Hardship in Ghana dire, worst ever in last 3 decades but suicide is never the answer –John Mahama
Former President John Mahama Suicide has said suicide is not the answer to the current hardship in Ghana, Mr. Mahama who was commenting on the recent self-electrocution by a frustrated man at Kasoa in the Central Region, posted on his Facebook wall said: “I returned from a trip to hear the sad news of Kakra, who killed himself by electrocution”. He further said: “The current levels of hardship in Ghana is dire and probably the worst we have ever experienced in the last three decades, but suicide is never the answer”, Mr Mahama said. Meanwhile, encouraging Ghanains, he said: “Even in the darkest night, there will always come the dawn”. “The sun will rise again. Let’s be each other’s keeper. Let’s keep hope alive!” Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
BREAKING NEWS: Happenings in Bawku today…
Information reaching Apexnewsgh.com has it that curfew in Bawku Municipality has been reviewed. “Government calls on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace”. REVIEW OF CURFEW ON BAWKU MUNICIPALITY AND ITS ENVIRONS IN THE UPPER EAST REGIONOct 19, 2022 The Minister for the Interior has on advise of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument reviewed the curfew hours imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am to 8:00pm to 5:00am effective Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Government calls on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace. Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the afore-mentioned communities and their environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapon and any persons found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted. Signed AMBROSE DERY (MP) MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR Issued in Accra this Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
China Opens Police Station In Nigeria
The Chinese government has established police stations in Nigeria and in over 20 other countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, in its effort to tackle the growing cases of fraud and telecommunication crimes of its citizens living abroad. This was disclosed via an investigative statement titled, ‘110 Overseas Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild.’ There are only three African countries that have Chinese police stations, with Nigeria being one while Lesotho and Tanzania are the two other African nations. According to the report by Safeguard Defender; “Rather than cooperating with local authorities in the full respect of territorial sovereignty, it prefers…to cooperate with (United Front-linked) overseas ‘NGOs’ or ‘civil society associations’ across the five continents, setting up an alternative policing and judicial system within third countries, and directly implicating those organisations in the illegal methods employed to pursue ‘fugitives’.” The investigation report noted that the Chinese authorities claimed that from April 2021 to July 2022, 230,000 nationals had been “persuaded to return” to face criminal proceedings in China. The report also revealed that China established the overseas Chinese police “service stations” and created national police emergency phone numbers through the campaign which started in 2018. The Minqing County Procuratorate, Fujian, Li Riqin, was also quoted as saying; “The procuratorial work involving overseas Chinese is long-term. The procuratorial and overseas Chinese should cooperate closely and strengthen interaction to normalize the mechanisms such as information exchange, legal publicity, joint visits and joint meetings. “They should give full play to the ‘four major procuratorial’ functions of the procuratorial organs in criminal, civil, administrative and public interest litigation.” “Through the establishment of overseas service centers, Qingtian County Police has made breakthroughs in its overseas pursuit of fugitives. Since 2018, the Qingtian police have detected and solved six criminal cases related to overseas Chinese, successfully arrested a red notice fugitive, and persuaded two suspects to surrender under the assistance from the Overseas centers”. The investigative report further disclosed that, China has designated nine countries as having serious fraud, telecom fraud and web crimes, and Chinese nationals are no longer allowed to stay in those countries without “good reason.”