The Office of Special Prosecutor has closed its case in the trial of the embattled Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka. The aspirant was charged with 26 counts of corruption in...
The Office of Special Prosecutor has closed its case in the trial of the embattled Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka. The aspirant was charged with 26 counts of corruption in respect of public elections. Sarfo-Kantanka is accused of influencing the conduct of about 26 assembly...
‘President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is no pushover who can be forced by anyone to make decisions he does not intend to make’ That is the assertion of the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Justin Frimpong Kodua. ‘President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is no pushover who...
The criminal trial of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has become a major issue of public discussion in Ghana. Some notable Ghanaians including the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, have called on the government to drop Gyakye Quayson’s criminal trial. But proponents of...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament(MP) for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has petitioned the World Bank over a project being rolled out by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization(MoCD) headed by Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. According to him, the contract for the project did not go through...
Three persons have been arrested by Oda Divisional Police Command in connection with the alarming teenage pregnancy cases in Ofoase-Ayirebi in Eastern Region. The three suspects include 64-year-old Kwame Adjei, accused of impregnating his 14-year-old step daughter. He allegedly had multiple sexual intercourse with the stepdaughter whenever the wife...
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko has intimated that some of his colleagues in the flagbearership race numbering 8 are against the candidacy of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and will throw their weight behind another aspirant in the event of a runoff. Speaking Monday on...
Interior Minister Ambrose Derry says the government is impressed with the performance of the Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare dismissing reports of plot to remove him from office. “We should dismiss such reports with contempt. There’s no plot to remove anybody, as far as I’m concerned...
In a lates development, James Gyakye Quayson, the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the Central Region, has filed a writ at the High Court citing Minister of Trade and Industry, KT Hammond, for contempt. This comes after an alleged interview granted by KT Hammond to...
Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says an overwhelming majority of NPP MPs have declared their support for flagbearer hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The Suame Member of Parliament speaking in an interview on Kumasi-based Hello FM, said 122 NPP MPs, and counting are in support of Vice President Bawumia. “I knew where the pendulum...
Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for concerted efforts to fight political corruption. Murtala Mohammed, MP for Tamale Central and Yves Hanson[1]Nortey, MP for Tema Central, made the call in reaction to the 2023 half year report of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Contributing to discussions monitored...