POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Dr Kingsley Nyarko has taken a swipe at Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu, for alleging that President Akufo-Addo’s use of a private jet for foreign trips will cost the taxpayer roughly GHC4 million. “Our comprehensive computation of the President’s flying time …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, acting in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed the former municipal chief executive for Akuapem North, Honourable Dennis Edward Aboagye – popularly known as “Miracles” – as a presidential staffer with special responsibilities for local government, decentralisation and rural development (LGD&RD). Aboagye, a …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has expressed his deepest anger over the failure of the Finance Minister to furnish Parliament with various contractual agreements signed by government agencies. According to him, the Finance Ministry has for over a year disregarded the directive for the Ministry to provide details of …

Friends, Ghanaians, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Sam Jonah in culture of silence, not to praise him. The bad luck of AGC hedging that Sam Jonah risked with the intent of survival lives after him; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it …

Police have invited the Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC for questioning. According to the police, Abronye DC had accused former President John Dramani Mahama of allegedly planning to stage a coup, hence the invite. “The Accra Regional Command has …

The member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, has urged Ghanaians to accept and pay the Electronic Transaction levy (E-Levy) or have the Free Senior High School policy introduced by the NPP cancelled. According to him, the failure of parliament to pass the new tax will force …

The First Vice Chair for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Kwabena Senkyire, has petitioned the party’s regional executive committee to summon Manhyia North Youth Organizer Abdul Mumuni Castro for allegedly defaming him on radio.     Mr Senkyire, in his petition, wants the executive committee …

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has appealed to the Auditor-General’s (A-G’s) Department to help unravel the circumstances leading to the withdrawal of GH¢1.3 million from the account of the Information Services Department (ISD) between January and October 2017, without any supporting documents to authenticate it. According to him, …

The Spokesperson of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr. Gideon Boako, has discounted reports that their convoy got involved in an accident.     In a short statement on Saturday (12 February), Dr Boako clarified that it was the vice-president’s advance security team that rather got involved in an accident …

The Ashanti regional communications team member for the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) , Francis Addo said the NDC government will prosecute and jail the Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah if elected in 2024.   Speaking on  “Me Man nti” on Akoma FM with Sir John, he said the roads minister has …