The transition team of the incoming government has condemned the appointment Tuesday of Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and Chairperson of National Commission for Civic Eduction (NCCE) by the outgoing administration. According to the incoming government, have been done in contravention of an earlier agreement at the Transition Committee’s … Read more
Legal Practitioner, Philip Addison has filed a suit challenging President Mahama’s appointment of a Chairperson for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). The suit is seeking to restrain the President from using his last 16 days to make the appointment barely two weeks to handing over power. President John Mahama on Tuesday … Read more
Once again, Ghana has underscored her reputation as a model African democracy – a standing which owes much to the peaceful change of governments through the ballot box. It is, however, ironic that previous changes in government through the democratic process have exposed serious shortcoming in our country’s governance institutional framework. Ghana’s record on political … Read more
Member of Parliament for the Keta Constituency, Mr Richard Quashigah, has urged Ghanaians to make conscious efforts to streamline processes that can strengthen public institutions. He explained that public institutions ought to grow to the extent that public office holders were not demonised, vilified and to some extent rendered insecure when a governing political party … Read more
It is meant to be a heartfelt appeal from some of the US’s most recognisable faces. Actors Martin Sheen and Debra Messing are joined by a host of other celebrities – including musician Moby – to ask Republican electors to not cast their vote for President-elect Donald Trump on 19 December. The argument put forward … Read more
Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote was listed along with Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi. Both men rose up the ladder from the 2015 ranking. El Sisi was ranked 44th most powerful person in the world – 5 spots … Read more
Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu has stated that he is not interested in any ministerial appointment in the incoming Akufo-Addo government. In a statement, Mr. Amidu popularly known as Citizen Vigilante urged people lobbying on his behalf to be appointed an Independent Prosecutor to desist from such act. “I am pleading with … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has dismissed suggestions for the President elect, Nana Addo to offer him an appointment in his new government. Suggestions for Martin Amidu to be appointed as either an independent prosecutor or Attorney General heightened after the Electoral Commission declared Nana Addo as winner of the general elections last Friday. Some … Read more
The Spokesperson of government’s Transition Team, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, has dismissed a suggestion that government is yet to prepare its handing over notes for a smooth transfer of administration. The suggestion made by Spokesperson of the President-elect’s Transition Team Mustapha Hamid in an interview on Onua FM on Tuesday, December 13 said government was yet … Read more
Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka, has spoken for the first time since he said in October that he would cut up his green card if Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. While the writer and poet would not elaborate on whether or not he had torn up his … Read more
Donald Trump will remain as an executive producer on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” even while serving as president of the United States. That agreement, first reported by Variety and confirmed by sources at NBC and the Trump campaign, means the president will have an interest in a show aired by a media company that also reports … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president. Mr Trump tweeted: “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!” The government has … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president. Six weeks ahead of taking office, he tweeted: “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president. Six weeks ahead of taking office, he tweeted: “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. … Read more
Trump starts ‘thank you’ tour with raucous rally Donald Trump delivered an unmistakable message Thursday in his first big speech since election night — the unconventional, impulsive and unscripted person who won a stunning victory is the one that America will get as its President. The President-elect emerged from three weeks closeted in Trump Tower … Read more
Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump. A formal request for the recount was filed by the Green Party’s Jill Stein. Dr Stein, the Green Party’s candidate, has also pledged to file for recounts in … Read more
The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by the flagbearer of the dormant Democratic People’s Party (DPP), Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew, who had prayed the apex court to order the Electoral Commission (EC) to postpone the December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the seven-member panel of justices, presided over by Sophia Adehyira, … Read more
U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not further probe into his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over her private email server use, a top aide to Trump said Tuesday. The new administration will also not open any investigation into foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation when Clinton was secretary of state in the Barak … Read more
Protecting President-elect Donald Trump and his family is costing New York City more than $1 million a day, according to three city officials. And those costs won’t necessarily drop significantly once he moves to the White House. That’s because Melania Trump and their 10-year old son Barron expect to stay at their home at Trump … Read more
When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States in Washington on Friday, Jan. 20, his family, including his wife, Melania Trump, and their young son, Barron, will undoubtedly be by his side. But come that Monday, it appears they won’t be staying with him in the White House. The … Read more