POLITICS

Awuah-Darko sues Ken Agyapong, Asempa FM, Oman FM for Gh¢5 million

The immediate past Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Mr Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, has sued the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for some statements Mr Awuah-Darko said were defamatory against him. The suit, filed on his behalf by Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, at the Accra High Court also cited ...

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Minority petitions Luxembourg’s SEC to probe $2.25bn bond

The minority in Parliament has petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission in Luxembourg in the ongoing crusade for disclosure on controversial 2.25 billion dollar bond. This comes after a similar petition was sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to probe what the NDC suspects to be the underhand circumstances which enabled Franklin Templeton Investments to pick up a ...

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BNI report on BOST saga ‘untidy’ – Kweku Baako

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security may have cleared the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST), Alfred Obeng of any wrongdoing in the controversial sale of five million litres of off-spec fuel but most Ghanaians, especially members of the opposition NDC believes there is more to the report than meets the eye. ...

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Kennedy Agyapong faces 2 suits

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has been slapped by two legal suits by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies, Senyo Hosi and Former boss of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST); Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko over alleged libelous statements made against them. Mr. Agyapong cited Mr. Hosi as having made attempts to bribe ...

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Confused NDC party now on life support – Obiri Boahen

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has fired salvos at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) accusing it of suffering from a strange disease and now on a life support system. To him, the NDC is trying hard to make the Nana Addo-led government unpopular, but that he assured will not materialise. Nana Obiri ...

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Kwadaso NPP youth angry with MP, Chairman over conference

The NPP in the Kwadaso Constituency is currently brewing hot as a sect within the executives are pointing fingers at the MP, Hon. S. K Nuamah and the Chairman, Mr Yaw Bonah Boadi for stifling processes for organizing the Annual Delegates Conference in that constituency, a group which calls itself Concerned Youth of Kwadaso is alleging. In a statement copied ...

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MMDCE election will deepen democracy – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said there is nothing to fear in the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, as this would, rather, lead to the deepening of the country’s democracy and ensure better accountability. Reiterating, once again, his and the commitment of his government towards the election of MMDCEs, President Akufo-Addo noted that “I belong in ...

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Kufuor hails NPP National Chairman aspirant

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed his admiration in the confidence of Mr. Fred Amankwah – Sarfo, the 2018 New Patriotic Party National Chairman Aspirant. His Excellency, President J. A. Kufuor made this observation when the NPP National Chairman Aspirant paid a courtesy call on the former president at his Airport Residential Area home on Tuesday 4th July 2017. ...

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Don’t fight MPs – Akufo-Addo to MMDCEs

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised the 199 approved Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to avoid conflicts with sitting Members of Parliament, as this frustrates the work of government. According to President Akufo-Addo, “a lot of the tension that arises in the districts and frustrates the work of government comes from the at times fractious relationship between ...

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Government to review dual citizenship law

Government has begun the process of reviewing Ghana’s dual citizenship law, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Mr Akufo-Addo said this at this year’s diaspora homecoming summit on the theme: “Development, Opportunity and Value” in Accra on Wednesday 5 July. While talking about the need to engage the Electoral Commission to ensure that whatever is needed to make sure ...

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