Kennedy Agyapong is unwell His cross-examination in court was truncated He is facing a defamation suit from Anas Aremayaw Anas The defamation suit brought against the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, by Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been adjourned by the court due to the health condition of the MP. According …
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Arthur K tables pressing issues for NPP to break the 8
A stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) based in the United States, Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy, has pencilled a number of issues he believes the party has to address if they are to break the 8-year cycle. The NPP will be having their national delegates conference in Kumasi on …
Read More »Over 40 ABUSCO students suspended indefinitely over gangsterism
About 45 students of the Abuakwa State College(ABUSCO) in the Eastern Region have been suspended indefinitely by management of the school for allegedly engaging in gangsterism. They are alleged to have formed a group known as “Above the Law”. The form 2 Green track male boarding students of Akyem Asafo …
Read More »STATEMENT: Bagbin speaks on Budget recission brouhaha and other issues
Below is his full statement… Formal Statement by the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on the rejection or rescission of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government Introduction Hon Members, before I proceed to address the topic of my official communication, permit me to …
Read More »Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu raps Captain Smart over insurrection comments
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu cited insurrection comments by Captain Smart during a press conference in mid-week. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, taking his turn at the Ministerial Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information in Accra was addressing the role of the press in advancing Ghana’s democracy …
Read More »6 years SHS education in the offing – Adutwum
SHS system currently 3 years High schools in Ghana to be reduced from 13,000 to 2,500 – Dr. Adutwum 15 sites to be used for piloting Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has disclosed that the government will, from 2023, begin piloting a six-year Senior High School education system. The initiative is …
Read More »Consideration of budget estimates for EC, Communications Ministry on hold
The Special Budget Committee of Parliament will not consider budget estimates for the Electoral Commission until the Chairperson of the commission appears before it. This is according to a member of the committee and Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim. The consideration of the budget estimates for the Ministry of …
Read More »Air Force needs fighter jets and not executive jet – Ablakwa tells govt
GoG plans on buying a new executive jet Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa indicated that the purchase was needless He advised the govt to halt any consultations Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP, North Tongu, has insisted that the Ghana Air Force has not prioritised the purchase of a new aircraft. According to him, the …
Read More »MPs ‘sack’ Bossman Asare, other EC officials for attending meeting without Jean Mensa
Special Budget Committee wants EC to answer questions on SALL EC officials fail to justify the absence of Jean Mensa from meeting with Special Budget Committee Committee requests presence of EC boss to consider budget estimates Parliament’s Special Budget Committee has reportedly ended a meeting with officials of the Electoral Commission over the absence …
Read More »NPP Delegates Conference: Odeheno shows leadership, pulls down giant billboard after party’s directive
The camp of soon-to-be Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, aka Chairman Coka has pulled down giant billboards it mounted ahead of the party’s National Delegates Conference in Kumasi. In line with the directive of the Party, Friends of Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah …
Read More »Reverse curses on Adwoa Safo or I’ll take you somewhere – Hajia Fati threatens Hannah Bissiw
Hajia Fati a National Security personnel and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the women’s organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Hannah Bissiw to reverse the curses she rained on Adwoa Safo. According to her, Hannah Bissiw has cursed her daughter who is the Dome Kwabenya …
Read More »Suicide machine that kills users goes viral
A coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators. The Sarco machine can be operated from the inside –conceivably just by blinking if the person suffers from locked-in syndrome – and works by reducing the oxygen level in the pod to …
Read More »Kojo Tsikata saved 4th Republic from another Rawlings-engineered coup plot – Nyaho-Tamakloe
But for the late Captain Kojo Tsikata, President Jerry John Rawlings would have succeeded in engineering another coup in the dying embers of his civilian presidency, ex-military officer Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has revealed in an exclusive interview with Accra100.5FM’s morning show Ghana Yensom aired on Monday, 13 December 2021. Eulogizing the …
Read More »NPP delegates conference: Only Akufo-Addo T-Shirts allowed — John Boadu
Ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) national delegates conference on December 18, 2021, the party has issued a statement giving instructions on how it intends to organize the event. The has warned that branded T-shirts or any other paraphernalia with the portraits and names of individuals, shall be allowed …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu’s all-important message to First Deputy Speaker over the approval of 2022 budget
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has accused the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, of acting in contravention of article 296 of the 1992 Constitution. The accusation is in relation to Joseph Osei-Owusu’s refusal to admit a motion by the Minority in Parliament to reverse the approval of the 2022 Budget. In …
Read More »I’ll uproot your billboards from Kumasi – NPP Chair chases Bawumia, Afriyie and co
Just a week to their much-anticipated 2021 Annual National Delegates Conference, giant billboards heralding the intentions of New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts for the 2024 flagbearership, national and regional executive positions, dot the major streets of the Ashanti Regional Capital, giving the Kumasi skyline a touch of some blue, white …
Read More »NPP bans all internal contest activities ahead of National Delegates Conference
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it has banned all activities associated with internal party contests which include Parliamentary and Presidential Primaries campaigns ahead of its National Delegate Conference. In a statement, the Party stated that its impending National Delegates Conference is expected to be held between 18th and …
Read More »You can’t prove my government has wasted public funds – Akufo-Addo tells critics
President Akufo-Addo has challenged his critics to prove mismanagement of the economy He said, his govt has prudently managed the Ghanaian economy He spoke at an anti-corruption conference President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged his critics to prove that he has mismanaged the Ghanaian economy. According to him, the prudent management …
Read More »Akufo-Addo compares Free SHS WASSCE results to the records of Mahama
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has compared the results of the 2021 West African Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE) to what was recorded in 2016 when Former President John Dramani Mahama was in office. In a short statement released by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin on Saturday, December …
Read More »WAEC explains change of grades
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained that one of its platforms, ERESULTS.WAECGH.ORG, used for checking of results experienced a technical hitch last Friday, December 10, 2021 between 4.45 p.m. and 6.00p.m. A message posted on its website, explained that the hitch resulted in subjects which originally had Grade …
Read More »Nobody can prove that my government has wasted public funds – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says prudent management of the Ghanaian economy has made it possible for government to meet the development demands of Ghanaians. He says allegations of wanton dissipation of public funds are untrue and no one can prove such claims against his government. Speaking at an anti-corruption conference in …
Read More »6 healthy benefits of chewing gum you probably didn’t know
We have all chewed gum at least once in a lifetime. Maybe it was during that time in school when you were mining for an IA or maybe after enjoying an afternoon Kenkey with grilled tilapia and onions. In whatever instances, most individuals prefer to keep a pack of mint …
Read More »‘I’m chasing Opuni, Duffuor, Dauda for fraud, procurement breaches and other crimes’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said, as part of his fight against corruption, his government, through the Attorney General, is prosecuting some high-profile persons for various offences including fraud, economic crime, procurement breaches and money laundering. Speaking at the National Anti-Corruption Conference on Friday, 10 December 2021, President Akufo-Addo said the …
Read More »Handing over power to Mahama in 2025 will be ‘a huge insult’ – Kusi Boafo
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Public Sector Reforms Thomas Kusi Boafo says it will be an insult for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to hand over power to John Dramani Mahama. According to him, there is a trajectory started by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and it will take another leader in the New Patriotic …
Read More »Don’t refer to my ruling: Honyenuga runs away from own judgement in Opuni’s case
Justice Clemence Honyenuga who is hearing the COCOBOD trial stunned everyone in court when he ordered counsel for Dr. Stephen Opuni not to make references to the judge’s own ruling on the submission of no case. “Mr Codjoe, you cannot be referring to a ruling by this court on the …
Read More »E-levy: Minority makes fresh demands
The Minority in Parliament is demanding for the financial proposals in the 2022 Budget including the e-levy to be laid before the House for consideration immediately. Speaking on the floor of the House, Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ibrahim Ahmed, indicated that the tax bills, including the e-levy bill, must be …
Read More »I’ve taken the boldest initiatives ever to fight corruption – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says his government has undertaken, arguably, the boldest initiatives since independence to reform and strengthen the capacity of the nation’s institutions to tackle corruption in the public sector. According to President Akufo-Addo, “government has fought corruption not in words, but in concrete deeds. We have shunned mere exhortations …
Read More »Hanna Bissiw rains curses on Adwoa Safo over impersonation claims
Sarah Adwoa Safo returned to parliament on November 30 NDC MPs vow to expose Dome-Kwabenya MP over impersonation Parliament approves 2022 budget under controversial circumstances The controversies surrounding discussions on whether or not the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, was in the Chamber of Parliament House on November …
Read More »5 ways to stay in love with your partner
In every relationship, there comes a moment when the fire goes out a bit, and things start to feel very routine. Those butterflies can’t keep fluttering in your stomach forever, and those rose-colored glasses will really come off at some point. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you should end …
Read More »‘This is the mother of all proverbs’ – A Plus teases Special Prosecutor
A Plus is mocking the Special Prosecutor The SP had stated that, he needs resources to fight corruption A similar statement made by Martin Amidu Kwame Asare Obeng, a.k.a. A Plus, has reacted to comments by the Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng that the corruption fight in Ghana will be an illusion without resources. …
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