SONA 2017: Akufo-Addo Must Be Bold
The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has urged President Akufo-Addo to boldly tell Ghanaians what the true State of the Nation (SONA) is. Akufo-Addo will...
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Parliament Distorts Opposition To Plant Breeders’ Bill!
Latest: “Food Sovereignty appeared before our committee and we gave them the opportunity to prove that the bill is about GMO. They couldn’t. They actually apologized and withdrew. And yet the day...
Bribery Committee Stops Okudzeto From Giving Further Oral Evidence
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today , stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from...
Joe Ghartey Committee On Bribery Allegation Sits…Witnesses Won’t Budge
It was a day of insistence on earlier allegations of bribery and denial of the allegations by members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP) and a minister of state when they appeared...
Bribery Scandal: I’d No Need, Motive To Bribe ‘vetting’ C’ttee – Agyarko
The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has strenuously denied ever bribing members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament to lure them into confirming his nomination, stating that he had “no...
I Was Shocked By Best Friend Ayariga’s Claims – Muntaka
The Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has said he was shocked by the allegations that he and the chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament acted as conduits for Energy...
HSBC Sees Full Year Profit Plunge 62% To $7.1bn
HSBC has reported a 62% fall in annual pre-tax profit for 2016. The $7.1bn (£5.7bn) figure compares with $18.9bn a year earlier, and is well short of the $14.4bn analysts had been expecting. The...
Pupils In Danger As They Study In Death-Trap Buildings
TEACHERS and pupils of Patasi, Sesease and Kokoben (PSK) Primary School in the Ashanti Region are living in fear as their classrooms have become death-traps. The development, Today gathered,...
I Received Money From Muntaka — Ayariga Admits
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has strongly defended his claims that members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament were offered monies to approve the nomination of now...
HSBC Shares Down As Annual Profit Falls 62%
Shares in HSBC have fallen after the bank saw a sharper-than-expected drop in annual profits for 2016. The $7.1bn (£5.7bn) pre-tax profit is 62% lower than the $18.9bn reported a year earlier. HSBC...
Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years
Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the country's fraught transition to democracy. The impoverished Himalayan nation emerged...
President Akufo-Addo Dumps Freddie Blay
Mr Freddy Blay’s dream of clinching the ruling New Patriotic Party’s National Chairmanship slot with the backing of President Akufo-Addo has suffered a major jolt as credible information reaching...
Krobos Angry With NDC Over ‘Agyarko Conspiracy’
‘Krobos for Change,’ a group made up of Krobos residing in the Western Region, has vented its spleen on members of the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament. According to the...
Statue Unveiled In Honour of Dr. Hilla Limann At Gwollu
The effigy of the late president of the third republic of Ghana and paramount Chief of Gwollu traditional area was at the weekend unveiled by the Gwollu Kuoro and the regional director of education...
Man, 28, Arrested For Allegedly Killing A Girl
Gabriel Konkonba, 28, is the grips of the Kintampo Police for allegedly raping, killing and burying 10-year-old Rukaya Fatau at Krabonso in the Kintampo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region....
Bribery Committee Stops Okudzeto From Giving Further Oral Evidence
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today , stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from...
I’m No Conspirator – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told the Ghartey Committee he will never conspire to bear false witness against a ministerial nominee. His comment comes...
Weigh My Evidence; Ayariga Tells Bribery Committee
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has asked the committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal to evaluate his evidence in the matter and take the necessary decision. He...
Ayariga Asked To Halt Public Comments On Bribery Case
The Joe-Ghartey-chaired ad-hoc committee investigating the bribery allegation that has rocked Ghana’s Parliament, has cautioned the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga from...
I Was Shocked By Best Friend Ayariga’s Claims – Muntaka
The Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has said he was shocked by the allegations that he and the chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament acted as conduits for Energy...