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Ghana’s security forces have foiled “an elaborate plot” to target the presidency “with the ultimate aim of destabilising the country”, the information ministry says. A joint security operation last Friday led to the arrest of three people and seizure of several weapons, its statement said. One of those arrested included a local arms manufacturer. The operation came after “15 months ...

Information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that some military personnel including an officer are in custody over the alleged attempted coup plot on Ghana’s presidency. According to him, charges will be put against the suspects in the court of law in the coming days. “There are military persons including an officer who are in custody and being interrogated in ...

I watched Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko’s latest interview with Paul Adom Otchere on the Good Evening Ghana where rather than speaking to the facts and addressing the monumental failure of the Akufo-Addo government, he chose to make baseless, concocted and outrageous allegations against the person of Former President John Dramani Mahama. His comments could only be an unmistakable sign of desperation ...

Pressure group OccupyGhana has described President Akufo-Addo’s admission that the deportation of Aisha Huang was a mistake by his government as regrettable and a slap on the face of Ghanaians. According to the group, it is regrettable that the president is now coming to the realisation that the action was bad when many Ghanaians spoke against it at the time. ...

A former Colonel in the Ghana Armed Forces is doubting the capability of three men arrested by state security apparatus for plotting to target the presidency. Festus Aboagye, who is also a security analyst, noted that considering the alleged evidence gathered during the arrest of the said persons, the government rather acted prematurely in concluding that they could be plotting ...

The leader and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has called for a full disclosure of government’s dealings in respect of the Aker Energy scandal. Speaking at a meeting with the Catholic Bishops Conference in Accra, the former President asked the Conference and Ghanaians generally to request from President Nana Akufo-Addo why government would renegotiate a ...

Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region have said that Jane Mensah-led Electoral Commission (EC) is not doing enough for smooth elections in 2020. Regional chairman of the party Henry Ametefe, noted at a press conference that “the Electoral Commission has demonstrated enough symptoms of to unpreparedness for this exercise” and the EC have ” ...

Vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the people of Agbogbloshie of Government’s commitment to not only abandoning plans to eject them, but of providing them with social amenities and generally developing the area. Vice President Bawumia has also assured traders at the Agbogbloshie market, especially yam, onion and plantain sellers, of plans to redevelop their sheds and provide a ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region, David Adakudugu is dead, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed MyNewsGh.com sources indicate that he died on Thursday September 19, 2019 in Tamale where he was on transit to Accra. NDC activist, Stephen Atubiga who confirmed the unfortunate incident to this portal, disclosed that he complained of severe ...

Private legal practitioner and leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has jumped to the defence of President Akufo-Addo over the size of his government. Gabby Otchere-Darko, who was speaking on Thursday’s edition of Good Evening Ghana explained that the President needed that large number in order to accomplish the needed results in the country. President Akufo-Addo ...