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Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent notice to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that it will resist any attempt(s) to witch-hunt any appointee of former President John Dramani Mahama. The notice follows Monday’s raid (July 24, 2017) of the residence of the former Minister of Power, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, by some officials from the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) ...

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has suggested that the government’s efforts to create a special prosecutor’s will be a wasted venture if sections of the draft Bill currently before parliament are not removed. According to him, a clause in the bill which states that the Special Prosecutor must not investigate and prosecute corruption offences relating to the Public Procurement ...

Tears rolled down my eyes freely as I watched the lynching of Major Adams Mahama by the jubilant mob on that eventful day. My physiology has a natural tendency to repulse injustice with tears. Anytime a semblance of injustice or gross unfairness possesses my soul, tears would gush down my cheeks in little streams of protest and sadness. My softly ...

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) has demanded the arrest of the Electoral Commissioner and all her two deputy commissioners. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong speaking on Adom TV’s Badwam Tuesday said the embattled commissioners must be arrested as part of efforts to causing further investigations into allegations of corruption at the EC which the commissioners are leveling against one another. “The ...

Chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, will Wednesday appear before Legislators to respond to questions about the heated internal wrangling at the elections management body. She will also brief the Parliamentarians on how funds generated from the replacement of voter ID cards and the sale of media accreditation cards ahead of 2016 elections were spent. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, ...

The Christian Council of Ghana has reiterated the need to use Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms to address the current dispute at the Electoral Commission (EC) in order to put an end to the intensifying uproar between some staff and the Chairperson of the commission, Charlotte Osei. Speaking to JoyNews Prime, the General Secretary of the Council, Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, ...

President Akufo-Addo is expected to take a decision on the wrangling at the electoral commission following his arrival from France, where he was on a state visit. According to the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, the President will take a decision which is backed by the Constitution. The electoral commission has been fraught with controversies over the last one week with ...

A former Attorney-General, Martin Amidu, who is renowned for his fight against graft, thinks aspects of the Special Prosecutor’s bill undermine President Nana Akufo-Addo’s anti-corruption intentions. In his latest commentary on issues of public concern, Mr Amidu focused on the Bill that is currently being perused by Parliament, taking issue with a clause that he says may render the goal ...

The acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme Hon. Ussif Mustapha has apologized for the military brutalities meted out to service personnel at the El Wak Sports Stadium. This year’s registration process for national service personnel turned chaotic at the El-Wak Stadium when the military police stepped in to maintain law and order. According to some of the personnel, ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has suspended the Capitation programme in the Ashanti region “effective August 1, 2017.” The suspension follows a directive from the government and the board of directors of the NHIA, a statement from the Authority’s Corporate Affairs Directorate said. A few weeks ago, the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo revealed that government will announce the ...