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Ayine discharged of contempt charge

The Supreme Court has discharged former Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine over the contempt charge. This was after the court met today to weigh his execution of its directive to purge himself of contempt. Dr Ayine was on last Monday, February 22 hauled before the apex court for scandalizing in a post-election petition court hearing address to the media ...

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I came to support Ayine as the best man at his wedding – Amenuvor

Lead Counsel for the 1st Respondent in the Election Petition hearing, Justin Amenuvor, has shown solidarity to colleague Lawyer Dominic Ayine who was cited for Contempt by the Supreme Court. According to Justin Amenuvor, he has been friends with the spokesperson for the Petitioner for as long as possible and was even the best man at his wedding thus he ...

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You’re health hazard if you don’t take COVID vaccine – GHS

The Deputy Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) at the Ghana Health Service John Frederick Dadzie says Ghanaians who refuse to take the COVID vaccine will become a health hazard to themselves and their families. “If you don’t take the vaccine you become a problem to yourself and your community, and you become a health hazard to ...

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COVID vaccine: Akufo-Addo to take first shot

President Akufo-Addo will receive the first dose of the initial consignment of COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in the country on Wednesday. “President Akufo-Addo will be the first to be vaccinated,” Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Presidential advisor on health, disclosed. According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, the move to have the President take the first jab of the vaccines “is to assure Ghanaians that ...

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Nungua: JHS student and his gang attack teacher over homework

A final year student of Kroma 2 JHS at Nungua, a suburb of Accra, has together with his gang attacked a teacher for punishing him over his failure to do his homework. Information gathered by Starr News indicates that the student, run home after he was punished, gathered his gang in a Sprinter Bus, and stormed the school to attack ...

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I take responsibility for failed PDS deal – Amewu

Former Energy Minister John Peter Amewu says he takes responsibility for the failed PDS concession deal. According to him, even though the decision to terminate the controversial deal was a cabinet action, he holds himself responsible as sector minister at the time. “As the sector minister at the time, I’m responsible for the asset and reliability of the ministry and ...

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Contempt: Supreme Court to determine Ayine’s fate today

The fate of former Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine, who is a subject of contempt of court, would be determined later this morning by the Supreme Court. Dr Ayine was on last Monday, February 22 hauled before the apex court for scandalizing in a post-election petition court hearing address to the media on February 17. The court while deciding ...

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Run-off is required as no candidate got 50 percent of valid votes’ cast – Mahama to Supreme Court

The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition trial says a run-off is required since no candidate in the December 7 polls obtained 50 per cent valid votes cast. The case of the Petitioner is simply that, in addition to fundamental constitutional infractions committed by the Electoral Commission chairperson, who was the returning officer of the Presidential Election, the figures announced ...

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I withdraw ‘Mahama con man’ comment – Amewu

The Minister-designate for Railway development, John Peter Amewu has withdrawn a comment he made in 2018 describing former President John Mahama as a ‘con man’. Mr Amewu who was then the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources told some small-scale miners that Mr Mahama was a con man for failing to honour his promises towards the growth of the mining ...

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‘If I am lucky, I get tap water once a week’ – First Deputy Speaker of Parliament

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has disclosed the hassle he goes through to get a key public utility, water. According to Joseph Osei-Owusu, in the suburb of Accra where he lives, water flows through the pipes once a week. The Bekwai MP in prefacing a question to minister-designate for Sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021; said: “I live ...

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