Former Energy Minister John Peter Amewu says he takes responsibility for the failed PDS concession deal. According to him, even though the decision to terminate the controversial deal was a cabinet action, he holds himself responsible as sector minister at the time. “As the sector minister at the time, I’m responsible for the asset and reliability of the ministry and ...

The fate of former Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine, who is a subject of contempt of court, would be determined later this morning by the Supreme Court. Dr Ayine was on last Monday, February 22 hauled before the apex court for scandalizing in a post-election petition court hearing address to the media on February 17. The court while deciding ...

President of Kasoa-based Division Two side Cheetah FC, Abdul-Hayye Yartey has urged clubs in Ghana to take keen interest in branding themselves as part of their operations. Mr. Hayye Yartey has contributed to the development of football talents in the country for the past 11 years. His club have already acquired an official club store, making them the first club ...

The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition trial says a run-off is required since no candidate in the December 7 polls obtained 50 per cent valid votes cast. The case of the Petitioner is simply that, in addition to fundamental constitutional infractions committed by the Electoral Commission chairperson, who was the returning officer of the Presidential Election, the figures announced ...

The Minister-designate for Railway development, John Peter Amewu has withdrawn a comment he made in 2018 describing former President John Mahama as a ‘con man’. Mr Amewu who was then the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources told some small-scale miners that Mr Mahama was a con man for failing to honour his promises towards the growth of the mining ...

Benjamin Acheampong says he has been duped out of $1m by a football club once, and he is determined it will not happen again – especially by the same organization. The Ghanaian has been deprived of more than $1m (£710,000) in a row with Egyptian giants Zamalek dating back to 2018, and despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ...

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has disclosed the hassle he goes through to get a key public utility, water. According to Joseph Osei-Owusu, in the suburb of Accra where he lives, water flows through the pipes once a week. The Bekwai MP in prefacing a question to minister-designate for Sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021; said: “I live ...

Anti-graft campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has called on Parliament to constitute a committee and investigate the controversial Frontiers Healthcare Services Contract. According to him, there are a lot of unanswered questions about the contract that needs to be addressed. The controversy surrounding the award of the contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services, a company undertaking COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport ...

Ghana has received an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the Kotoka International Airport. The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccines from Covax, a World Health Organization-backed effort to procure and distribute inoculations for free to poor countries. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine ...

Controversial relationship coach, Counsellor George Lutterodt has chided Vanessa over her visit to Funny Face who is currently confined at a psychiatric home. Vanessa accompanied by Ghanaian actor Kwaku Manu, her mother and four kids paid a visit to Funny Face at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital on February 23, 2021. Kwaku Manu who broke the news of their visit shared exclusive pictures of Funny Face posing ...