Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the Ministers of Transport and Foreign Affairs will be hauled before Parliament to answer questions on the government’s plan to approve of the use of the National Identification Card, popularly known as Ghana Card as an e-passport. Mr. Ablakwa said …
Read More »Assin North MP pleads not guilty to perjury; granted GHc100k bail
The National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency has pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges. James Gyakye Quayson, denied the charges of deceit of the Public officer, forgery of passport or travel certificates, knowingly making a false statutory declaration, perjury and false declaration for office when …
Read More »Police invite Abronye DC over John Mahama coup plot claims
The Ghana Police Service has invited Kwame Baffoe, famously known as Abronye DC, to help in investigations into claims by the latter that the former president, John Dramani Mahama, is planning to stage a coup in the country. Abronye DC, who is the Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), alleged …
Read More »Fire outbreak on Kwahu Mountain: Assembly sends strong signal to perpetrators
After several engagements to ensure fire outbreak which normally occurs during the dry season on Kwahu Mountain is prevented, some unknown persons have turned a deaf ear over this call. Agoo News reports that another unwanted development has occurred despite a keen monitoring exercise by stakeholders in Kwahu. Part of …
Read More »Rebecca Akufo-Addo can sue my client for defamation – Bobie’s lawyer
Edudzi Kudzo Tamekloe, lawyer for journalist Kwabena Bobie Ansah has stressed the needlessness of the state’s decision to pursue criminal prosecution against the Accra FM presenter. Tamekloe in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM on February 11 submitted that the case in which the journalist had made allegations bordering on …
Read More »‘I’ll be very careful in supporting #FixTheCountry movement openly’ – Manasseh Azure Awuni
Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has disclosed that henceforth he will be hesitant in supporting the #FixTheCountry movement openly, following the arrest of one of their conveners, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, for threatening a coup. Azure Awuni, who was speaking on Joy News’ ‘PM Express’ stated that, Barker-Vormawor’s statement on his …
Read More »Ghanaian drug syndicate jailed in UK for trafficking 38kgs of cocaine
A four-member drug syndicate of Ghanaian origin have been jailed by the Isleworth Crown Court in the United Kingdom, UK, for trafficking 38 kilogrammes (38kgs) of cocaine with a street value of £2.88 million. The syndicate is said to have trafficked the drugs from Ghana to the United Kingdom (UK). …
Read More »You’re biased, failure to Ghana’s democracy – Sosu replies GBA
The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu has hit back at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) describing the association of lawyers as failure to Ghana’s democracy. GBA has rebuked Francis Xavier Sosu for allegedly verbally attacking judges during the demonstration against the E-Levy on Thursday, February 10. The …
Read More »Adwoa Safo’s seat could be declared vacant on February 17 – Reports
It is emerging that the seat of Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, could be declared vacant on Thursday, February 17, 2022, if she fails to show up in Parliament. This is because she would have fulfilled the requirement in Article 97 (c) which states that an MP …
Read More »Passengers from Netherlands, UK have started coming to Ghana using GhanaCard – Executive Secretary to Bawumia
Executive Secretary to the Vice President, Mr Augustine Blay has revealed that passengers have started arriving in Ghana from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) using the GhanaCard. Asked whether anybody with the Ghana Card anywhere in the world can come back to Ghana using the card, while speaking …
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