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The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit by Editor in- chief of the Crusading Guide, Mr Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Junior, challenging the impeachment of former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Ms Charlotte Osei. Mr Baako argued that Mrs Osei was not impeached based the performance of her core functions as the EC Chairperson. He, therefore, wanted an interpretation ...

The family of Ahmed Suale has slammed the decision by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong, to place a GHc100, 000 bounty on the killers of Suale. According to the family, the MP – who they blame for Suale’s death – is attempting to thwart and undermine the ongoing investigations. We regret that in this difficult moment…we ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and the former Operations Manager of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, have both pleaded not guilty to eighty (80) counts of Stealing, Causing Financial Loss to the State, Causing Loss to Public Property, Improper Payment of Public Funds, Unauthorised Commitment Resulting in Financial Obligation for the ...

Daniel Bugri Naabu, former Northern regional chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves the world peace prize for ensuring the restoration of peace to Dagbon after so many years of conflict. President Akufo-Addo in the lead up to the 2016 elections promised that he would make sure Dagbon regained its past glory by ...

Last week was not a good week for some leading members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a number of them were allegedly physically assaulted by their political opponents. It all started on Thursday January 31, 2019 NDC MP for Ningo Prampram Sam George was slapped by masked gunmen believed to be NPP’s vigilante groups. This was closely ...

The Minister of State in Charge of National Security Bryan Acheampong is embarrassing the Presidency with his actions and inactions following the violence at Ayawaso West-Wuogon, the Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice Joseph Whittal has said. According to him, the deployment of masked security men by the national security marred Ghana’s respected human rights and rule of law ...

President Akufo-Addo has apologised to the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations over a ‘political metaphor’ he used while campaigning for his party’s candidate in last Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency. The federation had in a statement demanded an apology from the President for suggesting on the campaign platform that people who cannot see his achievement in his two-year ...

A staff audit of the technical universities conducted by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) has exposed anomalies in the teaching and administrative procedures in the institutions. The audit was carried out with the objective of facilitating the effective migration of staff of the universities onto the Single Spine airy Structure (SSSS). The report, dated December 21, 2018, a ...

A former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey, has described as “cruel” and “monstrous” the heavy security deployment at the La-Bawaleshie area where the opposition NDC’s parliamentary candidate lives, during Thursday’s by-election. Heavily armed National Security operatives shot and wounded several members of the NDC at the private residence of the NDC’s candidate about an ...

Ms Stephanie S. Sullivan, the Ambassador of the United States to Ghana, has condemned the murder of Investigative Journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, describing it as “senseless”. She said the United States condemned the act on Mr Hussein-Suale, who was a young journalist performing his duty. Ms Sullivan said during her first interactive session with the media since assuming office as new ...