Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari has hinted that his government will immediately scrap 'SARS' and put measures in place to address other demands of youths in the country. According to him, as a democratic government, it has listened to and carefully evaluated the five-point demands of the protestors. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead In an address to Nigerians in the wake of police brutality, he said "As a democratic government, we listened to, and carefully evaluated the five-point demands of the protesters. And, having accepted them, we immediately scrapped SARS and put measures in place to address the other demands of our youth. On approving the termination of SARS I already made it clear that it was in line with our commitment to the implementation of extensive Police reforms" He added that the promptness with which Nigerians have acted seemed to have been misconstrued as a sign of weakness and twisted by some for their selfish unpatriotic interests. "I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses of some members of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)," Buhari mentioned. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama He further explained that on Monday 12th October, he acknowledged the genuine concerns and agitations of members of the public regarding the excessive use of force by some members of SARS. The Nigerian President noted that the choice to demonstrate peacefully was a fundamental right of citizens as enshrined in Section 40 of our Constitution and other enactments. He said "But this right to protest also imposes on the demonstrators the responsibility to respect the rights of other citizens, and the necessity to operate within the law. The result of this is clear to all observers: human lives have been lost; acts of sexual violence have been reported; two major correctional facilities were attacked and convicts freed; public and private properties destroyed or vandalized" READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-ghana-will-be-transformed-into-an-advanced-nation-if-elected-president-mahama-hints "The sanctity of the Palace of a peace-maker, the Oba of Lagos has been violated. So-called protesters have invaded an International Airport and in the process disrupted the travel plans of fellow Nigerians and our visitors. All these executed in the name of the END SARS protests. I am indeed deeply pained that innocent lives have been lost. These tragedies are uncalled for and unnecessary" he hinted. Mr. Buhari mentioned that there is no way whatsoever to connect these bad acts to legitimate expressions of grievance of the youth of the country. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/world-press-freedom-day-government-recognizes-significance-of-press-in-fight-against-covid-19 He said "The spreading of deliberate falsehood and misinformation through the social media in particular, that this government is oblivious to the pains and plight of its citizens, is a ploy to mislead the unwary within and outside Nigeria into unfair judgement and disruptive behaviour" "On the contrary, both our deeds and words have shown how committed this administration has been to the well being and welfare of citizens, even with the steadily dwindling revenues, and the added responsibilities and restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic" he added. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/ablekuma-west-constituency-i-will-sweep-the-remaining-2-polling-centers-come-december-7-ursula Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

The issue of contracting to kill supposedly conspired by one of National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidates has taken a different turn as more revelations came to bear. The latest development convened by ThinkNews Online has it that the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Agona West, Paul Ofori- Amuah has admitted issuing a cheque that was found on one of the murder suspects arrested. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama It has however been established that the NDC PC issued the said to one of them in a hotel room. He’s been charged with preparations to commit a crime to wit murder and abetment to commit a crime to with murder. On the 17th of October, 2020, four persons were arrested by the Swedru Division of the Central Regional Police Command arrested some four persons in a hotel in Swedru. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead While investigations were underway, MP for Agona West lodged a formal complaint that the four persons were preparing to kill her. Meanwhile, the four persons have been remanded for a re-appearance in court on October 30, 2020. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-ghana-will-be-transformed-into-an-advanced-nation-if-elected-president-mahama-hints The four persons were charged with Preparations to commit a crime, to wit murder and carrying offensive weapons. Story by: News Desk Report

Former President John Mahama has given an insight into what his administration sought to achieve under its cocoa road rehabilitation program. John Mahama explained that upon assumption of office, his administration observed that cocoa-growing communities had some of the poorest roads in the country. The flagbearer of the NDC party further explained that his government agreed with COCOBOD to commit $150 million of cocoa proceeds annually to construct roads leading to cocoa communities. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead According to the Former President, such roads include; Feeder and urban highway roads. The Former president chided the Akufo-Addo-led government for abandoning the cocoa road project and said it will cost the nation huge sums of money in revamping the projects. The Akufo-Addo administration upon assumption of office in 2017 suspended the projects and initiated an audit due to suspicions of corruption. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama The Former President questioned why the New patriotic party government did not consult implementers and other stakeholders of the initiative who could have given them in-depth information concerning the project to inform the actions. Speaking in an exclusive interview with an Accra-based radio station, Mr.Mahama said "The incumbent government did not have an understanding of the cocoa roads initiative" He has therefore demanded that President Akufo-Addo makes public the outcome of the $10m audit initiated into the stalled project. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/just-in-ecowas-chairperson-breaks-silence-on-violence-on-endsars Story by: RodneyTsenuokpor

Loggy Entertainment in partnership with Klassik Promo Inc says the much-awaited 'GH-Unite' Virtual Concert has been slated for November 1, 2020. According to the organizers, the event will be held virtually as part of measures of reducing the spread of coronavirus among the masses. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/takoradi-road-3-die-in-a-ghastly-accident-pictures ThinkNews Online has gathered that the virtual will see heavy-weights in the Ghanaian Music Industry thrill fans to sizzling music. It is emerging that Artists such as; Samini, Stonebwoy, Kuami Eugene, Kofi Kinaata will be performing on the night. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/united-nations-condemns-police-brutality-in-nigeria-amid-endsars-protests ThinkNews Online has gathered that the virtual concert will begin at 8pm and will stream live via GHUNITE.CO Watch video and pictures below: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has condemned attacks launched by the Nigerian Military on unarmed young men which have resulted in the loss of lives. According to him, he is confounded that prior to the sad events at the #LekkiTollGate, the Nigerian Police failed to arrest the weapon-bearing hoodlums who were attacking the well-organized and non-violent #EndSARS. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/endsars-ecowas-condemns-violence-in-nigeria In series of tweets and a statement signed by him, Pastor Adeboye said "I condemn in the strongest possible terms, attacks launched by the Nigerian military on unarmed young people, who have been peacefully protesting police brutality over the last 12 days as #EndSARS protests." He added the condemnable actions of the military risks driving the agitations of the young people underground is making the situation unmanageable. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/takoradi-road-3-die-in-a-ghastly-accident-pictures Below are a series of tweets and a copy of the release: Story by: Joshua KwabenaSmith

Information reaching ThinkNews Online indicates that 3 persons have lost their lives in a ghastly accident involving an Audi saloon car and tipper-truck at Ngerensia, a community in Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region It is emerging that the Audi saloon car with registration number GE 1719-20 has been badly damaged since it was heavily smashed by the truck. An eye witness at the scene of the accident said "The yellow truck loaded with heavy stones could not move for a couple of days after it got spoilt having nothing to do about it and as a result leading to the dreadful accident" He also added that the 3 occupants in the Audi car which included a woman have been sent to the Effia Nkwanta Hospital. Below are pictures: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission says it is condemning the violent activities happening in Nigeria which has claimed lots of lives. According to ECOWAS, the Nigerian government and it people would sit and find amicable solutions and do away with the killings. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead In a statement signed by the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, it said “While ECOWAS Commission recognizes the right of citizens to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and protests, it is also of the view that those rights should be exercised in a non-violent manner.  In this regard, the ECOWAS Commission calls on all protesters to remain peaceful in the conduct of their demonstrations.  It also urges the Nigerian security operatives to exercise restraint in the handling of the protests and act professionally,” It is, however, emerging that ECOWAS has called for investigations into the allegations leveled against the recently disbanded SARS. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama The #EndSARS protests have been going on for close to two weeks with initial calls for major Police reforms changing to demands for better governance. Below is a copy of the release: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

A dragon has been spotted flying in the heart of Oyigbo land amidst the #EndSARS scuffle. After it was captured, it is emerging that the dragon has disappeared. Protestors say they didn't burn down the police stations and tv stations but the dragon did. See pictures below:

The United Nations has condemned the violence visited on citizens demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria. According to the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, the development in the African state are on its radar. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead On Tuesday night, the Nigerian military opened fire on unarmed civilian protestors at Lekki Toll Gate, one of the pivot areas for the ongoing #EndSARS protests. Many were left injured in the process. The Nigerian authorities have disputed reports of any recorded deaths in last night’s action but eyewitnesses dispute this account. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama The October 21 release explained that the Secretary-General “calls for an end to reported police brutality and abuses. He condemns the violent escalation on 20 October in Lagos which resulted in multiple deaths and caused many injuries.” While expressing condolences to the bereaved families, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric indicated that the UN “calls on the Nigerian authorities to investigate these incidents and hold the perpetrators accountable.” “The Secretary-General urges the security forces to act at all times with maximum restraint while calling on protestors to demonstrate peacefully and to refrain from violence.” READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-ghana-will-be-transformed-into-an-advanced-nation-if-elected-president-mahama-hints The UN also urged “authorities to swiftly explore avenues to de-escalate the situation. The statement reiterated the “readiness of the United Nations to support national efforts towards finding a solution.” Credit: JoyNews

Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Akufo Addo has broken his silence on the ongoing police brutality against citizens in Nigeria. In a tweet sighted by ThinkNews Online, President Akufo-Addo said "I join all well-meaning persons in calling for calm and the use of dialogue in resolving the #EndSARS impasse in Nigeria. I have spoken with President Buhari, who is committed to this end and has begun the processes that will lead to reform. 1/2" READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead He added "Violence, be it on the part of the Police or protesters, cannot be the solution. To the families who have lost their loved ones, I express my sincere condolences, and I wish the injured a speedy recovery. 2/2 #EndSARS" President Akufo-Addo has come under heavy pressure from Ghanaian celebrities among others to speak on the worrying situation happening in Nigeria. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama Meanwhile, some scores of social media say they are disappointed in President Akufo-Addo for keeping long in responding to the numerous calls to #EndSARS. Below are his embed tweets: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

A Former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Kwame Owusu has said the Ghanaian media have not been fair to him in terms of their reportage. According to him, the issue of bias reportage is not limited to him but many others insisting he was not given a fair hearing in the wake of his controversies at the Ghana Maritime Authority. Speaking to an Accra-based television station, he disclosed that though it happened, he is not bitter and has forgiven all those who unfairly reported on his issues. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead “On the media side, you were not fair to me and many others but I am not in pain. I am a very happy person. If I go to sleep, I sleep soundly”, he disclosed. Citing instances of unfair reportage about him he said “Sometimes I question you the media and your sincerity. Somebody takes a paper and attach please find meetings and whatever and somebody writes next to it eight people eat ten thousand Ghana Cedis…and nobody had the sense to say let us investigate it. If you read the document posted by A Plus, it was clear. You did not bother to do any investigations. Instead of reporting and make Ghanaians get information you want to make news so that your papers and your stations can be watched” Mr. Kwame Owusu two years ago literally went bonkers at a press conference he organized to clear the air at the time of raging controversies surrounding his administration. In what started as civil Question and Answer session between him and the journalists who sought further clarification on the award of contracts as well as the infamous food ordered from his hotel, later resulted in switched anger buttons after TV3’s Komla Klutse took the microphone to ask a question. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead The journalist in a video footage obtained by MyNewsGh.com wanted to know if he [Kwame Owusu] believes the board will do a fair job and demanded he clears the air on his relationship with a contractor working on his official residence many say is his cousin. As if Mr. Owusu was already firing up for the journalist, he threw the first jab and followed it up with many others in a seeming angry tone. “Komla thank you. I wanted you to have the opportunity because you have been a leader of championing the mischief. In the first place, you even have gone far to take a picture of my hotel and put it out so it is no wonder you are questioning. If you are questioning the integrity of the board, if you are going to question just as you have been doing the integrity of the minister, it is not me to tell you whether the board will be fair or not fair. It is not me Komla to tell you, if you want to go, go to the minister and ask and I don’t know whether you think he should have brought in back contractors. It is not my mandate to determine whether they will be fair or not fair” he said. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama Source: Mynewsgh

The immediate past Deputy Secretary of the NPP Chapter in California, USA, Dr. Solomon Owusu has disclosed that the over 500 seized excavators from illegal mining operations were not just missing but they were moved from the various yards, based on orders from the chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee of Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. Before communicating this matter to the public, Solomon had spent months meticulously conduct investigations after the chairman publicly declared that the seized excavators had vanished. The outspoken mining engineer and mineral economist residing in Colorado, USA has challenged the IMCIM chairman to come out and dispute the claim. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-mfantseman-npp-mp-shot-dead After Solomon intercepted some documents, audio recordings and also had the opportunity to interview the head of the monitoring team of the IMCIM, Francis Assibi Abu to ascertain the facts of the missing excavators, it clearly showed that Professor Frimpong-Boateng ordered the release of the excavators to a heavy equipment sales company in Accra and some of the illegal miners, including Chinese nationals. Dr. Owusu, therefore, found it intriguing how the same person who instructed the guards at the seized equipment sites to release the confiscated machines could openly declare that the excavators were missing from the yards. Based on thorough investigations conducted by Solomon, the Sany Heavy Equipment Company in Accra is currently in possession of some of the missing excavators, upon orders from the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-i-will-turn-nafti-into-a-multimedia-university-mahama An available report dated July 21, 2020, showed that a manager called Felix at the Sany company had been receiving some of the seized excavators from Professor Frimpong-Boateng. According to the report written by the Galamstop Head, an arrangement was made between the Heavy Equipment Sales Company and the IMCIM Chairman, concerning how the company received the seized excavators. Felix was willing to disclose the number of excavators that the company had received from Professor Frimpong-Boateng. Again, a situational report written by Francis Assibi Abu indicated that Professor Frimpong-Boateng ordered the release of a seized excavator, which was kept at a yard in Obuasi to its owner. In a video circulating on social media, Solomon has challenged the IMCIM Chairman to explain to Ghanaians on the modalities he used to release the seized excavators to certain people. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/politics-ghana-will-be-transformed-into-an-advanced-nation-if-elected-president-mahama-hints After the excavators were seized through their engagements in illegal mining, the equipment became state properties so why should the chairman release them to certain people without following the state auctioning procedures? In the early part of February 2020, the chairman of the IMCIM declared to all Ghanaians that some of the excavators that were seized from illegal mining sites had been missing. This issue became a top discussion on almost all the radio and television stations in Ghana. A few days later, the chairman who doubles as the Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation assured Ghanaians that all the missing equipment would be found. The minister has never disclosed the number of missing equipment that had been found since then. On the missing gold, documents available have shown that some people at the Inter-Ministerial office and the Jubilee House in Accra received the seized gold from the Operations Vanguard and the Galamstop teams. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/world-press-freedom-day-government-recognizes-significance-of-press-in-fight-against-covid-19 They included Dr. Naa Dedei Tagoe who was a consultant to the IMCIM and a lecturer at the University of Mines & Technology in Tarkwa. Others were Mr. Alex Gyedu at the IMCIM office and Mr. Amofa at the Jubilee House. According to Solomon, he has intercepted an inventory report which contains the seized gold, excavators, cash, weapons, motorbikes, pick-up trucks, and a list of arrested Chinese nationals who were facing legal action after engaging in illegal mining operations in Ghana. Unfortunately, these foreign nationals had been left off the hook but Ghanaians who were arrested through the same illegal mining activities were thrown to prison. READ ASO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/presidency-presec-presents-2020-nsmq-trophy-to-prez-akufo-addo Ghanaians, especially those working with the media groups, CSOs, and opinion leaders have been encouraged to demand the missing excavators and gold from the afore-mentioned names. In his view, Dr. Owusu believes that the equipment and the precious metal could not fly and disappear like fowls, vultures, or hawks but they were taken by human beings who live in Ghana. Hence, the laws should be applied to penalize those behind the stolen items. Source: Dr. Solomon Owusu, Ghana Youth Movement, Denver, Colorado, USA Disclaimer: ThinkNewsOnline is not responsible for the opinions of contributors published on our website. Details of authors have been published beneath the write-up.