POLITICS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has rubbished rumours that he is working to “scuttle the government’s free secondary education policy.” Speculations are rife that the immediate past president is scheming with officials of the Ghana Education Service and the Bureau of National Investigations “and some faceless South Africans to make it impossible” for the NPP’s popular Free Education policy to ...

Wife of Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has dismissed reports that personnel from the National Security and Bureau of National Investigations invaded their residence to seize vehicles allegedly belonging to the State. According to Naa Komley Vanderpuye, a group of men numbering about twenty demanded entry into their house at Aplaku to retrieve two saloon cars and ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) went ahead to draw cheques from an account belonging to former President John Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim, despite an earlier warning to the revenue-collecting state agency to hold on with the withdrawals until certain payments had been made into it by the government, private legal practitioner Abraham Amaliba has said. His revelations come amidst a two-week ...

Pressure group, ‘The Alliance for Accountable Governance’, (AFAG), has petitioned the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the U.K against rewarding chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei with the 2017 Chatham House Prize. The EC boss was nominated in April by the award committee for her role in “ensuring a peaceful and transparent electoral process in Ghana in December ...

The Minister of Information and Presidential spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid has clarified the relationship between his outfit and the Communications unit at the presidency headed by Eugene Arhin. According to him, the Flagstaff House Communications unit is under the Ministry of Information and as such, both the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin and his deputy, Fatimatu Abubakar are ...

Firebrand journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has stated that he finds it very strange that President Akufo Addo invited former President Rawlings and John Mahama to hold discussions about the country. In a move that was considered a bit shocking albeit patriotic by most Ghanaians, President Akufo Addo last Tuesday decided to hold round table discussions with the former presidents including ...

What was supposed to be an inquisition by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) into alleged dud cheques issued by two of Mr Ibrahim Mahama’s companies to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has now turned into persecution and witch-hunt. The supposed dud cheques were allegedly issued by MBG Ltd and Holman Brothers, both subsidiaries of ...

Contrary to President Akufo-Addo’s pledge to “preserve, protect and defend the constitution” and to “do right to all manner of persons” regardless of their ethnic or religious background, appointments by the president so far indicates that he is far from sticking to his own pledge. The aL-hAJJ’s analysis of appointments made by President Akufo-Addo in his first one hundred days ...

The retired Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Professor Joshua Alabi, is readying to launch a bid to contest the presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), 3news.com has gathered. High-placed sources told 3news.com that the former NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Krowor Constituency has the support of some bigwigs in the opposition party to be ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is dragging the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to its offices to assist in investigations into the suspected import duties evasion involving businessman Ibrahim Mahama. The businessman, who is also the brother of former President John Mahama, is at the centre of a headline grabbing import scandal which has trended ...