Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP, North Tongu, has been asking why President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointee, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah, has not been arrested after demolishing the Bulgarian Embassy with police protection. According to the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Dr. Adu-Ampomah’s action cannot convince anyone that it is was …
Read More »No matter how we feel, coup is not an option – Judge tells Barker-Vormawor
The Presiding Judge in the case involving #FixTheCountry activist Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor has advised him not to go to the extent of mulling coup d’etat no matter how he feels about a regime. Justice Daniel Mensah on Wednesday, March 16 granted Mr. Barker-Vormawor bail at GH¢2 million with two sureties, …
Read More »We’ve not been informed about death of Corporal Stephen Nyame – Family alleges
The family of the late police officer, Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame who was killed in connection with the bullion van robberies, has said they are uninformed about the death of their beloved. According to a brother, Richard Nyame, the Ghana Police Service administration has not formally written to inform the deceased …
Read More »Accra Psychiatric Hospital not sold – Health Minister
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …
Read More »Why Akufo-Addo has still not delivered SONA – Deputy Majority Chief Whip
The Majority group in Parliament has justified the delay of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in delivering the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to the group, the president is still within the remit of the law despite the continuous rescheduling of the address. Speaking on ‘PM Express’ programme on …
Read More »Four students died, not nine – UEW SRC
The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has said that four of its students lost their lives in the road accident at Asuboi and not nine as reported early. In a Neat FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, the Public Relations Officer of the SRC, Shadrach …
Read More »VRA/NEDCo is not being honest with Kobilmahagu incident – Residents
Residents of Kobilmahagu, a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis have dismissed claims that they attacked staff of the Volta River Authority’s Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). The residents claim that instead, the misunderstanding ensued between the staff and the occupants of a room where an illegal connection was detected. “We …
Read More »SC ruling: We can forgive Mahama but not you – Gabby chides Bagbin
A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has stated that when it comes to forgiving the errors of people, Alban Bagbin should not expect the same treatment meted out to John Dramani Mahama. He said this is because the former president has a track record of responding to …
Read More »Judges who misinterpret constitution not different from coup plotters – Kpessa Whyte on SC ruling
A Senior Research Fellow in History and Politics at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has linked the ruling of the Supreme Court in the matter of the constitutionality of a sit-in Speaker of Parliament to vote or not, to military takeovers. In a …
Read More »‘Executive and the Judiciary are equally not above the law’ – Bagbin tells Akufo-Addo
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directly replied a comment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the effect that Parliament was not above the law. Akufo-Addo in responding to a ruling by the Justice Jones Dotse-led bench that affirmed that Deputy Speakers can vote while presiding dismissed opposition opinion …
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