POLITICS

The absence of Finance Minister Ken Ofor- Atta and his deputies in Parliament Wednesday morning forced House to suspend sitting for an hour. The minister and his three deputies were expected to be in the House to help members of parliament consider the taxation (use of fiscal electronic device) bill 2017, which is currently at the consideration stage. Per parliamentary ...

Seasoned journalist Kwesi Pratt has taken a swipe at the NDC Member of Parliament for Odododiodio, Nii Lante Vanderpuye over his unsavoury comment on the imprisonment of Abuga Pele. Abuga Pele, the former National Coordinator of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA), was sentenced together with the Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill International Group, Philip Assibit, to a ...

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has belittled the economic prowess of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, describing them as inferior to that of former President John Mahama, who does not hold a PhD in Economics. Mr Adongo said although former President Mahama does not have a book certificate in economics, where Dr Bawumia prides himself in ...

A seven-member delegation from the Ministry of Religious and Chieftaincy Affairs have embarked on a trip to Abuja to understudy Nigeria’s pilgrimage system. The three-day working visit led by the sector Minister Mr Samuel Kofi Dzamesi will, among other important duties, be used to take some important measure deployed the Nigerians to run their pilgrimage system. The delegation on Tuesday ...

A video of Ghana’s State Protocol, Ahmed Hassan, has gone viral where he was seen offering his hand to the governor of the state of Nevada and was snubbed. This happened after President Akufo Addo was ushered to a podium to address the fifty states of the United States of America. The video has received a lot of critics from ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dragged one of its National Executives before the party’s Steering Committee following damning revelations of a leaked audio conversation between the leading member and an activist of the opposition party which went viral on Tuesday; even though the governing party considers the contents as “baseless” and “palpable” falsehoods. In the leaked audio, Deputy NPP ...

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a conspirator who is working very hard to deliberately mislead the public over the recent Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report. According to him, the President last Friday during the swearing in of the Special Prosecutor repeated the “outrageous” and “misleading” claim when he said ...

Ibrahim Mahama is among the successful businessmen in Ghana. He is also notable for being brother to the former president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama. Ibrahim Mahama Profile. The 47 year old was born in the month of January in 1971. Emmanuel Adama Mahama and Joyce Tamakloe are the lucky parents of Ibrahim Mahama. Biography Ibrahim Mahama. Ibrahim Mahama properties ...

Government has begun discussions with mining companies in Ghana, especially those engaged in the mining of Gold, to ensure that the country derives the maximum revenue from the exploitation of our natural resources. The Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), which is mandated by law to assay all minerals mined in Ghana, is also gearing up to acquire the necessary equipment ...

The minister, who was speaking on Adom TV’s morning show “Badwam” on Tuesday noted that his ministry is going to continue giving 30 percent of SHS admissions to students with poor backgrounds and poor grades, especially in good schools to help them improve on their academics. He said the schools’ ability to turn round the poor grades of these students ...