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The Appointments Committee of Parliament is expected to present its report on the Chief Justice nominee Sophia Akuffo to the House later today[Monday]. This follows its public vetting of the nominee last Friday [June 16]. The over five-hour long vetting process saw Justice Sophia Akuffo answer questions on the challenges within the country’s legal system, the regulations on touting, the ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bole, Hon Veronica Alele Herming says the people of Bole have had their joy stripped following the gruesome murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who traces his roots to the area. She observed that her kinsmen have forgiven residents of Denkyira Obuasi especially those who took part in the dastardly act but one thing ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as laudable a judgment by the Supreme Court ordering the Auditor General to retrieve every penny siphoned from the state’s coffers. On Wednesday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court ordered the Auditor General to immediately initiate procedures to retrieve all looted state cash. The panel headed by Ghana’s Chief Justice nominee, ...

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has stated categorically that the Regional Coordinating Council would not compromise the development of Kumasi for party interest. The minister who was appalled by the level of impunity by the people that has caused the Kumasi metropolis to lose its onetime glorious status as the Garden City said they will prioritise the development of ...

Three persons have sustained injuries at Pokuase Amanfrom in Accra as land guards clash with residents in a land dispute. One Mohammed Dani Baba is being accused of busing land guards to the town with some excavators to demolish buildings on a land he claims belongs to him. The locals have vowed to stop the intended demolition which has generated ...

The just ended Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) brings me a lot of fond memories. For me, like most people of my age, the examinations marked the end of a chapter. I remember the late night studies. I remember the revision classes. I remember the group discussions. I remember the anxiety and uncertainty that underlay the preparations for the exam. ...

Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology (KNUST) Mohammed Abass, has stated powers affirmed by Supreme Court for Auditor General to retrieve monies wrongfully paid to private companies by the state is panacea to corruption in the country. “The ruling as much as it is good I do not think it will be a solution or that ...

Paul Collins Appiah-Ofori, former MP for Asikuma Odoben Brakwa, has said for speaking out against corruption, the leadership of his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in parliament connived to strip him of his frontbench MP status, relegating him to the backbench – reserved mostly for new and inexperienced legislators. He revealed this on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on ...

The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has vowed not to meet the irate youth of Savelugu over the appointment of Hajia Ayishetu Seidu as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) because they want to kill him. Speaking to Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the firebrand politician said, the youth have threatened to split ...

The Principal of the Tepa Nursing Training School and two others including the school’s accountant on Thursday failed to respond to summons by the police for investigations into the admission fraud saga. Madam Amoah was invited by the Divisional Police Command Wednesday for questioning, following an expose’ by Ultimate FM which fingered her and the accountant of the college, Asamoah ...