Asiedu Nketia: There was never over-voting in the 2012 elections
The General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia has denied allegations that there was over-voting at some polling stations in the country during the 2012 general elections.
“My Lords, I can state that there was nowhere in all the 26,000 polling stations where over-voting took place”, he told the Supreme Court on Thursday May 23, 2013 when he was led...
Ghana’s Derek Boateng joins English side Fulham
English side Fulham has announced the capture of Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng on a one-year deal with an option for a further year
According to the club’s official website, the deal was finalized on Wednesday following the confirmation of the international clearance of the 30-year midfielder.
The deal end months of speculation about the future of Boateng, who has not tasted club action for...
TB Joshua to compensate ‘holy water’ stampede victims
The General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T. B. Joshua, has taken up the medical expenses and the welfare of victims of the stampede that occurred at the Accra branch of the church last Sunday.
He has also offered to compensate the bereaved families and ask for God’s blessings for them.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic on behalf of the church yesterday, the acting...
NDC demands formal probe into 7 ‘alien’ boxes of pink sheets
The Respondents in the ongoing election petition at the Supreme Court have resolved to formally write to accounting firm KPMG to investigate what they have described as the strange appearance of seven alien boxes of pink sheets at the Court’s Registry.
Spokesperson for the Respondents’ legal team, Nana Ato Dadzie told XYZ News after Tuesday’s hearing that: “…We are also going to file...
Kennedy Agyepong’s case adjourned to June 4
The case involving Kennedy Ohene Agyepong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, was on Wednesday adjourned to June 4 because Mr Agyepong did not show up in court.
However, Mr Anthony Rexford Wiredu, Chief State Attorney, appeared in court.
Mr Agyepong has been charged for inciting riot and engaging in offensive conduct that could breach peace.
The accused, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges,...
IFC Signs Agreement to Increase Access to Business Training to 240 SMEs in Ghana
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a new agreement with Advans Ghana Savings & Loans Ltd to expand access to the Business Edge training program in Ghana. The program will help entrepreneurs gain the skills needed to succeed and supporting small business growth in the country.
The agreements will allow 240 SMEs to access world-class management training, run more efficient businesses...
Cousel for petitioners plea to continue re-examination overruled
Mr Philip Addison, Counsel for petitioners, had a difficult time with the bench on Wednesday when he sought to tender a list of some re-categorisation of exhibits.
The re-categorisation of exhibits was that of polling stations that were found in other categories in some pink sheets.
According Mr Addison, since the polling stations had been moved from one category to another and Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, Counsel...
Akufo-Addo Should Not Buy Out-Of-Sight Goods!
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
The caption of this article is not intended to unduly draw attention to the consanguinary nexus, however tenuous, between this writer and the leader of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Neither is it intended to be gratuitously alarmist, although knowing the wily ways of the key operatives of the “mis-ruling”...
A Day Spent At The SCOAN, Ghana
It was a great experience being at the Ghana branch of Prophet TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations this Sunday. Even though I never wanted to write about this, I was driven to tell this story because of the other matters arising and tell it the way I had the experience and let the world hear the story from an attendee. I know it can bring about the topic of difference in faith but if you...
World Bank Announces US$1 Billion Pledge to Africas Great Lakes Region, Targeting Energy, Roads, Agriculture, Cross-Border Trade, Health, and Jobs
KINSHASA, DRC, MAY 22, 2013″On the first day of an historic joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that...
PLB alters league fixtures
The Premier League Board (PLB) has altered the fixtures of the 2012/2013 Premier League, which will see the season end on Sunday, June 23.
The revision of the fixtures was necessitated by the rescheduling of a three-nation tournament involving the local Black Stars in Liberia billed for the weekend.
The Premier League was due for a three-week break returning on June 9 before the redesigning of the...
Who Is Speaking The Truth: NDC Or NPP?
By Margaret Jackson
Just as the auditing of the pink sheets under contention was about to start on Monday May 20, it emerged that some invisible hands had played a fast one at the Supreme Court (SC). The 24 boxes of exhibits suddenly ballooned to 31.
It must however be stressed that out of the original 24 boxes sent to the SC by the NPP with copies given to all the parties involved in the electoral...
Asantehene Addresses The Wrong Audience
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
In the nation’s capital with a delegation of chiefs for a lecture on democratic political culture and governance, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, was reported to have paid a courtesy call on the 2012 presidential candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and admonished Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his supporters to abide by any decision...
PRAY FOR UNITY OF THE NATION – Says Rev. Dr. Odonkor
The chairperson of the Ga Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) Rev. Dr. Nii Noi Odonkor has appealed to Christians to pray for unity and stability of Ghana.
Preaching the sermon themed: MAINTAIN THE UNITY OF THE BODY to induct 13 presbyters of the PCG, Faith Congregation at the Madina Estate, Accra, Rev. Dr. Odonkor deplored heinous crimes and abominable sins that had brought untold...
Woman arrested for stealing baby
The Asamankese police in the Eastern Region have arrested a 40-year-old mother of three, Felicia Frimpomaa, for stealing a four-month-old baby girl.
Briefing the Daily Graphic at Akyem Oda yesterday, the Oda Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent James Sarfo-Peprah, said the suspect and the complainant, 29-year-old Adwoa Akyaa, live in the same house at Asamankese.
Akyaa, he said, realised...
Gloria Akuffo: End of Tsatsu’s cross-examination “great relief”
The Legal team of the Petitioners in the election results challenge case says the end of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata’s cross-examination of key witness Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia marks the “beginning of the end” of the matter.
The Spokesperson for the Petitioners’ legal team, Ms. Gloria Akuffo told journalists after Tuesday’s hearing that “its a great relief”, adding that: “it...
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