Elizabeth Danso

Yesterday a video went viral featuring a number of young men fully armed and threatening to take down anyone who stands in their way. They were said to have mistakenly shared the video in a WhatsApp chat they belong to. Reports indicates that they live in Obuasi and they have still not been arrested despite the video going viral. A fresh video featuring same men has gone viral again. In the video they were seen flaunting bundles of Ghana cedis to show the general public how much money they have made robbing people.…

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has said that Ghana will continue to engage middlemen to some extent in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines. Speaking at a Press briefing on 16th June 2021, he said the country had to utilize people who claimed they had authority to sell vaccines for Russia. “Whatever it is, we may have to procure and so far as we are getting bilateral engagements to do, we wouldn’t have options than to continue to engage middlemen to some limited extent,” the Health Minister stated. The…

The Chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP) madam Nana Akosua Frimponmaa-Sarpong has asserted that her party is the only party that didn't fail Ghana since independence. Speaking at the 72nd anniversary of the CPP she noted that the party through the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah brought development to Ghanaians. The anniversary was held in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in a bid to make young ones aware of the numerous factories the first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah built in the…

Security Analyst, Adib Sani has expressed displeasure in Ghana's approach in handling security issues in the country. Speaking to Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show the government has appointed a lot of people, some of which is to reward the boys yet crime is going up. He says the approach the country uses in handling crime isn't right. “The government has appointed security ministers and a lot of people; some of the portfolios which are duplication and some of which are to reward the boys, all to tackle security…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has paid a visit to the family of police officer who was murdered during a broad day light robber near Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. Constable Emmanuel Osei belonged to the National SWAT team, and was murdered in cold blood by armed robbers who attacked a bullion van at James Town, Accra on Monday 14th June, 2021. The IGP paid the visit with members of the Police Management Board and he pledged to the family of the deceased that the Police Administration will…

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has hinted on when next the country will get vaccines and he mentioned August 2021. He made this comment following the rising brouhaha about the use of middlemen to procure Sputnik-V vaccines at $19 instead of the $10 on the international market. Speaking with Citi News, the Health Minister indicated that the earliest time the country has to receive vaccines again would be in August 2021. “We are waiting for vaccines. The agreements I signed, if they give me an…

The Ghana Police Service strongly believes that attacks on bullion vans will not take place again due to the strict measures it has put in place in curbing the menace. At a press briefing on Tuesday, June 15 2021, the police stated that the bullion van attacks will not reoccur because of strategies put in place. “We are hoping that this will not happen again because of the strategies we have put in place. We are alert, this is not only the police service, but it’s the entire security architecture.” “The resolve of…

The former Mayor for Greater Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije argues that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will do better in the upcoming 2024 election if it retains John Dramani Mahama as flagbearer. In an interview with Citi Tv's Umaru Sanda, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency said the former President pulled an impressive number of votes in his previous attempts. For this reason he believes that giving Mahama another chance will go a long way to benefit the party. “He has really…

Head of Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Professor Kwesi Aning says similar incident like that of the James town bullion van attack likely to happen across the country. Speaking on the ''Morning Starr'' programme he said that attacks like the Jamestown bullion van is like to happen again in the country because the correlation between crime, arrest and prosecution is not a positive one. “What happened yesterday is going to continue to happen across the…

The police has placed a Ghs20,000 bounty on suspected robbers who attacked a bullion van that was transferring money where they killed a police officer on board and an eye witness on Monday, June 14, 2021. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman on Tuesday informed the public about the bounty. According to her the police is convinced that the money will encourage people to give any information they have about the whereabout of the suspected robbers. Meanwhile…