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Kofi Akpaloo wishes Ghanaians Merry Christmas

My dear fellow citizens, as we enter into this holiday season, may you be nonplussed with the joyfulness of the season, I extend season's...

I have performed creditably – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has stated that he has performed creditability in his first year of office. "I have put my critics and...

I won't tolerate feet dragging from Civil servants- Auditor General warns

The Auditor General has warned he will not tolerate acts by the public and civil service officials that impede his work. Daniel Domelevo insists these...

Auditor-General fumes over ‘illegal’ reduction of approved budget

Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has expressed discontent with a decision by the Ministry of Finance to cut his department’s budgetary allocations for 2018. According to him,...

Full list: MPs who approved 2018 budget for Ministry of Special Development Initiatives

The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives overspent its budget by 587% in 2017. Though it received GHS226,404 for only goods and services, it had...

Wa: Angry Assembly members throw out 2 ‘strange’ Akufo-Addo nominees

Members of the Wa Municipal Assembly have hijacked proceedings of sessional meeting for hours prompting the intervention of the Wa Central Member of Parliament,...

CHRAJ has not taken fight against corruption seriously – Emile Short

Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emile Short has said the Commission has not taken seriously its role...

NDC extends goodwill to Ghanaians

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday extended its best wishes and goodwill to Ghanaians on Christmas. A statement signed by Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, General...

Audio: Special prosecutor needed in 100K for seat saga– Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked President Akufo-Addo to allow the Special Prosecutor probe the alleged payment of $100,000...

I am ready to resign – Hawa Koomson as Minority brand her incompetent

Special Development Initiatives Minister, Hawa Koomson, has said she is ready to resign following revelations that her 2018 budget is inflated. "No problem, I will...

Nana Addo will win 2020 elections – Owusu Bempah

The founder and leader of the Glorious Word Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has predicted that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will win the...

Cash-for-seat: Over GHC2.6m raised at expats event – Alan K

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has disclosed that an amount of Ghs2, 667, 215, 00 was raised at the recent Ghana Expatriate Business...

Hot Audio: Akufo-Addo would soon be auctioned – Baba Jamal

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Baba Jamal says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo could soon be auctioned by some members of his...

Okudzeto Ablakwa sues Carlos Ahenkorah

Former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has resolved to sue deputy Trade Minister for defamation. According to him, the vitriolic attack launched on...

$100k for seat: Alan K did no wrong – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo- Addo has stated that, officials at the Ministry of Trade and Industry did no wrong in commercializing the Presidential Table at...

Ricketts-Hagan is corrupt – NDC man alleges

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Sani, has warned former Deputy Minister of Finance, Kweku...

Angry Ellembele NPP executives storm party head office; demand voter’s register

Some 150 executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from Ellembele Constituency of the Western Region, have lay siege to the party’s head office...

Former Sports Minister Nii Nortey Dua has died

Former Sports Minister Nii Nortey Dua has died. He reportedly died Thursday dawn after a protracted ailment, sources close to his family have hinted. The late...

Carlos Ahenkorah apologises to Okudzeto

Embattled Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah says he is sorry for his verbal assault on opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarian, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. "I...

MPs without ministerial appointments can’t be corrupted – Kennedy Agyepong

It is a bit difficult for Members of Parliament (MPs) without ministerial portfolios to be corrupted, New Patriotic Party (NPP) financier and Member of...

Kufuor extends a hand of peace: ‘I would love to be friends with Rawlings but…’

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, says he would have loved to have a cordial relationship with his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings, but that desire...

$100k for seat: Alan K responds to Akufo-Addo’s query

Trades and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeramaten has officially responded to the query by the Office of President over the role his ministry played in...

VIDEO: Rawlings must know how to talk – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lashed out at his predecessor Jerry John Rawlings stating that the former Military dictator must know what to...

Hot audio: We panic when we hear Christmas songs – MPs

Christmas, many say brings good tidings thus should be a time for family bonding and sharing of gifts. But this is not the same for...

NDC man laughs off Ricketts-Hagan’s presidential ambition

The Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a vitriolic attack on Deputy Finance Minister, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan...

Hot VIDEO: Samira Bawumia serves food at Akuse prisons

Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has organised a Christmas party for inmates of the Akuse prisons. Inmates were also treated to good jama songs as the...

Speaker complains as sitting is suspended twice in 3 days

Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, has suspended sitting again, the second in three days over a persisting issue of absenteeism. By business time 10am,...

It's my turn to be president – Ricketts-Hagan declares, eyes Macron feat

Former Deputy Finance Minister, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, has declared his intentions to be president in 2020 starting with a contest in the National Democratic...

Kofi Jumah defends Trade Ministry over $100k-to-sit-close-to-Akufo-Addo

Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa constituency, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has mounted a spirited defense for the Trade Ministry for charging 100,000 dollars to...

Nana Addo summons Alan over alleged Trade Ministry Extortion

Trade Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng has been tasked by President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Presidency to respond to allegations that his ministry charged expatriates between $25,000...

2 NPP executives arrested for ‘kidnapping’ Polling Station Officer

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested two executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Region for allegedly kidnapping a polling station...

Avoid contempt against C’ttee probing EC officials – CJ warns

The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has formally constituted a committee to investigate the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies,...

President Akufo-Addo begins three-day tour of Eastern Region

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will, from Thursday, begin a three-day tour of the Eastern Region. The tour will be the last of such regional...

Akua Donkor drags Nduom to EOCO

Founder of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has handed the owner of Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum to the Economic...

I’m not called ‘honourable’ — Kweku Baako

The editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has wondered why some Ghanaians refer to him as honouring,...

Okudzeto Ablakwa is a 'thief and liar' – Deputy Minister

A Deputy Minister of Trade, Carlos Ahenkorah has described former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as a 'thief and a liar' who ought...

EC ready to implement ROPAL in 2020

Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is more than capable of implementing the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the (ROPAA)...

Hot Video: $100k charge to dine with Prez embarrassing – Ken Agyapong

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has condemned the Trade Ministry for allegedly taking money from expatriate businessmen before...

ROPAA a ploy for NPP to win 2020 elections – Hassan Ayariga

Founder and Leader of the All People's Congress Party (APC), Hassan Ayariga has lambasted the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the implementation of the...