POLITICS

A of Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu-Bempah has charged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to provide a detailed and better explanation of the issues surrounding the new headquarters that it is building and also the GH60.8billion loss it incurred last year. In the view …

Military leaders from across West Africa are on standby, awaiting the activation of the ECOWAS order to deploy forces into Niger. The objective of this anticipated deployment is to compel the coup-makers to relinquish control and reinstate the ousted President. This formed a crucial part of the resolutions of the …

This was announced by Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, August 17. The elections are going to place in 6,252 electoral areas and with 38,672 polling stations nationwide. She assured that details of the elections will be made to the …

Ghana’s Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul has told army chiefs of West African countries to be loyal to their heads of state and also to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as measures are put in place to restore democracy in Niger. He asked the army chiefs to …

  Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye has petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) against Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame for “professional misconduct”. He accused Mr Dame of using insulting language against him on 16 June 2023, when his lawyer was drawing the attention of the court that he was …

The Financial Division of the Accra High Court has set Thursday, August 31 as the date to give its ruling on the case brought before it by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), seeking confirmation of the order to freeze the bank accounts of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena …

Betting punters in Ghana have been expressing their displeasure over the new implementation of a 10% tax on all winnings from sports betting and lotteries which commenced on Tuesday, 2023. Although the government intends for this move to increase revenue streams, there has been a significant amount of protests. The government’s …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has said investigative journalist Ahmed Suale was a bad man. He said Sual’s own deeds caused his death. Speaking with Roland Walker on TV3’s New Day Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Ken Agyapong who is also a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has likened Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen wealth saga to that of Victoria Hammah, a former deputy Communications Minister under the erstwhile Mahama government. The MP says the amount of monies discovered from the former Sanitation and Water Resources minister’s residence is more damning …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a new generation of farmers to resolve the yawning gap of food insecurity. He decried the current situation where approximately 40 million Africans according to a U.N report go to bed without food even though the continent has the largest population of …