WATCHEYE

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Pusiga: Nana’s ‘all-die-be-die’ comment pops up in mock BECE question

Some parents of candidates registered for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations
(BECE) in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region, are expressing worry over questions in a mock examination they say is politically tainted.

As part of preparations for the examination, the Pusiga District office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) organised the rehearsal examination for candidates in the district, which started on Wednesday 23 March 2016. But the nature of question 18 of the English paper has sparked worry among parents, who fear it could spark tribal and political hatred among the pupils.

Question 18 of the English paper asked the candidates to choose from a set of possible answers, the one which is nearest in meaning to the word CANVASS as captured in the following sentence: “Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, popularly known as 'all-die-be-die' canvassed for votes.”

Personnel believed to be drawn from the Ghana Police Service and the Bureau of National
Investigations (BNI) on Thursday evening raided the office of the Danquah Institute in Accra.

A Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party, Perry Okudzeto told Citi News that they included a Police officer in uniform and six others in mufti. He narrated that when the security operatives got to the place they ordered the caretaker to open the gate which he refused.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is accusing the Mahama-led administration of deliberately putting the life of their Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, in danger.

According to the party, it has obtained credible intelligence report that suggests that the President and some individuals sympathetic to his government are plotting to bring harm in the way of their standard bearer and his running mate.

The claims come on the back of the arrest of the three ex-South African Police officers who are in Ghana at the behest of the NPP.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has defiantly stated that it will resist any form of intimidation from the government ahead of the November polls.

The NPP is alleging the government masterminded the arrest of their three South African security consultants and the Head of the Security detail of their Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo and his running mate Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia.

The three South Africans, ex-Police Officers, were arrested on Sunday for training private security personnel of NPP’s Presidential Candidate.
The three, Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (rtd), 54; Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe, 33, and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani, 45 have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and unlawful training.

Acting NPP Chairman, Freddie Blay

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has served notice it will go all out to “legitimately” protect its flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo because it has picked up intelligence that his life and that of his vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia are in danger.

The acting National Chairman of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition Freddie Blay said the party will not be intimidated by the tactics being employed by the John Mahama administration and his National Democratic Congress to “compromise the security” of Nana Addo and Bawumia.

Atta Akyea

NPP MP for Abuakwa South has slighted charges against the three South African ex-servicemen
picked up by the BNI for acts that compromise the country’s security.

Atta Akyea has predicted that charges against the three foreigners - who are in the country at the behest of the NPP to train the party’s security detail - would fail in court.

Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (Rtd.) 54, WO/ Denver Dwayhe Naidu (Rtd.), 39, and Captain Mlungiseleli Jokani (Rtd.), 45 have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful training and false declaration.

DEPOSITS DROP BY GH¢960 IN JUST ONE MONTH

Total deposits in the banking industry dropped by GH¢40.3 billion at the end of January 2016, according to the latest Summary of Economic and Financial data by the Bank of Ghana.

DEBT CRISIS CRIPPLING BUSINESS

Ghana’s debt distress is weighing heavily on the operations and survival of businesses in the country, economists and some research institutions have warned.

LET’S UPHOLD PEACE AT EASTER CLERGYMEN TELL GHANAIANS

Heads of various Christian denominations in the country have reminded Christians that the Easter celebrations ought to be used for sober reflection on the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made in dying to save mankind from sin.

3 SOUTH AFRICANS TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY

The three retired South African police officers who were picked up at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region for allegedly engaging in activities with national security implications will be put before court today.

The three South African ex-Police Officers who were arrested on Sunday for training private security
personnel of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo and his running mate Dr. Bawumia, have been charged.

The three, Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (rtd), 54; Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe, 33, and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani, 45 have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and unlawful training.

Head of Nana Addo’s security team Captain (rtd) Edmund Koda and the owner of the EL-Capitano Hotel Captain (rtd) Acquah have also been charged.

They are expected to be arraigned on Thursday. The three ex-Police officers are still in BNI custody undergoing interrogation.

Officials of the South African High Commission have met the three to interrogate them.

The opposition NPP, which has admitted importing the three into the country, say it was important for their flagbearer and running mate to be protected ahead of this year’s election. We did no wrong – NPP A Deputy Director of Communications for the party, Perry Okudzeto on Tuesday told Citi News the growing popularity of the flagbearer and the running mate meant that they needed proper protection.

Police have deployed anti-terror personnel to Kwahu in the Eastern Region ahead of the annual

Easter celebrations.

Following the upsurge in extremists’ activities in West Africa and Europe, the Ghana Police said it will not take chances and has fashioned out measures to protect citizens who will be gathering at public places to celebrate Christ’s death.

District Chief Executive for Asante Akim North is asking residents to protect themselves against possible attacks by nomadic herdsmen.

Paul Kingsley Averu wants residents especially farmers to move in groups and carry weapons as attacks by nomadic herdsmen continue.

At least four persons, three nomadic herdsmen and one indigene have been killed this week alone at Agogo in the Asante Aken North district.

Recent attacks at Kowereso resulted in the shooting of two nomadic herdsmen while a similar one at Salamkrom killed and wounded some indigenes and herdsmen respectively.

The attacks come as security personnel escort scores of herdsmen, most whom are Fulanis, along with about 1000 cattle out of Agogo as a March 31 ultimatum issued by traditional authorities in the area to all cattle owners draws closer.

NPP/NDC machomen clash at late Bantamahene’s funeral

President Mahama at funeral grounds

There was a scuffle between ‘machomen’ of the two main political parties, National Democratic
Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the funeral of the late Bantamahene in Kumasi on Thursday.

This happened when President John Dramani Mahama arrived at the funeral grounds of the late Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V.

As part of the exchange of pleasantries and in line with custom, the President went round to greet mourners when he arrived.

There was a scuffle between ‘machomen’ of the two main political parties, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the funeral of the late Bantamahene in Kumasi on Thursday.

Mahama shaking hands with people on his arrival

Some mourners that thronged the funeral of the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V reportedly hooted at the President, John Dramani Mahama and his entourage at the funeral grounds.

According to Nhyira FM’s Ruthy Danielson, who was at the funeral grounds, the mourners - clad in black and carried the flag of the NPP - started hooting at the President after the arrival of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo at the funeral grounds.

David Philip McDermott

A British national has been arrested in Ghana upon the request of the British authorities to their
counterparts in Ghana.

David Philip McDermott is currently in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), having fled the United Kingdom following a drug related offense.

The fugitive faces extradition to the UK. According to Radio Ghana, McDermott is one of the most wanted persons in Britain.

Details of his offense are not public.

It will be recalled that early February, another British fugitive, who allegedly murdered his girl¬friend and two children in the UK and fled to Ghana, was arrested in the Western region.

He has since been deported to face trial.

Source:Ghanaweb.com

Rawlings never liked me – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has revealed that former President Jerry John Rawlings disliked him when he first assumed the Presidency of the country.
According to him, that feeling of animosity later turned out to be a great relationship between them.
The Asante Monarch and the former military leader who assumed the highest office of the land, first through a coup d’etat in 1979, have an enviable friendly relationship. Their closeness have often led to critics accuse the king of having a soft spot for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) which was founded by Mr. Rawlings in 1992. He went ahead to win the 1992 elections under a democratic dispensation, becoming a democratic leader.

Brochure fiasco: I forged letterhead – ISD boss

Francis Kwarteng Arthur

The acting Director of the Information Services Department (ISD), Francis Kwarteng Arthur, has
boldly revealed that he ‘forged’ the letterhead on which the department issued an apology for the error-ridden brochure used at the 59th Independence parade.

Following intense public criticism of the incident that some have described as an ‘international embarrassment’, Mr. Arthur hurriedly issued an apology letter saying he was responsible for the mistakes.

The brochure captured the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta who was the guest of honour at the event held at the Black Star Square, as the President of Ghana, as well as other grammatical and typographical errors.

Workers of ISD revolted saying they could not be blamed for the error since government bypassed the ISD and gave the job to an unnamed private company.

Maria Sharapova

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer cut ties with Maria Sharapova on Tuesday, the latest sponsor after Nike and Porsche to distance itself from the world’s highest-paid female athlete following her failed drug test.

The swift response on the heels of Sharapova’s announcement on Monday signaled a change in attitude among high-profile corporate backers following a series of doping and corruption scandals in world sports.

“We’re now entering a zero tolerance era for sponsors,” said Rupert Pratt, co-founder of sports sponsorship agency Generate. “It is now seen as not acceptable to ‘stand by your man’ because of the amount of scrutiny corporates are now under.”

General Sani Abacha Former Nigeria president

Nigeria and Switzerland have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of more than $300 million confiscated from the family of the Nigeria's former military ruler, Sani Abacha, the office of Nigeria's vice president said on Tuesday.

Transparency International, a corruption watchdog, has accused Abacha of stealing up to $5 billion of public money during the five years he ran the oil-rich country, from 1993 until his death in 1998.

Laolu Akande, a spokesman for Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said Nigeria's attorney general signed a letter of intent, under the terms of which Switzerland will award Nigeria $321 million "acquired by the Abacha family," Akandesaid in an e-mailed statement.

Error ridden brochure

The printing of the error-ridden brochures distributed at Ghana’s 59th Independence Day celebrations was taken away from the Information Services Department (ISD) and given to politicians and presidential staffers at the Flagstaff House so that those individuals will get kickbacks from the contract, Ranking Member of the Communications Committee in Parliament Mr Kweku Kwarteng has alleged.

“I have no doubt that the motivation for this was for someone to benefit illegitimately from the payment related to it,” the Obuasi West MP told Evans Mensah on Joy FM Tuesday 8 March 2016.

Brochures distributed during the anniversary were riddled with inaccuracies including a wrongful designation of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of Ghana.

Mahama’s evidence-based SONA exercise in mediocrity – Akufo-Addo

Nana Akufo-Addo

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo has described President John Mahama’s ‘evidence-based’ State of the Nation Address as an embarrassing exercise in mediocrity.

According to him, the act of calling out names of the supposed beneficiaries of government interventions undermines the seriousness that must be attached to the state of the nation address.

President John Mahama in his last state of the nation address in Parliament Thursday took time to showcase individuals, he claims, have benefited immensely from the various interventions by his government.

– Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle says the rights and freedoms

Archbishop Charles Palmer Buckle

of gays and lesbians must be respected

– Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle argues that it remains ungodly for Christians to trample upon their rights

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle has argued that in as much as gay marriage remain a practice strictly opposed by the Catholic Church, there was still the need for society to respect the rights and freedoms of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.

Making his thoughts known on StarrFM in Accra, the outspoken bishop argued that the human rights of all gays must not be abused even when it comes to religious faith and doctrine.

Mahama presented 'untruths' – Minority

Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has accused President John Mahama of presenting “palpable untruths, half-truths, and embellished truths,” during his State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Thursday February 25, 2016.

Addressing the media after the president’s three-hour address, the Minority leader expressed dissatisfaction with the time spent by President Mahama on his ‘evidence-based’ presentation.

President John Mahama

President John Mahama says he has kept his promise to end a four-year power crisis that crippled businesses and left many jobless.

Delivering his 2016 State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, the President expressed his excitement at dealing with the nagging problem.

He said, “I stood before this very august house and promised to fix the power sector deficit that at the time had become a significant constraint to the economic growth and a destruction to Ghanaians both home and at work.

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ablekuma West MP

Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has summed up President Mahama’s first term in office as characterised by ‘an institutionalization of mediocrity’.

Moments before the President delivered his State of the Nation Address, the critical voice from the opposition party said key highlights of the President's first term are based on the initiative of the former NPP administration.

Nana Akufo-Addo

Embattled national chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Paul Afoko has revealed that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo snubbed efforts by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene in his “illegal” suspension.

According to Mr. Afoko, the Asantehene attempted to resolve the party’s issues relating to his

Mahama delivers State of the Nation today

President John Dramani Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama is expected this morning to present a report on the status of the
country as he appears before Parliament to give his last State of the Nation Address.

His address would cover the economic and social gains made as well as the various challenges that faced the country in the past year, and the various interventions being taken by the government to push further the development of the nation.

The address, which is delivered annually, is in accordance with Article 67 of the country’s constitution which states: “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation.”

Swedish Teen Rescued From ISIS in Iraq: 'It Was a Really Hard Life'

by REUTERS

IRBIL, Iraq — A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIS said life under the militants was "really hard" and that she was duped into going there by her boyfriend.

In her first interview since Kurdish special forces recovered her in northern Iraq,
the 16-year old told a Kurdish TV channel she had met her boyfriend in mid-2014 after dropping out of school in Sweden.

IRBIL, Iraq — A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIS said life under the militants was "really hard" and that she was duped into going there by her boyfriend.

In her first interview since Kurdish special forces recovered her in northern Iraq, the 16-year old told a Kurdish TV channel she had met her boyfriend in mid-2014 after dropping out of school in Sweden.

ISIS Using Social Media and Violence to Recruit 2:00

"First we were good but then he started to look at ISIS videos and speak about them and stuff like that," she told Kurdistan 24. "Then he said he wanted to go to ISIS and I said, 'OK, no problem,' because I didn't know what ISIS means, what Islam is — nothing."

Audio: Obinim 'exposed' by alleged spiritual master

Reports reaching newsghana.com, indicate that a native doctor or traditional priest Nana Yaw Appiah claimed he is Bishop Obinim’s Spiritual father and he is the source of Obinim’s church growth in Tema etc.

According to our analyst, Nana Yaw Appiah has thrown a challenge to Bishop Obinim to meet him face to face, where by both of them will lay down in closed Coffins for 30 minutes.

Fetish priest Nana Yaw Appiah even called Bishop Obinim “Kwadwo” and he said Obinim is not using JESUS powers but his powers.

It was the same traditional priest, who said many fires currently raging across the country is the result of apocalyptic prophecies by some Ghanaian pastors.

Rt. Rev Stephen Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu

Superintendent Minister of the Dzorwulu Circuit of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Stephen
Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu, says the posture of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei and her team, has convinced him that there is a scheme to impose President John Mahama on Ghanaians after the November 7 polls.

Rt. Rev Stephen Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu underscored the need for the electorate to choose their leaders, as that is the guiding principle of every democracy.

His comments follow the setting up of the controversial Steering Committee by the EC to manage the general election later this year.

SHATTA WALE

Hours after the dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, was disqualified from contesting in this year’s edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, the fans of the artiste are calling on him to ignore Charta House.

Shatta, who posted a pain-laden message on Facebook on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, had his fans ‘consoling’ him to forget them [Charta House] and move on.

“Why should I always I apologize for the monster you have made me become when no one has ever apologized for making me this way. If you put me in a cage like an animal and feed me with fresh bloody meat for years, imagine what will happen if I break the cage and come out, I will be forced to live the bloody way you trained me (sic),” Shatta Wale said in his Facebook post.

The fans’ reactions:

New US Ambassador to Ghana calls on Akufo-Addo

Robert Porter Jackson and Nana Akufo-Addo

Robert Porter Jackson, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to Ghana, on Tuesday,
February 23, 2016, called on the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at his Nima residence.

Accompanied by the Political Chief at the US Embassy, Robert Carlson, the purpose of Ambassador Jackson’s call on Nana Akufo-Addo was formally to introduce himself as the new US Ambassador to Ghana, following his arrival in the country in January this year.

The NPP flagbearer and Ambassador Jackson discussed governance, security and the economy of Ghana, as well as bilateral and trade relations between the two countries.

Police grab Bunkpurugu ‘talisman’ as many desert the area

Mannah Sambian

A man believed to possess some spiritual powers and a ringleader in the Bunkpurugu deadly family
clashes has been arrested by the police.

Mannah Sambian, 22, was arrested Friday evening and is currently being watched under police custody.

Over 30 houses have been torched in the renewed clashes in the Northern Regional township, leaving at least two people dead.

There has been a protracted chieftaincy dispute between the Jafok and Jamong families. The Ghana Police Service was forced to deploy a special force – the Anti-terrorist Unit - to quell the resurgence of the conflict there this week.

The police themselves have been a subject of attack from one of the families.

One person was butchered to near death and many houses torched in Labtanga in the Bumburiga
electoral area of the Chereponi constituency in a conflict that broke out between the Bimobas and the Chakosis.

The injured are receiving treatment at a clinic at Bumburiga.

The two families were fighting over the right to fishing in the Kpempi River, a water source of the Oti River, according to Starr News’ Northern regional correspondent Eliasu Tanko.

Minority questions closed hearing by Hanna Tetteh on Gitmo two

The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament has queried the reason for which Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh would be made to brief the House in a closed door sitting rather than a public hearing on Friday.

They contended that the issue is of public interest.

Addressing a press conference at the Parliament House in Accra, the Minority said there are “many more questions than answers” on the ex-detainee issue , and the “President and his Foreign Minister must come clean on this and tell Ghanaians the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”

Two Yemenis – Mahmoud Omar Bin Atef and Khalid al-Dhuby – linked to al-Qaeda, and detained
for more than a decade without charges, were transferred to Ghana in December last year, with permission to stay for two years subject to security clearances.

Mr Isaac Osei, Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs recalled that Hanna Tetteh had given a clear indication that the discussions on this Guantanamo had been ongoing throughout 2015.

“On the Ghana side the lead actor was President John Mahama and the supporting cast included Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh and Ambassador to the United States, Lt General Joseph Henry Smith,” Mr Osei said.

Ms Hanna Tetteh – Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Hannah Tetteh, was in Parliament
on Friday to apprise a closed sitting of the House on Ghana’s hosting of the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The two Yemenis – Mahmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, 36, and Khalid Shayk Mohammed, 34 – were transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to Ghana by the United States Government.

The presence of the two has generated public discussion as to the safety and security of Ghanaians in relation to their backgrounds as ex-convicts from a known US terrorist detention and correctional facility.

Be truly independent – Kuffour counsels EC

Former President John Agyekum Kuffour has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to be truly

Former President J.A Kuffour

independent in the discharge of its mandate as a referee in the November 7 polls.

Officials of the Commission, he said, should be guided by truth, patriotism and the fear of God, to ensure a peaceful election, bearing in mind that they are citizens as well as employees, accountable to the country.

Mr Kuffour said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency when the ‘On Guard for Humanity’, a Canada-based non-profit charity organization, of which the John Agyekum Kuffour (JAK) Foundation is an honorary member, donated 500 boxes of packaged water to the inmates of the Egyeikrom Refugees Camp in the Central Region.

Urging Government to see itself in a position of service and abide by laid down rules to foster peace in the country, he also appealed to Ghanaians to be calm and exercise their franchise peacefully.

Unrest after Uganda polls, Museveni in lead

Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala set off stun grenades and loosed tear gas volleys outside the

A supporter of opposition leader Kizza Besigye sets up a burned barricade in Kampala, Uganda

headquarters of Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party as tensions rose after a largely peaceful ballot held a day earlier.

Besigye was later detained for the third time this week, being bundled into the back of police van along with several of his supporters, according to a Reuters witness.

His arrest on Monday contributed to chaos in Kampala as police and Besigye supporters fought running battles. One person died and 19 were wounded as police fired bullets and tear gas, while Besigye supporters responded by hurling rocks.

Early results showed Museveni, a Western ally against security threats including Islamist militants, with a sizeable lead of 62 percent based on a count of ballots in 37 percent of polling stations. Besigye trailed with 33.5 percent of the vote.

WATCHEYE: EC suspends steering committeerahul

WATCHEYE: EC suspends steering committee: Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the EC The Electoral Commission has suspended the controversial election steering committee after an Int...

Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the EC

The Electoral Commission has suspended the controversial election steering committee after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting Friday.

The committee, which was inaugurated this month was expected to coordinate the activities of the various stakeholders within the electoral process to ensure successful elections.

The Committee was hit by allegations that it comprised of card holding members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), prompting the withdrawal of Dr Karl Mark Arhin, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Service Scheme.

A political pressure group, the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), called on the EC to disband the committee entirely, but the commission stated Thursday that it was not considering that option.

Gitmo 2 saga: 'Hanna Tetteh only spoke English' – Napo

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North has accused government of deliberately withholding

Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh

the facts and details surrounding the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay ex-detainees to the country.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh, appeared before parliament for an in-camera briefing on Friday 19 February over the hosting of the two terror suspects, who have been in Ghana since January 7, 2016.

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who spoke with Class News on the issue said: “I’m scandalised by what I didn’t hear than what I heard. No reason has been given for accepting these Guantanamo detainees here. The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke at length telling the countries where America has returned some of these killers. What she fails to say, which I’m scandalised by, is that all those countries were accepting their citizens. She said nothing to parliament except English,” the Minister lamented.

Dr Mensa Otabil

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the Founder of the International Central gospel Church (ICCG), Mensah Otabil, as a threat to national security and a secret supporter of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Communications Director of the NDC, Solomon Nkansah,said on Thursday that Pastor Otabil was openly biased against the ruling party and was inciting the public against the government.

His comments come after Pastor Otabil called on Ghanaians to demand better of government.

“We can’t just be happy because a road has been tarred. We can’t just be happy that we didn’t have electricity now we have electricity. We can’t be happy with minimals”, he said, adding: “…citizens must have an appetite for better,” Pastor Otabil said.

Arrest and fraud claims overshadow Uganda vote

Uganda's opposition leader has been released after being arrested by police, with the country

Opposition leader briefly held just before polls closed in election

wrapping up voting for a presidential election alleged by the opposition to have been rigged in favour of the incumbent Yoweri Museveni.

Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb, reporting from the capital Kampala on Thursday, said police detained Kizza Besigya, a presidential candidate, as he and his supporters tried to show reporters what he called a vote-rigging operation.

Our correspondent was also a witness to the incident, in which a number of people jumped from the fence around a house where the alleged fraud was committed.

But before Besigya and his supporters could enter the house, he was arrested by Ugandan police. The compound was not the residence of Besigya, contrary to what earlier reports said.

Besigya was later released by the police, his lawyer told Al Jazeera. Museveni is widely expected to win a fifth term, extending his power into a fourth decade, since he seized power in 1986.

Reports said as of 17:00 GMT on Thursday, counting was under way.

Earlier in the day, Ugandan police fired tear gas to disperse furious voters, while the election commission apologised for hours-long delays in delivering ballot papers.

Francis had gone to appeal his jail term

A Manchester Crown Court in the United Kingdom has increased the jail term of a Ghanaian
immigrant, Francis Kofi Okrah, for raping a 22-year-old lesbian.
Okrah, 36, is reported to have appealed his seven year jail sentence but had six weeks added to it.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, Okrah had gone to the court to have his jail term reduced claiming his trial was unfair because his barrister hadn’t made his victim cry in the witness box.

Okrah said his defence lawyer Nicholas Clarke had been 'too soft' on his victim and should have cross-examined her hard enough to reduce her to tears during his trial.
He was convicted of raping the lesbian who he lured to his flat on the pretext of helping her re-charge her phone.

The victim whose name was not mentioned was said to have ended up on her own after a night out in Manchester in 2010 and was at the train station at 2.30am when she realised her mobile phone had run out of battery.

Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah

The founder and leader of the Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah has warned drivers to be very vigilant on the road, because some ‘satanic human spirits’ are depending on them for human blood to accomplish their mission this year.

“Ghanaians must know that accidents are caused by some devilish spirits yearning for human blood...human error can easily lead to that if care is not taken,” he noted in an interview with Okay FM.

According to him, accidents are bound to happen at any time but with revelations from God, frequent servicing and excessive prayers, they can be prevented.

NDC Chastises Fanteakwa North MP For Comments On Fulani herdsmen

Constituency Executives of Fanteakwa North NDC organized a press conference on 12 February to condemn the MP of Fanteakwa North Constituency, Hon. Amankwa Asiamah, for his untoward utterances on the Fulani Herdsmen saga.

The party picked issues at his tacit attempt to blame the DCE and the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Fanteakwa North, Hon. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe, for the atrocities being committed by some Fulanis in the district.

Incidentally, both the DCE and the incumbent NPP MP are the candidates for their respective parties in this year's election. In 2012, Hon. Amankwa Asiamah and Hon. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe were the main contenders for the Fanteakwa North seat.

The incumbent MP won the seat marginally with a difference of less than 1000 votes. The party said the DCE for the area had evolved the best strategies for dealing with the Alien Fulani herdsmen and that is why the situation in the area is calm – though Fanteakwa has as many herdsmen as Agogo or more.

The party enumerated successes chalked through the efforts of Hon. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe and the Fanteakwa District Assembly to reduce the menace posed by Fulani Herdsmen in the district.

The Police has mounted a manhunt for a 35-year old driver for allegedly pouring acid on his
girlfriend for quitting their romantic relationship. Peter Kwasi Boadi is said to have committed the act after a quarrel with the lady.

The victim, Patience Okoegye, a 24-year old trader, who is on admission at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, is said to have lost her eyes and suffered some deformities on some parts of her body.

A source with the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Nungua, said Boadi has since been on the run.

The facts available indicates that, Boadi, who lived at Okpoi Gonno near Teshie, had been in a relationship with Patience until last year, when the two traveled to Boadi’s hometown in the Ashanti Region during the Christmas period.

Boadi had told the victim that he did not have a child. However, on their return from the trip, the victim realized that Boadi had a child. Based on that, Patience decided to quit the relationship and so she stopped visiting Boadi.
However, Boadi called the victim on February 7, this year, to come for GH 1,400 cedis and keep same for him.

Transport Minister , Fifi Kwetey

Minister of Transport, Fifi Kwetey, has accused the Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr Mensah Otabil, of bias towards the NPP.

According to Kwetey, the popular motivational speaker preaches of hope and optimism when the main opposition New Patriotic Party is in power but changes his message to that of doom and despair when the NDC assumes power.

He was speaking on Accra-based Radio Gold.

NPP will increase cocoa production again – Akufo-Addo

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured cocoa farmers in Ghana of a massive overhaul of the sector if he wins powers.

He said the objective is to ensure that the dwindling fortunes of the sector, as witnessed over the last eight years of the National Democratic Congress government, are reversed.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, with Ghana barely managing to produce 740,000 metric tonnes of cocoa in the 2014/2015 crop year, from a peak of 1 million metric tonnes in 2010/2011 which was achieved with programmes initiated by the Kufuor-led NPP administration, the cocoa sector, once a major foreign exchange earner for the country, is in dire need of rescue.

Akufo-Addo said his government will institute measures including the payment of significantly higher producer prices of cocoa above the levels which the NDC administration has provided to farmers in the last seven years; the reintroduction of bonuses scrapped by the NDC government; ensuring that wards of cocoa farmers gain access to COCOBOD scholarships; and the reintroduction and non-politicisation of the mass spraying exercise and the hi-tech programmes.

President John Dramani Mahama with EC Chair, Charlotte Osei

The Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF) has served notice of their intention to ensure the removal from office of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Madam Charlotte Osei.

The anti-corruption group has in effect petitioned President John Dramani Mahama for onward transmission to Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Madam Georgina Theodora Wood, to commence the process of a prima facie case against the EC boss.

Fifty-three people died Wednesday when a Metro Mass transit bus and a truck rammed into each
other in a fatal accident at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region Wednesday evening.

Twenty-three other people have sustained severe injuries and are receiving treatment at the Kintampo Government Hospital, police say.

Among the deceased is a 3-year old child.

Joy News received this video from Baba Adamu who was at the scene of the accident Thursday morning.

SOURCE; Myjoyonline.com

We have to wrest Ghana from incompetence – Otabil

Ghanaian citizens must fight to save the destiny of their country from incompetence and from the

DR Mensah Otabil

state, Dr Mensa Otabil has urged.

Speaking at the launch of a book titled 'Dare to Dream' on Albert and Comfort Ocran’s Springboard roadshow, the motivational speaker and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) called for a citizens’ “revolution” to snatch the country from the state, which he said, has “hijacked” and “monopolised” everything.

“I hope that as we celebrate this story, and I like how it was put earlier that it’s a revolution and it’s really a revolution. We have to battle, we have to fight, we have to wrest the destiny of our nation from incompetence and from people, who have determined to run us to the ground.

Two MPs attacked by armed robbers

Two National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament have been attacked by armed robbers in their homes in Accra.

The MPs are Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, MP for Amasaman and George Loh, MP for North Dayi.

Akufo-Addo didn’t owe assassinated JB money

A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ayikoi Otoo, has refuted claims that the late

JB Danquah

Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, JB Danquah-Adu lent some money to the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, for his campaign, during the party’s presidential primary.

Rumours had been rife on social media that the late MP lent some money to Mr Akufo-Addo to support his presidential bid, but Mr Otoo has dismissed the claim as false.

Ghanaian born Canadian arrested for selling rice as iPhone

A 26-year-old Canadian with Ghanaian descent Gyimah Andrew Boateng is facing charges in

The suspect Gyimah Andrew Boateng

Toronto, Canada, for packaging rice and selling it off as IPhone.

According to prosecutors, the first victim met with the suspect in the area of Islington Avenue and Dixon Road after seeing a posting on kijiji- an advertising platform - advertising the sale of an iPhone 6.

He, according to the Police, gave the dealer money for what was supposed to be an iPhone 6 in a sealed box. But when he opened the box, the only thing inside was rice.

A second person reportedly fell victim to the same trick this month after meeting with a man in the area of Albion Road and Kipling Avenue.

Gyimah was arrested in connection with both incidents last week.

He is facing two counts of fraud under $5,000, two counts of false pretence under $5,000, and two counts of breaching a court order.

Source; Ghanaweb

Terkper summoned to address Parliament on DKM

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has been summoned by the Parliament of Ghana to brief

Seth Terkper -Finance Minister

Members on the circumstances that led to the collapse of some micro-finance institutions in the Brong-Ahafo and the three northern regions that have brought chaos among the people.

Terkper, according to the Business Statement of the House, would be in the country’s legislature on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, to respond to the purpose of his invitation.

His invitation to the August House was influenced by a plea from both sides of the House, especially, by two senior Members whose constituents are bearing the brunt of the collapse of the microfinance institutions, especially, DKM, God Is Love and Justa Motors.

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