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Prez. Mahama orders fuel tax cuts, cheaper transport
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President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
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Mahama meets failed aspirants, urges unity ahead of 2020
Posted on | CommentThe flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, says he expects that lessons picked from the party’s 2016 defeat will help them recapture power in 2020. He was speaking during a brief meeting at the NDC Headquarters which … Read more →
I regret and feel ashamed campaigning for Mahama – Ekua Donkor
Posted on | CommentThe Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party’s (GFP), Akua Donkor says she regrets and feels ashamed spending her energy and resources over the years to campaign and defend for ex-President Mahama whom she describes as ‘wicked’. Madam Akua Donkor who … Read more →
Afeku removed as Tourism minister as Akufo-Addo reshuffles govt
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has reassigned Tourism minister Catherine Afeku to the office of the Senior Minister at the Presidency in a maiden reshuffle in government. A statement signed by the Director of Communication at the Presidency Eugene Arhin Thursday also noted … Read more →
Full list: Prez. Akufo-Addo reshuffles Ministers
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reshuffled some of the ministers in his government. Among the changes, is the removal of Catherine Afeku as the Minister for Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture. She will now be a Minister of State at … Read more →
We’ve not bugged NDC’s office – Gov’t
Posted on | CommentGovernment has rejected claims that it bugged into the offices of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi who made the allegationfollowing the circulation of recordings from a meeting allegedly involving his party’s … Read more →
We’ll examine Anas video but galamsey fight wages on – Govt
Posted on | CommentInformation Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the work of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining will continue until further direction comes from above. According to him, the government will examine the raw footage of the investigative piece by Anas … Read more →
Ofosu Ampofo invited by Police CID over leaked tapes
Posted on | CommentThe Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, has invited the Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress over circulating leaked tapes. In the leaked recording of an alleged meeting of the party’s communicators, a voice believed to be that … Read more →
Emile Short Commission to visit polling station where violence struck
Posted on | CommentThe Commission of Inquiry looking into the shooting incident that rocked the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election will on Friday visit the site where the violence occurred. A release issued on Wednesday by Commission said it will conduct a locus visit … Read more →
Full Transcript of NDC Chairman Ofosu Ampofo’s leaked audio
Posted on | CommentBelow is a full transcript of the leaked audio recording in which the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, during a meeting with party officials explains circumstances under which the NDC decided to withdraw from the Ayawaso … Read more →
Economic expert cautions gov’t not to overspend in election year
Posted on | CommentProfessor of Economics at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, says despite his expectation of positive macroeconomic performance in 2019, Nana Addo’s government must be disciplined in the last quarter of 2020 not to … Read more →
Group wants Amidu to probe GNPC boss
Posted on | CommentA group known as the Strategic Energy Forum (SEF) has petitioned the Special Prosecutor to investigate alleged procurement breaches and conflict of interest against the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation (GNPC), Dr. K.K. Sarpong. The group … Read more →
Akufo-Addo congratulates Buhari on re-election
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election for a second successive term, as President of Nigeria. President Akufo-Addo, said that his re-election is a renewal of the confidence Nigerians have in his programme of governance, which had … Read more →
Debate on 2019 SONA begins
Posted on | CommentMajority and Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday began a debate on the State of the Nation (SONA) address delivered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Thursday. While the Majority side touted the government’s achievements, the Minority members said … Read more →
Presidential staffer, others fingered in stinky mining deals
Posted on | CommentA presidential staffer and Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Mr. Charles Cromwell Bissue, has been fingered as the foremost turncoat against efforts by President Akufo-Addo to weed out illegal mining in the country. In the latest … Read more →
IVID: Smallest dam to cost Ghc2.5m – Minister reveals
Posted on | CommentThe smallest dam to be constructed under the One-village-One-dam initiative will cost a whopping 2.5 million Ghana cedis, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has revealed. The Agric Minister revealed this in Parliament while answering questions … Read more →
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