Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has challenged claims that granting a presidential pardon to the Montie three will be disrespectful to the judiciary. According to him, if that argument were to hold, then every other pardon granted by the President will constitute a disregard to the courts. “In my respectful view the most objective justification […]
Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at New Ningo in the Ningo-Prampram Constituency, Greater Accra Region, have hit the streets to register their anger at an NPP banner on a billboard some unidentified persons have torn. The billboard is the property of DDP, a private advertising company, and it had been advertising the
The Ho magistrate court has directed the Electoral Commission to expunge some 99 names from the voters roll in the Ho central constituency of the Volta region. This was as a result of objections raised by one Leonard Agbesi, a resident of Hodzokorfe claiming those persons were not ‘residents or ordinarily residents’ of his community,
The United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana has observed that 63 % of public schools in Ghana have no electricity. The statistics, Robert Jackson said followed thorough survey credible organisations supported by the US had carried out in Ghana. “These are schools that are not connected to the national grid,” he explained. As a former
Seth Sallah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Setho Classic Group of Companies, a renowned businessman at Atadeka, a suburb of Ashaiman, Greater Accra Region (GAR), escaped about 30 live bullets fired into his office by some unidentified gunmen Tuesday morning. The gunmen, riding two unregistered motorbikes, stood in the middle of the road and fired
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 54 suspected criminals in the Kumasi metropolis on Tuesday dawn in a special police swoop. The arrest of the suspects forms part of strategy by the police to clampdown on nefarious activities of robbers within the metropolis. Police say majority of the suspects were arrested at their various
The Human Rights Court has dismissed the case in which suspended Chairman of the NPP Paul Afoko was challenging the party’s decision. Mr Afoko went to court to overturn a party decision that suspended him as the national chairman of the Dankwa-Busia-Dombo tradition. The lawsuit started in December 2015, contended the constitutionality of the party’s Disciplinary
The New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Tema East in the Greater Accra Region, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover, has accused the leadership of Labour Unions in the Country essentially the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for being docile despite what he describes as gross mismanagement of the economy, under the watch of President MahamaAdding
The Chief for the Frafra Community at Zenu in the Kpone-Katamanso District has advised Moslem youth to distance themselves from any violent act as political parties gear up to begin their campaigns. Chief Abdulai Yen said the Moslem youth should reflect on the teachings of Islam to tell any politician who would hire them to
The General Manager In Charge Of Public Relations and Marketing, at the Ghana Ports And Harbours Authority, Joana Adda say, the introduction of Certification And Verification Of Load Worthiness, is an International Convention, aimed at mitigating accidents within the Ports enclaves, and on the roads. Addressing Journalists, operating within the Industrial Hub, she said, the
