Kassoum Coulibaly, the Minister of Defence of Burkina Faso has restated his country’s readiness to support the military junta in Niger amid looming action from the regional bloc. In an interview with a Russian news channel, Coulibaly stated that his country was also open to leaving the Economic Community of …
Read More »Why charge applicants GH¢2,000, GH¢3,000 for a passport? – Angry Foreign Affairs Minister asks
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has gone berserk over the demand of GH¢2,000, GH¢3,000 by middlemen who connive with some staff for the acquisition of passport. Describing it as wrong, the minister wondered how a GH¢100 standard service and a GH¢150 for expedited service be …
Read More »Minister orders GES to sanction headteacher who spent BECE candidates’ registration fees
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take disciplinary action against the headteacher of Buduatta DA Junior High School. This decision comes after allegations that the headteacher, Richard Ahunyagbe, misappropriated funds intended for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration of certain …
Read More »You can’t disrespect me and expect me to join your campaign – Deputy minister ditches Bawumia
The Deputy Minister of Railways Development, David Kwaku Asante-Boateng, has said that the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, recently disrespected him in public. He explained that this was during a visit of the veep and some members of his campaign team to an area in the Asante Akim area. …
Read More »Niger junta appoints new prime minister
Niger’s military coup leaders led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, have appointed Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine a new Prime Minister for the country. According to a news report by asaaseradio.com, the announcement was made by the military leaders on the evening of Monday, August 7, 2023, through a statement broadcast on …
Read More »Watch the elegant traditional wedding of the son of Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey
Ghana’s Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey’s son, has tied the knot in an elegant traditional wedding. The traditional wedding took place on July 29, 2023, at an unknown location. A number of personalities, including Henry Quartey, graced the occasion with their presence. In a video shared on the TikTok app by …
Read More »‘I want to be a house help for a Ghanaian minister’ – Delay amid Cecilia Dapaah saga
Deloris Frimpong Manso, alias Delay, has expressed her desire to start work as a maid only that she wants her employer to be a politician, specifically, a minister. She made the desire known via a July 21, 2023 tweet amid the ongoing controversy in which Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, …
Read More »Scandalous! – Mahama reacts to over $1m, €300k stolen from the home of Sanitation Minister
Former President John Dramani Mahama has reacted to news of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, being robbed of over US$1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghana Cedis in cash from her home. In a tweet shared on Friday, the former president wondered why the minister and her family were …
Read More »UK visa application fees ‘going to go up significantly’ – Prime Minister announces
Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister has announced that visa application fees are set to go up significantly as part of efforts to raise over a billion pounds to plug revenue shortfalls. Sunak during an address at Downing Street (July 13) listed a number of government priorities amid an economic …
Read More »I was betrayed, I wanted to be finance minister – Dr Apraku
New Patriotic Party presidential hopeful, Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, has expressed his disappointment of not being offered a position in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. He said that despite all the contributions he made to help the party win victory he was overlooked by the Akufo-Addo government when it came to …
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