Politics

Media personality, Kevin Taylor, has raised questions about the alleged numerous benefits Kennedy Agyapong has acquired by his association with the current Akufo-Addo administration. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is a Member of Parliament for Assin Central, representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a flagbearer aspirant for the NPP. Taylor who was responding to a series of statements made by Agyapong against the NPP …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as flawed and misconceived the reasons given by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for not prosecuting former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen. The party insists that Adu Boahen’s actions amount to extortion and that it is therefore unacceptable for the OSP to conclude that he is …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has filed a complaint with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to investigate the procurement of the new headquarters building of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) at Ridge in Accra. In a letter to the OSP dated October 30, 2023, Mr Ayariga alleged that the procurement process was tainted …

National Chair of the Association of Road Contractors, John Afful, has said the allegation by Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei that road contractors pay $1 million upfront bribe for contracts, is strange.He wondered which contractor would pay one million dollars for a contract and not get paid four or five years after …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Ghana Police Service have reached an agreement on the election modalities for the upcoming NPP presidential elections scheduled for November 4, 2023. The party has agreed for the police service to take complete control of security during the elections. During an engagement involving both parties, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, the Chairman of the Presidential Election Committee for …

Former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has strongly criticized statements made by former Minister of Power, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, suggesting that all officials from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, who were involved in the decision to terminate the power purchase agreement with the Ghana Power Generating Company (GPGC), leading to a $140 million judgement debt, should face a probe. In a statement released …

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has expressed shock at the inability of the state with all the power and resources to end the illegal mining menace devastating the country’s water bodies and the environment. Although President Akufo-Addo put his presidency on the line to end the ‘galamsey’ menace, the destruction of water bodies and the country’s forest …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, is not happy with the decision of the Ghana Police Service to lodge some GH₵2.5 million he gave to the law enforcement body for disbursement to his aggrieved clients, at the Bank of Ghana. NAM1 has threatened to retrieve the money from the police. “The intent was …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has noted that its request to Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to have Justice Edward Twum recused and removed from all cases involving the OSP pending before him has been denied. The OSP made the announcement in a public notice shared on X on October 25, 2023. According to the OSP, the Chief Justice’s decision was communicated via …

The Mepe Development Association (MDA) has strongly condemned comments by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh, concerning flood victims in the Mepe community and other floods-affected communities in the Lower Volta Basin. Ms. Freda Prempeh blamed victims of the floods induced by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam, for not heeding early warnings by the Volta River Authority and other state …