The Vice-President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has responded to claims by the former President John Dramani Mahama that the financial sector mess was created by the current government and its clean-up was mishandled by the Bank of Ghana. Dr. Bawumia gave his response at the launch of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) $5 billion initiative ...

A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has described President Akufo-Addo as being ungrateful to her father who as a prime minister bifurcated his power and ceded a ceremonial presidency to Edward Akufo-Addo, the President’s father on a “silver platter” just to ensure there is peace in the country. According to her, Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of ...

The leadership of Loyalists of Kennedy Agyapong (LOKA) has vowed to make sure the newly elected National Democratic Congress 2020 parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo loses the seat in 2020. Ghana’s sensational actor and entrepreneur has secured 758 votes representing over 88% of the total votes cast during Saturday’s polls whiles his only contender, Suzzy Adorboe polled ...

The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has disclosed that the Ghana Police Service has taken delivery of some 4,500 bulletproof vests for patrol officers. This is to help protect the officers who have come under increasing attacks in the line of duty resulting, sometimes, in death. Last week, two police officers were killed in the Eastern and Ashanti ...

Security analyst, Vladimir Antwi Danso has pointed to the proliferation of ‘men of God’ in Ghana’s media and society as a major contributing factor to the heightened security threats in the country. He says pastors, most of whom are fake, preach about subjects which are unrelated to personal wellbeing and national discourse. Speaking in an interview with Ghanaweb, Dr Antwi ...

A defeated former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tain Constituency in the Bono East Region, Hon Kwasi Agyemang Gyan Tutu has announced his decision to contest as an independent parliamentary candidate. Posters of the candidate have already started flooding the area barely a week after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Primaries in the area in which he lost to ...

Gideon Boako, a spokesperson for the Vice President, has rejected claims that government’s indebtedness to GN Savings and Loans Company caused its collapse. The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom had alleged that government’s failure to pay contractors who owed him caused his company’s demise. Former President John Dramani and some residents of Elmina in the Central Region ...

As part of the processes initiated by the President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom through the Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) in court to recover investment funds and pay aggrieved customers of their locked-up investments, a list of companies and individuals indebted to GCFM has been released. The list includes construction companies and top firms ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has hinted that at least 21 appointees of the John Dramani Mahama administration, to be prosecuted. These prosecutions, according to the Minister, may have delayed partly because of respect for due process. Another reason, the Ofoase – Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP) said, is deliberate efforts by the persons being prosecuted to delay ...

Ghana won her second gold medal at the ongoing African Games in Morocco as the Men’s 4×100 team stormed to victory in the final. Team Ghana, with the quartet consisting of Joseph Paul Amoah, Benjamin Azamati, Martin Owusu-Antwi and Sean Safo-Antwi, finished first with a time of 38.30 seconds ahead of Nigeria (38.59) and South Africa (38.80) who finished second ...