The Ringway campus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has temporarily been closed down.

This follows a confirmation of two of its staff members testing positive for COVID-19.#

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A memo issued by Management on 25 January 2021 indicated that “there would be a temporary closure of the Ringway campus of GIJ from Monday, 25th to Friday, 29th January 2021.

“The temporary closure is due to two members of staff testing positive for COVID-19”.

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The memo further stated: “Work will resume on Monday, 1st February, 2021 after fumigation of both the Ringway and North Dzorwulu campuses are complete”.

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Management however noted: “To ensure that academic work does not grind to a halt, the IT Directorate and Academic Affairs are particularly requested to migrate their work schedule online to provide support services to students. The Security Unit shall continue to operate at full capacity”.

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OKERE DISTRICT CONGRATULATES HON. DAN BOTWE ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECENTRALIZATION & RURAL DEV’T

Hon Dan Botwe, minister designate Local Government Minister

On behalf of the chiefs and people of Okere we congratulate Hon. Daniel Botwe our MP for his appointment as the minister for Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Development. We also thank H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for such and honor done is. We are so happy and proud that our MP has been given this position.

This statement was made by the D. C. E. Hon. Daniel Kenneth in an encounter with Nana Owusu Sakyi of Hot fm today after the nomination of minister designates for his second term

He added that the appointment did not come as a surprise as Hon. Dan Botwe had extremely performed in his ministerial role in the first term of the NPP government.
He’s disciplined with great knowledge of the entire country.

He’s a homegrown politician with lots of connections and good relationships with almost every major chief and key stakeholders around the country.

He is very discipline and hard working, dynamic, visionary and has winning mentality. His loyalty and love for the nation is phenomenal and this is evident in his deployment of effective tactics and strategies in the historic creation of six new regions to the admiration of all Ghanaians.


We wish him well in his new role and we have all the trust that he will deliver.

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HUMAN SKULL DEPOSIT IN CARPENTARY SHOP

Mim ,human skull deposited in carpentry shop

News emanating from Mim in the Asunafo North Municipal of Ahafo Region this morning is that human skull believe to be female has been deposited on top of a Coffin in the coffin shop of Mr Kwaku Kwakye, the Carpenter and and Owner of the Coffin which was stolen and deposited at Mim Cemetery uncovered last week Wednesday.

The current incident happened 4days after the Chiefs, Kwaku Kwakye together with the Fetishest Priest Komfour Botwe perform rituals in River Kokote and Cemetery and burnt the stolen Coffin in the cemetery.

A hair believe to be female hair can be seen on the skull.

Suppose human skull is alleged late Adwoa Amoakoa

A family that went to the cemetery to dig grave discovered the head was exhumed from a nearby grave.

Though the camera couldn’t capture inside of the grave but a name Adwoa Amoakoa can be seen on her coffin.

RICHNEWS.COM spoke to some of the Residents who visited the scene to watching the shocking incident.

On his part, the Carpenter Mr Kwaku Kwakye said he regret setting up his Carpentary shop in Mim as he believes the person behind the stolen Coffin and Human Skuul intended collapse his work hence the those act.

Source: Nana Ama Boatemaa, success FM GOASO.

GFA WARNS CLUBS TO ENFORCE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS OR FACE SADIUM CLOSURE.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has issued a caution to clubs, that it would close down any Match venue where the Covid-19 Safety Protocols are violated.

This was stated by the General Secretary of the GFA, Prosper Harrison Addo, during a virtual meeting with Safety & Security Officers and Representatives of the 18 Premier League Clubs on Wednesday January 20.

The meeting which was to review the Covid-19 Protocols and Operations, was held as a result of  some breaches of the GFA’s Matchday Covid-19 protocols at some match venues.

The Ghana Government recently gave the go ahead for stadiums to admit 25% capacity, on condition that the Covid-19 protocols are strictly adhered to.

But the compliance has been poor so far at various match venues.

The Ghana Football Association have stated that they will continue to monitoring the situation and will take the necessary steps to ensure compliance

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JOHNSON SMITH: REFEREES MUST PROTECT FABIO GAMA.

Brazilian international, Fabio Gama


Interim head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Johnson Smith, has called on Ghanaian referees to offer more protection for Brazilian midfielder Fabio Gama.

Gama has become a mainstay in the Asante Kotoko starting XI following his impressive debut performance against Liberty Professionals in which he set up the second of Kwame Opoku’s 2 goals in the 2-0 victory.

Since then however, the 28 year old has failed to register an assist in subsequent games against WAFA and Ebusua Dwarfs.

But Smith believes Gama is unfairly targeted for consistent fouling by opponents and wants referees to offer more protection for his creative midfielder.

Kotoko are second on the league log, one point behind leaders Karela United and face Aduana Stars on Sunday.

No deputy Regional Ministers for Nana Addo’s 2nd Term

Prez Nana Addo

The office of President Nana Akufo-Addo has confirmed widespread rumours that there will be a major downsizing of the government’s machinery with an official communication that there will be no deputy Regional Ministers in Akufo-Addo’s second term.

In a Press Release dated January 21, 2021, and sighted by GhanaWeb, the Presidency says there will be a major overhaul of the government’s ministerial team.

The Presidency also affirmed that the number of ministers in the new administration will not exceed 85.

To achieve the target, considering that he had over 120 ministers during his first term, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has abolished seven ministries in his new government.

They are the Ministries of Aviation, Business Development, Inner City and Zongo Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Regional Re-organisation and Development, and Special Development Initiatives.

He has also abolished the Office of the Senior Minister which was previously occupied by Yaw Osafo-Maafo.

Acting Director of Communications Office of the President, Mr Eugene Arhin, the seven ministries were abolished “because virtually all these special-purpose Ministries have achieved the purposes for which they were established.”

According to the statement signed by Mr Eugene Arhin In all, Presiden

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Am ready to meet them boot for boot: Kennedy Agyapong issue warning

Law maker Hon Ken Agyapong

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has hinted that he will be waiting at his house for some persons who are planning to attack him on Thursday. The law-maker warns that he is willing to match those assassins boot for boot.
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong who made the revelation on his NET 2 television indicated that he has had a lot of calls about a plan by some unknown assailants attempting to attack his family.

He notes that all their plans are already known and if they dare try, he will retaliate with another violence.

Mr. Kennedy Agyapong was unable to mention the names of the individuals who are planning his assassination attempt, but he warned them to stop their evil plans before anything bad happens.

According to Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, he will not move an inch from his house because he is ready to face anyone who tries him.

“I had a call today that I should get vacate my house because on Thursday some assailants will come and attack me and my family at 12 AM. But I’m not moving an inch from my house.

I’m very alert waiting for them. They should come and meet me. I’m also ready for them.
Whoever sent them has failed in advance. I’m not that cheap for anyone to just attack me at my own house. Tell them to come, I will be waiting patiently for them with my family.” Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong told Kwaku Annan in a telephone conversation.

Mr. Kennedy Agyapong added that he does not jeopardize with his security and nobody can attack him with ease.

He sounded the caution and warned the perpetrators to retract their plans before anything happens to them.

He was however optimistic that such plans cannot even be true but if indeed they are serous, he is also ready for them.

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NDC files application to stop the hearing of his petition

NDC national chairman elder Ofosu Ampofo

Petitioner in the ongoing election 2020 petition at the Supreme Court, John Dramani Mahama has filed an application at the Apex Court of the land, seeking to stop the hearing of his own petition he filed 22 days ago on 30 December 2020.

According to the motion on notice for stay of proceedings filed today (21 January) and expected to be moved on Tuesday (26 January 2021), which is the same date the Supreme Court is to resume sitting of the substantive petition, Mahama says he has been advised by his lawyers and believe that the Application for Review of the Supreme Court decision that dismissed their application for interlocutories, is based on certain fundamental errors of law that the Court made in its ruling, leading to a miscarriage of justice.

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“At the hearing of this application, counsel will crave the indulgence of the Court to refer to the statement of Case in support of the Application for Review, particularly to show that there are indeed serious matters of law that are to be determined in this review application, and I am likely to succeed, as the Ruling of the Court is manifestly in error” the application stated.

“In the meantime, certain Orders in respect of issues for trial and steps for the hearing of my Petition have been made by the Court on 20 January 202102, including orders that we file our Witness Statements by noon, 21 January 2022

Mahama further noted in his latest application that he has again been advised by his lawyers and believe that:

a. Discovery processes, such as interrogatories, are normal pre-trial processes to limit the scope or a trial, and the review application will seek to recognize the right to have recourse to them,

b. In this particular case, the use of the mechanism of interrogatories will ensure a speedier trial;

c. The denial to us of leave to serve interrogatories is a serious miscarriage of justice which we expect to have remedied in the Review;

d: For the hearing of the Petition to proceed before the Review is heard would cause irreparable harm to the conduct of our case, since I would have been denied the benefit of normal pre-trial” the application further stated.

Mahama concludes his application by indicating that “all the above constitute exceptional circumstances on the basis of which we respectfully seek orders of the Court staying the proceedings in this case until the determination of the Application for Review. Not to stay proceedings would create the unfortunate impression that the review application has been pre-determined. No prejudice will be caused to the Respondents by the grant of such leave”.

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President Akufo Addo submit his supposed ministers to speaker of Parliament.

Prez Nana Addo and Veep Dr Bawumia

As has been widely circulated in the media, there will be no deputy regional ministers in his second term and the total number of Ministers to be appointed won’t exceed 85.

A statement signed by Eugene Arhin, acting Director of Communications at the Presidency, indicated that “seven Ministries, namely Aviation, Business Development, Inner City and Zongo Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Regional Re-organisation and Development, and Special Development Initiatives, have been realigned.”

The President has effected this realignment because “virtually all these special-purpose Ministries have achieved the purposes for which they were established. The Office of the Senior Minister has also been abolished. This will result in a total of twenty-eight (28) Ministries, down from the thirty-six (36) of his first term.”

The statement further indicated “the President intends to appoint a Minister for Public Enterprises, who will be operating directly under the ambit of the Presidency, and not from a Ministry. The Minister will oversee a major restructuring of the entire state-owned enterprise’s sector to improve the productivity and profitability of the sector.

A Minister of State has been nominated, and, if approved, will be assigned to the Ministry of Works and Housing, in addition to the substantive Minister, to give special focus to the critical issue of affordable, mass housing, envisaged as one of the priorities of the President’s second term.

Meanwhile, the President by close of the day, Thursday 21st January 2021, would have submitted to Parliament the list of proposed Ministers and Regional Ministers of his new government to the Speaker of Parliament for the process of their prior approval for an appointment, in accordance with the dictates of the Constitution,” it said.

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SUAME MCE OKAY WITH STUDENTS COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

Hon John Osei Bobie Boahen donating school uniform to madam

As part of effort to adhere to the safety protocols as schools have resume for academic work, the government through the Oforikrom municipal under the leadership of Hon Gloria Timma Gambrah has today hand over a 3- unit class room block for Apiadu R/C Basic school which forms part of her first day at school tour in the municipality.

Places which where visited by the MCE together with the Education director of the Municipality and the entourage as part of “My first day at School ” Include Suame M/A JHS and primary school, Suame Adadiem Primary and JHS school, Breman M/A primary etc.

Speaking to richnews.com today after the tour in a various schools, the MCE for Suame Municipality Hon John Osei Bobie Boahen expressed his satisfaction and impressed after visiting all these various schools in a preparation to curb the spread of COVID19.

He pleaded with the headmaster’s to ensure that every classroom has it own Veronica bucket

He said, as today mark the first day of the young ones coming to school so there is a need to come together with him Education Directorate to encourage them and wish them well as the beginning of the Academic year and also to ensure that all Protocols by the government and our health authorities are well adhere by the school authorities and the young ones to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also cautioned the Auto Mechanics and magazine people who are incoratching Suame Adadeem primary and JHS to vacate before they demolished the place.

He therefore urged the school Authorities to also make good use of the newly school teaching and learning materials which he just handed over to the authorities for use to boost the moral of learning as education is concern.

MCE and Education Director doing donation

Meanwhile, the Education director for Suame Municipal Pastor Anthony Anyamesem-Poku also appreciated the effort of the MCE and the NPP government for such initiative and also promise MCE and the NPP government to make education very attractive to the students as the Assembly has finally handed over keys to the Education authorities of the Municipality to help improve the standard of teaching and learning.

He added that their desire is to raised the standard of education in Suame Municipal. In a way to do that, they have introduce Zoom learning and WhatsApp teaching and learning to catch up with the global change and boost the confidence of the students.

Pastor Anthony Anyamesem-Poku said, Suame Municipal Education Directorate has map a strategy to used Suame Magazine as a laboratory for technical students so that it will benefit the community.

He also expressed worried over the encroachment of Suame Adadeem Primary and JHS by the Auto electricians and plead with them to vacate from the compound before they face their wrath.

Source: richnewsnetwork.com