President Nana Akufo-Addo, like his immediate predecessor John Mahama, albeit under different circumstances, has been presented with the heavy responsibility and privilege of appointing a new Chair of the Electoral Commission, following his removal of former Chair Mrs Charlotte Osei and her two deputies Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah. Mr Akufo-Addo, a few weeks ago, hinted at the kind ...

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court has ordered for the release of the accounts of embattled former CEO of COCOBOD Dr Stephen Opuni. The court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to defreeze the accounts. It will be recalled that an Accra High court dismissed an application by Dr ...

Self-acclaimed angel of God, Bishop Daniel Obinim has reacted to rumours that he said Shatta Wale would disappear like Castro. According to him, he would never sit on television or radio to prophesy doom about a public figure like other pastors do. In a phone-in segment on his own OBTV, he explained that technology has made things so easier for ...

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kofi Portuphy, has called for calm within the party and assured supporters that the NDC will deal with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s machinations at the Electoral Commission after the burial of late Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur. “The NDC will, therefore, resist the deliberate attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to abuse ...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE has agreed a sensational return to Juventus – to work as a director. Former Real Madrid manager Zidane is currently out of work after quitting the Bernabeu at the end of last season. But he has agreed to join Juve’s technical staff and will work alongside Fabio Paratici as a director. That is according to Spanish outlet Libertad ...

The Controller and Accountants General Department (CAGD) has served notice that it will ruthlessly deal with Metropolitan, Municipal and District Finance Officers (MMDFOs) sidestepping the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS). The warning followed what the CAGD said was a clear attempt to sabotage the usage of GIFMIS by finance officers at some MMDAs. The CAGD, observed this during ...

In the midst of reports that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has denied claims it collaborated with Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI on the ‘Number12’ investigative piece, Samuel Darko, a journalist and lawyer is asking Sulemana Braimah to share with the public what questions he [Braimah] asked of the British public service broadcaster. ‘Number12’ captures corrupt practices ...

Long-serving Member of Parliament and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin says he is shocked at the conduct of President Akufo-Addo in government. The Nadowli Kaleo legislator, who served alongside the President in parliament when he was MP for Akim Abuakwa South, said he thought he knew the President until he assumed power in his current capacity. Alban Bagbin ...

The Minority in Parliament has said the economy is challenged because of the government’s haste in implementing its numerous electioneering promises. “The current crisis confronting the managers of the economy, compelling them to impose a raft of taxes on already burdened populace is self-imposed,” the Minority’s spokesperson on Finance Cassiel Ato Forson said Monday during a roundtable breakfast dialogue on ...

Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu is set to be named the next Electoral Commissioner (EC) following the impeachment of Charlotte Osei. Myjoyonline.com understands the President is keen on replacing the first female EC boss with another female. The law professor who failed in her bid to become a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) becomes the fourth Electoral Commissioner under the ...