Author: Kelvin Funkeye

1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced the final results of the September 22 governorship election, in which the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led with a total vote of 254, 698. The All Progressives Congress, APC, however, polled a total of 254,345 to come second in the keenly contested exercise. INEC declared that the margin between the PDP and APC which is 353, and the total cancelled ballots totalling 3348 will not…

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The father of former NBA star Richard Jefferson has reportedly been killed in a drive-by shooting in California.  According to reports, Richard Jefferson Sr, 65, was standing outside a liquor store in Compton when he was gunned down on Wednesday evening.     TMZ reported that a vehicle drove up to the store around 6.52pm and someone inside opened fire. Richard’s father was shot several times in the torso and died a short time later after being rushed to…

Former Ghana’s President John Mahama has said 21 September will continue to be celebrated in honour of, in his view, Ghana’s founder, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, as Founder’s Day. In a short Facebook message to mark the day, Mr Mahama posted: “Today remains our country’s Founder’s Day – a special day to reflect on the life and works of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah”. “His contribution to pan-Africanism is beyond Africa. “His vision for Ghana is profound….

1. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has finally announced his exit from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Dogara, who made the announcement on Thursday while submitting his nomination form at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, explained that he decided to leave because the APC was not committed to keeping the promise it made to Nigerians at both state and federal levels. 2. Amaju Pinnick has been…

A total of twenty-three (23) suspected armed robbers have been apprehended by the Nkawkaw Divisional Police Command. They are among a gang terrorising residents living in the Affram plains enclave. The suspects were arrested at their hideout at Anyiresu, a village at the over bank of the Affram lake, Wednesday morning. Their arrest follows similar arrest by the police in the area after residents, especially drivers and market women, demonstrated a fortnight ago at Kwahu…

Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, will have a hard time clearing his name from the charges brought against him by the Police, given the number and weight of incriminating evidence that SaharaReporters has laid hands upon. On Wednesday, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) confirmed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Bwari, Abuja, that Adeleke sat for its examination in…

Seventy-two Nigerians and a Togolese, all women, are to be deported by the Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for being in the country illegally. Some of the deportees were also said to have engaged in prostitution in Ghana, apart from lacking the requisite resident permits. They were arrested along with nine Ghanaians in a swoop at the Redco Flats neighbourhood at Madina in Accra Thursday dawn. The Ghanaians are to be handed…

An angry mob at Nkurakan, a suburb of Koforidua in Ghana on Wednesday attacked and stabbed to death a suspected motorbike thief. The 24-year old Prince Tetteh, who was a welder, was accused of stealing a Royal motorbike with registration number M-11-ER 574 at Nkurakan at about 8 am. Prince was said to have first stabbed one Ernest Teye, a 32-year-old man who was among the first responders and attempted to bolt. His accomplice, however,…