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...