Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For a country, popular for producing gold, diamond and other minerals, only 12 mining engineers are available in Ghana, a number Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister has described as discouraging. According to Benito Owusu-Bio, over 100 to … Read more
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority has described as “shameful and embarrassing,” findings of an investigative committee claiming that the immediate past Executive Director of the Authority received kickbacks from a contractor. Mr. Amponsah Bediako, told Joy News Editor Dzifa Bampoh on Top Story, they had been “suspicious” of Dr George Crentsil … Read more
There was confusion at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital when a family couldn’t locate the body of their dead relative. The Okertchiri family was greeted with shock when they went to the hospital to collect the body for burial last Friday. After enquiries at the mortuary, they were told another family had mistakenly buried Michael … Read more
Member of Parliament for Talensi BT Baba has debunked a national security confidential report accusing him of illegally owning and mining in the Upper East Region. The enigmatic law maker, sports administrator admitted owning a small scale mine in the Upper East Region and engaging in same but said his documents are completely legal. BT, … Read more
Two of the four Members of Parliament named in the UK visa fraud allegation are angry with the reports and have turned to their lawyers for advice. One of them, Richard Acheampong who is MP for Bia East insists the claims by Jon Benjamin are misleading. He has therefore instructed his lawyers to take up … Read more
The Minority Leader is accusing the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) of misleading Parliament in a cocaine allegation case that is increasingly becoming a tale of mistaken identity. Haruna Iddrisu had warned the president to withdraw the Deputy Agric Minister nominee George Oduro because of a damning report by the BNI which linked the nominee … Read more
In keeping to the huge size of its political symbol, the elephant, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu says President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed an elephant-sized government that will invariably feed on the limited public finance. According to the Tamale South Member of Parliament, the decision by the president to appoint an army of ministers is shamefull. … Read more
The head of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana has described as juicy the stimulus package announced by the Finance Minister in the 2017 Budget statement. Peter Quartey told Joy News Editor Dzifa Bampoh that he was happy with some of the details of the budget, particularly the decision to abolish some of … Read more
The Co-chair of the New Patriotic Party Transition team Yaw Osafo Maafo has challenged members of the outgoing government to mention who agreed or approved the request for ex-president John Mahama to retain his official bungalow after the handing over. “An agreement can only be reached between two people. The agreement was reached with who?” … Read more
The Greater Accra Chair of the National Democratic Congress is incensed at what he says is violent attacks on supporters of his party and has called on president elect Nana Akufo-Addo to show leadership. Ade Coker said the “country is not in a coup situation” and the supporters of the New Patriotic Party cannot be … Read more
The All People’s Party (APC) is divided over which of the two leading political parties to endorse ahead of the December 7 elections. With the disqualification of the party’s flagbearer, Hassan Ayariga from the upcoming election, it has become necessary for the party to throw its weight behind one of the two leading contenders- President … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party is in a “waiting mood” hoping and praying the Electoral Commission will receive their revised nomination forms in the same spirit they were presented. That is the cry of the party’s flagbearer Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom barely two hours after the party submitted their nomination form on the final day of … Read more
The Ashanti Region Police says it will not entertain any form of violence before or during the elections especially from muscled men popularly referred to as macho-men. The Regional Command has since declared a zero-tolerance for violence perpetrated by these muscled men. “To build your body is not a crime in Ghana but it becomes … Read more
The New Patriotic Party in the Volta Region is ready to take advantage of the seeming apathy in the region believed to the ‘world bank’ of the governing party. The Volta Region Chairman of the NPP Peter Amewu said the people of Volta Region are very discerning and will no longer be taken for granted. … Read more
The Election Security Task force has begun an anti-violence campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential and parliamentary election. The campaign is targeted at reducing tension at the various polling stations described as election hot spots. The Electoral Commission Chair Mrs Charlotte Osei on Wednesday said over 81 constituencies across the country have become notorious for … Read more