Former President John Dramani Mahama appears to be suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected him as its 2020 Presidential Candidate because it does not have any other credible candidate aside him. Mr. Mahama was speaking in an interview with Nigerian journalist, Wale, on the sidelines of the Said Business, Oxford University’s Distinguished Speaker Seminar recently Asked why he ...

The Works and Housing Minister, has thrown his Chief Director at the Ministry, Zimblin Yakubu, under the bus sacrificing him in the controversies surrounding the US$200 million Saglemi Housing Project. According to Samuel Atta-Akyea, the civil servant, paid a sum of $5 million on the Saglemi Housing Project without his authorization. “He was the Chief Director of the National Democratic ...

A former Deputy Information Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has taken Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the cleaners for accusing him [Felix] of purchasing two mansions at a staggering $3 million-dollars. Mr Kwakye Ofosu believed the former President should have exhibited some form of civility by calling him over the matter for his (Felix’s) ...

Major Retired Osahene Boakye Gyan, one of the brains behind the June 4 uprising, has described former President Jerry John Rawlings as “a walking illegality”, who must be arrested and hanged for his role in the overthrow of the legally constituted Hilla Limann government in 1981. He said per the dictates of the 1992 Constitution, Mr. Rawlings must not be ...

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., has asked politicians to dissociate themselves from men of God who feel they are ‘untouchable’. The renowned journalist, speaking to Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, was clearly incensed by the posture, utterances and attitude of some of these ‘men of God’. “And they are ...

As part of the restoration of the Accra-Nsawam railway services, the rehabilitation works of the train meant to operate rail services have been finalized, awaiting the approval from the regulator. This was made known during an inspection exercise conducted by the Railways Development Minister, Mr. Joe Ghartey, on Tuesday in Tema. In an interview, the Acting Managing Director of Ghana ...

ABC News Ghana can authoritatively state that prosecutions remain one of the key options the Attorney General is recommending against officials responsible for the revision of a two hundred million dollar ($200,000,000) housing project by the Works and Housing Ministry under the Mahama administration. The AG, ABC News Ghana can state, is also recommending a refund of monies paid, plus ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said it will file a contempt case against the National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for failing to honour a subpoena. CHRAJ is investigating allegations of corruption against Freddie Blay in the purchase of 275 buses for the governing party in the lead up to the NPP’s ...

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will begin a multi-staged Trial Census from 26 May 2019, with 2nd June 2019 as the Trial census night as part of the preparations for the 2020 Population and Housing Census. The districts chosen for the trial census, are Dormaa West District (Bono Region), Bunkpurugu District (North East Region), and Ashiedu Keteke, Ledzokuku, Osu Klottey, Ayawaso ...

It was a rare but refreshing experience for students of Adu Gyamfi Senior High School in the Ashanti region, where a top government official took them through a Mathematics lesson. Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, was on a visit to monitor the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and inspect the construction of some schools ...