News of Tuesday, 19 January 2021

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Drama at Supreme Court as Tsatsu Tsikata trades ‘legal blows’ with judge US CDC warns travelers to stay away from Ghana over rising coronavirus cases Twitter erupts with trolls as Mahama’s lawyers allegedly commit another mistake in election petition Fidelity's Head of Corporate Finance succumbs to coronavirus Close friend of dead slay queen Ama Broni provides 'true' details of how she died There is a plot to assassinate me on Thursday – Kennedy Agyapong alleges

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Press Releases

• Make 2021 a year of Science - Alliance for Science Ghana to Akufo-Addo
• Ghana Police Service should abide by it's rules
• Wapic Insurance Ghana Limited changes name to Coronation Insurance Ghana Ltd
• ExLA Group celebrates 10th anniversary
• Time with Ambassador Tom Norring
• PZ Cussons launches Cussons Baby Moments season 3
• Emirates becomes one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass
• Ghana Beverages Awards 2020 launched, nominations open
• Call for entries - 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards

Opinions

• Exploring alternative funding through financial markets
• Nana Akufo-Addo, a man of vision, perseverance: He must be studied in our schools
• Time with Ambassador Tom Norring
• Consensus-building is a national duty imposed on both the NPP and the NDC per the outcome of the 2020 elections
• The sources of funds of elected politicians: the shroud of democracy
• Ghana's 1992 Constitution has not stipulated that executive must control legislature
• We must protect our democracy
• Govt delay in the distribution of PPEs unacceptable; pupils must be given critical attention
• Shaping a data economy
• Partnering Ndoum School of Business is a progressive move: UCC management deserves commendation

General News

• 97 persons arrested for not wearing face mask
• You cannot compare Ken Agyapong’s attack on judge to Muntaka’s bribery allegation - JUSAG
• Mastercard Foundation Scholars assist Bosomtwe-Oyoko Community Day SHS
• Supreme Court must compel Muntaka to substantiate his allegation – Maurice Ampaw
• Mahama files another motion demanding original collation forms, others
• Coronavirus shouldn’t be allowed to ruin our lives – Ghana Medical Association
• Election Petition: Supreme Court dismisses Mahama’s motion for EC Chair to admit errors
• Newly detected coronavirus variants are from UK, South Africa – Senior Researcher
• Fidelity's Head of Corporate Finance succumbs to coronavirus
• We were not ready to reopen schools - Kofi Asare
• Nana Fredua blasts Ghanaians over coronavirus protocols
• TEWU suspends strike
• No-nonsense Sophia Akuffo would have dealt with Muntaka by now – Maurice Ampaw
• Coronavirus teaches us to bridge gap between rich, poor in accessing education - Ablakwa
• China deploys frontline doctors to Ghana to combat coronavirus
• UNICEF donates relief items to basic schools in Greater Accra region
• Every school must set up 'CoronavirusCompliance Committee' - Prof. Joseph Osafo
• COVID-19: Akufo-Addo’s ‘88 hospitals within a year’ promise ‘empty’ – Policy analyst
• Clergyman appeals to president to cut down ministerial appointments
• Gov't should reexamine coronavirus punishment - Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists
• Election petition: NDC supporters storm Supreme Court ahead of hearing
• No PPE: IFEST wants reopening of basic schools suspended amid coronavirus fears
• Mfantseman MP murder: We’re analysing evidence – Prosecution
• TEWU suspends nationwide industrial action
• Today in History: Get your undercover agents to find Ahmed’s killers - Anas told
• Majority of students in Adaklu Circuit resumes school without masks
• COVID-19: New variant travels 50-70 times faster - GHS
• GES unaware some schools don’t have PPE - Dep. Director General claims
• Mfantsiman MP robbery case: Police awaits three reports
• Election Petition: GBC needs over GH¢600,000.00 for live coverage
• ‘Incompetent’ MoE, GES should’ve sent PPE to schools ahead of reopening – IFEST
• Today in History: Menzgold saga: Government delegation returns without NAM 1
• IFJ remembers Ahmed Hussein-Suale
• Stop wasting time; lockdown the country again - Odike
• Reopening of Schools: 80 Per cent of early childhood centres ready
• NDC, NPP split seats on parliament's Appointment, Business committees
• Akufo-Addo appoints Opare Duncan as Acting National Security Boss
• Atmosphere amidst School Reopening In Takoradi
• 2020 Election Petition hearing enters day two today
• Ghana playing with new coronavirus variant – Franklin Cudjoe
• Mahama’s legal team intends to delay hearing of Election Petition – Oppong Nkrumah
• Coronavirus: We’ve not recorded any case on campus - Private University
• President Akufo-Addo to open 72nd Annual New Year School
• Education Ministry urges parents to support gov’t in providing PPE
• GJA, others, mark second anniversary of slain journalist
• EPA poised to safeguard the environment in 2021
• Police caution youth against lawlessness
• Schools to run shift in Lower-West Akyem Municipality
• We are excited to see our children go back to school – Parents
• Reopening of schools: Pupils happy to be back, tidy classrooms for lessons
• NDC caucus demands copies of handing over notes from govt appointees
• Supreme Court rules against Mahama’s motion for EC Chair to admit to results errors
• Lead by example, let your children go to school – Kofi Asare to political leaders
• Let’s bury our differences, develop Ghana – NDC’s Lawyer Evans Amankwa rallies NPP
• Protocol non-compliance by schools will trigger closure - NaSIA
• President Akufo-Addo opens 72nd New Year School today
• FlashBack: 42 days’ timeline to adjudicate possible 2020 election petition was not set by judiciary – Yoni Kulendi
• Akufo-Addo’s order for police to enforce mask-wearing is a huge ‘bonanza’ for them – NDC Lawyer
• US CDC warns travelers to stay away from Ghana over rising coronavirus cases
• Security agencies must be resolute in enforcing COVID-19 - Peace Council
• Election Petition: Mahama presses EC to admit to errors made in the declaration
• Coronavirus: Ashesi University, GIS lose staff
• Vice President Bawumia shows gratitude to staffers
• Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III to be buried in April
• Coronavirus: Throwback to how some political parties ‘carelessly’ campaigned
• Don’t call Ghanaians reckless, show leadership – Senyo Hosi berates gov’t on Coronavirus fight
• Pre-trial: Give us certified copies of ruling to advise ourselves – Lawyers of Mahama demand
• Senyo Hosi ‘dresses down’ Oppong Nkrumah for calling Ghanaian public ‘reckless’
• There is no data to support claims that political activities contributed to rising COVID-19 cases – Oppong Nkrumah
• Collins Dauda’s Nananom Radio Station robbed
• Close friend of dead slay queen Ama Broni provides 'true' details of how she died
• Workplan for Coronavirus vaccine deployment to be ready next week - Oppong Nkrumah
• We are ready for case management despite delay tactics – Oppong Nkrumah
• Show us the land for community mining – GNASSM to Akufo-Addo
• Massive turnout of students despite pandemic
• Two kids drown at Offinso
• Election Petition: NDC’s comments about panel unfair, baseless – Nana B
• We are joking with new strain of coronavirus – Franklin Cudjoe laments
• Today at the news stands
• Coronavirus spike: Re-impose ban on large funerals, weddings - Prof. Awandare to Akufo-Addo
• Political activities contributed to surge in Ghana’s coronavirus cases – Dr Yankson contradicts Oppong Nkrumah
• ‘This pandemic is not a joking matter’ – Former Chief Justice cautions
• Here’s how school authorities are combating the coronavirus as schools resume
• Fight against Coronavirus is a collective responsibility – Oppong Nkrumah
• Government in breach of Presidential Transitional Act – Haruna Iddrisu
• There is a plot to assassinate me on Thursday – Kennedy Agyapong alleges
• Free COVID-19 mass testing best way for Ghana – Ablakwa
• AMA distributes PPEs, stationery to mark 'My First Day at School’
• Election Petition: We are gladdened by Supreme Court’s ruling – Frank Davies
• Drama at Supreme Court as Tsatsu Tsikata trades ‘legal blows’ with judge
• Close down Kindergarten and primary schools to avert coronavirus spread - Prophet
• Audio emerges of Ama Sey’s aide campaigning for NDC Parliamentary candidate in 2020 elections
• Election Petition: I have not targeted Jean Mensa – Tsatsu Tsikata
• Educationist ‘fires’ govt over delay in distribution of PPE to schools
• Ghana to source suitable COVID-19 vaccine
• Armed robbers shoot dead young Policeman escorting bullion van, steal cash, Ak 47
• Election Petition: Supreme Court calm ahead of pre-trial
• Coronavirus: UK, South Africa variants found in Ghana – Senior Researcher
• 33 people killed in road accidents on Wenchi road - Report
• Online porn publication increased post-coronavirus lockdown - Police
• Coronavirus: We need to wear our masks - First Lady
• Ablekuma Shooting: Govt shielding Lord Commey’s bodyguard after he killed our son – Family of Ibrahim Abass
• Dismissal of our motion shocking – Mahama’s Legal Team
• Rawlings should ‘join’ Mills at Asomdwee Park – Effah-Dartey
• Uniformed military fingered in Manso Forest illegal mining; providing cover for Chinese
• Baba Jamal reacts to Supreme Court’s dismissal of Mahama’s interrogatories
• Parliament to decide on scrapping of 2021 fees for tertiary students tomorrow – Speaker
• Twitter erupts with trolls as Mahama’s lawyers allegedly commit another mistake in election petition
• It is irresponsible to say rallies did not increase coronavirus cases - Gane
• No masks, no entry – GPRTU tells passengers
• Supreme Court adjourns Mahama-Akufo-Addo election petition hearing to January 20
• LIVESTREAMED: Day 2 of 2020 Election Petition hearing

Politics

• I've no interest in NPP Chairmanship - Kennedy Agyapong clarifies
• 'We are committed to an expeditious trial' – Mahama’s lawyer
• It was good Oquaye lost, 2020 results will teach us lessons - NPP man
• Don’t allow politics to divide us - Lawyer Sosu
• Don’t appoint anyone like the current self-seeking, incompetent KMA boss again – Akufo-Addo cautioned
• We will champion national interest in 8th Parliament - Della Sowah
• NPP knows I’m a big threat to them, they shiver when I move – Ofosu Ampofo
• Selection of 2024 NPP Flagbearer should be based on consensus – Mensah-Bonsu
• Cooperation, dialogue must guide Parliament - Bagbin
• Ghanaians actually ‘mollycoddle’ your substandard NPP – Felix Kwakye slaps Gabby with ‘big English’
• Bawumia replies ‘tribal critics’ with staffers list; shows Ashantis, other tribes dominate Vice Presidency
• Channel your energy in debating over Alan, Bawumia to praying for Nana Addo - NPP told
• Beautification of Akufo-Addo’s Nima residence is Zongo Ministry’s biggest achievement – Suhuyini
• List of Bawumia's staffers shows balance in tribe representation
• Election Petition pre-hearing begins today
• Twitter trends rocket for Tsatsu Tsikata

Crime & Punishment

• Two ex-convicts get 30-years for robbery
• Ablekuma Central shooting case adjourned to Feb 15
• University student granted bail for posting nude pictures on social media
• Murder of late Mfantseman MP: Police scrutinising accused phone calls
• Two get six years for stealing
• Man in Police grips for stabbing motor rider
• West Hills Mall management foils employment scam

Religion

• UK’s Dr. Evans Oppong to host Knowledge Revolution in Ghana
• Pastors end up in bed with gay who needed spiritual deliverance

Health News

• We will support NMIMR coronavirus test falsification investigations - GHS
• Provide your children with good nutrition - Dr Amo-Kodieh

Regional News

• Schools with large population to run shift system in Ashanti region - Metropolitan Directorate
• Coronavirus: Social distancing is a priority – Headmaster
• Psyche yourselves to wear masks- Kadjebi DCE admonishes students
• Schools resume with most students without nose mask in Odumasi
• Data Protection Commission to open regional offices
• Graduates of technical and vocational schools urged to make good use of the skills acquired
• Western North residents want Dr Kwaku Afriyie appointed cabinet minister
• Chief of Adeiso Chief calls on Akufo-Addo not to re-appoint DCE
• Volta records 37 new cases of coronavirus with one death
• AMA empowers PWDs with working tools and seed capital
• Atwima Mponua residents want DCE sacked
• Afenyo-Markin hands over 14th Library to constituents
• UPSA amends coronavirus safety procedures after Monday's long queues
• Teacher impregnates two students, absconds
• Salaga police receive two pick-ups
• Consider gender and regional balance in your appointments - NGO
• Coronavirus: Upper East Regional nurses and midwives mourn departed colleague
• The Ghanaian Farmer TV show launches ‘Support-The-Farmer-Initiative’
• School children in Sissala East undertake clean-up exercise
• Coronavirus District Taskforce visits schools in Upper Denkyira West
• Pokrom Nsabaa: Farms destroyed with chemical over land dispute
• Use new media to promote participatory and accountable governance - MP urges Local Assemblies
• GGGA celebrates its Centenary
• Residents of Ellembelle District disregard coronavirus safety protocols
• GNB calls for renewed protection to stop child marriages
• Public schools can close their schools whilst we continue with our work - Enoch Gyetuah
• GNB Ghana calls for renewed protection to stop Child Marriages
• Doreen Andoh Book Farm, Opoku Gakpo Foundation donate to schools in Ajumako Ba
• Report pupils, students' abnormal health conditions first to school heads, teachers urged
• Reopening of Schools: Senior High Schools in Upper West record low turnouts of students
• N/R: Headmaster makes plea for support to put back a falling classroom wall
• Libi Wornor of Ada, chiefs appeal to govt to stop Electrochem from taking over Songor Lagoon
• Dr Mahamudu Bawumia supports Young Zongo Software Developers
• Lack of computers, non-enclosed classrooms hampering academic activities at Odumase-Anglican Primary