Author Archives: larryehu

The little known lecturer who saved Martin Amidu

When Martin Amidu was being sworn in as Ghana’s first ever Special Prosecutor back in February 2018, ushering in what many hope will be the new dawn that turns the tide in our failing fight against corruption, he dropped a nugget during his acceptance speech that further expanded the portrait of the man who is an aberration of integrity in ...

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Australia Visa Fraud: GOC Suspends Two Officials

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has suspended two of its officials who were allegedly involved in keying in names of 50 ‘fake’ journalists who traveled to Gold Coast, Australia. According to media reports, the two – Hussein Addy Akwetey and Christine Ashley – are employees of the National Sports Authority (NSA) who were engaged by the GOC on a temporal ...

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NPP chair begs Akufo-Addo to forgive Koku Anyidoho

The Tema West chairman of New Patriotic Party, Dennis Amfo Sefah, has implored President Nana Akufo-Addo to forgive Mr Koku Anyidoho over his alleged coup rants. Mr Amfo Sefah who is popularly known as Nana Boakye said the NDC Deputy general secretary had been cut to size already and did not need the President to soil his impeccable reputation to ...

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Veep outlines measures to push Ghana Beyond Aid agenda

The government is putting in place measures to drive domestic revenue mobilisation to push the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated. He named some of the measures as the issuance of the national identification card, the national digital property addressing system and the use of tax identification numbers (TINs) to access key services. Those measures, ...

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We won’t call off strike – NAGRAT to government

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers [NAGRAT], Angel Carbonu, has said NAGRAT will not call off its strike despite government’s assurances that teachers owed salary arrears will be paid by Friday, April 6. The Finance Ministry had indicated that it had planned to pay the teachers who were owed the arrears by April 6, 2018. This only comes ...

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Akufo-Addo To Speak On US Military Pact Tonight

President Akufo-Addo is set to speak on the controversial military agreement between Ghana and the United States today Thursday April 5, 2018. The address which will be broadcast live on various local media platforms at 8pm, will be the president’s first commentary on the matter since it became public. It comes as the Minority continues to question the President’s silence ...

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Demos won’t change Ghana-US military pact – Mustapha Hamid

Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has scoffed at warnings by groups and individuals opposed to a recent military cooperation pact between the governments of Ghana and the US, saying no amount of demonstrations will change anything. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid says to start with, those demonstrating against the deal are wrong to insist that the agreement is to allow the US set up ...

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Nana Aba Anamoah deserves a government appointment – Shatta Wale

Ghana’s self-proclaimed dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, is busily advocating for role in government for eloquent television presenter, Nana Aba Anamoah. It seems the GHOne TV news editor’s energy and passion for what she does got the dancehall artiste having a deep admiration for her. The Ayoo singer wrote on his Facebook Timeline, “Nana Aba Anamoah should be given a role ...

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