Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has been summoned to appear before Parliament to brief Members of Parliament (MPs) on the killing of Mfantseman MP. Mr Dery is expected to be in the House on Tuesday. This follows a directive by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye. The …
Read More »Defense Minister visits soldiers injured in armored vehicle crash
The Minister of Defense Hon. Dominic Nitiwul has visited the injured soldiers who were involved in a military armored vehicle crash on Thursday October 8, 2020. Hon Dominic Nitiwul was seen conferring with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a public event in Paga in the Kassena Nankana West District …
Read More »Prez Akufo Addo Names His Best Minister
President Akufu Addo says Minister of Roads and Highways Mr. Amoako Atta is the best of Road Ministers Ghana has ever produced since independence. “Amoako Atta is a great man, the kind of work he has done in the last two years in the road sector is beyond expectation. In …
Read More »Let’s unite to reduce road accidents by 50% – Transport Minister
The Minister for Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has called on all Ghanaians, especially, stakeholders in the transport sector, to come together and work to reduce road accidents in the country to the barest minimum as the country goes to the polls on December 7 with Christmas festivities also just …
Read More »Western Togoland attacks: Volta Regional Minister must resign – Lawyer
Private legal practitioner Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo is demanding the immediate resignation of Volta Regional Minister, Archibald Yao Letsa over his failure to forestall the recent revolt by the Western Togoland separatist group. He contends that the minister exhibited grave failure by not preventing the attacks. Speaking on Citi FM, …
Read More »V/R: Regional Minister threatens to sue persons suggesting he funded secessionists
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, has threatened to sue persons suggesting that he funded activities of the separatist movement, Homeland Study Group Foundation. The name of the Minister has come up as being a patron of the group in a number of media engagements with some persons …
Read More »South African defence minister’s pay docked over use of air force plane
South Africa’s president has docked three months of the defence minister’s pay after she allowed governing party officials to fly on an air force plane to Zimbabwe with her on 9 September. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was accused of misusing state resources for party political business. The defence force had argued she …
Read More »Togo’s Prime Minister, others resign
Togolese Prime Minister Komi Selom Klassou and his government have resigned, in an expected political reshuffle delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The move late on Friday was anticipated since President Faure Gnassingbe was re-elected in February for a fourth term in office after a constitutional change allowed him to run …
Read More »I will create NGO for ‘responsible speech’ with defamation money – A/R Minister
The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has indicated he will set up a foundation on peaceful and responsible language with proceeds he will make from a defamation suit he has filed against the Insight News Paper and Strategic Thinkers Network should the ruling go in his favour. The Minister …
Read More »Information Minister Arrested For Stealing State Owned Computers And Generators
Police in Malawi has arrested two former Information officials for allegedly stealing computers and generators that were meant for a state-owned news agency. The arrests are the latest since President Lazarus Chakwera came to power promising to eradicate corruption that flourished under former President Peter Mutharika. The arrest Monday of minister …
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