The former boss of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby has chided President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for surrendering to an emotional media coverage of the death of Major Maxwell Mahama. According to Dr. Wereko-Brobby, the media coverage coerced the President to honor Mr. Mahama while neglecting other officers who died in similar … Read more
A pregnant BECE candidate (name withheld) at Akye Mansa in the Eastern region was forced to leave a health facility to the exams center in order to write the maths paper right after she delivered on Thursday morning. According to Nurses at the Akokoasu Clinic, invigilators refused to bring the papers to the health facility … Read more
The Works and Housing ministry is to embark on a major review of all contracts awarded in the sector by the previous National Democratic Congress government. The move comes after a tour of some projects across the country by the sector minister revealed that several contractors are yet to be paid despite completing projects. Speaking … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Sekyere Affram Plains, Alex Adomako Mensah, has sternly condemned the task force set up by the government to trail and retrieve alleged looted state vehicles, describing their modus operandi as outlandish. According to him, the flagrant nature with which members of the force flout laws, meant to ensure law and … Read more
A vehicle belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Sekyere Affram Plains, Alex Adomako Mensah, has been impounded by the Government Vehicle Taskforce. The taskforce, which is on the lookout for alleged looted State vehicles after the change of government, stopped the lawmaker’s vehicle at Achimota Saturday, February 18, 2017, when … Read more
A vehicle belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Sekyere Affram Plains Alex Adomako Mensah has been impounded by the Government Vehicle Taskforce. The taskforce, which is on the lookout for alleged looted State vehicles after the change of government, stopped the lawmaker’s vehicle at Achimota Saturday, February 18, 2017, when … Read more
The presidency, without recourse to proper tendering processes, awarded a $15million cocoa roads contract to the founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga, with which he is funding his party, dismissed General Secretary of the APC, Mr Razak Opoku, has said. Countering claims by Mr Ayariga that he (Mr Opoku) and the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will place much premium on election polls done by “credible” institutions such as the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the like than polls done by individuals like the Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper, Ben Ephson, Communications Director of … Read more
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has allayed fears that the newly inaugurated Kwame Nkrumah flyover will, like many other Ghanaian infrastructure, be left to deteriorate as a result of the bad maintenance culture in the country. According to sector minister Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, government has put steps in place to ensure that the €74million … Read more
Effutu MP Alex Afenyo-Markin has accused the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) of being irresponsible as far as its investigations into the source of funding of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the All People’s Congress (APC) is concerned. “That is irresponsible, that is outside the mandate of EOCO. EOCO must make sure that … Read more
International relations expert Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso has said although the United Nations (UN) remains relevant to world peace, its current structure may lead to a Third World War as the international body marks UN Day today, October 24. 24th October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General … Read more
President John Mahama and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot call for a one-on-one debate at their whim, Dr Eric Opoku Mensah, a political communications lecturer, has said. He told Regina Borley Bortey on 12Live on Class91.3FM that though debates are “very important for the democratic process … it cannot be called to satisfy … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has done the “right” thing by withdrawing police guards assigned to 13 presidential aspirants who have been disqualified by the Electoral Commission, security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has said. “They don’t deserve security detail because they are no more presidential aspirants,” Dr Aning told Emefa Apawu on Class91.3FM’s 505 news programme … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has begun the process of withdrawing police guards assigned to all the 13 presidential hopefuls who have been disqualified from the race by the Electoral Commission. “We have commenced the process of withdrawing the security personnel assigned to the presidential aspirants. …We are going to withdraw them as soon as possible,” … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has expressed disappointment with the report released by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) exonerating the president over bribery allegations involving the Ford gift saga. The president accepted a Ford Expedition SUV car as a gift from Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe. Mr Kanazoe was later given series … Read more
The former Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has shot down government’s claim that it has done enough to fight corruption. President John Dramani Mahama at the 2016 manifesto launch of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) said his government in the last four years had been … Read more
Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey is incorruptible, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has said. The Public Relations Officer of the Church, Rev George Larbi, told Regina Borley Bortey of Class News on Wednesday, 31 August, that: “My Moderator can never be corrupted. I have worked with him for the past two years and I can say … Read more