POLITICS

The yet-to-be sworn in Special Prosecutor Martin ABK Amidu has promised to respect the rights of citizens when he assumes office and will not abuse his powers. In his last letter as ‘Citizen Vigilante’ of which he dubbed: “Parting thoughts as Citizen Vigilante”, the former deputy attorney general said no one must harbour fear over his approval “so long as ...

The implementation of the Single Currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) targeted for the year 2020 must be met without fail, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Delivering his welcome address at the 5th meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme held at the Accra International Conference Centre, President Akufo ...

Suspended National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Paul Awentami Afoko has reacted to an interview by the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu over claims that Mr Afoko disliked and deliberately frustrated then-candidate Nana Akufo Addo. In a statement signed by his spokesperson Nana Yaw Osei, Mr Paul Afoko questioned why the ...

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has filed an application for stay of execution pending appeal of an order by an Accra high court which granted an American couple the chance to travel out of the country with a 4-year-old girl they adopted. The couple, Ethan Michael Ram and Hilary Holt Ram, in February, 2017 ...

A former Deputy Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has said the dismissal of him as “unprepared” by the Speaker of Parliament when he took to his feet to address the House was “insulting.” Dr. Ayine who sued the State and Martin Amidu over his suitability for the Special Prosecutor job was rebuked by ...

The Accra Regional Police Command has announced a temporary closure of some roads in the capital as leaders in the sub-region arrive for the 5th Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Presidential Task-force meeting on the attainment of a single currency by 2020. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Ivorian leader Alhassane Ouattara, and the President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, are ...

The immediate Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey is saddened by what he describes as a deliberate attempt by the new managers of the institution not to give him a fair hearing as regards some allegations leveled against him. According to him, there have been several reports by the University on some major projects his ...

Perceived upsurge in reports of corruption which have entangled the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has compelled Mr Daniel Tonyi-Idikoko to describe the “wealth-amassing venture of the ruling government” as a profession. Mr Tonyi-Idikoko, chairman of St James branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region said “the situation has become worse ...

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has rendered an unqualified apology over her comments at the one-week celebration for Ebony held in her constituency. In a video, which has since gone viral on social media, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, who addressed sympathisers as the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency, said she has been saddened by the loss of the hiplife ...

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the La Dadekotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale has revealed that some people within the party are being intimidated because they objected to the imposition of a particular candidate as flagbearer. He disclosed that some persons who are averse to the imposition of that candidate ahead of the 2020 polls are ...