Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has pointed out that marriage is not the cause of domestic violence, but people are. The mother of four who has been married for 23 years, revealed this as she countered media personality, Daddy Freeze’s recent IG post, advising women that being called a “Living Miss is better than a dead Mrs”. She wrote, …
The Member of Parliament for the Okaikwei Central Constituency, Patrick Yaw Boamah has called on the Ghana Police Service to as a matter of urgency arrest and bring to book the individuals responsible for the recent stabbing incident at Abeka which led to the unfortunate death of one person. According to him, such an unfortunate incident must not be allowed …
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has told the Emile Short Commission probing the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence that the vehicle used by the masked security men did not belong to the Police Service. According to him, in his interaction with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), he came to understand that the Service did not release any vehicles for use …
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has sworn in the three-member commission tasked with investigating the violence during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. At the ceremony Friday, Dr. Bawumia lauded composition of the commission saying that “I don’t know anyone who can really question the integrity of the commission.” He also assured them “that all the necessary arrangements and logistics shall …
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has joined many institutions and individuals to condemn the shooting incident during last Thursday’s Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. “When such violent incidence occurs, several people who otherwise were healthy sustain serious injuries that put stress on our already over-stretched and under-resourced health delivery systems and in some cases adversely affect our emergency services,” the association …
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said the Commission of Inquiry tasked by the presidency to investigate the violence that occurred at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election is only a ploy to protect perpetrators of the violence. According to him, the whole idea of the Commission is flawed at birth because the …
The Electoral Commission has condemned the violence that characterized the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency with a call on political parties to take steps to disband their vigilante groups. Speaking after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee [IPAC] meeting held on Wednesday, Head of Communication at the Electoral Commission, Mr. Eric Dzakpasu said the attacks at the residence of …
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe circumstances leading to the violence that occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last Thursday. The decision was taken with the consent of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is out of the country. There was a shooting incident near a La Bawaleshie polling …
Movie producer and actress, Yvonne Nelson, has asked the Ghana Police Service to be up and doing as far as dealing with political violence such as the recent spectacle that characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, is concerned. She told TV3 News on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 that: “The police should take action and be in control.” Some …
Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is saddened by the recent violent occurrences in the country and how some ‘elements’, through their irresponsible actions, have depicted the wrong image of the party to citizens and the world at large. In a post on his wall, Mr. Otchere-Darko strongly defended his party, maintaining that the ruling …
