POLITICS

The Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has cast doubts on government’s willingness to ensure the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives “MMDCEs). Speaking at a roundtable discussion on the election of MMDCEs in Accra, Professor Gyampo maintained the office of the MMDCEs are used to reward party loyalists ...

MPs alleged to have received double salaries while serving as Ministers in the Mahama administration will not go scot-free, Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has said. Some of those MPs include Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin, who nurses a presidential ambition, as well as Wa Central MP and ex-minister of Public-Private Partnerships, Dr Rashid Pelpuo; Inusah Fuseini, ...

Former Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Hon. Sampson Ahi wants the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Ghana Police Service to also invite for questioning, all NPP MPs who double as Ministers for taking rent allowance but are still residing in government bungalows. According to the Bodi lawmaker, what is good for the goose is equally good for ...

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has downplayed suggestions that he is yet to be allocated an office to begin his work. Days after the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice was unanimously approved by Parliament, Social media was rife with reports that Mr. is yet to be given an office. Speaking to Starr News Thursday, Mr. Amidu said he ...

Two members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are being interrogated by the Police in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western Region for allegedly insulting President Akufo-Addo. The two including the Deputy NDC Organizer, Thomas Mintah are accused of insulting the President during a radio discussion. They are challenging a complaint filed by aide to the Western Regional Minister that ...

Seasoned Journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has sworn on his career never to support the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Kweku Baako vowed that he will dedicate his life to ensuring that the NDC doesn’t come to power again. It is an obvious fact that Mr. Baako has thrown his weight behind the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa ...

About ten staff of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust [SSNIT], have been dismissed in the last few months for possessing fake certificates. The Director-General of SSNIT, Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, who made the revelation on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday said the ten were fished out when their certificates were vetted. “We had people who were in the ...

Young Ghanaian millionaire, Ibrah Money, was arrested by the police for alleged money laundering. He was arrested at his plush East Legon mansion and is reportedly set to be extradited to the United States to stand trial. But Ibrah has said he won’t go down alone, thus threatening to expose all those with whom he has been in that business ...

The Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam district and also Minority Ranking Member in Parliament Hon.Casseal Ato Baah Forson during a Public Lecture at the University of Education Ajumako Campus on the *theme: NPP’s AGENDA FOR JOB,AN ALLUSION OR A REALITY* has said that, the NPP’s government should come out and tell Ghanaian the number of Jobs they have ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has announced his participation in the 7th TANA High-Level Forum on Security in Africa to be hosted in Ethiopia from 21 – 22 April 2018. “In Ethiopia for the 7th TANA High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, a unique and neutral platform where academics, policymakers, eminent personalities and media engage freely with Governments,” Mr Mahama ...