The high vigilance of a police officer on duty has foiled an attempt to smuggle a firearm and ammunition into Cantonments cells by a lady. According to the police, on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at about 4: 45 pm, a 23-years-old lady with a Nigerian accent came to the charge office with two packs of Papaye labelled fast food to be served on a robbery remand prisoner in cells. “When the food was carefully inspected by the officer on duty, a locally manufactured pistol with one AA cartridge was found concealed in one of the packs with the food covering…
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Primetime Limited, a communications agency and producers of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ), is set to roll out a new event known as the STEM Festival, which would be launched on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at the GNAT Hall in Accra. The STEM Festival, which will come off from July 15 to August 5, 2021, is a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) aimed at promoting the study of STEM in our schools, educating Ghanaians on the various careers in STEM, as well as giving the Ghanaian youth the opportunity to explore and showcase their innovative…
Long queues for fuel and food have formed in the South African coastal city of Durban after looting and rioting destroyed businesses and caused them to close shop. Business owners in the city are slowly returning to their premises to evaluate the damage following days of unrest. Our team filmed one of the looted shops: Many businesses have been totally wiped out and destroyed after angry mobs looted virtually every shop in the centre and the city’s malls. Firefighters lined the street early in the morning to begin the gruelling process of cleaning up the mess in Durban. Empty shoe…
Minority in Parliament has charged the Auditor General to probe accounts of the First Lady and wife of the Vice President following their decision to refund the spousal emolument paid them since the assumption of the Akufo-Addo government. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators also want the Auditor General to compute interest accrued on the refunded ¢899,097.84 by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo. As well as the GH¢887,482 expected to be reimbursed by the wife of Vice President, Samira Bawumia. Addressing the press on Tuesday, Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzi stated that the Auditor should also verify the source of…
Ghanaian music producer, Hammer has raised concerns over how award schemes in Ghana have led many musicians into depression. The Last Two record label boss, also known as Edward Nana Poku Osei, could not fathom why an artiste would be nominated in as many as nine categories without winning any. Speaking in an interview with Adu Kumi on Tete-a-tete on Asempa FM, the veteran music producer cited the cases of the likes of Okomfour Kwadee and Pappy Kojo, claiming they went into depression as a result of their inability to win these accolades. “Some time ago Pappy Kojo went into…
Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings into security breaches at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. Fans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday’s showcase event. Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham apologised to legitimate fans and said the security team had “never seen anything like it”. England lost to Italy in the final following a penalty shootout after the match had ended 1-1 after extra time. The FA has been hit with four charges surrounding the behaviour of fans. They relate to disturbances caused during the national anthems, invasion of the pitch, the throwing of objects and…
Some teachers are demanding the immediate resignation of the leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for allegedly sleeping on their concerns. The teachers who are concerned about the outcome of the recent teacher promotion examination, picketed at the Ghana Education Service Headquarters before they marched to the GNAT Head Office where they struggled to gain entry into the premises. The teachers say the promotion examination system has several shortcomings, which led to some of them failing to get their promotion. They allege their leadership have agreed with the GES that they should re-sit the examination.https: “We wrote…
Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo has described as ridiculous, government’s decision to guarantee vehicle loans for Members of Parliament. According to him, Members of Parliament (MPs) should be made to bear their own burdens rather than putting same on the shoulders of the State. “The burden for them to acquire vehicles should be on themselves, it no longer should be something that the nation would guarantee because first of all, I’m not sure that all of them will end up paying,” he said. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ PM Express, he stated that the…
The First Lady of the Republic, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has refunded an amount of GH¢899,097.84 paid to her as allowance from the year 2017 to date. A letter addressed to the Chief of Staff, signed by Mrs Shirley Laryea of the Office of the First Lady stated, “I am directed to forward, herewith, a consolidated Bank Ghana Limited cheque number 000002 for an amount of GH¢899,097.84 (Eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand ninety-seven Ghana cedis eighty-four pesewas), being the full refund for monies received from 7th January 2017 to date, as allowances given to her Excellency the First Lady of the republic.”…
The Multimedia Group has filed a formal complaint against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for threatening the life of one of its journalists, Erastus Asare Donkor. In the letter, dated July 13, 2021, addressed to the Deputy Regional Commander, Ashanti Region, the media group demanded security protection for Erastus Asare Donkor. It also called for a thorough investigation into the threats issued by the legislator. On Friday, July 9, Mr Agyapong was reported to have verbally abused and threatened to attack Mr Asare Donkor, “for the journalistic work that the latter undertook during the…
