POLITICS

Information available to YEN.com.gh shows that the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, may soon resign from office. The decision, it has been alleged, is fueled by the lack of resources at the office to execute the mandate given to him. A year after its establishment, he has reportedly described his office as an “almost hopeless situation.” YEN.com.gh understands that Amidu operates ...

The Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has told the Students Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to brace itself to face the consequences of their actions. According to the Education Minister, any student found culpable in the destruction of university property will be held responsible and punished accordingly. “It is the view of government ...

Former president John Mahama sheds a demeanor of a politician who has got it all figured out. Many call him a noble man and he has proved himself in that regard. Millions of Ghanaians who made John Mahama president in 2012 are still thinking of voting for him in the upcoming elections. By being an orator, he has swayed the ...

Controversial musician Kwame Asare Obeng aka A-Plus has advised Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to focus on his core mandate of prosecuting corrupt public officials. He has urged him to stop complaining and focus on his job on fighting corruption. His advise comes at the back of Martin Amidu who recently complained about the lack of logistics for his office as ...

The High Court in Accra has ordered that an action brought against the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, be served on him via the media and on notice boards of the court for 14 days. This follows the difficulty of the plaintiff, Prof. Edward Dua Agyeman, to locate Mr Asiedu-Nketiah in order to ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong wants assets of Menzgold owner Nana Appiah Mensah seized. He also wants properties of directors of some savings and loans companies in the country confiscated and shared amongst affected customers of embattled gold firm. “Whether Menzgold, Ideal finance or whatever, government must seize their assets and sell to defray the debts ...

Some delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region have had a change of mind about the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, after having the opportunity to interact with him. More importantly, the delegates noted, is the vision of Hon. Bagbin which he outlined to them at separate locations in the Central ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cautioned its parliamentary aspirants to desist from campaigning until the party opens nominations and set out guidelines for the primaries. The NPP’s General Secretary, John Boadu, who gave the warning in a statement, said “this caution has become necessary following complaints the party has been receiving about the conduct of some prospective parliamentary ...

The National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, also known as Nana B, has been elected Vice Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU), at the Union’s Annual Council Meeting in Helsinki, Finland. The International Young Democratic Union (IYDU) is a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations and the youth wing of the ...

Speakers and participants at the Graphic Business/Stanbic Breakfast Forum in Accra yesterday unanimously agreed that rich parents must be made to pay for the education of their children under the free SHS programme to help save the policy from collapsing or compromising the quality of education. At the forum on sustainable funding for free quality education, speakers and participants were ...