From Combat Videos To Candid Comments
From graphic videos of US military assaults in Iraq and Afghanistan, to candid comments by heads of state, secrets leaked by transgender army private Chelsea Manning caused Washington major...
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Rawlings Endorses Kofi Sarpong’s Concert
Former President, Jerry John Rawlings has promised to be present at the SP Kofi Sarpong concert scheduled for 28th May 2017, at the National Theatre in Accra. He said this when Kofi Sarpong and his...
US Congress Demands Ex-FBI Chief’s Memos
A senior Republican congressman has called on the FBI to hand over records of former director James Comey’s contacts with President Donald Trump. House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaffetz...
Newly Refurbished Ridge Hospital Opened To the Public
The newly refurbished Ridge Hospital also referred to as the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, has formally opened its doors to the general public. A ceremony was held Wednesday to commemorate the...
Chelsea Manning Freed From Military Prison
US soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks. A US Army spokesperson...
Arrest Me Over Bribery Allegations – Yamoah Ponkoh Dares Critics
Maverick politician and former Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Yamoah Ponkoh has dared anyone who believes he committed a crime by paying Gh¢300,000 bribe to assembly members in his bid to...
First-Ever Female MCE For Ga East Municipal Assembly
The Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA) has confirmed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointee, Madam Janet Tulasi Mensah, as its new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE). Forty-nine-year-old...
Pro-Con Analysis On Dr. Spio-Garbrah’s Presidential Ambitions
Prompt: Dr. Spio-Garbrah is no nino to the public terrain. He has run for the presidency before and has been in the public imaginary for the longest time. This may be his last stab at glory or risk...
Listen To Nana Addo, Stop Begging – EU Tells Immigration Service
Ghanaian public officials are fond of quoting Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist to literally beg for more aid, anytime donor agencies give money or items to help facilitate their operations. This was...
Kyei Baffour Was Rejected Because He Refused To Pay ‘bribes’
The President’s nominee for the Asante Akim Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and a local governance expert, Mr. George Kyei Baffour might have failed to bribe Assembly members for...
Rawlings and I Don’t Talk
Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the UK, Mr Victor Smith has said he does not talk to former President Jerry John Rawlings. He described his relationship with his former boss as “not the...
NDC Didn’t Lose Because of Rawlings
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not lose the 2016 elections because its founder Jerry John Rawlings failed to be part of the party’s campaign, Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the...
We Won’t Replace Agrotime-Ziope DCE Nominee
President Nana Akufo-Addo will not change his District Chief Executive nominee for Agrotime-Ziope, the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa has has asserted. Speaking at Kpetoe after the...
Tear Gas Fired As Confusion Rocks DCE Confirmation Over A Single Vote
Confusion has marred a voting exercise to approve President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Chief Executive of Sunyani West District in the Brong Ahafo Region, causing the process to be postponed...
WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Released From Prison
Transgender army private Chelsea Manning, jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, has been freed Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the...
Akufo-Addo Government ‘too Fat’, Costly
The government of President Nana Akufo-Addo is "too big" and "fat", renowned Ghanaian businessman Dr Ishmael Yamson has said. "We have too big a government, our government is too big," he complained...
Trump Asked FBI’s Comey To Drop Flynn Inquiry
President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report. “I hope you can let this go,” Mr Trump...
Indian Teen Builds World’s ‘lightest Satellite’
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world’s lightest satellite, which will be launched at a Nasa facility in the US in June. Rifath Shaarook’s 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was...
Listen To Nana Addo, Stop Begging
Ghanaian public officials are fond of quoting Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist to literally beg for more aid, anytime donor agencies give money or items to help facilitate their operations. This was...
Government Won’t Follow 40-Year Dev’t Plan
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has reiterated that the government of President Akufo-Addo will not be bound by the 40-year development plan that is currently being prepared by the National...