I Will Go For NPP Campaign... Irbard

Security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said he will be attending the 2016 campaign launch of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), just as he has done for the governing National Democratic Congress in Cape Coast on Sunday August 14.

Cash Roll Over In NDC Campaign Launch

There is an increase in economic activities within the Cape Coast Municipality in the Central Region as governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) prepares to launch its campaign later today

Collins Dauda Comments Condemned...Irbard

Comments by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda that supporters and members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) present at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium for the party’s 2016 campaign launch should shout the elephant – the symbol of the main opposition New Patriotic Party – into the Ivorian forest, should be condemned by all, Mr Irbard Ibrahim, a security analyst and peace ambassador for the 2016 polls, has said.

Breaking News: Kennedy Agyapong Is Sick.. Ekow Micah

Highlife and Reggae artiste, Ekow Micah, has spoken against the political behaviour of Assin North MP and owner of Oman FM, Kennedy Kwame Ohene Agyapong.

Breaking News: Daddy Lumba Was Bribe GHC 200,000... Ampong

Gospel musician, Isaiah Kwadwo Ampong has finally spoken about media reports that Daddy Lumba after the launch of their collaborated album, Hosanna, took home proceeds from the event.

Sports: Man. United Will Missed Top Four...Parker

Manchester United must sign three new players or risk failing to finish inside the top four this season, according to former defender Paul Parker.

Breaking News: Lil Win To Realise New Album

'I Dont Think Far' popular actor, Kwadwo Nkansah Lil Win seems to be the anthem in Ghana at the moment.

Breaking News: Bride Run Away From Wedding

Over the weekend, photos of a Nigerian bride seemingly making a run for her life went viral on social media, leaving a lot of questions unanswered about where she was running to and why.

Lindaikeji.com reports that the bride in Eket, Akwa Ibom state, was actually running away from her wedding because she discovered her husband-to-be had lied to her about who he really was.

According to the report, the bride was made to believe the groom was an employee of Chevron. His Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Badoo accounts said he was a staff of the multinational oil and gas company but the bride later found out that this was false.

She therefore decided to abandon the wedding that morning by making a run for her life.

However, a few people believed to be involved in the marriage caught up to her and tried to convince her to go ahead with the wedding.

Electoral Reforms Adopted In Ghana

The Electoral Commission (EC) has adopted 27 electoral reforms to make the Elections 2016, more transparent and credible Mrs Charlotte Osei, the EC Chairperson has stated.

Breaking News: 40 Years Died Woman Found Alive

•Farhiya was separated from her father when she was a baby
•She didn't see him for nearly 40 years

Breaking News: BoG Offload GhIPSS Stake

Citi Business News has gathered that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) may allow commercial banks to acquire between 10 and 20 percent stake in the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS). 

Breaking News: No Road No Vote Demonstration

Residents of Takla, Hodzo and Kpanoe Traditional areas in the Volta Region have vowed not to partake in the upcoming elections if the bad roads in the area are not fixed.

Africans Vote On Favour And Nepotism...Asantehene

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu has observed that Africans do not vote on issues but rather on "nepotism and small favours".

Breaking News: 1.5 Litre Bottle Of Urine Forced To Drink

A 72-year-old woman has forced her 13-year-old house help to drink 1.5 liter bottle of urine in Tema. 
The suspect, Emma Boahene, made her house help to drink the urine as a punishment for urinating into 1.5 liters Voltic bottle at night.

Breaking News: Omahene Pozo Hospitalized Once Again

Rapper Omanhene Pozo who was on admission at the 37 Military Hospital in April is back to the health center for medical attention.

Social Media Will Be Needed In Elections.. Otumfo

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has underscored the importance of how social media can be used to check electoral fraud on the African continent.

Questioning the basis of how Africans vote for candidates, he said it was regrettable that people do not vote on issues but rather “on small favours and nepotism”.

“Voters in Africa don’t vote on issues but on small favours and nepotism… Elections on the continent have been abused and characterized by fraud but with the social media, which provides freedom of speech,” he said, the citizens can express themselves and share information.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II said this Monday when he delivered a lecture in the UK Parliament during the launch of two books authored by two Ghanaians, Ivor Agyeman Duah and Nana Ayebea Clarke.

The books are ‘All The Good Things Around Us: An Anthology of African Short Stories; and May Their Shadows Never Shrink: Wole Soyinka and the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. Otumfuo’s lecture was on the theme: “Africa’s Democratic Path And The Search For Economic Development”.

He urged African electorates to vote on issues as against favours and nepotism, noting that elections are essential ingredients in multi party democracies and that is why 16 countries in Africa are going to the polls this year.

He observed that “challenges in democracy and competitive elections have been [the] abuse of freedom of speech on the continent,” adding that bad leadership and geopolitics have also played part. “Not all changes are good and beneficial,” Otumfuo said, and cited South Sudan and Rwanda as examples of such situation.

Reliance on aid

On the issue of donor support to most African countries by the West, Otumfuo Osei Tutu expressed regrets that many Africans cannot have budgets without the approval of the West due to something he attributed to colonialism. “Some African development partners have been indifferent and used sanctions to perpetuate democratic violence. 

The West exploit the people for their own ends,” he observed. Colonisation, he said, is something that has destroyed the foundations of African democracies “because these colonial masters have little regard for African institutions. Their reforms influenced the grants and loans and these have crippled many African economies”. 

Weakening African traditions 

He said although solid African traditions have supported stable societies on the continent, colonialism has undermined the integrity of the traditional systems. “Rural communities remain loyal to the traditional authorities in spite of modern democratic structures, yet these colonial masters have disregard for these institutions” he observed.

He mentioned the Brexit experience as an example of the stability of the nature of traditional rulers and the role chieftain plays in the midst of political confusion.

Breaking News:Ghanaian Actor Died Again

Eight (8) months into 2016 and the Ghanaian showbiz industry has lost more than anyone ever thought.
Reliable information available to www.nydjlive.com indicates that veteran Ghanaian actor Kofi Middleton Mends well-known for his catch phrase, “Sarah, my socks” and television commercial for Key Soap is dead.