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The president of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has described as saddening frantic efforts by government officials to justify the staggering 998 staff at the Jubilee House. The number is some 220 staff more than the 778 employees presented to parliament by the erstwhile John Mahama administration in 2013. According to the report released to Parliament on the staffing position of ...

It has emerged that former President John Dramani Mahama had more people working under him during his tenure than Ghanaians are being made to believe. The NDC has gone into political frenzy after the list of appointees serving under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was revealed in a letter from the president to ...

The intentional leakage of sensitive security information by high-profile politicians concerning the various defence deals signed between the United States of America and the Government of Ghana in 1998, 2015 and 2018, has exposed Ghana to new security threats, Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, ...

Pollster Ben Ephson has predicted that, the current dispute between Stephen Ntim and Alhaji Short, both National Chairman aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will benefit their colleague aspirant Freddie Blay. Supporters of Mr Ntim and Alhaji Short have been at each other’s throat as part of their struggle for power within the governing party. The NPP is gearing ...

Security analyst Dr. Kwasi Aning has revealed that some powerful figures in the country have sent him threatening audio recordings seeking to silence him. According to the Director, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, the senders of the audios appear to have issues with his security analysis in the media and want to intimidate ...

Three Police officers have been arrested for allegedly renting their guns to armed robbers. The officers stationed at Weija and Krokobite in Accra allegedly rented out the weapons to the suspected armed robbers for an operation over the weekend. They were arrested after the robbers were involved in an accident with the weapons. Regional Police Commander DCOP George Alex Mensah ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that the full force of the state security apparatus is being marshalled to deal with threats of piracy in the country. “The country’s coastlines are deemed to be very safe and we will not allow pirates or criminals to rob us of this hard-won reputation and create a sense of insecurity ...

The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area starting from May 14 to June 14, 2018. The one-month long ban is a custom that precedes the celebration of the Homowo Festival of the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie. Nii Dodoo Nsaki II, the acting President of the GTC announced this ...

Have you ever found yourself easily tipsy or hardly in the mood after taking locally- brewed alcoholic beverages, known as bitters? You may be feeling right, depending not only on the quantity one drinks but the brand as well. A student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has found most of them on the market, contain less alcohol ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that the government will recruit up to 10,000 unemployed nurses and health assistants through the Nation Builders’ Corps which will be launched on May 1, 2018. He said government is working with the Ministry of Health to recruit the many health professionals who have completed their professional training but have been idle ...