POLITICS

A former Deputy Attorney General under the erstwhile NDC administration, Dominic Ayine has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to go ahead and prosecute NDC officials who are suspected to be complicit in corruption cases. Addressing the media at his maiden presser with Journalists in Accra, President Akufo-Addo said a lot of alleged cases of corruption have been brought to his attention, ...

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency in the Central region has called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately arm all police officers in the country with guns to counter the threat of any attack. Kennedy Agyepong’s comments follows a broad daylight robbery staged by two robbers that claimed the life of a police ...

The Minority in Parliament is calling for the withdrawal of the Office of the Special Prosecutor bill over what it said is government’s pathetic treatment of the bill. The opposition lawmakers said 24 hours after the bill was laid before the House, MPs were yet to be served with copies to make for rigorous deliberation. Speaking before Parliament Wednesday, Minority ...

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has apologised for the late invitation of Accra-based Radio Gold to the maiden edition of the president’s encounter with journalists. Additionally, he has indicated that the radio station will be the first media house to be invited for the next presidential encounter which will be organised after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is a year ...

The Parliament of Ghana has received the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017 despite stiff opposition from the Minority in Parliament who alleged there were some illegalities in the process of presenting the bill to the house. In a forceful attempt to prevent the laying of the bill, NDC MP for Bolgatanga East, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, contended the ...

The MP for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said President Akufo-Addo failed to inspire him when he deferred some questions to his appointees during his maiden media encounter Tuesday. According to him, the President should have answered all the questions to prove to Ghanaians that he is on top of issues. President Akufo-Addo roped in Attorney General and Minister of ...

A former deputy Attorney General under the Mahama administration Dr Dominic Ayine has dared the Nana Addo government to make good on its threat to prosecute alleged corrupt former NDC officials. President Akufo Addo during an encounter with the media, on Tuesday, served notice of the possible prosecution of former government officials alleged to have engaged in corrupt practices. He ...

The presidency says it has now received a petition from some workers of the Electoral Commission seeking the impeachment of the Electoral Commissioner for stated misbehaviour. Even though earlier, sources at the presidency said they had heard of such a petition in the media but had received it yet, Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, now confirms the petition ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he will look very foolish and extremely dishonest in the eyes of people if he is unable to implement his flagship education policy, the free Senior High School. The policy is a high priority on government policies and it was not a promise to hoodwink Ghanaians as suggested by some critics. Answering a question ...

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has criticized the decision by the Information Ministry to exclude key media organizations from Tuesday’s encounter by President Akufo-Addo. Some notable media houses were missing from the Presidential encounter held at the Flagstaff House, to mark the first six months of the Akufo-Addo Presidency. Deputy Information Minister, Perry Okudzeto is reported to have ...