Politics

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused President Akufo-Addo of being delusional and insulting by claiming to have a superior track record in the fight against corruption. Ablakwa was reacting to the President’s recent speech on his anti-corruption efforts during the Ghana Bar Conference held in Cape Coast on Monday, September 11, 2023. President Akufo-Addo touted his administration’s accomplishments …

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Osei Akoto, has called out President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for trying to resurrect an already dead case involving the former president, John Dramani Mahama. Referring to how the sitting president referred to the Airbus Scandal and the supposed role of John Mahama in it while speaking at the 2023 Bar Conference …

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has called on Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to pull out his questions thrown at late Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and answer them first before calling for a “showdown” with former President John Mahama. Mr. Terkper explained that former President John Mahama as Vice President achieved a lot including the creation of GRA as an autonomous body which was …

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, has said that revelations at the ongoing hearing on a leaked tape of an alleged plot to remove the IGP suggest that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, may have been the one behind the order to interdict some senior police officers implicated in the tape. The Inspector General …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has denied running a one-man show at the Ghana Police Service. Dampare was responding to allegations that he was responsible for the leaked tape that has sparked a lot of controversy in recent days. Addressing the parliamentary committee probing the leaked audio, Dampare said he is not running a one-man show and …

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Dampare Akuffo, has disclosed that the wild allegations made by some senior Police officers have caused severe pain to his personality and his family. COP George Mensah, one of the top police officers at the centre of the alleged plot to kick out the current Inspector General of Police, stated that the IGP orchestrated …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has disagreed with the assessment of the former Director-General of Police Operations, COP George Alex Mensah, that he is the worst IGP in the history of Ghana. Appearing before the parliamentary ad-hoc committee probing the plot to oust him, Dampare said that his administration, which includes COP Mensah, is working collectively to ensure …

The Zosimli Naa Palace is accusing the Tema Port of auctioning a 40-foot container full of medical equipment meant for the Tamale Teaching Hospital and other hospitals in the Northern Region. The equipment estimated to cost over Gh¢4.6 million ($400,000) includes dialysis machines, oxygen tanks, and incubators among others which were procured by Zosimli Naa II, Ife Bell, a woman Chief leading …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has made a formal request for the three implicated senior police officers to be excluded from the proceedings during his testimony in the ongoing leaked tape probe. This move comes as a significant development in the investigation into the leaked audio recording that allegedly contains conversations involving high-ranking police officials plotting …

The Minority caucus in Parliament has said it will go ahead with its protest on Tuesday, September 12, despite the Ghana Police Service’s disapproval of its amended routes for the protest. The meeting between the leadership of the Minority and the police ended inconclusively on Monday, with the MPs accusing the police of deliberately scheming to stop their planned protest …