Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, said his Majority counterpart, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, will win the upcoming parliamentary elections, despite challenges from an independent contender for the Suame seat. Mr George Prempeh, with links to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is contesting as an independent candidate, determined …
Read More »SA leader backs removal of apartheid-era statues
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has supported the removal of statues that glorify the country’s apartheid past. He said “any symbol, monument or activity that glorifies racism, that represents our ugly past, has no place in democratic South Africa”. “Monuments glorifying our divisive past should be re-positioned and relocated,” he …
Read More »Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader ‘poisoned’
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea. The Kremlin …
Read More »Akufo-Addo a great leader? Something must be wrong with Prof. Lumumba – Kwesi Pratt
Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of The Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has descended on Kenyan based Pan Africanist and academic, Professor Patrick L.O Lumumba for recognising President Akufo-Addo as a great leader. Prof. Lumumba while speaking on Asaase radio on Sunday, August 9, 2020 mentioned President Nana Addo Dankwa …
Read More »We are all guilty, make asset declaration public – Majority leader
Asset declaration has been a useful tool in the fight against corruption identified among public officials. In Ghana, all information on asset declaration is only made known to the Attorney General, however, the majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu believes that asset declaration which is kept at the “safekeeping …
Read More »Auditor-General’s rejection of our salary arrears request unfortunate – Majority Leader
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is unhappy with the Auditor-General’s decision to reject the Chief of Staff’s request for the conduct of an audit verification that will pave the way for payment of salary arrears to be made to over 200 former and current Members of Parliament. Daniel Domelevo had described …
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