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The Electoral Commission says a total of 21,887 persons will not be allowed to vote on Election Day, December 7, 2020.The number consists of persons who engaged in multiple registrations, as well as persons who conducted various forms of electoral malpractices. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, November 30, 2020, the Electoral Commission […]
A state funeral for late former President Jerry John Rawlings will be held on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.The ceremony will take place at Independence Square in Accra. A statement signed and issued by the Head of Funeral Planning Committee, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, said the family was working in conjunction with the government on the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Inspector General of Police to provide a 24-hour protection for Mr Martin Amidu.This follows a claim by Mr Amidu, who resigned last Monday as the Special Prosecutor that some threats have been made against his life. The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin disclosed […]
The Office of the late President Jerry John Rawlings has reported the activities of an account impersonating his son on micro-blog Twitter to the Ghana Police Service and the social media company.According to a statement issued by the office, the account which has now been suspended was publishing falsehoods attributed to the son of the […]
It has been revealed that Mr. Martin Amidu whilst he was serving as the Special Prosecutor rejected all allowances that were paid to him for attending board meetings. He reportedly returned all those board sitting allowances paid to him to chest. In returning the money, Mr Amidu argued that the time he spent attending the […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed worry about claims that some ammunition seized at their Tema Post will be released to some ‘big men’. “The Ghana Revenue Authority finds it worrying, mischievous and premature any information that seeks to imply that the seized ammunition is being kept for onward release to some ‘big men’. […]
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday, October 9 impounded a consignment said to contain pistols illegally imported from Turkey. The ammunitions were concealed in the consignment of personal effects. They belong to one Felix Wallace, who has been arrested by the marine police. He had come to clear his 1X20 […]
The call on the citizenry to strictly adhere to preventive protocols as the country battles the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have fallen on deaf ears to the extent that even frontline health workers are becoming culprits. In his 17th address to the nation on measures the government has taken to redeem the country from the […]
The Offinso township was thrown into a state of mourning on Thursday, October 1, when the funeral and burial service was conducted for four of the seven juvenile players of Africa Vision Football Academy, who met their untimely death last month. The players were on their way from a juvenile screening exercise at a registration […]