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Kwame Governs Agbodza has been appointed the Chief Whip for the opposition side in parliament and will be deputised by Banda Member of Parliament, Ahmed Ibrahim, and Ada legislator, Comfort Doyo Ghansah respectively.Kwame Agbodza replaces the Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka.This was contained in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament by the National Democratic Congress as Parliament is expected to converge back to the house on February 7.Following his new role, Ghanaweb gives a profile on Ghanaweb;Kwame Governs Agbodza born September 22 1973 is a Ghanaian politician and member of the sixth, Seventh and eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing…

49-year-old Musah Ajeymah is in the grips of the police in the Eastern Region for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old JHS 1 student at Koforidua Zongo. The culprit is a butcher married with three children. He allegedly lured his victim who is a friend of his children ostensibly to make her run an errand for him. But he reportedly forcefully pushed her into his room and violently defiled her. The victim who reported the incident to her father led to the arrest of Musah after defying a plea from some opinion leaders to settle the matter without the involvement of the…

Seaplane crashes off Queensland island as emergency responders rush to the sceneIncident occurred at Jumpinpin Channel, Nth Stradbroke IslandEmergency responders headed to the sceneNo initial reports of injuries or fatalities By Freddy Pawle For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:03 EST, 25 January 2023 | Updated: 22:17 EST, 25 January 2023 A seaplane has crashed off a popular Queensland holiday, with a first photo showing the aircraft upside down in the water. The incident occurred at the Jumpinpin Channel on North Stradbroke Island, which separates the island from South Stradbroke Island, at around 12:11pm on Thursday.Reports said the seaplane had crashed upon take-off…

CNN  —  An iceberg nearly the size of Greater London broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday according to the British Antarctic Survey. Scientists first discovered significant cracks in the ice shelf a decade ago, but in the last two years there have been two major breaks. The BAS Halley Research Station is located on the Brunt Ice Shelf and glaciologists say the research station is safe. The iceberg is around 600 square miles, or 1550 square kilometers. The researchers say this event was expected and not a result of climate change. “This calving event has been…

Huawei Ghana has been adjudged one of Africa’s top employers alongside ten other country offices in Sub-Saharan Africa namely South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania, at the 2023 Top Employer Awards.  The company has seen its country office presence in the Top Employer Institute’s Top Employer rankings grow from nine in 2022 to eleven this year, and has even been accredited as the Continental HQ Top Employer for 2022 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The increased representation in the prestigious annual rankings is a testament to the work Huawei has put into employee wellbeing across the…

Talensi Small scale miners who have surrounded their concessions to Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region are demanding a retraction and an unqualified apology from a civil society organization, Development Research and Advocacy Centre (DRAC) or incur their wrath over malicious allegations. According to the miners, allegations of fraud leveled against Unique mining company limited, abuse of office by the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, and abetment of crimes alleged by DRAC are unfounded and targeted at defaming miners and state authorities in resolving the impasse between small-scale miners and…

Astonishing moment Australia’s most wanted man is found hidden in the hull of a YACHT allegedly trying to escape the country after ‘cutting off his ankle bracelet and fleeing Sydney on a private jet’Mark Horne, 32, has been arrested by NT Police in DarwinHe was allegedly found in the hull of a yacht on WednesdayBikie associate allegedly on the run since October By Tita Smith and Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:53 EST, 25 January 2023 | Updated: 21:20 EST, 25 January 2023 One of Australia’s most wanted men has been found allegedly trying to flee the country by…

CNN  —  At first, Brandon Tsay froze when a gunman aimed a firearm at him, he said. He was sure those would be his last moments. But then something came over Tsay, who was working the ticket counter in the lobby of his family’s Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio, a dance hall in Alhambra, California. He lunged toward the armed man and struggled through being hit several times in order to wrestle the gun away, he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday evening. The gunman had already killed 11 people and injured 10 others before arriving at Tsay’s workplace. Tsay’s courage…

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for both school and private candidates who sat for 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).WAEC announced this in a statement on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.The results for private candidates can be accessed at the council’s website www.waecgh.org. “School candidates who so desire, may also access their results online at the Council’s website,” a statement signed by Rev. Victor Brew, Head of Legal at WAEC stated.The examination is both for certification and selection into Senior High Schools and Technical Institutes in Ghana.StatisticsA total of 552,288 candidates made up of 276,999 males…

Ghana ranks among the worst in the world in sanitation. According to a WaterAid analysis (2018), over 80 percent of the Ghanaian population lacks access to basic sanitation. The Government of Ghana in 2017 established the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MoSWR) to deal with challenges in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. Domestic financing to the ministry suggests that the Government has not prioritised addressing sanitation challenges in the country. Donors have always contributed a larger portion to Ghana’s expenditure on WASH. For example, from 2017 to 2021 donors have financed on average, about 85 percent of…