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The abortive mission of Exton Cubic Company Ltd to mine bauxite at Nyinahin in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region seems to have rejuvenated the animosity between two top businessmen in the country. From all indications, Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi,’ the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Ibrahim Mahama, a brother of ex-President ...

Dear Benjamin Boakye, I read your opinion backing the sale of VRA thermal plants in an interview posted on the web of the Daily Express. It reminds me of an old adage which says that politics is nothing but a concentrated form of economics. It also reaffirms a statement by a favorite guide: “the world is composed of two people, ...

Out of a total number of 460,941 registered candidates who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), 424,092 candidates have qualified to benefit from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship ‘Free Senior High School’ policy. The policy takes off by the middle of this month when President Akufo-Addo launches it, possibly at the West Africa Secondary School, ...

The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is ready to present herself to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service to answer to corruption claims leveled against her by the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong. The allegations were in relation to a contract given to a foreign company for the production of national identification cards. Kennedy Agyapong had claimed that ...

Social commentator, Casely Hayford has advised Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu to sue Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong over corruption claims leveled against her. Kennedy Agyapong had alleged that Ursula Owusu-Ekuful disregarded a bid [he had interest in] for a contract to print NIA cards in favour of more expensive bidders who had paid her money. Ursula, in a rebuttal, ...

The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says she supports the CID’s investigation in the allegations of corruption levelled against her in the award of the contract for the production of National Identification Cards. “I welcome the investigations by the CID and even though I am yet be contacted, I will cooperate with the law enforcement agencies to ascertain the truth,” ...

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has a better record than its New Patriotic Party (NPP) counterpart as regards appointees resigning on principle, Abraham Amaliba has said. Mr Amaliba, a member of the legal team of the NDC, said mention can be made of the likes of Murtala Ibrahim Mohammed, a former Deputy Trades and Industry Minister, and Dzifa Ativor, ...

Lawyers for the embattled former Head of Management Information System(MIS) at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust(SSNIT), Caleb Afaglo have described as illegal the decision to dismiss their client from his position. According to the Lawyers, the SSNIT Board failed to follow due processes required in removing their client from office. The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) ...

This week I am saying goodbye to the Effutu Municipal Assembly’s Director of Education, Mrs Hilda Eghan. She has been asked to take over as the Ag Greater Accra Regional Director of Education. I think she brought deeper dignity into the education office, and transformed the image of the schools in Winneba. Her elegance, deeper personal touch with the schools, ...

The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has refuted allegations of corruption made against her by maverick politician, Mr. Kennedy Agyepong in connection with the award of a supposed contract for the Production of national identification cards. The Assin South legislator in a recent media outburst alleged that the Minister of Communications acted wrongly in the award of the contract for ...