POLITICS

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Education Minister is the best performing Minister in the Government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a survey by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, has revealed. According to findings of the study, Dr Opoku Prempeh tops the list of best performing ministers on the basis of policy and delivery, competency and ...

I have always hated oppression of any sort. When we sing the national anthem, I feel my blood rushing when we get to “and help us to resist oppressor’s rule with all our will and might for evermore”. Oppression comes in many forms, shapes and colours. Whatever form it comes, whether with good intentions or not, it is oppression and ...

A private legal practitioner and a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has indicated that Government should warn Ghanaians who are seeking to travel abroad over terrorism threat. His comment comes after the United Kingdom (UK) updated its travel advice for British nationals traveling to Ghana warning of likely terrorist attacks. This update comes ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for a change in the governance structure of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social justice and promote decent work by setting international labour standards. According to Akufo-Addo, African Ministers of Labour, at their last meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 4th April, were of ...

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is expected to make his second court appearance later today. This follows last week Tuesday’s adjournment of the Financial and Economic Crimes Division of the Accra High Court, Court 2 , presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, in a case brought against him by the Office of the Special ...

The government has been admonished to swallow its pride and not to reject claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the One Village One dam policy has been a failure therefore must be improved on it. “NDC is not saying it is a bad thing. What they mean is that government should do it and do it better”, ...

Isaac Ashai Odamtten, the former Chief Executive of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), has been thoroughly grilled by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Tema. The anti-graft agency probed him over an alleged fraudulent act during his tenure at TMA. For some people, his appearance at the Regional Office of EOCO is long overdue. He answered questions relating ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a private legal practitioner and a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has subtly exposed the ‘hypocrisy’ of the United Kingdom (UK) on terrorism. It would be recalled that the UK recently warned British citizens of likely terror attacks in Ghana. The warning came as the UK updated its travel advice. According to the update ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that the 31st December 1981 coup could have been avoided if the People’s National Party (PNP) government led by Dr Hilla Limann had drawn some lessons from the June 4 uprising. The 1981 coup brought the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) into power led by Mr Rawlings. According to him, Limann after his ...

The National Democratic Congress says it has picked information that government plans to embarrass its National Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo through an arrest in a crude manner. According to the party, a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Ofosu Ampofo has already been secured by the security agencies. “The National Democratic Congress has learnt that the government, using the security ...