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Cotonou: Come home, register to vote - Asiedu Nketia

Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has asked sympathisers of the party living in neighbouring West African countries to come home and register when the Electoral Commission (EC) begins the process of limited registration.

Avram Grant has disclosed his discontinuation of the Ghana job after AFCON 2017 in Gabon. This means the former Chelsea manager would not extend his contract after he guides the senior national team to the continent’s biggest mundial early next year.

If any family member or acquaintances of former Electoral Commission Boss, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan comes across this publication, then they should advise him to be mindful of NPP’s Nana Obiri Boahen. In the Holy book is a story of one man (The Good Samaritan) who rescued a dying companion by the roadside. He stopped what he was doing and looked after him as his relative - he loved his neighbor as himself and saved him from dying.

Ghana coach Avram Grant says he deserves the credit for rebuilding the Black Stars which he claims was damaged after the trauma of the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. His claim is likely to infuriate many of his critics who say he has not transformed the team since taking charge as he inherited most of the players in the squad from his predecessor.

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, has granted N2 million bail to ex-President of Nigeria Guild of Actors, NGA, Ibinabo Fiberesima, yesterday, pending the determination of her appeal at the Supreme Court over five years imprisonment slammed on her for manslaughter.

One of the 42 ladies involved in the Koforidua sex scandal in the Eastern region says she can no longer bear the pain and humiliation since the video went viral. The 23-three-year old Junior High School (JHS) graduate in an exclusive interview said, residents who have watched the video hurl abusive and unsavory words on her when seen in town.

Host of Okay FM’s Morning Show, Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie and some presenters of the station have rendered an unqualified apology to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). On his show Wednesday morning, Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie asked the NPP to put their differences behind them and forgive him (Kwame). His apology come in the wake of NPP's boycott of two Despite Group media houses – Okay FM and Neat FM – over what the party says is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the party’s image.

Two mad men of same parents recently died while receiving miracle prayers in a prayer ministry at Mile 50, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State capital. The incident reportedly occurred in a popular prayer ministry [name withheld] where the three mad men said to be brothers were taken to by one of their brothers simply known as Chinedu for prayers.

Sanja Nanja

The woes of the Member of Parliament for Atebubu Amanten constituency in the Brong Ahafo region seem to be over as the chiefs invoked the gods of the land on him for insulting the Queen mother, Nana Afua Denyina. Sanja Nanja is said to have launched a vitriolic attack on the Queen-mother in an interview with a local radio station for meddling in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) internal affairs.

Three Ghanaians have clinched the three prestigious awards given by WAEC yearly to the best candidates in West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. The trio; Miss Jessica Ayeley Quaye, Miss Ruth Ewuraama Awadzi and Miss Danielle Amo-Mensah all of Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast, Ghana, beat other West African countries to emerge the best.

The ghost of Ghana’s former President, John Evans Atta Mills is said to be haunting some top gurus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, the ghost of the late leader, whose cause of death is yet to be made public, has been preventing many of top NDC gurus from having a good night sleep.

DAKAR, Senegal — Gunfire rang out for hours in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, early Monday as armed men attacked police stations and a mayor’s office. The police battled the group, which rampaged through the southern part of the city, before the situation calmed by late morning, government officials said.

It is said that blood is thicker than water, and blood-relations run deep regardless of the situation.

This was never more evident than yesterday on Nairobi’s Lang’ata Road when this woman (in red trousers) tried to commit suicide by throwing herself into moving traffic.

But her sister, assisted by well-wishers, took her to safety. Trouble started when the woman, alleged to be a police officer, drank one too many; something

she claimed to have never done before.

As they tried to contain her, she kept yelling “Sister yangu ni mkubwa” (my sister is a boss) for all those who cared to listen.

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Kenya: New Central Bank boss keen to clean up banking mess

“I hold no financial assets, except my bank balance.” This was one of the shocking revelations that Dr Patrick Njoroge made to a parliamentary committee when he was asked to state his net worth during his vetting. The Yale-educated economist had no future benefits or deferred income, other than the monthly pension he expects to receive after he retired from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

National Assembly\s Chamber Photo PSCU

About a third of Kenyans do not know their woman representative in the National Assembly, a new survey has shown. A recent report by the Society for International Development (SID) established that at least three out of ten Kenyans may not recognise their woman MP if they bumped into her on the streets of their local town or city.

Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has sent a strong warning to the chiefs of Assin Fosu in the Central region to desist from providing Immigration School admission forms to unqualified people.

He alleged that, some chiefs in the town are using their positions to take monies from people outside the town and issuing them protocol letters to enable them gain admission to the school instead of giving the opportunity to the indigenes.

Kennedy Agyapong made this known at one of his “MEET YOUR MP TOUR”, when the youth quizzed him about their inability to gain admission to the Assin Fosu Immigration Training School when in fact, it is situated on their land.

The outspoken MP noted that, though some of the chiefs are said to have contributed immensely to the building of the school, their conduct is "illegal".

He stressed that, most of the youth in the town are highly qualified but are still home because they don't have money to pay the chiefs for the protocol letters. The Assin Central MP said, he will be left with no other option than to publish the names of the chiefs engaging in such acts in the media if the situation persist.

Ghanaian-ISIS Recruit arrested for Prosecution

One of the several youth who announced their decision to join the terrorist group, Islamic State, is facing prosecution. Eliasu Alhassan was arrested upon his return to Ghana recently and has been detained by national security operatives.

The national security has been on high alert after declaring that Ghana was vulnerable to terrorist attacks in the wake of attacks on neighboring countries.

Last month news broke that one of the Ghanaian ISIS recruits, Mohammed Nazir Nortei Alema, had died. Documents available suggest that the returnee-recruit is a former student of the St. Augustines Senior High School and currently a final year medical student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The case has been adjourned to May 17.

Assin Chiefs warns politicians not to campaign in their area

Chiefs in Assin, Twifu and Denkyira, Abuakwa of the Central Region have warned the ruling government and opposition parties to desist from campaigning in the area ahead of November general elections. They further warned that they will prevent the various political parties from canvassing for votes from their people.

A blind man has filed for divorce after claiming that his wife of 32 years hid her identity from him. The man has gone to court after learning that his wife is African-American. He filed his divorce suit at Travis County Courthouse. It was gathered that the 59-year old John Paul Davis accused his wife, 56-year old Latoyah Johnson, of taking advantage of his handicap to “dishonestly and fraudulently make him believe that she was Caucasian”.

Police in Askore, a Koforidua suburb in the Eastern Region are on the heels of a 22-year-old young man; in a latest sex scandal involving 42 women within the community and its environs, and allegedly circulating it via Bluetooth, WhatsApp and other social media networks at a GH¢5 fee.

Ghana's former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has said Ghana will grind to a halt if President John Mahama is retained in power. According to the former president, since the beginning of multi-party democracy in1992, the NDC has had the lion’s share as far as governance is concerned, but anytime they are given the mandate, life in the country becomes unbearable.

Dr. Mahamud Bawumia, running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised Ghanaians especially the youth a brighter future, only if they can reject the Mahama-led administration in the November general elections. Dr Bawumia says the National Democratic Congress administration has failed woefully in creating opportunities for the country’s youth in the last eight years.

The Electoral Commission has renewed its pledge to conduct a credible election in November, with an assurance that it has started implementing some recommended reforms to enhance the transparency of the country’s electoral process.

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa constituency Kofi Jumah has disclosed that he is ready to sacrifice his life for the party ahead of the November general elections.

A three-week-old baby has been murdered and buried in a shallow pit in Cape Coast, allegedly by her grandmother. Grace Amoah, 38, was said to have picked a quarrel with her 17-year-old daughter, Joyce Amoah, when she discovered the teenager was pregnant. Madam Amoah's anger is said to have stemmed from the fact that Joyce was still in Junior High School form two when she got pregnant, TV3 sources, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson and Kakra Abrowa report.

A 31-year-old man is in the grip of the police for threatening to kill seven executive members of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) if they fail to pay him a ransom. The suspect was arrested last Friday after he had unknowingly had a long text message chat with a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) official who had cultivated his friendship and promised to help him financially.

President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to political parties and civil society organizations to give the Electoral Commission (EC) the peace of mind to exercise its constitutional mandate without fear or favour. According to the President, per the constitution, no individual or group can dictate to the EC and this rule even applies to him as President.

Adom FM News Editor, Gladys Arthur, known in media circles as Afia Pokua Vim Lady has refuted allegations by Neat FM presenter, Adakabre Frimpong Manso that flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo threatened him at a press soiree in his house in December 2011.

Neat FM Radio Show Host Adakabre Frimpong Manso has alleged that some elements within the opposition New Patriotic Party have threatened to kill him. His comments come after the NPP blacklisted two media houses – Okay FM and Neat FM belonging to the Despite group over what the party described as bias.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate, has been prevented by authorities of the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) in Tarkwa in the Western Region, from holding a student’s forum on the school’s campus.

Kenya's Cyprian Kotut won Sunday's 40th edition of the Paris marathon, adding to his victory in the half-marathon here less than a month ago. Kotut, 23, finished in an official time of 2hr 07min 10sec, well short of Kenenisa Bekele's course record from two years ago but comfortably clear of fellow Kenyans Laban Korir and Stephen Chemlany.

Watch the video: T.B. Joshua predicted Indian bridge tragedy

T.B. Joshua’s Prophecy Of Indian Bridge Tragedy – As with the case with most global tragedies these days, Pastor T.B. Joshua reportedly prophesied the collapse of a bridge in India. The bridge, which was under construction in Kolkata, had collapsed on Thursday, March 31st, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds more.

There are reports that a top Boko Haram commander and an associate of Abubakar Shekau, Khalid Albarnawi, who is also the leader of the Ansaru Islamic Sect, has been arrested by the security agents. According to the report which emanated from the Twitter handle of Ahmed Salkida, a journalist believed to be very close to the Boko Haram sect, Albarawi was arrested in Lokoja, Kogi State by 9am on Friday close to a military facility.

The final funeral rites of veteran comedian Samuel Kwadwo Buabeng, popularly known as Bob Okala, will be held from May 6-7, 2016 at the Arts Centre in Accra.

The body will then be interred at the Osu Cemetery, also in Accra, on Saturday May 7. These came to light Friday April 1, after a ‘One Week’ commemoration of the death of the Key Soap Concert party icon.

Bishop Bob Okala collapsed while performing at a programme at Jackson Park at Koforidua in the Eastern region on March 12, 2015, after which he was rushed to the Koforidua Government Hospital where he died.

But the family is appealing to the government to honour him with a state funeral, given his contribution to Ghana’s entertainment industry. Okala shot to prominence as a comedian in the late ’90s with the weekly Key Soap Concert Party show, often emerging on stage with a wall clock strapped to his left wrist. Present at the event were David Dontoh, Ebenezer Donkor (Katawere), Ice Kenkey, among other notable names on the local entertainment scene.

Accra: Vienna fire has not affected our work – Prostitutes

Sex workers who ply their trade around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Central Business District of Accra have assured the public that the fire that razed down Vienna City last night has not in anyway affected their business.

Ghanaian screen personalities, John Dumelo and Yvonne Nelson have some time now been the dream couple many, especially their fans, are dying to see. But for a fallout out last year during the Yvonne Nelson-led #dumormustop vigil, the media landscape in Ghana had been riddled with reports that the two were dating.

The father threatened repeatedly to kill his son because he was gay. Then he allegedly did so this week. Shehada Khalil Issa, 69, was charged with using a shotgun in the premeditated murder of his son, Amir Issa, 38, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.

Sources within National Security agency have confirmed to Citi News the arrest of the Managing Director of a quarry company, Marbles and Granites, who is alleged to have circulated photos of Mahindra vehicles, branded in National Democratic Congress (NDC) colours.

Black Stars coach Avram Grant has clarified that he never apologized to Ghanaians for his bull***t comment because he didn’t insult anybody. According to him, he only retracted the word bull***t after his attention was drawn that Ghanaians had taken offense to the word.

Celebrated Nigerian actor Mike Ezuruonye has said he was surprised when he arrived in Kenya and realised that the country has much more to offer than just the Maasai culture and great athletes. Mike says the predominant perception held by the international community is that Kenya is a land inhabited by members of the Maasai community and medal-winning runners – and that when he got to have a real feel of what Kenya has to offer, he was “saddened” by the fallacious stereotype.

A Police officer riding on an official motorbike was knocked down by a car on Saturday afternoon, after he reportedly jumped the red light at the Expo 67 Junction in Accra. Eyewitnesses say the officer, who was moving from the Mamobi Traffic Light area, didn’t stop when the traffic lights turned red.

A 60-year-old woman is fighting for her life after she was butchered by some young men at Sankpala in the Central Gonja district of the Northern region for being a witch. The victim, Humunatu Fuseni according to reports, was nearly lynched by the young men in the community for allegedly killing all the able bodied men in the area.

Video: Strange creature seen at NASCO showroom!

Interesting times abound. Watch this lady who was granting an interview when a strange creature was spotted behind her. near NASCO showroom in Accra.

Ghana: Opposition Party NPP boycotts Okay FM and Neat FM

The New Patriotic Party says it has with immediate effect boycotted all political programmes on two radio stations owned by the Despite Group of Companies. The NPP in a statement issued on Sunday accused Okay FM and Neat FM of “consistently discussing all matters of the NPP with a negative slant”.

Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, the national chief Imam has categorically stated his office has nothing to do with the over 13 arrested Pakistani nationals, claiming to be preachers in Ghana. The Pakistanis were arrested at Assin Fosu in the Central region Thursday upon suspicion they were engaging in extremist activities.

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has instituted investigations into the activities and operations of some Pakistanis who were arrested at Assin Fosu in the Central Region on Thursday. There are conflicting reports about the number of people arrested so far, even though initial reports said they were seven. Subsequent reports have quoted figures like 13 and 17 as the number of people arrested, even though that has not been confirmed by the authorities.

Spain U-21 striker Inaki Williams has pledged his international future to the Black Stars, Goal can reveal. The 21-year-old, with seven La Liga goals this season, grabbed global attention in November after netting five times in three matches within a span of eight days.

The New Patriotic Party says it is not perturbed by the deportation of the three South African ex-police officers contracted to train security detail of its flagbearer and running mate. According to the NPP, the party will go ahead and train more body guards to ensure maximum security for Nana Akufo Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

A plane has crashed on a southern California freeway, slamming into a car and killing one of the vehicle’s passengers. Five others were injured, including the plane’s pilot and his passenger. The plane appeared to be having technical problems before it crash-landed on the freeway in San Diego County near Fallbrook, witnesses said

A wedding ceremony at Aldersgate Methodist Church in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis on Saturday, April 2, 2016 ended abruptly after policemen besieged the church’s premises and arrested the bridegroom.

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