You’ll soon be able to slide into someone’s Instagram DMs right from your desktop.
As of Tuesday, Instagram began rolling out direct messages on the web for a small percentage of users, according to The Verge.
The rollout is part of a test, Instagram says, and information regarding a broader rollout will come at a later date.
Direct messaging on Instagram’s website will work the same it does through its mobile app.
Users will be able to partake in group DMs as well.
Direct messaging can be initiated from a user’s profile page or from the dedicated DM page, just as users would on the app.
Desktop notifications are also available for DMs if a user enables notifications for Instagram on their web browser.
Software engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who has perfected the art of reverse-engineering apps in order to uncover upcoming features, originally reported that Instagram was internally testing DMs on the web almost a year ago.
For a while, the only thing you could do on Instagram outside of the app was view a photo. Over the years, Instagram has changed that by rolling out more features.
Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, has been looking to integrate messaging from its various services: Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram.
Bringing Instagram DMs to the web seems like another push in that direction.
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Instagram DMs come to the web
10 things guys won’t tell you, but you should know them
Men are not the best communicators, especially, when it comes to the slightly embarrassing things about themselves that they want to tell their partner, but just can’t. They’re fine when it comes to boasting about their prowess on the sports field or discussing cars, but when it comes to some of the more personal topics, they get all shy and coy. So to help the guys out, here are the top ten things that they would like to tell you about themselves:
1. Be naughty, but don’t go too far
Most men like a little bit of adventure in the bedroom, but are often too embarrassed to ask you about trying new things. Take the lead a little and widen your bedroom repertoire, but don’t go too far, too quick, or you might just embarrass him.
2. He just can’t read minds like you can
Call it what you like: feminine intuition, empathy or mind reading, men just don’t have that same ability. He’d love to be able to gauge your moods better, but he just can’t! So, don’t get upset when he can’t figure out what you want, instead, just plain and simple, tell him clearly what’s on your mind.
3. He craves respect, as much as he does love
Basically, most men are on one long ego trip! He wants your love and affection, but that’s as important to a man, as it is too a woman, what he needs is your respect and even admiration, so don’t forget to pat him on the back, when he does something right.
4. He wishes that you’d appreciate his reliability
Men have different priorities in life, so when your man is one who always turns up on time, even for the things that he’d rather not be doing, he’d really like to be appreciated for it. A simple ‘thanks for coming shopping with me’ wouldn’t go amiss!
5. You need to tell him if he’s doing it wrong in bed
A man assumes that all is going well for both of you in the bedroom, if you don’t tell him otherwise. After all, his technique always works for him! He would be devastated to find, that after years of being together, he’s been getting wrong all that time, so he won’t mind a little gentle guidance from you.
6. Men need contestant affirmation
Most men are essentially very insecure, especially about their relationships. In everything else in life, they get feedback. Whether that’s a pay rise at work, so they know they are doing a good job, or a result on the sports field but, in love, they don’t know if they’re doing things right, unless you tell them.
7. Men love your femininity
Cuddly toys and pink pyjamas may not be his thing, but he loves you for it all the same. Don’t try and man up for him, it’s all your little girlie traits that he loves so much, your feminine charm and gentle spirit is what turns him on (in a good sense).
8. He doesn’t like it if you have too much to drink
It’s a fact. Men will laugh at a friend who has one too many and will think nothing of it, if they do it themselves, but nearly all men dislike seeing any woman drunk, especially you!
9. Men wish that people would understand that a father is just as important, as a mother
A big complaint of men, and one that they often talk to one another about, is that most people seem to think the mother is more important to a child, than the father. Not true, we know, but he doesn’t like to feel that he is any less essential to a child’s upbringing, than you are. So make sure to show him his importance and significance to reassure him.
0. Men look at other women, they just do!
No matter how much he is in love with you and would never stray, how much he is faithful and loyal, but you will never stop him from looking at other women (and we don’t mean cheating, just looking). If your man has stopped, then check his pulse quick! ?
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PPP sympathises with families of Dompoase and Kumasi accident
In a statement by the Party, the PPP noted that Ghanaians traveling by road and never returning home, leaving behind shattered families, hundreds of people spending months and years in hospital after terrible accidents and many not being able to return to their normal life, are critical public health problems and development crisis which must not be side stepped by any government.
Available information from the World Health Organization and the World Bank indicates that road traffic injuries alone cost Ghana 1.5% of our gross national product, which is more than the total development aid we receive.
Prioritise capacity building to produce high quality survey and mapping professionals-Minister to GSSM board
“LPG will win 2020 elections” – Kofi Akpalo
The Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, says he is optimistic that his party will emerge winner in the impending 2020 general elections.
The Electoral Commission (EC) requested over GHS400m for the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 general election.
The call for a new voters’ has generated a heated debate among the major political parties in Ghana. The ruling NPP supports the call while the leading opposition party, the NDC is totally against it.
Kofi Akpaloo made this comment after host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Ekourba Gyasi, asked how prepared the LPG is for the 2020 general elections.
He explained that his victory in the 2020 is not negotiable and that he is working assiduously towards capturing power from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“2020 is the year that the mantle will be handed over to Akpalo and the LPG to lead Ghana for the next four years and so we are much focused and we are working towards that. Our victory is non-negotiable. I will be president in 2020, there’s no doubt about it.” He added.
Kofi Akpaloo revealed that the party has a well-planned mechanism which will capture power for the LPG in the elections.
Commenting on the compilation of a new voters register by the Electoral Commission, Kofi Akpalo who is the spokesperson for persons who support the EC’s agenda noted that the old register is corrupted hence the need for a new one.
“I will win the 2020 elections and I want to win the elections genuinely. I don’t trust the current register and I believe a new one will give us free and fair elections,” he said.
Meanwhile a statement by the EC’s Eminent Advisory committee hinted a meeting between the EC, Eminent Advisory committee and the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) to have further discussions on the EC’s call for a new register.
“Meanwhile the Eminent Advisory Committee calls for calm from all Political Parties and other stakeholders as they work in the national interest,” the statement added.
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NPP parliamentary primaries slated for April 25
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to hold its parliamentary primaries on Saturday, April 25, 2020 in all the 169 constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament with the exception of the Ayawaso West Wougon constituency.
Prior to the above notice, nominations for the party’s parliamentary primaries shall open on Monday, January 20, 2020, and close on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
In a statement signed by the General Secretary of NPP, Mr John Boadu, the NPP ordered that all Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates (APC) procure nomination forms after the payment of a non-refundable application fee of GHC2,000 in a Bankers Draft, in favour of the NPP National Head Quarters, Accra.
“To successfully file his/her nomination, an APC shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee of Twenty Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC20,000.00) in Bankers Draft in favour of the NPP National Head Quarters, Accra,” the NPP stated.
Meanwhile, the party also emphasised that all Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates other than the sitting Members of Parliament shall pay a Party Development Fee of Thirty Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC30,000).
However, the NPP said Women, Youth and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) will enjoy a rebate of 50% on the filing fees and Development Levy, adding that by this, they will be required to pay a nonrefundable fee of Twenty-seven Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 27,000)
The party also stated that,”No APC shall be denied access to purchase Nomination Forms.”
Full statement below:
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE NPP TO OUTLINE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE PARTY’S PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARIES IN CONSTITUENCIES WHERE THE PARTY HAS SITTING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AS WELL AS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
The NPP wishes to bring to the attention of all stakeholders and the general public that the party’s national steering committee, at its meeting on Monday, January 13, 2020, considered and approved the following Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the party’s parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament as well as Rules and Regulations for the party’s Presidential Primaries ahead of the 2020 general elections.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARIES:
DELEGATES TO THE CONFERENCE
1) Pursuant to Article 7 (27), (28), (31) and (32) of the Party’s Constitution, each Constituency shall convene an Extraordinary Constituency Delegates’ Conference to be attended by the following delegates:
a. All Members of the Constituency Executive Committee;
b. All Electoral Area Coordinators;
c. All Polling Station Executives at all Polling Stations in the Constituency;
d. Five (5) members of the Constituency Council of Elders;
e. Five (5) Constituency Patrons; and,
f. Any Founding Member from the Constituency, who is a signatory to the registration documents of the Party at the Electoral Commission.
2) The presence of at least one-third (1/3) of the delegates of the Constituency shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the Conference.
RELEVANT DATES AND FILING DETAILS
3) The NPP shall hold parliamentary primaries on SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2020 in all the 169 constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament with the exception of the Ayawaso West Wougon constituency. This is because, the party, at a joint National Council and National Executive Committee meeting held on October 21, 2019, unanimously resolved that the current MP for the constituency, Hon Lydia Seyram Alhassan, who was recently elected as the party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency by-election be made to stand as the party’s candidate for election 2020.
On the basis of this, the council passed a resolution that whoever is elected/selected as the party’s candidate in a by-election less than two years to a general election shall be maintained as the party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency in the ensuing general election except where the candidate decides otherwise.
4) Nominations shall open on Monday, January 20, 2020, and close on Thursday, February 20, 2020
5) An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate (APC) shall procure Nomination Forms after the payment of the non-refundable application fee of GHC2,000 in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
6) To successfully file his/her nomination, an APC shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee of Twenty Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC20,000.00) in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
7) All Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates other than the sitting Members of Parliament shall pay a Party Development Fee of Thirty Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC30,000).
8) However, Women, Youth and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) will enjoy a rebate of 50% on the filing fees and Development Levy. By this, they will be required to pay a nonrefundable fee of Twenty-seven Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 27,000)
9) All payments shall be made by Banker’s Draft to the account of the New Patriotic Party Headquarters
10) No APC shall be denied access to purchase Nomination Forms
11) In the event that a prospective aspiring candidate is denied access to purchase Nomination Forms at the Constituency Level, he/she may do so either at the Regional Secretariat or at National Secretariat through an appeal.
CONSTITUENCY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (CPEC)
12) A Constituency Parliamentary Elections Committee (CPEC) shall be established comprising:
a. Chairperson of the Constituency Council of Elders as Chair;
b. Constituency Chairperson;
c. Constituency Secretary who shall be Secretary to the Committee;
d. An Elderly Woman in the Constituency; and,
e. Constituency Research and Elections officer.
13) Members of the Constituency Parliamentary Elections Committee shall not be eligible to contest in the parliamentary primaries.
14) The Constituency Parliamentary Elections Committee (CPEC) shall sell the Nominations Forms only to Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates
15) Persons holding the following positions are estopped from contesting to become Parliamentary Candidates: National Chairman, General Secretary, National Treasurer, Regional Chairman, Regional Secretary, Regional Treasurer, Constituency Chairman, Constituency Secretary, Constituency Treasurer, and MMDCEs.
16) Subject to Rule 15 above, persons holding positions as national, regional or constituency executives who wish to contest in the primaries shall recuse themselves from their current positions throughout the selection/election process until the parliamentary primaries are over. Accordingly, such persons shall not attend the vetting session as observers. However, they retain their delegate status.
17) Should an APC suffer any obstruction in the final filing process at the Constituency Level, he/she may file at the Regional Secretariat or National Secretariat at the office of the General Secretary.
18) The CPEC shall, at the close of nomination, submit all Nomination Forms to the Constituency Secretariat for endorsement by the CEC members and thereafter, the Constituency Secretariat shall submit the certified Forms to the Regional Secretariat for further endorsement and certification by members of REC.
19) The Constituency Secretary shall publish, at the close of nomination, list of all applicants who have successfully filed their nominations to contest in the primaries.
20) The Regional Secretariat shall be required to submit all Nomination Forms to the National Secretariat for final endorsement and certification by the General Secretary not later than Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
21) A National Parliamentary Vetting Committee (NPVC) shall be constituted for the purpose of vetting Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates (APCs) who intend to compete for selection/election as the party’s parliamentary candidate in a particular constituency.
a. Three (3) representatives appointed by the National Executive Committee (NEC), one of whom shall be the Chairperson;
b. Regional Chairperson,
c. Regional Secretary, who shall be the Secretary to the NPVC,
d. The Regional Research and Elections officer,
e. All Five (5) members of the Constituency Parliamentary Elections Committee (CPEC)
f. The Constituency Executive Committee and Regional Executive Committee members are observers during the vetting session.
NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY VETTING COMMITTEE (NPVC)
22) It shall be the duty of the NPVC to determine the venue for the Constituency primaries; ensure level playing field for all APCs in the constituency; organize security and program of activities for the polling day.
23) For purposes of these primaries and in particular reference to the vetting exercise, the 15 regions of the country where the primaries would hold, have been grouped into zones as follows:
ZONE 1: Ashanti Region
ZONE 2: Ahafo, Bono, & Bono East Regions
ZONE 3: Eastern, Greater Accra, & Oti Regions
ZONE 4: Central, Western, & Western North Regions
ZONE 5: Northern, North East, Savanna, Upper East, & Upper West Regions
24) The National Executives Committee, through the National Steering Committee, has appointed the following persons as NEC representatives for the various zones:
ZONE 1: ASHANTI (44 CONSTITUENCIES)
? John Boadu Chairperson
? Abdul Aziz Futah Member
? Gary Nimako Member
ZONE 2: AHAFO, BONO, & BONO EAST (20 CONSTITUENCIES)
? Rita Talata Asobayire Chairperson
? Nii Laryea Squire Member
? Henry Nana Boakye Member
ZONE 3: EASTERN, GREATER ACCRA, & OTI (48 CONSTITUENCIES)
? Nana Obiri Boahen Chairman
? R.O Solomon Member
? Kate Gyamfua Member
ZONE 4: CENTRAL, WESTERN, & WESTERN NORTH (35 CONSTITUENCIES)
? F.F Anto Chairman
? Ofori Asiamah Member
? Frank Davies Member
ZONE 5: NORTHERN, NORTH-EAST, SAVANNA, UPPER EAST, & UPPER WEST (21 CONSTITUENCIES)
? Omari Wadie Chairman
? Sammi Awuku Member
? Joseph Kwayaja Member
25) Vetting of aspiring parliamentary candidates shall be held from February 28, 2020, to March 8, 2020, and the list of all Recommended Candidates shall be published at the Regional and Constituency secretariats of the party not later than Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
26) The Vetting Report shall be submitted to NEC through the General Secretary not later than March 14, 2020.
NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY APPEALS COMMITTEE (NPAC)
27) The National Executive Committee (NEC) has duly constituted a nine (9) member National Parliamentary Appeals Committee (NPAC) which shall receive petitions from all disqualified aspiring candidates from March 13 – 14, 2020.
28) The National Parliamentary Appeals Committee comprises the following members:
i. Hon. Peter Mac Manu – Chairperson.
ii. Evans Nimako – Secretary.
iii. Madam Elizabeth Ohene – Member.
iv. Hon. S.K. Boafo – Member
v. Hon. Dr. Kwame Addo Kufour – Member
vi. Hon. Cecelia Abena Dapaah – Member.
vii. Lawyer Emmanuel Darko – Member.
viii. Lawyer Gary Nimako – Member
ix. Obaa Yaa Amponsah Frimpong – Member
29) The National Parliamentary Appeals Committee shall have the capacity to resolve petitions that may be submitted by disqualified aspirant(s).
30) The decision of the National Parliamentary Appeals Committee on the petition so submitted to it shall be communicated to the National Executive Committee through the General Secretary. The decision of the National Executive Committee on the matter shall be final.
31) Notice of polls shall be published not later than Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
32) For the avoidance of doubt, no APC shall proceed to Court in respect of any matter regarding this election unless and until he/she has fully exhausted the internal redress procedures and mechanisms for resolving disputes in accordance with Article 4(8)(4) of the party’s constitution.
33) An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate (APC) shall be made to sign a contractual undertaking with the party, committing himself/herself to support whoever is eventually elected/selected as the party’s parliamentary candidate after the election/selection process in the event that he/she is not elected/selected. He/she shall also undertake not to contest as an Independent Parliamentary Candidate or as a Parliamentary Candidate on the ticket of any other political party, and that, the NPP reserves the right to restrain him/her should he/she decide otherwise.
34) The photo Album/Register which was used to elect the Constituency Executives in February 2018, shall be the same album that will be made available to the NPVC and the Electoral Commission of Ghana for the conduct of the parliamentary primaries.
35) Any delegate, who appoints a proxy, shall apply to the National Secretariat 3 weeks before the conduct of the parliamentary primaries. However, persons appointed as proxies must be delegates to the conference.
SCHEDULES
a) Monday, January 20, 2020 – Opening of Nominations (sale of Nomination Forms)
b) Thursday, February 20, 2020 – Close of nomination and submission of the Nomination Forms to the Constituency Secretariat
c) Friday, February 21, 2020 – Constituency Secretariat completes endorsement
d) Monday, February 24, 2020 – Regional Secretariat completes endorsement
e) Wednesday, February 26, 2020 – Submission of Forms to the National Secretariat through the General Secretary.
f) Friday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, March 8, 2020 – Vetting of prospective Parliamentary
Aspirants
g) Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2020 – Publishing list of recommended Aspirants at the Constituency and Regional Secretariats
h) Thursday, March 12, 2020 – NPVC submits Report to NEC through GS
i) Saturday, March 13-14, 2020 – Submission and close of Petition(s) to the GS
j) Monday, March 16– Friday, March 21, 2020 – National Parliamentary Appeals Committee’s Sittings
k) Monday, March 23, 202 – NPAC submits its report to National Secretariat
l) Saturday, April 25, 2020 – Constituency Annual Delegates Conference
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Pursuant to Article 13(2)(6) of the NPP Constitution, as amended, the following are the Rules and Regulations that shall govern the conduct of the 2020 Presidential primaries of the party:
1) The Party’s Presidential Candidate shall be elected by the following delegates:
i. All Members of the National Council;
ii. All voting members of the National Executive Committee;
iii. All voting members of the Regional Executive Committees;
iv. All voting members of the Constituency Executive Committees;
v. Electoral Area Coordinators;
vi. The five (5) Polling Station Executives in each Polling Station;
vii. Fifteen (15) Members of the National Council of Elders to be elected from amongst themselves;
viii. Fifteen (15) Patrons to be elected from amongst themselves;
ix. All NPP Members of Parliament;
x. Past National Officers;
xi. Three (3) representatives of each of the special organs of the Party;
xii. Twelve (12) delegates from every external branch;
xiii. Founding Members who are signatories to the registration documents of the Party at the Electoral Commission;
xiv. One TESCON representative from each recognized tertiary institution;
xv. All-Party card bearing Ministers and Deputy Ministers; and,
xvi. All MMDCEs.
2) The NPP shall hold Presidential Primaries on SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 to elect the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2020 General Elections
3) Nominations shall open on Monday, January 20, 2020, and close on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
4) An Aspiring Presidential Candidate (APC) shall procure Nomination Forms after the payment of a non-refundable application fee of Twenty Thousand Ghana cedis only (GHC20,000) in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
5) To successfully file his/her nomination filing nomination, an APC shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee of Two Hundred Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC200,000) in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
6) All payments shall be made by Banker’s Draft to the account of the New Patriotic Party Headquarters.
7) The Presidential Nominations Forms shall be procured at the General Secretary’s office.
8) A Presidential Vetting Committee (PVC) shall be established to examine and vet the candidature of every aspirant for the presidential nomination of the party to ensure that such person qualifies to contest for the office of the President of the Republic;
9) The Presidential Vetting Committee shall consist of;
a. Mr. Peter Mac Manu – Chairperson.
b. Lawyer Frank Davies – Member.
c. Mr Sekyere Abankwa – Member
d. Madam Rita Asobayire.
e. Hon. Yaw Baah
f. Madam Elizabeth Ohene
g. Hon Hackman Owusu Agyemang
h. Hon. Cecelia Abena Dapaah
i. Hon. Oboshie Sai Coffie
10) The Vetting Committee shall disallow the candidature of any aspirant when it finds that such aspirant does not qualify to be a Presidential Candidate. It shall submit such findings in writing to the National Executive Committee, with a copy to the aspirant.
11) It shall be the obligation of the Member, seeking nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, to satisfy the Presidential Vetting Committee that the conditions stipulated in Article 13 (7) have been fulfilled, and any application, which does not comply with these conditions shall be rejected.
12) An aspirant, who is dissatisfied with such findings, may appeal against it to the National Executive Committee within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of notice of the findings, by filing an appeal in writing with the General Secretary.
13) Where there are more than five contestants for nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, a Special Electoral College shall cast their votes by secret ballot for the first five contestants to be short-listed.
14) Where there is only one contestant for nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, the National Congress shall acclaim his/her nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate
15) Where a contestant obtains more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast, he or she shall be the Party’s Presidential Candidate.
16) Where, however, no candidate obtains more than 50% of the vote cast, there shall be a run-off between the first two contestants and the contestant with a simple majority shall be the Party’s Presidential Candidate.
17) In the event of a tie between the two contestants, the run-off will continue until one contestant obtains a simple majority.
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, the party wishes to stress that any aspiring presidential or parliamentary candidate who flouts any of the above guidelines and modalities or conducts him/herself in a manner that brings the party’s name into disrepute shall be deemed to have breached Article 4(7) of the NPP constitution and will, accordingly, be sanctioned including being disqualified from contesting in the primaries.
Finally, while wishing all prospective aspiring candidates the best of luck in the parliamentary primaries, the party hopes and anticipates these prospective aspiring candidates, together with their supporters, would adhere strictly to these rules of engagements in their own interest and in the supreme interest of the party.
…Signed…
John Boadu
General Secretary
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Eyewitness in Ahmed’s death reveals police asked him to keep silent
Guillaume Perrier, an international Journalist based in Turkey has revealed in a tweet findings of a private investigation he conducted over the death of Investigative Journalist Ahmed Suale.
Undercover investigator and a key member of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye Private Investigations team, Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot dead by unknown assailants on 17th January 2019.
Ahmed was killed at Madina in Accra while driving home by unidentified men riding a motorbike.
No personal belonging of the late Ahmed Suale, who was shot three times twice in the chest and another in the neck, was taken by the gunmen.
A disheveled Anas who confirmed the sad development to Atinkaonline a year ago, grieved the loss of a core team member and a brother hardly able to compose.
Ahmed was one of Tiger Eye’s journalists whose photographs Member of parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong circulated in his ‘who watches the watchman’ anti-Anas video documentary and called on the public to deal with for a handsome reward.
The death of Ahmed gained international recognition due to an investigative piece preceding his death, this led to the conduct of a private investigation by Guillaume Perrier, an international journalist.
Guillaume Perrier in a twitter thread released bits of his findings with respect to his investigations on the death of Ahmed Suale.
He posted on twitter, “I went to Madina, the Accra neighborhood where Ahmed was shot. I met eye witnesses of the assassination. One of them flew in the North of the country by fear of reprisals. Another one was scared to talk and admitted police came to him and asked him to keep silent.”
Guillaume Perrier also noted that his team met the former head of Ghana FA Kwesi Nyantakyi, who has been banned for life by FIFA after being filmed by the investigative journalist pocketing 65,000$ in a fake sponsor deal signed in Dubaï.
He revealed that that Kwesi Nyantakyi also sent death threats to Ahmed Suale in 2018.
“Be very careful! You can easily lose your life with that.”
According to the Journalist, the recording of the phone conversation which has the threat is yet to be investigated by Ghana police.
Meanwhile MP Kennedy Agyapong, who had sent Ahmed death threats in a meeting with Guillaume Perrier’s team said, “I had nothing to do with this murder. But I have no regrets. If I had to do it all over again, I would do exactly the same thing.”
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“I'll build technical universities in new regions”- Mahama
Former President John Mahama has promised to build technical and vocational universities in all the six new regions if he wins the 2020 election.
Speaking at the launch of digital platforms for donations to the party’s campaign, he said he will build and operationalise new public universities which will have campuses in each of the six new regions.
The new universities will focus on Technical, Vocational and engineering programmes.
He added that, the purpose of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is to equip people with the technical and professional skills needed for socioeconomic and industrial development of the country.
“Our TVET programs has been well considered to address two main challenges , the first to fix the imbalance and the gap that exists between top and bottom manpower requirement especially those with technical skills. It is designed to produce young people with cutting-edge technical knowledge which we are need of in many sectors of our economy including our oil and gas sector. The second challenge is to tackle the worsening unemployment situation by providing our young people with the requisite skills that enable them to be self-employment instead of only relying on government,” Mahama added.
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