President John Mahama, has decided to reward the taxi driver, who knocked down two robbers and, thus, thwarted their broad daylight heist on Saturday January 9, 2016, with a house.Vice President Amissah-Arthur made the announcement when he hosted the taxi driver, Nana Yaw, at the Flagstaff House this afternoon.Mr. Amissah-Arthur commended the driver for his […]
Popular Kumawood actor, Abraham Kofi Davies aka Salinko has picked his forms to contest for the Progressive People Party (PPP) Parliamentary Primaries at Atwima Kwawonma Constituency in Ashanti Region. He confirmed his candidacy after his campaign posters went viral on social media. Some influential personalities in the PPP and supporters reportedly convinced the Comedian cum
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has revealed sometimes she regrets accepting the job as the first woman chairperson of the election management body.Speaking on Starr Fm, Mrs Osei said although she “can take the stone”, she gets worried about her family who are always bothered about the flak which comes
Victims of last night’s fire outbreak at Afful Nkwanta a suburb of the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region are counting their losses. A raging fire on Saturday night January 9, 2016 at area destroyed goods and domestic items rendering more than 2,000 head porters and metal scrap dealers homeless. The fire according to eyewitnesses
Eight magistrates and five circuit court judges were yesterday sworn into office by the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood. The event, which took place at the premises of the Supreme Court in Accra, was the first swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed judges and magistrates by the Judicial Service after ace investigator, Anas Aremeyaw
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has served notice to political parties that it will not budge to incessant demands to go into the 2016 elections with a new voters’ register.The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is unsatisfied by the report of a five-member panel of eminent persons who looked at the merit and demerit of a
President John Mahama is assessing his Ministers and appointees one-by-one at a closed door retreat in the Volta Region.The performance review by the President of his appointees, according to sources, will culminate in a ministerial reshuffle.Mr Mahama and his appointees are also using the meeting to take stock of the administration’s performance in the last
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ben Abdalla Banda has stated that the actions by the Electoral Commission (EC) Boss’ Charlotte Osei holding two public positions is tantamount to stealing. He wondered why the EC Boss’, who is a Lawyer, would have herself
The US Embassy in Ghana has stated that the freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been received by the Ghanaian government are not terrorists.There is public outcry in Ghana following the decision by the Mahama-led administration to offer humanitarian assistance to Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby.International relations experts have said
By accepting to house, for two years, two ex-convicts of Guantanamo Bay, on behalf of the United States of America, Ghana has imported terrorist groups al-Qaeda and the Taliban to its fold, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Isaac Osei, has said.The Subin MP and former Ambassador to the U.K. said, Ghana, by its
