POLITICS

A total of 517,332 candidates from 16,871 public and private basic schools nationwide will this morning begin the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Made up of 263, 616 males and 253,716 females, representing an increase of 7,508 over the 2018 figure of 509,824, they will converge at 1,880 examination centres. They will be supervised by a total of 21,726 ...

An arrest warrant has been issued for the arrest of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). This follows his refusal to honour an invitation to report to the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, to assist in investigations into the recent spate of kidnappings and arson in ...

The evil that men do surely goes after them, the incompetent and indolent of president Nana Addo is embarrassing and demoralizing, every Ghanaian should be worried about the global monumental disgrace of Ghana which keep excruciating on daily basis under the war lord president. I felt disowning Ghana as my country after watching a video of one young lady schooling ...

The Minority in Parliament on Thursday asked Ghanaians to rise up to what it is says is “epidemic” borrowing by the Akufo-Addo government. “In fact, what we are seeing here is a big epidemic,” the Minority spokesperson on finance Cassiel Ato-Forson told the media on Thursday. “We believe that the people of this country must rise up and kick against ...

As President Nana Akufo-Addo faces criticism for demanding more dynamism from women in pursuit of gender parity, New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has questioned the commitment of women in his party to furthering the fortunes of women in politics. Mr. Otchere-Darko recalled the treatment of Hajia Alima Mahama, President Akufo-Addo’s first choice for running mate ahead of ...

The Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has dismissed claims that President Akufo-Addo represented Ghanaian women poorly at the Women Deliver Conference in Canada. The President in his contribution at the Conference in Canada, said he is yet to see dynamism in Ghanaian women. “We are not seeing enough dynamism and activism on the part of those who are seeking. I ...

The special prosecutor Martin Amidu has stated he is only investigating nine Members of Parliament over suspected cases of corruption. Reacting to a comment by the Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu that the special prosecutor has a “tall list” of MPs he is probing, Mr. Amidu said: “About eight (8) other Members of Parliament from the NDC and the NPP, aside ...

Former Communications Minister, Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, has urged the current government to pull the brakes on borrowing. The former Spokesperson for ex-President John Mahama said in a statement that the current government was responsible for about 40% of Ghana’s total debt since independence, a testament – according to him – that the incumbent Akufo-Addo-led administration is plunging the ...

Former deputy Attorney General Osei-Prempeh has been appointed acting Managing Director and Group Chief Executive of GOIL Company Limited. The appointment took effect from June 3, a statement by GOIL said. Mr. Osei-Prempeh, a lawyer, has been a Board Member of GOIL since 2017. He takes over from Mr. Patrick Akorli who has taken his leave prior to retirement after ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central constituency, Kennedy Agyapong has challenged the Regional House of Chiefs and people of the Central Region to go into privatization by selling the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles to him to take tourism to another level that will shock all and sundry. The lawmaker who said he plans to stay off politics ...