Author: TNRgh

Businessman Fuseini Nurudeen has been elected chairman of the newly created North East region of the governing New Patriotic Party. The Chief Executive of Nuru Oil Company Limited beat four others to win the keenly contested chairmanship slot on Saturday May 18. Fuseini Nurudeen polled 49 votes with Mouzu Abdul Mumin trailing with 27 votes, who was closely followed by Alhaji Mohammed Shani and Akamara Henry Bawa who shared the spoilt with 23 votes apiece. A chairmanship contender Seidu Rashid Inusah had no vote. [caption id="attachment_124082" align="aligncenter" width="577"] Fuseini Nurudeen[/caption] The delegates conference held at the regional capital Nalerigu saw…

Kobby Okyere Darko[/caption] Police in the Western Region have arrested a 21 year old man suspected to have sneaked into the private residence of the Western Regional Minister Kobby Okyere Darko Saturday dawn. The suspect has been named by police as Peter Emmanuel Kumi. He is reported to have entered the house of the regional minister around 4:30am on Saturday. A 16 year old child of a family friend who had come on a visit spotted him jumped the wall and immediately raised an alarm that attracted the attention of the minister and the wife The suspect who was naked…

Wilder and Breazeale meet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn[/caption] Dominic Breazeale says he will mentally break Deontay Wilder and ensure the WBC world heavyweight champion never wants to lace up boxing gloves again. Breazeale, 33, challenges his fellow American on Saturday after an acrimonious and controversial build-up. The pair were involved in a scuffle at a hotel in 2017 and Wilder has drawn fight-week scrutiny for comments about killing an opponent in the ring. “I am Deontay Wilder’s retirement plan,” said Breazeale. “I will beat him so bad that he is not going to want to ever lace up the…

CID boss, DCOP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah[/caption] In my last article, my attempt at mischief made me refer to the Ghana Police Service as Maame Serwa’s Police Service. It was a joke that was potent with some thoughts. The Ghana Police Service despite its reputation as the best in West Africa has been fraught with too many moral challenges. It gets into the headlines often as one of the most corrupt institutions. And something tells me the CID boss is just a mirrored picture of who we are as a people. Not too long ago, we had DSP Azugu who told a…

File photo[/caption] The Executive Director of African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, Emmanuel Kutin, has raised doubts about the preparedness of some hotels in Accra to counter activities of terrorists. A survey, Mr. Kutin noted he was a part of on 14th and 15th of May, conducted in some hotels in the capital revealed that most of these hotels have several security vulnerability including defective scanners, inactive CCTV and security protocol that could be exploited by terrorists. “We went round top hotels in Accra and it will shock you the scanners are not even working. And then you ask…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings, National Democratic Congress (NDC) party chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and other leading members of the NDC were among the congregants at a memorial mass marking the fifth anniversary of the demise of Mr. Paul Victor Obeng held at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Tema Community Two on Friday. Former Minister of State, Akwasi Oppong Fosu in paying tribute to the former leading member of the PNDC and the NDC said he had generous heart, was humble and possessed a modest temperament. He said P.V. Obeng was a committed and devoted servant of God who…

Fisher folks at the Tema Canoe Beach have appealed to government to establish a marine bank in the country to provide the needed financial support to the fishing sector. Nii Odametey, Tema Awudum Chief Fisherman, explained that if the country had a bank totally dedicated to the marine sector, fisher folks would access soft loans  to expand the businesses and also cushion them during the closed season. On the close season, he said leadership of the Tema canoe beach ensured that all fishing activities among canoe operators stopped at about 12:00 hours on May 17 in compliance with the ban as…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has opened the Sakogu Senior High Technical Day School. The President also commissioned a 120 bed capacity dormitory for Nakpanduri Business Senior High School. The two educational projects all in the North-East Region will aid in providing space to the increasing enrollment in the schools. President Nana Akufo-Addo again cut sod for the construction of the Nalerigu-Nakpanduri-Bunkpurgu road and the Bunkpurgu township roads. The president was on a two-day tour to the newly created region. Addressing some teachers and students after the commissioning, the President said the Minister for Education raised 1.5 billion cedis to…

The National Communication Authority (NCA) has earned itself headline news for shutting down two opposition radio stations. And it did so with physical reinforcement from the anti-terrorist forces of Maame Tiwa’s Police Service. While a section of the public okays the authority’s action, some others say there is a growing aggressive behaviour by the government to intimidate the media. True? First, I am at sea as to why Radio Gold, one of the foremost private radio establishments which have made a substantial impact in the media space, was not able to renew its license since the year 2000. As much…

File photo[/caption] The National Identification Authority has been forced to shut down its official website as Ghanaians jumped onto the portal to register for their national identification cards. The Authority announced on Friday that the website https://register.nia.gov.gh is temporarily unavailable for public usage, explaining, “the site has seen unusual traffic occasioning its temporary shutdown.” According to the statement, the portal was meant to be launched formally when all the operational and technical components are ready, but following the announcement by NIA’s Executive Secretary about the possibility for people to register there, its usage went up. The National Identification Authority has…