Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Amandla’s Enquiring photographer sampled the opinion of some Ghanaians’s about the August 29, landmark electoral petition ruling. We bring you some edited opinion. If the whole Supreme Court would render a judgment in favor of those who stole the elections, never rely on anyone for the truth. The judgment would go a long way to […]
“With the kind of peaceful election that we experienced on the two polling days, 7 and 8 December, are we setting the clock back by a narrow interpretation of electoral laws? A strict interpretation would curtail and erode the gains we have made so far.” This was contained in the 77-page judgement of Justice Sophia […]
After eight months of an all-out battle at the Supreme Court, a verdict was finally reached on who was legitimately elected as president of the Republic of Ghana in the December 2012 general elections. The nine-member panel dismissed the petition filed by 2012 NPP Flag bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and two others contesting the […]
Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, lead counsel for the Third Respondent in the just concluded Presidential Election Petition case, has reportedly accused one of the nine Justices who sat on the matter, Mr. Justice Anin Yeboah, of allowing partisan motivations to color his judgment in the case. Appearing as a guest on a TV3 program […]
By John K. Akpalu, Esq. I have perused the recent Ghana Supreme Court decision on the election petition and found the reliance by Justices Dotse, Anin-Yeboah, Ansah and Owusu, on Article 49 of the 1992 Constitution to annul votes at polling stations where Presiding Officers did not sign the pink sheets, misplaced and lacking in […]
…The Petitioners have not led sufficient evidence for me to come to the conclusion that there was clearly a mathematical chance that the results could change then the votes would have to be annulled and a re-run held. But then in many instances the over-voting was either one or two, and certainly that cannot lead […]
By: Owusu Kizito, EA/MBA Part B Sale via Purchase and Resale Entity (PRE) – If plans are to use a PRE for the sale of units, the PHA must provide the firm’s qualifications, marketing plan, and a description of that entity’s responsibilities as well as information demonstrating that the written agreement between the PRE and […]
The Borough of Bronx on Thursday, July 25 honored some leaders in the Islamic community in the Borough at a Ramadan breakfast. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. recognized the contributions made by the Islamic community in the borough in general and the individual honorees in particular in the borough. He acknowledged the presence of […]
MoneyGram International organized a press conference in New York July 19 for a number of bankers visiting from Liberia. The bankers included the Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (LBDI), Ecobank, International Bank and First International Bank (Liberia) Ltd and were in the country as guests of the money transfer conglomerate to meet and express […]
The Bronx chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s Nation Action Network (NAN) gathered on Saturday, July 22 on the steps of the Bronx Borough Hall to demonstrate against the not-guilty verdict in the murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida. The hour-long program was attended by elected officials of New York City and Bronx […]