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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 ...