Author Archives: larryehu

Shatta Wale is HIV positive – Pope Skinny claims

Ghanaian hiplife musician Pope Skinny claims Shatta Wale is HIV positive and that if his claims are untrue, he should show his test to the public. The expelled SM member and former ally of the dancehall star has alleged that the singer can’t show his HIV test report because he is positive. In his latest Snapchat rant on Wednesday, he ...

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New register: Your legitimacy at risk if you rule out birth cert, voter’s ID – IMANI to SC

President of IMANI Ghana Franklin Cudjoe says the Supreme Court risks losing ‘considerable legitimacy’ if it rules out the voter’s ID card and birth certificate as proof of identity in the upcoming voter’s registration exercise. The Electoral Commission maintains the two documents are not credible enough to be accepted as proof of identity in its upcoming mass registration exercise. The ...

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EC’s justification for excluding voter ID card is a plain absurdity – Bright Simons

Vice President of Imani Africa and technologist Bright Simons has stated that the justification of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) that the old register contains names of unqualified persons so must be discarded for a new one is a plain absurdity. The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) explained to the Supreme Court that, in essence, the current register contains names of noncitizens and ...

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Voters register: Lecturers get apology for inclusion of their names in letter to EC

Some two lecturers of the Koforidua Technical University have received letters of apology from one Bismark Agbelengor for “wrongly” including their names in a petition sent to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) by about 101 lecturers, calling on Jean Mensa to reconsider the decision to compile a new register for the December 7 elections. The two are ...

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My daughter’s paedophile will regret, I’ll deal with him drastically! – Reggie Rockstone swears

Ghanaian rap legend, Reggie Rockstone has sworn to deal mercilessly with a social media troll who made an offensive remark about his daughter. It could be recalled that Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, in one of his social media outbursts, months ago took a swipe at Reggie Rockstone claiming he (Reggie) has not done any good thing for Hiplife musicians in the country. The dancehall ...

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All universities will reopen as directed – VCs assure Akufo-Addo

Vice-Chancellors of all public universities in the country have assured President Akufo-Addo that, contrary to some media reports, all universities will resume academic work on June 15, 2020, as ordered directed by government. Addressing the President at the Jubilee House, when they paid a courtesy call on him, Chairman of the Vice-Chancellors of Ghana and also Vice-Chancellor of the University ...

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Coronavirus infections ‘accelerating’ in Africa

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The WHO’s Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti said it was spreading beyond capital cities and that a lack of tests and other supplies was hampering responses. But she said that it did not seem as if severe cases and deaths were being missed by authorities. So far ...

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