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Human Rights group, Amnesty International has condemned the use of brute force by the police on Tuesday to disperse supporters of the opposition who massed up at the police headquarters to protest the arrest of the party’s deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho. Water-cannons, Tasers, tear gas, batons, and plastic bullets were used by the police to disband the hording crowd. ...

Some police officers Tuesday night subjected Joy News’ Latif Iddris to severe beatings at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service. His crime was simply that he asked one of the police officers a question on the technical name for one of the crowd control vehicles stationed at the police headquarters yesterday. Latif says he got to the ...

Deputy General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) will walk free in the treasonable offence he is charged with, according to Private Legal Practitioner, John Ndebugri. The Police has officially charged Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho with Treason following his declaration that there will be a civil coup to oust President ...

Former Ghana president John Mahama has endorsed the ongoing demonstration in Accra dubbed “Ghana First”. The demonstration, which is being led by former government officials including former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, is against a military agreement between the governments of Ghana and the US. The Ghana – US defence cooperation agreement gives American soldiers unimpeded access to certain key installations ...

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Koku Anyidoho has been picked up by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department at the International Press Centre Koku Anyidoho in a radio interview Tuesday morning was heard predicting that President Akufo-Addo would be overthrown just like his father and some other former heads of state were. Officers from the CID headquarters ...

The deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is likely to receive an invitation from the National Security following his declaration that there will be a civil coup to President Akufo-Addo. Speaking in an interview with Happy FM Monday Mr. Anyidoho stated that a series of activities to unsettle the Akufo-Addo government will take off on Wednesday, March ...

Education minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh has warned he would pick up a gun if his daughter is sexually abused by a teacher. The comment comes in the wake of reports of sexual abuse against young girls in secondary schools across the country by their teachers. More than 10 girls at the Ejisuman Senior High School in the Ashanti region have ...

Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice Gloria Afua Akuffo has indicated that the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, could face up to a jail term of 25 years if found guilty of receiving GH¢25,000 bribe from businessman Seidu Agongo. The AG, referring to the suit filed against the former ...

Ahmed Ibrahim, Member of Parliament for Banda, has called on the Christian Council, the Muslim Council and the Ghana Pentecostal Council, to comment on the military agreement signed between the governments of the United States of America (USA) and Ghana, which has been approved by Ghana’s parliament. According to him, the deal is a bad one, therefore, these religious groups ...

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson has stated that the USA fully supports President Akufo-Addo’s “Ghana beyond Aid” agenda. According to him, the “Ghana beyond Aid” is a “bold vision” which will be achieved if Ghana is able to eliminate the injustices that inhibit development. Among these injustices, he cites human trafficking, denying women equal rights and ...