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Law Express Pre-Season Forum; Our aim is to educate the public

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The panellists at the high table

The Convener of Law Express Pre-Season Forum and host of the Law Express, Madam Seidu Nuhela, has said the program was aimed to educate the public on their rights and responsibilities to enable them seek justice when the need arose.

According to her, the forum would transcend from supporting the introduction of the law programme at the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) to ensuring that the department thrives to become one of the best in the country.

The event was organised by the Law Express, in collaboration with the SDD-UBIDS, to encourage people to consider taking up career prospects in the field of law, as well as to create a platform for stakeholders to discuss the introduction of a law programme at the university.

It was on the theme: “Educational and Career Prospects in the Law,” and brought together legal persons in the region to share their experiences in the law profession with the participants.

The Vice Chancellor of the SDD-UBIDS, Professor Philip Duku Osei  said  plans were far advanced for the commencement of the law programme and urged for support of the stakeholders to let it come to fruition.

He commended the organisers of the forum for creating the platform for discussion on the introduction of the programme and said it was part of fulfilling their mandate as a university.

The Upper West Regional President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mr. Ubeidu Siddique, has advised persons desiring to pursue career opportunities in law not to allow material things to be their motivation.

He said lawyers must exhibit high personal integrity and discipline to serve saying, “If money is your motivation, you will be exiting just as you are entering.”

Mr. Siddique, who is also the Upper West Regional Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice said “As a lawyer you have to be diligent, skillful, ethical, honest and hardworking. If you want to become a lawyer and you are lazy, forget it.”

Talking on the prospects in law, the Regional GBA President observed that there were many opportunities in the study of law saying, “One thing good about law is that you can work in any setting. Every setting needs a lawyer.”

He, therefore, pledged the support of the association to the SDD-UBIDS in its quest to commence a law programme at the university to propel the growth of the faculty.

Nadowli/Kaleo MP   support 3 communities  with  GHC58k

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Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah making the donation

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency of the Upper West Region, Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah, has committed an amount of GH¢58,000 to support three communities towards completing health care delivery projects.

The beneficiary communities, Pennintobo, Tangasia and Kulpieni, in the Nadowli/Kaleo District received support of GH¢30,000, GH¢25,000, and GH¢3,000 respectively to enable them complete their self-help delivery room projects initiated by the communities some years ago.

Sumah, who donated the amount in cash at separate meetings with chiefs, opinion leaders and residents of the three communities, disclosed that there was no doubt that a safe delivery facility closer to the communities with the requisite staff was important to enhancing maternal health care.

“It is my fervent hope that work on the projects will be completed as soon as possible, in order to bring some relief to pregnant women in these communities,” Mr. Sumah added.

They said it would help improve maternal health care in their areas and reduce the woes and difficulties pregnant women go through by walking several kilometres to have access to health facilities for maternal health.

The District Director of Health Services, Madam Phoebe Balagumyetime, said the completion of the delivery rooms project by the MP would go a long way to reduce the numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths recorded by the district every year.

23rd VGMA: KiDi finally wins ‘Artiste of the Year’ …Fameye dethrones Kinaata as Songwriter of the Year

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Artist of the year Kidi displays awards
Black Sherif (r) receiving his award

After narrowly missing out on the ‘Artiste of the Year’ award to Diana Hamilton at the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Afrobeats star KiDi has finally gotten his recognition. The Lynx Entertainment artiste was adjudged the artiste of the year under the year in review and he didn’t let the heartache from last year’s near-miss go. Accepting his award on the night, KiDi said “delay is not denial, Glory be to God. I want to thank MTN hitmaker for introducing me to Ghana. To the media, my fans, my friends, to my big boy Zane, to my mother, Ghana thank you so much.”

Sefa performs to the crowd

KiDi beat stiff competition from Black Sherif, King Promise, Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie and Joe Mettle to emerge winner.

His popular hit song ‘Touch It’ also won him the Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year, Vodafone Most Popular Song (Touch It).

He also walked away with the Album of the Year (The Golden Boy) and the Afrobeats Artiste of the Year.

In another category, Fameye has dethroned Kofi Kinaata as the best songwriter in Ghana at the 23rd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

King Promise performing

Fameye won the coveted Songwriter of the Year award ahead of Kinaata, the award winner for each of the past four years.

Kinaata’s reign finally came to an end courtesy of Fameye’s strong year musically with songs such as Praise.

Meanwhile, Black Sherif also took home the Best New Artiste award and the Hip-hop Song of the Year award as well.

Joe Mettle also took home the Gospel Artiste of the Year award. Kofi Kinaata won the Highlife Song of the Year award with Thy Grace.

Stonebuoy wins dancehall artist

Gambo won the ‘Unsung Act of The Year’ by beating competition from Bryan The Mensah, Nautyca, Ama Nova, King Maaga, Vanilla, Rcee, Chief One, Roy X Taylor and ShugaLord to claim the spot. Gambo, though controversial sometimes, is fast becoming one of the most loved emerging acts in Ghana.

 

Full list of winners below:

Artiste of the Year – KiDi

Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year – Touch It (KiDi)

Album/EP of the Year – (Golden Boy) KiDi

Best New Artiste – Black Sherif

D Black

Record of the Year – Sad Gurlz Luv Money (Amaarae)

Audio Engineer of the Year – Chris V. Rootselaar and Jaap Wiewel

Best Rap Performance of the Year – Lyrical Joe

Reggae Dancehall Artiste – Stonebwoy

Afropop/Afrobeat Artiste – KiDi

Afrobeats Song of the Year – Sefa

Gyaki

Collaboration of the Year – Enjoyment Minister (D Black)

Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year – Touch It (KiDi)

Afropop Song of the Year – Praise (Fameye)

Best Highlife Artiste of the Year – Akwaboah

Highlife Song of the Year – Thy Grace Part 1 (Kofi Kinaata)

Gospel Artiste of the Year – Joe Mettle

International Collaboration of the Year – Forever Remix (Gyakie)

Hip hop Song of the Year – Second Sermon (Black Sherif)

Kofi Kinata acknowledges his award

Hiplife Song of the Year – Yeeko (Okyeame Kwame)

Hip hop/Hiplife Artiste of the Year – Sarkodie

Gospel Song of the Year – Ote Me Mu (Ohemaa Mercy)

African Artiste of the Year – Wizkid

Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz

Music for Good – Greedy Men (Stonebwoy)

Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi

Music Video of the Year – Bosom PYung – Nyinya

Songwriter of the Year – Fameye (Praise)

Male Vocal Performance – Kwaisey Pee (Amazing God)

Female Vocal Performance – Niella (Where You Are)

Traditional Artiste – Nii Tettey Tetteh

Vodafone Green Award – Stonebwoy

Industry Awards;

Traditional Artiste of the Year (Non-voting Category) – Nii Tettey Tetteh

Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi

Male Vocal Performance of the Year – Amazing God by Kwaisey Pee

Female Vocal Performance of the Year – Where You Are by Niella

Songwriter of the Year – Praise by Fameye

Best Video of the Year – Nyinya by Bosom PYung

Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz

African Artist of the Year – WizKid

Lifetime Achievement Award – Agya Koo Nimoh

Unsung Artiste of the Year – Gambo

Music for Good – Greedy Men by Stonebwoy

 

Suspected goes missing in Police detention, family petitions IGP  

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Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba

The family of Dubuem Okonkwo has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, over the sudden disappearance of the suspect in police custody in Anambra State.

45-year-old Okonkwo, a member of Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) Awka,  was arrested by the police on March 15 for being linked to cultism and terrorising security agencies and residents.

During his arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng briefed journalists in March, saying: “We appreciate the fact that he can shout and make all the noise. We discovered, based on intelligence, that he is the one that at all times there is a strike around that axis, he gives information that the place is free for them to come in and go out.

“He didn’t know also that we were monitoring him. An investigation is ongoing; we are not saying he is guilty. The law and court will say whether he is guilty or not based on what we are able to come out.”

But two months after, the Okonkwo family raised an alarm over Dubuem’s sudden disappearance.

Speaking to Channels Television, the wife of the missing suspect, Ebere is demanding contact with her husband.

“I have been going to ask of him from one police station or the other. Since then, nothing,” the 28-year-old mother of one said.

“Nothing has appeared, no reply of seeing him face to face. They did not even give me any attention at all. I want President Muhammadu Buhari, the IGP to help me look for my husband. If he is dead, let me know. If he is still alive, let me know.”

Breaking down in tears, she called on well-meaning Nigerians to intervene in her situation.

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Labor Minister lied, we are yet to suspend our strike –Research Institutions

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Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige

Contrary to earlier reports that members of the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) called off their strike, after meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, the previous week, workers in the sector have come out to deny such claims.

The denial was contained in a statement circulated by workers in the research institutions under the auspices of the Joint Research and Allied Institutions Sector Unions (JORAISU) on Sunday.

According to the union, we have not suspended our seven monthly old strike.

The General Secretaries of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Peters Adeyemi and Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI), Theophilus Ndubuaku made the clarifications in Abuja at the weekend.

In a letter to the chairmen, secretaries and members of ASURI, Ndubuaku said contrary to the press statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on the 5th May 2022 saying the strike has been suspended, the strike is still on.

He noted that the statement by the Ministry is a misconstruction of reality.

He said all our members know that ASURI is a signatory to the JORAISU strike which commenced on October 13, 2021. That strike has not been called off and we have no reason to direct our members to desist from participating in it.

“The JORAISU strike is a sectoral struggle, so we cannot pull out of it unilaterally. The leadership of JORAISU is one and there is no division whatsoever.

“As stated in our earlier clarification, it is not in our power to unilaterally call off or suspend JORAISU strike. The action which we took in suspending ASURI strike is purely for strategic reasons.

The General Secretary of NASU, one of the three unions participating in the strike also disowned the statement issued by the ministry.

“The Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) is the third union that is participating in the strike, “Ndubuaku noted in the statement circulated on Sunday.Recall that beyond the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which is almost entering the third month, other sister unions within the University system like NASU, SSANU, NAAT, and ASURI among others are still undergoing industrial actions with the aim of compelling the Federal Government to accede to their respective demands most of which bothers on infrastructural need and improved welfare packages.

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‘It will not happen’: INEC says its chairman won’t contest for president

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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, will not join the 2023 presidential race, the commission has said.

In a statement published on its Twitter handle Sunday morning, INEC said its chairman will definitely not join the presidential race.

“It is a preposterous proposition. It will not happen,” the commission said of suggestions Mr Yakubu could throw his hat into the ring.

“The Chairman remains an umpire committed to free, fair and credible elections,” Rotimi Oyekanmi, Mr Yakubu’s chief press secretary, wrote in the statement.

Many Nigerians had joked on social media that with the number and diversity of persons declaring interest in the presidential race, even the INEC boss may declare an ambition.

About 25 people have bought the presidential nomination forms of the ruling party, APC, while 17 people bought the presidential nomination forms of the main opposition party, PDP. This is despite both parties fixing what many Nigerians considered exorbitant prices for their forms.

The APC presidential nomination form is sold for N100 million while that of the PDP is sold for N40 million. Both parties are expected to hold their primaries and elect their candidates by the end of May.

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SERAP sues Buhari, asks court to cancel pardon for Dariye, Nyame

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President Muhammadu Buhari

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed another lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari. The body wants the Federal High Court in Lagos to reverse the pardon granted to former governors of Plateau, Joshua Dariye, and Taraba, Jolly Nyame.

The duo, serving jail terms for corruption, were recently pardoned alongside 157 others convicted for various offences.

The ex-governors were investigated, prosecuted and sentenced for stealing N1.16 billion and N1.6 billion respectively from their states between 1999 and 2007.

In suit number FHC/L/CS/825/2022, SERAP told the court to determine whether the exercise of the power of prerogative of mercy is compatible with the public interest and the corruption fight.

SERAP is asking the court for an order setting aside the pardon for the sake of the integrity of Nigeria and the country’s international obligations.

The rights group argued that by allowing the presidential pardon, many influential politicians will continue to escape justice for their alleged crimes.

“The presidential pardon power must be exercised in good faith, and in line with the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Nigerian Constitution on fundamental rights”, the suit reads.

Joined as a defendant is Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The suit filed by Kolawole Oluwadare and Opeyemi Owolabi said section 15(5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that “The State shall abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power.”

“Article 26 complements the more general requirement of article 30, paragraph 1, that sanctions must take into account the gravity of the corruption offences.”

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

In the latest Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points, ranking 154 out of 180 nations surveyed.

The country fell five places from the rank of 149 in 2020, placing it the second most corrupt country in West Africa.

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John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s next chief executive

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John Lee waves after he was elected as Hong Kong's chief executive on Sunday

A Hong Kong committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists has elected an official who oversaw a crackdown on the city’s democracy movement as its next chief executive.

John Lee won 1,416 votes of approval from the 1,500-strong Election Committee on Sunday. Eight voted against him.

His election places a security official in Hong Kong’s top job for the first time.

The former secretary for security in Hong Kong ran under the slogan “Starting a new chapter for Hong Kong together” and was the sole candidate in the polls.

The 64-year-old was sanctioned by the United States in 2020 for his role in implementing a Beijing-imposed national security law that has crushed the city’s democracy movement.

More than 150 people have been arrested under the legislation, which outlaws what it terms secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to intervene in the city’s affairs. Nearly all prominent pro-democracy activists have also been jailed, with others fleeing abroad or being intimidated into silence.

Civil society groups have been disbanded while liberal media outlets, such as Apple Daily and Stand News, have also been shut down.

Chinese authorities say the law is necessary to restore stability after protracted pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Source: Aljazeera.com

Otoniel: Colombia drug kingpin extradited to US

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Dairo Antonio Úsuga will now face charges in the US

Colombia has extradited the drug baron leader of the country’s biggest crime gang to the US, Colombia’s president has announced.

President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was the world’s most dangerous trafficker.

Otoniel led the Gulf Clan cartel and is wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges.

His capture in October ended a seven-year manhunt and last month Colombia’s Supreme Court approved the extradition.

The Gulf Clan trafficked between 180 and 200 tonnes of cocaine a year, according to Colombian authorities.

Announcing the extradition, Mr Duque compared Otoniel to the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

“This extradition shows nobody is above the Colombian state,” he said in a video message, accusing Otoniel of murdering civil society leaders and police officers.

Prior to his capture, Otoniel was Colombia’s most wanted man and the government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US had placed a $5m bounty on his head.

The Gulf Clan operates in many provinces and has extensive international connections, is engaged in drug and people smuggling, illegal gold mining and extortion.

It is believed to have about 1,800 armed members, who are mainly recruited from far-right paramilitary groups. Members have been arrested in Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Peru and Spain.

The gang controls many of the routes used to smuggle drugs from Colombia to the US, and as far away as Russia. Authorities in the US have described it as “heavily armed [and] extremely violent”.

Otoniel was eventually captured in his rural hideout in Antioquia province in north-western Colombia in October, close to the border with Panama in an operation involving 500 soldiers supported by 22 helicopters.

Source: bbc.com

Covid in Africa: Why the continent’s only vaccine plant is struggling

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More than 60% of Rwandans have been vaccinated but the figure for the whole continent stands at less than 16%

More than 60% of Rwandans have been vaccinated but the figure for the whole continent stands at less than 16%

The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries “need to step up” and order doses from Africa’s only Covid vaccine maker in order to save the production line, the company’s senior executive told the BBC.

This follows warnings from Aspen Pharmacare that it may have to stop production at its South African plant.

It has been hit by low demand.

Fewer than one in six Africans have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, with many reluctant to get jabbed.

The continent’s top health body has also urged those buying the jabs for Africa to place orders with Aspen.

Last November, Aspen negotiated a licensing deal to package and sell Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for distribution across Africa.

At the time, the deal was seen as a major boost for African countries which received far fewer doses than richer parts of the world.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he was working with his counterparts in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and Ghana in order “to make sure that vaccines that will be used on our own continent are actually bought from companies that make vaccines here”.

But Aspen’s group senior executive Stavros Nicolau told the BBC that purchases from African governments alone would not be enough to save the Covid vaccine production line in South Africa.

He said that Covax – the UN-backed body set up to get more jabs to less well-off countries – should have done more to buy doses from the African producer.

Mr Nicolau said that none of the two billion doses purchased by Covax came from the continent.

Global procurers “need to step up” and change where they are buying from, he added.

Africa’s fully vaccinated stands at 16%

But the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, which is responsible for procurement on behalf of Covax, said the issue is currently one of demand.

Initially, in 2020 and 2021, as Aspen was “part of the broader manufacturing network for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine”, Gavi had no say over how much each company would supply to Covax, a Gavi spokesperson said.

Source: bbc.com

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