President Biden warns Americans in Ukraine to leave.
President Joe Biden has issued a warning on Thursday to any Americans who remain in Ukraine as Russia continues to threaten an invasion: Leave. According to President Biden, sending troops to Ukraine will be a war. “American citizens should leave now,” Biden said in an interview with NBC monitored by Apexnewsgh.com He said “It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It’s a very different situation, and things could go crazy quickly,. Meanwhile, When the host asked Biden what scenario could prompt him to send troops to rescue Americans fleeing the country? President Biden responded: “There’s not. That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another.” “We’re in a very different world than we’ve ever been,” he stated. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the State Department issued an advisory warning that the U.S. “will not be able to evacuate U.S. citizens in the event of Russian military action anywhere in Ukraine.” It warned that regular consulate service — including aiding citizens trying to leave the country — would be “severely impacted.” According to a U.S. military and intelligence assessment, the Russian military could launch a full-scale invasion, with tanks that potentially could reach Kyiv, the capital, within 48 hours. Biden argued that if Russian President Vladimir Putin is “foolish enough to go in, he’s smart enough not to, in fact, do anything that would negatively impact on American citizens.” “Have you ever told him that?” the host asked and President Biden responded “Yes,” “You’ve told him that, that Americans will be a line that they can’t cross?” Holt asked. “I didn’t have to tell him that. I’ve spoken about that. He knows that,” Biden stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/
NDC demands President Akufo-Addo to end the attack on free expression
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed worry over what they described as an attack on free expression, as they called on President Akufo-Addo to end it with immediate effect. Their call came after the arrest and detention of Accra FM’s Kwabena Bobie Ansah on Thursday night, 10 February 2022 at about 10:00 pm. According to them, “The NDC assures the despotic regime of Akufo-Addo, that we shall not relent in our effort both within and outside Parliament to stop the introduction e-levy,” the statement captured. Below is the full statement: President Akufo-Addo Must end the Attack on Free Expression Now The National Democratic Congress has observed with utter dismay, the calculated onslaught on media freedom and free speech by the Nana Akufo Addo government, which is increasingly showing dictatorial and autocratic tendencies. The past few weeks have seen a dramatic upsurge in the criminalization of free speech as well as unbridled attack on the journalism profession. There has been sharp deterioration in the expression of the right to free speech under the Presidency of a personality whose claim to fame as a human rights activist, was his work on the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law when he was an Attorney General. Recent events however, exposes duplicity and hypocrisy Mr. Akufo Addo’s. In short President Akufo Addo speaks from both sides of his mouth. The nation is yet find answers to the barbaric murder of an investigative journalist, Mr. Ahmed Suale, following his expose of the involvement of the President and his Vice in the Kwesi Nyantekyi – bribery scandal. The peoples demand for justice has remained an illusion. In the last few weeks, four journalists have suffered police brutalities and in some cases unfair judicial conviction. Journalist are being cowed into silence through the atmosphere of oppression and harassment. It is the modus operandi of autocrats and despots to create an atmosphere of fear to silent the voice of opposition and free speech. In all these the police appear complicit, aiding the oppressors to hound citizens of Ghana. Last week a Media Generale Radio and TV presenter, Captain Smart was in a Rambo-style dragged into detention, after he had been granted bail by a court. Last Tuesday another radio presenter, Oheneba Boamah Bennie of Power Fm/TV XYZ was incarcerated for statements he allegedly made against the President. A civil society activist, Mr Mensah Thompson was arrested, detained, sent to court on criminal charges, granted bail and yet again detained all for being critical of President Akufo-Addo. Another radio presenter Mr Kwabena Bobie Ansah of Accra Fm, was last night arrested and detained in connection with a story of looting of state lands by Mrs. Rebecca Akufo Addo. We consider the escalation of arrests and harassments as an attempt by the Akufo Addo junta to put fear in Ghanaians opposed to e-levy and douse the impact of the massive ‘Yentua Demonstration’ held in Accra yesterday. The NDC assures the despotic regime of Akufo-Addo, that we shall not relent in our effort both within and outside Parliament to stop the introduction e-levy. We are deeply worried by the loud silence of the Moral Society, large section of Civil Society and rather surprisingly the Ghana Journalists Association, whose members are under siege. We take this opportunity to call on these groups to speak out against the blatant acts of repression being perpetrated against our young democracy. These groups should take note of the rising political instability in the sub-region and speak out now and not wait to until matters get out of hands before they host series of belated interventions and seminars on what went wrong. Signed Johnson Asiedu Nketiah General Secretary Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
New born babies to be offered national ID numbers at birth – Dr. Bawumia
The Ghana Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to begin digitally tracking and monitoring pregnant women across the country to ensure newborn babies receive national ID numbers at birth. Dr. Bawumia revealed this when he appeared as the guest of honor at the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana, Legon, on Thursday, 10 February 2022. According to Dr. Bawumia, it has become possible following the ongoing linkage of the data of the National Identification Authority, Ghana Health Service, Birth and Deaths Registry, Ghana Statistical Service, and the Ghana Police Service to create a comprehensive database of persons residing in Ghana in order to help in policy formulation and planning, and help with the issue of national ID numbers and cards. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Breaking News: Five dead in Suhum road accident, others in critical condition
A minimum number of five persons are said to have died with dozens injured in two separate accidents involving multiple vehicles on the Koforidua to Suhum highway in the Eastern region of Ghana. The two separate accidents occurred within a minute’s interval involving six (6) vehicles which include three commercial vehicles, two private cars and a Truck. Personnel from Ghana Police Service and Ghana National service were at the scene to convey the injured to the hospital. However, the bodies of the victims have been deposited at the Eastern Regional Hospital. What caused the accidents is yet to be identified. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Just In: The Body of late former Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Addah arrives Navrongo
The body of the late Former Ghana Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Addah has touched down his hometown Pungu of Navrongo Municipal in the Upper East Region. Apexnewsgh.com report Among those who waited for his body to arrive at the Paga airstrip, was the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. His body is currently laid in his family house in Pungu. The late Kofi Addah died on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at the Legon Hospital where he was rushed for medical care after he complained of feeling dizzy. He died at the age of 65 years Saturday, February 12, his body will be laid to rest. May God continue to strengthen his family and those left behind. Amen Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
‘I know I’ll eventually be arrested and likely tortured’ … – Oliver Barker
The convener of Fix the Country Group Oliver Barker Vormawor has declared his readiness to face arrest as a result of his activism for good governance in Ghana. In his article he added: “Now, if my movements are of any interest to you, for your arrest, then know this, on the 16th of this Month, I will be in Ghana. I will attending the Invitation of the Ambassador of Denmark to speak on a panel at the Danish Embassy”. Read his full article below: Now let me say this. As clear as i can be. If any single person thinks I do not know that the modus operandi of an illegitimate democracy is to arrest and torture activists, you must not have understood anything I have said or written so far. Our sense of urgency isn’t based on naïveté. We know what and who we are dealing with. We know who; and what we are dealing with, when we ask for more for ourselves and our families. So I say this as sincerely as I can be. And with all the honesty I can muster. I do not give a rats ass, what this Government does. In starting to speak up, I started to shed the fear of death, every passing day! “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.” Now, if my movements are of any interest to you, for your arrest, then know this, On the 16th of this Month, I will be in Ghana. I will attending the Invitation of the Ambassador of Denmark to speak on a panel at the Danish Embassy. Then the next day on the 17th, I will be giving a speech to the Deputy Ambassadors of all the European Embassies in Ghana. I will speak on State violence and the Deterioration of the Rule of Law in Ghana. I will break the culture of silence again! Arrest me when I come! Ideas never die! The quest for freedom is eternal. We have sown an idea and it will grow as ideas do. Now, to those whose sense of justice and fairness has been awakened by my voice. Hear this. If I am ever arrested by the regime security or their affiliates, I beg this of you. Do not trend any hashtags, calling for them to release me. To do that will be legitimizing their violence and their false justice system. Do not demand that I be released. I promise that I will not even demand that a writ of Habeas Corpus be filed for me. Do something else instead. Call for the end of the False Republic. Call for the end of a political system that has impoverished and made your lives meaningless. Call for the end of the Old Ghana. Because for the New Ghana to be built. The old one must first give way! Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Disclaimer: “The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of ApexnewsGhana. ApexnewsGhana will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article.”
Latest Akufo-Addo trip on private jet costing Ghana over GHC4m – Ablakwa
According to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has “demonstrated beyond any shred of doubt that his blatant contempt, gross insensitivity and utter disdain for the Ghanaian people who made him President have no boundaries, whatsoever”. Mr. Ablakwa in his latest post on Facebook (Meta) alleged that President Akufo-Addo’s latest trip on a private jet is costing Ghana over GHC4m Read the full details below: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Sympathizers call for the release of Accra FM journalist Bobie Ansah’s
Some sympathizers of Accra FM’s journalist Bobie Ansah who was arrested by security operatives Thursday night after he ended his show at about 10:00pm. Was on Friday, 11 February 2022, massed up at the premises of the Striking Force Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Accra to demand for the release of the ‘Citizen Show’ host, who was arrested in connection with an alleged case of publication of false news and offensive conduct. The journalist was picked up and taken to the Nima Police Station and later transferred to the striking force. He becomes the third journalist to be arrested in the past month. His follows Captain Smart of Onua TV who was also arrested for some utterances he had made on TV, and is currently facing trial for alleged extortion and Power FM’s Oheneba Boamah Bennie, who is in jail for two weeks and fined GHS3,000 for contempt of court, in a case in which he allegedly made false claims against President Akufo-Addo and the justices of the Supreme Court in relation to the 2020 election petition. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
‘I am appalled at the growing criminalization of speech and journalism in Ghana–John Mahama to Akufo-Addo
Former President John Dramani Mahama has written to inform President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that he is shocked following the growing criminalization of speech and journalism under his watch in this 21st century. Kindly read the full letter below: Dear President Nana Akufo-Addo, I am appalled at the growing criminalization of speech and journalism in Ghana, under your watch, in this 21st century. An investigative journalist was murdered, under very troubling circumstances. Yet, while the Ghanaian people and the international community have demanded justice, Government’s inability or unwillingness to act is obvious to all. The police have virtually shelved the investigations into this brutal murder. There have also been several disturbing incidents of harassment of journalists in the line of duty; we have witnessed media establishments closed down on your instructions, despite many appeals to you. Now, in a space of less than two weeks, four people have suffered police action, criminalizing their right to free speech. As Attorney General, at the time, who led the repeal of the criminal libel law, in order that citizens could freely express their views, it is unconscionable to be suppressing the rights and criminalizing the speech of citizens and journalists. It is even more worrying when the power of the state is used as a pliant tool in this intimidating endeavor. Radio and TV presenter Captain Smart was dragged from court, and although he had been granted bail, sent into detention. Another radio presenter, Oheneba Boamah Bennie has been incarcerated for statements he allegedly made. A civil society activist was arrested, detained, sent to court on criminal charges, granted bail and yet detained again for making a statement against you, President Akufo-Addo. As if to suggest insincerity behind the serious decriminalization of speech that you led, another radio presenter, Bobie Ansah, has been arrested, detained and charged– criminalized for speaking and making allegations against your wife. Again, last week, security personnel linked to your party brutalized a radio presenter and producer in the city of Takoradi. Such lawless attacks have today become common occurrences in our country. President Akufo-Addo, you cannot continue to oppress the people, criminalize speech when these matters are essentially civil in nature, if you feel offended by them. It is even more sad that the Journalists Association and its senior members, many of our clergy and other moral leaders, scared because of the oppressive and dictatorial regime you are running, have remained quiet in the face of this disturbing development in our maturing democracy. This is a dangerous blueprint you are fashioning for our dear nation and it must not be encouraged. Your actions as President have totally discredited your self-acquired accolade as a human rights lawyer and activist. Ghana has long emerged from the unfortunate past where journalists were cowed by incarceration and brutalization. I fear that if you do not take immediate action to arrest this unfortunate trend, when you exit the high office of President in January 2025, freedom of speech and a free media will certainly not be counted as part of the legacy you leave behind. Your brother, John Dramani Mahama Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093