Parliament Extends Sitting By One-Week
Parliament has extended its sitting by an additional week. This is according to Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. Presenting the business statement to the house today , he said due to...
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Dr. Ernest Addison Is New BoG Governor
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison, as Governor of the Bank of Ghana. His appointment is however subject to consultation with the Council of State. A...
Parliament Extends Sitting Again By One-Week
Parliament has again extended its sitting by an additional week. This is according to Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. Presenting the business statement to the house today , he said due to...
Intl Needs, Northbrook Church Donate 6 Classroom Block To Lasivenu
As part of efforts to ensure that children have access to quality education, a non-governmental organization (NGO), International Needs Ghana, with its partner in the United States of America (USA),...
First Atlantic Bank Opens More Branches
First Atlantic Bank formally opened its Dzorwulu and Ring Road Central branches to the public on Tuesday. Karen Akiwumi-Tandoh, Board Chair of the bank, said nearly five years ago after the receipt...
Joe Ghartey Report Has Unresolved Issues – Emile Short
Former CHRAJ boss, Justice Emile Francis Short, says the report of the Joe Ghartey Committee instituted to investigate a bribery claim against some MPs has not fully resolved all the issues. He said...
3 Chinese, Ghanaian Illegal Miners Arrested In E/Region
The Police have arrested three Chinese illegal miners at Denkyira, a village near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. Three Ghanaian accomplices were also arrested in a swoop last night by a Police...
Delta Force Backtracks, Pledges Support To Security Coordinator
Members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, the Delta Force, have pledged support to Mr. George Adjei, the Ashanti regional Security Coordinator they initially attacked. This...
Comparative Features of Parliament Under Ghana’s 4th Republic
GHANA’S Parliament has come a long way in its journey so far as the Fourth Republic is concerned. The country has so far witnessed four republics and hopefully the Fourth Republican Constitution...
Afriexim Bank To Support Akufo-Addo’s Industrialisation Agenda
The President and Chairman of the Board of AfriExim Bank, Dr. Benedict Okey Oramah, has pledged the support of the bank to support the vision of a value-addition and industrialised Ghanaian economy,...
Law Firm At Heart of Panama Papers A Shadow of Its Former Self
Panama has a new tourist attraction: the building hosting the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal. That is why, workers there say, the sign announcing...
Mills’ Brother Drops Bombshell Over President’s Death
Dr Cadman Mills, brother of the late President John Evan Atta Mills, appears to have opened a can of worms over what might have killed his elder brother at the Osu Castle. The circumstances under...
Napo Triggered Anger In Parliament, Called Suhuyini A ‘fool’ – Sam George
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been accused of igniting the confusion that broke out in Parliament on Thursday evening after the Joe Ghartey committee presented its report on...
Stories, Standards and Sex
120 million Africans are on social media. 1.5 million of them are in Ghana. That is power. It connects us, engages us and enables us to share information, tell stories and totally reimagine our...
Napo Triggered Anger In Parliament, Called Suhuyini A ‘fool’
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been accused of igniting the confusion that broke out in Parliament on Thursday evening after the Joe Ghartey committee presented its report on...
MPs In Near-Fight After Debate On Bribery Committee Report [Video]
It was an interesting spectacle in Ghana’s Parliament on Thursday evening when some Members of Parliament nearly traded blows over the report of the Joe Ghartey committee investigating a bribery...
Maldives Opposition Face Crackdown After Failed Power Bid
Opposition parties in the Maldives accused the government Friday of waging a revenge campaign against their leaders after they narrowly failed to seize control of parliament. Mohamed Nasheed, the...
Ambrose Dery Hails Media’s Role In Galamsey Fight
The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, has hailed the media for its efforts in the fight against illegal mining through reports that exposed the alarming rates of destruction by the miners. Speaking...
Custom Duties Hinder Renewables Penetration
Although the Renewable Energy Act says importing renewable energy systems should attract zero duties, investors in the sector say that is not the case at the ports, as custom officials feign...
Investigate Huge Salary Slots At COCOBOD – Kufuor
Former President Kufuor has called for investigations into salary slots allocated to some Chief Executives in the Country. His call comes following the public announcement of the salary of the...