POLITICS

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has described the sacked Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, as one of the most competent persons he has ever met despite her dismissal for “incompetence” and procurement breaches. President Nana Akufo-Addo removed Mrs Charlotte Osei from office together with her two deputies: Georgina Opoku Amankwah and Amadu Sulley, ...

The president Nana Akufo-Addo has courted the anger of the minority by suggesting the Eastern Corridor road left behind by Ex-president John Mahama is horribly bumpy no one could have a jolly ride on it, let alone to sleep while taking a ride on that stretch. Addressing chiefs and people of Hohoe in the Volta Region, as part of his ...

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says his office will only prosecute serious cases of alleged corruption due to the limited resources available to his office. He was however quick to add that his office will not spare corrupt officials since it will devise measures to deal with minor offenses. “I can assure you that every petition that has come to ...

Ahead of the New Patriotic Party (Npp)National Delegates Conference and election the acting National Chairman Mr. Freddie Blay imported 275 buses for all the 275 Constituency in the Country. Mr. Magnus Der Junior, a broadcast Journalist has condemned the purchase of 275 buses whilst the country is in crisis, only 55 national ambulance. He posted his grievances on his Facebook ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed his “sincere condolences” to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the family of the late J.H. Mensah “for their loss”. Mr Rawlings said in a tweet that: “He [Mr J.H. Mensah] left an indelible mark on Ghana’s politics”, adding: “May his soul rest in peace”. Mr Mensah died in the early hours ...

Seasoned journalist Kweku Baako Jnr. has congratulated Freddie Blay over his victory during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Delegates Conference over the weekend. The NPP held their Delegates Conference at the Koforidua Technical University to elect new national executives. The event which began on Friday, July 6 – Sunday, July, 8 saw in attendance all President and Vice President ...

President Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn-in governing body of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to do all within their power to assist the Special Prosecutor and his Deputy to achieve the statutory ends that Ghanaians expect of the office, which is to fight and eliminate corruption from the public space. Addressing the nine-member Governing Body of the Office ...

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of putting plans in place to use the Ghana Card to prepare a new voters’ register to rig the 2020 general elections. The Minority also accused the government of planning to deprive the people of the Volta Region, which is the stronghold of ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of discriminatory attempts to prevent the people of the Volta Region from registering for the national identification card (Ghana Card). It said the government had ordered the suspension of birth and death registration in the region and selectively transferred the two directors of the Births and Deaths Registry in the region. Speaking ...

A petition submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) by NDC-affiliated group Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ) has received a reply from the body. The response from CHRAJ signed by its Secretary Afetsi Daniel Annan sighted by MyNewsGh.com said “the petition is receiving attention”. The CSJ has contends that Mr Blay is a “public officer” by ...