Until his election, Professor Ofori-Binkorang was the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Communications.
When Prof Ofori-Binkorang was appointed for elections, a lecturer of the UEW, Dr Kaakyire Duku Frimpong, filed an injunction at the Winneba High Court in June 2019 to stop the election from taking place but the suit was dismissed on procedural grounds and the election took place.
But Dr Frimpong, dissatisfied with the decision, headed to the Supreme Court with his suit.
The apex court eventually ruled that the original case be heard in full by the High Court.
This, therefore, makes the election of Prof Ofori-Binkornag null and void.
Dr Frimpong, in his suit, had said participation in the process for the election of a Pro-Vice-Chancellor was limited to a chosen few to the disadvantage of other equally qualified persons.
Abigail Appiah has emerged winner of Joy Prime’s maiden culinary reality show, Big Chef, after successfully battling 11 other contestants.
Right from auditions to the finale, she has not taken for granted the opportunity to showcase her talent in the kitchen as she has constantly plated unbeatable meals.
The three-time weekly winner beat Maame Yaa and Loviette, who came in second and third slot respectively and automatically becomes an ambassador of the empowering show.
She walks away with a fridge/freezer set, cooking wares, four burner stove, hefty cheque, products from sponsors and a certificate of participation.
Maame Yaa, the first runner up, also gets for herself a four-burner stove, mini laptop, cooking pot set, cash price and product from sponsors and a certificate of participation as well.
Loviette also walked away with a set of cooking pot, microwave, tablet, cash price and products from sponsors and a certificate of participation.
The end of Big Chef does not signify the end of excitement on Joy Prime as the channel is set to produce other intriguing shows.
The Member of parliament of the North Tongu Constituency, Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa in his fight against the covid -19 has come out to pledge support to 45 private basic school teachers in his constituency after they have been deprived of their livelihood due to the outbreak of the pandemic.
He made this submission on his official Facebook page.
He said “I have been in touch with the leadership of the 45 private basic schools in my beloved constituency to find out how they are coping with the exigencies of the times and to express my solidarity.
Sad to hear that unlike their counterparts in the public sector, teaching and non-teaching staff have not received salaries since March, thanks to COVID-19. In the unfortunate circumstances, I have notified the leadership of private schools of a new MP’s initiative to offer a cash compensation package to all 570 teaching and non-teaching staff at the end of this month (May). I am particularly delighted that I have also secured assurances that no teacher would be laid off in these difficult times. We are all in this together. We defeat COVID-19 together and we rise from the ashes together.”
The Nurse in uniform twerked while her friends cheered
Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor has mounted a spirited defence for the ‘twerking nurse’ in a viral video amidst threats of punishment from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Council (GRNMC).
Peter Otukonor has described the nurse’s actions as therapeutic and something just to create happiness.
The viral video captures a nurse in her uniform twerking her butt off while her friends cheer her on to do more.
The video although appreciated by social media users has been condemned by the Ghana Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The council has since directed its Disciplinary Committee to look for the Nurse in question and sanction her to serve as a deterrent to other nurses and health officials.
But reacting to the video in an interview on Accra-based Okay FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Perter Otukonor said the country is in trying times and some of these videos are therapeutic and good for people to de-stress.
“In this period when we are not in normal times there are apps on social media where doctors, lawyers, teachers, and even policemen and women are producing videos just to create some form of happiness so I don’t see anything wrong with the twerking nurse’s video, I agree that it is therapeutic,” he told Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie.
The campaign manager for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr. Peter Mac Manu has slammed former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) saying it is no fault of theirs that they have chosen the candidate who presented to Ghanaians the worst economic performance.
Mr. Mac Manu in an address at a press briefing stated it is also no fault of the NPP or any Ghanaian that the party was handed their massive defeat in 2016.
He said: ”It is that record of a rigged leadership under John Dramani Mahama that the NDC must be afraid of bringing back to face the Ghanaian people for their votes and not any fake conspiracy to rig the elections against them.
NDC must be reminded that the NPP, as an opposition party, beat the NDC in 2020 ––and by the largest margin ever in Ghana’s history against an incumbent president in Ghana’s history.”
”It is not the fault of any Ghanaian that the NDC chose to bring back as their presidential candidate for 2020 the very man on whose hands the NDC suffered their biggest defeat in their history. It is not the fault of NPP that the NDC chose to bring back as their 2020 presidential candidate the very same man who gave Ghana the worst economic growth performance since 1994. It is not the fault of President Akufo-Addo that the NDC has very little confidence in their own chosen Candidate for 2020, John Mahama,” he added.
He was reacting to allegations by NDC that the government was conniving with the EC to rig the 2020 polls in their favour.
”We do not need the EC to rig an election in our favour. A government that has put some 1.3 million children to school, (who if NDC was in power would be on the streets) does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that has restored industry and is creating jobs for the people does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that has put 100,000 unemployed graduates to work does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that puts the interest of the ordinary Ghanaian first, whether it is in protecting the money of millions of depositors, or absolving the cost of electricity and water of 30 million Ghanaians, to ease the sufferings of the people when there is a crisis, such a government does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. The President continues to show leadership and commitment to the welfare of ordinary Ghanaians and it is this which gives us confidence that the Ghanaian people will recognize his leadership and performance and allow the party that knows how to deliver to continue,” he said.
The focus of the NPP he noted is to justify the confidence that the Ghanaian people reposed in us by fixing the economy that the NDC rigged and with Akufo-Addo giving the people the caring and decisive leadership which John Mahama is not capable of delivering.
National Deputy Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Jennifer Queen has backed the request by the Electoral Commission to compile a new voter’s register for the 2020 elections.
Jennifer Queen wondered why the opposition party has consistently kicked against the decision by the election management body to compile a new Voters’ register.
“Sometimes you begin to wonder NDC is so desperate. There is something fishy about NDC decision against the compilation of the new register which Ghanaians don’t know”, she told Kwame Tutu on ‘Anopa Nkomo’ on Accra based Kingdom FM 107.7
NPP’s National Deputy Communications Director therefore, described the current biometric voter’s register as an ‘ECOWAS’ register, stressing that “we cannot continue to use ‘ECOWAS’ register for elections in Ghana”
“The EC just want to change the ECOWAS register to Ghana register, and so must this cause a civil war?” she quizzed.
She emphatically stated that, “Even if it becomes possible for the EC to compile a new register 24 hours to the general elections, we will still compile a new register”.
She however commended the Electoral Commission over its managerial style for its consistent decision to compile a new voter’s register for election 2020.
“We want a new register because we want the right thing to be done”, she said.
Jennifer Queen further assured Ghanaians that the Electoral Commission is on course done preparation, hence proceed with its intended decision to compile a new voter’s register for the general elections.
The 2020 Campaign Manager for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Peter Mac Manu, has stated emphatically that the NPP is not and cannot be part of any conspiracy whatsoever to rig the 2020 elections, as alleged by the NDC.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra today, May 14, 2020, Mr. Mac Manu said, “a fake conspiracy does not become a credible conspiracy just because an opposition that is afraid of losing a free and fair contest says so.”
According to him, it is that record of a rigged leadership under John Dramani Mahama that the NDC must be afraid of bringing back to face the Ghanaian people for their votes and not any fake conspiracy to rig the elections against them.
Mr. Mac Manu reminded the NDC of how the NPP, as an opposition party, beat the NDC in 2016 ––and by the largest margin ever in Ghana’s history against an incumbent president in Ghana’s history.
“It is not the fault of any Ghanaian that the NDC chose to bring back as their presidential candidate for 2020 the very man on whose hands the NDC suffered their biggest defeat in their history. It is not the fault of NPP that the NDC chose to bring back as their 2020 presidential candidate the very same man who gave Ghana the worst economic growth performance since 1994. It is not the fault of President Akufo-Addo that the NDC has very little confidence in their own chosen Candidate for 2020, John Mahama.”
Mr. Mac Manu said, the party intend to fight and win in December based on our performance.
“We do not need the EC to rig an election in our favour. A government that has put some 1.3 million children to school, (who if NDC was in power would be on the streets) does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that has restored industry and is creating jobs for the people does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that has put 100,000 unemployed graduates to work does not need an election to be rigged in its favour. A government that puts the interest of the ordinary Ghanaian first, whether it is in protecting the money of millions of depositors, or absolving the cost of electricity and water of 30 million Ghanaians, to ease the sufferings of the people when there is a crisis, such a government does not need an election to be rigged in its favour,” he stated.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) and National Identification Authority are conspiring to suppress votes in the strongholds of the party.
Addressing a news conference Thursday afternoon, National Chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu Ampofo alleged that the decision of the Electoral Commission to push for the Ghana Card, birth certificate and Passport as the primary documents required to register during the voters’ registration exercise is part of a grand scheme to rig the 2020 elections in favour of the governing NPP.
According to Mr Ampofo, the decision by the NIA to increase the number of registration centres in the Ashanti region but keep few in the strongholds of the NDC is part of the voter suppression agenda.
“The President seeing defeat staring glaringly at him, he is in conjunction with the Jean Mensa led EC and the Ken Attafuah led NIA desperately scheming to rig the 2020 elections and hold on to power at all cost.
“Not even the unusual circumstances we find ourselves in which requires that we pull together for our collective survival as a nation are enough to deter the actors of this plot from their ungodly act.”
Mr Ampofo also wondered why the EC would like to ignore the voter ID which he said is the most credible document of identity in the county and rather go for birth certificates which are easily obtainable.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has been reported by the British media as being complicit in the £5million Airbus bribery scandal.
The Sun newspaper, in its latest edition on Tuesday, also reports that an international arrest warrant has been issued by Ghanaian authorities for the arrest of four people, including John Mahama’s brother for questioning.
The four British nationals, including former President Mahama’s brother, are wanted by Ghanaian authorities for questioning for their roles in allegedly bribing Ghanaian government officials to the tune of £5million.
The four, allegedly led by the former President’s brother, played the role of middlemen to facilitate the £50 million sale of three Airbus C-295 military planes to Ghana.
The Sun reported that former President Mahama allegedly had links with the middlemen who facilitated the payments of bribes to key government officials when he was Vice President.
“Former Ghana president John Dramani Mahama is accused of having links to a corrupt network which received kickbacks during the contract process,” reported the Sun.
Part of the wanted four alongside the former President’s brother is former British actor Phil Middlemiss, who is alleged to be a key member the corrupt network.
Middlemiss, a close friend of John Mahama’s brother, is said to have temporarily relocated to Ghana to play his middleman role with his team for the sale of the military aircraft.
Background
A collaborative investigation by the UK, USA and France revealed that aeroplane manufactures Airbus, used middlemen to kickbacks bribes to Ghanaian government officials for the sale of the over £50million.
Following the exposure of the scandal, Airbus agreed to pay a £3 billion fine for the use of middlemen to sell planes.
Following the naming and involvement of former high-ranking former Ghanaian officials in the scandal, Ghana’s Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu launched further investigations into the matter in February.
The Special Prosecutor recently announced he had summoned four people for questioning.
He released their passport details online to aid the international arrest warrant.
The British media has taken a special interest in the high-profile, international bribery scandal following the involvement of Middlemiss.
The sudden opulent life of Middlemiss, who filed for bankruptcy in 2012, has raised eyebrows and the Sun report subtly linked his post-bankruptcy opulent status to the scandal.
Founder and leader of the International God’s Way Church, Angel Bishop Daniel Obinim has reportedly been rushed to the hospital, following an ”arrest warrant” for the man of God.
The ‘Angel’ is said to have been hospitalized after Police stormed his church to invite him for interrogation for being complicit in an issue before the Police.
Narrating the incident, Peace FM’s News Anchor and Presenter, Nana Yaw Kesseh said on Peace 6 pm News that ‘Angel Obinim’ was conducting counselling sessions in his church when the Police arrived and was asked to follow them to the police station.
According to an eyewitness report, he asked to be excused for a moment in his office and on returning he suddenly fell sick and couldn’t walk again so had to be rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The Police personnel are, however, “policing” him at the hospital till he recovers for interrogation.
