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[ads1] The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party General (NPP), Sam Pyne says the opposition National Democratic Congress’ ”March for Justice” protest yesterday was fruitless. Hundreds of members and sympathizers of the NDC thronged the streets of Accra to register their displeasure with the unfair treatment and killing of some citizens by security services in the country. Their protest majorly concerned the recent happenings at Ejura in the Ashanti Region where three persons were killed and other residents sustaining gunshot injuries.[ads2] The protesters brandished placards with inscriptions like; ”Akufo-Addo is using our money to bath in the sky”, ”Akufo-Addo,…
[ads1] A WOMAN cutting the grass near a runway was struck and killed by a plane as it came in for landing at an airport. The bizarre incident took place in Quebec, Canada, while the 27-year-old was mowing the grass at a small airfield. Click to continue reading [ads5]
[ads1] The Ghana Police Service says it is poised to provide all the necessary security for the safety of the planned demonstration by the youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday, July 6, 2021. The police in s statement posted on its Facebook page on Friday, July 2, 2021, said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has held a meeting with the organizers at the Police Headquarters in Accra today, Friday, July 2, 2021, and all matters relating to the march was discussed and agreed, including the routes and COVID-19 protocols. – peacefmonline[ads5]
[ads1] The Asokwa District Court has remanded into police custody the three accused persons in connection with the death of Ibrahim Mohammed, alias Kaaka, 45, who resided at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The accused persons, Ibrahim Issaka, Fuseini Alhassan and Iddi Mohammed, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and murder. The court, presided over by Mrs. Akua Adu Boahen, did not take their pleas, and they would reappear on July 22, 2021.[ads2] Police Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi, prosecuting, prayed the court to remand them into Police custody to allow for a thorough investigation into the matter. He…
[ads1] The Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, has inaugurated an eight-member Ministerial Advisory Board to advise him on policy matters, planning objectives and operational strategies as stipulated in the Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDCL327). Speaking at the inauguration at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr. Ussif said the functions of the Ministerial Advisory Board was crucial to enable the Ministry to deliver on its mandate of formulating Youth and Sports polices as well as coordinating and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector and to assist him provide the needed political…
[ads1] Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, has announced that his Ministry has set up a three-member ministerial committee to investigate the killing of three persons at Ejura in the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality. The three members of the committee are; Justice George Kingsley Koomson (Justice of the Court of Appeal), Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso, a Security Expert and Juliet Antwi Amoah, Executive Director, Penplusbyte. Mrs. Marie Louise Simmons who is a Principal State Attorney will be the Secretary for the committee.[ads2] The inauguration of the committee followed the President’s 10 days ultimatum given to the Interior Minister to submit a report…
[ads1] A social activist and member of #FixTheCountry movement, Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim, popularly known as Macho Kaka, is reported dead after he was attacked by a mob on June 25 in Ejura in the Ashanti Region. He is reported to have died this afternoon while receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. This comes hours after his family gave an account of what happened to him and demanded that justice be served. Macho’s brother Wakas, who spoke to 3news.com aid the perpetrators of the act must not be allowed to go free. “Our brother did not do anything to anyone.…
[ads1] President Akufo-Addo on Friday swore in forty (40) new deputy ministers to serve in the second term of his administration. They included the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu-Bohene; Abena Osei-Asare and John Ampontuah Kumah for Finance; Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, Michael Okyere Baafi and Herbert Krapa for Trade and Industry; as well as Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, William Owuraku Aidoo, and Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer for the Energy Ministry.[ads2] Augustine Collins Ntim, Osei Bonsu Amoah, and Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah go to Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Development; whilst Thomas Mbomba and Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong…
[ads1] Efia Odo, a social media biggie and 10 other members of the “#FixTheCountry” campaigners, arrested Friday by the Police, have been granted bail, a police source told the Ghana News Agency. Their arrest came shortly after a High Court hearing on whether or not the group should be allowed to stage a street protest, adjourned proceedings to 1330 hours for ruling. [ads2] The police said while the court was in session, some of the campaigners, including Odo, allegedly pitched camp in front of the Court complex with placards and causing nuisance. The source said after the court proceedings, the…