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The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the CID Headquarters has started investigating the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe Abronye otherwise known as Abronye DC.

The investigation concerns an alleged case of publications of false news reported against Abronye DC by former President John Mahama. 

As a result, the Criminal Investigation Department, in an invitation letter dated May 19, 2020, has asked Abronye to report to the SIU at 10:00 am today, May 21, to assist with investigation. 

The CID in the letter signed by Barima Tweneboah Sasraku II, Deputy Director-General of CID, urged cooperation from the NPP Regional chairman. 

It would be recalled that Mr Mahama had written to the Director-General of the CID through his lawyer, Tony Lithur of Lithur Brew Co. law firm, on Monday, May 4, drawing the attention of the CID to an infringement of Section 208 of Act 29 which talks about publication of false news with intent to cause fear and alarm. 

He notified CID that Abronye DC had alleged that he (Mahama) is hatching a plot to assassinate some key NPP members including Abronye himself.

The allegations were made on Net 2 TV. 

“On the programme, Abronye DC announced to the general public that some NPP personalities would be assassinated by NDC hirelings who would be wearing NPP T-shirts and that these hirelings would be doing the bidding of former President John Mahama,” Mr Lithur pointed out in the letter to the CID. 

“On the same programme, Abronye DC stated that President John Mahama ‘killed President John Evans Atta-Mills’.” 

Abronya DC, however, wrote to the CID, explaining his side of the story, insisting that a politician of his calibre will not publish false news.

Source: Daily Guide Network

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President Nana Akufo-Addo is advising Ghanaians to device effective ways of living with the novel coronavirus following indications from the science community that the disease will be around for a long while.

The President said the outbreak of the virus must not cause a halt in Ghana’s development agenda.

He said citizens must take personal responsibility of their lives to ensure strict adherence to the various precautionary measures outlined by the Ghana Health Service as a sure way of protection.

Nana Akufo-Addo who was speaking at a meeting with the chiefs and elders of the Anlo Traditional Area of the Volta Region on Wednesday said social distancing, not shaking hands among other practices are the short to long term solution to stopping the spread of COVID-19.

“We are going through a very difficult time in our country that all of us are aware of. Nevertheless, it doesn’t mean that our lives must come to a stop. The virus is there, but we have to find a way to live with it. Ghana’s business must continue. As I have been saying, the most effective measure for us to deal with this virus is our own self-discipline, the protocols of hygiene, social distancing, not shaking hands, protecting ourselves, wearing the face masks etc. These are the short to long term solution to the proliferation of the virus,” Akufo-Addo said.

COVID-19 in Ghana

From two cases recorded in the second week of March 2020, Ghana as at 0600GMT on Thursday 21, 2020 has 6,269 COVID-19 cases out of which 1,898 have recovered and 31 dead.

The Greater Accra Region leads as the region with the most number of cases followed by the Ashanti and Central Regions.

Top 3 regions

Greater Accra Region – 4,582
Ashanti Region – 921
Central Region – 285

The government has introduced various measures to stop the spread of the virus including mandatorily quarantining some persons who arrived in the country from abroad as well as partially locking down parts of the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions.

That restriction has since been lifted however, the government is strongly pushing for the wearing of face masks in public places and observation of social distance.

Source: citinewsroom.com

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The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen is currently being investigated by the Ghana Police Service.

According to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, Obiri Boahen is being questioned for some alleged unlawful comments he made on a show on Accra-based Okay FM.

He made the said comment on the same programme with Major Boakye-Djan who was arrested and granted bail earlier this week.

The Public Relations Officer of the Criminal Investigations Department, DSP Juliana Obeng said due diligence will be done on the matter.

“We have started an investigation into comments made by the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP…The fact that we have not arrested him does not mean that he cannot or will not be arrested. So if authorities during investigations find it prudent to arrest him, he will be arrested but for now, he has not been arrested.”

Boakye-Djan granted bail

Meanwhile, a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Major (Rtd) Kwadwo Boakye-Djan has been granted bail after he was arrested for making comments deemed to have breached the peace of the country.

According to police, he has been charged with the offence of offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace contrary to section 207 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act.

After being granted police enquiry bail, Major Boakye-Djan is expected to report to the police once a week.

The arrest came after he was questioned by officials of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service at his residence on Tuesday at his hometown at Bebianiha in the Bono Region.

The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has since described Major Boakye-Gyan’s arrest as a clear case of political persecution.

“I will say that the police are being used as puppets and the puppet master is President Nana Akufo-Addo at the [Jubilee] House and he is using the police to intimidate his political opponents,” he said.

Source: citinewsroom.com

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An officer with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service at Donkro Nkwanta in the Nkoranza South Municipality has allegedly brutalized a student of University of Education, Winneba, for allegedly flirting with his wife

The victim, Hayford Osei, who suffered multiple cuts on his nose and mouth, is currently nursing his wounds.

The offending officer has been identified as Ebenezer Antwi, but the authorities at the Donkro Nkwanta Police Station refused to comment on the issue.

The only response they gave when DAILY GUIDE contacted them was that investigation was ongoing and they could not comment further.

According to information, Hayford’s elder brother used to date the lady at the center of the issue but broke up with her before the lady dated the police officer with whom she now has a baby.

However, sources say anytime she sees Hayford, she demands money from him because she used to be his elder brother’s girlfriend.

On May 7, 2020, at about 11:00 pm, Hayford, who was doing online examination on his phone due to the closure of schools as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, said he received persistent calls from Serwaa demanding GH¢5 to buy pampers for her baby.

However, the persistent calls from Serwaa was disrupting his work on the phone, so he asked her to stop calling him and promised to give the money to her later in her house.null

“So, I went to her house at about 11:00 pm and she gave me a chair to sit on. But all of a sudden, somebody gave me a hefty slap on my face from behind. I fell down and the person continued to give me hefty blows till blood streamed on my face while the lady stood aloof for his husband to brutalize me. I lost my phone in the process. I had to run into the nearby bush to escape death,” he narrated.

He said he lodged the case with the same police station where the suspect is stationed, adding “I was afraid he might not receive justice so I reported the issue to the media as well.”

Source: Daily Guide Network

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The FIGC has announced that Serie A will end with a playoff-playout scenario if the season stops again due to coronavirus.

The Federal Council took place this afternoon with all of Italian football’s leading stakeholders, including FIGC President Gabriele Gravina, Lega Serie A chief Paolo Dal Pino and those in charge of Serie B and C.

In an official statement, the FIGC pledged to restructre the format of Italy’s top three leagues for its remaining fixtures if another suspension was imposed.

The format is described as ‘a short playoff and playout stage’, involving the teams competing for top spots and those fighting to avoid relegation in A, B and C.

In the event the campaign is called off completely, the federation states ‘tables will be defined by applying objective correction coefficients’.

The coefficients used will ‘account for the layout of tables and/or the different number of matches played by clubs that, in any case, will provide for promotions and relegations’, although Serie A winners were not mentioned.

Source: http://www.allfootball.com

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Report reaching prez tv indicates that popular Ghanaian pastor Apraku My Daughter is dead!

His shocking death comes just a day after making news for being spotted walking around drunk.

indicates that popular Ghanaian pastor Apraku My Daughter is dead!

The popular singer and pastor passed away today.

His shocking death comes just a day after making news for being spotted walking around drunk.

By: Stephen Kofi Annan—preznewsgh

Not more than 25 people will be permitted at a registration centre at a given time when the Electoral commission begins the mass voter registration exercise for the December polls, that’s according the Communications Director for the Commission.

According to Sylvia Annor, the commission will put the necessary safety protocols in place to ensure that Ghanaians are adequately protected against COVID-19 contraction while undertaking the exercise.

Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Wednesday, the EC spokesperson said the commission poised to develop a voters’ roll for the upcoming Presidential and parliamentary elections.

“At each point in time we will ensure that we do not have more than 25 persons including the officials at any registration centre,” she said.

She added: “People coming to register will be given hand sanitizers before they enter the registration centre, you need to wear a face mask, without a face mask you cannot enter a registration centre. There will be no crowding at the registration centre, I can assure you”.

She reiterated the EC’s position that existing Voter’s ID cards will not be accepted as proof of identity during the registration exercise.

“You need a Ghanaian passport or Ghana card, if for one reason or the other you don’t have any of the two then you fall on the other which is getting two guarantors to guarantee for you.

“We are not using the old voters’ ID card, the voters’ ID card, some people argue, is not a good index for identification. It’s an established fact that the ID card is not a good index for proof of identification”.

Meanwhile, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the Electoral Commission and National Identification Authority are conspiring to suppress votes in the strongholds of the party.

Addressing a news conference last week, 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.

Source: Starr FM

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Gospel musician Patience Nyarko, angrily walked out from joy news interview, shock and humiliation after she was asked a question about her fellow singer Joe Mettle.

When Patience Nyarko was asked if Joe Mettle’s song “BO NOO NI” was a Pentecostal or Methodist hymn song as she claimed earlier .

Patience was unable to properly answer and when she was asked if she knew that analysis proves Mettle has actually composed 40 of his own songs , she lost her cool and stormed out.

Patience Nyarko meltdown came after a rant she had last week tearing Joe Mettle apart .In that rant, Nyarko said Mettle doesn’t write his own songs but simply sings old hymns to for fame.

She further mentioned that proper gospel musicians like herself is neglected by Ghanaians for the simple fact that they don’t sing in English.

However , her comments have not gone down particularly well with Mettle’s large Fanbase who have been relentlessly roasting her , making her fall off her music career.

By: Alhassan Grace Latifatu— preznewsgh

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Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Head Pastor of the International God’s Way Church was on Tuesday arrested by police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and charged in court for the publication of false news and forgery of a document, contrary to sections 208 and 159 of the Criminal and other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) respectively.

He was picked up by the police on a warrant of arrest issued by the court.

He is also under investigations for other offences levelled against him.

A statement signed and issued by Ms Juliana Obeng, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and Head of Public Affairs at the CID said Bishop Obinim was sent to the Magistrate Court in Accra on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

He was granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with three sureties, one to be justified and to re-appear before the court on June 1, 2020.

“The CID administration, however, entreat the public to disregard the video circulating on social media on the arrest of Bishop Obinim. The video has no relation with the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, May 19, 2020,” the statement added.

Source: thrillernewsgh.com

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The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Attafuah, has hit back at critics accusing his outfit of plotting to rig the 2020 elections.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) had accused the NIA of conspiring with the Electoral Commission (EC) to rig the 2020 general elections for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

But on Citi TV‘s Face to Face with Godfred Akoto Boafo, Prof Attafuah said he was greatly offended by the unsubstantiated claims.

He remarked that the thought of conspiring to rig an election never crossed his mind.

His office has also formally denied the claims by the NDC in a statement.

“It is deeply offensive for your integrity to be assailed on no grounds other than mere conjectures, speculation and supposition. There is no iota of truth [in the allegations]. It is not something I have ever dreamt of.”

He also said he was surprised by the attempts “to construct an image of Ken Attafuah as an evil person involved in a criminal enterprise to deprive the citizenry of their fuel and determination.”

He also said such accusations were insulting to the Board of Governors of the Authority.

According to him the NDC’s allegations imply that NIA “Board of Governors would either sit idly and blindingly allow me and my management to lead this organization into an evil conspiracy to rob the good people of this country of their free will and choice.”

Prof. Attafuah stressed that the accusations are mind-boggling that such allegations lowered the bar of politics in Ghana adding that “we are not aiding the enterprise of statecraft and good governance.”

Reason for NDC’s allegations

The NDC had said the NIA and the Electoral Commission were conspiring because of purported disparities in the registration for the Ghana Card in different regions.

This is of concern to the NDC because the EC has presented a Constitutional Instrument to amend C.I 91 to make the Ghana Card and passports the only form of identification registering onto the electoral roll.

The EC also plans to begin a new voters registration exercise.

With these in mind, addressing the media on May 14, 2020, the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, alleged that the National Identification Authority prioritised the Ashanti Region during its registration exercise since the region is noted to be an NPP stronghold.

He said the NIA deployed a number of its equipment to the region in a bid to capture more people so the NPP could get more voters to be captured onto the new electoral roll.

Source: citinewsroom.com