What Osafo Maafo Really Said
During question time at the recently held Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting at the Labadi Beach Hotel on the theme: A Public-Private Dialogue On Stability, Growth and Jobs, Senior...
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Invest In Education, Reserving Money For Future ‘needless’
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has expressed disappointment in opponents of the government’s decision to use the Heritage Fund to implement President Nana Akufo-Addo...
Supporting Quartey For AU Job Easy Decision – Akufo-Addo
According to President Akufo-Addo when his predecessor, former President Mahama, told him about presenting Thomas Kwesi Quartey as Ghana’s candidate for the position, “it was a very easy matter...
All Ten Regional Ministers-Designate Approved By Parliament
Leadership of the Appointments Committee recommended the nominees for approval Parliament has by consensus approved all the 10 regional ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo....
ET Mensah Laments ‘too Much Mischief’ In Politics
Veteran politician Enoch Teye Mensah has lamented his inability to contest for a seat on the Council of State because of an overly partisan resistance to his bid. Decrying the partisan gridlock on...
New AU Deputy Chair Quartey Calls On Nana Addo To Thank Him
Recently elected Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Thomas Kwesi Quartey, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Ambassador Quartey was at the Flagstaff House on...
Council of State Was Abused Under Mahama
Legal luminary Sam Okudzeto says he would vigorously fight for more powers for the Council of State insisting the institution was abused under former President John Mahama. He says he would champion...
Council of State Polls: Bribe Claims Worrying
A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Dr. Alidu Seidu, has expressed worry over claims that the just ended election of regional representatives to the Council of...
Unite Or Perish
Since 1992 there have been a steady decline in the fortunes of the smaller parties. The minority parties who contested the 1992 election were the People’s Heritage Party (PHP) led by a former...
Big Boys Floored In Council Of State Elections
The election of all 10 representatives from the various regions to the Council of State concluded yesterday with intriguing results. All the elected persons were males, with the exception of the...
Invite Me Or I’ll Sue – Ablakwa To Ghartey’s C’ttee
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzto Ablakwa has written to the chairman of the five-member ad hoc committee probing the bribery allegation that hit the Appointments Committee of...
Health Facility Regulation Making Great Strides In Ghana
“It is remarkable how health facility regulation at the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency has improved over the last year – you clearly see professionalism, openness, competence and strong...
Truck Damages Rails
HUNDREDS of commuters aboard a Tema-Accra train were yesterday left stranded at Dzorwulu, Accra after a tipper truck damaged the rails. The tipper truck is believed to be owned by Engineers and...
List of Regional Council of State Representatives
Elections for regional representatives to serve on the Council of State took place on Thursday across the country. Two representatives each from the 216 metropolitan, municipal and district...
Oil To End Year At US$57
All things being equal, fuel prices will not travel beyond 15 percent increase in 2017, some industry analysts anticipate. This is largely due to a forecast that the price of oil will end the year at...
GNPC Must Stop Funding Black Stars
General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed says the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) should cease sponsoring the Senior National football team; the Black...
NDC Government Auctioned Off 200 Cars To Its Members
Kweku Baako Jnr., Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide has asked government to review the policy which allows State vehicles to be auctioned to government officials. Speaking on Peace FM's...
I Won’t Move Ghana’s Economy the Guggisberg Way- President Akufo-Addo
Ghana has outgrown the status of exporting commodities in their raw state without adding value. President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo in an address to some Diplomatic corps at an event organised...
Invite Me Or I’ll Sue – Ablakwa To Ghartey’s Committee
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzto Ablakwa has written to the chairman of the five-member ad hoc committee probing the bribery allegation that hit the Appointments Committee of...
Agogo Chief Elected Ashanti Regional Council of State Representative
The Agogo Akrofosohene, Nana Owusu Achiaw, has been elected as the Ashanti Region’s representative on the Council of State. Before the elections, the Council of State spot was keenly contested by...