Inspector general of police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has taken an exception to a latest research on corruption, which put the Ghana Police Service Number 1 on the rankings. In a letter to the research institutions, Dr Dampare quized the methodology used, by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission of Human Right and Admimnistrative Justice....
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application filed by embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson. The Assin North MP was praying the apex court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision to strike out his appeal against the High Court’s decision to remove him as a legislator. A 3-2 majority ruling...
Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his team cannot be accused by the Minority of mismanaging the economy. He stated that the issues that are affecting the local economy are as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine....
The NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) will hold a national press conference on Friday, July 29 in Kumasi to express displeasure at the plight. According to a statement signed by National President Dennis Opoku Katakyie on Monday, July 25, the press conference “is to report on the unbearable hardship suffered by trainees due to...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has reiterated government’s resolve to revive the economy. Delivering the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government for the 2022 financial year in Parliament today, July 25, 2022, Mr. Ofori Atta said government has a track record of reviving the economy. He is thus confident the...
Chief Ismail Haidara who was the ruler of Muslims in Rahma City in Ga-West Local Government of Accra city, on 24 July 2022 was enstooled as the chief of Songhai for Ga-west. The ceremony was presided over by Nii Okanfrah. Among the dignitaries who attended the ceremony include; His Excellency Alhaji Lamine Maïga, Galadima Usman...
Ghana will revert to writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in May/June in 2024, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has announced. He explained that currently, Ghana was doing a gradual recovery learning, based on contact hours in the classroom. “We are hoping that by 2024, we...
A robot broke a seven-year-old boy’s finger during a chess match in Moscow last week, Russian news outlets report. “The robot broke the child’s finger,” Sergey Lazarev, Moscow Chess Federation President, told Tass news agency. “This is of course bad.” A video shared on social media shows the robot taking one of the boy’s pieces....
Government is set to soon announce a vendor country to develop Ghana’s first nuclear power project to provide an affordable and reliable baseload source as Ghana transitions to clean energy. Nuclear vendor countries are those who have the expertise in producing nuclear reactors, and are also capable of helping other countries to build their nuclear...
The Minority caucus has gathered over 100 signatures from its fold to kickstart the vote of censure proceedings against the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. Their action seeks to invoke article 82 of the constitution, which provides for the elaborate procedure of removing a minister of the state through proceedings in Parliament. If the motion...