Politics

An Accra High Court has mandated the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to return Cecilia Dapaah’s seized money to her within a period of seven days. The former Sanitation Minister found herself entangled in a legal dispute when her assets were seized by the OSP. However, the court has overturned this action, directing …

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has made some major changes in his country’s military following the coup d’etat in the Central African country, Gabon. This follows a similar move by the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, who for unknown reasons made significant changes in his country’s Ministry of Defence. A …

The parliamentary committee probing the leaked tape in which some senior police officers are heard in a conversation with the former Northern regional chairman of the NPP Bugri Naabu, plotting the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has assured to be fair to the Police officers. During …

The spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) election committee, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, warned aspirants and agents against the violation of electoral rules ahead of the special delegates congress because the party will deal with such individuals ruthlessly. He emphasized that the NPP election committee is committed to conducting violence-free and peaceful elections …

The Minority in Parliament has strongly criticised the 2nd phase of the government’s agricultural flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 28, 2023, launched Phase Two of Planting for Food and Jobs at the University for Development Studies, in Tamale. Targeted at …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a shortlist of potential running mates for former President John Dramani Mahama for the 2024 general elections. The shortlisted names so far include Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who was the running mate for John Mahama in 2020. According to a newspaper report by the …

Ghanaians should brace themselves to pay for the electricity and water they access while they are seeking health care at the various teaching hospitals in the country. This is because the government has directed all the teaching hospitals in the country to start paying their own electricity and water bills. Highly placed …

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) Ghana, a public accountability organisation has filed documents at the Supreme Court of Ghana against the Attorney General over what the group says is Ghana’s weak Asset Declaration regime. Asset declaration is a multifunctional anti-corruption tool aimed at detecting the acquisition …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the 2nd phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PJF) will create an annual average of two hundred and ten thousand (210,000) new farm-related jobs. The new phase according to the president will exclude other jobs along the agricultural value chains. The …

Deputy Minister of Finance Abena Osei Asare says President Akufo Addo’s proclamation that Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen will be the next leader after him will be fulfilled on November 4, 2023. “In our party, there is a historical antecedent, that when the leader blesses you as the next leader it comes to pass. Former …