On the back of government’s desire to prosecute Aisha Huang, the Chinese illegal miner described in court as having gained notoriety in the act, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament have opened a new chapter in the case, insisting that she was not deported. The minority said: “From our extensive work, there is still no credible evidence that Aisha Huang was deported to China as the President and his Senior Minister originally claimed.” The NDC has dropped
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has eloquently sold Ghana and Africa to the world and solicited support from the investor community, particularly for the agro-industry of Africa. President Akufo-Addo took his turn last Wednesday evening to address the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), ongoing in New York, United States. The President’s address largely represented the entire African continent, unlike his peers, who centred on their various
A pull-out ceremony has been held in honour of the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah. The ceremony was held yesterday at the National Police Training School (NPTS) at Tesano in Accra. The ceremony was highly attended by past and serving senior police officers, family, loved one, and church members, marked with a colourful parade. Mr. Ken Yeboah, in a gratuity speech, thanked the Police Service
The Accra Circuit Court ‘2’, presided over by Rosemary Torsu Baah, has remanded a 19-year-old, Ibrahim Harford, into police custody for allegedly engaging in robbery activities. The court remanded the accused yesterday, following his not guilty plea to the charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and robbery. The prosecuting officer, Inspector Jonas Lawer, narrated to the court that the teenager, Ibrahim Harford (Okada rider), and his accomplice, Sadik (unemployed), at large, attacked Frank
A 23 years old head porter, Isaac Tetteh, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for finding US$18,300 in a dustbin bin. Isaac was said to have found the huge amount in a dust bin in front of a boutique at Tudu in Accra, and gave it Daniel Adogo, 30 and drive, and the latter also gave it one Yaw David Kuenyedzi, 38, a black market dealer. The head porter has been slapped with stealing, whilst Daniel and Yaw have charged with abetment of crime. Although the court, presided over by Samuel Bright
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has made a very profound statement at the ongoing 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which has set the internet ablaze. The Minister, who was making a submission at the ‘Transforming Education’ Summit, waxed philosophical by saying, “You can’t memorise your way out of poverty but you can critically think and innovate out of poverty.” Dr. Adutwum’s speech, which has since attracted both positive and negative comments
Dear Senior Opupulepu, How are you do? I hope you are do well, well. As for me and mine, we are all do well, well also. Senior, you remember your day-nursery school days, when you excitingly joined your mates, and recited this nursery rhyme: “Puti-tat, puti-tat, where had you go? I has been to Long-don, to see the Twin…Puti-tat, puti-tat, what did you done? I am fright a pickin mouse relaxing under her chair.” Senior, it was then that we, Ogyakromians got to know that the ekraas in kwakwe
A mob attacked a reporter with Manhaja newspaper, Abubakar Tahir, while he was covering the devastating flood in Ganuwar Kuka village, in Hadejia local government area of Jigawa State, northwest Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State DSP Lawal Shiisu confirmed this to Channels Television on Thursday, saying the mob almost drowned the journalist who was trying to report the flood devastation in the area. According to him, it took the intervention of some good samaritans in the
Harsh reactions have trailed the suit filed by a legal practitioner and an aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Enugu West Senatorial District in the 2019 general election, Chief Ogochukwu Onyema against former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. DAILY POST reports that in the suit filed at the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, Onema prayed the Court to declare the seat of the Enugu West Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber of the National
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has slammed Aisha Buhari for celebrating her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a university in the United Kingdom amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. According to HURIWA, it was insensitive and callous by the First Lady, adding that the president’s wife should apologise to Nigerian students, and parents. HURIWA said Aisha Buhari was rubbing her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a university in the
Despite Wednesday’s judgment by the National Industrial Court, Abuja Division, the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is far from being over. DAILY POST reported that the Court, while ruling in a motion filed by the Federal Government, ordered the lecturers to resume work immediately. The Court invoked section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act and national interest of the Nigerian students to grant the request of the Federal Government for an order of injunction
Mr President, I congratulate you on your election to lead us through this 77th gathering of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I wish you the best of luck, as you take on this onerous task at this most difficult period of the world. Mr President, as we would say in Ghana, our world is currently not in a good place. The World Bank observed, last Thursday, that the global economy was enduring its steepest slowdown since 1970. Two years ago, our world came to a thundering halt, as we cowered
China’s former justice minister Fu Zhenghua, who spearheaded several corruption-fighting campaigns, has been jailed for bribery. Fu pleaded guilty in July to accepting 117 million yuan ($14.7m; $16.5m) in gifts and money for personal gain. On Thursday, a court in Changchun gave him a death sentence to be commuted to life in prison after two years. His conviction comes amid a sudden crackdown on officials ahead of a key Communist Party congress next month. China’s ruling party holds
Ecuador’s President has said a body found by authorities is that of a young female lawyer who went missing after visiting a police training school. He named the woman as María Belén Bernal, 34, who vanished 10 days ago after going to see her husband at the facility in the capital Quito. Her husband is the main suspect in her killing and is on the run, police say. Ms Bernal’s death sparked protests in a country which has reportedly seen more than 200 femicides this year. Officials
Iran has curbed access to social media networks Instagram and WhatsApp amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, according to residents and internet watchdog NetBlocks. Significant internet outages were also reported across the country, with one of the biggest mobile phone operators disrupted, leaving millions of Iranians offline. Last week’s death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for “unsuitable attire”, has unleashed a wave of
If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. – Luke 14:26-27, 33. INTRODUCTION WARNINGS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another,
The National Search for Founder and Founders Kwabena Amikaketo sat in his favourite chair on his balcony, viewing the setting sun which was making way for the shadows to grow longer and soon cover his part of the world like some dark blanket. The chilled weather is now gradually a bating making way for the warm spells before the heat truly arrived. Today, Kwabena was very oblivious to the weather and rather turned his full attention to some ridiculous thing being celebrated in his country. It
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have announced the reduction of gate fees for the Betpawa Premier League Week 3 game against Accra Hearts of Oak on Sunday, September 25, 2022. According to Kotoko Management, the decision is to express their gratitude to their fans who rallied behind the team in their disappointing CAF Champions League campaign. The Porcupines painfully exited Africa’s elite club competition in the first round, following a penalty shootout heartbreak to Rail Club de Kadiogo of Burkina Faso
Prophet Ajagurajah of the Ajagurajah Movement believes Ghana will never win any World Cup trophy if it continues to use the name ‘Black Stars.’ He said the name “black” used for a star makes it a failure. Speaking with Bright Kankam Boadu of the Kumasi-based Pure FM in an interview monitored by Modernghana News via Youtube, the prophet proposes the name be called to “Golden Stars” or even just “Stars of Ghana” if they want to win the World Cup
Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, says despite Joseph Paintsil’s great start to the 2022/23 season with his club, he did not make the Ghana squad because other players are doing better. Paintsil was left out of Addo’s 29-man squad for the Brazil and Nicaragua friendly games, a decision which led to divided opinions from Ghanaians. However, quizzed on the decision to drop the player despite making the squad during the previous international window, Addo revealed he only made
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