Eight former workers of investment bank, Databank, have been employed at senior levels of the finance ministry since Ken Ofori-Atta was appointed as finance minister,” minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has said. According to him, the move is part of a grand effort by the Akufo-Addo government to cleanse the civil service. “Even at the ministry of finance, as many as ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) says the Head of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) was strategically positioned by Akufo-Addo so he could recoup the funds sunk into the NPP campaign in the 2016 polls. The main opposition NDC believes the murky issues emerging from the state institution is testament to the NPP government’s grand scheme. “We know Alfred Obeng ...

Some staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) have petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to get the chief justice to commence impeachment proceedings against Charlotte Osei, chairperson of the commission. They are accusing her of abusing her office and engaging in corruption, including the alleged award of contracts running into millions of dollars and moving into a new office building ...

It was a sight to behold when hundreds of market women from Makola market in Accra mobbed the Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central region, Ken Agyapong. The motive for the ambush was to appeal to the outspoken MP to prevent the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from ejecting them from the present site. The traders sell their ...

All is set for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Super Bantamweight bout between Ghana’s Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe and Argentinian strongman Nicholas Javier Chacon at the Bukom Boxing Arena this Saturday, July 22. The fight, which is being organized by Rising Star Promotions, will be Dogboe’s first defence of his WBO International Super Bantamweight title won in Auckland, New Zealand ...

A former Deputy Attorney General under the erstwhile NDC administration, Dominic Ayine has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to go ahead and prosecute NDC officials who are suspected to be complicit in corruption cases. Addressing the media at his maiden presser with Journalists in Accra, President Akufo-Addo said a lot of alleged cases of corruption have been brought to his attention, ...

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency in the Central region has called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately arm all police officers in the country with guns to counter the threat of any attack. Kennedy Agyepong’s comments follows a broad daylight robbery staged by two robbers that claimed the life of a police ...

The Ho High court has freed some members of the Volta secessionist group, who were standing trial on treason felony charges. The discharge of the seven persons follows a motion filed in court today by the Attorney General to drop the charge of treason felony and conspiracy to commit same against the suspects. Before discharging them, the judge bonded them ...

The Blues are on the lookout for a new striker with Diego Costa set to leave the club this summer Chelsea have confirmed they have agreed a deal with Real Madrid for striker Alvaro Morata. The Blues have been on the lookout for a new striker with Diego Costa set to leave the club this summer. Romelu Lukaku was heavily ...

A Bachelor of Science in Public Administration student of GIMPA, Dominic Uchechukwu Mmaduabia, has been elected as the new President of the Ghana chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Mmaduabia was elected after his only opponent stepped down on the day of the elections. In a brief interview after his election, Mmaduabia thanked all the delegates for ...