Category: Ghana General News

Martin Amidu Returns Ghc12,696 Given to him by the Government
The former special prosecutor has got people talking for what he did. A report has been sighted on citi news indicating that Mr Amidu has returned a sum of 12,696 being given to him by the government.

Mr. Martin Amidu has returned all sitting allowance paid to him by the Government since he assumed Office in 2018.

A documents has been sighted on citi news page showing six meeting attended by Mr. Martin Amidu between December 2018 and May 2020.

According to the documents, Mr. Martin Amidu was giving GHS 5,560 as August to December 2018 board allowance.

He received an amount of GHS 1,440 each on four (4) different occasions in a board sitting meeting.

Mr. Martin Amidu was further presented GHS 1,376 for sitting in an Entity Tender Committee Meeting Allowance.

According to sources Mr. Martin Amidu has returned all the allowances because he sees board meeting as part of his official work and see no reason to take a separate money for it.
November 18, 2020
Kimathi Rawlings React to Martin Amidu’s Resignation as Special Prosecutor

Kimathi Rawlings, the son of ex-president and founder of the biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) J.J Rawlings who passed on about a week ago has joined netizens to share his thought on the resignation of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor.

The former Attorney General wrote to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday saying his decision is to enable his appointing authority “to take steps to appoint a replacement to that position as required by law.”

Kimathi Rawlings reacting to the news wrote on twitter:

” When the security man realises the Landlord is the real thief, he flees”.

https://twitter.com/KimathiRawlings/status/1328434151507324929?s=19

November 18, 2020
Nana Ama Mcbrown Finally Reveals The Political Party She Is Voting For On December 7th

Celebrities affiliating with political parties has been a topic for discussion for the past month since election is few weeks away.

Celebrities are influential in diverse ways, their influence runs from fashion trends, lifestyle and political affiliations. Over the years, as political candidates have rallied ahead of elections, some entertainment personalities have publicly declared their support and allegiance to some political parties.

In Ghana, there are several political parties in Ghana but the main two parties who have led the country’s democratic rule are the National Democratic Congress and the ruling party, the National Patriotic Party led by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo.

As such several celebrities have openly and publicly declared their support for some political parties. Some of these celebrities include; Agya Koo, Cwesi Oteng, Afia Schwarzneggar, Daddy Lumba, Nana Ampadu, Samini, Great Ampong, Philippa Baafi, Diana Asamoah, Shatta Wale, Mzbel amongst others.

The newest celebrity to declare her political affiliations is actress and television presenter Nana Ama Mcbrown.

Nana Ama Mcbrown made an appearance on the Zionfelix uncut show to talk more about her political ambition and why she hasn’t made an effort to throw her support with any political party in Ghana.

According to Nana Ama Mcbrown, she has no love for any political party but she is going to vote for the party who she thinks is going to bring development and progress in the country. She also added that it will be bias if she accepts any deal to campaign for any political party in Ghana just for money knowing perfectly well that this political party in question is doing nothing significant for its citizens.

She also stated that by virtue of the fact she was born and raised in Kumasi, people will expect her to automatically support the NPP, but since she knows better, she will not blindly support a party that is not bringing change into the country.

She then sent her heartwarming condolence to the late Jerry John Rawlings family and encouraged them to take heart. Watch Interview below.

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November 18, 2020
Man discovers weed in yams he was asked to deliver abroad (Video)

The world is indeed turning into something else as a video which has since been making rounds on social media has revealed moments a Nigerian man who was sent with some yams abroad saw weed in them.

According to the man, he received the yams from a friend who asked him to take them to somebody abroad when leaving Nigeria but felt a strong urge to see what the items were only to find out that there was weed in them.

He further revealed that he is an ex-serviceman and his friend wants to ruin his life.

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November 18, 2020
Ex-president Mahama saved my life – Wayoosi tells amazing story.

Joseph Osei, popular on screen as Wayoosi, has in a new video, thanked former President John Dramani Mahama for saving his life years ago.

According to him, Mahama through the then Creative Arts Minister, Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, donated to him when he was hospitalized.

Wayoosi said he was between life and death when the former President made the donations that saved his life. And he’s forever grateful for that.

He declared that he has been in search for the Ex-President Mahama to thank him for some time now but all efforts proved futile hence using the social media medium.

November 17, 2020
A boy take his life after checking his third WAEC results.

This is the story of this young boy who took his own life just because he has sat for WAEC three good times and couldn’t make it.

According to report from a Facebook group Known as Ride Africa (The International Youth and Children Transformation Forum), a secondary school student from Sierra Leone who was identified as Walker Johnson committed Suicide after he checked his last Waec Result which came out early this month and discovered he failed again.

According to the statement of Result, he failed all the core science courses he wrote. And out of depression he took his life.

November 17, 2020
Traders at new Kejetia market cry over high electricity bills .

Traders at the newly constructed Kejetia market are complaining of high electricity bills and rampant defects on the facility.

According to them, the over 40,000 shops in the market are connected to one electricity meter, a situation they described as taking a toll on their sales and businesses.

The over $298 million facility adjudged to be the biggest market in West Africa is fast developing defects, the traders also complained.

Maintenance of the facility has been misplaced as traders complain about leakages at the slightest downpour.

The recent and most pressing downside of the market has been hike in electricity tariffs, the traders said.

Speaking on Akoma FM‘s morning show GhanAkoma on Monday, November 16, Spokesperson for Kejetia Petty Traders Association Andrews Quophy lamented that “we cannot pay the bills because is too high”.

“Can you believe that this whole facility has only one meter so when the bill comes, it is shared among the traders and we think this is bad and it’s really affecting our business?”

The traders called on management of the market to allocate separate meters for each shop to settle the issue of high electricity bills.

Community Relations Officer for Contracta, builders of the market, Emmanuel Danso appealed to traders to exercise restraint as the technical team assiduously works to correct the defects.

November 17, 2020
Rawlings’s family sends message to Clemento Suarez over imitation.

Actor and comedian, Clement Ashitey, popularly known as Clemento Suarez, has disclosed the family of late ex-President Jerry Rawlings has told him to stop mimicking him for now.

The comedian, in August 2020, paid Mr Rawlings a visit in his office and set him rolling on the floor as he talks like him.

After the visit, he had on several interviews replayed scenes from his visit.
He made the disclosure on Accra-based UTV when he was offered another opportunity to relive the moment and imitate Mr Rawlings.

“I was called by ex-president Rawlings’ family to stop imitating him from now until he is buried. I was told to respect the dead and more so his personality as a former president,” he revealed.
He said he will abide by the directive of the family.

Source: e.TV Ghana

November 17, 2020
Suspected Robbers Shoot Mobile Money Vendor In Walewale.

A 17-year old Mobile Money vendor at Walewale in the North East Region, Salifu Issah, has been shot by suspected armed robbers.

The alleged shooting incident occurred on Sunday, November 15, 2020.

The victim sustained gunshot wounds on the waist and was rushed to Walewale Municipal Hospital for treatment.

The North East Regional Police Crime Officer, Supt. Reuben Yao Dugah, who confirmed the incident to DGN Online, said on November 15, 2020 at about 6:30pm , police received a distress call from one Hamidu Yakubu, a resident of Walewale that whilst he was at his provision shop near Walewale Vocational Technical Institute, three armed men all suspected to be Fulanis on a motor bike came to the shop and started firing indiscriminately into the shop and in the process a bullet hit the victim, Salifu Issah.

According to him, the suspected robbers succeeded in robbing the Mobile Money vendor of unspecified amount of money.

He said police proceeded to the crime scene but the robbers had fled as the time they got there, adding that gunshot marks were seen at the top of the store gate and one used BB cartridge was also found at the scene.

Supt Dugah indicated that police photographed the scene and the empty BB cartridge ammunition shell was picked for evidential purposes.

The crime officer disclosed that police visited the victim at the hospital and an inspection on victim revealed that he sustained a gunshot wound at the waist.

“The Police are making frantic efforts to identify who the culprits were for their arrest and investigations. The general public is hereby called upon to volunteer information to the police to curb these criminal activities in the communities.”

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November 17, 2020
Amidu Cites President’s Interference In Agyapa Deal Probe.

Flashback: The Special Prosecutor (second left) with President Nana Akufo-Addo (second right), Vice President Dr Bawumia (left) and Minister of Justice and Attorney, Gloria Akuffo (right) in a pose after he was sworn into office

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has cited in his resignation letter about how President Nana Akufo-Addo interfered with his Investigation into the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal.

Mr Amidu wrote a lengthy letter to the President on Monday, November 16, 2020, announcing his resignation.

In the letter available to DGN Online, Mr Amidu recounted how the President ordered the Chief of Staff to deliver an urgent message to him (Mr Amidu) on the controversial deal.

He wrote “after receiving my letter under reference on 19th October 2020, you ordered your chief of staff on 20th October 2020 to deliver an urgent message personally to me the same day.”

“When she (Chief of Staff) could not reach me on telephone she decided to invite me in writing in her letter with reference number OP/COS/015 dated 20th October 2020 stating that: “I have been directed by H.E. the President of the Republic to deliver an urgent message personally to you, today 20th October 2020. I am looking forward to seeing you as requested.”

He added that “I received the Chief of Staff’s letter the next morning 21st October 2020 and reported to her Office as requested. The message she delivered to me was that you had instructed that I was not to do anything about my report on the Agyapa Royalties Transaction until I had met you on Friday 23rd October 2020. You were in the Volta Region when I met the Chief of Staff.”

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November 17, 2020
Akufo-Addo Inaugurates New Passport Head Office.

President Akufo-Addo inaugurate the Passport Head Office in Accra. Looking on are Mrs. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (left) and Nii Okei Kinka Dowuona VI (2nd left), Osu Mantse

President Akufo-Addo, on Friday, inaugurated a new Passport Head Office at Ridge in Accra to provide improved services in the acquisition and issuance of passports.

The new head office, which is a three level purpose-built edifice, comes with ancillary facilities such as meeting room, cafeteria for staff, and a well-structured records/ archival room among others.

The office is the culmination of positive interventions and reforms undertaken by the government to transform the operations of passport administration in the country.

Commissioning the building, President Akufo-Addo said the Passport Office had been struggling for many years to get an appropriate accommodation “and we can all agree that that appropriate accommodation had been obtained.”

He commended the Foreign Ministry under Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for spearheading the transformation of passport administration and how she had distinguished herself as the front-liner in Ghana’s diplomacy.

“…We now have a process for obtaining passport that can be done in an objective and transparent manner.”

The President urged management and staff of the office to ensure that the place was well maintained and kept “and the purpose of efficient administration of the passport regime of the country” was achieved.

Ms. Botchwey, MP, said for nearly four years, her office had successfully implemented the online passport application system, which had phased out the manual application.

These interventions, she said, had eliminated the difficulties associated with the acquisition of passports, and had improved the turnout time for delivery.
Acquisition of passports has been improved tremendously with the establishment of passport application centres in Kumasi, Tamale, Ho, Takoradi, Koforidua, Tema and Sunyani, as well as PACS in Accra and Kumasi to expedite services.

The Foreign Minister said they were in the process of giving facelifts to all existing regional PACS to improve service delivery; and said they would soon commission a new PACS in Cape Coast, as well as a new premium centre in Tamale.

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November 17, 2020
I’m not interested in begging to return – Allotey Jacobs on NDC suspension.

Social Commentator and suspended member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs says he has no intention of pleading with executives of the party to rescind their decision.

Suspension

A letter addressed to Allotey Jacobs and signed by the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, said he was suspended for “persistent anti-party conduct”.

“The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress, acting on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party, at its meeting held on Wednesday, the 6th day of May, 2020, has suspended you forthwith as a member of the party, pursuant to articles 46(1), 46(6) and 46(8) of the party’s constitution for your persistent anti-party conduct,” the letter indicated.

Allotey not begging

On Friday’s edition of ‘Adekye Nsroma’ on UTV, host of the show, Yaa Konama asked the former Central Regional Chairman of the NDC if he will plead with the party to take him back in the spirit of reconciliation following the demise of the founder of his party.

However, Allotey Jacobs said he’s not ‘interested’ in pleading with executives of the party and that any form of reconciliation should come from the party.

“I’m not interested; they should decide among themselves. After all, politics is about you, yourself, and people. I am not going to fight for me to be brought back . . . the progress of this country is more important and speaking the truth will be the bane of my political campaign if in the future I should be on the political trail . . . “

“If there should be a spirit of reconciliation then it should come from NDC, not me . . . I think I have done enough for NDC especially in bringing Prof Mills (late) to power. There are a lot of things people don’t know and there are things that young boys in the party write and insult, but I don’t want to talk about it. It’s the same thing they did to former President Rawlings but he’s gone and may he rest in peace,” he lamented.

November 17, 2020
Mahama, others sign Rawlings’ book of condolence
Former President John Mahama has signed the book of condolence for his former boss and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings.

He wrote his heartfelt words to the statesman at the foyer of the Accra International Conference Centre on Monday when the book was opened to the public.

The late former President Rawlings died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Thursday after a short illness.

Mr Mahama is one of many state officials scheduled to partake in the rite.

Earlier was Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye, the Chief Justice, Justice Kwesi Anin-Yeboah among other Justices of the Supreme Court.

The flagbearer of the NDC was in the company of the former First Lady, Lordina Mahama.

Daughter of the former President, Dr Zanetor Rawlings, her siblings and family members also visited the AICC to sign the book.
President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia were the first to do so on Friday after which it was scheduled to continue today.

According to a schedule released by the State Protocol Department, many state functionaries including former President John Agyekum Kufuor are expected to take their turn in the rite later today.

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November 16, 2020
Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu Has Resigned
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has resigned from his position three years after he was appointed by President Akufo-Addo.

The former Attorney General wrote to the President Nana Akufo-Addo Monday saying his decision is to enable his appointing authority “to take steps to appoint a replacement to that position as required by law.”

This is to inform the public that I resigned from my position as the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor with immediate effect upon the submission of my letter of resignation with reference number OSP/2/AM/14 dated 16th November 2020 which was received at the Office of the President at 15:15 HRS this afternoon,” he said in his letter to the President.

I should not ordinarily be announcing my resignation to the public myself but the traumatic experience I went through from 20th October 2020 to 2nd November 2020 when I conveyed in a 13-page letter the conclusions and observations on the analysis of the risk of corruption and anti-corruption assessment on the Report On Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions and Other Matters Related Thereto to the President as Chairman of the National Security Council cautions against not bringing my resignation as the Special Prosecutor with immediate to the notice of the Ghanaian public and the world,” Mr Amidu said.
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November 16, 2020
Rawlings Did Not Die Of Corona Virus- Family Says

The family of the former president John Jerry Rawlings reported to have died of COVID19 said they don’t want him to be remembered as a statistics.

The late Jerry Rawlings 73, from the Volta region of ghana died in a hospital on Thursday 12th of November, 2020. The family say there is speculations that their beloved one died from COVID19 but the family has made clarification on the cause of death.

“These headlines are very hurting and disturbing to us that he has become a statistics of COVID19”, a family member said. As far us we are concerned he died of a brief illness, he was covid negative at the time of his death contrary to reports, zenator Rawlings said in a statement. “we request privacy at this difficult moment. Details of his funeral will be announced in due course said zenator”.

Mean while the Ghanaian government has declared seven days mourning in his honour

November 16, 2020