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 ...

“Buying a contract from a contractor who cannot execute it isn’t a crime,” the General Secretary of the ruling NPP, John Boadu has said. According to him, it may happen that the contractor might have other things doing, therefore, selling to other equally competent persons is in the right direction just as it happens to outright sale of contracts. John ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic situation prevailing in the country is a firm indication of ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) says Ghana’s fight against corruption is insufficient and may not yield desired results if more targeted efforts are not made. Fundraising Manager, Michael Boadi said while there appears to be a lot of talk against the menace, the commitment needed to nip the menace in the bud is lacking. “We are not doing enough to ...

Women of Ntenanko, a farming community in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region have vowed to continue to starve their husbands from making love to them for fear of getting pregnant and not having a health facility to attend antenatal care. According to them, the only way they will rescind their decision is for their husbands to work towards ...

A lot of small business owners in Ghana are unaware of the existing tax laws in the country, the Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF), Nana Osei Bonsu, has said. The few who are aware, he said, don’t understand the laws and what it means to comply. He has therefore, called for more education on tax laws ...

Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, is convinced defeated parliamentary aspirants complaining of machinations in the just ended primaries ‘were not prepared’. According to him, while it is painful losing an election, it is a fact that when one neglects his or her constituents, “they will vote against you”. ‘Monecracy’ is the system ...

Head of Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur has urged staff of the service who wish to contest for various political positions to resign. He warned that the staff of the service who do not resign before contesting political positions will be dismissed. “As I am speaking now we are meeting some staff of the service have openly declared their ...

t has emerged that the immediate past Chief Executive Officer for the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company, George Mensah Okley was actually forced to resign last Friday because he was found to have awarded haulage contracts to his own company. According to the Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES) Mikdad Mohammed who made the revelation, Mr ...