POLITICS

Starr FM’s Upper East regional correspondent Edward Adeti has been explaining why he recorded a telephone conversation he had with a Ghanaian minister of state, Rockson Bukari, over an attempt to bribe him to drop a story against a judge and a Chinese mining company. Below is the full write-up on his Facebook page: MY LAST WORD ON THE LEAKED ...

Former president John Mahama has been accused of causing financial loss to the state to a tune of GHC23 million. This follows his call for the release of vehicles purchased in 2016 to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU). The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has revealed that the purchase of the buses during Mahama’s tenure as president ...

A member of the National Democratic Congress legal team, Chris Ackumey, has said the government should not hesitate to prosecute former Works and Housing Minister, Collins Dauda if it is established that he caused financial loss to the state in the Saglemi Housing Project. “If Collins Dauda has done something wrong he should be dealt with,” Mr Ackumey stated Friday ...

Financial analyst, Sydney Casely Hayford has rubbished IMANI Africa’s fears over potential $30 billion losses to the state in Aker Energy’s oil dealings in Ghana. He said on The Big Issue that the statement IMANI put out on the matter was “very alarmist.” “I think that the IMANI press briefing has created the impression that there is the doomsday; that ...

The Eastern regional Women Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Shirley Naana Ampem has called for prayers for President Akufo-Addo in order to have the strength to accept defeat in 2020. She said Akufo-Addo and the ruling New Patriotic Party should emulate the statesmanship exhibited by former President John Mahama who accepted defeat in the 2016 Presidential election, ...

News reaching MyNewsGh.com indicate that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Women Organiser for UK-Ireland Louisa Nelson is dead. Details about the cause of death remain sketchy but according to family sources, she died on the morning of Sunday April 28, 2019 after a short ailment. Tributes have since been pouring in for the late NDC executive who played a ...

A future National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will trigger an extradition process for Aisha Huang to face prosecution for illegally mining in Ghana, the Minority Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa said. Mr Ablakwa’s disclosure comes on the back of an attempt by Ghana’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo’s justification of the decision to discontinue the prosecution of Aisha ...

Should the National Democratic Congress (NDC) clinch the 2020 presidential seat, it plans to capture and prosecute Aisha Huang for crimes she committed on Ghanaian soil, disclosed Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on JoyNews’ Newsfile Saturday. Huang, a Chinese citizen widely known as Ghana’s “galamsey queen,” first made headlines in 2017 when authorities discovered she was engaging in illegal ...

Council of State Member, Sam Okudzeto, has advised the discontinuation of prosecution and subsequent deportation of Aisha Huang, a Chinese illegal miner, is a wrong use of discretion. The lawyer and former Member of Parliament told the host of Joy News’ UPFRONT, Raymond Acquah, that the decision is against national interest. “Why can’t our officials sit and appreciate that there is something ...

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr K. K. Sarpong, of engaging in a conflict of interest situation in a US$4.4 billion petroleum agreement between Ghana and Aker Energy Ghana Limited. At a press conference in Accra Thursday morning, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, Mr Kofi Bentil, ...