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“we have been deceived for long....' - Angry Hohoe residents charge

Some residents of Hohoe in the Volta Region on Wednesday vented their anger on the Minister of Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini over what they describe as a misrepresentation of the state of their roads in the President’s State of the Nation Address. President John Mahama announced in his State of Nation Address several road projects are ongoing in Hohoe to give the town roads a facelift.

It has emerged that the constitution of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) bars Dr. Zanetor Rawlings from contesting in the Klottey Korle. Article 43 section 9(A) of the ruling NDC’s constitution states: A member shall not be qualified to contest in primaries for any parliamentary seat if he:

Lead counsel in the case challenging the eligibility of Dr. Zenator Rawlings claims some chiefs, opinion leaders and close friends are giving him sleepless night. According to Gary Nimako Marfo, the supporters of the daughter of ex-president Jerry Rawlings are pleading for him to stop pursing the case seeking to disqualify her [Zenator] for not being a registered voter in Ghana.

The frozen remains of baby – wrapped in plastic shopping bags and discarded in a dustbin in a toilet at Town Square shopping mall – were found by a cleaner yesterday morning. The baby girl’s umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, raising speculation that its mother may have strangled the newborn before dumping it.

Three final year students of the Adventist Senior High School (SHS) have been withdrawn from the boarding house for stealing their headmaster’s goat. The students, Kwarteng Edward, Osei Kwabena Afriyie and Oppong Davis Owusu of the Paul Nsiah House according to a statement by the school, stole the goat the very day it was brought to the housemaster’s compound.

After the Kperisi Basic School exposé of school children sitting on bare floor in classrooms especially in the northern part of the country which generated a lot of controversy in the country, it turned out that more schools are facing a similar problem. One of such is the Al-suaredeen Islamic Basic School at Gulabani in Tamale South constituency of the Northern region.

Nii Allotey Brew Hammond, PPP’s National Chairman

Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has cautioned President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to stop burdening Ghanaian businesses with what the party says are “killer taxes.” In a statement released by the National Secretary of the PPP, Murtala Mohammed Ahmed, in Accra yesterday, the party noted that the rampant increases in taxes and the imposition of taxes have the potential of “killing local industries and businesses.”

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has described the so-called “Real State of the Nation Address” presented by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as “nothing but a cacophonous rendition of criticism bereft of real solutions.” “The New Patriotic Party failed to tell Ghanaians how they will tackle corruption when elected into power.

The strike embarked upon by traders has intensified as more shops in Accra were closed yesterday, leaving customers stranded. The strike, which began on Monday, February 29, 2016 and expected to end today, is to protest against high government taxes, which they claim are collapsing their businesses.At Abossey Okai where vehicle spare parts are sold, all the shops were closed, unlike Monday when the strike began.

The Volta Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Peter Amewu, has exposed President John Dramani Mahama who had claimed in his (Mahama’s) State of the Nation Address that roads in the Hohoe municipality in the Volta Region had almost been completed. According to Mr. Amewu, who was a former MCE for Hohoe, it was rather the NPP government that constructed most of the road networks in the municipality and insisted that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) should not reap where it had not sown.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense fighter said Wednesday. Seventy-six people including children and women gave themselves up to soldiers last Saturday in Gwoza, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, according to a senior officer. All are being detained at military headquarters in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and currently the command center of the war against the Islamic extremists, according to the officer.

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has decided not to contest the Abuakwa North Constituency by-election scheduled for this month. The Electoral Commission has fixed March 29 for the by-election in the Abuakwa North Constituency. The primary became necessary following the demise of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu.

Peter Mac Manu, Campaign Manager for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has justified the party’s presidential candidate’s new strategy of pleading for votes. Nana Akufo-Addo has recently been heard on several campaign platforms pleading with Ghanaians to “try him too" for the presidency come November.

Businessman Alfred Woyome has, through his lawyer, requested the Supreme Court to allow him additional three years to refund the GHS51.2 million he fraudulently got from the State. He made the request on Tuesday March 1. His Lawyer argued that his client could not refund the money by December 31, 2015 as he had earlier promised because all his accounts were frozen by the State during criminal investigations into the payment of the money.

VIDEO: I can make breasts, manhood bigger - Bishop Daniel Obinim

Founder and leader of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, is in the news again. This time, he is boasting of some spiritual powers he has which allows him to enlarge or reduce various parts of the body. “If you do not like the looks of any part of the body, come to me, what do you want that I can’t offer…if you want a big buttocks I can do it for you, if you want big breasts, I can help…if you have a small manhood, I can change them all when I come to the spiritual realm…,” he said. According to him, he is able to do all this with the help of his father, Jesus Christ.

Otiko Djaba - “Akua Donkor is a disgrace to womanhood'

Otiko Djaba

Madam Otiko Djaba, the National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, has described as sacrilegious and dangerous, for Madam Akua Donkor to equate President Mahama to God. According to Madam Otiko Djaba, Akua Donkor is committing blasphemy by her utterances which will incur the wrath of God on Ghanaians.

Residents of Agogo and Tafo in the Ashanti Region are appealing to the Asantehene to ensure justice is done in the Agogo and Old Tafo issues. Clad in red and black, they stormed the Kumasi airport to meet the Asantehene to register their displeasure. The protesters are unhappy with how the violence at Old Tafo and the nomadic herdsmen menace at Agogo have been handled.

Dr. Zanetor Rawlings

The Electoral Commission (EC) has explained that Dr. Zanetor Rawlings was not a registered voter per their records. The eligibility of Dr. Rawlings as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary nominee for Klottey Korle Constituency in Greater Accra is being challenged in court by Nii Armah Ashietey. Nii Ashietey, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency who lost the November 2015 primary to Dr. Rawlings is of the view that her election was unlawful since she was not a registered voter.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams switched things up in a dramatic white number as she attended the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Sunday. Sports icon Serena, 34, looked incredible in her elegant lace number with a flowing fishtail train as she mingled with an A-list crowd.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that Ghana is at a high risk of debt distress, adding that the country’s debt stock has hit some GH¢99.0 billion currently from GH¢9.5 billion in 2008. Nana Addo, who spoke to the media yesterday in Accra on the actual state of the economy, said in dollar terms, the NDC government had borrowed some US$37 billion within seven years, adding that government had borrowed about five times the amount borrowed by Nkrumah and Kufuor put together.

THIS is the heartstopping moment that a 12-year-old boy STROKES two deadly king cobra snakes on the head. Miller Wilson, from Queensland, Australia, calmly places his hands on the killer snake’s head for nearly 10 seconds and is seemingly unfazed by the fact that the serpent’s bite has enough venom to kill an adult elephant in one bite.

Sections Of Empty Tema Port

Business activities at the freight forwarding section of the Tema Harbour have been halted following the three-day strike by the Joint Private Business Consultative Forum. The strike, which begun on Monday, forms part of plans by the business associations to protest the high tax regime. It also follows what the forum calls a failure by government to heed their demands for a reduction in the various taxes imposed on the private sector, which they say are hampering their operations.

Gifty Twum Ampofo, a science teacher has won the parliamentary primaries to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in a bye-election following the murder of the incumbent, Joseph Boakye Danquah. Gifty who is the Eastern Regional president of the Ghana Science Teachers Association (GAST) garnered 207 of the votes to beat her closest challenger Isaac Osei who got 104 votes. The third aspirant Kyei Brobby obtained 27 votes.

Students of the Cape Coast polytechnic are on rampage on campus over the failure of the school to make it onto the first list of polytechnics being converted to universities. The irate students have blocked the school’s council chairman from entering the premises. The entrance to the home of the rector has also been barricaded, making it impossible for him to leave home for a scheduled council meeting at the school.

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18 suspected prostitutes have been arrested in a dawn swoop by the Cantonments Divisional Police Command. Those arrested were between the ages of 19 and 38 years-old. A man who was allegedly patronising the services of one of the sex workers was also arrested by the police.

The leader of the country’s largest opposition party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pledged to introduce a raft of tax reforms to lessen the burden on consumers and businesses should he win the November 7 polls. The former Foreign Affairs Minister under the NPP administration, 2001-2008, who is now the flagbearer of the opposition party, said the introduction of some tax measures by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has further compounded the plight of businesses.

Rashid Pelpuo, Member of Parliament for Wa Central, has taken a swipe at the Vice Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for ordering desks for pupils of Kperisi Basic School in his constituency, describing the gesture as irresponsible.

A heavy ship, which appears abandoned, was Tuesday washed ashore the coast of Aflao in the Volta Region attracting dozens of people to the place. The ship, which looks like a cargo ship, and has the inscription 'Barca Lome',

Lawyer for the man arrested in connection with the murder of late member of Abuakwa Member Parliament, Joseph Boakye-Danquah Adu, Augustine Obour has asked an Accra Magistrate Court to allow his client, 19-year-old Daniel Asiedu, to undergo mental assessment.

Agbedor Evans Mubarik

Agbedor Evans Mubarik, a staff nurse at the Salaga Government Hospital in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, has allegedly been involved in a sex scandal with Mohammed Ramatu, a 19-year-old junior high school student.

THE body of a German adventurer has been discovered inside his abandoned yacht – mummified. The grisly discovery came after two fishermen off the coast of the Philippines alerted authorities to a drifting vessel. The cadaver, which was found near the boat’s radio telephone, belongs to Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59. It is yet unclear how long Mr Bajorat has been missing, but sightings of him have not been reported since 2009.

A BURQA-clad babysitter has been arrested after beheading a disabled little girl in her care and wandering the streets holding the severed head. Gruesome video shows the woman walking outside Oktyabrskoye Pole underground station in Moscow holding the bloodied head in her hands while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’.

VIDEO: Agyemang Badu's goal and Performance of Ghanaian players abroad

Striker Ebenezer Assifuah scored a brace to propel FC Sion to victory in Switzerland while prodigious forward Okyere Wriedt scored his 16th and 17th goals of the season in the German lower-tier. There was a goal for Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu in the Serie A as Udinese ended their winless run while Abdul Majeed Waris scored his third goal in two games for Lorient on Saturday.

Supporters of the New Patriotic Party from the Manhyia North constituency in the Ashanti region have reportedly sustained varied degrees of injuries following a clash between them and bodyguards of the party’s regional chairman Bernard Antwi Bosiako,

A man has been arrested for plotting to assassinate the President at the Independence Square on Independence day, Sunday, March 6, 2016. Kwame Gyebi, a resident of Dzowulu in Accra was arrested last Thursday, February 25, 2016 by the police upon a tip off after he was overheard confidently saying the President will drop dead while delivering his speech on March 6 this year at the Independence Square during the parade to mark the 59th Independence Anniversary of Ghana.

The Headmistress, Rosina Die, whose complaints brought relief to her pupils

Rosina Die, the Headmistress of the Kperisi Basic School in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, says her life has been threatened after she allowed the plight of her school to be publicized. Earlier, unconfirmed reports said the District Assembly had demanded an apology from her.

The Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor on behalf of the Ghana Police Service has presented a new Toyota Corolla to the taxi driver who assisted in the arrest of two armed robbers in January this year. Two suspected robbers, Abaliku Sannie, 35 and Oko Quaicoo, 30 attacked and shot at a worker of Cantonment branch of Koala Shopping Mall, after she had left the office.

A reconciliation meeting convened by the Ayawaso Central Constituency of the governing NDC ended abruptly after a member of the party pulled out a gun and started firing. People rolled over each other to escape through various directions causing minor injuries to some of the attendees.

The flagbearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) held what he termed the "Real State of the Nation" address to counter President John Mahama's state of the nation address. Nana Akufo-Addo among others said Ghana is a nation in crisis, discrediting Mahama's assertions that the West African country has undergone massive transformation.
Read full speech here:
http://www.nanaakufoaddo.org/docs/RealStateoftheNation.pdf

Ghana: Abossey Okai, Makola traders close shops in protest over high taxes

Traders in Ghana’s capital, Accra, have shut down their operations in protest over high taxes. It is not clear if the protest will extend into another business day. Today’s protest come on the back of weeks of discussions between the leadership of the traders on one side and government on the other, over high taxes.

The group, Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (FONKAR), has declared support for the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This was when leadership of the group, which is committed to the promotion of the ideals and ideas of former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, paid a courtesy call on the opposition leader yesterday.

A 40-year-old self-confessed gay man is facing trial for allegedly robbing churches and some lecturers of the University of Ghana, Legon to pay his clients. Kojo Smith, who served two years at the Nsawam Medium Prisons for robbing participants who were attending a seminar at Mensvic Hotel, East Legon, in 2013, was re-arrested by the Legon police on February 10, 2016.

They are famed for their love of a scanty ensemble. And the TOWIE girls took it to the extreme as they filmed scenes for the forthcoming series in Gran Canaria last week. Danielle Armstrong led the way in a sexy pink bikini which made the most of her ample assets while Kate Wright and Chloe Sims were putting on an equally busty display.

The two policemen, who allegedly mounted an unauthorized checkpoint and extorted money from various drivers, have been dragged before an Accra circuit court. They are General Constables Azumah Musah and Faati Jacob Tinob. Although both of them are constables, Azumah was seen in a police Inspector’s uniform.

The 60-bed district hospital in Salaga,.

Speaking on the broad topic of health, President John Mahama Thursday said the healthcare system in the country has improved “tremendously”. As social democrats, he said his government believes “a healthy people make a wealthy nation”. To this end, President Mahama listed many ongoing healthcare projects in all ten regions of the country, as well as his social intervention programs which he said, are transforming the lives of many Ghanaians.

Renowned Gender Advocate and ace broadcaster, Gifty Anti, now Obaa Hemaa for Adumasa, Awo Dansoa is pregnant, reports Nsoroma Media. Gifty Anti in October 2015 got married to Nana Ansah Kwao also an ace broadcaster and Chief of Edumasa .

The Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Private Partnerships, Rashid Pelpuo, has called on the Private Business Consultative Forum to reconsider their decision to embark on a three- day strike beginning Monday February 29. Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Food and Beverage Importers Association of Ghana, Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Customs Brokers Association of Ghana among others, have declared a three-day strike beginning Monday.

President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan would on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, address the Parliament of Ghana. Mr. Erdogan is expected to speak on the bilateral relations between the two countries and the need to further deepen it for their mutual benefits.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, is wondering if President John Mahama has any idea about the unprecedented levels of economic difficulties and hardships the Ghanaian people have been plunged into under the 2-term government of the National Democratic Congress.

Six persons accused of playing various roles that paved the way for Nayele Ametefeh to carry 12.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom were discharged by the Accra Circuit Court Tuesday. The court took the decision after a state prosecutor, Ann Penelope Marmatta, had filed a nolle prosequi. Nolle prosequi is filed when the prosecution withdraws all charges against accused persons because of lack of evidence to prosecute them.

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