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How to check if your iPhone has NSO Group Pegasus software

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 29, 2021

How to check if your iPhone has NSO Group Pegasus software In the ongoing battle between Apple and the Pegasus spyware, the iPhone maker said it was suing the NSO Group -- the maker of surveillance software. Apple said it was seeking to protect its users from "further abuse and harm" with a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using the iPhone maker's hardware, software or devices, Apple said in a release. The spyware can be remotely installed on a target's iPhone or iPad, granting the person or organization who installed it full access to the device and all the data it holds -- without the owner taking any action. That includes text messages, emails and even recording phone calls. Pegasus was originally designed and is marketed by its creator the NSO Group to monitor criminals and terrorists. Apple with an iPhone security patch in iOS 14.8 in September closed a vulnerability reportedly exploited by invasive spyware built by NSO Group. While's t...

President John Mahama hands over renovated dormitory block to his alma mater

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 27, 2021

Fully renovated Dormitory block for the Cabral and Gbanzaba Houses by Parliament John Mahama In a Facebook post, President John Mahama announced he handed over to his alma mater, Ghana Senior High School, popularly known as Ghanasco, a fully renovated Dormitory block for the Cabral and Gbanzaba Houses. "Cabral House was my home during my days at Ghanasco, and it was a nostalgic feeling returning and reconnecting with some of my mates and seniors on Friday.", John Mahama said in the post. He further said, "Renovating and modernizing the building that houses the Cabral and Gbanzaba Houses, when the state of the structure was brought to my attention, is my hearty contribution to improving conditions for learning for our children." Behind every successful man is a woman is the adage. John Mahama further wrote," My wife, Lordina, also sponsored the repainting and replacement of the nets at the girls dormitory, known as the Lordina Block." Ghana Se...

Forum accuses SSNIT of delays in payment of past credit

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 26, 2021

Mr Isaac Bampoe Addo (middle), Chairman of the Forum and Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana, addressing the forum. With him are Mr King Ali Awudu (right), President, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Association, and Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo (left), President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association and member of the Forum. Picture: ESTHER ADJEI A forum of public sector associations and unions has accused the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) of attempts to deliberately delay the payment of past credit to members. The past credit is the contribution workers made to SSNIT before the coming into force of the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766), which brought about the three-tier pension scheme. Eleven years after the three-tier pension scheme became operational, SSNIT is alleged to have been holding on to part of tier-two funds in the form of past credit. This is after the National Labour Commiss...

Tamale DVLA extorting money from motorbike owners

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 26, 2021

Mr Abdulai Mutawakil, Northern Region Manager of DVLA The Northern Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been allegedly being extorting GH¢ 71.36 from motorbike owners who willingly go to their office to register their motorbikes in the Tamale Metropolis. Motorbikes, impounded by the DVLA, in collaboration with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), their owners are also allegedly being extorted GH¢ 101.36. This extortion, if really true, is a mockery of the exposé done by Tiger Eye on the corruption at the DVLA. This blog know, the exposé hasn’t been a deterrent, because most of the officers caught in the exposé, were only transferred and that may have embolden them to perpetuate more corruption. The Northern Regional Manager of the DVLA, Mr. Mutawakilu Abdulai, has been holding interviews with media in Tamale metropolis and beyond on his efforts to enforce ...

EC proposes use of Ghana Card for 2022 voter registration

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 25, 2021

Dr Bossman Eric Asare — Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Services As part of preparations for its voter registration exercise next year, the Electoral Commission (EC) is proposing the adoption of the Ghana Card as the only proof of citizenship. In line with that, the commission has submitted a comprehensive document to all the political parties for their review and suggestions. Yesterday, the EC held an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to discuss the document further. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) was, however, not present at the meeting. The Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Bossman Eric Asare, told the Daily Graphic that the political parties submitted their inputs at yesterday’s meeting. He said when IPAC met next week, the stakeholders would review the final document before it would be submitted to the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice for further review, after which it would ...

2021 PHC; General Report Vol 3C - Background Characteristics

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 23, 2021

General Report - Volume 3C Read and download report below:

2021 PHC General Report Vol 3B - Age and Sex Profile

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 23, 2021

General Report - Volume 3C Read or download the report below:

2021 PHC: General Report of Population of Regions (Volume 3a)

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 23, 2021

General Report - Volume 3A This report focuses on the regions and districts, which constitute the units of administration and planning in the country. It presents data on the population of administrative units, age and sex structure and the background characteristics of the population. Download report below

5 AK-47s, 100 rounds of ammunition missing from armoury of Tamale Police – Auditor General

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 22, 2021

AK-47 and Rounds of Ammunition Five AK-47 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition have gone missing from the armoury of the Tamale Police Station; this is according to the Auditor General’s report. The rifles and the ammunition had been issued to officers as part of Operation Calm Life. These arms and ammunition issued out to officers had not been returned. On February 5, 2018, government launched ‘Operation Calm Life’ to combat criminal activities in the Northern Region. About 300 security personnel were drawn from all the law enforcement agencies and put together for the initiative. The move is to augment the patrols of security personnel in the wake of armed robbery attacks, political vigilantism, as well as chieftaincy and land disputes in the area. Auditors had inspected the armoury at the Tamale Station and found that five AK-47 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition could not be accounted for. There was also no available information as to the whereabouts of these rifles....

Karaga MP Amin Adam to sponsor 20 top BECE graduates in his constituency through to university

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 20, 2021

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, MP - Karaga, Northern Region The Member of Parliament for Karaga Constituency in the Northern Region, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, popularly known as Amin Anta, has promised to sponsor 20 best students out of the 770 students who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in his constituency. According to him, this will boost the morale of other young children in the constituency to also take their education seriously. He explained that this is one of the ways he intends to use in raising the educational levels in the Karaga constituency. Dr. Amin made this promise when he addressed the graduates on Friday, November 19, 2021 at the Karaga Senior High School premises where the examination took place. He also reminded the graduates of their role in the society and encouraged them to aim high in their academic pursuits. As an incentive, Dr. Adam promised to enrol 20 students who would excel the most in the exam under the Anta ...

4 men arrested for using IG account to lure, rape & rob women

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 19, 2021

4 men arrested for using Instagram account to lure, rape & rob women The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested four men for the alleged robbery and rape of women at Adenta and its environs. The suspects are Ebenezer Amakye Adom, 30, the mastermind behind the act; Paul Nyamelor, 23, a Sawmill Operator; Joel Alornyeku, 27, a fridge repairer and Ebenezer Tawiah, 29, a trader. A fifth suspect, Daniel Tawiah is currently on the run and being pursued by the police. Photoshoot They are said to have used a social media account on Instagram named “Phone Shop” to lure women interested in advertising for the company to attend a photo shoot. Women who expressed interest were taken into a bush where the photoshoot was said to take place but they ended up being raped as the men had sex with them against their wish. They were also forced to disclose the password of their mobile phones and MobileMoney PINs. The suspects then transferred money f...

Laptops for teachers not inferior – MoE to critics

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 17, 2021

The Ministry of Education has debunked allegations that the laptops acquired for teachers across the country are inferior and is even ready to defend their purchase in courtt following the suit and injunctions for the distribution of laptops and the deduction of the 30% fee. Speaking to Naa Dedei on Starr Today, Monday 15th November 2021, the Ministry said they know what is best for the Ghanaian teacher adding that “we know the value and the contribution of our teachers towards quality education and the things we need to supply to be able to put out the best in shaping the thought and destiny of this country.” The Ministry also explained that every step of the way through the acquisition due diligence was done to procure the laptops for the teachers. “Every process which needed to be followed throughout the procurement before the certification for it to be used in this country was duly followed. As we speak the machine is in use and nobody is complaining of its ...

BECE takes off today; 571,894 Candidates to participate

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 15, 2021

Gallery Photo A total of 571,894 candidates from 18,028 schools will sit this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country, starting today. The five-day examination will be written in 2,158 centres under the supervision of 2,158 supervisors and 1,853 assistant supervisors. Statistics Two hundred and eighty-seven thousand, six hundred and five of them are males while the remaining 284,289 are females, with the Ashanti Region presenting the largest number of candidates of 111,432, while the Greater Accra Region follows with 105,539 candidates. The Head of Public Affairs of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, who provided the figures, said the Central Region followed with 63,727 candidates, while a combined force of Western and Western North regions presented 58,316 candidates. The Eastern Region, according to her, presented 55,930 candidates, while 53,265 candidates were from the Bono, Ahafo and Bono East together...

Concentrate on your mandate - National Council of GNAT tells National Teaching Council

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 14, 2021

Ms Philippa Larsen (with microphone) President of the National Council of GNAT reading the communiqué. The National Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the National Teaching Council to stop compelling teachers to take part in its Continuous Professional Development programmes. It said the continuous professional development of teachers was the responsibility of the employer and not the council and as such should stay within its mandate as an advising body to the Minister of Education on matters relating to the professional standing and licensing of teachers. Consequently, the council endorsed the call by the leadership of GNAT on the National Teaching Council and district directors of education to “cease compelling teachers to attend the fee-paying Continuous Professional Development Programmes (CPDP) being run by its assigns forthwith.” Communiqué In a communiqué issued last Friday, November 12, 2021, and signed by its National Pres...

Court places injunction on the distribution and deduction of 30% laptop fee

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 14, 2021

Two teacher unions ( Innovative teachers and ATAG ) secure court injunction on the distribution of one teacher one Laptop and deduction of teacher's professional allowance. In a recent press release, these unions filed a law suit against the deduction from the teacher's professional allowance TheGhana Education Service and the Ministry of Education with the government of Ghana has secured a total of 350000 laptops for pre-tertiary teachers However, teachers will be requiredto pay 30% of the fee which was to be deducted from the 2021 professional allowance In a press release, the Innovative Teachers union and the AtAG has secured an injunction on the deduction. Download and/or read the suit below Listen below:

Collaborate to tackle sanitation challenges — Lamashegu Chief

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 09, 2021

Naa Ziblim Abdullai, Chief of Lamashegu, speaking at the event The Chief of Lamashegu in Tamale, Naa Ziblim Abdulai, has called for effective collaboration among various stakeholders in the sanitation sector to address the sanitation challenges facing the country. He said effective collaboration was key to address the menace because it was a national challenge, and that demanding accountability from only the government would not yield the desired results. He also called on assembly members to champion sanitation issues in their respective electoral areas by sensitising residents to their civic responsibility of keeping their environment clean and avoiding littering. Naa Abdulai made the call at the Graphic/Zoomlion Sanitation Dialogue series in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, yesterday. It was on the theme: “Keep Ghana clean”. The dialogue is an initiative to sensitise the public to their civic responsibility of keeping the environment clean, as well as proffer sugges...

Meet Adam Mohammed; UDS’ overall best student for 2021 with a GPA of 4.90

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 08, 2021

Adam Mohammed graduated with a GPA of 4.90 Adam Mohammed was adjudged the overall best student for the 2021 Graduating class of the University for Development Studies (UDS). He is said to have on a scale of 5.0. Unlike many whose social lives are affected by their pursuit of academic excellence, Adam Mohammed who involved in several extracurricular activities whiles he was a student of the University. He says he involved himself in such activities to become an all-rounded individual and the great leader he aspires to be. Profile of Adam Mohammed Abideen Adam Mohammed Abideen is the first in the family of six children. He is a young man with a passion for numbers and a strong interest in business, particularly the accounting and finance disciplines. He was born in Tamale in 1998 and had both my basic and secondary education in Tamale. He attended Business Senior High School, Tamale where he studied Business. In 2016, he was accepted into the University for Development Studies...

How to use TikTok viral call sign for help: Missing girl found after she used TikTok

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 08, 2021

A teenager who went missing in the US has been found after she used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show she was in danger. The girl had been reported missing by her parents in North Carolina on Tuesday morning, and was spotted inside a car in Kentucky two days later.ki The 16-year-old used the gesture designed to help domestic abuse victims ask for help to alert a passing driver. Authorities say they arrested a 61-year-old man. A driver called police after noticing "a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform TikTok to represent violence at home - I need help - domestic violence," the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The caller noted that the girl "appeared to be in distress" and was being driven by an older male. The girl, who has not been named, told officers she had travelled through North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. Police later arrested James Herbert Brick, 61,...

GNAT protests against compelling teachers to attend fee-paying workshop

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 06, 2021

Mr. Thomas Tanko Musah, the General Secretary of GNAT Leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) protests against compelling teachers to attend a compulsory fee-paying Continuous Professional Development (CPD) planned by National Teaching Council (NTC) Service Providers. The NTC has sent SMS to all teachers who have registered with them through their portal to register for the fee-paying Continuous Professional Development (CPD. The SMS says, "Dear (name of teacher here), AIMS , a Certified CPD Service provider, is inviting you to the training program, Sensitization on Education Policies. Visit https://bit.ly/3EhWVUy to learn more on how to register as a licensed teacher. Visit https://bit.ly/3Be2sZq to register if you are not licensed." The CPD is supposedly being organised by a purported National Teaching Council (NTC) accredited service providers training for Teachers in Public Schools ...

Man arrested for having sex with daughter in Tamale

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 05, 2021

Man arrested for having sex with daughter in Tamale A fifty-one-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Tamale for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his 14-year-old daughter. Mohammed Hamza, who divorced his wife several years ago, is said to have taken advantage of the wife’s absence to have multiple sex with the daughter against her will. The victim, who has been living with the grandmother after her parents’ separation, is said to have visited the father during vacation and he took advantage of that and had multiple sex with her. Complaint The Northern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Emmanuel Cudjoe Holortu, confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic and said the victim lodged a formal complaint with the unit that the suspect had been having sex with her. He explained that the victim who was living with the grandmother decided to visit the fa...

Government Of Ghana Completes Takeover Of AirtelTigo

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 03, 2021

The transaction implies that AirtelTigo would now operate as a state-owned entity of the Government of Ghana. Bharti Airtel informed that the Government of Ghana's takeover of ownership of AirtelTigo has been completed, the company informed in a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. "This is in further to our announcement dated October 27, 2020, and April 16, 2021, regarding the Government of Ghana's takeover of ownership of AirtelfTigo Joint Venture. We wish to update you that the transaction has been completed and 100% shares of Airtel Tigo have been transferred to the Government of Ghana," Bharti Airtel stated in the filing. AirtelTigo is a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and telecom operator Millicom International Cellular SA, which jointly operated in the country. The Indian telecom operator owns a 49.95 per cent stake in the joint venture. The joint venture was finalised in 2017. The transaction implies that AirtelTigo would now operate as a stat...

Google Play wants you to vote for the best app and game of 2021

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 03, 2021

When Google launched its app store under the name Android Market back in 2008, it had only 13 apps. But fast forward to 2021, and Google’s flagship app store is home to over 2.7 million apps, as per the latest data from Statista . It can be hard to find quality apps with so many apps flooding the app store and new apps being continuously added. That’s why each year Google holds Google Play Best of Awards, helping users discover new apps, games, books and giving exposure to developers and publishers. Well, it’s almost time for this year’s Google Best Awards as Google has opened up user voting for the best app and game of 2021. Starting today, Google Play users can vote for the best app and best game of 2021. Voting will be open till November 17, and Google will announce the winners on November 30. Besides the best app and the best game of 2021, Google will also announce Best of Play awards which will include best apps and games across multiple categor...

Self SIM Card Registration App Coming – Ursula

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - November 03, 2021

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister for Communications and Digitalisation Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has given clearer indication about Government intention to introduce a mobile application that will aid self-registration in the ongoing national SIM card registration exercise. She expressed worried that out of about 40 million sim card in the system, only a little over two million of the population as of the end of last week have been able to register successfully. A situation, the Minister describes as very low compared to the number of SIM cards yet to be registered, hence the need for the ‘app’ to facilitate the exercise. “I must say in the coming weeks, we’re working on launching an application for self-registration. A mobile application that will let individuals register at their own convenience without any delay. This is because looking at the figures it is just about two million SIM cards that had been registered so far an...