POLITICS

Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has criticized as unfortunate the justification by the Public Procurement Authority that there is nothing wrong in awarding government contracts to cronies of the ruling government. The Chief Executive Officer of the Authority Dr. Agyenim Boateng-Agyei parried off claims of wrongdoing and procurement breaches in the award of contract to the wife of NPP firebrand Kennedy ...

Should the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) decide to field former President John Mahama for the second time, the campaign of the NPP would have been made very easy. This is according to the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Honourable Kennedy Agyapong. MYNEWSGH.com observed the Member of Parliament for Assin Central rejoicing and laughing over the hint that President ...

President Akufo-Addo today [Wednesday)], held a meeting with the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Williams at the Buckingham Palace, to discuss issues of trade and cooperation among Commonwealth countries. The two discussed the Syrian crisis and the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting underway in ...

The lawyer for some former Ministers and Members of Parliament accused of taking double salaries; Victor Adawudu has debunked claims that the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene in the matter. The Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu alleged that the Minority Leader asked the presidency to mediate in the ongoing investigations. “The Minority Leader ...

Reports reaching Daily Guide indicate that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service yesterday grilled three Members of Parliament (MPs) who served as ministers in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over the raging double salary scandal. They were reportedly cautioned with a charge of stealing and are to reappear before the CID on May 14. ...

A former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, has called on flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Joshua Alabi to ensure unity in his constituency before seeking the top position of the party. According to Mr Afotey Agbo, Professor Alabi hasn’t done much in his own constituency in Nungua to vie for the flagbearer position of ...

Ibrahim Mahama has said he has nothing to fear following the appointment of a Special Prosecutor, who is to go after corrupt persons. The brother of former president John Mahama, who is considered one of the wealthiest figures in Ghana, said he made his money through legitimate means and never took advantage of his sibling being in power to milk ...

Over six hundred delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ellembelle Constituency of the Western Region are to elect executive officers to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years. The polls suffered a major setback after some disgruntled members filed a court injunction on the conduct of the election of polling station executives ...

Former deputy Transport Minister Joyce Bawa Mogtari has expressed worry over the decision by the Managing director of the Metro Mass Transit Limited to pay money to a staff he claims is blackmailing him. The MD for the state transport company Bennet Aboagye has confirmed paying an amount of GHc40, 000 to his accuser known as Lawal but stated that ...

The Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is alleging his compatriot the Minority Leader has spoken to the president to intervene in the double salary allegations. According to him, Haruna Iddrisu is afraid the matter may dent the reputation of Parliament if the criminal proceedings currently underway should continue. “The Minority Leader has spoken to the president that some intervention must ...