He confessed that Shemima choosing him was beyond his wildest dreams and it came as a surprise to him. According to him, he felt intimidated by Shemima and nearly turned off his rush during the show because, Shemima was too beautiful but little did he know that, he will be a lucky person. There were handsome guys, beard guys, so I didn’t expect her to choose me. Ali said his girlfriend (Shemima) has all the qualities he needs in a woman. However, Ali noted that the news about Shemima’s son took him by surprise, but that will not change how he feels about her.

ECG in a notice served on Thursday, May 20, explained that the outages which will take place from May 27 to June 11 2021 is to allow for reconstruction works on a section of GRIDCo’s transmission lines along the Winneba to Mallam stretch. Owing to this, the power distribution company said the power outages will take place in some three specific groups of communities within Greater Accra and will begin from 6:00 pm and end at 12:00 midnight. This exercise will lead to a shortfall in the transmission of power to Accra during the peak load hours,” the Electricity Company of Ghana said in a statement. The ECG however said the intermittent power outages will be experienced each day by one group until the reconstruction exercise is complete. Some areas that will be affected include Dansoman, Teshie, Westland, North Kaneshie among others.

General News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•The President of the Republic of Ghana will be conferred a Doctorate degree on May 29, 2021,•Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be conferred PhD in Educational Leadership•He has accepted the decision of the university to confer him the degreeThe Council of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has taken a decision to confer on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo an honorary degree for his outstanding performance in Educational Leadership. According to the University, a Special Congregation will be held on Saturday, May 29 to confer the doctorate degree on the president. Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership (Honoris Causa) will be conferred on the president in recognition of his immense contribution to Education. President Akufo-Addo started his primary education at the Government Boys School, Adabraka, and later went to Kinbu in Accra Central. He later became president of the Republic of Ghana in 2016 after several years of struggling to win the elections.

Business News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Ghana Card will soon become the main ID document for bank transactions•John Awuah said the rollout of the measure will commence in the coming weeks• He said further discussions are ongoing to ensure that the Voter ID card joins the host of other ID cardsThe Ghana Bankers Association has disclosed ongoing discussions with stakeholders to allow the ‘Ghana Card’ to be recognised as the primary identification document for financial transactions in the sector. According to Chief Executive of the Association, John Awuah, a third-party provider along with the National Identification Authority will ensure the rollout of the system in the coming weeks. Already, the new voters ID card is not being accepted by banks and to address this, John Awuah disclosed that further discussions were ongoing to ensure that the Voter ID card joins the host of other cards accepted by banks and other financial institutions. “The point is that, the voters ID card is one of the many cards accepted by banks for financial transactions. We do these things to protect our customers, and we hope that they will bear with us during this time where (that) we are going through the process of integrating the new voters ID card into our operations for identifying customers,” he concluded.

Business News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn the commodities market today May 20, 2021, the price of Crude Oil is sixty-two dollars, seventy-eight cents ($62.78) as compared to yesterday’s trading of sixty-four dollars, thirty-nine cents ($64.39). Gold is trading at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars, thirty-six cents ($1,877.36) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-six cents ($1,857.26). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, four hundred and forty-one dollars ($2,441.00) as compared to yesterday’s trading of two thousand, four hundred and eight-nine dollars ($2,489.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-two dollars, nineteen cents ($82.19) as compared to yesterday’s trading of eighty-three dollars, eight-nine cents ($83.84). And Coffee is trading at one hundred and fifty-one dollars, seventy-five cents ($151.75) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one hundred and fifty-one dollars, ninety-five cents ($151.95).

According to him, soldiers will be deployed to the areas where the illegal miners carry out their activities in the coming days. Speaking at the Minister Press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Nitiwul noted that they are aware of the night miners activities and has warned them to stop or risk being killed. “We know that they do that from 9 pm to 4 am”, indicating: “That’s how brave they are. We know and we know the towns they are doing it in, so, we will come after you”, he warned, adding: “Don’t try it. So, if you go out there to mine, I cannot guarantee your safety when the soldiers are going to apprehend you.

General News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Director of Communications of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has suggested that contrary to the practice that currently pertains, political parties should be allowed to rule longer. He explained that the existing maximum eight years does not provide political parties with enough time to implement projects and bring the needed development to the country. By that, he is of the view that should they be retained longer, it could drastically change the country in terms of development. Yaw Buaben Asamoa made this known during a press conference at the party’s head office in Accra last Tuesday. “For us in the NPP, we believe a four-year term cannot bring out the best in any particular leader.

According to him, he was in coma for 3 weeks while admitted at the 37 Military Hospital. “I was in coma for three weeks. Currently, Joshua is unable to go for check-ups because he is financially unstable to foot his medical bills. Although there have been several calls for drivers and road users to adhere and pay attention to road signs, all have seemingly fallen on deaf ears. According to the National Road Safety Authority, there has been a 14.8 percent increase in the number of deaths from road accident so far this year.

In a recent tweet sighted by GhanaWeb, the Commission called for the celebration of the “success” chalked during the December 7 election. However, some aggrieved officials claim that there is no cause for celebrations especially in a time where they haven’t been paid months after their service. The EC Chairperson speaking at the IPAC Workshop to review the 2020 General Elections said: “Let us celebrate our successes of the 2020 Elections and document them; for there is so much knowledge, good experiences and best practice residing in the Electoral Commission of Ghana”. Dr Bossman Asare called on affected officials to give the Commission more time as plans are underway to settle the delayed payment. We are even considering Mobile Money payment,” said Dr Bossman Asare in an interview on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”.

Speaking in an interview with United Television monitored by GhanaWeb, he noted that he “suspects the school authorities”; adding that the account surrounding his daughter's death doesn’t add up. “When I visited the scene, I saw she was upright but her legs had bent. If I am not convinced, I will call for another Pathologist because my child doesn’t lack anything that will cause her death. I quickly rushed to the auditorium to call the proprietor and the proprietress,” Mrs Acheampong noted. The body of Leticia Kyere Pinaman has been deposited at the Sunyani Regional Hospital.

Providing updates via its official page on Twitter, the Electoral Commission on May 20 pointed it will be introducing an all-year-round Voter Exhibition exercise through the use of technology [SMS Short Code] as well a periodic physical verification at Exhibition Centres. “Agreements made at the Election 2020 IPAC Assessment 2-day Workshop. At the end of the interactive workshop for members of the IPAC to assess the processes leading to the 2020 General Elections and the Election, the Political Parties and the EC agreed on the following; Closing the polls at 3:00 pm rather than 5:00 pm." — Electoral Commission Of Ghana (@ECGhanaOfficial) May 20, 20211. — Electoral Commission Of Ghana (@ECGhanaOfficial) May 20, 2021

Business News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhana's foremost oil refinery, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) risks a huge brain drain over its continuous redundancy in operations, an energy consultant, Dr Yussif Sulemana has stressed. Yussif Sulemana in an interaction with Citi Business News monitored by GhanaWeb pointed out that recent redundancy issues of TOR have compelled many of its skilled workers to seek further avenues. “In fact, it is already happening, we have a huge brain drain in most of our institutions and TOR is an example. So many qualified and competent people have left TOR over the last decade,” Sulemana said. How do you employ people when the infrastructure is not running or is not running profitably?” he quizzed.

The court presided over by Justice Cecilia Don-Chebe Agbevey granted some properties to Gloria Assan though it falls short of the numerous of properties she requested. The court instructed Eugene Arhin to pay a lump sum of GHC100,000 to his former wife. Per the judgment, the properties and financial obligations imposed on Eugene Arhin are way below the request placed before the High Court by Gloria Assan. That vehicles with registration numbers GE 4646-18, GE 7108-18 and GE 4646-19 be settled in favour of the Petitioner. An order for the Respondent to maintain the children, pay the school fees and health bills of the children of the marriage.

Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the funds will be used for the intended purposes. He pointed that the bank when established will satisfy the highest standards, scrutiny and best practices of Development Banks across the world. “The Development Bank Ghana is going to play a very important part in the rapid economic transformation of Ghana, following the onset of COVID-19. We see this Bank (DBG) as one that will play a pivotal role in this,” the president said. Meanwhile, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta had earlier disclosed that the Development Bank Ghana will in July this year commence operations.

“… the state is also not involved or interested in who becomes head of the Catholic, Methodist or Presbyterian Mission in Ghana. “So I told him (visiting Muslim leader) that the matter of the succession of the National Chief Imam, however his concerns, were of no concern to me and he should also not be of concern to him,” he said during a Tuesday May 18, 2021 courtesy call on the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. I do not even use social media at all. I do not have Facebook account, I do not have a Twitter account so I was quite surprised,” he said. He thanked the Chief Imam for his audience and praised him as a pillar of peace for the country at all material times.