POLITICS

Many things have been exposed by the Emile Short Commission, not least is the over-politicization of the security services, a political scientist has said. According to an Associate Professor of political science, the revelations from the Commission shows that most security personnel are pandering to political whims and caprices while others, better positioned to act, have been sidelined. “Heads of ...

The Greater Accra regional Police commander DCOP Patrick Adusei Sarpong has described as falsehood the testimony of the East Legon police commander before the Commission probing the violence which characterized the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by-election. DSP George Asare told the commission last week that he was ordered by his superiors to step aside ahead of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. DSP ...

There was an unexpected turn of events in the trial of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo, as the defence lawyers clashed with the trial judge. There was ‘heated’ argument between Samuel Codjoe, lawyer for Dr. Opuni; Benson Nutsukpui, lead counsel for Seidu Agongo and the trial judge, ...

Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has revealed he saw the man who pulled the trigger leading to the death of one person and the injuring of another at the Ashanti Regional Headquarters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday afternoon. He disclosed to Osei Bonsu on Asempa Fm in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com that he ...

The Board Chairman of the National Investment Bank (NIB) has resigned, Starr Business has gathered. Torgbe Afede’s resignation was as a result of internal wrangling at the state-owned bank, sources with knowledge of the development told Starr Business. He resigned last week, according to the sources after opposing moves by some elements in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ...

Kennedy Agyapong has stated unequivocally he will continue to support the activities pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante groups, the Delta and Invisible Forces once the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to form more vigilante groups in addition to the number they already have. His argument is that, both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the NDC must agree and ...

A judge has ruled that Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI must defend themselves in court over the human rights case brought against them by Ibrahim Sannie Daara after they sought to dodge the case by asking a lawyer to answer to the lawsuit on their behalf. The judge His Lordship Mr Justice Nicholas Abodakpi slammed Anas’defence of ...

If the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is banking its hopes on outspoken lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong to campaign for it in 2020, then it better rethink because he has served notice he would not campaign for the party either in Ghana or elsewhere outside the country. According to a radio interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the NPP firebrand has officially declared ...

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Marfo has said the office of the Special Prosecutor has not met his expectation. According to him, he and many other people had some expectation of the office, but that has not materialized so far. Some Ghanaians, including former President Jerry John Rawlings, have expressed concern about the delay in the prosecution of corruption-related cases by the ...

The Director General in charge of operations at the Ghana Police Service DCOP George Alex Mensah has disclosed that police officers attached to the National security do not report to the hierarchy of the service once they are sent to their attachment. “They report to their superiors there. They are not controlled by the police, they are assigned and managed ...