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Auditor-General recovers unearned salaries – GH¢11.52m so far retrieved as disallowance

A special account at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) belonging to the Auditor-General to receive disallowed unearned salaries and allowances has accrued more than...

Leaked tape: Persons involved must own up or face serious perjury consequences – Atta Akyea

Samuel Atta Akyea, Chairman of the Committee probing the leaked tape on the plot to oust the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has asked persons...

2024 polls: Asiedu Nketia, Fifi Kwetey visit Kojo Bonsu for reconciliation talks

In a bid to foster unity and reconciliation within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2024 elections, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the National...

Where is the Akufo-Addo that led the Kume Preko demonstration? – Yaw Nsarkoh

The Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana/Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, has shared a nostalgic account of a gathering nearly three decades ago while raising questions...

Burning Issues: Former NPP MP exposes Ghana’s troubling corruption crisis: It’s tough to speak out

Former Obuasi-East Member of Parliament, Edward Enin, has raised concerns about the state of corruption in Ghana, stating that it has become increasingly difficult...

NPP bars failed presidential and parliamentary aspirants from going independent after primaries

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned that it will sanction any failed presidential and parliamentary aspirant who attempts to go independent after...

NDC ‘fights’ Akufo-Addo over Dormaahene

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned the Judiciary Council to stop any attempts to harass and intimidate the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman...

‘Sick’ economy cause of Ofori-Atta’s constant rescheduling of mid-year budget presentation – Minority

Some NDC MPs say the constant changing of the date for the mid-year budget review presentation is due to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s inability...

John Mahama faces running-mate puzzle

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on May 13, 2023, overwhelmingly re-elected former President John Dramani Mahama to hold the party’s red, green, black and...

Akufo-Addo makes new ministerial appointments; Freda Prempeh replaces Cecilia Dapaah

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed the Minister of State at the Presidency, Freda Prempeh, as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources. The Tano North...

We were right to order Parliament to expunge Gyakye Quayson’s name from its records – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that it did no wrong in ordering Parliament to expunge James Gyakye Quayson’s name from its records. The court says...

OSP ropes in Cecilia Dapaah’s close relatives to answer questions on ‘stolen money’

Some close associates of the former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, are before interrogators of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to respond...

Mid-Year budget review postponed again

Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is not certain about the date to present the Mid-Year Budget review in parliament. To this end, the...

Burning Issues: We’ve failed – Former NPP MP takes on Akufo-Addo over galamsey report

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi East Constituency, Edward Ennin, has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what he perceives as a...

Atta Akyea leads seven-member committee to probe ‘Dampare-must-go’ leaked tape

Abuakwa South Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Atta Akyea, will lead a seven-member adhoc committee of Parliament to probe a recently leaked tape which...

You couldn’t manage 100K graduates how much more a nation? – NABCO trainees rubbish Bawumia’s presidential ambition

Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Coalition of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Trainees, Eric Nana Tachie, has downplayed the presidential ambition of Vice President...

Savannah NPP Chair sends important message to flagbearer aspirants

The chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savannah Region, Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana, has reiterated his party’s credentials as pacesetters in...

Akosua Manu rallies Adentan NPP supporters to unite, reclaim seat in 2024

In a remarkable show of solidarity and determination, Akosua Manu, popularly known as Kozie, filed her nomination to contest for the New Patriotic Party...

NPP presidential aspirants sign undertaking

All the 10 Presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are to sign an undertaking not to contest as independent presidential candidates or...

Kwesimintsim MP makes strong case for Bawumia’s candidacy

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwesimintsim constituency, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has made a compelling case for the candidacy of Vice President Dr Mahamudu...

Exclusive photos from 11th anniversary of Atta Mills’ death

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, July 24, commemorated the 11th anniversary of the death of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills....

Nana Oye blasts Akufo-Addo over handling of Cecilia Dapaah’s resignation

Former Gender Minister, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, has lashed out at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the content of a letter the first...

OSP invades Cecilia Dapaah’s home over ‘stolen’ monies

Officials of the Office of the Special Prosecutor on Monday, July 24, invaded the home of the embattled former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources,...

Prof Gyampo lauds Cecilia Dapaah

Senior Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed admiration for Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, following...

NPP flagbearer race: We won’t exchange Dr Bawumia for anyone else – Takoradi MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi Constituency, Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah, has emphasised that under no circumstances will the delegates of his constituency, elect...

Dos and don’ts in upcoming NPP presidential, parliamentary primaries

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has published the decisions of the National Council following last week's meeting on the upcoming parliamentary and presidential primaries. In...

Standing firm; betraying Gyakye Quayson is not an option – Collins Dauda

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asutifi South, Collins Dauda, has declared that the Minority Caucus in parliament would persist in their protest against...

Nothing wrong with Akufo-Addo’s confidence in Cecilia Dapaah’s integrity – Lecturer

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's expression of confidence in the integrity of the immediate past Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah,...

NPP directs executives seeking to contest parliamentary primaries to resign

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has issued a directive to its regional and constituency executives who intend to contest in the parliamentary primaries against...

Cecilia Dapaah knows in her heart that she has committed an offense – Nyaho Tamakloe

Elderly statesman and founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has reacted to recent reports of an alleged theft of...

Okyeame Kwame, 500 students petition parliament on climate change

Musician Okyeame Kwame organised about 500 students to walk from Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to Parliament to petition the climate caucus to be more...

Cecilia Dapaah taken off NPP elections committee

Former Minister Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has been excluded from the elections committee appointed by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party...

Every single corruption can be traced to the Flagstaff House – Murtala Mohammed alleges

The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has described President Nana Akufo-Addo’s comments on immediate past Sanitation and Water Resources Minister,...

I’m distraught, confused – Ofosu-Ampofo on Sherry Ayittey’s death

Former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has expressed shock at the death of First Vice Chair, Sherry Hanny Ayittey. ...

Minority cannot be blamed for Parliament’s failure to do business – Joe Wise

The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, says the Minority in Parliament cannot take the blame for the current hiccups in the proceedings of Parliament. Speaking...

NDC mourns Sherry Ayittey

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is devastated by the death of one of its stalwarts, Sherry Hanni Ayittey. The former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture...

Former Fisheries Minister, Sherry Ayittey passes on

Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Sherry Ayittey, has passed on. The sad incident occurred on Saturday, July 22, 2023, with the cause of...

NDC parliamentary aspirant directs traffic in heavy rainfall

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary aspirant for Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region has been seen acting on the statement “Don’t be a...

NPP plotting to amend charge sheet to reduce ‘stolen’ amount in Cecilia Dapaah’s case – Sam George alleges

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George, has alleged a plot by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) bigwigs to amend the charge sheet...

Step aside for probe into cash stolen – Dr Ato Forson to Sanitation Minister

The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asked the Sanitation Minister to urgently step aside for a probe into the over $1 million...