The former chair of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has said Nigeria owes Ghana’s former Electoral Commission chair, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, a lot, as far as restoring electoral stability in Africa’s most populous country is concerned. “We in Nigeria have a lot that we owe to Dr Afari Gyan. No doubt […]
The Judicial Service has sacked four of its staff over the corruption scandal that has hit the judiciary recently.One other person Benjamin Agyepong who was interdicted over the scandal has been reinstated.The Judicial service staff affected were investigated by a committee set up by the Judicial Secretary.They are Peace Abuadzi a Circuit Court Registrar, Daniel
The 2016 elections is “precarious” and could be won by either the ruling party or the main opposition New Patriotic Party, a voice that has a striking resemblance to the defeated Ejisu Juabeng parliamentary candidate of the NDC Afrifa Yamoah Ponko has stated.In the secret audio recording intercepted by ghnewsnow.com the voice is heard saying, even
Ghana winger Andre Ayew has been named in the final three for the 2015 African Player of the Year award.The other two are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/ Borussia Dortmund) and Yaya Toure of Cote d”Ivoire and Manchester City.The trio was unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Excutive member Anjorin Moucharafou and Glo representatives on
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has assured residents of continued security despite the seizure of what is believed to be the biggest haul by police in the region. This comes after residents in Kumasi called for thorough police investigation into what they say is becoming widespread arms circulation in the region after the seizure of a
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for a paradigm shift in Ghanaians’ approach to patriotism, saying most Ghanaians concede there is a scarcity of patriotism in the country, with selfishness and the desire for money and power taking precedence over love for country. He said the greed, thievery, fraud and lies
The Power ministry has denied reports that it has entered into a compromised $510 million power deal with AMERI.In a statement, the Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor described the report which was carried in a Norwegian newspaper, VG , as misleading and false.Below are details of the statementMINISTRY OF POWERSTATEMENT ON FALSE PUBLICATIONS ABOUT AMERI
WHEN most people think of agriculture in Zambia and Africa, images of poor and overworked farmers with crude tools on a rural farm readily come to mind. Many, especially young Africans too, still think that agribusiness is a poor man’s occupation. Nowadays, everybody wants a white-collar office job in the city. Agribusiness is hardly on
Gold Fields Ltd. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. are two of the mining firms that experienced a surge in prices after a meltdown by South Africa’s rand against the dollar – a consequence of President Jacob Zuma’s sacking of finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.Zuma replaced Nene with a less popular lawmaker. The rand plunged to a record
African countries lose $148 billion to corruption every year, President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has said.“Just think of how many continents you could light up with that amount,” Adesina said at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on December 9, 2015 in commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day under the theme Break
