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His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has given families of the 7 Asawase Zongo men that some Kumasi Police Officers mistook for armed robbers and shot them dead GHC250,000 each as compensation for their lose. Adom FM’s Kumasi Correspondent Nana Awuku reported on their midday news that the president noted that he arrived at that decision after engaging in talks with the Inspector General of Police and other key stakeholders. Meanwhile the police officers who shot these men are on suspension for committing such heinous act. SouSource: oneminute.com More soon. The post Nana Addo compensate 7 shot Asawase Zongo youth family GHC250k each appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

Not one, not two but many times have we recorded several deals of corruption within public offices in the country including the famous Ghana Airport Company. The heart of a traveler by name Tanko Adams is bleeding to what he describes as bribery and corruption at the airport. Few weeks ago, the said name made a transit to Turkey from Italy to Ghana but one of his hand bags couldn’t arrive with him and therefore made a report but finally saw his bag days after and was asked to pay a sum of ghc500 to pick his bag. According to Mr Tanko who didn’t understand this questioned why that amount, which caused an arguement between him and a police woman who had her name on her crest turned. Speaking to the media, Mr Tanko Adams said he has noticed this act anytime he travels back into the country and believes it’s a daily act to extort monies from travelers. He therefore called on the government, high commissioners etc to take a critical look into this issue because it’s tarnished the image...

Attempts by some key members of the opposition National Democratic Congress to associate President Akufo-Addo’s name to any form of electoral malfeasance would fail to live up to expectation, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has said. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party who is mostly referred to as Chairman Wontumi, was reacting to allegations by the NDC that President Akufo-Addo intends manipulating election results to help him win a second term in office in the 2020 general elections. Key among the people making the allegation is the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Peter Boamah Otukonor. According to him, “the continuous stay in office or otherwise of President Akufo-Addo will only be determined by the true will of Ghana and not through the manipulation of any election.” He is on record to have stated that matters that arose during the just ended referendum do not inspire confidence in the current leadership of the Electoral Commission , adding that the Jean...

Baba Musa AKA Dragon Master a member of the NPP Delta force in the Upper Denkyira East has detected to the NDC, this took place at the End of year get-together organized by the Denkyira Democratic Movement for the NDC party Executive s and members. He said NDC is his root and after carefully analysing the situation on the ground he has realized NDC treats its members well than the NPP. Chief Yakubu – who is a former vice chairman and member of the council of Elders said that he was a member when NDC started in 1992, he said NDC has a lot of grouping but the good side is they should all work together with the executives to win Power.He has no problem with groupings but they should not fight but rather commit themselves to the ideals of NDC. Alhaji Muritala Jimah who was present also said that any group born out of misunderstanding does not last over time.NDC lost 2020 because of groupings and they should work over that in order to win 2020. If the groupings chat a different path it ...

The grandson of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden has died, it has been claimed. The child, named Osama like his terrorist grandfather, was praised for his ‘martyrdom’ by father Hamza Bin Laden, who jihadis have hailed as the ‘heir’ to the leadership of al-Qaeda. A letter written by Hamza, whose father was shot dead by a US Navy Seal team in 2011, mourned the death of the ‘hero cub’ and described his eldest son as ‘the grandson of bravery’ – adding that he liked to play-act scenes of martyrdom. The note called ‘Letter From Sheikh Mujahid Hamza Bin Laden’, was published by Al-Qaeda’s propaganda arm, the Global Islamic Media Front, along with a picture image of a young Osama and addressed to the Bin Laden family. The child, also named Osama, was praised for his ‘martyrdom’ by his father Hamza Bin Laden (pictured), who jihadis have hailed as the ‘heir’ to the leadership of al-Qaeda It said: ‘We console ourselves and you on the martyrdom on the hero cub… the grands...

Armed robbers attacked the Lagos residence of comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, carting away N1m cash and 12 expensive wristwatches four of them cost N8 million) and some other properties. In an exclusive chat with  LIB , the comic actor said he was away in Enugu when the robbers attacked his home in the Ikate area of Lagos state on January 4th. ‘ ‘My wife, children and in-law were sleeping when the robbers attacked. According to my wife, they came in around 3am. They broke the doors and gained entrance inside the house. They were asking where is Mr Ibu. Maybe they planned to come and kill me but I was not there. They carted away N1 million cash that was meant for renovations being done in my house, my expensive watches. Four out of the 12 watches that were stolen cost N8 million because they were N2 million each gold watches that somebody bought for me.The others were N500,000, N400,000 N300, 000 watches. I love big watches. My wife’s gold and other jewelries w...

NEW DELHI: An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn’t sufficient proof of corruption. In a judgement read out in the Apellate court of Milan, the judge made a brief statement that said the two had been cleared of both charges – bribery and fraud accounting. Mr Orsi’s lawyer Ennio Amodio said the judge “found no evidence of corruption, of the passage of money or that Indian officials interfered with the tender”. The decision, he said, closed a case “which should have been clear to investigators (from the start)”. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is pursuing the case, said the acquittal will have “no impact on our case”. “Italian authorities can appeal against the acquittal Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini in Supreme Court of Italy. Our investigati...

The management of Gold Fields Ghana has reacted to media reports that the company is getting ready to lay off about 1500 workers. The retrenchment is expected to affect most of its miners at the Tarkwa mine. The  report continued that the layoffs was to take effect in December, 2017. However, the company has issued a release reacting to the report: Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL), operator of the Tarkwa gold mine, seeks to clarify misconceptions about its decision to adopt contract mining at the operation: Rising operational costs As the Tarkwa mine matures, it has to contend with the following cost drivers: – Deeper pits (meaning harder rocks, which translates into higher blasting costs) – Longer hauling distances for its fleet (meaning more fuel burn) – Increasing cost of reagents – High cost of exploration In addition to the above operational costs, there is also the year-on-year escalation of union-negotiated wage increases, the need to replace the mine’s aging flee...

Secret Service agents spotted smoke on the rooftop of  President Donald Trump’s New York City home early this morning and called the fire department, according to fire officials. Interested in New York? Add New York as an interest to stay up to date on the latest New York news, video, and analysis from ABC News. New York Add Interest At around 7 a.m., about 70 firefighters rushed to the apex of the Fifth Avenue Trump Tower skyscraper at 57th Street in midtown Manhattan to put out the blaze, fire officials said. They were met with steam and smoke brought on by the 19-degree conditions, officials said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze “without any problems within the building,” FDNY Manhattan Borough Commander Roger Sakowich said. But smoke continued emanating from a rooftop heating and cooling unit of the 58-story building, fire officials said. At least one firefighter suffered minor injuries after being hit by debris and a building engineer was evaluated ...

According to reports, 42-year-old Ashetu Igbasue and her son-in-law started their relationship in September 2017, when she relocated to Awe, Nasarawa to harvest her farm produce. Igbasue disclosed to Daily Trust that their relationship started at the farm but on getting home that night, they made love. This act continued daily till she became pregnant three months after. 42-year-old Igbasue said: “I agreed to his demand and thought it was just to satisfy his sexual feelings, but somehow, it became a daily thing. I never thought I could get pregnant due to my age. I told my daughter the truth so that we can get a solution to it and out of anger she went public with it. The whole thing was a temptation and I completely regret it. I have pleaded for forgiveness from her.” Speaking on what led to the affair, 45-year-old Ulaha disclosed that his mother-in-law tempted him and as a man, he could not resist the temptations. He said: “She would always sit with barely clothes on before me. At ...

A Nigerian Lady has taken to micro-blogging platform, Twitter to narrate how she slapped a policeman who tapped her “God-given gorgeous backside” in public. “Some of you in this Lagos are mad.” She started off her tweets. “Some of you in this lagos are mad. Cos you’re an officer with a gun doesn’t give you the stupid guts to slap my ass. Slapping that police man this evening will teach him never to mis use his power again. I only stepped out to get deodorant now i’m back with anger. Useless man!” A Twitter user then responded to her as thus; “It’s no longer extortion of money from guys now it’s sexual harassment of the ladies, the guys who are paid to safeguard our lives *sigh* GOD help us all in this country” …and she replied;  “Very silly man. My friend was asking what if he has shot me? Truth it i was thinking about that but my anger and right made me fearless”

TV licence: GBC plans to deduct levies from public workers salaries at source GBC Director-General, Dr Annor Akufo Ntow The controversial television licence fee may be deducted from the salaries of public workers at source as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) considers more ‘decent’ way of collection, it has emerged. According to the Ashanti Regional Director of the GBC, Mr Samuel Kwatia, the move to deduct the fee at the Controller and Accountant Generals Department (CAGD) would make it more convenient for public service workers. There has been a raging debate over the collection of TV licences by the state broadcaster, Ghana Television (GTV) for sometime now. While many have called for a revision of Act 1966 (NLC Decree 89), which mandates that Ghanaian households and individuals owning television sets are to pay designated fees, to reflect current happenings, others have blatantly kicked against the existence of any such fees. But speaking on Garden City Radio on Saturd...

DCE attacks police commander with guns Francis Oti Boateng, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akyem North District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akyem North, Honourable Francis Oti Boateng stormed the residence of the Asante Akyem North District Police Commander, ASP Samuel Azugu’s residence, in the company of military men, threatening to manhandle him while his wife and kids looked on. This comes after ASP Azugu asked a police officer to escort a 70-year-old Fulani herdsman to the hospital for treatment after he was brutally beaten by some soldiers in the area. Traditional authorities in the district gave herdsmen a seven-day ultimatum to leave the community or they would be forced to evacuate following numerous complaints about their livestock destroying people’s farms. This sparked some tensions between members of the community and Fulani herdsmen as over 50 cattle were shot by military officers deployed by the District Security Council. The herdsmen say the forward...