POLITICS

GRA boss Kofi Nti fired

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti and two other commissioners have been fired, Daily Mail GH can confirm. The other affected commissioners are Isaac Crentsil, commissioner for customs, and Kwasi Asante Gyimah, in charge of domestic tax. Top government officials say Nti has been informed officially about the decision and has about a month ...

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Apologize to Manasseh – Rashid Pelpuo advises Irbard Ibrahim

Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo has advised Ibrahim Irbard apologize over his comments against Manasseh Azure Awuni. The Executive Director of Irbard Security Consults called for the arrest of the head of Joy News Investigative desk following his documentary on a “secret vigilante group” affiliated to the governing NPP. Irbard Ibrahim claimed Manasseh is guilty of ...

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Stop mocking us over NAM 1 – Menzgold customers to Akufo-Addo

Aggrieved customers of collapsed gold dealership firm Menzgold have expressed anger over what they say is President Akufo-Addo’s attempt to ridicule them over their lost investment. It comes after the President mentioned the Menzgold Chief Executive Nana Appiah Mensah in a speech while acknowledging outstanding graduates of the Adisadel College in Cape Coast on Saturday, where was special guest of ...

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NPP meets Invincible, Delta Forces to halt vigilantism

A top delegation of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has concluded talks with its militia groups in northern Ghana to halt political vigilantism. The weeklong tour started in the Upper regions through to North East to Savannah and ended with a nightfall press conference in Northern regional capital, Tamale. The National Organizer of the NPP, Sammy Awuku, led the team ...

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De-Eye Group was used to extort GHC2K from recruits – Kennedy Agyapong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong is lending credence to the illegality that was being perpetrated by De Eye Group, a pro NPP militia that trained recruits at Castle Osu, MyNewsGh.com reports. He disclosed that the leadership used the group to exploit about GH¢2,000 each from the recruits under the guise the unregistered private security agency belonged to the ...

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Ghana seeks $750 million loan from StanChart, Standard Bank

Ghana is in talks with Standard Chartered Plc and Standard Bank Group Ltd. for a bridge loan of $750 million and will repay the facility with the proceeds of a Eurobond sale. The finance ministry listed the proposal for a syndicated loan in Friday’s parliamentary order papers and said it is intended to “fund or refinance development projects and for ...

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VIGILANTISM IN GHANA; A HARBINGER OF DOOM.

Dear Ghana Youth, If you have a little time to spare, I’ll like us to discuss a crucial matter. I’ll start with an African proverb I love, which also happens to be, in my opinion, the most relatable to the subject I wish to address: “When the wood-insect gathers sticks on its own head it carries them”. War does not ...

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IWD: Napo charge pastors, traditional leaders to help curb gender-based violence

Minister for Education Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged families, religious bodies and traditional leaders to contribute their quota to help sensitize the public in the bid to end gender-based violence. He said “it is important to inculcate values such as respect and tolerance among children in our schools, and that is what the new curriculum for basic schools, which will ...

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Documentary on Castle militia misleading – Govt

The government has described as malicious the contents of an expose making reference to a militia group operating from the Osu Castle. The investigative piece titled ‘Militia in the heart of the nation’ alleged a state-sponsored training of military persons at the behest of the president, Nana Akufo-Addo. The pro-governing NPP militia, De-Eye Group, trains and is headquartered at Osu ...

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