Daniel Aseidu, aka Sexy Don Don, the prime suspect in the murder of the then Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, the late JB Danquah-Adu, has admitted to stabbing the late MP during a confrontation when he went to his Shiashie residence with the intention to rob. The accused, who is standing trial over the murder of the late MP, in a startling admission demonstrated how he went into the late MP’s bedroom through his window in a robbery that led to the death of the MP. The admission is contained in a video recorded during the interrogation of the...
Digitalisation efforts can’t be sustained without cybersecurity – Ursula
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, who was speaking at the inauguration of the Joint Cybersecurity Committee (JCC) on Thursday, July 14, 2022, added: “In order to achieve a secure and resilient digital economy, each one of us will have to play our part.” The joint cybersecurity committee Addressing members of the 18-member committee which was set up pursuant to section 13 of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said cybersecurity is multi-sectoral and demands a multi-sectoral approach to tackle the issues. For her, collaboration among different stakeholders and public and private sector collaboration are absolutely critical in securing the country’s cyberspace...
Ghana’s IMF decision: Four factors took us to IMF – Dr. Bawumia
Four major factors, namely, impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the banking sector clean-up, excess capacity charges, and the effect of the Russia-Ukraine war, drove Ghana to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to correct its fiscals, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. According to the Vice President, direct COVID-19 expenditure in two years, 2020 and 2021, totalled GH₵12billion, the banking sector clean-up cost the country GH₵25billion, whereas the energy sector excess capacity payments, so far, reached GH₵17billion. These three items of expenditure cumulatively amounted to GH₵54billion, the equivalent of some US$7 billion, which was borrowed. The Ministry of Finance estimates...
Government will, in no way, apologize to Ghanaians for seeking an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)- Freddie Blay,
The outgoing National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Freddie Blay, has given the strongest indications that the party will, in no way, apologize to Ghanaians for seeking an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the party is not in the position to offer any such apology to the Ghanaian people, as demanded by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr. Blay gave this indication while speaking in an interview at the party’s National Delegates Conference to elect national officers held at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Greater Accra Region....
The 291 TESCON Presidents in the country have suspended all activities of TESCON on their various campuses
TESCON Presidents in the country have suspended all activities of TESCON on their various campuses which includes, general meeting, programs, elections, handing overs, etc until further notice. TESCON is unhappy, the NPP, did not include them in their just ended national delegates conference. Minutes to the start of the national executive elections on Saturday, 17 July 2022, the NPP announced that an injunction had been placed on TESCON representatives and, therefore, were barred from voting in at the conference. The 291 TESCON presidents in a joint statement said expressing their anger at the leadership of the party said they want...
I’m not ‘vindictive’, new NPP Gen Sec Kodua on how he has forgiven 15 Regional chairmen who opposed him
With the exception of one regional chairman, 15 regional chairpersons of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) openly campaigned against the candidacy of Justin Frimpong Kodua as General Secretary of the NPP. But in his first public reaction to that position by the 15 regional chairmen after he defeated incumbent John Boadu, Justin Kodua has said he is not “vindictive:’ I have therefore forgiven all those who openly campaigned against me since it is not possible to get all people to support you in an election. He said all those declarations were part of the politics and therefore he cannot single...
Mahama Fights EC Over Ghana Card
Former President John Dramani Mahama has tasked members of the Minority in Parliament to keep a keen eye on the activities of the Executive arm of government. According to Mr. Mahama, the style of this government has been to subjugate and dominate institutions for parochial and partisan gains, and as such, there is a need for it to be monitored. Spealing at a closing ceremony of a retreat for Minority MPs at the Volta Serene hotel in Ho on Sunday, July 17, 2022, he said “These institutions have thus become pliant tools for the furtherance of the political ends of...
I supported John Boadu against you but God knows best; let’s work hard to break the 8 – Chairman Wontumi to JFK
The Ashanti Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) has said he and the newly-elected national executives will work hard to break the 8-year electoral cycle for the NPP. In a letter he wrote to the new-elected General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, JFK as he is affectionately known, he said although he supported John Boadu against him, God knows best therefore, he accepts the outcome. “God knows what is good for our dear party, I supported JB but the delegates in their own wisdom chose you. We look forward to working hard so that...
NPP Polls: What happened to TESCON was unfortunate; we’ll correct the error – Kofi Ameyaw
A member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kofi Ameyaw has said what happened to the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) in the just-ended national delegates conference was not the best. He assured that the party is working to correct the mistake that occurred. The NPP received injunctions stopping its student wing, TESCON and local proxy voters from casting their ballots in the delegates conference on Saturday July 16. This affected over 300 students from voting. TESCON executives expressed their disappointment over the situation. But speaking on the New Day show on TV3 with Johnnie Hughes, Monday...
Bawumia should take responsibility for state of economy – Kwakye Ofosu
A spokesperson for former President John Mahama, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has challenged Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to take responsibility for the country’s economic crisis. Mr. Kwakye Ofosu said the former President was not to be blamed for the country’s current attempts to source support from the International Monetary Fund. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi Fm he said: “It is the terrible mismanagement and the terrible election-related expenditure in 2020 that has plunged us into this crisis,” Dr. Bawumia, while speaking at the launch of Accra Business School’s IT programmes on Thursday, said the decision to return to the...