POLITICS

The Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has threatened to go to court to compel public universities, polytechnics and nursing training colleges to legalise their school fees. He said the current fees charged by the public tertiary institutions were illegal since they had not been approved by Parliament in compliance with the Fees and Charges ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will visit Denkyira-Obuasi as part of his six day working visit to the Western and Central Regions. Denkyira Obuasi became famous after Major Maxwell Mahama was lynched in the town. Below is a statement from the Presidency. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from Monday, August 7, 2017, embark on a six day tour of the ...

Residents of Denkyira Obuasi where a military officer was lynched want suspended Chief Executive of the area reinstated. The calls come ahead of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to the town. Daniel Appianin was suspended for his unguarded comments following the murder of the army officer. Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was lynched on May 2, 2017, in the farming community in the ...

A former Attorney General and Minister for Justice Martin Amidu says the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama-led government must be blamed for the current conflict between the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei and her deputies. Mrs. Osei and two of her deputies, Georgina Amankwaa and Amadu Sulley have been trading accusations at each other over the last few ...

A Ghanaian citizen, Ayamga Yakubu Akolgo, has sued the Chief Justice and the Attorney General over the widely published petition to the President seeking to remove the Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei from office over allegations of corruption and stated misconduct. Mr Akolgo asserts that there is no need for the Chief Justice to constitute a committee to investigate the ...

Former Member of Parliament for Ellembele, Samia Yaaba Nkrumah has said President Akufo-Addo and his government can never change the history of Ghana’s political struggles by attempting to discount her father’s contribution. According to Samia Nkrumah who is also a former National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, her father’s contribution to the struggles for independence is significant and ”no ...

Tension is mounting within the Ghana Police Service, as to who replaces the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, who is expected to proceed on retirement in eleven days from today, having attained the mandatory retiring age of 60. On August 15, 2017, the ballistic and forensic expert leaves office as the 28th person to hold the position of ...

Activist and National Youth Organizer aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC has vowed to marshal all he can to resist the implementation of the controversial towing levy, even if it will cost him his membership of the NPP. According to him, it’s unintelligible that the NPP will want to implement such an unpopular ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is at the Saltpond Methodist Church for a Memorial Service to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). This is the first time a sitting president has visited the town, where the UGCC was founded to mark the anniversary. The President was joined by leading members and the party faithful ...

An Accra High Court Presided over by Justice Kwaku Ackaah Boafo has ordered for the release of the Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram, who has been in detention at the Airport for two days. The judge, however, ordered his passport be retained by the Ghana Immigration Service. Mr. Sivaram, the judge added, should report to the Immigration Service Tuesday August ...