Minister Urges Respect for Security Measures in Binduri
The Interior Minister, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, has called on the people of Binduri to respect ongoing security measures to maintain peace in the area. Apexnewsgh reports A curfew has been imposed in Binduri Township and surrounding communities, from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am daily, starting Sunday, April 27, 2025. The decision was backed by the Upper East Regional Security Council and formalized through an Executive Instrument. The Minister reminded residents that the ban on the movement of motorbikes, tricycles, and “aboboyaa” remains in effect. Anyone found riding these vehicles will be arrested and prosecuted. Alhaji Muntaka urged chiefs, elders, youth, and all citizens to remain calm and promote peace rather than resorting to violence. The Minister also reiterated that carrying arms, ammunition, or wearing traditional smocks that can be used to conceal weapons is strictly prohibited. Offenders will face swift legal action. The government says these measures are necessary to protect lives and restore lasting calm to the Binduri area. Alhaji Muntaka appealed to residents to cooperate with security agencies to ensure the safety of all citizens. The Minister’s statement emphasized the importance of working together to maintain peace and stability in the area. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Dr. Bawumia Reflects on NPP’s Record in Government
Former Vice President and 2024 NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reflected on the party’s record in government, acknowledging both successes and shortcomings. Apexnewsgh reports Speaking during the NPP’s ongoing Thank You Tour, Dr. Bawumia praised the party’s achievements, including advancements in digitalization, infrastructure development, and economic reforms. Dr. Bawumia admitted that not every goal had been fully realized, citing challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic pressures. “We are not perfect, and no government is,” he told the crowd, emphasizing that the realities of governance meant that some aspirations remained unmet. Despite the challenges, Dr. Bawumia expressed pride in the work the NPP had done to transform the lives of Ghanaians. “The evidence of our progress can be seen in every sector of the economy,” he stated, highlighting the party’s commitment to service and innovation. Dr. Bawumia reassured party faithful that the NPP had learned valuable lessons from its experiences and was better prepared for the future. “We learned valuable lessons and are better prepared for the future,” he added, emphasizing the party’s unwavering commitment to serving Ghanaians. Dr. Bawumia’s reflections offered a balanced perspective on the NPP’s record in government, acknowledging both successes and challenges. His comments reflected a desire to build on the party’s achievements while learning from its mistakes. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
We couldn’t pay NABCO workers and youth in afforestation– Dr. Bawumia admits
Former Vice President and NPP Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed disappointment over the lack of support for youth-centered programs during the NPP administration. Apexnewsgh reports Speaking on the ongoing Thank You Tour, Dr. Bawumia highlighted the government’s refusal to pay NABCO workers, numbering about 100,000, and the virtual cancellation of the program. He also mentioned the non-payment of youth in afforestation, who were about 75,000. Dr. Bawumia attributed the party’s defeat in the elections to several factors, including the high cost of living, arrogance of power, and refusal to listen to the party and Ghanaians. He specifically pointed to the e-levy and the debt exchange project as major contributors to the party’s poor performance. Despite warnings from the party, the government introduced the e-levy, which was unpopular among Ghanaians. The debt exchange project, which affected about 800,000 bondholders, mostly middle-class Ghanaians, was also poorly handled. Dr. Bawumia further criticized the government’s handling of priority projects in some regions, as well as the controversial national cathedral project. He noted that a lot of money was invested in the national cathedral project without visible progress, which became a major issue for the party. Moving forward, Dr. Bawumia urged party members to stay united and work hard to correct the party’s challenges. He emphasized the need for the party to learn from its mistakes and work towards a brighter future, as captured by the Prof. Mike Oquaye Committee. Dr. Bawumia’s comments reflect a desire to reform and strengthen the party for future elections. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Dr. Bawumia Agrees with NPP Supporters on Reasons for Election Loss
Former Vice President and NPP Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has echoed the sentiments of party supporters regarding the reasons behind the NPP’s loss in the 2024 elections. Apexnewsgh reports Addressing party faithful during the ongoing Thank You Tour, Dr. Bawumia highlighted several factors that contributed to the party’s defeat, including the high cost of living, arrogance of power, and refusal to listen to the party and Ghanaians. Dr. Bawumia specifically mentioned the e-levy and the debt exchange project as major factors that affected the party’s performance in the elections. He noted that the party had warned against the introduction of the e-levy, but the government did not listen. Additionally, the debt exchange project, which affected about 800,000 bondholders, mostly middle-class Ghanaians, was poorly handled. Dr. Bawumia also lamented the lack of support for youth-centered programs, including NABCO and youth in afforestation. He revealed that the government refused to pay NABCO workers, numbering about 100,000, and virtually cancelled the program. Similarly, the government did not pay youth in afforestation, who were about 75,000. Dr. Bawumia further highlighted the poor handling of priority projects in some regions, as well as the controversial national cathedral project. He noted that the national cathedral project was a major issue for the party, as a lot of money was pumped into it without visible progress. Moving forward, Dr. Bawumia urged all party members to stay together and work very hard to correct the challenges of the party, as captured by the Prof. Mike Oquaye Committee. He emphasized the need for the party to learn from its mistakes and work towards a brighter future. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Perpetual Futures, Cross-Margining, and Algorithmic Edge: Practical Tactics for Pro Traders
Okay, so check this out—perpetual futures have quietly become the backbone of crypto derivatives trading. Wow! They let you hold exposure without expiries. That opens up powerful strategies for directional exposure, liquidity provision, and volatility capture, though execution matters a lot. Initially I thought perpetuals were just leveraged spot, but then realized there’s a whole ecosystem of funding rates, index construction, and liquidation mechanics that shape P&L in non-obvious ways. Seriously? Funding screws you if you ignore it. Short bursts of funding can flip an edge on a dime. My instinct said to always watch skew and funding together, and that still holds. On one hand funding is an ongoing cost that can erode carry; on the other hand you can harvest it when market structure favors you—if you size and time trades properly. Actually, wait—let me rephrase that: you harvest funding as a return component only when your exposure matches persistent market pressure, and you must hedge execution risk carefully. Here’s the thing. Cross-margining is a huge behavioral advantage for active desks. It reduces margin inefficiency when multiple positions offset each other. For example, cross-margin lets a market-making algo net exposures across pairs instead of posting isolated collateral per product. That reduces forced deleveraging in volatile moves, and it smooths capital utilization—very very important for firms running many strategies. Whoa! But cross-margin isn’t magic. It increases contagion risk inside an account. If one leg blows up, your whole collateral pool is at risk. So you need real-time risk checks. Initially I trusted risk screens that batched checks every minute, but then realized that sub-second spikes and cascade liquidations demand streaming risk logic. On messy days you want to be able to pull margin from low-risk buckets instantly, or to auto-delever in controlled steps before exchanges do it for you. Algorithm design for perpetuals is deceptively simple to state and hard to implement well. Medium-term convergence algos, statistical arbitrage across perp vs. spot, and funding arbitrage are common templates. But execution slippage, order book depth, and maker-taker fee regimes change theoretical returns into something else. Hmm… somethin’ about execution—it’s the difference between paper P&L and real profits. Start with a clear objective: are you harvesting funding, capturing basis decay, or providing liquidity? Short answer: different objectives need different algo designs. Two medium-sized rules you should adopt early are: keep latency-tight for market-taking flows, and favor discrete, predictable posting schedules for making flows to minimize adverse selection. Longer thought: the trade-off between posting cadence and price improvement is dynamic, and you should tune it to volatility regimes and order flow autocorrelation that you measure on a rolling basis. Check this out—funding arbitrage seems easy on paper: buy spot, short perp, collect funding. Really? Not quite. Funding rates vary across exchanges, and index mismatch and funding periodicity complicate execution. Plus, funding can spike against you during squeezes. On one hand you can delta-hedge cheap; though actually, the carry can reverse as liquidity dries up, and then costly liquidation or basis blowouts eat returns. Execution design matters. Use adaptive order sizing that considers the current depth and predicted short-term impact. A medium-size market taker strategy meant to capture fleeting dislocations should dynamically split orders with urgency driven by probability of reversion. For maker strategies, rotate quotes and use random jitter to avoid predictable patterns that algos can game. I’m biased toward randomized posting windows because predictability attracts predatory algos, but your system must also be auditable for compliance, so log everything. Portfolio-level risk controls are not optional. Really. Pre-trade simulations that include worst-case funding scenarios, correlated liquidations, and margin climbs should be baked into any live deployment. Initially I relied on static stress-tests, but then realized that Monte Carlo runs seeded with empirical jump distributions gave better stress coverage. So update stress parameters weekly, or when a coin sees a volatility regime shift. Algo monitoring: design both policy and anomaly detectors. Short bursts of bad fills, slippage drift, or sudden funding divergence need different responses. A simple hierarchy works well—alerts, soft auto-pauses, then hard kills if risk limits breach. Longer-term: add a feedback loop so that profitable strategies can scale up automatically within risk budgets, but only after passing post-trade performance validations. That avoids ramping under false positives. Here’s an actionable pattern I use: pairwise perp-spot arb with dynamic hedge ratio. Medium risk control is to hedge delta continuously using inverse exposure in low-cost instruments. When you see funding spike, reduce perp exposure and lean into spot or options if available. If options are thin, shift to staggered perp exits to avoid market impact. That staggered exit is slower, but it avoids domino liquidations that can escalate slippage—so often it’s the smarter move. Check this out—margin optimization across correlated assets often beats isolated margin management. Cross-margining platforms (and some DEXs) let you collateralize with multiple assets, decreasing idle capital. If your execution stack integrates with a cross-margin ledger, you can route fills to the account that minimizes incremental margin. For a practical reference, I’ve used a platform that combines deep perp liquidity with cross-margin primitives—see the hyperliquid official site for one implementation that caught my attention when researching decentralized perp liquidity protocols. That said, not all cross-margin implementations are equal. Some enforce aggressive maintenance margins; others have lenient initial margins but delayed liquidation thresholds. Longer thought: the architecture of the matching engine, margin model, and incentive design together determine real survivability under stress, and you should simulate each exchange’s liquidation mechanics before committing capital. Algo resilience is a people problem too. On one hand you need engineers to monitor latencies and memory leaks; on the other hand, traders must own risk limits. Actually, wait—let me rephrase: the best teams have clear ownership boundaries, runbook automation, and a culture that allows rapid intervention without blame. If your team freezes under pressure, algorithms alone won’t save you. Here’s what bugs me about a lot of “fully automated” setups: they assume stationary markets. Markets change. Period. You need adaptive signals that re-calibrate their parameters using