POLITICS

Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the former Senior Minister has been named as one who directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to take over an Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) investigation into the tenure of Dr Stephen Opuni as the Chief Executive of COCOBOD. The investigation which was almost concluded by EOCO had to be abandoned for ...

Spokesperson for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing Dominic Ayine says the Supreme Court’s ruling on the motion for the reopening of the petitioner’s case is unhelpful to Ghanaians. “We think that the court by this decision has not done Ghanaians a great service. The justices have not given us a reason to believe that they want Ghanaians ...

Professor Kwaku Asare is wondering what the petitioner in the ongoing Supreme Court case over the 2020 election is still looking for in the wake of the dismissal of his latest motion. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, dismissed an application filed by former President John Mahama to have his case re-opened. The apex court panel of seven Chaired ...

Students of the University of Ghana have raised concerns over the institution’s Learning Management System, Sakai. The Sakai LMS is the main platform that lecturers have been asked to use for online academic activities. According to some students, the platform has not fully functional in recent times. They have complained that the system keeps logging them out as they go ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, dismissed an application filed by former President John Mahama to have his case re-open. The apex court panel of seven Chaired by Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah said they find no merit in the application and proceed with the ongoing case without any hesitation. Lead Counsel for the Petitioner, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata while moving ...

Minister-designate for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has written to the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament to reschedule his vetting on health grounds. The vetting was originally slated for today, Monday February 15,2021. However, in a letter dated February 14, 2021 and addressed to the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Mr Ofori-Atta made reference to the committee’s letter ...

Minister-designate for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has safely arrived in the United States of America (USA) for his medical review post-Covid-19 complications, his aide has said. In a tweet, the aide said Mr Ofori-Atta is n good spirits.   The tweet was to dispel speculations on social media that he had succumbed to post-Covid-19 complications. His aides have noted he is ...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister-nominee for Communication and Digitization has defended sitting on Kwabena Mintah Akandoh’s lap on the 7th of January in the chamber of Parliament. During the election of a Speaker for the 8th Parliament, MPs disagreed over sitting arrangements, creating chaos. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, who at the time was occupying a seat meant for Collins Dauda, had to go ...

Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta has been flown to the United States of America over COVID-19 complications. “The Ministry of Finance wishes to inform the general public and stakeholders that Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Representative of H.E the President at the Ministry of Finance and Minister-designate for Finance, will travel to the United States of America today for a special medical ...

The International Court of Arbitration has awarded a cost of $134 million and an interest of $30 million against the Government of Ghana over the cancellation of an Emergency Power Agreement with GCGP limited. The Contract was cancelled under the former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko as part of several other energy contracts cancelled by the NPP on the basis that ...