Lawyer defending four of the suspected lynchers of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama says he has received several threats for taking up the case. Lawyer George Bernard Shaw says the threats range from verbal abuses to death wishes on him. He said he had his first brush with the verbal abuses at the Cape Coast High … Read more
Authorities in Morocco on Thursday dismantled a suspected “terrorist cell” linked to the Islamic State group and accused of plotting major attacks on tourist sites, the government said. Four suspected cell members were detained and weapons were seized from them during the arrest operation in the Atlantic coast resort town of Essaouira, said the interior … Read more
Basque militant group Eta has begun the process of handing over arms in southern France, ahead of full disarmament announced for Saturday. Basque environmentalist Txetx Etcheverry said that some weapons had already been handed in. But he provided no other details to the AFP news agency about the transfer or what arms had been handed … Read more
Jurgen Klopp had hoped to have an ETA by now, but swelling has obstructed medical scans Liverpool could be without star man Sadio Mane for several weeks, according to widespread reports, as doctors have thus far been unable to determine the severity of this knee injury picked up in a challenge with Leighton Baines in … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed an investment banker Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang as the Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang was until his appointment working in the office of Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia since 2014 as Technical Advisor. He has also worked with AIG Financial Products Corp. (AIGFP) … Read more
Anthony Nukpenu, Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has blamed the party’s historic defeat in last year’s elections on the neglect of the party structures at all levels by the campaign team. According to him, resources and logistics meant for campaign were rather sent to some groups that emerged in the … Read more
The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, a.k.a. Abronye DC, has descended heavily on the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Police Service for not inviting him in their probe into Kofi Adams’ five vehicles that were recently seized by some security operatives. About 15 soldiers wielding AK … Read more
Investigations have established the five vehicles seized from the National Orgainser of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adams, are his personal property and not for the State as suspected. The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police, which conducted the investigations, has consequently returned the vehicles – two V8 Land Cruisers and three Nissan pick-ups- … Read more
The Secretary of the regent of Bimbilla, Alhassan Sualisu has blamed the security for the killings in Bimbilla. He said after informing the police of the enskinment of the warrior chiefs, the police provided security to facilitate it and said traditionally, the enskinment takes place in the evening but upon the advice of the police … Read more
There is the need for the report of the Assets and Logistics Committee of the Joint Transition team to be published to allow for informed discussions on the matter of missing cars at the Presidency, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby (Tarzan), former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority, has said. There is currently a back-and-forth … Read more
Ghana will host the rest of Africa in the 16th Africa Scrabble Championships this year. The prestigious 4-day event will be held in the industrial hub of Ghana, Tema at Kesdem Hotel, Community 5, from the 15th to the 18th of December 2016. Eighty to hundred participants are expected from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, … Read more
Scores of angry youth resident in Labadi in the Greater Accra region poured out onto the streets on Tuesday morning to demonstrate against the Military. The youth, who call themselves the Coalition of La Youth Association are accusing the military of forcefully taking over some of their lands. Clad in red, the youth, some of … Read more
A security analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has said rewarding people who perpetrate political violence has been solidified in the minds of political party supporters to the extent that it has become too late to talk about peace, ahead of the 7 December polls. Many … Read more
It is Throwback Thursday (TBT) and we will like to share with you Native Funk Lord’s (N.F.L). Yen Kan Bom The popularity of the song made it the unofficial anthem for the Osu boys, during the late 90’s and the early 2000’s. Yen kan bom literally means let us unite This was a song we … Read more