The leadership of the People’s National Convention (PNC) is planning to meet to consider possible sanctions against its leader, Dr Edward Mahama, for accepting to serve in the Nana Akufo-Addo government as an Amabssador-at-Large without consulting the party. The 72-year-old gynaecologist, who was the PNC’s flag bearer in the 2016 election, is one of 22 … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira West, Samuel Nsowa-Djan, has called on the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Major General Obed Akwa to call some soldiers deployed to Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region to search for killers of Captain Maxwell A. Mahama, to order. Captain Mahama was lynched … Read more
The multiple explosions in Takoradi on the morning of Tuesday May 9 which injured 25 people including five firefighters was caused by a gas leakage as workers of Ghana Home Utility Manufacturing Company attempted discharging fuel into a bottle, Assistant Chief Fire Officer for the Western Region, Obeng Dwamena Dankwa, has said. “We are still … Read more
The Parliament of Ghana has said that the sanctioning of some Members of Parliament (MP) for visa irregularities by the British government will be effected as the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, “follows due process” to resolve the issue. Parliament’s Director of Public Affairs, Kate Addo, said the disciplinary measures “will still be in … Read more
Former Defence Minister Benjamin Kunbuor must “hasten slowly” in his comments and calls for an early congress else it will undermine the work of the committee set up by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to probe the party’s defeat in 2016, Prof Ransford Gyampo, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, has urged. “You … Read more
The late Jennifer Nyarko, was Level 400 student of the University of Ghana Jennifer Nyarko of the University of Ghana died as a result of an accident and not suicide, Akuafo Hall President Yuri Nyamful has told Class News. The level 400 student was alleged to have jumped from the balcony of the Akuafo Hall … Read more
NDC MP for Sekyere Affram Plains, Alex Adomako Mensah, has reported to the leadership of parliament, the confiscation of his vehicle by a taskforce set up by the presidency for that purpose. The car was seized at Achimota on Saturday, 18 February while the MP’s driver was using it. He told Class91.3FM’s Jonas Ofori Yeboah … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Mr Isaac Osei, has allayed fears of a possible fuel shortage following an explosion at the facility. A Principal Research Analyst at the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Richmond Rockson, had suggested that the explosion of the furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of … Read more
The Mahama administration, according to documents intercepted by Class91.3FM and Class News, in May 2016 leased over four acres of “unnamed plots” of prime lands along the Sekou Toure Street, Ridge Residential Area in Accra, to former President Jerry John Rawlings at a yearly irrevocable rent of GHS10 for 99 years renewable for 50 years … Read more
The railways sector should have been captured under the Ministry of Transport rather than the creation of a whole new ministry for it by President Nana Akufo-Addo, former Deputy Minister of Transport in the Mahama administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joyce Bawa-Mogtari has said. Announcing a list of ministerial nominations pending parliamentary approval, … Read more
The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) has warned textile pirates to desist from stealing their designs and replicating fake trademarks. TEGLU General Secretary Abraham Koomson, who was a guest on the Executive Breakfast Show on Wednesday, January 11, told the host that local manufacturers invest in the creation of the design, however some … Read more
Deputy Minority Leader James Klutse Avedzi has advised Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta to pay greater attention to domestic revenue generation as an immediate step to tackle economic challenges in the country. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday January 10 named 13 ministerial nominees including Mr Ofori-Atta as Minister of Finance-designate. Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show … Read more