The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has questioned the rationale behind the Chief of Staff (CoS), Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare paying an amount of GHS120,000 to the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo as alleged by Kennedy Agyapong, MP for Assin Central. “We demand to know the purpose for ...

A security coordinator at the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited Lawal Fuseina has been sentenced to serve a 10-year prison term for blackmailing his former Managing Director (MD) Mr Bennet Aboagye. The Circuit Court in Accra convicted and sentenced him after he was found guilty for charges including unlawful entry and extortion after full trial. The convict was said to ...

Former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni failed again to get trial Judge, Clemence Honyenuga JSC removed from his case as the Supreme Court dismissed his plea. Dr. Opuni filed a two-legged application at the apex court seeking to quash some decisions of the trial Judge who is sitting as an additional High Court Judge and to prohibit him ...

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has rejected a motion by the Minority for a thorough investigations into the use of Covid-19 funds. The motion was moved by Ranking Member for the Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson who prayed the house to constitute a bi-partisan Parliamentary Committee to be chaired by a member of the Minority Caucus. The Committee ...

A political analyst, Jonathan Asante Okyere, has explained that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has allowed its fixation with the passage of the controversial E-levy to cloud the judgement of the leadership of the party over the saga of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. The analyst noted that the party’s desire to ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned the leadership of both Majority and Minority groups in Parliament to desist from unduly delaying works of some Committees of Parliament. According to him, the development had stalled a number of parliamentary businesses and made it difficult for the House to perform its oversight role. “While it is the duty of all ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, 22 February 2022 announced the appointment of Ghana’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. She succeeds Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon, to whom the Secretary-General reiterated his deep gratitude and appreciation for his dedicated service. Ms. Tetteh brings to the position decades of experience at ...

Fast-rising Ghanaian artiste, Black Sherif’s Burna Boy’s feature ‘Second Sermon’ has been featured at NBA All-Stars playoffs. In a video that has surfaced online, Black Sherif’s Second Sermon remix featuring Burna Boy was being played at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Arena in Cleveland on Sunday, February 20, 2022. At the time, the players were on the court practising their shots ahead ...

The various Student Representative Councils (SRCs) in the Ashanti region are demanding immediate action to halt the funding delays and food shortages affecting Senior High Schools (SHS) in the region. The student body made the call in its address to mark the opening of its 25th Congress and launching of the chapter’s silver jubilee in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. ...

On a four-day working visit to Morocco, Israel’s economy and industry minister met with her Moroccan counterpart. On Monday, Moroccan Ryad Mezzour signed a deal with Israeli Orna Barbivai to boost trade and investment cooperation between the countries. The current level of commercial exchange between the North African Kingdom and Israel amounts at 13 million dollars. The two nations are ...