‘IMANI’ Centre for Policy and Education, an African think tank, has described the additional ministries by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as questionable. In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, the President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe mentioned that the creation of Interior Ministry, Defence … Read more
The release of the first batch of ministers announced yesterday by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should signal to Ghanaians that the new occupant of Government House means business. It has taken the new President only two days of work to name his first batch of ministers. We commend him for that. The calibre of personalities … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s wish for the Appointments Committee of Parliament to vet his ministerial nominees as quickly as possible may just be granted. By Parliamentary procedures it will take two weeks from the day the House receives the list of nominees from the president before a nominee will be vetted. According to the Deputy Minority … Read more
The Interior Minister nominee, Ambrose Dery has clarified that ministries and agencies considered as having security duties have distinct roles and would not duplicate each other’s work. Ambrose Dery and twelve others were nominated on Tuesday by President Akufo-Addo for various ministerial positions, pending parliamentary approval. If approved, Albert Kan Dapaah will be the National … Read more
The Interior Minister nominee, Ambrose Dery has clarified that ministries and agencies considered as having security duties have distinct roles and would not duplicate each other’s work. Ambrose Dery and twelve others were nominated on Tuesday by President Akufo-Addo for various ministerial positions, pending parliamentary approval. If approved, Albert Kan Dapaah will be the National … Read more
Finance minister-designate Ken Ofori Atta has given the assurance that the Akufo-Addo-led government will not increase electricity bills anytime soon. According to him, the move is in fulfillment of the promise the NPP made to Ghanaians during the electioneering. Speaking to the media after his nomination was announced by the President, finance expert said the … Read more
The internal peace and security of any nation is key to development and it is the bedrock against external assault. For any external aggression to succeed, the internal harmony and security must have to be overrun. That is why in some developed countries, the Minister of Interior is the most powerful after the figurehead of … Read more
Authorities in Niger have said that around 20 more members of the jihadist group Boko Haram have surrendered in the country. According to Vanguard, the combatants surrendered at Diffa, in southeastern Niger, a Boko Haram stronghold close to the border with Nigeria, where 31 fighters turned themselves in at the end of last month. Niger’s … Read more
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named Brigadier General Emmanuel Okyere as his National Security Advisor. Former director at the Bureau of National Investigations Joshua Kyeremeh has also been announced as the National Security coordinator for the incoming government. The announcements were made at the Nima residence of the President-elect Wednesday afternoon. PROFILE Brigadier General … Read more
So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried out by “a heroic soldier”. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub when the gunman began firing indiscriminately. … Read more
ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39 people on New Year’s Eve. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group released on Monday a statement claiming responsibility for the raid. “In continuation of the blessed operations that Islamic State is conducting … Read more
Police in Istanbul are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a well-known nightclub, killing at least 39 people. The attack happened at Reina nightclub early on Sunday, as hundreds of revellers marked the new year. Officials say some 15 foreigners were killed, including citizens from Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and … Read more
At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister says. A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT), as revellers marked the new year. Suleyman Soylu said efforts were continuing to find the attacker, who … Read more
Mr. Martin. A. B. K. Amidu has won the respect of many Ghanaians for his intransigent fight against wanton dissipation of national purse by his own party: National Democratic Congress (NDC) apparatchiks. No wonder that he has gained the sobriquet: “citizen vigilante.” Since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu Addo (NADAA) led New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) victory … Read more
After the Nigerian army claimed victory over Boko Haram in the armed group’s forest stronghold, a commander at the forefront of the battle says the search is still on for the missing Chibok girls. The army captured the Sambisa Forest in the country’s east over the weekend. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Brigadier General … Read more
Tunisia’s security forces have called on the government to adopt “exceptional measures” to deal with potential security threats from fighters who have returned to their home country. On Friday evening, the country’s Interior Minister Hedi Majdoub told parliament that 800 Tunisian nationals who had travelled abroad to fight for armed groups in other countries have … Read more
The Berlin market attacker, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan. The Tunisian criminal fired on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday. German authorities say fingerprints they provided have confirmed the dead man is Amri. They … Read more
The Berlin market attack suspect, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan, Italy’s interior minister says. The man, who opened fire on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday, was “without a shadow of a doubt” Anis … Read more
The Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead by police in Milan, Italy’s interior minister says. The man, who opened fire on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday morning, was “without a shadow of a doubt” … Read more
The Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead by police in Milan, Italy’s interior minister says. The man, who opened fire on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday morning, was “without a shadow of a doubt” … Read more