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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu is very tenacious in holding on to his views. He said he has known him for this for several years to the extent that they were opponents on many landmark constitutional cases in the early 1990s. The president expressed fond memories of him and Mr Amidu on ...

Forty-six Ghanaian police personnel keeping the peace in Southern Sudan under a United Nations (UN) mandate have been sent back home for allegedly sexually exploiting internally displaced women under their protection. The deported persons are from the Formed Police Unit (FPU) – formerly Armoured Car Squadron – serving in the restive part of North Africa. The FPU is an operational ...

Education Minister, Mathew Opoku-Prempeh has described former President John Mahama as the ‘worst’ head of state in the annals of the country’s political history. He said “the country is suffering” because of the bad governance of the Mahama administration. His comment comes on the heels of various comments made by the former President over the weekend. Mahama after a unity ...

Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has stated that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which he founded ostracized him and his wife former, First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings. He said the party he bequeathed to the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills and former President John Dramani Mahama did the same thing to the new Special Prosecutor Martin ...

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has placed an advertisement for suitable candidates to apply for the Rector position while the substantive rector Dr Wilberforce Dzisah remains on leave. Dr. Dzisah is being investigated over alleged infractions in “procurement practices”. A four-member investigative committee set up by the Governing Council is looking into petitions against the Rector and other officials. ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama leaves Accra today for Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he will be leading a number of meetings aimed at ensuring a peaceful election and its aftermath in the West African Country. Sierra Leone will go to the polls on March 7, with sixteen political parties contesting the Presidential Election. Recognised as a leading voice for the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghanaians have already started judging the ruling government, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and know where the country is moving towards in terms of governance. He has, therefore, advised citizens of the country to tighten their belts as more gloomy days were ahead. He said before the National Democratic Congress (NDC) left office, ...

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has called for a stakeholders conference to address challenges associated with the implementation of the free Senior High School(SHS) policy. He said the current implementation if not properly handled could derail the entire purpose of the free SHS programme. “It will do the government good, if we have a stakeholders conference and agree on the ...

Tragedy has hit the New Patriotic Party in the Central region as the Women Organiser-Elect for the Abura-Asebu Kwamankese constituency passed on moments after being sworn into office Saturday. The deceased, Elizabeth Gaizie, who stood unopposed complained of dizziness moments after her swearing in and was ushered unto her seat to relax only for her to die in the chair. ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has lashed out at the government for what he describes as the slow pace of development, saying the government has failed on a majority of its promises to the citizenry. Addressing a gathering of NDC members at Somanya after the party’s 6th unity walk aimed at reorganizing the party ahead of the 2020 elections, the ...