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Media watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has recommended journalists are allowed more time to ask questions at the next media encounter expected in the next half of the year. Executive Director, Suleman Braimah, said the Information Ministry, which organises the encounters, can free up more time by cutting out the President’s monologue which lasted 40minutes out of the ...

There was drama at the Supreme Court yesterday when officials of National Investment Bank (NIB) disowned Tsatsu Tsikata as the bank’s counsel. Mr. Tsikata had earlier represented the bank in its case against Standard Bank Offshore Trust Company Limited. The bank won the case, but it says it no longer wishes to pursue the case with him. Information gathered by ...

President Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in the ability of his nominee for the position of Special Prosecutor – Martin Amidu – to instil some sanity in Ghana’s public space. He believes the man has what it takes to put the fear of God in both public and civil servants who may want to engage in acts of corruption. The president ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that, so far, every single act of alleged corruption labelled against some members of his administration has been or is in the process of being investigated by independent bodies, and the findings so far made public. According to President Akufo-Addo, from the allegations against the Minister for Energy-designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings; ...

The President has revealed that although the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded $7 billion worth of gold imports from Ghana, official records (in Ghana) reports only $2 billion in exports of the precious metal to the Gulf country. Nana Akufo-Addo made the startling revelation on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, during a media encounter to mark one year of his administration. ...

A witness at the ongoing parliamentary committee probing the cash for seat allegation Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has accused President Akufo-Addo of undermining the committee. President Akufo-Addo in his encounter with the media at the Flagstaff House Wednesday described the allegation as flimsy and irresponsible. “In fact, I think that the position that I have taken potentially…could lend me into a ...

President Akufo Addo has met the media in his first ever media encounter in the year 2018. The encounter saw the president touch on various issues bothering the economy to national security. Before the statement, YEN.com.gh had listed some key developments that the president will be touching but as unpredictable as the president remains, some of these issues were addressed ...

President Akufo-Addo has said he does not expect the nomination of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor to eradicate all forms of corruption in the public sector. “I’m well aware of the general sense of anxiety in the country and the strong feeling that politicians tend to get away with corrupt practices. “A significant choice though, that Mr. Amidu is, ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the performance of the Ghanaian economy in 2017, is a vindication of the decision taken to appoint 110 Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State. Citing a quote from the speech of the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, at at Legon, at the opening of the New Year School, President ...

President Akufo-Addo has said it’s unfortunate that one of his fierce critics over the years, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu has passed on so early into his rule as the Leader of the country. According to him, he would have loved to have the former senior journalist around to serve as a check on the activities of his government to ensure that ...