Mustapha Ussif Appointed NSS Boss
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a former Member of Parliament for Yagaba/Kubori Constituency, Mustapha Ussif, as Executive Director of the National Service Scheme. Mr Ussif is...
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‘Suame Messi’ Spends Shortest Time At Appointments Committee
In a vetting that has taken more than three hours for some nominees, Parliament made an exception for the Majority leader Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu who has been nominated as minister for Parliamentary...
Tourism Minister-Designate Pledges To Build ‘presidential Museums’
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga: What would be Ghana's selling point four years in office? Nominee: A sanitary environment, getting rid of open defecation along Ghana's 540km coastal lines. Unless we...
Probe Mahama Hajj Board
The board has left behind a debt of GH¢23 million from organising last year’s pilgrimage to Mecca A pressure group, Movement for Zongo Youth Against Corruption, has petitioned Vice President Dr....
Upfront Charges For NHS Foreign Patients In England
NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. From April this year, foreign patients could be...
Ghartey C’ttee Starts Bribery Probe Today
The five-member committee set up to probe the bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament starts investigation today. The committee chaired by Joe Ghartey, a former Attorney...
Bribery Scandal; A Likely Dent On Parliament’s Image
When a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, blew the alarm on corruption among MPs particularly in the 5th and 6th parliament, recently, it was treated as one of his usual rants given little...
‘Acid Victim’ Eric Ohemeng Writes
I write this article with a lot of pain and bad memories. As a young person, who had dreams of becoming a successful business man and a marketer just like any ambitious young person, I grief, and I...
Of Some Honourables and A Haunted House
“Every lie is a poison, there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.” Leo Tolstoy MY HEART NEARLY missed a beat...
Leicester Players Are Happy With Me
Claudio Ranieri insists Leicester City's players remain happy with his management despite the club's Premier League relegation battle. The reigning champions were beaten 3-0 at home by Manchester...
Ghana Yet To Become ‘land of Milk and Honey’ Many Pray For
Former president J. A. Kufour has bemoaned Ghana’s inability to capitalise on its oil find to become a nation that rubs shoulders with other oil producing countries. According to him, “although...
Suhum Adakwah Residents Cry For CHPS Compound, School
Residents of Adakwah, a village in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region, have called on government to as a matter of urgency assist them with a CHPS compound, a nursery school, a market...
Lands Ministry Pushes For Review of Stability Agreements
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu is pushing for Ghana to cancel its stability agreements with major mining companies operating in the country. The Minister Nominee says key in...
‘Probe Mahama’s Hajj Board For Corruption’
A pressure group, Movement for Zongo Youth Against Corruption has petitioned Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia to open investigations into activities of the previous Hajj Board under...
ICU Urges Reduction In Utility Tariffs
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has urged the government to fulfil its promises of reducing utility tariffs to bring relief to Ghanaian workers. The General Secretary of the union,...
J.B. Danquah Was A Political Prophet
Saturday, January 4th marks exactly 52 years Ghana lost a prominent leader in the person of Nana Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, popularly known as J. B. Danquah. To appreciate his enormous...
France Underscores the Indispensable Role of Ghanaian Media
Mr François Pujolas, the French Ambassador, has underscored the indispensable role of the Ghanaian media in the nation's 2016 general election. He was of the view that this was made possible in part...
Trump Ignites Political Fight Over U.S. Banking Law Reforms
U. S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance...
Nigeria Cited As the Most Dangerous Place For Christians To Live In the World
The US House of Representatives said that Nigeria has been cited as the most dangerous place for Christians to live in the world. The congress, also said that the impunity for people responsible for...
Bribery Scandal: CHRAJ Would Have Done An Independent Job
Parliament has set up a special committee to spearhead an internal inquiry into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee but I don’t think Parliament must probe Parliament, founder...