Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated that new Members of Parliament (MPs) are struggling to find their feet in the House. In his assessment of the performance of new MPs, he explained that contributions by the NDC new entrants have usually been fraught with errors fuelled by emotions due to the shock it suffered in the 2016 elections. Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu [...] The post New
As the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) prepares for polling station, constituency, regional and national executive elections, a leading member of the party has cautioned the hierarchy party and constituency executives to desist from handpicking polling station executives. Handpicking of the executives can land the party in opposition if the party did not tread cautiously in that regard. In an [...] The post ‘Handpicking
The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Felix Mensah Nii Annang- La, has called the bluff of a projection by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it will return to power in 2020. According to him, the party’s hasty declaration of a comeback, less than six months into the administration of President Nana Akufo- Addo, shows that the leadership of the [...] The post Tema MCE mocks NDC’s
HelpAge Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has condemned the lynching of Yenboka Keena, a 67-year-old woman, who was stoned to death, at Tindongo in the Upper East Region, on the suspicion of being a witch on May 29, this year. The NGO said the little attention given to the gruesome murder of the woman, which coincidentally happened on the day [...] The post NGO condemns lynching
The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation is ongoing. The couple had been living separately since 2012 [...] The post Lesotho prime minister’s
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Brenito Owusu-Bio has indicated the need for the country’s Mineral and Mining Act to be reviewed. This, he said, would help seal loopholes in the current law which illegal miners were taking advantage of to abuse the current regime. He said this in an interview with the media on the sidelines of [...] The post ‘Mineral and Mining Act
That corruption is the bane of the development of the country is not in doubt. Corruption and abuse of office has become so pervasive that a great number of Ghanaians assume it is our way of life. It has almost become a canker that has eaten deep into the moral fibre of the country to the extent that at every [...] The post RECOVERING LOOTED STATE FUNDS appeared first on The
The Minority in Parliament has brushed aside allegations that there were ghost names on the payroll of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) which has purportedly caused the state some GH¢50 million. According to the NDC MPs, the claim by the current management of the agency that people were siphoning money from the YEA for no work done was one of [...] The post YEA allegation untrue — Minority
The Tema Police Tuesday arrested Sledge Nana Yaw Doudu, a businessman, for allegedly threatening to shoot the operator of an excavator hired by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly to dig a storm drain at Tema Community 18. The police seized the pistol with ammunition and took a statement from the suspect, who claimed to be the owner of the land on [...] The post Businessman
Three people have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Ardeyman Development Chief, Nii Tettey Suban, in the Ga West Municipal Assembly last week. They are Asafoatse Nii Quartey Kortey, 39, also known as Cobra, a carpenter, Musah Mohammed, 28, a scrap dealer and Rahim Yakubu,20, a shepherd were arrested at a hotel at Kwabenya, Accra, [...] The post Police
Sadiq Adam, a 27-year -old footballer of second division side, Top Talents FC, at Kasoa Millennium City, was shot and killed by armed robbers, at his residence at Kasoa Peace Town. Adam was attacked just a day after informing members of the team that the team manager had lodged GH¢ 15,000 with him to pay salary arrears. A lady (name [...] The post Robbers kill footballer,27 appeared first on
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