The Management of Accra-based Joy FM has refuted the defamatory claims made against the radio station by Assin Central lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong. A statement issued by an Accra-based Law firm, A-Partners B Law, dated July 13, on behalf of the Multimedia Group, said “Our client takes a serious view of the outright falsehoods of wrongdoing, […]
Founder of the All Peoples Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has disagreed with the decision of the First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addot to refund all the allowances paid her. Mr Ayariga stated that First Ladies play an important role in the governance of the country through the emotional and physical support they give to the president. Therefore, […]
The Minority in Parliament have asked the First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo to calculate the interest accrued on the total amount of money paid her as allowances since 2017 and add it to the actual amount of money she has refunded to the state. Mrs Akufo-Addo has refunded all the allowances paid her since 2017. On […]
A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere Darko has said the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana did not prevent First and Second Ladies in Ghana from being paid allowances. For him, the issues that have arisen following the parliamentary approval given to the Ntiamoah-Baidoo Committee report on salaries […]
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA) Sulemana Braimah has said Former First Lady Lordina Mahama must also refund all the allowances paid her by the state. This comes after the current First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has refunded all the allowances paid her since 2017. Mrs Akufo-Addo has issued a Consolidated […]
The Minority in Parliament wants the Auditor General to probe accounts of spouses of the President and the Vice President. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) members also want the Auditor General to compute interests accrued on the refunds. Addressing the press on Tuesday, July 13, Deputy Minority Leader James Klutse Avedzi also wants the Auditor […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has apologised to the Wa Naa, Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, for the recent brutalities meted out to innocent citizens by some military officers. The newly passed-out officers subjected some men of the Upper West Region capital, Wa, to beatings with the pretext that the mobile phone of one them had […]
The Multimedia Group has filed a formal complaint with the Ashanti Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service and copied notable personalities including the Asantehene, the Chief of Staff and Speaker of Parliament over the recent threats issued against its staff, Erastus Asare Donkor, by no mean a person than Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The […]
Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud is close to signing for AC Milan. The 34-year-old French international is expected to sign a two-year deal with the Serie A side and could complete the move by the end of the week. Giroud joined Chelsea from Arsenal for £18m in January 2018 and last month extended his contract until 2022. Chelsea […]
Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings into security breaches at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. Fans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday’s showcase event. Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham apologised to legitimate fans and said the security team had “never seen anything like it”. England lost to Italy […]
A one-week observation has been held for the late Lawrence Sarbah at the St John The Baptist Catholic Church at Pedu in the Central Region. The late Lawrence Sarbah, who was a member of the Central Region Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), passed away at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital after […]
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has issued a Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited cheque for GH¢899,097.84 as a refund of all allowances received since 2017. Mrs Akufo-Addo on Monday, July 12 announced that due to the “extremely negative opinions” which have laced conversations on her allowances, she was refunding every pesewa. She also served notice not to […]
Forty-two thousand youth between ages 15 and 24 years out of 347 thousand people are living with HIV and AIDS according to a 2020 report. The Ghana Aids Commission says the decline in the knowledge of HIV has accounted for a high rise of new infections among young people. Director of Technical Service, Dr Fred […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, to step aside for investigations to begin into allegations that he demanded bribe for the verdict of a Supreme Court case to go in favour of the giver. The allegations were made by renowned lawyer Akwasi Afrifa Esquire against Nana Ogyeedom […]
Former UN Senior Advisor Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah has descended heavily on critics of the First and Second Ladies over the recent brouhaha on allowances given them by the state. He said those critics, and indeed Ghanaians, should not underestimate the work that the spouses of the President and Vice President do. Citing the likes of […]
Erstwhile Confederation of African Football (CAF) Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe is convinced that education is key to eradicating hooliganism in Ghana football. Hooliganism has sadly overshadowed what has been a very competitive and exciting Ghana football season. The recent unfortunate incident in Sunyani, where a referee was seen running for his life as supporters […]
Caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) want urgent increment in the feeding grant, insisting that the amount being allocated by the government to prepare daily nutritious meals for pupils is woefully insignificant. According to them, the GH¢1.00 is not enough to purchase food items on the market to prepare quality meals and serve […]
A Nigerian man found himself on the wrong side of the law after allegedly beating his wife to death. According to sources, he repeatedly hit the victim with a plank and cement blocks until she bled and fainted. Nigerian Police arrested the husband of one late Mrs Ugieki Asemota after neighbours rushed her lifeless body […]
General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association Prosper Harrison Addo has said the remuneration of match officials shouldn’t be a reason for poor performance in games. Reacting to claims that referees don’t get paid on time, thus affecting their performance, Prosper Harrison Addo said referees are supposed to act as professionals and officiate games properly […]
One person has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a female census enumerator while discharging her duty in Kumasi. Speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma on Tuesday, July 13, Ashanti Region Statistician Dr Kobina Abaka Ansah explained that “the suspect is still in police grips assisting investigation and further probe […]
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