Some 40 people are feared dead on the Volta Lake after a boat carrying them capsized due to a storm. The boat was travelling across the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region, when it encountered the storm leading to the accident. She said the outboard motor of the boat went off and water began to enter when the storm hit. She said she jumped onto one of the boards of the boat and was floating on the surface of the water before another boat came to her rescue and some other passengers. More than distraught 500 members of the community were gathered at the shore while the search continued, Mr Kpetigo said.

A 58-year-old woman, who was found floating in the Oti River after falling overboard a ferry has been rescued by boat operators at Dambai, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. It is not clear how she came to be in the river Oti. The woman is responding to treatment for hypothermia, according to Mr Elijah Amegbe, physician assistant at the Dambai Health Centre. Others told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the government must build a bridge over River Oti to avoid future occurrences. A visit to Dambai Health Centre by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), revealed that the victim was responding to treatment.

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, John Boadu has revealed that President Akufo-Addo is bent on handing over power to a Presidential candidate of the NPP in 2025. John Boadu, whiles speaking at a news conference in Kumasi earlier this week (April 13) quoted the President as saying he (Akufo-Addo) believed handing over to an NPP candidate was not far fetched but that it will require unity of purpose. According to a Daily Guide newspaper report, Boadu told the conference that Akufo-Addo had disclosed his 'dream' at a National Executive Committee meeting on April 12. “The NPP members should remain steadfast and united around the sterling leadership of the government which is steering the country through these difficult times,” he added. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has asked Ghanaians to remember a number of such people in prayers during the season. In a Twitter post, the MP listed a number of people who needed some peace and consolation which he felt prayer could suffice. The incident occurred on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Flood victims across our countryApril has delivered a series of unanticipated rains which has led to the flooding of homes in some flood-prone areas. The Heward Mills family and the Lighthouse congregationThe Heward-Mills and Baiden families are going through turbulent times after losing the first son of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, David Heward-Mills.

Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 16 April 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comChurch holds watchnight service on Easter Friday5 people including children injured after robbery attack, ReportMembers' phones, cash stolen, ReportA church (name withheld), located at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region has been attacked by armed robbers on Easter Friday. The robbers, while carrying out their operation injured about 5 people including 3 children. According to a TV3 report, the armed robbers bolted with the church offertory after completing their mission. The incident, according to the TV3 report happened around 1am on Easter Friday, April 15, 2022. The church was holding a watch night service on Friday to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ.

General News of Friday, 15 April 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comIn Ghana's political dispensation, there exist a group of politicians who are known to be soft, reserved and headline-shy speakers. As to his comments and attacks on former president John Mahama, the least said about him the better. He has often known for linking the death of former president Prof. Evans Atta-Mills to John Mahama alleging that “President Mahama should tell Ghanaians what killed Atta Mills." He also accused former president John Mahama of sidelining him when he assumed the position of Ghana’s president after the death of Evan Atta Mills. “When they come at us with guns and bullets, we will face them with guns and bullets.

Quayson voting, the Supreme Court would have declared Hon. "I sincerely hope that after yesterday’s [Wednesday] Assin North Supreme Court decision, many more Ghanaians do now better appreciate the strategic manoeuvre of the NDC Caucus in Parliament to stage our famous walkout and deny the NPP a decision-making quorum to pass the obnoxious E-Levy. Quayson voting, the Supreme Court would have declared Hon. The Supreme Court by a majority decision of 5-2 on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, ordered Mr Gyekye Quayson to stop holding himself as a lawmaker. This is until the determination of the substantive case filed against him at the Supreme Court.

The embattled member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has hinted at a return to Parliament to discharge her duties. In a post on social media, Adwoa Safo intimated that she has a ‘social contract’ with her constituents and will come to Ghana at the right time to advance their interest in Parliament. Adwoa Safo said she is not unaware of the promises she made to her constituents and the country will always fight for their interest. Adwoa Safo was responding to an activist of the New Patriotic Party who had opined that Adwoa Safo was holding the party to ransom. Adwoa Safo and two other MPs on the majority side have been referred to the Privileges Committee for not missing fifteen sitting days of Parliament.

Alhaji Mohammed Indimi OFR, a business mogul who is the founder and chairman of Oriental Energy Resources (OER), a privately-held Nigerian oil exploration and production company, flew into the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale to mourn with the Aliu Mahama family. This follows the death of Hajia Ramatu Mahama, former Second Lady and wife of late former Vice President of Ghana (2001-2009) Alhaji Aliu Mahama with whom the renowned Nigerian businessman had a long-standing friendship. The Nigerian business mogul, Alhaji Indimi who couldn’t attend the funeral flew into Tamale from Nigeria on his private jet to mourn with the Aliu Mahama family. He was received by the Member of Parliament for Yendi and the son of Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Farouk Aliu Mahama at the airport. Mohammed Indimi OFR is a well-known Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

Justices who sat on Assin North MP's Supreme Court case:The judgement was done by a seven-member panel at the Supreme Court chaired by Justices Jones Dotse. Out of these Supreme Court justices, 5 decided against 2 other justices who opposed the ruling. 9 years down the line, the legal practitioner has joined the panel of Justices to rule on the case of the Assin North MP. The MP has since the Supreme Court ruling been barred from carrying out any parliamentary duties. There is however case involving criminal charges against the Assin North MP currently before the Supreme Court.

Speaking on Joy News programme, PM Express, he was of the view that the Supreme Court should not have enforced the Cape Coast High Court decision in injuncting the MP from performing his parliamentary duties. He said, Godfred Dame thinks the late NPP MP's woes should befall on Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson. “So it looks like the whole ruling was a revenge ruling. BackgroundThe Supreme Court on April 13 ruled that the Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, cannot perform MP duties till the determination of a substantive case filed against him at the Supreme Court. The embattled Member of Parliament had appealed against the High Court judgment but was struck out for failing to file written submissions within the mandatory period.

George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police contacted the victim of a death threat at the hands of a Lebanese national whose sword-wielding threats went viral on social media on Tuesday. The Police statement disclosed that the IGP had first contacted the victim via telephone before following up with a personal visit to the unnamed victim. “As a result upon [sic] the IGP's instruction, the victim has been given psychological support by a clinical psychologist from the Police Hospital. Multiple reports, initially stated that the Lebanese and a Ghanaian had an argument over where the Lebanese parked his vehicle. “According to reports, this Lebanese man parked his car in front of the shop of a man at Osu for almost an hour.

He said, the Cape Coast High Court had no basis for granting the earlier injunction which has been enforced by the Supreme Court. “There is this injunction because the Plaintiff has issued a writ at the Supreme Court asking for the interpretation of Article 94(2)(a). The Plaintiff is saying he doesn’t understand Article 94(2)(a) and so the Supreme Court should help him understand that. On Wednesday, April 13, the Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision ruled on the issue by barring the Assin North MP from performing any Parliamentary duty. This is until the determination of the substantive case filed against him at the Supreme Court.

“April is a good month for a by-election - Gabby Asare Darko (Prime Minister) and it’s now 5-2. At the heart of the Gyakye Quayson case is a claim that the ousted MP had dual citizenship prior to filing nominations to contest for the Assin North parliamentary seat during the 2020 polls. But James Gyakye Quayson subsequently appealed the judgment, at the Court of Appeal in Cape Coast, but the case was subsequently dismissed. He again sought cover from the Supreme Court. Michael Ankomah-Nimfah also dragged the issue to the Supreme Court in a bid to have Quayson prevented from carrying himself as the MP for Assin North.

A seven-member Supreme Court panel by a majority decision ruled in favour of an application to bar James Gyakye Quayson from holding himself as a legislative representative of Assin North and also from conducting parliamentary business. Michael Nimfah's application added that the embattled MP's continuous stay contravened the 1992 constitution and was not fair to the people of Assin North. BackgroundIn July 2021, Michael-Nimfah obtained a ruling against Gyakye Quayson at the Cape Coast High Court. The court thus annulled his election and ordered for the conduct of fresh elections in Assin North. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is scheduled to sit at a later date on the substantive case against James Gyakye Quayson’s status as ruled by the Cape Coast High Court.