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A former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejuisu/Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, appears to be confused over the outcome of a 13-member Kwesi Botchwey report that was tasked to unearth circumstances that culminated into the party’s disgraceful defeat at the polls in 2016. According to him, the report should have also made adverse findings against some ...

The Attorney General’s office has initiated steps to orally examine businessman, Alfred Woyome, in the controversial GHc 51 million judgment debt saga. Documents sighted by Citi News indicate that, on June 2, 2017, an ex-parte motion to examine Mr. Woyome was filed. The document noted that, Mr. Woyome will be examined on issues pertaining to whether he owed any debts, ...

Five out of the 12 prime suspects on the Police Wanted List in connection with the lynching of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama have been arrested. They are Bernard Asamoah a.k.a Daddy, Bismark Asamoah a.k.a Rasta, Sarah Mensah, John Boakye and Kwame Awona. According to the Ghana Police Service, the five were arrested last week. Meanwhile, police prosecutors in Cape Coast ...

Having been overwhelmed by the “high profile” corruption scandals that have hit his six month old government, President Akufo-Addo is now banking hopes on the support of Ghanaians and God to fight the canker he promised would never happen when he is elected President. Addressing Ghanaians resident in the United Kingdom recently, President Akufo-Addo helplessly said “to the extent that ...

Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has warned heads of institutions who change their dates of birth risk losing their positions, if they are found out. He says though the Ministry has nothing against people who genuinely amend their records, those who do so to prolong their service period will be deemed to be cheating. Dr. Opoku Prempeh gave ...

An Accra High Court has adjourned the judgement on the case involving Achimota School versus Osu traditional council to July 14. The court presided over by Justice Adumah Osei ordered the parties involved to make representation to the court by July 4 upon which the court will make a final decision. The Old students of Achimota Senior High School are ...

The Management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), says the agency will not be pressurized to publish the list of persons detected to be involved in the alleged payroll fraud. This was after the Minority in Parliament dared YEA to publish the full details of the internal audit that allegedly uncovered the over GH¢50 million cedis payroll fraud. According to ...

We are gathered here this afternoon to perform one of the most significant acts in the life of our nation – the induction into office of a new Chief Justice of the Republic. It has been a simple, solemn ceremony of investiture of the head of the Judiciary, the third arm of government. To that end, I am grateful for ...

The Head of Consular Unit of the Nigerian High Commission to Ghana Obed Aloko has disclosed the commission’s intention of storming the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi on Tuesday June 20, 2017 to assess the prostitution syndicate exposé uncovered by Ultimate FM. Ultimate News investigations uncovered a Ghanaian-Nigerian syndicate that lures girls from Nigeria into prostitution under the pretext of securing ...

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the new Chief Justice of the Republic, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, will be an effective leader of the Judiciary, and will guard jealously its independence. According to President Akufo-Addo, the new Chief Justice “will bring honour to the Judiciary and to our country”, adding that “in her, we have a ...