POLITICS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has named Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, as the new Deputy Minister of Agriculture. This was captured in a communication from the Presidency and read on the Floor of Parliament by the Speaker, Mike Oquaye. “Mr. Speaker, following the resignation of the former Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, in consultation ...

An Accra Circuit Court has granted businessman, Arnold Kwadwo Asante bail in the sum of GH 900,000 for allegedly defrauding the National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams. The bail condition also entails 6 sureties who are gainfully employed. Lawyer Samuel Koomson based his bail application on the fact that the accused person is very sick. The accused person is ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his decision to wage war on illegal mining, known as galamsey, is one he does not regret and is prepared to see through till the end. He said he is fortified by the positive response from the many Ghanaians who believe that the move is right and until the desired results are achieved, there ...

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is predicting Ghana may record the high rate of teenage pregnancies following the implementation of free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Bernard Allotey Jacobs explained that, due to accommodation challenges, many of the young girls have been left on their own in hostels – a situation he described as ...

Lawyers have thrown their weight behind the Free Senior High School (SHS) scheme introduced by the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration. The Scheme has enrolled over 90,000 more second cycle students who would have dropped out of school. It covers tuition and other academic fees. “We’ve just started the free Senior High School programme which aims to guarantee secondary education to all ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer, Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye DC, is leading a strong campaign for the reinstatement of the party’s suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong. According to him, though he’s one of the four petitioners who caused Mr Agyapong’s suspension, he’s come to the realization that it will take the latter to ensure discipline ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he will use his presidency to change the perception of Ghanaians that politicians are liars by fulfilling promises he made to the electorate during the campaign in 2016. The president said this at Jambusi when he commissioned a 55 million dollar water project for the people of Wa as he started a two-day visit ...

Government has stated that it will probe the motive behind the letter which asked various District Assemblies in the three regions up north to pay monies to fund the President’s tour of the area. The leaked letter purportedly authored on behalf of the regional Minister asked various Assemblies in the 3 regions to contribute an amount of GHC5000 to help ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Stephen Amoah has questioned the religious integrity of any intellectual who is sympathetic to the course of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The former Ashanti Regional organiser of the New Patriotic Party made the sharp assertion speaking at the induction service of new members joining the Kwame ...

Staunch supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Frank Kwaku Appiah widely known as Appiah Stadium has said that he was forced to record the telephone conversation he had with former President John Mahama. According to the Kumasi-based NDC serial Caller, military men held his throat and threatened him to say certain things against the NDC while speaking to the ...