Macho Kaaka was not murdered due to his activism – COP Tiwaa Addo Danquah
General News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• COP Tiwaa Addo Danquah says a preliminary investigation shows the late Macho Kaaka was not murdered due to his activism• She said the IGP will not disclose information yet to the public in order not to comprise investigations• The Police said information will be available to the general public when need beDirector-General of Welfare at the Ghana Police Service, COP Tiwaa Addo Danquah, has disclosed that preliminary investigations into the death of Ibrahim Mohammed also known as Macho Kaaka have shown that he was not murdered as a result of his activism. This revelation comes on the back of claims that the deceased was attacked by an angry mob due to his activism. Addressing journalists after the Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, held a closed-door meeting with the Economic Fighters League and conveners of #FixTheCountry, COP Addo Danquah gave some clarity on the claims. She said the IGP has not disclosed what the police is doing about the case in order not to compromise the investigations. During the security action, soldiers opened fire on the protesters resulting in the death of two persons and four others sustaining injuries.
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July 02, 2021 12:33 UTC
Friday Debate: How do we use Super Clash hype to promote league?
Sports News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe #BringBackTheLove was in full force on Sunday, June 27, 2021, when the two biggest clubs in Ghana, Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko clashed in the Ghana Premier League. The biggest fixture on the calendar of Ghana football comes off this weekend at the Accra Sports Stadium as the Phobians inflicted a 1-0 wound on the Porcupine Warriors to carry the day. But the question GhanaWeb keeps asking is how the Ghana Football Association and the clubs can capitalize on the Super Clash’s publicity to promote the Ghana Premier League in the quest of making it the preferred league to Ghanaians living in the country. We table this for a discussion on today's episode of the Friday Debate on GhanaWeb TV with Joel Eshun. While our quests, Perez Erzoah Kwaw from the GhanaWeb Sports Desk and PulseGH’s Emmanuel Ayamga share their views on the topic, post your contributions in the comment section after watching the show:
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July 02, 2021 12:32 UTC
Ghana: Growers urged to switch to orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
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July 02, 2021 11:48 UTC
‘Dead man’s tale’: Hammer evokes intense sadness with release of Agyekum’s video with Sarkodie
Agyekum’s song with Sarkodie titled, ‘Ohohuo Asem’ - to wit, the plight of a stranger – became a monster hit in 2011. Eight years after the song leaked in the public domain, Agyekum pleaded with Hammer to bless him with a music video. Agyekum, however, did not live to see the final cut as he died two months after the video was shot. I spoke to him, and after two days, his brother called me and said Agyekum had passed away,” Hammer sadly recounted. Hammer had shelved the music video out of respect for the family of the deceased, arrangement for his burial, and how he was broken to the marrow following news of Agyekum’s demise.
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July 02, 2021 11:37 UTC
Ghana needs private investors to realize development potential - Acconcia
Business News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: classfmonline.comThe Head of the European Union (EU) delegation, Ambassador Diana Acconcia has touted Ghana’s development potential in various sectors of the economy. Speaking to Nana Romeo on Accra100.5FM’s mid-morning show, ‘Ayekoo Ayekoo’ on Thursday, 1 July 2021, she described Ghana as “a very dynamic country”. “The country needs private capital to come here and invest in industrial development and infrastructure,” she added. The marine life is also endangered so Ghana needs to take care of the environment,” she indicated. She further indicated the willingness of development partners such as the European Union to help Ghana solve the environmental problem.
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July 02, 2021 11:23 UTC
KMA MCE Race: Osei Assibey-Antwi withdraws
Regional News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: 3news.comChief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Osei Assibey-Antwi has withdrawn from the mayorship race, 3news can confirm. The mayor, including other 8 other persons picked forms and have gone through vetting process to cling the ultimate position within the metropolis. Both social and traditional media has been flooded with speculations indicating the mayor’s withdrawal from the race, but speaking on Akoma Fm’s Current Affairs and Political Show, GhanAkoma, Special Aid to the mayor, Fredrick Addai confirmed the mayor’s withdrawal. “As special aid to the Mayor, I can confirm that Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi has declared his intentions to discontinue his mandate as mayor for Kumasi”Reasons for the mayor’s withdrawal from the race is not immediately clear.
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July 02, 2021 11:15 UTC
Today in History: Akufo-Addo urges Senior Citizens to speak out against ills of society
General News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFour years ago today, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo asked senior citizens to make it a point to speak against the ills in society. Read the full story below:President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged senior citizens in the country to speak out and join his government’s fight against the ills of society. The President entreated the senior citizens not to fall into the well-known temptation of telling him what they think he wants to hear. I expect that, as senior citizens, you will not walk this road, but will allow the moral authority of your status to justify your interventions,” he said. I expect that, as senior citizens, you will not walk this road, but will allow the moral authority of your status to justify your interventions,” he said.
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July 02, 2021 09:56 UTC
Cost of filing fees for elections inspire corruption – Domelevo
General News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has proposed a reduction in the amounts paid as filing fees for elected public service holders because it is a major cause of corruption in most government institutions. According to him, the high cost of election campaigns is what inspires government officials to engage in corrupt practices when they assume office. He urged the National Commission for Civic Education [NCCE] to create a common campaign platform for politicians so they are not compelled to spend money beyond their means. “The cost of elections is so much that, they borrow money at times and at times they use their own money and recoup it with interests,” the former Auditor General said. He went on to say, “The state would have to provide resources for them but not give the money to the people themselves and secondly the NCCE can create a common platform if its television-radio and our EC should put a reduction on the amounts people must pay as filing fees.”Daniel Yaw Domelevo said this at a lecture dubbed ‘Domelevo Accountability Lectures’, organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on the theme: "Can a public officer fight corruption without political backing."
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July 02, 2021 09:22 UTC
If you come back ten times I will evict you 100 times – Henry Quartey to Agbogbloshie traders
General News of Friday, 2 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has declared that he would chase out any squatter or trader who moves back to the Agbogbloshie market after the demolition exercise. He stated that security would be maintained at the Agbogbloshie market to ensure that no trader returns to the enclave. Traders at the market which included Onion traders were moved to Adjen Kotoku after two decades of struggle by successive governments. He said, “You know when I started this, everybody said it cannot happen, but read my lips, nobody is going to come back here, it is done.”“If they come back ten times we will move them hundred times. It’s not going to happen anymore, we are done,” Henry Quartey told the media.
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July 02, 2021 09:22 UTC
AMA outdoors Inclusive Climate Action Pilot Programme
With a focus on the informal sector, the pilot program seeks to, among other things, engage stakeholders on inclusion and equity for climate action to promote inclusivity of process, policy and impact within the sector. According to a statement from the AMA, the Inclusive Climate Action (ICA) Programme, which was established at the behest of C40 cities and Climate Leadership Group, aims at delivering leadership and advocacy support, technical and strategic assistance, training and peer-to-peer exchange on assessing and understanding the wider benefits of climate action, increasing capacity to engage inhabitants and stakeholders; and designing inclusive and just climate strategies. Sowah said in the pursuit of driving a climate change mitigation agenda the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has developed a Climate Action Plan, which has five key priority areas; namely waste, transportation, energy in buildings, land use, and the mainstreaming of climate issues in all activities. C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities in collaborating effectively, sharing knowledge, and driving meaningful, measurable, and sustainable action on climate change.
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July 01, 2021 15:33 UTC
Negative media perception: Nigeria worse than Ghana - Sarkodie asserts
The likes of Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Bulldog, KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Lydia forson and Sarkodie himself have heavily criticized the media in this regard. But in a recent interview with a Nigerian journalist, Sarkodie who appears to have had a change of mind admitted that Nigerian media is more critical of its celebrities than Ghana. According to the rapper, after touring other countries, particularly Nigeria, he has realized that negative news always outweighs the positives. He also labelled as false the popular notion that the Nigeria media focuses more on promoting their artistes and less on their negative side. When I listen to it sometimes, it’s unbelievable,” he stated in an interview with popular Nigerian journalist, Adesope.
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July 01, 2021 15:22 UTC
Give private media the deserved support – Gayheart Mensah
He said his interactions with the private media across the country over the years shows a sector with the majority of players struggling to survive. For the private media, particularly those in the regions and outside the main cities, it is a tough call for them. Gayheart suggested that every organization that has the continued success of Ghana’s democracy at heart, and also wishes to see the private media contribute effectively to national development, should be interested in how the private media survives. Consequently, the government, private sector, donor agencies and multilateral organizations must be interested in the state of the private media,” he said. He promised to lead conversations, when elected as the GJA President, that will attract the desired attention for the sustenance of private media.
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July 01, 2021 15:22 UTC
FLASHBACK: Why I rejected two Rolls-Royce gifts – Duncan-Williams
General News of Thursday, 1 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOffered two luxurious car gifts on two different occasions, the founder of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, said he rejected them. Read the full article as first published below:Founder and Leader of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has revealed that he has rejected Rolls-Royce car gifts on two occasions. Archbishop Duncan-Williams said different people offered to bring him Rolls-Royce cars as gifts and that the first offer came two years ago and the second came in last year, but he rejected them. And I said, what is it about you people and Rolls Royce when it comes to me? “Rolls-Royce in Ghana here when I’m trying to build a drug rehab and a prayer mountain and am driving a Rolls Royce in this Ghana.
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July 01, 2021 15:22 UTC
Odaw, Korle Lagoon dredged ahead of floods
General News of Thursday, 1 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Odaw River and Korle Lagoon have been well dredged in anticipation of the rains which invariably flood major parts of the capital, Accra. Addressing journalists at the Korle Lagoon and Odaw River on Thursday June 31, 2021, Operations Manager for Dredge Masters, Sena Kofi Adiepena, revealed that the company has achieved its target of successfully dredging the Korle-Lagoon to its design levels, to avoid flooding in the capital. “So far, we've been able to achieve our target as far as dredging of the Odaw and Korle-Lagoon are concerned. He however indicated that the exercise had been fraught with some challenges, including encroachment at the banks of the Korle-Lagoon, and disposal of waste into Lagoon by the encroachers. So far, the dredging campaign has over the years has somewhat resulted in an improved sanitary and drainage conditions of the Odaw river and Korle Lagoons and by extension parts of the capital Accra.
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July 01, 2021 15:11 UTC
Most ritualists, murderers cover their deeds with a ‘fraud boy’ tag – Kofi Asamoah
Lamenting on how such a person could own all such properties, Kofas took to Twitter on June 30, 2021, and wrote:“A lot of people cover their deed with the “fraud boy” tag cos they feel society has grown to accept internet scamming and online fraud. Most of these men are actually robbers, ritualists, and murderers,”Kofas bemoaned how society has openly accepted some condemnable acts including internet fraud adding that there is no dignity in practicing it. Don’t be moved by fancy cars and expensive alcohol. Don’t be moved by how much they spend in the club and expensive houses! There’s no dignity in fraud and bloodshed,”Read his post captured by popular blogger GHKwaku sighted by GhanaWeb below
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July 01, 2021 15:11 UTC