Legal Practitioner, Philip Addison has filed a suit challenging President Mahama’s appointment of a Chairperson for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). The suit is seeking to restrain the President from using his last 16 days to make the appointment barely two weeks to handing over power. President John Mahama on Tuesday … Read more
Legal Practitioner, Philip Addison has filed a suit challenging President Mahama’s appointment of a Chairperson for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). The suit is seeking to restrain the President from using his last 16 days to make the appointment barely two weeks to handing over power. President John Mahama on Tuesday … Read more
President John Mahama has sworn in Mr Joseph Whittal as the new Commissioner for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). This comes barely two weeks ahead of President Mahama officially handing over of power to the newly-elected New Patriotic Party government. The Commission has been without a substantive Commission for almost a … Read more
The Electoral Commission has said its results transmitted electronically were tampered with leading to a delay in the release of presidential results of last week’s election. According to a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission, Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, the figures kept changing anytime they were keyed into the system. They therefore had to completely abandon the … Read more
The Ministry of Power has presented fifteen thousand solar lamps and 275 generator sets to the Electoral Commission (EC), as back-up power source ahead of the December 7 general election. Speaking at the presentation of the items to the Electoral Commission, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Power, Solomon Atiim Asoalla, said although the … Read more
At least 13,000 new names have been added to the special voters list, the Electoral Commission has confirmed. Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations Sulley Amadu said the new figure is now hovering around 127,934 voters, up from the 114,813 list of special voters announced earlier. The new list includes 500 new recruits who have … Read more
Protecting President-elect Donald Trump and his family is costing New York City more than $1 million a day, according to three city officials. And those costs won’t necessarily drop significantly once he moves to the White House. That’s because Melania Trump and their 10-year old son Barron expect to stay at their home at Trump … Read more
A man injured in a bomb blast at a shrine, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hub town, southwest Pakistan, on Nov. 12, 2016. The death toll of a suicide bomb attack on a shrine in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Saturday night has risen to 52, said an official on Sunday. [Xinhua] The … Read more
The death toll of a suicide bomb attack on a shrine in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Saturday night has risen to 52, said an official on Sunday. Balochistan’s home minister Sanaullah Zehri confirmed that 52 people were killed and over 100 others were injured in the attack, which targeted devotees, playing Dhamal, a kind … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. John Kudalor, has been directed to consider the promotion of sports personalities within the service who continue to bring honour to the institution. The special consideration, the Interior Minister said, should be one of the cardinal issues to be discussed at the next Police Management Board meeting and … Read more
The incident happened during an intermission of Guillame Tell, prompting anti-terror units to enter the Lincoln Center venue. Several audience members said a man told them he was there to release the ashes of a friend, police said. The man has been identified and the authorities are trying to reach him. Cultural venues in New … Read more
The flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom has said that he bears no grudges against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei following the party’s court victory over the latter. Mr Nduom who was until yesterday [October 28] disqualified by the Electoral Commission from the upcoming presidential elections for errors … Read more
The Numo Awuley Kwao Family of Miotso in the Ningo-Prampram district of the Greater have appealed to President Mahama to intervene in what they termed “illegal activities by thugs ably supported by some police officers” on their lands. The family suspect the Tema Regional Police Command has been influenced by some private developers who are … Read more
All hope is not lost for the 13 disqualified presidential aspirants in this year’s elections as the Electoral Commission (EC) promises to accept their candidature if it is compelled by the law court to do so. Speaking at a media engagement in Tamale, a Deputy Commissioner of the commission, Mr Amadu Sulley, said the EC … Read more
A Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Amadu Sulley has revealed that the 13 disqualified presidential hopefuls stand the chance of being part of this year’s polls if only the courts grant them the reliefs they are seeking. According to him, until the courts give contrary view to the reasons surrounding the reasons … Read more
A Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Amadu Sulley has revealed that the 13 disqualified presidential hopefuls stand the chance of being part of this year’s polls if only the courts grant them the reliefs they are seeking. According to him, until the courts give contrary view to the reasons surrounding the reasons … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated it would only instate the disqualified presidential aspirants as candidates if a court of competent jurisdiction asks it to do so. According to the Commission, it was not perturbed by the number of law suits being threatened by some of the 12 disqualified aspirants. The Deputy Commissioner of the … Read more
Protests broke out in some areas of Ethiopia’s Oromiya region on Monday, a day after dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival sparked by a bid by police to quell demonstrations, witnesses said. Opposition politicians and government officials gave contrasting tolls of casualties that took place during the annual Irreecha … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that steps are being taken by the government to re-introduce the operations of Black Star Line; the national shipping line that in the 1970’s was a key player in the transport of Ghana’s commodities to abroad. The re-introduction of the national shipping line, the President said, was to maximize … Read more
Indians have reacted with outrage after passers-by watched a woman being stabbed more than 20 times on a busy street in the capital, Delhi. CCTV footage showed a man on a motorcycle approach schoolteacher Karuna, 22, who died in the attack. He is seen stabbing her repeatedly as people walk by, before hitting her on … Read more