POLITICS

Former National Security Advisor Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) has said Ghana is inviting terror attacks by ratifying the controversial Defence Corporation Agreement between Ghana and the United States of America. Despite several calls on government from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some civil society organisations to abort the deal, the Majority side in parliament voted to approve ...

Former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has said that “borrowing is inevitable” for governments however loans should not be left for subsequent governments to come and pay. “It should be clear to all of us Ghanaians that now, no government can say that it will not borrow. I think it should be very clear to us by now,” he said, ...

The Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS), is threatening to boycott lectures and embark on nationwide demonstrations by Tuesday [March 27, 2018], if the government does not respond favorably to the concerns lecturers have raised about the Technical Universities (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill, which is currently before Parliament, according to the students, seeks to cede the management of ...

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has called on the President to limit his numerous travels that add nothing “to our progress as a country”. President Akufo-Addo, on Friday attended the wedding reception of Nigerian businessman Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s daughter, Hajiya Fatima, and her groom, Jamilu Abubakar in Lagos, Nigeria. Other prominent persons at the occasion included ...

Maverick politician and founder of the defunct United Renaissance Party (URP), Mr Charles Kofi Wayo has said he is not surprised about the turn of events regarding the United States government’s military deal with the government of Ghana. He said if he was President of the country Ghana, the US would not come with such a deal because they know ...

Economist Professor John Gatsi has said Ghanaians will see more borrowing by the government if prudent measures are not adopted going forward. His claim comes on the back of concerns over the rate of government borrowing and the rising public debt. Ghana’s Public debt has hit 142.5 billion Ghana Cedis as of December last year. This was contained in the ...

The Criminal High Court three presided over by Justice Charles Edward will today, Monday March 26, begin hearing the case against former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD Dr. Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo. The two are facing 27 charges. Key among them is causing financial loss to the state. The Charges are expected to be read to them in ...

The Minority has dismissed social media posts purporting to be the votes and proceedings of Parliament on the controversial Defence Corporation Agreement between Ghana and the United States of America. The posts, according to the NDC Minority, suggests that the majority of legislators who recommended the ratification of the controversial Defence Corporation Agreement (2018) came from among their ranks. Defense ...

Victor Smith, former Special Aide to the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings, took the hot seat on 21 Minutes with KKB this weekend and has oozed out revelations upon revelations about happenings within the hierarchy of the NDC which ordinarily party grassroots are not privy to. Unsurprisingly, the issue of his former Boss Rawlings dominated ...

Former President John Mahama has dismissed claims by the Akufo-Addo government that its efforts led to the sustained power the country is enjoying. According to the former President, the country is surviving on the numerous power plants his administration put in place in the heat of the power crisis which was nicknamed ‘dumsor’. The Akufo-Addo administration has touted its input ...