Monthly Archives: December 2020

Unexpected rains cause of failure to announce election results within 24 hours – EC

The Electoral Commission has apologised for its inability to declare the results of the 2020 elections within the twenty-four-hour frame it promised. Speaking at a press conference held on the wee hours of Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the commission attributed the failure to rainfall in certain parts of the country. She explained that rainfall caused ...

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HOW TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW

The chill of fall seems to have set in and at least, in some parts of the world, we can safely say goodbye to sticky humidity and bid welcome flannel season and cozy scented candles. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have gained new wisdom in the ways that we can prevent the spread of illness. In ...

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500 Kayayei empowered with knowledge and vocational skills

A cohort of 500 Kayayei (female head porters), have been empowered under the United Nation Population Fund’s (UNFPA), ‘Kayayei Assistance Project’ (KASPRO), to lessen their vulnerability and position them towards self-development. The beneficiaries, who were selected from the Tema Station area in Accra, were provided with education on Sexual and Reproductive Health Right (SRHR); Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV); Vocational ...

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African Union approves January 1 for commencement of trading under AfCFTA

African leaders have approved that trading should start on 1 January next year as scheduled on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and requested African financial institutions to provide technical and financial support for its implementation. “We call on women, youth, businesses, trade unions, civil society, cross border traders, the academia, the African Diaspora and other stakeholders to ...

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NDC can’t claim majority in parliament – Ben Ephson insists

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr. Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of winning more Parliamentary seats are not true is false. “From the information available, NDC cannot be leading in Parliament unless there is other information I have no idea of”, Mr Ben Ephson said. His statement comes after ...

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EC receives 14 presidential results, seven certified so far

The Electoral Commission has released the results from seven regions. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, announced at a press conference that the Commission has received presidential results from fourteen of the sixteen regions. She stated at a press conference held on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, that they are currently working to certify the remaining seven regional results her ...

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John Mahama fingered in British newspaper over Airbus scandal

Former President John Dramani Mahama has been reported by the British media as being complicit in the £5million Airbus bribery scandal. The Sun newspaper, in its latest edition on Tuesday, also reports that an international arrest warrant has been issued by Ghanaian authorities for the arrest of four people, including John Mahama’s brother for questioning. The four British nationals, including ...

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Ghana’s bauxite will benefit everyone not one person – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured residents of Nyinahin, and, indeed, all Ghanaians, that the country’s bauxite deposits will be exploited for the benefit of all Ghanaians, and not owned by just one person. Addressing residents of Nyinahin, in the Atwima Mponua constituency, on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, the President stated that the Ghana integrated ...

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Kweku Baako reveals who recorded Akufo-Addo’s ‘bribe’ video

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has claimed that the person who secretly recorded the viral video of then-candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, taking the $40,000 cash in a brown envelope is one Salis Yakubu Atsuluho of ‘The Salis newspaper’. Baako disclosed that he introduced the said Salis Yakubu Atsuluho to Anas Aremeyaw Anas of the ...

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