POLITICS

The president Nana Akufo-Addo has taken a jab at members of the opposition National Democratic Congress who have been vehement in their criticism of the drone deliveries for emergency health services. According to him, the drone health service delivery which has been heavily criticized will serve over 14 million people and save human lives in the process, an investment he ...

Public sector workers who fall under the single spine salary structure are to enjoy a 10% pay rise across board beginning January 2019. This was contained in a statement issued by the Finance ministry Wednesday after a meeting with the various stakeholders. “Following conclusion of negotiations on the 2019 single spine base pay, approval is hereby given for the attached ...

The President of the Republic of Ghana on December 19, met with the press to answer question from the people of Ghana on the general development of the country. Read full release: AT THE MEDIA ENCOUNTER, ON WEDNESDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2018, AT JUBILEE HOUSE, ACCRA,/b> Welcome, once again, ladies and gentlemen of the media, to Jubilee House, the seat of ...

Former President John Dramini Mahama has joined Alban Bagbin and Josuah Alabi in submitting their presidential nomination forms, kicking into motion the stage for the gruelling contest for the NDC’s flagbeareship slot. The move was in compliance with article seven of the NDC’s guidelines of the conduct of the election of a presidential candidate of the party. Sylvester Mensah is ...

Ace journalists Manasseh Awuni Azure has lashed out at President Nana Addo-Dankwah Akufo-Addo, accusing him of superintending over corruption – a bane against which he vehemently campaigned against to win 2016 general election According to the one time West Africa Journalist of the Year prize-winner, President Akufo-Addo offered what he (Manasseh) described as ‘false hopes’ portraying him as incorruptible and ...

Government says the controversial drone for medical supplies project will not be funded by taxpayers’ money. Parliament on Tuesday, December 12, 2018, approved the project despite massive public outcry. It was approved by 102 to 58 votes. The estimated total 4-year cost of the contract is approximately $12million, according to the government. Speaking at a conference Monday Vice President Dr ...

The president, Nana Akufo-Addo is alarmed at what he says is the complete breakdown in relations between some heads of Ghana missions abroad and their foreign office staff. According to him, he has received countless reports of a creeping turf war between these heads of missions and their staff which is greatly undermining smooth running of the embassies. He was ...

THE CRIMINAL Division of the Accra High Court has ordered prosecution in the case in which former Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust  (SSNIT) and four others are standing trial for causing financial loss to the state to furnish the accused persons with  “missing content in the contract documents” within 3 weeks. Mr Thompson, the immediate past ...

NDC flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Adinam Mensah, has taken his “Renewed Hope Campaign” to the Eastern Region to interact with party executives and appeal to them for support. At the party’s Regional Secretariat in Koforidua, on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, Sly had a brief meeting with Regional Executives to officially inform them about his activities in the Region. In his message, ...

Government has lifted the ban on small scale mining. The ban has been in place for close to two years after the government announced a crackdown on illegal mining. The ban was lifted after the vetting of some 1,350 licensed small scale miners across the country by the vetting committee of the inter-ministerial committee overseeing the project. So far, about ...