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The much-anticipated Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) national executive election, has been held with the lead contender winning with a landslide. David Tamakloe, publisher of The New Republic newspaper, WhatsApp News and others polled as much as 86 votes out of the 120 valid votes, promising to move the Association to a higher height. His only contender Awudu Mahama managed only 34 votes. In the other contests, the Public Affairs Officer, Opare Gyan who was alone in that YES or NO contest garnered 109 for YES and 10 for NO. Financial Secretary saw Naana Aklerh.…

President John Dramani Mahama has posthumously promoted three (3) Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) men, who tragically lost their lives alongside five others while on national assignment to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The president, in a speech during the final funeral and pre-burial ceremony for the eight (8), said the move is to hour the memories of the gallant men for what he called their “service and sacrifice to the nation.” Reflecting on life and it challenges especially in times like this, the President called on Ghanaians to embrace his government’s decision to honour the gallant men during this painful…

Emotional tributes have been read for all victims of the August 6 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight (8) national officers, including two cabinet ministers and three (3) Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) men. The eight (8), were on national assignment to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, to launch an initiative to tackle illegal mining known as galamesy, when the helicopter they were on board crashed in a forest. Two of the victims namely Minister for Environment, Science and Technology and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale Central, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed and a Deputy National Security Coordinator…

Sad photographs have emerged from the Tamale Central constituency in the Northern Region, where workers are busily working despite the demise of the Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. The MP, was expected to launch a hospital project on August 9, three clear days before his tragic death alongside 7 others including the Minister for Defense Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, on August 6 through a helicopter crash. The project was a collaborative effort between the MP who until his demise was the Minister for Environment, Science and Technology and the Qatar Charity. The sod-cutting ceremony for the…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ‘smartly’ chickened out of the impending Tamale Central by-election as a show of solidarity to the memory of the Member of Parliament (MP). The incumbent parliamentarian, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, met his untimely death on Wednesday, August 6 alongside seven 7 others, while in a Ghana Armed Force helicopter on national assignment to Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region. This is coming at a time the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to formally announce plans and date for the by-election. It comes in the wake of another by-election in Akwatia in the Eastern Region. The…

Ahead of the funeral and burial rites for the departed six (6) victims of the helicopter crash, the government is requesting for tributes in their honour, including the two Muslims. A state from the presidency on Monday, August 11, by the Funeral Planning Committee called on individuals, organisations, institutions and the general, to come together in remembrance and honour of the lives of the victims. The act forms part of preparation by government to give a befitting burial for the fallen heroes—two of whom have already been buried as Islamic teachings demand. The two are Minister for Environment, Science and…

Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale, has expressed disappointment in the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) Raymond Archer. The investigative journalist is accused of raiding the home of the artiste with gun-wielding officers in search of alleged stolen vehicles. It is unclear when the invasion occurred but the controversial musician made the incident known on his social media handles on Tuesday August 5. In two posts, Shatta Wale predicted that Archer’s actions were going to send the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into opposition after four years. “Raymond Archer EOCO boss, ibi you…

A private legal practitioner Bernard Bediako Baidoo has secured the slot as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Akwatia by-election. He beat close competition from two other candidates after securing a total of 380 out of the total votes, on Monday August 4 at Akwatia in the Eastern Region. He was followed closely by Erasmus Koney Ali with 366 while a former Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency Henry Yvonne Boakye garnered 226 to place third. Interestingly, what has caught the attention of many is the relationship between Baidoo and the former MP. Apparently, the…

A Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has referred to the 2024 flagbearer of the party, as ‘bankye da daa’ (old cassava), a description used in the party’s past presidential contest in the 1990s. In the run up to the NPP’s presidential primary tp choose a flagbearer, for the 2000 general elections, the late Joseph Henry Mensah, who was an aspirant went on the offensive describing John Agyekum Kufuor a rejected cassava that was not worthy to be presented to the same delegates. Kufuor who later became the flagbearer and subsequently won that year’s election led…

Award winning investigative journalist, has in his latest investigative piece exposed how Strategic Mobilization Limited (SML) repackaged itself to secure a lucrative at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). SML, was the controversial company that the previous government under former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, awarded a US$141 million shady auditing and revenue assurance contracts with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). That contract is still being investigated by the Office of the Special Prosecute (OSP). Through the extensive report, Manasseh Awuni Azure and two others, have told the story of how owners of SML used Evatex, a totally different company they own…