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The Standing Committee of the Council of State has met with the leadership of the minority group in Parliament to address recent developments in parliamentary affairs. The meeting, the first such formal encounter between the council and a minority side since the return to democratic rule, was convened at the instance of the council to allow for the discussion of ...

State prosecutors are pursuing the two sureties who satisfied the bail conditions of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu over her continuous absence from the trial. Sedinam Tamakloe was on February 14, 2019 granted bail in the sum of GHc5 million with two sureties by the court, presided over by ...

The Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said the ministry will continue to engage Societe Generale in order to complete some strategic projects in the power sector. He made these remarks when the delegation called on him at his office earlier today. The delegation affirmed their organisation’s willingness to partner with the government to provide funding for its flagship ...

Earlier this month, Super Group-owned Betway announced a partnership deal with the Ghana Football Association to sponsorthe Ghana Women’s Premier League. The leading global online betting and gaming brand is being recognised as the Development Partner of the Ghana Women’s Premier League. As development partners, the Ghana Women’s Premier League is set to benefit a mix of programmes, amongst these ...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), University of Education, Winneba (UEW) chapter has rejected the decision taken by the National Executive Committee for its members to return to the lecture halls. The NEC resolved to suspend the strike by the University teachers for two weeks to allow for negotiations for better conditions of service. However, the NEC left it ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has questioned the rationale behind the Chief of Staff (CoS), Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare paying an amount of GHS120,000 to the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo as alleged by Kennedy Agyapong, MP for Assin Central. “We demand to know the purpose for ...

A security coordinator at the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited Lawal Fuseina has been sentenced to serve a 10-year prison term for blackmailing his former Managing Director (MD) Mr Bennet Aboagye. The Circuit Court in Accra convicted and sentenced him after he was found guilty for charges including unlawful entry and extortion after full trial. The convict was said to ...

Former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni failed again to get trial Judge, Clemence Honyenuga JSC removed from his case as the Supreme Court dismissed his plea. Dr. Opuni filed a two-legged application at the apex court seeking to quash some decisions of the trial Judge who is sitting as an additional High Court Judge and to prohibit him ...

A political analyst, Jonathan Asante Okyere, has explained that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has allowed its fixation with the passage of the controversial E-levy to cloud the judgement of the leadership of the party over the saga of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. The analyst noted that the party’s desire to ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned the leadership of both Majority and Minority groups in Parliament to desist from unduly delaying works of some Committees of Parliament. According to him, the development had stalled a number of parliamentary businesses and made it difficult for the House to perform its oversight role. “While it is the duty of all ...