GENERAL NEWS

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah has alleged that there are a lot of corrupt people and thieves in his Ministry. The Minister, who was visibly angry said when some of the corrupt people are sacked and new ones brought in, the new entrants are worse than those …

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponua Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Isaac Kwame Asiamah has presented cheques and amount of thirty-five thousand Ghana cedis to some tertiary students from Atwima Mponua district.       These students comprise SHS graduates who have just gained admission and continuing students …

Greetings to you, Chief Justice. I hope you are enjoying your holiday. Please indulge me, for, as it were, rudely interrupting your vacation with yet another edition of my epistles on criminal justice reforms. Today’s version focuses on a vital aspect of the criminal justice system: sentencing. In my humble …

Recently, Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin was reported to have called for the adoption of a local language as the official language of Ghana. In his call, he advances the argument that the English language is a foreign language and does not reflect our sociocultural identity, …

The New Patriotic Party has cautioned delegates not to display their ballot after casting their vote in Saturday’s Special delegates conference. Some 900 NPP delegates will on Saturday, August 26, vote to reduce the 10 presidential aspirants to five.   The Special Electoral College will be a prelude to the …

Legal counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, suggested via a tweet on August 23, 2023, that the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama government in 2016 increased electricity tariffs during the power rationing crisis known as ‘dumsor.’ Essuman was echoing comments made by Presidential Staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye who …

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the Akufo-Addo government should scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) if it is not generating enough revenue as expected. He described the E-Levy as a “nuisance tax” and said that it should be scrapped if it is not meeting its revenue …

The Defence Ministry has cautioned Ghanaian traders to avoid going to Niger for business purposes at this time. This follows the recent shooting of a Ghanaian truck driver and the burning of his truck in Burkina Faso by unidentified assailants. Also, three trucks carting foodstuff from Niger to Ghana have …

Rev. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, the former General Secretary for the Christian Council of Ghana, has questioned the Senior Presidential Advisor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Yaw Osafo-Marfo who said corruption is growing from bad to worse in the country. This comes after Osafo-Marfo said Christians are responsible for 70% …

The aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Achiase constituency in the Eastern region, Nana Kwabena Brako, has lambasted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for objecting to the 10 percent tax on winning bets. On August 15, 2023, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) started enforcing a 10% withholding tax …