Kiki Sinare

New Patriotic Party candidate, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has been declared winner in the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-elections. Four political parties – the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress, Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) contested the vacant seat at the constituency. The candidates who vied for the position of the late Member of Parliament for the constituency were Lydia Seyram Alhassan of the NPP, Delali Kwesi Brempong (NDC), Clement Boadi (LPG) and PPP’s aspirant William Dowokpor. Reporting from the collation centre at Legon, Peace FM’scorrespondent Obeng Manu indicated that Madam Seyram Alhassan won the bye-election by a landslide victory, polling 12,041 votes representing 68.8 percent while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong polled 5,341 votes representing 30.52%. The PPP and the LPG polled 102 and 17 votes respectively. Total votes cast during the election wer...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has announced its withdrawal from the ongoing by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.  The decision was announced in an interview on Accra-based Peace FM by the national chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu Ampofo.  It comes after four people were allegedly been shot at the Baweleshie polling centre.  According to GHone TV’s Evans Nkoom, blood stains could be seen at the polling centre near the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress.  The injured have reportedly been taken out of the center.  According to NDC MP, a man was bartered and shot right in front of him He was beaten and I could see blood running from his nostrils and then we shot. My information is that he passed on at the hospital,” he told Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday.  It is unclear what triggered the chaos at the polling centre  EARLIER  A man was briefly arrested and released by o...

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George says he has been attacked by members of the NPP Invincible Forces at the ongoing Ayawaso West Wuogon bye election. In a facebook post, he said:  "I have just been assaulted by several members of the NPP Invincible Forces attired in National Security Council shirts and vests. They fired several rounds of ammunition at me simply because I was doing my legal job of monitoring the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I am grateful to you". However, a report filed by Peace FM's correspondent, Akwasi Agyemang indicated even though there was violence at the Bawleshie Presby electoral area, it cannot be possible that several shots were fired at Sam George and that if 'several shots' were really fired, he (Sam George) would not be alive. What Actually happened According to Prince Ahenkan another correspondent, a group of people believed to be NPP's invisible forces, stormed ...

Daddy Lumba Jnr known in real as Anokye Supremo is dead. This was confirmed few minutes ago by Kofi Adomah on KOFI TV. Anokye Supremo’s brother who joined Kofi Adomah in a video-call interview told him that Supremo’s condition worsened yesterday. And that the Doctor told him that, with his condition yesterday, he’s between life and death Just yesterday, news came in that the HighLife musician was fighting for his life at the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Mukundapur in India after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor in his head. According to reports yesterday from KOFI TV, the artiste has been in coma for some days since the operation, with the Surgeons hoping he revives as soon as possible. The artiste, formerly known as Daddy Lumba Jr., was diagnosed with the ailment when he started experiencing a severe headache which he thought was a migraine. Upon a visit to the hospital, he was told it was a tumor. He began to feel pains...

A Ghanaian based in London Mr. Ebenezer Adjei-Sarpong has called on Ghanaians to stand with the Member of Parliament of Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong to condemn the sanction by the Washington administration.  According to him, it is sad and very unfortunate that this pre meditated act had to happen, he categorically condemns such wicked action, and that Ghanaians should help condemning the sanction. Background A Member of the US Congress, Henry Johnson Jr. wants the American government to place a travel ban on Ghanaian legislator, Kennedy Agyapong, for his possible role in the murder of undercover investigator, Ahmed Hussein-Suale. The Congressman in a letter to the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, also recommends a ban on access to the U.S. banking system by Mr. Agyapong, his businesses, and any other appropriate and applicable sanctions. According to Mr. Johnson, the “professional execution-style slaying of Mr. Hussein-Suale’s murder in the aftermath of Mr...

                     Properties of embattled businessman and Chief Executive Officer of gold firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1, have been identified. The listed properties include Landed Properties and Vehicles of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Menzgold Office Complex, Zylofon Art Complex, Brew Marketing Consult, Star Madrid Football Club, Zylofon Music and Media Company Limited, Brew Energy Company Limited as well as G-Tech Automobile Service. This news of the identified properties is contained in a statement signed by Head of Public Affairs Unit, Jacquline Avotri at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Accra Tuesday. The statement was released after it secured a court order confirming the freezing of assets of Menzgold and other related businesses of NAM 1. The rest of the properties are two (2) properties located at Trassaco Valley (Plot No. 315 and Plot No. 337), Plot of land (No. 54...

James Ingram , one of the biggest stars in R&B music in the 1980s and ’90s, and a double Grammy winner and two-time Oscar nominee, has died at age 66. Longtime friend  Debbie Allen confirmed the news on Twitter. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” she wrote. “He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name.” “Another dear friend has made his transition,” Gladys Knight said in a statement. “James Ingram, a voice to be recognized and revered, a wonderful human being full of joy. Truly deep, heartfelt condolences to his wife and his family. He will be missed and may he now rest peacefully,” Ingram’s first No. 1 pop hit was 1982’s “Baby, Come to Me,” a duet with Patti Austin. He again topped the chart in 1990 with “I Don’t Have the Heart.” He was well known for his soundtrack work, most notab...

The Minister of Inner-city and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has warned health authorities not to discriminate against and humiliate hijab-wearing female Muslim health workers. “I want the health authorities and administrators to tell me how else a Muslim woman manifests her Islam-ness with the hijab? While the hijab is not a symbol of piety, it is a symbol of identity and identity is a manifestation”, Dr Abdul-Hamid said at a press briefing on Tuesday, 29 January 2019 in Accra. He expressed worry about the numerous complaints received by his office about the alleged maltreatment of hijab-wearing female Muslim nurses at their health posts. “They are complaining that their supervisors and senior nurses ask them to remove their hijab, otherwise they should go home, otherwise they cannot work as nurses,” he lamented. He continued: “I got a call from a Muslim Ward Supervisor at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, who told me she has been demoted because the Deputy Director o...

A report by  MyNewsGh.com  indicates that a final year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Wa Campus has committed suicide at Wa, the Upper West Regional capital. Enoch Akondor believed to be in his late 20s who is pursuing a BSC in Development Planning took his own life after it turned out that he had trailed in a number of courses and as a result may not be able to graduate with his colleague. Out of shame, he was said to have committed suicide at his hostel room on Saturday night by drinking a poisonous liquid substance only for his body to be discovered by colleagues on Sunday morning. According to them, he is always first to wake up from the hostel but they were shocked he showed no sign as at 6:30 am prompting them to knock severally at his door but there was still no response. The services of a carpenter from Bamahu was sought who broke into the room only to be greeted with the dead body of Enoch who prior to his death was readying him...

There’s a new mobile money fraud going on…it’s no more targeted at customers but rather Mobile Money Merchants. So what the mobile money fraudsters are now doing is, they’ll intentionally package an envelope with cut-out cartons to look like a huge sum of money.                                Advertisement  Once they get to the Merchant, they’ll ask for him/her to make a deposit for them and once the process is completed, they’ll flee. So please Merchants out there, take note… when someone wants to deposit an amount, make sure you take the cash, count it first before initiating the deposit process. Credit: Papaga Bless

According to the church, a lot of would-be couples abuse the act by going to the extreme of “touching” vital areas of each other as if they were already married                          Advertisement The Church said it is about time it pulled the brakes on such acts before the sanctity of holy matrimony is broken. This was announced Saturday by the General Secretary of the Church, Apostle Nana Yaw Kumi, at the ongoing Global Minister’s Conference at Pentecost Convention Center (PCC) – Gomoa Fetteh near Kasoa in the Central region of Ghana. “During the pre-engagement time, under the guise of courting, they would be taking all sorts of pictures and spread it all over the place, and the pictures suggest they are already married,” Kumi stated. “You would realise that, where they are touching and what they are doing are things that are supposed to be done by marriage couples. So we really want to discourage that...

A staff of the forestry commission has been shot by unknown assailants at Agomanya in the Eastern region, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. The yet-to-be-identified staff, who is a forest guard, is being moved to the 37 military hospital in Accra after the Friday night shooting. The development comes in the wake of the rising level of insecurity in the country following the unresolved target killings and kidnappings in recent times. On Friday another girl identified as Augustina, a first year student of the Tarkwa Secondary School has also gone missing. Augustina according to Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene Gyan secured an exeat two days ago to visit her parents but never got home and has since not returned to her school. It is, however, not known if Augustina has also been kidnapped. Assistant Headteacher of the school, Isaac Sowah told Empire News that the matter has been reported to the Tarkwa Police Command and the family of the girl. Mr. Sowah told Empire News that the school...

The  decision by Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International to apologise to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu following his death prophecies on 31st December watch night service has not gone down well with his colleagues in the ministry.   A video obtained by MyNewsGh.com from Kumasi-based televangelist and founder of the Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre Ebenezer Adarkwah Yiadom, he is seen castigating his colleague for backing down on his prophesy wondering if indeed it was from God in the first place.  According to him, the world over and since the inception of Christianity, no prophet irrespective of the circumstance apologized for a prophesy if what the person who is a vessel used by God is telling his congregation what has been communicated to him.  “Where have you heard that God has given you prophesy and after you have the delivered it and the consequences thereof you go and...

Multiple  award winning rapper Sarkodie is set to release a documentary about his hard struggles before making it in life. Michael Owusu Addo (born July 10, 1985) professionally known as Sarkodie, is a Ghanaian hip hop recording artist and entrepreneur from Tema. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2012 BET Awards, and was nominated in the same category at the 2014 BET Awards . In 2015, Sarkodie was ranked the 19th most Influential Ghanaian by e.tv Ghana.He is considered one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre and dance. Sarkodie is often named as one of Africa’s greatest hip hop artists. MTV Base ranked him 6th on its list of the Hottest African MC’s in 2014. In 2013, Lynx TV ranked him 1st on its list of the “Top 10 Ghanaian Rappers of All Time”. In 2015, AfricaRanking.com ranked him 3rd on its list of the “Top 10 African Rappers of 2015”. In the same year, The Guardian listed him as one of its top five hip hop acts on the African contin...

A report by  Footballghana.com  indicates that Former Ghana defender, John Paintsil is now the owner of Kwesi Nyantakyi’s, Wa All Stars. Following the airing of the ‘Number 12’ video Anas Aremeyaw Anas, FIFA after several months of internal investigations slapped Mr Nyantakyi with a lifetime ban and with a heavy fine. Wa All stars made their debut in the nation’s topflight in 2009 and have since maintained a spot in the league and became the first club from the Northern part of the country to be crowned champions of the top flight in 2016  what I can say is the club is on the verge of been sold,” a source told Footballghana.com. “Negotiations between both parties have been in existence for some time  We will make official announcement as a club if taking over happens”, he added. However, the former Fulham and West Ham defender is expected to be confirmed as the new owner of the club in the new few days. Wa All Stars are expected to participat...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has completed the balloting process for its flagbearer aspirants with Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, picking the first spot. The process was conducted by the NDC Elections Committee for the 2020 presidential primaries on Wednesday, 23 January 2018. Mr Nurudeen Iddrisu, a businessman, picked the second spot as former President John Dramani Mahama picked the third position. The positions of all the various aspirants on the ballot paper are as follows: 1  Alban S.K Bagbin 2 Nurideen Iddrisu 3 John Dramani Mahama 4 Sylvester Mensah 5 Ekwow Spio-Garbrah 6 Goosie Tanoh 7 Prof. Joshua Alabi Meanwhile, Acting Director of Elections, Bede Ziedeng has indicated that the elections will be conducted free of any incidences and will be fair and transparent. The NDC has fixed 23 February 2019 for its presidential primary. The NDC postponed the party’s flag bearer election which ...