Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Professor Joshua Alabi has called on the president to exercise utmost caution in handling a petition brought before him in an attempt to remove the chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) from office. Some workers of the EC, under group Concerned Workers of … Read more
A former deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor has said that he is not perturbed about a proposal for the government to reverse the controversial AMERI power deal passed in 2015. According to him, the previous government approved the Bill based on its understanding of all the information it had about it. Mr. Jinapor was … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has eulogized his late predecessor Professor John Evans Atta Mills, referring to him as a “man of great moral courage and strength”. “He remains a source of inspiration to me and our nation,” Mr Mahama tweeted on Friday. July 21, 2017 would have marked the 73rd birthday of the third … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has eulogized his late predecessor Professor John Evans Atta Mills, referring to him as a “man of great moral courage and strength”. “He remains a source of inspiration to me and our nation,” Mr Mahama tweeted on Friday. July 21, 2017 would have marked the 73rd birthday of the third … Read more
Arguably, the two most lucrative businesses today in Ghana and much of Africa are the Kingdom Business and Politics; i.e., being in government. Your church founder, archbishop or branch pastor has probably parked in his garage a Jaguar, a Merc and a Landcruiser; meanwhile, the average congregant faithfully giving the offertory and tithes rides on trotro … Read more
National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged Ghanaians to demand accountability from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his promise that his government will absorb the cost of Senior High School (SHS) education. “We have only two months to the September deadline of the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led-New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s campaign promise of implementing the free Senior High … Read more
At the Flagstaff House [the seat of government], in the Greater Accra region, the President invited journalists to come listen to him tell Ghanaians what he has achieved so far after six months in office. On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at exactly 12:30pm, the President’s guests were seated; so was the larger populace, outside the … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that if African leaders are to succeed in improving the living standards of their peoples, a critical piece of the puzzle has to be the availability and use of information and data. According to President Akufo-Addo, the rapid evolution of the advanced and emerging market economies have been … Read more
The entire nation was thrown into a state of shock when the bus of Asante Kotoko Football Club (FC) got involved in a fatal accident at Nkawkaw near Abepotia on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The accident, which was unexpected, occurred at night when the team was returning to Kumasi from Accra after honouring a football … Read more
An urgent motion has been filed in Parliament to have the house rescind the controversial AMERI power deal it passed in 2015. The motion, according to Citi News sources has been filed by the Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament, K. T Hammond, who was the ranking member of the Energy Committee at the time the … Read more
Residents and pedestrians in and around Korle Gonno in Accra are now able to breathe fresh air without the regular smell of faeces. This is according to the managers of the new Lavender Hill Faecal Treatment Plant which is now fully operational. The troubling situation had existed for decades because of the poor disposal of faecal … Read more
The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid has hinted government may have to accept the 43 vehicles ordered by the erstwhile Mahama regime, if it is established that there was a proper contract. Currently in transit in Dubai, the vehicles were ordered a few days before the then government left office. Speaking on the Point Blank … Read more
Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, is claiming that 250 Hyundai i10 vehicles bought in 2012 by the government during the administration have not been paid for. “There are no documentations covering the purchasing of these vehicles and their whereabouts are also unknown,” Mr. Jinapor disclosed on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says attacks against his government by the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, do not bother him. According to him, having been in the same political party with the maverick politician, he was aware of his nature, and therefore, has become used to his outbursts. “Regarding Kennedy Agyapong’s … Read more
Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta says the three-year extended credit facility (ECF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ghana will end in December 2018 as scheduled, just that Ghana will not enter into another deal after that. Mr Ofori-Atta’s latest remarks come in the wake of media reports that government is ending the programme … Read more
The Minority spokesperson on Finance, Isaac Adongo has described the Akufo-Addo government as one that has “lost steam and gasping for breath” based on the government’s answers to questions from journalists at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday. According to him, the government demonstrated that it did not have a full grasp of the challenges facing … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says “it is not clear that Akufo-Addo will be on the ballot anyway”. He explained that going to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) again for the 2020 elections is not his decision alone to take. The president made these remarks on Tuesday when he met some journalists at the … Read more
Ghana government says it will not extend its programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when it expires in April next year, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured. Government will receive 918 million dollars under the three-year programme that seeks to restore the country’s debt sustainability and macroeconomic stability to foster a return to … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has scheduled a media encounter at the Flagstaff House to tell Ghanaians about his six-month stay in office. President Akufo-Addo took over the presidency on January 7, 2017 from John Dramani Mahama. Six months into office, the president is expected to give account of “results” since coming into office. The … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today [Tuesday, July 18, 2017] meet a section of the press to brief them about government’s activities for the first half of the first year of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. According to the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, President Akufo-Addo’s engagement with the press was not for the … Read more