Trade and Industries Minister-designate, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has apologised for a comment which irked many appointees of the late President John Atta Mills and made him a virtual pariah in the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). While maintaining his comment about the appointment of Team B ministers in the government was distorted for propaganda purposes, the […]
Bernard Mornah The General Secretary of the Peoples’ National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah says the proposal for Parliament to approve the President’s nominee for the chairmanship of the Electoral Commission (EC) will be a waste of resources. He is convinced that the partisan nature of Parliament will not allow it to do a thorough job. […]
A 29-year-old man, Ekene Ucheagwu, who killed his 65-year-old mother, Agnes in her home at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria was yesterday paraded by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Awkuzu. Ekene, a cobbler, said he had to kill his mother because she was using witchcraft to […]
Car computer hacking hit the gas on the first morning of Defcon 21, as hackers revealed how they took over two of the most popular cars in America. LAS VEGAS — You may hate parallel parking, but you’re going to hate it even more when somebody commandeers control of your car with you in it. […]
Kwamena Essilfie Adjaye Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP), a group of economic analysts, have appealed to the Central Bank to reverse distortions caused by its recent directives. The platform, in a statement issued in Accra and signed by Kwamena Essilfie Adjaye, its interim chairman, lauded the Central Bank for making certain revisions recently in […]
From Left: Osei-Kyei Mensah, Akoto Osei and Isaac Osei Ghana is likely to attract economic sanctions from the United States and the European Union (EU), as it pushes for a $300million ‘dodgy’ loan from Russia, according to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament. It emerged that government has decided to contract a $300 […]
Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah Professional integrity is under threat. Many professionals who have had to deal directly with politicians at the helm have wittingly and otherwise compromised their positions, buckling under the weight of myriad influences – monetary and others. Turning themselves into charlatans and remaining at the beck and call of irresponsible politicians in-charge […]
One of the ID card The vigilance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the registration centres in the Ahanta West constituency of the Western Region, has led to the arrest of some Togolese, who managed to register in the on-going limited registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the constituency. The five Togolese […]
The exhumed remains of the boy The Mile 7 police in Accra have exhumed the body of an eight-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered by his parents at Dome, a suburb of the capital, two months ago. The boy, Robert Abunbero, was allegedly killed over accusations that he tried to have sex with his mother, […]
Residents in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region are living in a state of fear and panic as many wonder who could be the next victim, following news of two murder cases recorded by the Regional Police Command within a period of four days. In both cases, some parts of the lifeless bodies […]
Justice Apau The Commission of Enquiry that is investigating the payment of Judgement Debts could not proceed yesterday because the witnesses failed to appear before the Sole Commissioner. As a result, Dometi Kofi Sorkpor, counsel for the commission, had to apologise profusely to journalists who were covering the proceedings saying, “we profusely regret the inconvenience.†[…]
The Barmiankor school project The completion of one of the 200 government day senior high schools at Barmiankor in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, might delay due to lack of funds. The aim of the government’s 200 SHS project is to increase access to secondary education in underprivileged districts as well as […]
The Ministry of Education have postponed the start of the 2014/2015 academic year for tertiary institutions in the country to allow for proper measures to be put in place to prevent an Ebola outbreak. The decision by the Ministry of Education follows the advice of the inter-ministerial team to postpone the reopening of the institutions […]
Johnson Kombian Johnson Kombian, the convicted jail breaker and suspected armed robber on trial for allegedly killing two policemen, yesterday opened his defence in an Accra Fast Track High Court and accused the police at Nakpanduri, Northern Region, of being responsible for the death of his mother. He told the court, presided over by Justice […]
Collins Owusu Amankwah (in smock) THE MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North Constituency, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has said that the Electoral Commission (EC) is just few days away from compiling another incredible voter register, ahead of the district level elections and referendum. According to the MP, multiple registration and registration by unqualified people, the […]
A visually impaired man making a contribution at the forum The Centre For Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana), in collaboration with Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), last Sunday held a forum on “Promoting Citizens Participation and MPs Accountability and Responsiveness†at the Adentan Community Basic School Park, Accra. […]
Pastor Kwabena Donkor The Deputy Director of Biblical Research Institute of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church worldwide, Pastor Kwabena Donkor, has advised Christians to stop chasing signs and wonders but allow signs and wonders follow them to bring harmony into the country. According to him, “Currently, there are a lot of revival and prophesies […]
Some of the assembly members at the press conference “Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favour to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. â€ÂFor man […]
Beatrice Nyarko explaining a point to management and staff of Innova DDB Innova DDB Ghana, an advertising agency and its allied companies, have presented some food items and a cheque for an undisclosed amount of money to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. The agency, led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Joel Nettey, who is also […]
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