POLITICS

The acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has described as “backward” invocation of curses on him and other Executives of the party. A video of some disgruntled members of the NPP in the Awutu Senya East in the Central Region went viral on social media pouring curses on Boadu and others in the party’s ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to launch a National Youth Authority(NYA) training program set to provide 3,000 digital jobs for the youth. The program is 12-weeks online digital marketing and entrepreneurship training spread across all 10 regions. Each region has an average of 300 slots for youths aged between 18 and 35 years with a basic appreciation of internet and ...

The Minority in Parliament has descended heavily on the Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu for castigating them for boycotting the debate  on the report of the 5-member cash for seat committee. The committee Tuesday February 6, 2018, submitted its report to the House, clearing the Trade and Industry Ministry of any wrong doing over claims that it facilitated the charging ...

A Deputy Information Minister says the president’s state of the nation address to Parliament Thursday will be heavy on jobs and the economy. In a sneak peek into the president’s presentation, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will also make definite comments on some of the major social intervention programmes the government is executing already. He was speaking ...

The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has renewed his attacks on the immediate past Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro threatening this time round to give him three dirty slaps if he comes his way. Kennedy Agyepong vowed to beat the hell out ...

The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Efo Worlanyo Tsekpo has challenged President Akufo-Addo’s administration to as a matter of urgency arrest the former President, Mr. John Mahama and his wife Mrs. Lordina Mahama based on the premise that they were owners of DKM and other microfinance companies which were closed down by ...

Government has revealed that the money saved from renegotiating the contract for the purchase of some cars for use by the Presidency under the previous administration, was used to procure a hundred cars for the Police Service. The Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, stated that with the risk of a judgement debt hanging over its head, government renegotiated with Amalgamated Securities ...

Civil society group STRANEK has called for a new probe by an independent body into the controversial cash for seat saga. The call comes after the parliamentary committee tasked to investigate the incident cleared the Trade minister and the ministry of any wrongdoing in their report. The report is being contested by the minority members on the committee who claim ...

A Deputy Minister for Information, Nana Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei has revealed that the Free Senior high policy which was implemented in September last year is costing the current government a lot of money. The policy which is in line with the government’s resolve to make public Senior High Schools(SHS) accessible and free to ease the burden on parents who ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, has asked government to allow Heads of Senior High Schools to share their opinions on matters concerning the free Senior High School Program. He was speaking at the third Speech and Prize Giving day of Tamale Girls Senior High School in Tamale. According to the ...