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Stephen Kwaku Asare a US-based legal practitioner and an accounting professor has backed calls for the revocation of the appointment of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu over his age as Special Prosecutor. In a series of Facebook posts, Prof Kwaku Azar, as he is also known called on President Nana Akufo Addo not to corrupt ...

The National Communications and Operations Director of the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana, (HISPAG), Joseph Christian Amoah has warned that some Health facilities that accept the National Health Insurance Card are likely to return to the cash and carry system soon. According to him, the health facilities are lamenting government’s failure to settle their claims in arrears between ...

Vodafone Ghana has added its voice to the numerous words of condolence being sent out to the family of the late Ghanaian music star – Ebony Reigns. The talented musician, known in private life as Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, died together with two others when the vehicle in which they were travelling, encountered a collision last Friday at Nyamebekyere, near Mankranso in ...

Dr Kofi Kesse Manfo, former Deputy Inspector General of Police until 2007 when he was retired from the Ghana Police Service – is reported to have passed on in a London hospital. In 2007, he and three other superior officers were retired from the Ghana Police Service after he unsuccessfully petitioned the previous year the Police Council over what he ...

President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Special Prosecutor, and former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has urged Ghanaians to remain calm as he faces Parliament’s appointment committee this week to be vetted for the position. In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, Martin Amidu, who wished to have all his supporters attend the vetting apologized that only a few could be invited due to ...

The Chief Justice Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffu has expressed the need for broader consultation between government, parents and education experts on the Free Senior High School Education policy to ensure its survival and sustenance. According to her, it will require not only dialogue but sacrifices and commitment on the part of parents and guardians by stepping up in meeting shared ...

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his appreciation to his wife, Samira Bawumia, for caring for him when he was ill and took a sick leave. According to him, although he had nurses around him, Samira was the “chief nurse”. “She seized all my phones and made sure I was resting,” Dr Bawumia told congregants of the International Central Gospel ...

President Akufo Addo will today [Monday] assess the performance of his Ministers of State for the one year they have been in office. The President is expected to have face-to-face conversations with each of his appointees in an appraisal. The evaluation sessions will have the Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, and the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Opare also in ...

The outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that recent attacks on the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are a deliberate move by the Minority MPs to tarnish his image in order to spite President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He explained that the Minority MPs see the Finance ...

There appear to be more questions begging for answers surrounding circumstances that culminated in the death of Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns. Whereas father and biggest fan of Ebony Reigns, Nana Opoku Kwarteng claims he was only informed about her trip to Sunyani at about 10pm on Thursday night, an account from the police reveal she was involved in the ghastly ...