The deputy Minority Whip, Ibrahim Ahmed has accused Local Government Rural Development and Decentralisation Minister, Dan Botwe of kicking above his weight in the impasse with Common Fund administrator Irene Naa Torshie. The Minister has written to President Akufo-Addo to complain about the failure of the administrator to collaborate with his Ministry in the discharge of her duties. The Minister …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cautioned presidential hopefuls against portraying the party’s electoral roll for its presidential primaries as unreliable. Some aspirants’ campaign teams have expressed concerns over the register, alleging the presence of errors. In a press statement dated August 7 and signed by William Yamoah, the Secretary of the Presidential Elections Committee, the NPP reassured that …

Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate in the Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency primaries, Fred Nuamah has withdrawn from the contest. According to him, the decision to withdraw from the race was his personal decision after extensive consultations with key stakeholders, without any external influence.   “I am writing to formally notify the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) about my decision …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is advocating a nationally accepted Condition of Service Scheme for Ghanaian journalists. Speaking at a press soirée in Takoradi as part of activities marking 30 years of Uninterrupted Democracy under the Fourth Republic, Mr. Bagbin questioned why the nation has not developed such a scheme for the journalist even if it’s minimal. “We are …

A second-year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been stabbed to death at Kronum-Kwapra a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The 24-year-old Lambent Frimpong met his untimely death on Saturday 5th July 2023 in a brawl over a missing T-shirt. The deceased was accused of stealing the shirt, which he denied, unfortunately, a …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said the government has only paid 15 percent out of the total arrears owed to them. The Minority in Parliament first raised the red flag ahead of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that WAEC owes examiners, invigilators, and supervisors in the 2022 examination. The ranking member of the Education Committee in Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kortoe advised …

Former President John Mahama has described it as a misplaced priority on the part of President Akufo-Addo in paying huge billions of Ghana cedis for the construction of the National Cathedral and neglecting the Saglemi Housing Project. This comes on the back of President Akufo-Addo directing the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the criminal judicial proceedings of …

According to Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, the government’s spokesperson on governance and security, the NPP Government is providing accountability to Ghanaians regarding the management of the economy. Mr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah speaking on ADOA TV AM Ghana show about the Minority’s concern regarding the NPP Government’s decline in economic growth by 1.5% this year, Mr. Boakye-Danquah explained that the Government is currently running …

One-time Ghana Youth Blogger of the Year Harry Ahovi with the brand name Harrygraphic has been adjudged the Best Blogger in Volta Region at the just-ended Volta Media Excellence Awards 2023. The young man is the personal blogger and publicist to Ghana’s youngest musician Foto Copy and his brother Jessy Degreat who is an Afrobeat singer and a rapper. The …

Ghana recorded a total of 16,574 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in 2022. The figure is against a total of 18,036 infections recorded in 2021. This was contained in a release issued by the Ghana AIDS Commission in Accra on Tuesday. The 16,574 new HIV infections cut across all ages. For people who were 15 years and …