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A man believed to be 66-years-old has been found dead in a guest house in Koforidua hours after checking in with a 25-year-old lady. The man now deceased who gave his name as William Agyei to the receptionist at Adom Guest house onboard a Red Toyota Corolla with registration number ER 1614 -17 lodged at the guest house with the lady on December 19, 2020. According to the receptionist, on the next day, she found the man lying motionless when she entered the room in an attempt to clean after several bangs on the door went unanswered. The lady who checked in with man was, however, nowhere to be found. The owner of the guest house reported the incident to the Effiduase police. Investigators proceeded to the scene and on inspection found several sex enhancement drugs including vigrx for men, Deep heat spray, unirob polar ice, bendroflumeethiazide tablets and several other used tablets were seen in a bag found in the room. Also, a red bag containing the personal clothes of the deceased inclu...

 Security Analyst, Adib Saani writes......... *Safety of MPs elect dire* With both the NDC and NPP tottering at 137 and 138 MPs (including Independent) respectively, the precarious nature of the power balance in Parliament brings to fore the urgent need for MPs to exercise extra precaution in ensuring their safety.  One might wonder how numbers in Parliament relate to security of MPs.  Well, the uncomfortable truth is, politics in Ghana has become so grime some people, thirsty for power, do anything under the sun to grab it. Therefore, in the unfortunate demise of an MP from either sides, power could tectonically shift and cause major parliamentary re-engineering. As a result, probable politically motivated violence against MPs has become dire.  A lot is at stake, hence, MPs, especially those who were elected under extremely contentious grounds should take personal security more seriously.  These are some few tips worth considering; *1. Equip homes with surveill...

  BY: Nana Gyenin Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu says until there is a re-collation of results at Techiman South they will not build a consensus with the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Parliament currently hangs in a balance as the NPP and the NDC have 137 seats with one independent seat. The NDC after the EC announced the NPP as winners of the Techiman South seat have not agreed with the results and have called for a re-collation. The EC has said the disputed results of the December 7, 2020, parliamentary election in the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East can only be settled in court. The EC declared Mr Korsah of the NPP as the winner of the poll when he garnered 49,682, as against the 49,205 obtained by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Christopher Baasongti Beyere. The NDC insists that the results were not officially declared by the Techiman South Returning Officer. But the NPP has debunked the assertion and put out a video in w...

BY: Nana Gyenin Police in Savannah region has secured an injunction on a planned National Democratic Congress demonstration on Monday, December 21, in Buipe of Central Gonja District. The demonstration was to protest against the results of the 2020 elections as declared by the Electoral Commission. But a court order cited by African NewsPage asked the party to reschedule the demonstration. Various branches of the NDC nationwide have engaged in demonstrations in protest of the Electoral Commission’s handling of the electoral process that saw Nana Akufo-Addo declared President. Protests have taken place in Accra, Zabzugu, Techiman South, Tamale, Kumasi, Ketu South, among others. The Ghana Police Service has however warned the public against unlawful gatherings and demonstrations following the declaration of the results. According to the police, such gatherings without prior notification amount to a breach of the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491). This can lead to various penalties “inclu...

  BY: Nana Gyenin Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee have summoned IGP James Oppong Boanuh over recent killings during and after the December 7 elections. In an interview with the Chairman of the Committee, Seth Acheampong said as Head of the Election Security Taskforce, IGP Oppong Boanuh would need to report on the operations of the country’s security agencies. The Minority in Parliament earlier requested that the IGP be summoned and queried as to why 6 persons have been killed and 17 others injured as a result of electoral violence at various constituencies. According to the NDC MPs, prior to the elections, IGP Oppong Boanuh assured the House that his men would practice professionalism to ensure that things don’t go awry during the elections. In view of this, the Defence and Interior Committee led by Mr Acheampong has sent an invitation to the Inspector-General of Police to appear before the Committee next week for an in-camera conversation. “If you are doing a...