Alex Segbefia lists 11 government projects allegedly awarded to Adjaye Associates
Alex Segbefia, Head of National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) International Relations Directorate, has revealed at least 11 contracts to Sir David Adjaye’s architectural firm without going through competitive process. Speaking on Newsfile, the former deputy Chief of Staff under the Mills administration, could not confirm the exact number of contracts awarded to Adjaye Associates but he indicated that, the connection of the architectural firm has to most projects under the Akufo-Addo government is questionable. He proceeded to list the alleged projects awarded to Adjaye Associates. Agenda 111Alex Segbegfia charged government to clarify which of the aforementioned contracts are true or otherwise. He said, the renowned architect, Sir David Adjaye is good at his job, but it is fair if all architects in the country are given fair opportunities in upcoming projects.
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August 29, 2021 06:00 UTC
You're looking for a post to survive - Stan Dogbe slams Hopeson Adorye
“President Mahama entered Secondary School on a Western Gonja District Council Scholarship when Mr. Edward Akufo-Addo's Government was overthrown in 1972. He could not have paid fees for President Mahama when as a student he was already on scholarship. President Mahama's study in the USSR was on a Soviet scholarship awarded through the Scholarship Secretariat. “President Mahama never personally knew or met President Akufo-Addo until they were both sworn into Parliament on the same day in January 1997. Edudzi Tamakloe, an aide to John Mahama in an earlier post, exhorted Adorye to refrain from peddling falsehood about the former president.
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August 29, 2021 05:48 UTC
Ghanaian who fled US after US$10million fraud case re-arrested and jailed
Official publication by the US justice system states that Tourey Rufai operated with names such as "Joe Thompson,” a.k.a “Joe Terry,” a.k.a “Rufai A Tourey,” a.k.a “Ahmed Rufai Tourey". US authorities however noticed on May 12, 2019, that the electronic ankle bracelet had been removed and that Rufai has fled the United States to his home country, Ghana. Rufai was extradited to the United States on August 6, 2021, where he is due to serve his jail term and fulfil other conditions of his sentencing. At his sentencing on April 12, 2019, RUFAI was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to self-surrender to prison on May 24, 2019. Assistant United States Attorney Sagar K. Ravi is in charge of the prosecution.
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August 29, 2021 05:28 UTC
Gomoa Gang-rape: Police grab 14 Fulanis scheduled for identification parade
They were visited by police officers at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital, where they are on admission. Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare is said to have spoken on phone with the victim’s father while he dispatched clinical psychologists to help with counselling of the victim’s family. On Saturday, August 28, police said two single-barreled and two pump action guns were retrieved from the 14 herdsmen arrested in the operation. “49 AA ammunitions have also been retrieved,” the statement issued by Acting Director-General of Public Affairs ACP Kwesi Ofori said. Meanwhile, it announced an identification parade in the community “to identify the real suspects in that dastardly act on the teenager to face justice”.
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August 29, 2021 03:33 UTC
Kpone Traditional Council receives package ahead of Homowo festival
Regional News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: GNAThe Greater Accra Regional Minister has donated some items ahead of the 2021 Homowo festival to the Chiefs and people of Kpone in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Mr. Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister at the presentation commended the Chiefs and people of Kpone as they gear up to celebrate the 2021 Homowo festival. He noted that the Homowo festival signalled the end of a year and the beginning of another traditional calendar, saying the various family clans of Kpone should reflect and consolidate the gains within the various traditional areas within the Kpone Traditional Council. Nii Tetteh Otu II, Paramount Chief of Kpone Traditional Area, expressed gratitude for the gesture. The Kpone chief also stressed that resident must support their leaders to bring the needed development into the community.
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August 29, 2021 02:03 UTC
Kotoko should be able to find young players who will win laurels - Kojo Bonsu
Sports News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: angelonline.com.ghA former Board Chairman of the National Sports Authority, Kojo Bonsu, has urged the Kumasi Asante Kotoko team management to invest in the juvenile team if they want to restore their declined status. Mr Kojo Bonsu’s comments come at a time when the team has been struggling to reclaim the league titles since their last win in the 2013/2014 season of the Ghana Premier League. “The team doesn’t have money to buy top team players and I believe that if Kotoko want to go back to the old times, they should be able to find good players who will come and support and win laurels. If you do that you will have 5 or more players who are committed to the team and play to suit the team’s style” Honorable Bonsu said. Bonsu, there must be consistency in keeping the coaches and players as well and “if you do something, it will really work.”
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August 29, 2021 01:30 UTC
NCCE engages youth of Jasikan on violent extremism
Regional News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: GNAThe Jasikan National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has engaged some selected youth activists from political and youth groups in the District on violent extremism. Monsignor Joseph Kofi Nsiah, Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Jasikan, noted that the number of casualties from countries where conflicts took place demanded the need for national cohesion and peaceful co-existence. “Empowering Ghanaians to stand for National Cohesion and Inclusive Participation” was the theme for the workshop. He called on the NCCE and stakeholders to support the Commission to engage the youth continuously on issues of national concern. Mr Stephen Mensah, Jasikan District Director, NCCE, noted that the Commission in collaboration with the National Security aimed at ensuring a common national cohesion and peaceful co-existence through the workshop.
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August 29, 2021 01:30 UTC
Mas Ud Didi Dramani reveals desire to return to Asante Kotoko
Sports News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: footballghana.comMas-ud Didi Dramani, Director of Football at Right to Dream Football Academy, has indicated a wish to return to Asante Kotoko at some point. The experienced coach, who has returned to Ghana after a long stint in Denmark as the integration coach for FC Nordsjaelland, feels there may be certain aspects of Asante Kotoko that he was unable to complete and would welcome another chance to do so. Didi Dramani told Asaase Radio that Asante Kotoko provided him with one of the most important platforms to coach and demonstrate his coaching qualifications, and that he would not hesitate to return to the club. “I'm a professional, maybe there is something there I could not finish, and an opportunity to continue and accomplish”“As I said, I give my dedication and service to where I work, Kotoko gave me the platform to work, and develop myself and all that I do I see myself as service, and so where ever I go I do not say am working, but serving”Coach Mas Ud Didi Dramani is one of Ghana's most experienced technical handlers, having coached both men and women's national teams, including a bronze medal with the National U17 female team in 2013. He also won the Ghana Premier League with Asante Kotoko in 2013 before taking over as coach of the National U20 male team and moving to Denmark to continue his coaching career.
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August 29, 2021 01:13 UTC
5 drown in North East Region within 24 hours
General News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: dailymailgh.comFive people have drowned in two districts of the North East Region, within 24 hours, officials say. 1, a village in the Bunkrpurugu District, also in the North East Region. Regional Director of NADMO Alhassan John Kwaku said the body of both Badisomah Damyee and her granddaughter, Priscilla Badisomah have been recovered and buried. Alhassan John Kwaku also noted that a drowning incident was recorded in the East Mamprusi municipality. “On his return, a canoe [he was in] capsized, and he also died in the process,” Alhassan John Kwaku said.
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August 29, 2021 00:56 UTC
Police begin probe into the alleged suicide involving a soldier at Burma Camp
General News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comThe Accra Regional Police Command has begun investigations into a case of alleged suicide by WO11 Robert Dorku which occurred on Friday the 27th of August 2021 at Burma Camp. According to the Police, the incident happened in a bush close to the powerhouse where the deceased was found hanging on a tree with a wire on his neck. The deceased aged 45, worked with the Shai hills training school. The Military officer’s limp body was discovered Friday dawn hanging by a rope tethered to a tree among some growths at Burma Camp, headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces. The police were called in to the crime scene to begin investigation.
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August 29, 2021 00:37 UTC
Vigilance of citizens, key for national cohesion - Youth urged
It was on the theme: "Empowering Ghanaians to stand for National Cohesion and Inclusive Participation in Governance." "The vigilance of citizens during this period is necessary for National Cohesion," he added. "Terrorists always send scouts to look for loopholes to explore, when there is no national cohesion there is no peace and when there is no peace, there is no development and happiness." Stephen Avinu, Parish Priest, St. Anthony Catholic Church in Ave-Dakpa, said National Cohesion and Peaceful Co-existence were important aspects of National Development. Avinu encouraged the public, particularly the youth, to ascribe to the principles of unity, national cohesion, and peaceful co-existence, as they guaranteed firmness for development.
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August 28, 2021 21:00 UTC
Obuobia Darko-Opoku donates to Akuapem School for the Blind
General News of Saturday, 28 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAs part of her 44th birthday celebration, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the Deputy Director of Communications for the opposition National Democratic Congress last Sunday donated items to the Akropong School for the Blind. Students and management of the school took delivery of items such as 200 packs of hot meals, two Rambo 1000 poly tanks, water pumping machines, 55 bags of rice, 20 bags of sugar, 15 gallons of oil and 9 boxes of Spaghetti. In a post on her Facebook page, Obuobia Darko-Opoku disclosed that instead of worshipping at her usual place, she opted to fellowship with the school. Aided by the presence of the ever-greeen Winneba Youth Choir, Obuobia who was in the company of her mother and two sons shared the joy of her birthday with the student. She was awed by the musical talents displayed by the students, stressing that these students “do not only have among them powerful and spirit-filled preachers but also a collection of talented singers with great voices and also instrumentalists.”“I had so much wanted to spend my birthday morning with them, and I am very happy I was able to”, she added.
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August 28, 2021 20:37 UTC
MTTD impounds thirty-one vehicles for various traffic offences
General News of Sunday, 29 August 2021Source: GNAThe Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) on Friday impounded thirty-one vehicles for various traffic offences on the Kpone-Dawenya stretch of the N1 highway. The exercise is also to curb the blatant disregard for road traffic regulations by some road users. It said the operation would further reduce road traffic accidents and its related deaths, injuries and damage to properties on our roads. Some of the arrested drivers were driving commercial vehicles, Ministries, Department and Agencies vehicles (MDAs), corporate entities vehicles, and privately owned vehicles. The brief advised the motoring public to abide by road traffic regulations at all times to promote road safety.
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August 28, 2021 18:56 UTC
Humphrey Tettey named U.S. based best Male Vocalist of the Year 2021 at Ghana Music Awards USA
Entertainment of Saturday, 28 August 2021Source: Mz Gee, ContributorUS-based Ghanaian Gospel musician Humphrey Tettey is now the Best Male Vocalist of the Year. He received the coveted title and plaque at this year's Ghana Music Awards event held on August 21, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event included a star-studded cast of past, current and up-and-coming music artiste both in the U.S. and in Ghana. Ghana Music Awards celebrates and recognizes excellence in music in a variety of genres including, gospel. Nominated for four outstanding awards for excellence in music, he was humbled to be named U.S. Based Best Male Vocalist of the Year 2021.
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August 28, 2021 18:11 UTC
Jomoro MP donates 100 desks to Nana Avo-Nwiah Basic School after GhanaWeb report
General News of Saturday, 28 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Western Region:Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro Constituency of the Western Region, Dorcas Afo-Toffey, has distributed 100 desks to Nana Avo-Nwiah M/A Basic School at Tikobo No. Following the report, Dorcas Afo-Toffey on Friday, August 27 together with a delegation of Jomoro Municipal Education Directorate, presented 100 pieces of furniture to the school. Speaking to GhanaWeb's Western Regional Correspondent at the Nana Avo-Nwiah Basic School premise, Dorcas Afo-Toffey disclosed that observed that the school was in a deplorable state. Dorcas Afo-Toffey seized the opportunity to promise to construct a new six-unit classroom block to replace the deplorable existing wooden structure to improve academic excellence in the school. Mr. Cletus Azupe, the headmaster of the school, gave thanks to the Jomoro MP for her kind gesture.
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August 28, 2021 18:00 UTC