Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea is shocked the NDC party and government, who describe themselves as ‘apostles of probity and accountability’ have shot down moves to help the President purge himself of corruption allegations. According to him, the allegation of bribery and corruption will still be an albatross around the neck … Read more
Maverick Lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw says he’s benefited immensely from his week-long hunger strike in protest of the remission of the Montie trio. The controversial lawyer, who claimed he survived only on coconut water during the period, says he’s looking more handsome at the end of the fasting exercise. Soon after President John Mahama announced … Read more
The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa , has lashed out at the Opposition New Patriotic party over what he says is their futile attempt to smear President John Mahama with corruption. He said “Mahama is incorruptible and will never be”. According to him, the President has proven beyond reasonable … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has dismissed a motion submitted by the Minority in Parliament requesting the House to investigate the gift of Ford Expedition to President John Mahama. In a motion dated August 3, 2016, the Minority requested that Parliamentarians are recalled from recess to constitute a special Parliamentary Committee to investigate … Read more
Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has indicated the minority in Parliament is dazed with the outcome of the motion filed to impeach President Mahama. The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho dismissed a motion by the Minority members of the House calling for the establishment of a bi-partisan committee to investigate President John Mahama … Read more
A major part of the awarding of the doctoral degree has to do with the recipient’s ability to critically and independently think and decide for him- / herself. And so I was quite flabbergasted by Dr. Emmanuel Osei-Akyeampong’s very public and scandalous allegation that while he held the post of Public Relations Officer (PRO) of … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has dismissed a motion by the Minority members of the House calling for the establishment of a bi-partisan committee to investigate President John Mahama for receiving a ford vehicle gift from a Burkinabe Contractor. In his address to the House Thursday, the Speaker said he was forced to … Read more
“No man is an iland intire of it selfe Every man is a peece of the continent, A part of the maine… Any man’s death diminishes me For I am involved in mankinde. And therefore never send to know For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee…” John Donne LARKEN ROSE writes: “The truth … Read more
Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker has said that Freddy Blay as a responsible Acting Chairman of the NPP shouldn’t have allowed his newspaper [Daily Guide] to publish a damaging story about his flagbearer’s health. “We are not God to call for Nana Addo’s death. In fact … Read more
By Margaret Jackson President John Dramani Mahama is well known in Ghana and beyond for not fearing criticism. In fact, he would never act like one of the former Presidents who caused the police to arrest a critic for saying he travels a lot. President Mahama is credited for being the most hounded Head of … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood summed it up thus: “justice has been wounded.” The bribery scandal in the judiciary, exposed by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, detonated like a bomb in the country’s justice system. The judiciary is still picking up the pieces after 21 lower court judges and District Court Magistrates … Read more
Only a court order can compel the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to withdraw the Journalist of the Year award conferred on investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas recently, president of the association, Mr Affail Monney has said. This was in response to a petition to the GJA by Justice Paul Uuter Dery, one of the High … Read more
One of the Lawyers for released Montie trio, George Loh has indicated that his clients are fired-up to explode on the airwaves after their return from almost a month in incarceration for scandalizing the apex court of the land. He however said he cannot tell if the trio will embark on intemperate speech or not … Read more
I have just returned from the Northern Region where I visited several villages. The situation in the region is very desperate. One can see naked poverty boldly written on the faces of the people over there. People can’t make ends meet and the only option left for the youth is to migrate down south where they hope to, … Read more
Justice Paul Dery has petitioned the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to withdraw the Best Journalist Award conferred on Anas Aremeyaw Anas over his investigative piece on the Judiciary. Dery is in court challenging Anas’ works which also implicated him in the alleged judicial corruption scandal involving 22 Magistrates and 12 High Court Judges. Dery contends … Read more
Deputy Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu says he doubts the suit filed by a Sunyani-based lawyer challenging the powers of the president under Article 72 will see the light of day. The Sunyani-based lawyer, Alfred Tuah–Yeboah, filed the suit in court challenging the powers of the president under Article 72, with the ultimate aim of … Read more
The outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey, has said that the Montie FM trio who were recently convicted of contempt and jailed by the Supreme Courts were possessed by demons when they made the threats to kill the justices. According to him, the declaration by Alistair Nelson, one of the … Read more
Director of Elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, says the recent registration of prisoners across the country by the Electoral Commission (EC) was done at the blind side of the political parties. The act, he noted, was an affront to the rules of engagement and which raises transparency and credibility issues. … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says they are very comfortable with and in support of all the electoral reforms that have been initiated by the Electoral Commission (EC) after the Election Petition case. However, the opposition party says a lot of work still needed to be done by electoral management body, especially, during the December … Read more
Johannesburg (AFP) – A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for a series of terror attacks in his homeland on Wednesday appealed his conviction, challenging South Africa’s right to try him, his lawyer said. Henry Okah is serving 24 years behind bars for masterminding a series of terror attacks, including twin bombings which killed 12 people in … Read more