Новости за 19.12.2019

The High Court in Accra has set Friday to give a ruling on a bail application by seven of the accused persons facing trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow Akufo-Addo government. The court 39;s ruling tomorrow will come after a new application by lawyers of the accused persons who argue that their clients have been unduly kept for more three months and over. It will be recalled that a similar application in November was dismissed by the high court with ...

The family of ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzo, who is standing trial for his alleged plot to destabilise the country is not happy with the slow pace of the investigation. They claim personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service are scheming to plant false evidence on his electronic gadgets. According to them, the Police seized the suspect 39;s phone, tablet and laptop six weeks after his arrest and detention. Speaking to Citi News, ...

The Executive Director of Divine Torch Foundation has asked parents to report rape and criminal issues to the Police and seek to settle them in chiefs 39; Palaces or as a family matter. Louisa Atta Akpoto said, ldquo;Chiefs and pastors are not the appropriate people or means of settling rape and violence-related cases because these are criminal issues which must be handled by the Police. rdquo; Madam Akpoto was addressing a durbar as part of 16-day activism against violence ...

The Magistrate of the Kaneshie District Court Her Worship Eleanor Bance Botwe has urged the prosecution in the case in which ACP Benjamin Agordzo, and nine others are being held for allegedly plotting to overthrow Akufo-Addo government to speed up with their investigations. This was after the prosecution prayed the court to extend the bail warrant of the suspects who are still in custody at various cells for them to conclude their investigations. ACP Agordzo, Dr Frederick Yao ...

Aggrieved customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited have rejected the payment plan published by the gold dealership firm. According to them the schedule lacks credibility and failed to capture their demands. This comes after the company promised to make payments from December 27 beginning with customers whose investments matured in September. In an interview with Citi News, a spokesperson of the coalition of aggrieved customers of Menzgold, Fredrick Forson explained that ...

A Second World War veteran, Daniel Okai, aged 105 is crying for his benefits 70years after the war ended. He enlisted in the Army on 23rd April 1941. He survived the ordeals of the Burmese jungle but he is still suffering the bureaucracy associated with collecting his benefits. The centenarian continues to ask his daughter Madam Emelia Diana Okai ldquo;when are they going to pay me? rdquo; And her incessant answer ndash; ldquo;I don 39;t know rdquo; ndash; ...

Authorities at the Manhyia Palace have ordered management of Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Nursing Training College to change the school rsquo;s name with immediate effect. Named after the late Asantehemaa (Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom) and mother of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the college has over time attracted negative media attention for wrong reasons. The school has been at the center of controversies ranging from accreditation to management issues. Its Princi ...

The Embassy of Sweden has taken steps to keep the momentum of the March 2019 Blue Oceans Conference in Liberia alive through partnership with Miss Boss Lady (MBL) Liberia. With funding of approximately US$40,000.00 MBL will engage stakeholders, including youths and coastal communities in Montserrado, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, and Margibi counties in massive awareness activities. The awareness will focus on marine pollution, sustainable fishing and climate change. The initiativ ...

Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on digital agriculture. At the meeting dubbed: Presentation of Digital Tools: Disruptive Innovations in Cassava and Maize Farming systems, the Commissioners for Agriculture in Ondo and Ekiti states, Messrs Adegboyega Adefarati and Folorunso Olabode appre ...

A defence lawyer in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow the Akufo-Addo government has accused state prosecutors of abusing their prosecutorial powers. Victor Adawudu told an Accra High Court that his clients have been kept in custody for three months without the trial commencing. He urged the court presided over by Georgina Mensah-Datsa to grant them bail. This is the second time Mr Adawudu is making such an application. The High Court presided over J ...

A coalition has been set up by some victims and actors in the June 4, 1979, and December 31, 1981 revolutions to encourage the government to fulfil all the recommendations of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) report. The Coalition for Truth and Justice Ghana (CTJG) is c hampioned by Esther Odartey-Wellington, the daughter of Major General Alexander Neville Odartey-Wellington and Major (Rtd) Ibrahim Rida. Ms Odartey-Wellington was a child when her father was murdered ...

A 58-year-old woman, identified as Lydia Andoh, has been murdered in cold blood by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region. According to the police, the deceased was found dead in a pool of blood with several injuries on her face. In an interview with Adom News , the Awutu Bereku Station Officer, Police Chief Inspector, Stephen Tamakloe, said they proceeded to the crime scene after the husband of the deceased, Edward Sintim, c ...

That about 22 nomadic herdsmen, mainly of Fulani descent, were killed at Asante Mampong and Nsuta areas of Ashanti region in 2019 alone, Association of Fulanis. The Fulani community in the areas disclosed this at a meeting organised by the Municipal Chief Executive of Asante Mampong, Thomas Appiah-Kubi, to find a lasting solution to the fight between the locals and cattle-owning Fulanis. The National Secretary of Association of Fulanis, Yakubu Musa Barry, who revealed this sai ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in collaboration with some firms will light up the ceremonial streets of the capital to set the tone for Christmas. It is also part of efforts to beautify the city as the Year of Return rounds up. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/12192019113635-qvmxpcb543-188153302710 6153206685713.jpeg The project dubbed LightUpAccra is part of the agenda to beautify the capital city with Christmas trees and lights. ...

There was near blows at the National House of Chiefs (NHC) over the 39;No 39; vote position, which was taken before the referendum was aborted, has reared its head once again. The reason is that the Western Regional Chiefs are venting their spleen on the President of the NHC, the Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV, for removing Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II as chairman of the Governance and Development Committee of the House. According to the chiefs, the removal of Ogyeahoho, who is the ...