POLITICS

The Dormaa East MP has filed an urgent question in Parliament asking for the cost of chartered flights used by former President Mahama between 2013 and 2016. Paul Apraku Twum Barimah believes the question to the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will address the current controversy over purchasing a presidential jet. …

The Deputy Minister-designate for Education, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has reportedly rendered an apology to the minority caucus in Parliament over an altercation she had with the Tamale North legislator, Alhassan Suhuyini.   Her name was expunged from the list of deputy ministers approved by parliament last week following disagreements between …

Ghanaian politician, Kennedy Agyapong has stated the two major political parties in Ghana are the reason the country has not been able to improve despite strides made by most sectors. The MP for Assin Central who was addressing the youth at a conference held at the UPSA main auditorium stressed that it …

President Akufo-Addo says he has in the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, a first-class assistant who continues to support him a great deal in the governance of the country. Addressing the chiefs, elders and people of Walewale in the North East Region Tuesday (22 June), as part of his two-day working …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been slapped with a fine of GH¢4,000 by a Wenchi High Court for delaying court proceedings. The Court, presided over by Justice Nawurah, had preferred a GH¢7,000 fine on the petitioner but this was reduced by GH¢3,000 after several pleas from his lawyers. This …

The Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, has applauded the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for seeing to the construction and completion of several projects which had been on the wish list of the chiefs and people of Mamprugu for many years. According …

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has disclosed his intention to lodge a formal complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate the Power Purchasing Agreement signed between the erstwhile NDC government and Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC).     According to him, a report by a committee constituted …

        A businessman in Kumasi, Mr. Kwaku Amoakoh has stated that the city needs someone who was born and bred in Kumasi and knows every corner to be chosen as the next Metropolitan Chief Executive [MCE].   He explained that, the City do not need someone who will …

  A Sekondi High Court, presided over by Justice Dr. Richmond Osei Hwere, has ordered the Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, to produce documents to prove that she has renounced her Ivorian citizenship within 10-days. Joshua Emuah Kofie, a resident of Nuba-Mpataba, filed …

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). This ends months of speculations linking him to one of the most prestigious state owned enterprises in Ghana. His appointment takes effect from July 1. In a letter dated June 17, 2021, …