GENERAL NEWS

BBC Interview: Fact-checking Akufo-Addo’s claims about the economy and E-Levy

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on April 3, 2022, sat for an interview with the BBC’s Peter Okochwe to discuss wide-ranging issues including the state of the Ghanaian economy and the introduction of the contentious Electronic Transaction Levy(E-Levy). Fuel prices in the West African nation have shot up together with commodity …

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So Akufo-Addo’s chair can’t travel abroad with him? – Johnnie Hughes asks

TV3 journalist and morning show host, Johnnie Hughes has observed that President Nana Addo Danka Akufo-Addo made do with a chair he was provided whiles granting a recent interview in London. During the said interview with the BBC Africa section, Akufo-Addo responds to a myriad of issues including the state …

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How Majority Leader, Chief Whip planned the entry of ‘indisposed’ MP on E-Levy day

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader, and Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip, on the eve of the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy, E-Levy, planned the entry of ‘indisposed’ MP and Chieftaincy Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, with the family, in order, to have his vote counted. This was disclosed by Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak …

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Shocking as GIS protocol list from Office of the President pops up

It has emerged that the presidency is breathing on the necks of officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for protocol recruitment. A document available to Adomonline.com, dated February 22, 2022, indicates about 521 people on the list allegedly signed by the Chief of Staff, Madam Frema Osei Opare. This comes …

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Mahama’s continuous boycott of Akufo-Addo’s SONA very bad – Majority Leader

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has criticized Former President John Dramani Mahama for continuously absenting himself at state functions where President Akufo-Addo is in attendance. The Suame Member of Parliament said per his calculation, the 2020 flagbearer of the NDC has been absent seven times at events the President has attended. He cited the …

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Supreme Court Justices rebuke Tsatsu Tsikata

The Justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 5, asked Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata to stop wasting their time and to assist the Court to make progress on the Assin North election-dispute-related application before it. According to the court, it had the duty to manage the case to a smooth and …

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My resignation as Interior Minister shocked Kufuor – Alhaji Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu

Former Interior Minister under the erstwhile John Agyekum Kufuor administration, Alhaji Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu has revealed that his resignation as Interior Minister came as a shock to the President. According to him, his resignation was to pave way for thorough investigations into the unfortunate incident of March 27, 2002 that …

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Dambai policewoman crushes to death; leaves fiancé with serious injurious

A policewoman stationed at Dambai in the Oti region who was a pillion rider on an unregistered motorbike has been crushed to death in a ghastly accident. Constable Rashida Alhassan was involved in a motorbike accident at Worawora with one Prince Owusu believed to be her fiancé with him she …

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Weed has become too expensive; we can’t buy – Smokers in Sefwi lament

Marijuana (weed or wee) smokers at Sefwi Asawinso in the Western North Region have been badly hit by the recent general increase in goods and services in the country as they lament bitterly the high cost of the banned substance in their area. Sellers of marijuana in Sefwi Asawinso say …

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How social media users reacted to Akufo-Addo’s BBC interview

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, April 4, 2022, made a strong case for his government during a BBC interview. According to the president, his government, some two years ago, had steered the nation towards a path of economic growth but was derailed by some global occurrences. He noted that despite …

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