Ranking Member on Parliament's Education Committee, Peter Nortsu–Kotoe, says Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh’s claim that he inherited huge debt at the Education Ministry from the John Mahama administration. Minister for Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, had alleged that the Akufo-Addo government inherited huge debt at the Education ministry from the John Mahama administration. In a statement on theRead More
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Working with Rawlings: Timing problematic – Gyampo
Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ransford Gyampo, has questioned the timing of the release of the book authored by National Democratic Congress (NDC) kingpin Professor Kwamena Ahwio. According to him, the timing for the release of the book, "Working with Rawlings" is quite problematic considering the fact that the countryRead More
Rawlings wanted me to pull down 4-star hotel- Ahwoi reveals
Professor Kwamena Ahwoi has revealed that his boss, President Jerry Rawlings asked him to order the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to pull down a four-star hotel allegedly constructed on a waterway . The 5 million dollar hotel, which was pulled down at Airport Residential area in the late nineties belonged to businessman, Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim. HeRead More
Mahama announces $10bn infrastructural plan
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Sunday announced a $10- billion accelerated infrastructural plan to drive jobs and entrepreneurial agenda when elected in December elections. Dubbed the “BIG PUSH,” the fund would be injected into infrastructural development, and according to the NDC Election 2020 Flagbearer, “it willRead More
EC ends mop up registration exercise
The exercise started on June 30 and officially ended on August 6, in 33,367 polling stations, which was done in six phases with each phase assigned six days for eligible applicants to register. This was followed by the two-day mop up exercise on Saturday, August 8 to Sunday, August 9, 2020 at the variousRead More
Speaker Oquaye urges journalists to help develop principled politics
Speaker of Parliament Aaron Michael Oquaye has urged journalists in Ghana to help the nation develop politics based on principles as it prepares for general elections this year and thereafter. He identified lack of knowledge as a cause of conflict in elections and called for thorough knowledge of laws of elections and applying them withRead More
Bryan Acheampong moved to Interior Ministry as Minister of State
President Nana Akufo-Addo has reassigned two Ministers in his government. A statement signed by Eugene Arhin, Communications Director at the Presidency, indicated that Bryan Acheampong has been moved from the Ministry of National Security to the Ministry of Interior as Minister of State. The statement further said Henry Quartey, deputy Minister for Interior, is nowRead More
We are not guilty – Duffuor, Asiama, Amoabeng, others deny collapsing banks
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor; a former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, and 10 others have denied playing any role that led to the collapse of two indigenous banks, uniBank and UT Bank.When the 12 individuals appeared before the Accra High Court yesterday in twoRead More
New voters’ register: Go to Supreme Court if you disagree with EC -Kufour
Former President John Agyekum Kufour has urged individuals, organisations and political parties that do not agree with the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to compile a new voters' register to resort to court and not take the law into their own hands. To those who are protesting the decision, he said they have the right toRead More
Man in court for accusing Fisheries Minister of cheating on her husband
Shadrack Mc Pog, a security man of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transporation Limited, is in court after accusing Fisheries Minister, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, of cheating on her husband. The accused is being charged with offensive conduct; with the intent to provoke breach of the peace after accusing the minister of having sex with another manRead More