Author Archives: larryehu

Ghana beat hosts Gabon 5-0 to book semis

Ghana made it two straight wins with a 5-0 crushing of hosts Gabon at the African U17 Championship to qualify for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup in India. The Black Starlets are now on six points and have advanced to the semi-final of the competition. On Wednesday, captain Eric Ayiah registered his second brace of the competition after opening ...

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Give me the next joke! – Kweku Baako tells Afoko family

The family members of Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial at an Accra Fast Track High Court in connection with his alleged role played in the gruesome murder of the late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, Adams Mahama have hinted they will petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Attorney General on what they ...

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Why 8 Delta Force members were freed

Eight (8) members of the Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force who were standing trial for aiding 13 of their colleagues to abscond were yesterday Wednesday May 17, 2017 freed by a Kumasi Circuit Court for want of evidence. When the case was called, the Principal State Attorney Marie Louise-Simmons told the Court that the state was no ...

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Government’s statement on Delta Force release disingenuous – Amaliba

A private legal practitioner, Abraham Amaliba has described as disingenuous the explanation by the Ministry of Information on the discharge of some members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force on Wednesday. He argued that the prosecutor could not have taken any unilateral decision in such a grave legal matter of high public interest. For him, the ministry’s intervention is only ...

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GIS hot over Aisha Huang leaked tape

Second-in-Command at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Ashanti Region, is in hot waters over a recording of a conversation between him and two other men regarding notorious Chinese illegal miner, Aisha Huang, leaked tape. Chief Supt Peter Adu Appiah, who is also the Head of Enforcement and Intelligence Bureau at GIS in the Ashanti Region, is being investigated ...

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Minister sabotaging my confirmation – Tolon DCE-nominee

The embattled district chief executive-nominee for Tolon, Hajia Amamata Sayibu, has accused the Northern Regional Minister Saying Salifu Saeed of creating a false sense of tension in the area to sabotage her appointment. Salifu on Monday, acting on advise of the Regional Security Council, called off a planned endorsement process at the district capital citing heightened tensions and threats of ...

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Ghana Bar Association expresses surprise over release of Delta 8

The Ghana Bar Association says it was shocked by the release of some eight members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force, who were being tried for attacking a court. GBA Vice President, Tony Forson told Joy News Wednesday, the Association has decided to study the judge’s ruling to understand what led to the decision. He said GBA is still committed ...

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Flagstaff House ex-gratia cheques bouncing; Akufo-Addo confesses to financial crisis

The government of Ghana is broke and might soon have difficulties paying workers, honouring debt obligations and also meeting payments to contractors they promised a One Hundred Day payment plan by Nana Akufo-Addo, during the 2016 electioneering campaign, because he and his men know where and how to raise money. Already, the Flagstaff House, has been hit by an avalanche ...

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Trump-Russia row: Putin offers to release meeting record

Vladimir Putin has waded into the growing row surrounding US President Donald Trump and his links to Russia. US media say Mr Trump passed on classified information to Russian officials last week, but Mr Putin says this is not the case. He said he would release a record of the meeting to the US Congress if they requested it. The ...

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Nigeria: After Buhari…?

Secrecy creates suspicion. In the cutthroat arena of Nigerian politics, it can also reveal ambition. The ongoing silence around of the health of Nigeria’s president has done just this. For several weeks, Muhammadu Buhari has barely been seen in public. And on 7 May, he sought medical treatment in London, where he previously spent nearly two months from mid-January to ...

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