He is also disqualified from holding public office for the next five years. Mr. Adjei was suspended from office by President Akufo-Addo following an investigative documentary by Manasseh Azure Awuni, which revealed…

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High Court clears Osafo-Maafo and others of $1m Kroll & Associates deal

An Accra High Court has delivered judgement in a matter in which the Auditor General sought to surcharge the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, and five others over a $1 million deal. According to Starr FM, the High Court, presided over by Justice Afia Asare Botwe has ruled that Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, breached the rules of natural justice in his…

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Confirmed: Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is Mahama’s running mate

Former President John Mahama has settled on former Education Minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2020 elections. The Council of Elders and Founder of the National Democratic Congress ( NDC) have approved the choice of the candidate. She prevailed after stiff competition from former finance minister and governor of the Central Bank Dr. Kwabena…

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NPP’s campaign manager, Mac Manu and Carlos Ahenkorah test positive for Covid-19

The campaign manager for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peter Mac Manu is reported to be at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease. Also on admission to the Unit is the Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah. There are reports that two other Deputy Ministers who have tested positive for the…

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